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Horror Books Written By Female Authors That You Need To Read ASAP.
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items If you think horror is a boys club, think again. Some of the most chilling, unsettling, and downright terrifying fiction being written today comes from women. These authors bring a razor sharp perspective to fear, psychological dread, and the monstro...
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A dark and sinister reimagining of Peter Pan, this story is told through multiple POVs over different timelines that eventually merge to reveal a horrific and heartbreaking truth.
Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward, Hardcover
Dark Sisters is a dark, witchy, and deeply unsettling story that is told from the perspective of three different women from different time periods. Each woman has their own captivating and unique voice. This creepy tale is sure to empower and enrage ...
Dark Sisters: A Novel by Kristi DeMeester, Hardcover
In a boarded up house on a dead end street, a reclusive man, a girl who isn’t allowed outside, and a Bible reading cat share an unspeakable secret. When a new neighbour moves in, what’s buried in the woods may finally come to light. This is a mind be...
The Last House on Needless Street - Catriona Ward
Quick Reads
Quick, fast paced, and one heck of a good time.
On Sundays She Picked Flowers is a bleak Southern Gothic that deals with themes like brutal murder, cannibalism, incest, generational trauma, and slavery. This book made me uncomfortable but I couldn’t look away. It’s gory, shocking, violent, and uni...
On Sundays She Picked Flowers | Book by Yah Yah Scholfield
A dysfunctional family already fracturing under resentment and restlessness finds themselves trapped in an isolated farmhouse as wolves close in from the woods, but the most dangerous threat might be lurking closer to home. A short, sharp gut-punch o...
Big Bad (Creature Feature collection) eBook
A culturally rich novella about a haunted Chinese opera house, this is a fast paced gothic horror that is definitely unique and atmospheric. Think “the phantom of the opera meets Chinese folklore”. This is one that will stick with me for a long, long...
Demon Song by Kelsea Yu, Hardcover
Amazing Stories
Unique tales from incredibly talented women.
When single mother Liv takes her three daughters to a remote Scottish island, she discovers the cave beneath their lighthouse was once a prison for women accused of witchcraft… and the locals warn that the witches revenge still walks among them. Spa...
The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke, Paperback
Rooted in Arabic folklore, this coming-of-age feminist horror follows a young girl whose world unravels as mysterious, ritualistic murders haunt her tight knit community. A slow burn that is full of dread and myth, it’s the kind of book that lingers ...
The Night Is Not for You by Eman Quotah, Paperback
When Carly Kirk goes searching for answers about her aunt Viv who vanished from a roadside motel in 1982, she finds herself trapped in the same ghostly mystery thirty five years later. A dual timeline ghost story packed with female rage, vengeful spi...
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James, Paperback
When a recently divorced woman discovers a mysterious bunker hidden behind a hole in her uncle’s quirky museum, she finds portals to alternate realities haunted by creatures that feed on fear, and the more you think about them, the stronger they beco...
The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher, Paperback