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He was sent to kill a pest. Instead, he found a monster.'An intriguing work of whimsi-grotesquerie' – Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas SixMonster hunters tangle with court politics in this horror adventure by the critically acclaimed author of Leech.Enter the decadent, deadly city of Tiliard.In a complex, chaotic metropolis, Guy Moulène has a simple goal: keep his sister out of debt. For her sake, he’ll take on any job, no matter how vile.As an exterminator, Guy hunts the uncanny pests that crawl up from the river. These vermin are all strange, and often dangerous. His latest quarry is different: a worm the size of a dragon with a deadly venom and a ravenous taste for artwork. As it digests Tiliard from the sewers to the opera houses, its toxin reshapes the future of the city. No sane person would hunt it, if they had the choice.Guy doesn’t have a choice.'A lush and seductive story, rife with opulent horror and decaying decadence' – Sunyi Dean, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book Eaters'I will follow this writer anywhere going forward' – Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls is an original Southern Gothic horror from New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House and The Final Girl Support Group, Grady Hendrix.*This exclusive hardback edition features sprayed edges!*‘I did an evil thing to be put in here, and I’m going to have to do an evil thing to get out.’They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, terrified and alone. There, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament. Rose, a hippie who insists she’s going to keep her baby and escape to a commune. Zinnia, a budding musician who plans to marry her baby’s father. And Holly, barely fourteen, mute and pregnant by no-one-knows-who.Every moment of their waking day is strictly controlled by adults who claim they know what’s best for them. Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely. There’s always a price to be paid . . . and it’s usually paid in blood.Praise for Witchcraft for Wayward Girls ‘Amazing’ – Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of I Was a Teenage Slasher‘Terrifying darkly funny, moving’ – Simone St. James, New York Times bestselling author of Murder Road‘A morally complex and genuinely haunting and moving tale’ – Paul Tremblay, author of Horror Movie and The Cabin at the End of the World

From the author of One Yellow Eye, a glossy, gruesome horror novel about a New York ad exec who buys a malevolent suit intent on hijacking her body.The Devil Wears Prada meets The Exorcist, perfect for fans of Rouge by Mona Awad and Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder.Ilona Darke has never found a look that fits. In the high-stakes world of New York advertising, her clothes aren't just uninspired - they seem to have it in for her. So when Ilona suddenly finds herself having to fight for her own job, she decides to dress for success while doing it.For weeks, she's coveted a magnificent purple pinstripe suit in the windows of Le Fays, an intimidating women's boutique. So Ilona musters the courage to try it on and discovers the suit fits like a second skin. At work, she dazzles everyone in her path. She becomes a new person.But such power comes at a visceral price, and Ilona begins to realize that the suit is as much a malevolent force as it is a positive one. She’ll have to decide how far she’s willing to go trading in her rags for riches and what sacrifices she is prepared to make along the way.

Some graves should never be opened . . .In Viking-age Scotland, Astrid is married off to end a blood feud. But her new home, isolated Inver Breck, offers no peace. Trapped by her brutal husband Hallbjorn, Astrid begins to hear the ghosts of his dead wives urging her to join them in the grave. As Hallbjorn’s cruelty escalates, Astrid realizes the only way to shield the innocent is to take his life. Yet even in death he stalks Inver Breck, tormenting both Astrid and the people she has sworn to protect.In 1947 archaeologist Dr. Lilith Weston arrives at the remote Inverbreck House. Hired to direct an excavation after the sudden death of its previous leader, she finds her new colleagues on edge after a series of strange, unsettling events. When Lilith comes face to face with the undead creature haunting Inverbreck, she begins to doubt her own sanity. But as the ancient draugr of Norse legend hunts her colleagues, Lilith must bind a monster that has waited a thousand years to finish what it started.For when the veil is thin, the dead come calling, whispering . . . Lay your bones with ours.

