October 2025 New Release Horror Books

October 2025 New Release Horror Books

Welcome friends and fiends! Here is an updating list of horror titles being released October 2025. This is a fairly comprehensive list of all things horror, including traditional, small press, and self-published works. I provide at least one link where you can find the book and purchase it directly.

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Want to know what books I have on my TBR? The books with a featured cover at the top of each week are the books that I am planning to read!

This is a project I hope to do every month, with posts going up at the end of the month. My aim is to share the books I run into with my monthly scrolling and to have a venue to lift up authors. If you have a book releasing this month that you don’t see on the list, please feel free to leave a comment on this post so I can add your book to the list.


October 1-5

Title Author Publisher Tags
A Grave Duet: Collected Halloween Horror Melisa Peterson Lewis, Kasey Fallon, & Rissa Miller Self-Published Short Stories, Halloween
Around Thomas McFadden Self-Published Christian
As Told Under the Moon: A Collection of Haunting Works from New and Emerging Voices Ellis Hart (editor) Dusk and Dagger Publishing Short Stories, Anthology
Ashen Veil Layney Rey Self-Published YA, Vampire
BAXTER: The Prodigal Son Kelvin V.A Allison Wounded Pigeon Publications Short Stories, Killer Kid
Beneath a Nameless Sky (A Black Painting #1) Evan Jameson Witching Hole Publications Occult
Deusetta (Disciples of Eden #1) Hal Enzinga Self-Published Death Game
Echoes of the Damned Ian Gielen Self-Published Short Stories
Eerie Basin Ivy Pochoda Amazon Original Stories Short Stories, Suspense
Seen James Yates Self-Published Demons, Novella
The LET Project Drew Baker Self-Published Sci-Fi
The Mask Room (Scaremoore #6) T. L. Griffith Self-Published Children’s
The Monsters They Made Us Frank J. Camacho Self-Published Supernatural, YA
The Scarecrows Will Watch Over Us Grant Wamack Broken River Books Folk, Cryptid
The Small Hours Bob Pastorella Ghoulish Books Supernatural
The Swamp Child Eliza Broadbent Undertaker Books TAGS
The Town That Feared Dusk Calvin Demmer Darkenryde Publishing Short Stories, Small Town
The Werewolf on Blacktree Lane Bradley Doxon Shallowford Press Middle Grade
The Writing on the Wall: A Horror Tribute to Iron Maiden Jyl Glenn & Joseph Murnane (editors), Various Wicked Ouija Press Short Stories
Unusual Occurrences Glenn Rolfe Alien Agenda Publishing Short Stories

October 6-12

Title Author Publisher Tags
Absolute Zero: An Anthology of Cold Horror Various Death’s Head Press Short Stories, Arctic
And the River Drags Her Down Jihyun Yun Knopf Books for Young Readers Asian, Necromancy
Before You Go Extinct Vol. 1 Takashi Ushiroyato & Kanato Abiko Kodansha Manga
Cinder House Freya Marske Tordotcom LGBTQ, Fairy Tale
Crafting for Sinners Jenny Kiefer Quirk Books Crafting, LGBTQ, Occult
Dark Sisters Kristi DeMeester St. Martin’s Press Historical, Witches
Deliver Me (re-release) Elle Nash The Unnamed Press LGBTQ, Coming of Age
Hallway Andy Futuro June Day Press Psychological
Hell’s Heresies Kat D. Coffin City Owl Press Supernatural, Humor, Haunted House
Herculine Grace Byron S&S/Saga Press Cults, LGBTQ, Transgender
ITCH! Gemma Amor Hodder & Stoughton LGBTQ, Feminist
Man, F*ck This House (And Other Disasters) Brian Asman Blackstone Publishing Short Stories
Nowhere Land Pamela K. Kinney DreamPunk Press Paranormal
On Submission Michael J. Seidlinger CLASH Books Psychological, Slasher
Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture Brandon R. Grafius Morehouse Publishing Christian, Religion, Pop Culture
Symbiotes Amanda Linnemeyer Ringtale Publishing Dystopia, Fungal, YA
The Devouring Light Kat Ellis HarperCollins Haunted House, YA
The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale Joe R. Lansdale Tachyon Publications Short Stories
The Hong Kong Widow Kristen Loesch Berkley Historical, Gothic, Asian
The Possessing Hour Jeremy John Hayes Self-Published Short Stories
The Sleepy Hollow Incident: Book 1 PD Alleva Chamber Door Publishing, LLC Historical, Dark Fantasy, Gothic
These Bodies Ain’t Broken Madeline Dyer (editor) Page Street YA Disability Rep, Short Stories, YA
Upton Arms: A Retirement Home for Supernaturals Scott Craven City Owl Press Comedy, Vampire
Vampires at Sea Lindsay Merbaum Creature Publishing Comedy, LGBTQ, Vampires
We Are All Dead Anyway Gage Greenwood Tanner’s Switch Publishing Autofiction
You Have to Let Them Bleed Annie Neugebauer Bad Hand Books Short Stories

