Horror | Prepub Alert, September 2024 Titles

Multiple vampire tales, including ones from Johnny Compton, Rachel Harrison, and Kiersten White; a gothic horror from LJ Best Booker Olesya Salnikova Gilmore; and YA authors Lilliam Rivera and Vincent Tirado make their adult debut.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brom. Evil in Me. Tor Nightfire. Sept. 2024. 320p. ISBN 9781250622013. $31.99. HORROR

Ruby’s punk band has broken up, and she’s accidentally become possessed by the spirit of a demon. The only way to exorcize it is to have hundreds of people chant a spell, so she’s trying to get her band back together, hoping that a song will save her. Best-selling author and artist Brom’s (Slewfoot) latest receives a 150K-copy first printing.

Coile, Mason. William. Putnam. Sept. 2024. 224p. ISBN 9780593719602. $27. HORROR

Coile, pseudonym of the best-selling and award-winning Andrew Pyper (The Residence), writes a cyber-horror novel, with film rights already sold. Henry and his wife, Lily, live in a new smart-home, where Henry spends most of his time working on his AI robot, but they soon find that the house’s security upgrades seem to be locking the danger in rather than keeping it out.

Compton, Johnny. Devils Kill Devils. Tor Nightfire. Sept. 2024. 288p. ISBN 9781250841681. $28.99. HORROR

Compton’s (The Spite House) latest features angels, devils, and vampires. Sarita believes that she has had a guardian angel, Angelo, her entire life, but then Angelo murders someone she loves. As Sarita begins to realize what’s been lurking in the shadows, she’ll have to face off against the hordes of hell. With a 125K-copy first printing.

Enriquez, Mariana. A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories. Hogarth. Sept. 2024. 256p. tr. from Spanish by Megan McDowell. ISBN 9780593733257. $28. HORROR

Enriquez, whose story collection The Dangers of Smoking in Bed was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, offers a new 12-story collection of literary horror. The tales feature ordinary people who encounter the surreal and supernatural, from ghosts to birds that used to be women.

Gilmore, Olesya Salnikova. The Haunting of Moscow House. Berkley. Sept. 2024. 432p. ISBN 9780593547007. $29. HORROR

Following her LJ Best Booked fantasy The Witch and the Tsar, Gilmore writes a gothic horror set in the early 20th century in post-revolutionary Russia. Bolshevik officials have taken over Irina and Lili’s family home, a decaying mansion in Moscow—and the spirits of their deceased family members have awakened, wanting to share what really happened to them.

Harrison, Rachel. So Thirsty. Berkley. Sept. 2024. 304p. ISBN 9780593642542. $29. HORROR

Best-selling Harrison (Black Sheep) is back with a vampire tale. Sloane is dreading her birthday and feeling indifferent about her life but goes on a surprise birthday weekend getaway with her best friend, Naomi, expecting wine tastings and relaxation. Instead, Naomi plans a wild night out with some mysterious strangers, which takes a horrifying turn with eternal consequences.

Knútsdóttir, Hildur. The Night Guest. Tor Nightfire. Sept. 2024. 208p. tr. from Icelandic by Mary Robinette Kowal. ISBN 9781250322043. $19.99. HORROR

In Reykjavík, Iðunn is suffering from constant fatigue, but doctors can’t find anything wrong with her. One night she falls asleep with her step-counting watch on, and in the morning sees that she somehow walked 40,000 steps. What is happening when she is asleep? Icelandic author Knútsdóttir’s English-language debut receives a 100K-copy first printing.

McGill-Vargas, Michelle. American Ghoul. Blackstone. Sept. 2024. 350p. ISBN 9798212224567. $26.99. HORROR

McGill-Vargas debuts with a historical vampire story. In post–Civil War Georgia, Lavinia, recently freed from enslavement, meets Simone, a vampire. The two become friends and decide to head north, but people in the small Indiana town where they’ve settled become suspicious when dead bodies start to appear.

Rivera, Lilliam. Tiny Threads. Del Rey: Ballantine. Sept. 2024. 256p. ISBN 9780593600474. $28. HORROR

Award-winning MG and YA author Rivera (Barely Floating) makes her adult debut. Samara has moved to California to take her dream job working for famous fashion designer Antonio Mota. Then she starts hearing voices and seeing strange things and discovers that the town and Mota’s house might be hiding some horrific secrets beneath the glamour.

Rosson, Keith. The Devil by Name. Random. (Fever House Duology, Bk. 2). Sept. 2024. 384p. ISBN 9780593595787. $30. HORROR

Rosson returns with the sequel to Fever House. Five years later, humans who have become the “fevered” (violent zombielike creatures) overrun the world. Meanwhile, the lives of Detective Bonner, a mourning woman, and a teenage girl with a powerful gift intertwine as they search for a way to save humanity.

Tirado, Vincent. We Came To Welcome You: A Novel of Suburban Horror. Morrow. Sept. 2024. 384p. ISBN 9780063383180. $30. HORROR

YA author Tirado, Pura Belpré winner for Burn Down, Rise Up, makes their adult debut. Sol and her wife Alice have just bought a house in a gated community. Alice embraces their new home, while Sol is unnerved by the neighbors and the sudden strange occurrences. Assimilating into the neighborhood may be a matter of life or death.

Walters, Jacquie. Dearest. Mulholland. Sept. 2024. 304p. ISBN 9780316580298. $29. HORROR

Emmy-nominated writer Walters, who is currently adapting Melissa de la Cruz’s “Blue Bloods” series for TV, makes her fiction debut. New mom Flora is navigating motherhood on her own while her husband is deployed. Her sleepless nights in their lonely home begin to blur her reality. Then her estranged mother arrives to help, and stranger and scarier events occur.

White, Kiersten. Lucy Undying: A Dracula Novel. Del Rey: Ballantine. Sept. 2024. 480p. ISBN 9780593724408. $28.99. HORROR

In best-selling and Stoker Award–winning White’s (Mister Magic) latest, vampire Lucy was one of Dracula’s first victims, and she’s spent her immortal life trying to escape him. In 21st-century London, Lucy meets Iris and falls in love, but they both have pasts from which they need to break free.

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