{"id":26428,"date":"2026-03-28T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=26428"},"modified":"2026-04-03T02:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:17:02","slug":"april-2026-new-release-horror-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/april-2026-new-release-horror-books\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2026 New Release Horror Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome friends and fiends! Here is an updating list of horror titles being released March 2026. 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.<\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n

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\u2019t see on the list, please feel free to leave a comment on this post so I can add your book to the list.<\/p>\n

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April 1-5<\/h1>\n

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April 6-12<\/h1>\n

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
Academia<\/a><\/td>\nJames Oliver<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nExtreme, Slasher<\/td>\n
At the Hour of Violence<\/a><\/td>\nRobert Essig<\/td>\nInfected Voices Publishing<\/td>\nMonster<\/td>\n
Dance of Necromance: Poetry Book of the Dead<\/a><\/td>\nSumiko Saulson<\/td>\nMocha Memoirs Press<\/td>\nPoetry, Speculative<\/td>\n
Easter Maidens<\/a><\/td>\nMonique Snyman<\/td>\nCrystal Lake Publishing<\/td>\nFolk, Grief, Supernatural<\/td>\n
Hostile Architecture<\/a><\/td>\nJoseph Murnane<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nCosmic, Psychedelic, Grief, Existential<\/td>\n
Monumental<\/a><\/td>\nAdam Nevill<\/td>\nRitual Limited<\/td>\nSupernatural, Survival<\/td>\n
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April 13-19<\/h1>\n

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
All the Things You Cannot See: An Oceanic Horror Anthology<\/a><\/td>\nDesiree Horton (editor), Various<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nShort Stories, Anthology<\/td>\n
Aviary<\/a><\/td>\nMaria Dong<\/td>\nSevern House<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Asian, Folklore, Body Horror<\/td>\n
Blood Trail<\/a><\/td>\nMatt & Harrison Query<\/td>\nAtria\/Emily Bestler Books<\/td>\nCult, Vampire, Supernatural<\/td>\n
Bodies of Work<\/a><\/td>\nClay McLeod Chapman<\/td>\nTitan Books<\/td>\nSupernatural, Revenge<\/td>\n
Depths of Darkness<\/a><\/td>\nE.R. Vickers (editor), Various<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nNautical, Short Stories, Anthology<\/td>\n
How to Build a Haunted House: The History of a Cultural Obsession<\/a><\/td>\nCaitlin Blackwell Baines<\/td>\nPegasus Books<\/td>\nNon-Fiction, Pop Culture, Haunted Houses<\/td>\n
In the Dollhouse We All Wait<\/a><\/td>\nAmanda M. Blake<\/td>\nCrystal Lake Publishing<\/td>\nExtreme<\/td>\n
Invasive Species<\/a><\/td>\nEllery Adams<\/td>\nHanover Square Press<\/td>\nSupernatural<\/td>\n
Morsel<\/a><\/td>\nCarter Keane<\/td>\nTor Nightfire<\/td>\nFolk<\/td>\n
Mrs. Jekyll<\/a><\/td>\nEmma Glass<\/td>\nUnion Square & Co.<\/td>\nFeminist, Retelling<\/td>\n
Sarafina<\/a> (re-release)<\/td>\nPhilip Fracassi<\/td>\nCLASH Books<\/td>\nHistorical, Psychological, Occult<\/td>\n
Scream Like a Prayer<\/a><\/td>\nS.H. Mansouri<\/td>\nAtreyu Press<\/td>\nComing of Age, Occult<\/td>\n
Sour Fruit<\/a><\/td>\nAhana Virdi<\/td>\nThe Borough Press<\/td>\nFemGore<\/td>\n
The Beast You Let In<\/a><\/td>\nDana Mele<\/td>\nSourcebooks Fire<\/td>\nYoung Adult, Revenge, Possession<\/td>\n
The Boatman<\/a><\/td>\nAlex Grecian<\/td>\nBad Hand Books<\/td>\nSupernatural<\/td>\n
The Counting Game<\/a><\/td>\nSin\u00e9ad Nolan<\/td>\nGallery\/Scout Press<\/td>\nCrime, Haunted Woods<\/td>\n
The Resurrection Girl<\/a><\/td>\nNathan D. Ludwig<\/td>\nUncomfortably Dark Horror<\/td>\nResurrection, Supernatural, Wendigo<\/td>\n
The Seventh Sister<\/a><\/td>\nDawn Kurtagich<\/td>\nThomas & Mercer<\/td>\nPsychological<\/td>\n
These Familiar Walls<\/a><\/td>\nC. J. Dotson<\/td>\nSt. Martin’s Press<\/td>\nGhost<\/td>\n
Twist of Cain<\/a><\/td>\nMichael J. Stiehl<\/td>\nMSB<\/td>\nComing of Age, Occult<\/td>\n
We Call Them Witches<\/a><\/td>\nIndia-Rose Bower<\/td>\nPoisoned Pen Press<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Post Apocalyptic<\/td>\n
Wife Shaped Bodies<\/a><\/td>\nLaura Cranehill<\/td>\nS&S\/Saga Press<\/td>\nFungal Horror, Body Horror, Feminine<\/td>\n
X7<\/a><\/td>\nC.M. Saunders <\/td>\nRed Dawn Publications<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Year of the Mer<\/a><\/td>\nL. D. Lewis<\/td>\nS&S\/Saga Press<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Dark Fantasy<\/td>\n
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April 20-26<\/h1>\n

