DiLouie, Craig. How To Make a Horror Movie and Survive. Redhook: Orbit. Jun. 2024. 320p. ISBN 9780316569316. pap. $18.99. HORROR

In Stoker Award–nominated DiLouie’s (Episode Thirteen) latest, it’s the 1980s, and famous slasher director Max Maury is making his scariest movie yet with a recently discovered old camera, even though it comes with a cryptic warning and sometimes wails. Meanwhile, actor Sally Priest is about to live her dream of being the Final Girl.

Felker-Martin, Gretchen. Cuckoo. Tor Nightfire. Jun. 2024. 320p. ISBN 9781250794666. pap. $18.99. HORROR

Felker-Martin follows her multi-best-booked debut Manhunt with a story about a group of queer teens who survive a horrific conversion camp in 1995. Sixteen years later, those scarred survivors are the only ones who can end the evil buried there—and the fate of the world depends on it. With a 125K-copy first printing.

Kim, Monika. The Eyes Are the Best Part. Erewhon. Jun. 2024. 288p. ISBN 9781645661238. $27. HORROR

In Kim’s debut, college freshman Ji-won’s life is in disarray as her family falls apart following her father’s affair and departure. When her mom brings home her obnoxious new boyfriend, George, Ji-won finds herself dreaming of horrifying yet enticing rooms full of succulent blue eyes. As she tries to sate her hunger and rage, the victims accumulate.

Lima, Ananda. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil. Tor. Jun. 2024. 192p. ISBN 9781250292971. $24.99. HORROR

Award-winning poet Lima offers her debut story collection, which gets a 75K-copy first printing. After sleeping with the devil at a Halloween party in 1999, a writer sees him throughout her life and pens him tales in this linked collection of surreal stories that take place in the U.S. and Lima’s native Brazil.

Malerman, Josh. Incidents Around the House. Del Rey: Ballantine. Jun. 2024. 400p. ISBN 9780593723128. $28. HORROR

Best-selling Malerman (author of the film-adapted Bird Box and LJ Best Book Spin a Black Yarn) offers a haunting new novel where eight-year-old Bela encounters the malevolent entity known as Other Mommy, who wants inside her heart. The bonds of family have kept her safe so far, but Other Mommy is growing stronger as cracks appear between Bela’s parents.

Sathue, E.K. youthjuice. Soho. Jun. 2024. 288p. ISBN 9781641295925. $25.95. HORROR

Pseudonymous Sathue (Fan Club, written as Erin Mayer) delivers her first horror novel. Sophia Bannion is on the storytelling team at HEBE, a luxury skincare/wellness company based in NYC. Addicted to the HEBE lifestyle and their “youthjuice” moisturizer, Sophia is horrified to discover its gruesome secret ingredient and will have to decide what she’s willing to do for beauty.

Tremblay, Paul. Horror Movie. Morrow. Jun. 2024. 288p. ISBN 9780063070011. $30. HORROR

Award-winning and best-selling Tremblay (The Pallbearers Club, an LJ Best Book) returns with a novel about a cursed movie. The only surviving cast member of a doomed 1993 film joins its Hollywood reboot three decades later, but reality and script—and past and present—blur as he remembers the bizarre events of the original movie. With a 150K-copy first printing.