{"id":26804,"date":"2026-06-27T01:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=26804"},"modified":"2026-08-09T04:18:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:18:01","slug":"july-2026-new-release-horror-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/july-2026-new-release-horror-books\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2026 New Release Horror Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome friends and fiends! Here is an updating list of horror titles being released July 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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July 1-5<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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July 6-12<\/h1>\n

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
Call Me Daddy<\/a><\/td>\nY.M. Miller<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nShort Story<\/td>\n
Higher and Higher<\/a><\/td>\nAttie Lee<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nHorror Romance<\/td>\n
If the Sun Should Set on All My Hopes and Cares<\/a><\/td>\nBen Arzate<\/td>\nfeel bad all the time<\/td>\nLiterary<\/td>\n
Sublimation<\/a><\/td>\nIsabel J. Kim<\/td>\nTor Books<\/td>\nDoppelg\u00e4ngers<\/td>\n
TEN-4-FACESp<\/a><\/td>\nSierra Waff<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nOccult<\/td>\n
The Buried City<\/a> (The Beyond #1)<\/td>\nBoris Bacic<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nCosmic<\/td>\n
The Horror Collection: Toxic Edition<\/a> (The Horror Collection #35)<\/td>\nKevin J. Kennedy (editor), Various<\/td>\nKJK Publishing<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
The Night Crew III: Hunting Ground<\/a><\/td>\nBrad Ricks<\/td>\nCrystal Lake Publishing<\/td>\nSupernatural, Creature<\/td>\n
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July 13-19<\/h1>\n

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTags<\/strong><\/td>\n
Bound For Death<\/a> (The Midnight Cabaret #2)<\/td>\nChase Will<\/td>\nMental Anarchy Press<\/td>\nRevenge<\/td>\n
Brokeula<\/a><\/td>\nMichael J. Seidlinger<\/td>\nCLASH Books<\/td>\nVampire, Capitalism<\/td>\n
Burden<\/a><\/td>\nAiden E. Messer<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nPost-Apocalyptic, LGBTQ<\/td>\n
Caught in the In-Between<\/a><\/td>\nAlyson Hasson<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nShort Story, Occult<\/td>\n
Fabulous Bodies<\/a><\/td>\nChuck Tingle<\/td>\nTor Nightfire<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Dark Fantasy<\/td>\n
Fun Times at the Bloodbath<\/a><\/td>\nJeff Strand<\/td>\nDeath’s Head Press<\/td>\nVideo Games<\/td>\n
Gremlin<\/a><\/td>\nD. J. Port<\/td>\nButtstuff IDFK Publishing<\/td>\nCosmic, Sci-Fi, Southern Gothic, Splatterpunk<\/td>\n
Hide and Seek<\/a><\/td>\nS\u00f8ren Sveistrup<\/td>\nHarper<\/td>\nPsychological<\/td>\n
McCammon’s Shoppe of Olde Curiosities: Stories<\/a><\/td>\nRobert McCammon<\/td>\nOpen Road Media<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Play It Again<\/a><\/td>\nC. S. Gorman<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nHorror Comedy<\/td>\n
Songs for Sinners<\/a> (The Unmaking Trilogy #2)<\/td>\nAbe Moss<\/td>\nGrim Heart Publishing<\/td>\nCosmic<\/td>\n
St. Ulphia’s Dead<\/a><\/td>\nScott Lambridis<\/td>\nRegal House Publishing<\/td>\nFolk, Wendigo<\/td>\n
The Big Bad Book of Kaiju<\/a><\/td>\nJonathan Maberry & Henry Herz (editors), Various<\/td>\nTitan Books<\/td>\nShort Stories, Anthology, Kaiju, Sci-Fi<\/td>\n
The Brides<\/a><\/td>\nCharlotte Cross<\/td>\nHanover Square Press<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Vampire, Dracula<\/td>\n