Some graves should never be opened . . .In Viking-age Scotland, Astrid is married off to end a blood feud. But her new home, isolated Inver Breck, offers no peace. Trapped by her brutal husband Hallbjorn, Astrid begins to hear the ghosts of his dead wives urging her to join them in the grave. As Hallbjorn’s cruelty escalates, Astrid realizes the only way to shield the innocent is to take his life. Yet even in death he stalks Inver Breck, tormenting both Astrid and the people she has sworn to protect.In 1947 archaeologist Dr. Lilith Weston arrives at the remote Inverbreck House. Hired to direct an excavation after the sudden death of its previous leader, she finds her new colleagues on edge after a series of strange, unsettling events. When Lilith comes face to face with the undead creature haunting Inverbreck, she begins to doubt her own sanity. But as the ancient draugr of Norse legend hunts her colleagues, Lilith must bind a monster that has waited a thousand years to finish what it started.For when the veil is thin, the dead come calling, whispering . . . Lay your bones with ours.

A family moves into their dream home – only to discover that it hides an insatiable hunger – in this dread-laced and darkly outrageous domestic horror novel.‘Doty’s devilishly voracious novel ended up devouring me’– Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Devil Inside' Nasty, smart, satisfying, and enormously fun'– Scott Hawkins, author of The Library at Mount Char and BlacktailThe new house is a fresh start for Claire and her family. It’s a move towards the quiet suburban life she has craved since her turbulent childhood; a step up the corporate ladder for her husband, Tom; and a safe haven for their two children.Yet, as they unpack their boxes, she senses something is wrong . . .Fresh flowers dry up, store-bought eggs are inexplicably hollow and her daughter’s favourite toy disappears. Claire soon confronts a series of impossible truths: the house is hungry. It’s devouring anything that was once alive. And only Claire and Tom, the owners of the house, will remember that this ‘food’ ever existed.When Claire exploits the house’s power in a moment of weakness, she and the house forge a fragile bond. But as its hunger intensifies and Claire starts to lose control, she fears who else might be drawn to her home – and what sinister appetites they’ll bring.'Deliciously unhinged'- Leigh Radford, author of One Yellow EyeGrady Hendrix meets The Shining in this darkly fun supernatural horror novel. Perfect for fans of A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher and Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison.

‘A lush, dreamlike, wholly intoxicating novel . . . Honeysuckle is a fever dream that I won’t soon forget’ – Ava Reid, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Study in DrowningOnce upon a time, on the edge of a forest, there was a lonely child with only his older sister for company. So his sister made him a playmate: Daye, a girl woven from carefully selected flowers and words.Rory is gloriously happy, until he learns that Daye is a seasonal creature. At the end of each season, she must be woven back together or fall gruesomely apart. And when, one autumn, his sister fails to return home from university in time, Rory has no choice but to watch his best friend slowly crumble.Realizing he can no longer rely on his sister to keep Daye alive, Rory determines he must leave home to learn how to do it himself. Rory sinks deeper into research and experiments to end the cycle of bloom and decay. But as Rory grows older, his thoughts turn darker . . .An entrancing, inventive and unsettling reimagining of the story of Blodeuwedd from Welsh mythology, Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell is a feminist Frankenstein with flowers; a deliciously dark, twisted, horror-tinged fairy tale with rot at its heart . . .'Thoughtful, evocative' – The Guardian--What readers are saying about Honeysuckle:'A very original and engaging story with lots to keep you hooked.''A folk horror . . . with an effective blend of gothic and botanical horror.''I was totally mesmerized by this book. I couldn’t put it down.''Bloody brilliant. Read it in one sitting, and felt every emotion under the Sun. I could write pages about this amazing book, but you should take this journey as blind as Daye did . . . then have your eyes opened for you . . .''Life-changing'

'Trad Wife is terrifying . . . a surreal and slick feminist feast'– Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of Behind Her EyesYour favourite influencer is about to be exposed . . . . . . for fans of a much darker, more horrifying YesteryearEvery day, millions watch Mia Wright, the "trad wife" queen, on her idyllic 300-acre farm. With her handsome husband, seven perfect children, and a life of from-scratch meals, she's an icon of modern femininity. But behind every perfect image is a lie.Desperate to save her tarnished career, journalist Jenny Kaplan arrives at Black Swan Farm to profile Mia. Jenny is ready to write a scathing exposé, determined to uncover the deception behind Mia's curated life.But there's something wrong at the farmhouse.It slithers through Jenny's dreams when the children sing strange nursery rhymes at night. She's losing time. She's losing her hair. She starts to worry that she's losing her mind.There is a horror at the heart of Black Swan, and it's waiting just for Jenny.‘Glorious, unhinged and utterly irresistible’– Catriona Ward, bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street'Gripping, unsettling, enthrallingly layered and utterly laced with doom'- Olivie Blake, bestselling author of Girl Dinner

