{"id":26806,"date":"2026-04-28T01:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=26806"},"modified":"2026-06-01T23:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T03:55:01","slug":"may-2026-new-release-horror-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/may-2026-new-release-horror-books\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2026 New Release Horror Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome friends and fiends! Here is an updating list of horror titles being released May 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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May 1-10<\/h1>\n

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May 11-17<\/h1>\n

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
Accumulation<\/a><\/td>\nAimee Pokwatka<\/td>\nG.P. Putnam’s Sons<\/td>\nPsychological, Mother<\/td>\n
Body Count<\/a><\/td>\nCodie Crowley<\/td>\nDisney Hyperion<\/td>\nYA, LGBTQ, Feminist, Slasher, Monster<\/td>\n
But Won\u2019t I Miss Me<\/a><\/td>\nTiffany Tsao<\/td>\nHarperVia<\/td>\nMotherhood, Speculative, Psychological<\/td>\n
Fatally Yours<\/a><\/td>\nJessica Lacy<\/td>\nSourcebooks Fire<\/td>\nYA, Slasher, Comedy<\/td>\n
Ghostroots<\/a><\/td>\n‘Pemi Aguda<\/td>\nW. W. Norton & Company<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Honey<\/a><\/td>\nImani Thompson<\/td>\nRandom House<\/td>\nSerial Killer, Female Rage<\/td>\n
I Know A Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours<\/a><\/td>\nNat Cassidy<\/td>\nShortwave<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Into The Darkening Dust<\/a><\/td>\nKatherine Silva<\/td>\nStrange Wilds Press<\/td>\nSupernatural<\/td>\n
Mori Quinn and the Coffin Game<\/a><\/td>\nS. Alessandro Martinez<\/td>\nCrystal Lake Publishing<\/td>\nMiddle Grade, Coming of Age, Summer Camp<\/td>\n
Neon Moon<\/a><\/td>\nGrace R. Reynolds<\/td>\nDark Matter INK<\/td>\nSlasher<\/td>\n
No One Heard Her Screams<\/a><\/td>\nAnn O’Mara Heyward<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Not Your Final Girl<\/a><\/td>\nMikayla Randolph<\/td>\nCLASH Books<\/td>\nFeminist, Slasher<\/td>\n
One Leg on Earth<\/a><\/td>\n\u2018Pemi Aguda<\/td>\nW. W. Norton & Company<\/td>\nFolklore, Historical<\/td>\n
She Waits Where Shadows Gather<\/a><\/td>\nMichelle Tang<\/td>\nPoisoned Pen Press<\/td>\nParanormal, Feminist<\/td>\n
Spider Spider<\/a><\/td>\nL.C. Winter<\/td>\nDuckworth<\/td>\nHistorical, Mystery<\/td>\n
That Which Feeds Us<\/a><\/td>\nKeala Kendall<\/td>\nRandom House<\/td>\nYA, Supernatural, Thriller<\/td>\n
The Build-A-Monster Workshop<\/a><\/td>\nPedro Iniguez<\/td>\nRaw Dog Screaming Press<\/td>\nPoetry<\/td>\n
The False Child<\/a><\/td>\nLM Kaplin<\/td>\nBroken Brain Books<\/td>\nComing of Age<\/td>\n
The Girl with a Thousand Faces<\/a><\/td>\nSunyi Dean<\/td>\nTor Books<\/td>\nGothic, Historical, Fantasy<\/td>\n
The Hidden<\/a><\/td>\nJG Faherty<\/td>\nLvp Publications<\/td>\nEco Horror<\/td>\n
The Library After Dark<\/a><\/td>\nAnde Pliego<\/td>\nBantam<\/td>\nMystery, Thriller, Killer<\/td>\n
The Vanishers<\/a><\/td>\nR. G. Belsky<\/td>\ndp books<\/td>\nParanormal, Gothic<\/td>\n
The Witch of Tongues<\/a><\/td>\nS. Alessandro Martinez<\/td>\nCrystal Lake Publishing<\/td>\nMiddle Grade, Witches<\/td>\n
The Wives of Herrick Hall<\/a><\/td>\nJulie Lew<\/td>\nQuill & Crow Publishing House<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Gothic<\/td>\n
Tongue in Cheek and Eyes in Sockets<\/a><\/td>\nHannah Birss & Emily Tragedy<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nYA, Short Stories<\/td>\n
We Don\u2019t Deserve Them<\/a><\/td>\nAmanda Ruzsa<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nShort Stories<\/td>\n
Where The Small Ones Play<\/a><\/td>\nMatt Shaw<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nPsychological<\/td>\n
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May 18-24<\/h1>\n