The Language of Knives<\/a><\/td>\nHaralambi Markov<\/td>\nMythic Delirium Books<\/td>\nShort Stories, LGBTQ<\/td>\n
The Lost Stradivarius<\/a><\/td>\nJ. Meade Falkner<\/td>\nBritish Library Publishing<\/td>\nClassic<\/td>\n
The Red Sacrament<\/a><\/td>\nSara Hinkley<\/td>\nTitan Books<\/td>\nVampire, Historical<\/td>\n
The Shadow Beside Her<\/a><\/td>\nElizabeth S. Devecchi<\/td>\nAETHON: Wicked House<\/td>\nHistorical, Supernatural, World War II<\/td>\n
Vampire Summer<\/a><\/td>\nCarter Johnson<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nVampire<\/td>\n
We Hexed the Moon<\/a><\/td>\nMollyhall Seeley<\/td>\nS&S\/Saga Press<\/td>\nWitches, Occult<\/td>\n
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July 20-26<\/h1>\n

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTags<\/strong><\/td>\n
Back Alley Baby Fights<\/a> (no link yet)<\/td>\nRobert Essig<\/td>\nInfected Voices Publishing<\/td>\nExtreme<\/td>\n
Brave New Weird: The Best New Weird Horror (+ More) Volume Four<\/a><\/td>\nAlex Woodroe (editor), Various<\/td>\nTenebrous Press<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Clusterfuk<\/a><\/td>\nMerill David<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nSpiders, Splatterpunk<\/td>\n
Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die<\/a><\/td>\nMallory Arnold<\/td>\nPoisoned Pen Press<\/td>\nSlasher, Psychological<\/td>\n
Erebus-13<\/a> (Red Space #3)<\/td>\nDavid Wellington<\/td>\nOrbit<\/td>\nSci-Fi<\/td>\n
Fear Files: Hide and Seek<\/a><\/td>\nChristopher Edge<\/td>\nCandlewick Pres<\/td>\nMiddle Grade, Summer Camp<\/td>\n
Haunting Skies<\/a><\/td>\nChristian Kang Bachini<\/td>\nCKB Book Group<\/td>\nSci-Fi, Aliens<\/td>\n
Home Sick<\/a><\/td>\nRhiannon Grist<\/td>\nRebellion Publishing<\/td>\nSmall Town, Occult<\/td>\n
Imprint<\/a><\/td>\nL. Marie Wood<\/td>\nMocha Memoirs Press<\/td>\nPsychological<\/td>\n
Meat<\/a><\/td>\nNick Burgin<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nCannibals, Transgressive, Erotic, Body Horror<\/td>\n
My Monsters Ain’t Like Yours<\/a><\/td>\nR. J. Joseph<\/td>\nQuill & Crow Publishing House<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Not with a Bang<\/a><\/td>\nTemi Oh<\/td>\nS&S\/Saga Press<\/td>\nSci-Fi, Alien Invasion<\/td>\n
Rated X For Mature #3 – “Til Debt Do Us Part”<\/a><\/td>\nWilliam Meyer<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nErotic<\/td>\n
Scary Movie Night<\/a><\/td>\nMiranda Smith<\/td>\nBantam<\/td>\nSupernatural<\/td>\n
The Clubhouse Goes To Florida, Man!<\/a><\/td>\nChisto Healy (editor), Various<\/td>\nApocalyptic Bastards<\/td>\nShort Stories, Florida<\/td>\n
The Summer Fun Massacre<\/a><\/td>\nCraig DiLouie<\/td>\nRun For It<\/td>\nSlasher, Historical, Creature<\/td>\n
The Intrigue<\/a><\/td>\nSilvia Moreno-Garcia<\/td>\nDel Rey<\/td>\nHistorical, Crime<\/td>\n
The Sea Hides Its Dead<\/a><\/td>\nMegan Bontrager<\/td>\nRun For It<\/td>\nAquatic, Supernatural<\/td>\n
The Turn<\/a><\/td>\nRachel Feder <\/td>\nTriQuarterly<\/td>\nGothic, monster<\/td>\n
The World Below The World<\/a> (The Beyond #2)<\/td>\nBoris Bacic<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nCosmic<\/td>\n
White Rabbit<\/a><\/td>\nAbigail Rose-Marie<\/td>\nUnion Square & Co.<\/td>\nGrief, Ghost, Sylvia Plath<\/td>\n
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July 27-31<\/h1>\n

Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
30 Days of Night: Falling Sun<\/a><\/td>\nRodney Barnes<\/td>\nIDW<\/td>\nComics, Vampire<\/td>\n
A Fate Worse Than Drowning<\/a><\/td>\nSarah L. Hawthorn<\/td>\nPoisoned Pen Press<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Historical, Devil’s Bargain<\/td>\n
