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GOBLIN MARKET by A.J. Hackwith

Oct 202026
 

Cover for the novel GOBLIN MARKET by A.J. Hackwith. Cover features two women, a goblin in rogue's attire and an elf in armor, both huddled together and peering through the aperture of an ornate keyhole, which also serves as the frame of the cover. Being a changeling is hard enough, but Toast was older than most changeling children when her goblin parents stole her back from her human family and returned her to the harsh, bustling world of the Goblin Market, where anything from your fondest dream to your strongest talent can be bought—or sold.

Nearly a decade later, Toast has grudgingly cobbled together a life there as the Market’s guide for mortal visitors. But when the next arrival is her long-lost sister and the ancient beast whose magic the Market depends on disappears under strange circumstances, everything starts falling apart.

Now the Market itself is dying. With the Summer Court of noble fey plotting to claim the weakened Market for themselves, Toast, her friends, and an infuriatingly charming fey knight with an agenda of her own must negotiate their differences to make the trade of a lifetime and win back the Market’s future. To do so, Toast will have to decide what home–and the flawed community within–is ultimately worth.

 October 20, 2026  Tagged with: ,

SHADOW AND SON by Gretchen Powell Fox

Oct 202026
 

Book cover for SHADOW AND SON by Gretchen Powell Fox. Cover features a man and woman embracing inside of an ornate frame that borders the cover. The man is wearing silvery armor and a gold cape. The woman has white hair strewn with leaves. The fragile peace forged in the wake of the Arcane Crucible is unraveling. With the rise of an ancient evil, the scars dividing Arcanis have begun to bleed anew, and the future of the realm hangs by a thread.

Elyria Lightbreaker has paid a devastating price to save her loved ones. Now, she faces a whole new darkness—and must decide how much more of herself she’s willing to give to save a world that’s already taken so much from her.

Rocked by the secrets of his past and the truth of his power, Cedric Thorne scours the continent for the woman he loves. But as Elyria is pulled ever further from reach, saving her could mean becoming something unforgivable…and once Cedric’s fire is unleashed, there may be no putting it out.

A queen of shadow. A king of flame. A love bound and burdened by prophecy. When some wounds run too deep to be healed, peace might not be worth the cost.

 October 20, 2026  Tagged with: ,

RAVENOUS by Dax Dagger

Oct 182026
 

Cover for the book RAVENOUS by Dax Dagger. Cover features an open mouth rendered in red and black, inside of the mouth is another mouth, inside of that another open mouth, etc.

Some stories should stay unfinished.

Whistler Dodd is dead. The acclaimed horror author is survived only by his final, unfinished, manuscript.

Kirk Quade has the opportunity of a lifetime. The struggling author must finish writing the book if he wants to receive a two-book deal with Dodd’s publisher.

There’s just one rule: if Dodd turns up, don’t let him finish the novel. Sequestered in the dead author’s house, Kirk is determined to prove himself. But as he delves into Dodd’s haunting world, he uncovers more than just words on a page.

The monsters lurking in the shadows are very real – and they’re hungry. Time is running out and Kirk must choose between achieving everything he’s ever dreamed of, or saving his sanity – and the world.

Stranger Things meets Misery in this twisted cosmic horror.

 October 18, 2026  Tagged with: ,

WHAT A NIGHTMARE by Rebekah Faubion

Oct 132026
 

Book cover for WHAT A NIGHTMARE by Rebekah Faubion. Cover features a young woman standing in front of a background of flames. The image is rendered in a style somewhat similar to a Sunday comic like Archie. They called her a nightmare, so she became one.

Haven Powers has spent years trying to disappear. Once a loud, troublemaking girl who defied every expectation in her small town of Friendship, Texas, now she’s learned to hide her fire behind a quiet receptionist’s smile. It’s safer that way—for her, and for everyone else.

When an unsettling encounter with her predatory boss cracks open the tightly locked box inside her, Haven dreams a terrifying dream about him, only to wake up and discover it’s come true; he’s dead. Desperate to gain control of this deadly power once and for all, Haven returns home.

Welcomed suspiciously with open arms, Haven is immediately met with the ghosts of her past. Under the suffocating pressure of the town and her family who believe obedience is next to godliness, Haven soon finds herself on a path to revenge. She’ll show them what happens when the girl they called too much, too loud, too everything, finally lets her demons loose.

 October 13, 2026  Tagged with: ,

CHILDREN OF OWL by Darcie Little Badger

Oct 062026
 

Cover for the novel CHILDREN OF OWL by Darcie Little Badger. Cover features a young person standing centered in front of a distant mountain. Above the person is the title, and above that is a person looking right at the viewer. To the right and left of this person are a massive pair of eyes, which almost look as if they're peering out from the inside of a pair of wings that this person may have.From the peerless master of contemporary fantasy comes a tale of three cousins and the world of creatures, ghosts, and murderers that surrounds their trailer park. Illustrated throughout with comics pages!

Maisie: hasn’t gotten her life back on track since her best friend died and she saw Owl, harbinger of ill tidings and doom.
Joel: Streaming prodigy with questionable decision-making who’s been exiled to a summer of kitten fostering.
Verona: will do anything to leave their trailer park behind, even watch a house she knows is haunted.
Owl: son of Big Owl, who can’t help who he is, or how much he cares about these aforementioned humans.

Their four stories intertwine with a ghost bent on justice, an adorable feline Animal Person, and a vengeful monster headed straight for them in this singular YA fantasy novel from Newbery Honor-winning Darcie Little Badger.

