Horror | Prepub Alert, May 2025 Titles

Christopher Golden pens an atmospheric horror thriller, Sarah Pinborough offers a gothic novel, and Caitlin Starling writes a medieval horror with a touch of fantasy.

Golden, Christopher. The Night Birds. St. Martin’s. May 2025. ISBN 9781250285911. 304p. $29. HORROR

Bestselling Stoker Award winner Golden (The House of Last Resort) sets his latest in Galveston, TX, where Charlie lives on an old, half-sunken freighter. As a storm approaches, his ex, Ruby, arrives, accompanied by a mysterious woman who’s on the run with an infant. Ruby asks Charlie to hide them on the ship from the police—and a coven of witches—that are after them.

Pinborough, Sarah. We Live Here Now. Pine & Cedar. May 2025. ISBN 9781250343826. 304p. $30.99. HORROR

Bestselling Pinborough’s (Insomnia) newest, a gothic novel, receives a limited edition with stenciled edges and a 200K-copy first printing from Flatiron’s new Pine & Cedar imprint. After a traumatic accident, Emily and her husband, Freddie, move from London to a country house called Larkin Lodge, which Emily soon suspects is haunted by someone who was murdered there.

Starling, Caitlin. The Starving Saints. Harper Voyager. May 2025. ISBN 9780063418813. 352p. $30. HORROR

Starling (Last To Leave the Room) adds a touch of fantasy to this medieval horror. Aymar Castle is under siege, and supplies are running low, when the divine Constant Lady and her Saints arrive to heal the sick and replenish stores, earning the residents’ devotion and sending them into hedonistic ecstasy. However, three women who are immune from the Constant Lady’s powers set out to free the castle. With a 75K-copy first printing.

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