10 Horror Books Coming Out This Month That Will Thrill and Chill

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth (Flatiron Books, November 1)

35 twelvemonth aged Kari James is an Indigenous pistillate surviving successful Denver, CO. She’s spent astir of her beingness willfully ignorant of her past. But everything changes erstwhile Kari’s relative Debby finds an aged household bracelet that erstwhile belonged to Kari’s mother. The bracelet calls up the shade of Kari’s dormant mother, but that’s not all. Something other much sinister and monstrous is awakened arsenic well. Now Kari indispensable excavation up her past to observe what happened to her parent each those years ago, adjacent if nary 1 other is capable (or willing) to assistance her.

Aliens: Vasquez by V. Castro (Titan Books, November 8)

The Alien movies person ever frightened the heck retired of me, and now, for the archetypal clip ever, we’re getting the communicative of Jenette Vasquez and her children, written by Latina fearfulness writer V. Castro. Jenette Vasquez’s children Ramon and Leticia were raised by Jenette’s sister. As adults, Leticia followed successful her mother’s footsteps and joined the military. Ramon joined the firm hierarchy of Weyland-Yutani. But their stories converge erstwhile some Ramon and Leticia get connected an unnamed planet.

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Breakable Things by Cassandra Khaw (Undertow Publications, November 8)

Cassandra Khaw, writer of past year’s deed fearfulness novella Nothing But Blackened Teeth, is backmost with a fearfulness abbreviated communicative collection. In the stories, Khaw uses elements of assemblage horror, supernatural horror, and intelligence fearfulness to research the complexities of love, loss, and grief. These 23 bite-sized fearfulness stories mightiness beryllium short, but they’ll instrumentality with you.

The Hollows by Daniel Church (Angry Robot, November 8)

In the mediate of a snowstorm successful a tiny village, Constable Ellie Cheetham finds the assemblage of a section man, frozen to death. But the details aren’t adding up. It appears arsenic if the antheral had been hiding from idiosyncratic erstwhile helium died. And he’s clutching a weapon successful his hand. And past there’s the unusual people that’s been etched into the chromatic beside his body. Then 2 much radical are recovered dead, and arsenic the tempest rises, the assemblage number conscionable grows. And the powerfulness has conscionable gone out.

Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga, edited by Lindy Ryan (Black Spot Books, November 8)

Don’t you conscionable emotion this cover? It’s similar everything you thought you liked astir the Baba Yaga. But better. And that’s however each of the stories successful this anthology are. Featuring immoderate of the astir breathtaking women fearfulness authors, Gwendolyn Kiste, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Mercedes M. Yardley, Monique Snyman, Donna Lynch, Lisa Quigley, and R. J. Joseph, these stories reimagine the woman, the witch, Baba Yaga.

Strega by Johanne Lykke Holm (Riverhead Books, November 15)

This modern gothic communicative is acceptable successful the Olympic Hotel successful the tiny colony of Strega. Rafa joins 8 different young women present to enactment and unrecorded successful a dorm together. And yet portion their bosses are precise demanding, determination are hardly ever immoderate guests there. When the guests bash yet arrive, determination is simply a chaotic party, and pursuing the party, 1 of the young women has disappeared.

Rootwork by Tracy Cross (Dark Hart Books, November 15)

Rootwork is acceptable successful a tiny parish successful Louisiana successful 1889. When schoolhouse lets out, sisters Betty, Ann, and Pee Wee spell to enactment with their Hoodoo-practiciing aunt Theodora for the summer. Theodora teaches the girls the ways of her magic, and they revel successful their caller powers…until catastrophe strikes. A tragic lawsuit involving the malicious municipality sheriff changes the girls’ lives forever.

Wayward by Chuck Wendig (Del Ray Books, November 15)

If you loved Chuck Wendig’s Wanderers, then you’ll beryllium excited to cognize the sequel is astir here! And it’ll beryllium coming retired this month! Fifteen years ago, a unusual unwellness struck radical crossed the state that forced them to sleepwalk to a concealed destination. They were followed connected their quest by the shepherds, friends and household who gave up everything to support them. Now, survivors, sleepwalkers and shepherds person a imagination of rebuilding quality nine successful their caller home. But determination are threats surrounding them, and radical with their ain visions of a caller world.

Wicked Little Things by Justin Arnold (Tiny Ghost Press, November 15)

What would the period beryllium without a caller queer YA fearfulness caller to beryllium excited about? When his relative is murdered, 16 twelvemonth aged Dane Craven is forced to instrumentality to his tiny hometown of Jasper Hollow. While connected the hunt for his cousin’s killer, beingness isn’t excessively bad. There’s conscionable his fiery powers that helium has small power over. And the information that helium thinks helium mightiness beryllium liable for his cousin’s death. Oh, and a coven of fashion-forward witches has adopted him arsenic their cheery champion friend, and they’re hopeless to springiness him a makeover.

House of Yesterday by Deeba Zargarpur (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, November 29)

House of Yesterday is a paranormal fantasy/YA fearfulness caller that takes inspiration from the author’s own Afghan Uzbek heritage. Fifteen twelvemonth aged Sara hopes that focusing connected her mom’s latest location renovation task volition supply a distraction from her parents’ divorce, her grandmother’s failing health, and the satellite falling isolated each astir her. But the location holds acheronian truths astir her family’s histories that emergence successful the signifier of ghosts.