Erica Waters writes YA contemporary fantasy with a Southern Gothic feel. She's originally from the pine woods of rural Florida but has made her home in Nashville, TN, where she's learned to love bluegrass and has even starting learning banjo. Her best friends are two scruffy little rescue dogs named Nutmeg and Luna. GHOST WOOD SONG is her debut novel.
Dead Girls Don't Dream (2024) Nino Cipri "Creepy, beautiful, witchy, and queer, Dead Girls Don't Dream was hard to put down. An engrossing and memorable read."
They Watch From Below (2024) Katya de Becerra "Part horror novel, part mystery, all wrapped up in the lush and treacherous trappings of dark academia, They Watch From Below is every bit as tense, eerie, and genuinely frightening as I had hoped. An absorbing story of old gods, family secrets, and irresistible powers."
Compound Fracture (2024) Andrew Joseph White "White has crafted an engrossing horror-thriller that wears its heart - and guts - on its sleeve. Defiant to the end, Compound Fracture uses a century-old blood feud, Appalachian history and politics, and a touch of the supernatural to explore the ways new generations must reckon with old wrongs."
My Throat an Open Grave (2024) Tori Bovalino "I sat down to read a few pages, and before I knew it, I was ten chapters in. Propulsive, original, and deeply compelling, My Throat An Open Grave whisked me straight into the dark and mysterious realm of the Lord of the Wood, where nothing was quite what I expected. A fascinating blend of folk horror and fairytale, just as I've come to expect from the talented Bovalino."
A Place for Vanishing (2024) Ann Fraistat "As a seasoned fan of the haunted house genre, I thought I knew what I was in for when I started this book, but Fraistat surprised me at every turn. Every bug-riddled, mask-filled page of A Place for Vanishing is vivid, original, and absolutely compelling."
Unholy Terrors (2023) Lyndall Clipstone "Bloody and lovely at once, Unholy Terrors is a moody meditation on desire and duty, fate and free will, the bonds we are born to and the ones we choose for ourselves."
Before the Devil Knows You're Here (2023) Autumn Krause "Before the Devil Knows You're Here offers a fresh look at American history and folklore, weaving familiar mythology into a fantastical and horror-tinged tale about the deals we make to survive and the scars that never fade."
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me (2023) (I Feed Her to the Beast, book 1) Jamison Shea "With its monstrous ballerinas, beautiful monsters, and writing that drips with both beauty and gore, I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me is a glorious debut. I would follow Jamison Shea down any dark path."
Those We Drown (2023) Amy Goldsmith "Weaving Greek mythology and oceanic horror into a glittering mystery at sea, Those We Drown explores the sinister side of wealth, beauty, and privilege."
We'll Never Tell (2023) Wendy Heard "Wendy Heard has been my favorite thriller writer for years, and We'll Never Tell is a brilliant example of why: perfect pacing, an incredibly real and immersive California setting, and characters as compelling as they are suspicious. I was riveted by every twist and turn."
All the Dead Lie Down (2023) Kyrie McCauley "McCauley's writing is as gorgeous as her story is gruesome, filled with a creeping dread that gets into your bones and holds you in thrall. All the Dead Lie Down is the best sapphic horror I've read in years."
A Rush of Wings (2021) Laura E Weymouth "A Rush of Wings is a fierce, dark-hearted fairy tale that yearns toward the light. Readers will love the book's passionate, loyal characters, beguiling monsters, and subtle, sea-scented magic. With her usual immersive and beautiful writing and a resilient, powerful heroine, Weymouth has crafted another book that feels like a classic but speaks perfectly to this moment in time."
The Dead and the Dark (2021) Courtney Gould "Gould's debut has everything you need in a book: an engrossing mystery, a compelling love story, and a setting so utterly alive you won't believe it isn't on a map. The Dead and the Dark will keep you in its grasp until the last perfect page."
