Genre Friday: Horror (12/15/23)

If you’re looking for frights, you’ll find them in a gothic vacation tale of a haunted Italian villa, a space crew trying to survive on an abandoned planet, a family protecting their town from vampires, the discovery of a ship that reveals an ancient doom, a mother-daughter reckoning with vampires, and a YA anthology.

DIAVOLA BY JENNIFER THORNE

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Anna has two rules for the annual Pace family destination vacations: Tread lightly and survive. The gorgeous, remote villa in Monteperso seems like a perfect place to endure so much family togetherness, until things start going off the rails—the strange noises at night, the unsettling warnings from the local villagers, and the dark, violent past of the villa itself.

GHOST STATION by S.A. Barnes

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A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from the acclaimed author of DEAD SILENCE.

BLESS YOUR HEART by Lindy Ryan

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THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB’S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES meets Buffy by way of Charlaine Harris in this dark and delightful mystery-horror novel about four generations of women tasked with battling the original vampire to protect their small Southern town.

ORACLE by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

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From international bestseller Thomas Olde Heuvelt comes a supernatural thriller where an omen from our past threatens the return of ancient forces that will change the world forever.

FIRST LIGHT by Liz Kerin

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FIRST LIGHT, the riveting sequel to Liz Kerin’s NIGHT’S EDGE, is about seizing a brighter future by confronting the shadows of our past.

THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE: Horror Stories edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell

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A YA anthology of horror stories centering Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end.

DIAVOLA by Jennifer Thorne; 9781250826121; 3/26/24
GHOST STATION by S.A. Barnes; 9781250884923 ; 4/9/24
BLESS YOUR HEART by Lindy Ryan; 9781250888884; 4/9/24
ORACLE by Thomas Olde Heuvelt; 9781250759580; 4/30/24
FIRST LIGHT by Liz Kerin; 9781250835703; 4/23/24
THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE: Horror Stories edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell; 9781250871657; 4/2/24