11 Harrowing New Horror Books to Read in March 2023

The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland (Flatiron Books, March 7)

This is simply a debut with bite! (Vampire joke, atrocious not sorry.) It’s astir an immortal pistillate whose cravings for humor are increasing stronger arsenic information appears connected her doorstep. Collette LeSange is hiding distant successful upstate New York arsenic the caput of a schoolhouse for talented children, but a sojourn from an evil fig successful her past is going to propulsion her beingness into upheaval.

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Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova (Zando, March 7)

In this imaginative debut, 1 parent is going to observe the limits to maternal emotion — but not earlier tons of unspeakable worldly happens. Sure, that small fella connected the screen is benignant of a cute bat thing. But Monstrilio successful the publication is simply a carnal grown from a diseased portion of a dormant boy’s lung. Raising a portion of a corpse to emotion arsenic your ain kid sounds similar a bully idea, right? Spoiler: No, nary it does not.

Piñata by Leopoldo Gout (Tor Nightfire, March 14)

Carmen Sanchez brings her 2 young daughters to a occupation tract successful Mexico successful the hopes of getting successful a small bonding clip betwixt work. But instead, thing is awakened successful the abbey she is renovating, and it follows them home. Now she indispensable combat to prevention her family, and perchance humanity, from a acheronian possession.

The Memory Eater by Rebecca Mahoney (Razorbill, March 14)

And this 1 is acceptable successful a authorities celebrated for being the mounting of fearfulness novels: Maine! A cave successful Whistler Beach has been location to a representation eater for generations. The monster virtually eats the atrocious memories of the town’s citizens. But erstwhile it escapes, it volition beryllium up to a 17-year-old girl, who discovers determination were things she wanted to forget, to prevention her municipality earlier they hide everything.

The Shoemaker’s Magician by Cynthia Pelayo (Agora Books, March 21)

This is the 2nd publication successful Pelayo’s breathtaking Chicago series! The archetypal was a acheronian Pied Piper tale. This 1 involves a expansive historical theater, a mutilated corpse, and a possibly-evil big of aged fearfulness movies. A parent volition person to conflict a large evil if she wants to prevention her son.

Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito (VIZ Media, March 28)

Junji Ito is the maestro of Japanese fearfulness manga, with classics specified arsenic Uzumaki, Shiver, and Gyo. His worldly is seriously messed up! This is his illustrated postulation of demented tales acceptable successful Tomb Town, a municipality filled with, well, tombstones. And tons and tons of terror.

A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher (Tor Nightfire, March 28)

Sam’s grandma was a racist, belligerent nightmare, truthful nary 1 was bittersweet erstwhile she died. But erstwhile Sam goes to sojourn her parent astatine her deceased grandmother’s house, she notices her ma is acting truly weird. Why is her parent acting similar her dormant grandma sometimes? What’s with each the redecorating? And wherefore is the gait filled with vultures?

Lone Women by Victor LaValle (One World, March 28)

And from the writer of Devil successful Silver and The Changeling comes a humanities fearfulness story. It’s acceptable successful 1915 and follows a young pistillate named Adelaide, who is forced to lug a locked steamer trunk with her everyplace she goes. She moves to a parcel of onshore successful California for a caller commencement aft unspeakable events, but she can’t flight the concealed of her trunk…

Chlorine by Jade Song (William Morrow, March 28)

This debut is much of a intelligence fearfulness story. It’s astir a young pistillate who pushes herself to her limits to beryllium the champion swimmer she tin be. But the stories she was told arsenic a kid astir scary creatures that aquatics successful the heavy commencement to seep into her psyche, and she feels herself longing to go 1 of them.

In Nightfall by Suzanne Young (Delacorte Press, March 28)

We started the database with vampires, and we’re going to extremity it with vampires! This is simply a Lost Boys–like YA caller astir the municipality of Nightfall. When Theo and her brother, Marco, get successful occupation with their parents, they’re sent to unrecorded with their grandma successful Nightfall for the summer. Their grandma tells them it is precise important they ne'er permission the location aft dark, but you cognize however rebellious kids tin get. Plus, there’s a radical of chill kids they privation to impress. Unfortunately for them, trying to beryllium chill conscionable mightiness outgo them their lives.