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My most anticipated 2025 horror book releases
Let's get spooky!
Introduction
It’s a bleak Monday but we’re gonna get through—with horror!
To see my full 2025 TBR (full-ish, anyway), check out my Goodreads list. Listed below are the highlights. You can also check out my 2025 most anticipated SFF adult releases.
2025 Horror Releases
A Game in Yellow - Hailey Piper
Every good horror author gets a yellow title. Hailey’s is about a couple trying to spice up their sex life by reading The King in Yellow. Horror, thriller, erotica, yes.
The Girl in the Creek - Wendy N. Wagner
Wendy edits Nightmare magazine and not for nothing. Her first(?) novel is about a Pacific Northwest forest that devours people seemingly. At least, nobody seems to come out.
At Dark, I Become Loathsome - Eric LaRocca
I’m obsessed with LaRocca’s novellas and excited for this longer offering. It’s about a grieving man who does a ritual for those who can’t decide between death and life.
The Starving Saints - Caitlin Starling
Starling hooked me with The Death of Jane Lawrence. I look forward to diving back in with this novel about a nun weathering a famine during the siege of a castle.
8114 - Joshua Hull
Hull is new to me but already established. This one features a suicide and a podcaster, friend of the person, searching for answers by interviewing the survivors.
Moonflow - Bitter Karella
Karella’s short stories have delighted me for a while. I’m thrilled she’s coming out with a wonderfully queer novel about one person’s search for a mushroom that holds the answers to the universe.
We Are Tender With Our Dead - Eric LaRocca
We get more LaRocca this year! This one about the aftermath of an attack in a small town by three faceless entities.
Vanishing Daughters - Cynthia Pelayo
Pelayo is a Chicago author and close to my heart. This novel, one of several she’ll have out in the next few years, features a serial killer stalking women in Chicago.
The Thorns - Dawn Kurtagich
Dawn’s YA horror was my first entree onto the scene. I’m thrilled to reconnect with her in this novel about someone connecting with an old friend, and a monster they thought they left back at boarding school.
The Unseen - Ania Ahlborn
Ania writes fucked up shit in the best way. Brother haunts me. I hope to find more ghastly terrors in this novel about an orphaned child who joins a secluded Colorado family.
The Faceless Thing We Adore - Hester Steel
I’m lucky enough to know Hester and to have read this stunning book about a woman who leaves her life behind to join an island commune that may be more sinister than she realizes.
Conclusion
What are your favorites? Tell me in the comments!
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