 October 6, 2026  Tagged with: ,

FIND ME WHERE IT ENDS by Cassandra Khaw

Oct 062026
 

Cover for the novel FIND ME WHERE IT ENDS by Cassandra Khaw. Cover features a black dog on a grey background. The dog is fuzzy, almost as if it is made of ash, or smoke made solid.Antigone is no stranger to death.

For the women of her family, death always comes in the form of a black dog.

When Antigone’s own black dog arrives, she isn’t afraid. She invites it inside, where it soon becomes a daily source of companionship and comfort. It also forces her to reflect on the life she’s led—the parts of herself she’s hollowed out for the sake of others, and the bone-deep exhaustion that’s hounded her every step.

Her Death’s arrival must be a sign, permission to finally let go. To rest. Because while mortality is inevitable, living is a choice.

But a good death comes at a price

 October 6, 2026  Tagged with: ,

A COMPENDIUM OF SUPERNATURAL ENTITIES FOUND IN THE GOVERNMENT GIRLS HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL by Kuzhali Manickavel

Oct 062026
 

Cover for the novel A COMPENDIUM OF SUPERNATURAL ENTITIES FOUND IN THE GOVERNMENT GIRLS HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL by Kuzhali Manickavel. Cover features the silhouette of a person against a black background with a bright yellow shirt on, red skin, and a spiral of black and yellow encompassing their head from the nose upwards.A boundary-pushing fantasy that blends magical realism with dark academia, perfect for fans of Bunny by Mona Awad and Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth.

In the oppressive heat of a small Tamil Nadu town, strange happenings are common. And the local government secondary school is teeming with supernatural entities.

For Thamarai, an outsider considered strange by her peers, life is dreary and frustrating. She endures nosy neighbours and incomprehensible tuition classes. She despises the way her lecherous English teacher harasses the other girls in her grade. But when Thamarai finds a mysterious notebook full of descriptions of the school’s paranormal phenomena, she wonders if it may hold the key to escape…

 October 6, 2026  Tagged with: ,

NIGHT OF THE MALLRATS by Nicolina Torres

Oct 062026
 

Cover for the book NIGHT OF THE MALLRATS by Nicolina Torres. Cover features a group of people of various ages standing in a fountain in a mall atrium in defensive positions.Shop ’til you drop . . . dead

Colleen’s life feels as hollow as the abandoned Beechnut Mall—the 90s hangout where neon lights and endless laughter defined her teens thirty years before. When her old high school clique reassembles for one last night of rebellion inside the now condemned building, she joins them, never expecting the mall to give something back. The reunited friends do not know that inside its darkened halls, the past is waiting, and it’s not all Glamour Shots, Beanie Babies, and Lisa Frank.

Faced with their lost youth, they are drawn back into the mystery of Beth Packard—a schoolmate who vanished in 1994—and without warning, they find themselves transported to the mall in its heyday on the very night Beth disappeared. Thrust back three decades, the former mallrats must unravel the secrets hidden beneath memories, lies, and betrayals before time snaps shut around them. But each step closer to the truth of Beth’s disappearance brings them within reach of exposing ugly, fatal truths about each other.

Haunting, wistful, pulse-pounding fun, Night of the Mallrats is a time-travel thriller that asks a question with an unforgettable answer: What really happened to Beth Packard?

 October 6, 2026  Tagged with: ,

THE STOLEN CROWN by LJ Andrews

Oct 062026
 

The cover for THE STOLEN CROWN by L.J. Andrews. The cover features the title and the author's name, as well as a golden crown which is cracking in half. She is the life of the party. He is the villain you never wish to meet alone. Tait Heartwalker may be the cousin of the Ever King, but royally good company he is not. He’s ill-tempered and unapproachable, sharpened by the hard responsibilities of life and loyalty. But to the dismay of Mira Sekundär, princess of the glamour fae, he’s also intoxicating to look at.

Despite doing their best to avoid each other, fate has other plans when an otherworldly storm shipwrecks Tait and Mira far beyond the boundaries of the Ever Kingdom. They are forced to break through the thorny barriers between them and work together to find their way home. One wrong step and they’ll never return alive…

Yet as their feelings deepen, a new threat rises from the waters. And this enemy is so dangerous, even the history books tried to forget their existence.

 October 6, 2026  Tagged with: ,

THE UNHAUNTING by Micaiah Johnson

Sep 292026
 

A house, itself, is nothing. It’s not a shelter until it is sheltering someone. A house is a housefire, waiting for its match. A house is a ghost story, waiting for its death.

At the end of the Civil War, a daughter of the Confederacy made what she thought was an innocent wish: to build a house where nothing bad could happen. But peace came at a price, and one hundred and seventy years later Shantell and her friends are about to discover where all that darkness ended up.

When Shantell’s best friend, Avery, tells her he has inherited a house big enough to make their dreams of a sanctuary come true, she’s too cautious to be optimistic. A lifetime of loss — her father to the Iraq war, her brother to police violence, and her mother to suicide — has taught her cynicism, and even though Avery swears the house has never experienced a tragedy, she goes along expecting everything from black mold to evil spirits.

But not only is the house in better shape than they’d expected, it makes them better too: Shantell’s anxiety stops flaring up; terminally shallow Avery is suddenly capable of deeper emotions; and Tobias, Avery’s older brother and the contractor for the job, even quits chain smoking.

There’s an eeriness to the calm, and it’s almost a relief when they realize they do not walk alone in Abernathy House. If nothing bad has ever happened here, where are all these ghosts coming from? As they dig into the house’s history, Shantell, Avery, and Tobias discover that there’s only one thing worse than a house that’s haunted: a house that desperately wants to be.

 September 29, 2026  Tagged with: ,
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