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring<\/a><\/td>\nPatrick Horvath<\/td>\nIDW<\/td>\nGraphic Novel, Cozy Horror<\/td>\n
Bestiary<\/a><\/td>\nPatrick Rutigliano<\/td>\nCrystal Lake Publishing<\/td>\nBody Horror, Grief<\/td>\n
Caelum Lake<\/a><\/td>\nAxl Malton<\/td>\nAETHON: Wicked House<\/td>\nPsychological, Grief<\/td>\n
Carry Me to My Grave<\/a><\/td>\nChristopher Golden<\/td>\nSt. Martin’s Press<\/td>\nSuspense, Supernatural<\/td>\n
Fatal Glitch: Camp Zero<\/a><\/td>\nEliot Schrefer & Erin Entrada Kelly<\/td>\nStonefruit Studio<\/td>\nMiddle Grade, Sci-Fi, Summer Camp<\/td>\n
Funerals Are for the Living<\/a><\/td>\nSami Ellis<\/td>\nAmulet Books<\/td>\nYA, Cult, Supernatural<\/td>\n
Horrific Scribes Presents: Worlds Collide<\/a><\/td>\nL. Andrew Cooper & H.J. Dutton (editors), Various<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Lovecraft’s Brood: Nineteen Tales of Cosmic Horror<\/a><\/td>\nEllen Datlow (editor), Various<\/td>\nTachyon Publications<\/td>\nShort Stories, Lovecraftian, Cosmic<\/td>\n
Such Nice People<\/a> (Paperbacks from Hell)<\/td>\nSandra Scoppettone<\/td>\nValancourt Books<\/td>\nReprint, Christmas<\/td>\n
The Flayed Man<\/a><\/td>\nChloe Lauter<\/td>\nSoft Skull<\/td>\nVampire<\/td>\n
The Winter Folk<\/a><\/td>\nJen Julian<\/td>\nRun For It<\/td>\nAppalachia, Gothic<\/td>\n
Unnamed Bones<\/a><\/td>\nLora Senf<\/td>\nUnion Square & Co.<\/td>\nYA, Cosmic<\/td>\n
We Sent Them Down Singing<\/a><\/td>\nLibby Edwardson<\/td>\nPage Street Horror<\/td>\nAppalachia, Small Town<\/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
A Penance for Crows<\/a><\/td>\nShannon Morgan<\/td>\nKensington Books<\/td>\nGothic, Occult<\/td>\n
Calliope Street<\/a><\/td>\nJosh Hanson<\/td>\nMoonstruck Books<\/td>\nPsychedelic, Haunted House<\/td>\n
Can\u2019t You See It\u2019s Coming? A Horror Anthology <\/a><\/td>\nGeorgia K. Boone (editor), Various<\/td>\nVersify<\/td>\nShort Stories, YA<\/td>\n
Close To The Bone and Other Strange Curations<\/a><\/td>\nC S Jones<\/td>\nGrave Disorder Press<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Darkness into Light<\/a><\/td>\nIain Rob Wright<\/td>\nBlackthorn Press<\/td>\nSerial Killers<\/td>\n
Eat Great, Even Late<\/a><\/td>\nTyler Newell<\/td>\nDeep River Printing<\/td>\nHaunted Kitchen\/td><\/p>\n
Event Horizon: Dark Descent<\/a><\/td>\nChristian Ward & Tristan Jones<\/td>\nIDW<\/td>\nGraphic Novel, Adaptation, Sci-Fi, Cosmic<\/td>\n
Hail Holy Queens<\/a><\/td>\nChris McGinley<\/td>\nFringe Press<\/td>\nHistorical, Gothic<\/td>\n
It\u2019s Under the Deck<\/a><\/td>\nJacy Morris<\/td>\nSobelo Books<\/td>\nPsychological<\/td>\n
Reaper Cat<\/a><\/td>\nD.L. Winchester<\/td>\nWinchester Horror Publishing<\/td>\nEvil Cat<\/td>\n
Ripped Up the Middle in Two<\/a><\/td>\nViggy Parr Hampton<\/td>\nHorror Humor Hunger Press<\/td>\nMonster<\/td>\n
The House on Blood Street<\/a><\/td>\nJosh Hanson<\/td>\nBlack Crow Books<\/td>\nHaunted House<\/td>\n
The Last Dreamcaravan<\/a><\/td>\nDavid Grund<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nComing of Age<\/td>\n
The Man on the Ceiling: And Other Scary Tales from Young Authors<\/a><\/td>\nChisto Healy (editor), Various<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
The S\u00e9ance Garden<\/a><\/td>\nJuliet Blackwell<\/td>\nBerkley<\/td>\nSupernatural Mystery, Haunted Location<\/td>\n
The Wetworks Miracle<\/a><\/td>\nCaleb Sierra<\/td>\nStelliform Press<\/td>\nCosmic, Plant<\/td>\n
Their Fragile Male Egos<\/a><\/td>\nAngel Van Atta<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
We Were Never Here<\/a><\/td>\nSophia Hannan<\/td>\nSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers<\/td>\nYA, Gothic, Ghost Hunters<\/td>\n