June Horror Novels to Kickstart Your Summer Scares

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Emily holds a PhD in English from Southern Mississippi University and is home to Flannery O’Connor, a creative writing MFA at GCSU in Milledgeville, Georgia. She reads, watches horror movies and musicals, hugs cats, hugs cat photos, and blogs/podcasts about books on #BookSQUADGOALS (www.booksquadgoals.com). She can be contacted at emily.ecm@gmail.com.

Meet me at the intersection of Megan Giddings

All of the world suddenly, when seven doors open a portal to another world, everyone has a different response. It is a world that looks like a beautiful paradise. But what is the catch? For twin sisters Ayana and Olivia, the world means different, but they each offer opportunities to explore. Afterwards, one of the sisters disappears, and soon it becomes clear that the world is full of danger.

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A strange house by Uketsu

Is there anything more creepy than a mysterious house with immeasurable floor plans? When the writer purchases this house, he soon discovers that there is a strange “dead space” between the walls. Do these spaces have something to do with the strange disappearance of the previous owner? Are they dangerous? Are they really there? These are the questions at the heart of this creepy new novel by Uketsu, the author of Strange photos.

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The Beast by Richard Van Camp

In this indigenous YA horror novel set in the 1980s, Doghrib and Chippewan agreed to a peace treaty. Lawson and his family are on the Dogrib side. However, that agreement does not mean there is no malice among the family. Especially now, one of the cranes follows an order of evil spirits who want nothing but blood and war.

Fill the bones into the soil cover at midnight

Buriing bones in midnight soil by Ve Schwab (Tor, June 10th)

This dark vampire novel from the author of Addie Larue’s Invisible Life tells the story of three different women over the centuries. In the Santo Domingo de la Calzada of 1532, Maria is offered the option to empower her time beyond what women would be given to her. In London in 1827, Charlotte feels like an outsider of London society, and then she meets a widow who changes everything. Then in Boston in 2019, Alice is looking for a fresh start in college, but her grief is plaguing her.

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Girl enters the forest by Madeline Lou (Quil Tree, June 10th)

For Vala, her mysterious count Leonid engagement is a chance to escape her dull village life. There’s only one catch. She has to go through the deadly Gotger wood. There, in every dark shadow, supernatural powers and evil creatures lurk. Many people don’t make it from the living forest. Little does Vala know that the forest is just where fear begins. Waiting beyond them is much worse.

Ecstasy by Ivy Pochida (GP Putnam’s son, June 17th)

Ecstasy A dark rethink of The Bacchae by Euripides. Lena has lived for years under the thumb of her ruling husband, who lives like a bird in a cage among wealthy elites. Now that her husband is dead, all she wants to do is be free. The woman who lives in a beach tent in Agape seems to be calling her, and Lena is attracted to their carefree lifestyle. However, an ancient god is upset on the beach, calling out to the women of the village, awakening all of them with dark desires.

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Miranda Smith’s Smile for the Camera (Bantam, June 24th)

Ella Winters was once The Scream Queen after she stars as the last girl in the Cult Classical Rusher Alumni night. However, after the film’s premiere, Ella disappeared from Hollywood, and she and her castmates refused to explain. Now, 20 years later, Ella is ready for a comeback, and it starts with all the cast Alumni night Filming a documentary about the reunion in a rural Tennessee cabin. However, when each actor encounters a similar fate to the character’s fate in the film, Ella realizes that someone knows what they are hiding.


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