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
Eat the Light<\/a><\/td>\nAndrew Najberg<\/td>\nAETHON: Wicked House<\/td>\nPsychological, Survival<\/td>\n
Invasive Species<\/a><\/td>\nEllery Adams<\/td>\nHanover Square Press<\/td>\nSmall Town, Supernatural<\/td>\n
Japanese Gothic<\/a><\/td>\nKylie Lee Baker<\/td>\nHanover Square Press<\/td>\nGhost, Japanese<\/td>\n
Morsel<\/a><\/td>\nCarter Keane<\/td>\nTor Nightfire<\/td>\nFolk, Appalachia, Monster<\/td>\n
Perdition: Stories<\/a><\/td>\nBrian Kubarycz <\/td>\nBaobab Press<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Pieties: Expanded Edition<\/a><\/td>\nMarc Ruvolo<\/td>\nSlashic Horror Press<\/td>\nHistorical<\/td>\n
The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own<\/a><\/td>\nGwendolyn Kiste<\/td>\nRaw Dog Screaming<\/td>\nShort Stories, LGBTQ<\/td>\n
The Hive<\/a><\/td>\nRonald Malfi<\/td>\nTitan Books<\/td>\nCosmic, Small Town<\/td>\n
The Long Way Still<\/a><\/td>\nErik Bilicki<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nShort Stories, Small Town, Literary<\/td>\n
These Familiar Walls<\/a><\/td>\nC.J. Dotson<\/td>\nSt. Martin’s Press<\/td>\n90s, Historical, Suburban<\/td>\n
Wife Shaped Bodies<\/a><\/td>\nLaura Cranehill<\/td>\nS&S\/Saga Press<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Fungal<\/td>\n
Woodstake: Three Days of Peace, Music and Blood<\/a><\/td>\nDarin S. Cape & Felipe Kroll<\/td>\nSHP Comics<\/td>\nGraphic Novel, Vampire, Woodstock<\/td>\n
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April 27-30<\/h1>\n