‘A lush, dreamlike, wholly intoxicating novel . . . Honeysuckle is a fever dream that I won’t soon forget’ – Ava Reid, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Study in DrowningOnce upon a time, on the edge of a forest, there was a lonely child with only his older sister for company. So his sister made him a playmate: Daye, a girl woven from carefully selected flowers and words.Rory is gloriously happy, until he learns that Daye is a seasonal creature. At the end of each season, she must be woven back together or fall gruesomely apart. And when, one autumn, his sister fails to return home from university in time, Rory has no choice but to watch his best friend slowly crumble.Realizing he can no longer rely on his sister to keep Daye alive, Rory determines he must leave home to learn how to do it himself. Rory sinks deeper into research and experiments to end the cycle of bloom and decay. But as Rory grows older, his thoughts turn darker . . .An entrancing, inventive and unsettling reimagining of the story of Blodeuwedd from Welsh mythology, Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell is a feminist Frankenstein with flowers; a deliciously dark, twisted, horror-tinged fairy tale with rot at its heart . . .'Thoughtful, evocative' – The Guardian--What readers are saying about Honeysuckle:'A very original and engaging story with lots to keep you hooked.''A folk horror . . . with an effective blend of gothic and botanical horror.''I was totally mesmerized by this book. I couldn’t put it down.''Bloody brilliant. Read it in one sitting, and felt every emotion under the Sun. I could write pages about this amazing book, but you should take this journey as blind as Daye did . . . then have your eyes opened for you . . .''Life-changing'

'Trad Wife is terrifying . . . a surreal and slick feminist feast'– Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes'Think of it as a darker, even more horrifying Yesteryear . . . you won’t be able to put it down'– StylistEvery day, millions watch Mia Wright, the "trad wife" queen, on her idyllic 300-acre farm. With her handsome husband, seven perfect children, and a life of from-scratch meals, she's an icon of modern femininity. But behind every perfect image is a lie.Desperate to save her tarnished career, journalist Jenny Kaplan arrives at Black Swan Farm to profile Mia. Jenny is ready to write a scathing exposé, determined to uncover the deception behind Mia's curated life.But there's something wrong at the farmhouse.It slithers through Jenny's dreams when the children sing strange nursery rhymes at night. She's losing time. She's losing her hair. She starts to worry that she's losing her mind.There is a horror at the heart of Black Swan, and it's waiting just for Jenny.‘Glorious, unhinged and utterly irresistible’– Catriona Ward, bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street'Gripping, unsettling, enthrallingly layered and utterly laced with doom'- Olivie Blake, bestselling author of Girl Dinner

'Dazzling . . . You’re gonna have a hard time finding a more thrilling or moving book this year.'– Josh Malerman, author of Incidents Around the HouseAn FBI agent with an uncanny ability to sense danger must hunt down a serial killer through the wilderness of Colorado, in this tense and gripping thrill ride by bestselling author CJ Leede. Perfect for fans of The Shining, Longlegs and Twin Peaks.Every instinct tells him to run. Every memory tells him he can’t.Special Agent Daniel Stansfield is ready for a change. Burnt out and defeated by the job, it’s his last day with the FBI. But before he can turn in his badge, he’s summoned back to Denver, the city he ran from four years ago, with a chilling message: it's happening again.Seemingly innocent people are waking up on the side of the highway, with no memory of how they got there, wearing the skin of victims they've allegedly never met. And they each share one haunting detail: a strand of a stranger’s hair is tied around their tongue.Now Daniel is pulled back into the gruesome cycle, and every clue leads him deeper into the shadows of his own past. He will have to confront the ghosts of his traumatic childhood and face what’s been hunting him all along – before he and the people he loves become the next victims.

