Titan Books has curated a slew of horrific titles perfect for the Halloween season.
Here is a selection ideal for the dark, stormy nights ahead…
How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
When their parents both die in a car accident, Louise and Mark Joyner are devastated but
nothing can prepare them for how bad things are about to get. The two siblings are almost
totally estranged:. now, however, they don’t have a choice but to get along. They need to get
their childhood home on the market as soon as possible, yet the house has morphed into a
hoarder’s paradise, and before they died their parents nailed shut the attic door…
A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
Sam Montgomery is worried about her mother. She seems anxious, jumpy, and she’s begun
making mystifying changes to the family home on Lammergeier Lane. Sam figures it has
something to do with her unlamented grandmother. She’s not wrong. As vultures gather around
the house and frightful family secrets are unearthed under the rosebushes, Sam struggles to
unravel the truth about the house on Lammergeier Lane before it consumes her and everyone else
who stands in its way…
Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
Rory Morris isn’t thrilled to be moving back to her hometown. There are bad memories there. But
her twin sister is pregnant, estranged from the baby’s father, and needs support. After a night
out at a bar where she runs into an old almost-flame, she hits a large animal with her car. And
when she gets out to investigate, she’s attacked. Rory survives, but life begins to look and feel
different.
Girls of Little Hope by Dale Halvorsen and Sam Beckbessinger
Being fifteen is tough, tougher when you live in a boring-ass small town in 1996. Donna, Rae
and Kat keep each other sane with the fervour of teen friendships, zine-making and some
amateur sleuthing. Their hunt will lead them to a hidden cave from which only two of them return
alive. As the police investigate, Rae and Donna will have to return to the cave where they
discover a secret so shattering that no-one who encounters it will ever be the same.
Everything the Dark Eats by Eric La Rocca
An insidious darkness threatens to devastate a rural New England village when occult forces are
conjured and when bigotry is left unrestrained.
After a recent string of disappearances in a small Connecticut town, a grieving widower with a
grim secret is drawn into a dangerous ritual of dark magic by a powerful and mysterious older
gentleman. Meanwhile, a member of local law enforcement tasked with solving the mystery of the
disappearances, begins to learn of a current of unbridled hatred simmering beneath the guise of
the town’s idyllic community.
The Beast You Are by Paul Tremblay
A haunting collection of 15 short stories from the bestselling author of The Cabin at the End of
the World. Discover monsters of all kinds, ready to loudly (and lovingly) smash through your
head and into your heart. A masterpiece of literary horror and psychological suspense, The Beast
You Are is a fearlessly imagined collection from one of the most electrifying and innovative
writers working today.
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold.
Nestled high up in the mountains is Camp Damascus, the self-proclaimed “most effective” gay
conversion camp in the country. Here, a life free from sin awaits. But the secret behind that
success is anything but holy.
They’ll scare you straight to hell.
In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology
Twelve original dark academia stories from bestselling thriller writers – imagine darkened
libraries, exclusive elite schools, looming Gothic towers, charismatic professors, illicit affairs, the
tang of autumn in the air… and the rivalries and obsessions that lead to murder.
Playing the Witch Card
When Flair Hardwicke moves to the tiny town of Rattleboro to take over her grandmother’s
bakery, she believes she’s prepared for anything. But soon her family’s magical legacy – plus a
deck of misbehaving tarot card-shaped cookies – draws a reluctant Flair back into the web of
magic and mysticism she’s tried so hard to escape. With her first love back in Rattleboro and an
unexpected threat hanging over her family, she is forced to put aside everything she thinks she
knows about love, witchcraft, motherhood—and herself. Because Flair might think she’s done
with magic, but magic certainly isn’t done with Flair.
All Hallows by Christopher Golden
It’s Halloween night, 1984, and the Barbosas have opened their annual Haunted Woods
attraction behind their house—the house they’re about to lose. The Sweeneys are fighting about
alcoholism and infidelity on their front lawn. And all the while, mixed in with the trick-or-treaters
of all ages, are four children dressed in vintage costumes with faded, eerie makeup. They seem
terrified and claim that The Cunning Man is coming for them. They want the local kids to protect
them….
By day, Maeve Fly works at the happiest place in the world as every child’s favorite ice princess.
At night, Maeve haunts the dive bars with a drink in one hand and a book in the other, imitating
her misanthropic literary heroes. Maeve finally tries on a bolder, bloodier persona, inspired by
the pages of American Psycho. Step aside Patrick Bateman, it’s Maeve’s turn with the knife.
The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth
A magical serial killer called the Whistler is stalking the Occult town of Wrackton. Enter
the Undetectables, a detective agency run by 3 witches and a ghost in a cat costume (don’t
ask). Mallory, forensic science expert, is struggling with fibromyalgia. Cornelia is stirring all sorts
of feelings in Mallory. Diana is hitting up all her ex-girlfriends for information. Theodore,
deceased, dramatic, is the agency’s unsolved murder case. With bodies stacking up, can
the Undetectables find the killer before they become the next victims?
Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson
Rosemary meets Ash at the farmers’ market. Ash—precise, polished, and practically perfect—
sells bars of soap in delicate pastel colors, sprinkle-spackled cupcakes stacked on scalloped
stands, beeswax candles, and glossy green plants. Ro wants to be her and have her in equal
measure. But as her obsession with Ash consumes her, she DO yo bmay find she’s not the one
doing the devouring…
A Light Most Hateful by Hailey Piper
Three years after running away from home, Olivia is stuck with a dead-end job in nowhere town
Chapel Hill, Pennsylvania. At least she has her best friend, Sunflower. Then one hot summer
night, a storm crashes into town with a mind-bending monster in tow. If Olivia’s going to escape
Chapel Hill and someday reconcile with her parents, she’ll need to dodge residents enslaved by
the storm’s otherworldly powers and find Sunflower, who seems to be caught in the eye of the
storm.
Carrion City – The Dead Take a Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey
Julie Crews is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-something who packs a lot of magic into her small
body. She’s trying to establish herself as a major Psychic Operative in the NYC magic scene, and
she’ll work the most gruesome gigs to claw her way to the top.
Desperate to break the dead-end grind, Julie summons a guardian angel for a quick career
boost. But when her power grab accidentally releases an elder god hellbent on the annihilation
of our galaxy, the body count rises rapidly.
Find out more about all of these titles on Titan Books.
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