The Malevolent Dark Horror Fiction Top 25 July 2024 Edition
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1. Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
A novel about a disturbing art-house horror flick and the push for a Hollywood reboot three decades later by the three-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Cabin at the End of the World.
2. Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
A chilling, unique tale of true horror about a family as haunted as their home by the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Bird Box.
3. We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
Billed as Get Out meets Parasite, We Used to Live Here is an eerily haunting debut novel about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the previous residents unexpectedly visit. Soon to be a Netflix original movie starring Blake Lively.
4. The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
Billed as Crying in H-Mart meets My Sister, the Serial Killer, The Eyes Are the Best Part is a feminist psychological horror novel about the making of a female serial killer from a Korean-American perspective.
5. Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi
Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon them in a novel by the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Floating Staircase.
6. The Undead 32: The Battle for Winchester by RR Haywood
In Season Five of the long-running zombie series, the Battle for Gatwick is over, but the team is broken and in desperate need of rest because the darkest days still lie ahead.
7. Specimen 2 by Michael Cole
Three years following the incident on the island of South Fire, Sergeant Major Whitmore will face his greatest adversary – a scientifically created horror – in the sequel to Specimen.
8. Hip Deep in Bad Company by Ann Charles and Sam Lucky
Book 5 in the Deadwood Undertaker series.
9. In Human Bonds by Amy Cross
Book 8 in the Horrors of Sobolton series continues the story of one small town’s struggle to deal with the paranormal monstrosities on its doorstep.
10. Motel Styx by Michelle von Eschen and Jonathan Butcher
Motel Styx is an explicit, disturbing, witty tale about lust, loss, and the last taboo as a shift in the American zeitgeist leads to the instatement of the Lazarus Act, legalizing the recreational use of human corpses.
11. Summer Camp for Slasher Victims by Matthew Mercer
Annie anticipated a life-altering journey, aiding trauma survivors as a counselor at Camp Safe Woods. However, the summer descends into a terrifying spiral and the camp turns into a hunting ground because a killer driven by a sinister secret lurks among them.
12. Breach by Holly S. Roberts
A woman returns to the ocean after a tragic accident in an attempt to restore her spirit, but a monster lurks below the surface.
13. Haunted Molly by M.L. Bullock
Book 2 of Season 3 of the Gulf Coast Paranormal Series delves into the eerie world of a cursed cemetery statue.
14. The Haunting of Ghost Asylum by Jack Steen
Book 1 of the Haunting series sends a parapsychologist back to Ghost Asylum to determine what happened on a night 30 years ago when his brother and best friend entered and only one of them came home alive.
15. youthjuice by E.K. Sathue
Billed as American Psycho meets The Devil Wears Prada, youthjuice is the outrageous body horror novel debut portraying all-consuming female friendship and the beauty industry’s short attention span through the leans of a woman working at a skincare company who becomes addicted to its lifestyle.
16. PsychoActive by Ryan C. Thomas, Ed Kurtz, Cody Goodfellow, and Anthony Trevino
Subtitled Transformative Horror Novellas, Book 16 in Crystal Lake Publishing’s Dark Tide series is a chilling anthology that delves into the darkest recesses of the human psyche. Features “Love is a Monstrous Death” by Ryan C. Thomas and Anthony Trevino; “The Secret Eater” by Cody Goodfellow; and “Black Rings” by Ed Kurtz.
17. Molly is Missing by Sam West
An extreme horror tale about a woman named Molly who goes missing, prompting her guilt-ridden best friend to do whatever it takes to find her.
18. Against Medical Advice by Ruth Anna Evans
A fast-paced novella of medical horror told from two perspectives: a man desperate to save his sick daughter considers the unthinkable and a burnt-out social worker addicted to pills tries to redeem herself with a child’s life on the line.
19. Dead North by Zach Bohannon
Book One of the Dead North series is a post-apocalyptic zombie thriller written by the author of the eight-book Dead South companion series.
20. Apocalypse’s End by Ryan Casey
The twelfth and final book in The Infected Chronicles post-apocalyptic zombie series.
21. Draw You In: Vol.1-Collector’s Item by Jasper Bark
Draw You In: Vol. 1-Collector’s Item is the first in a mind-bending trilogy of novels and the fourth book overall in the Bark Bites Horror series. Described as Kavalier & Clay meets Clive Barker, Draw You In is an epic conspiracy thriller containing stories within stories that explore all of horror’s subgenres ranging from quiet and psychological horror to hardcore and cosmic horror.
22. GASPS: An Anthology of Quiet Horror curated by Judith Sonnet
GASPS is an anthology of quiet horror written by Splatterpunk authors. Featuring tales by Wrath James White, Shane McKenzie, Lucas Mangum, Gord Rollo, Dana M. Evans, Ray Daley, and Judith Sonnet.
23. Lore by Barry Napier
Four friends embark on a guys’ trip to go ice fishing in the Alaskan wilderness but find horror instead of adventure as an unseen evil stalks them, pushing their friendships and sanity to the breaking point.
24. Zoo of People by Sea Caummisar
An extreme horror tale about a venture where the BOSS films and streams a zoo of people held against their will on the dark web for entertainment.
25. MORIBUND by Jennifer Osborn
A haunting and heartbreaking tale of a mother desperate to protect her child, while fighting to make sense of the world unraveling around her.
THE NEXT TEN
The next 10 releases just outside the Top 25 chart:
26. How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie
27. We’re Still Here: An Anthology of LGTBQ+ Horror
28. Latency by Chris Coppel
29. Hear Me Cry by Eileen Wharton
30. Gig of the Damned: Slay the Competition by Phrique
31. Dying Sheep 2 by Jesse D’Angelo
32. Shadow Manor by Candace Nola
33. Creepers: Vol. 23 by Billy Wells
34. Bliss: The Smalls Family III by Ash Ericmore