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
Come Sing for the Harrowing<\/a><\/td>\nDan Coxon<\/td>\nCLASH Books<\/td>\nShort Stories, Folk<\/td>\n
Crossroads<\/a> (re-release)<\/td>\nLaurel Hightower<\/td>\nShortwave<\/td>\nGrief<\/td>\n
May the Dead Keep You<\/a><\/td>\nJill Baguchinsky<\/td>\nLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers<\/td>\nYoung Adult, Necromancy<\/td>\n
Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King<\/a><\/td>\nCaroline Bicks<\/td>\nHogarth<\/td>\nNon-Fiction, Biography, Memoir<\/td>\n
Odessa<\/a><\/td>\nGabrielle Sher<\/td>\nMulholland Books<\/td>\nRussia, Resurrection<\/td>\n
Older Than Ghosts<\/a><\/td>\nBrandon White<\/td>\nLanternfish Press<\/td>\nGothic<\/td>\n
Split Scream: Cursed Places<\/a><\/td>\nSonora Taylor & Matthew Pritt<\/td>\nTenebrous Press<\/td>\nNovellas<\/td>\n
The Caretaker<\/a><\/td>\nMarcus Kliewer<\/td>\nAtria\/Emily Bestler Books<\/td>\nGhost, Thriller<\/td>\n
The Urbex Trip<\/a><\/td>\nE.M. Lund<\/td>\nRowan Prose Publishing<\/td>\nPsychological, Japan<\/td>\n
THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE And Other Words To Die For<\/a><\/td>\nP.M. Raymond<\/td>\nUncomfortably Dark<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Thrall<\/a><\/td>\nRebecca Mahoney<\/td>\nHyperion Avenue Digital<\/td>\nVampire<\/td>\n
Where the Streetlight Ends<\/a><\/td>\nBradley Butts<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
White Feathers, Crimson Leaves<\/a><\/td>\nJosh Reynolds<\/td>\nAconyte Books<\/td>\nAsian, Dark Fantasy<\/td>\n
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Disclaimer:<\/strong> Each title is linked to a store front where books may be purchased, this includes Amazon, publisher websites, and Godless.com. Please note that I am an Amazon Affiliate, so links to Amazon store fronts will use my affiliate links. Purchases made through any affiliate links help me keep this blog running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
The Dwelling<\/a><\/td>\nJudith Sonnet<\/td>\nAETHON: Wicked House<\/td>\nMonsters<\/td>\n
Dark Is When the Devil Comes<\/a><\/td>\nDaisy Pearce<\/td>\nMinotaur Books<\/td>\nSupernatural<\/td>\n
Good For Her<\/a><\/td>\nTylor Paige<\/td>\nPage & Vine<\/td>\nRomance, Slasher<\/td>\n
Hex House<\/a><\/td>\nAmy Jane Stewart<\/td>\nTitan Books<\/td>\nRevenge, Scottish<\/td>\n
Molka<\/a><\/td>\nMonika Kim<\/td>\nErewhon Books<\/td>\nPsychological, Revenge<\/td>\n
PainSpace<\/a><\/td>\nJon Athan<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nExtreme Horror<\/td>\n
Pixerina: A Haunting<\/a><\/td>\nJoanne Anderton<\/td>\nBad Hand Books<\/td>\nGhost<\/td>\n
Summer Camp for Werewolves<\/a><\/td>\nDamien Casey<\/td>\nSquirm Books<\/td>\nYA, LGBTQ, Werewolf<\/td>\n
the bizarre disappearance of bella riley<\/a><\/td>\nluna rey hall<\/td>\nBrigids Gate Press<\/td>\nSupernatural<\/td>\n
The Black Parade<\/a><\/td>\nIlana Lindsey<\/td>\nNineStar Press<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Dystopia<\/td>\n
The Blood Year Daughter<\/a><\/td>\nG.G. Silverman<\/td>\nCreature Publishing<\/td>\nShort Stories, Fairy Tale<\/td>\n
The Ones We Fear<\/a><\/td>\nRobert Welbourn<\/td>\nSRL Publishing<\/td>\nSmall Town<\/td>\n
Transcendence<\/a><\/td>\nKatrina Kimball<\/td>\nRowan Prose Publishing<\/td>\nGhost, Psychics, S\u00e9ance<\/td>\n