'Dazzling . . . You’re gonna have a hard time finding a more thrilling or moving book this year.'– Josh Malerman, author of Incidents Around the HouseAn FBI agent with an uncanny ability to sense danger must hunt down a serial killer through the wilderness of Colorado, in this tense and gripping thrill ride by bestselling author CJ Leede. Perfect for fans of The Shining, Longlegs and Twin Peaks.Every instinct tells him to run. Every memory tells him he can’t.Special Agent Daniel Stansfield is ready for a change. Burnt out and defeated by the job, it’s his last day with the FBI. But before he can turn in his badge, he’s summoned back to Denver, the city he ran from four years ago, with a chilling message: it's happening again.Seemingly innocent people are waking up on the side of the highway, with no memory of how they got there, wearing the skin of victims they've allegedly never met. And they each share one haunting detail: a strand of a stranger’s hair is tied around their tongue.Now Daniel is pulled back into the gruesome cycle, and every clue leads him deeper into the shadows of his own past. He will have to confront the ghosts of his traumatic childhood and face what’s been hunting him all along – before he and the people he loves become the next victims.

‘A modern masterpiece. Blacktail will consume you’ – Marcus Kliewer, bestselling author of We Used to Live Here‘Blacktail is as glorious as it is gruesome’ – V. E. Schwab, Sunday Times bestselling author of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight SoilA wolf embarks on a primal hunt for revenge. Blacktail is the highly-anticipated novel from Scott Hawkins, the critically acclaimed author of The Library at Mount Char.Blacktail is a half-breed wolf, born to hunt. When he finds love beyond a garden wall, he dares to imagine a peaceful life – until men butcher his mate and unborn pups in a surgical act of cruelty. His grief ignites a rampage of torn throats and shattered bone, a slaughter so absolute it draws the gaze of an ancient feline witch. She sends him south to wake the sleeping Forest God and end the age of reason.Fuelled by a rage that frightens Hell itself, Blacktail wages war against men and the beasts who dare defend them. From a gore-soaked wilderness to a burning confrontation with Heaven, Blacktail is a feral odyssey of vengeance.The Forest God sleeps. But what will be the price of waking him?* * *‘Touching, horrifying, and entertaining . . . You should all get excited for this book’– Mark Lawrence, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book That Wouldn't Burn‘Blacktail is one to savor; one to delight in the eccentricities of; one to sit with long after it ends’ – Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Girl Dinner‘Beautiful, brutal fantasy, red in tooth and claw’– Chuck Wendig, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Staircase in the Woods

We thought we'd play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead.One last laugh for the summer as it winds down. One last prank just to scare a friend. Bringing a mannequin into a theater is just some harmless fun, right? Until it wakes up. Until it starts killing.Luckily, Sawyer has a plan. He’ll be a hero. He'll save everyone to the best of his ability. He'll kill as many people as he needs to so he can save the day. That's the thing about heroes—sometimes you have to become a monster first.

At a passing glance, County Road 951 is an entirely unremarkable stretch of blacktop, a two-lane scar across the Cascade foothills of Central Oregon.But the road is known by another name, coined by those who’ve had to clean up after all those scenic detours went horribly wrong: The Devil’s Driveway.When Livia and her long-time friends take the Driveway as a shortcut to a much-needed weekend getaway, what begins as a morning joyride quickly becomes anything but. Soon, they’re driving for their lives, pursued by a horror beyond anything they ever imagined.The Devil’s Driveway might be only 15 miles long, but with danger at every turn, it will take the four women to the very limits of their friendships and their sanity.And there’s no telling what else lies in wait just beyond the bend.

An abandoned planet. A hidden past. A deadly danger. PsychologistDr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of Eckhart-Reiser syndrome (ERS)—the most famous case of which resulted in the brutal murders of twenty-nine people. It’s personal to her, and whenshe’s assigned to a small exploration crew who recently suffered the tragic death of a colleague, she wants to help. But as they begin to establish residency on an abandoned planet, it becomes clear that the crew is hiding something. And Ophelia’s crewmates are far more interested in investigating the eerie, ancient planet and unraveling themystery behind the previous colonizers’ hasty departure than opening upto her. That is, until their pilot is discovered gruesomely murdered. Is this Ophelia’s worst nightmare starting—a wave of violence and mental deterioration from ERS? Or is it something even more sinister? Terrified that history will repeat itself, Ophelia and the crew must work together to figure out what’s happening. But trust is hard to come by…and the crew members aren’t the only ones keeping secrets.