October 13-19

Title Author Publisher Tags
A Harvest of Furies Hayden Casey Lanternfish Press Greek Retelling, Gothic, Magical Realism
Angry Hornet Nest Stoney Brooks River-Lily Publishing Supernatural, YA
Caramelle & Carmilla Jewelle Gomez & Sheridan Le Fanu Aunt Lute Books Vampire, Gothic, LGBTQ
Creepers: The Wishing Well Edgar J. Hyde Pushing Daisies Paranormal, Children’s
Dark the Halls Timothy Roderick Graven Image Press Psychological, Christmas
Descendants of the Big House (A Horde of Dead Poets) C. Vonzale Lewis Percy’s Heart Press Retelling, Mystery
Dying Sheep 3D Jesse D’Angelo Encyclopocalypse Publications 1980s, Extreme
He’s So Possessed with Me Corey Liu Little, Brown Books for Young Readers LGBTQ, YA, Supernatural
Hotel of Haunts Heather Daughrity (editor) Watertower Hill Publishing Ghosts, Short Stories
Loading… Cager Klarxon Surrender Point Press LGBTQ, Body Horror, Technothriller
My Lips, Her Voice L. L. Madrid Creature Publishing Possession, LGBTQ, Ghost
Olympia Lowlife Aaron Lebold 13 Days Publishing ???
The Devil Drinks Monsoons SueBird Sparrow Bayou Wolf Press Vampire
The Devil Take the Blues Ariel Slick Hell or Highwater Books Southern Gothic, Historical
The Hauntings Back Home Rebecca Cuthbert Undertaker Books Ghost, Short Stories
The Old Lords Edward Lillion GlobeBridge Press Vampire
The Scald-Crow Grace Daly Creature Publishing Comedy
The Skinner Effect L. Andrew Cooper Horrific Scribblings Splatterpunk, Psychological
The Unveiling Quan Barry Grove Press Antarctic, Stranded
The Works of Vermin Hiron Ennes Tor Books Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Unseen Gods Justin Holley Flame Tree Press Occult
What Waits Below Caleb N. Stephens Thrillerscape Press Thriller
You Don’t Belong Here DM Siciliano Dark Diva Press Short Stories

October 20-26

Title Author Publisher Tags
6-6-06 Adam Cagley IAF Press Coming of Age, Occult
A Play About A Curse Caroline Macon Fleischer CLASH Books Curse, Theatre
Cathedral of the Drowned Nathan Ballingrud Tor Nightfire Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Dead Awake: Revelation (Dead Awake #5) Rob Ulitski Self-Published Zombie
Dread Mondays Steve Capone Jr. (editor) Whisper House Press Short Stories, Anthology
Field of Frights Christina Hagmann RWD Publishing YA, Halloween, 1990s
Find Your Way Back To Me William J. Donahue Manta Press Supernatural
It Came From The Flower Shop Down Under Chris Heinicke & Kate Reedwood KC Stories 1970s, Australian, Humor
King Sorrow Joe Hill William Morrow Dragon, Fantasy
One Grimm Night Chad Nicholas Self-Published Fairy Tale, Locked In
Portraits of Decay J. R. Blanes Ruadán Books Occult, Southern
She Had Glass Eyes C. S. Schiavone Twenty Hills Publishing Historical
Something’s Wrong With Maddie Taylor Z. Adams Self-Published LGBTQ, Sapphic, Zombie
Spooky Tales from the Story Weaver Andy Keats Creative Salad Studios Middle Grade, Ghost
The Black Carnival Harlequin Grim Quill & Crow Publishing House Historical
The Pale Hunger Angel R Sánchez BetterWay Stories Folk, Forest
The Sister’s Curse Nicola Solvinic Berkley Ghost, Occult, Thriller
Where We’ve Made It Dark: An Impossible Coming of Age With Nothing Left to Come of Age To Nicholas Crawford Curtain Literary Press Dystopia, Coming of Age
Women of Glass and Other Parables Candice Lola Winnie Tataw Short Stories, Female Rage, Black Lit

October 27-31

Title Author Publisher Tags
All’s Well That Ends Well Vivian Kasley Brigids Gate Press Short Stories
Assimilation Lonnie Busch UBiQ PRESS Sci-Fi
Blood Like Ours (Blood #2) Stuart Neville Hell’s Hundred Vampires
Blood of the Damned Antony Stanton Self-Published Vampire, Medieval, Historical
Darker Days Thomas Olde Heuvelt Harper Occult, Supernatural
Grimoire’s Bride Lenore Nox Self-Published Dark Romance, Fantasy
Hauntings S.E. Howard PUBLISHER Short Stories
Hazelthorn CG Drews Feiwel & Friends Gothic, LGBTQ, YA
Hell Heist Robert J. Peterson California Coldblood Books Urban Fantasy, Cults
Hemo Sapiens Emily A. Weedon Dundurn Press Vampire, Detective
Kilthorne Elizabeth Vaunt Self-Published Vampire, Possession
Moonlight Sin Morgan Mourne Self-Published Noir, Crime, Supernatural
Mother-Eating Jess Hagemann Ghoulish Books Marie Antoinette Retelling
The Arcane Gamble of Harvey Walters (The Drowned City #3) Rosemary Jones Aconyte Books Dark Fantasy
The Bone Thief Vanessa Lillie Berkley Indigenous, Crime
The Brood Rebecca Baum Thomas & Mercer Bugs, Female
The Sleepy Hollow Incident: Book 2 PD Alleva Chamber Door Publishing, LLC Historical, Dark Fantasy, Gothic
The Witch of November (Devoured #2) Bryan W. Alaspa PUBLISHER TAGS
Willow Rose M. Kevin Hayden Self-Published Cosmic, Sci-Fi

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