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Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
Abyss<\/a><\/td>\nNicholas Binge<\/td>\nTor Nightfire<\/td>\nCosmic<\/td>\n
Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun<\/a><\/td>\nM\u00f3nica Ojeda<\/td>\nCoffee House Press<\/td>\nSupernatural, Psychedelic<\/td>\n
Femme Feral<\/a><\/td>\nSam Beckbessinger<\/td>\nPenguin Books<\/td>\nFemale Rage<\/td>\n
Hunger<\/a><\/td>\nChoi Jin-young<\/td>\nEuropa Editions<\/td>\nPsychological, Satire<\/td>\n
In the Blood<\/a><\/td>\nApril Henry<\/td>\nChristy Ottaviano Books<\/td>\nYA, Thriller, Serial Killer<\/td>\n
In The Poppy Field She Plays<\/a><\/td>\nRebecca A. Noble<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nSplatterpunk, Short Story, Fantasy<\/td>\n
Killer Summer<\/a><\/td>\nWendy Dalrymple<\/td>\nMad Axe Media<\/td>\nSlasher<\/td>\n
Make Me Better<\/a><\/td>\nSarah Gailey<\/td>\nTor Books<\/td>\nTAGS<\/td>\n
Manitou<\/a><\/td>\nGlen Gabel<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nCreature<\/td>\n
Medusa: A Novel of Mystery, Ecstasy and Strange Horror<\/a><\/td>\nE. H. Visiak<\/td>\nBritish Library Publishing<\/td>\nClassics, Myth, Underwater<\/td>\n
Muntu (Ivory’s Story)<\/a><\/td>\nEugen Bacon<\/td>\nBad Hand Books<\/td>\nOccult, Curses<\/td>\n
The Saw Mouth<\/a><\/td>\nCale Plett<\/td>\nDelacorte Press<\/td>\nYA, LGBTQ<\/td>\n
The Bone Door<\/a><\/td>\nFrances White<\/td>\nHanover Square Press<\/td>\nDark Fantasy, Paranormal<\/td>\n
The Fathoms Below<\/a><\/td>\nJackie Sonnenberg<\/td>\nCrystal Cove Press<\/td>\nYA, Aquatic<\/td>\n
The House of Whispers<\/a><\/td>\nTom Carter<\/td>\nRowan Prose<\/td>\nParanormal<\/td>\n
The Nightmare World<\/a><\/td>\nJG Faherty<\/td>\nLvp Publications<\/td>\nSupernatural<\/td>\n
We Dance Upon Demons<\/a><\/td>\nVaishnavi Patel<\/td>\nS&S\/Saga Press<\/td>\nUrban Fantasy<\/td>\n
We Were Never Really Friends<\/a><\/td>\nTimothy King<\/td>\nAETHON: Wicked House<\/td>\nSlasher<\/td>\n
Vile Lady Villains<\/a><\/td>\nDanai Christopoulou<\/td>\nUnion Square & Co. <\/td>\nLGBTQ, Gothic, Horrormantasy<\/td>\n
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May 25-31<\/h1>\n

Title<\/strong><\/td>\nAuthor<\/strong><\/td>\nPublisher<\/strong><\/td>\nTag<\/strong>s<\/td>\n
All Us Saints<\/a><\/td>\nKatherine Packert Burke<\/td>\nBloomsbury<\/td>\nLGBTQ, 90s<\/td>\n
Bookmail: Creator of Nightmares<\/a><\/td>\nJason R. Davis<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nWriter Horror, Supernatural<\/td>\n
Decomposition Book<\/a><\/td>\nSara van Os<\/td>\nHanover Square Press<\/td>\nGhost, LGBTQ, Comedy<\/td>\n
Filth Eaters<\/a><\/td>\nIto Romo<\/td>\nDeep Vellum Publishing<\/td>\nVampire, Monster<\/td>\n
Hearts Strange and Dreadful<\/a><\/td>\nTim McGregor<\/td>\nRaw Dog Screaming Press<\/td>\nHistorical, Creature<\/td>\n
Magician<\/a><\/td>\nTracy Lynne Oliver<\/td>\nRoxane Gay Books<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Magical Realism<\/td>\n
Salom\u00e9<\/a><\/td>\nLeslie Baird<\/td>\nG.P. Putnam’s Sons<\/td>\nFeminist<\/td>\n
Something on Your Mind<\/a><\/td>\nGeorge Morris De\u2019Ath<\/td>\nRising Action<\/td>\nPsychological, Ghost<\/td>\n
The Dorians<\/a><\/td>\nNick Cutter<\/td>\nGallery Books<\/td>\nSci-Fi<\/td>\n
The Temptation of Charlotte North<\/a><\/td>\nCamilla Bruce<\/td>\nDel Rey<\/td>\nGothic, Psychological<\/td>\n
Until Death<\/a><\/td>\nMary Berman<\/td>\nLittle, Brown and Company<\/td>\nHumor, Gothic, Occult<\/td>\n
Venue 13<\/a><\/td>\nDavid J\u00f3n Fuller<\/td>\nRavenstone<\/td>\nGhost, Haunted Theatre<\/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 Dark and Wild Wood<\/a><\/td>\nSarah Nicole Lemon<\/td>\nHarper Voyager<\/td>\nGothic, Bluebeard<\/td>\n
Bone of My Bone<\/a><\/td>\nJohanna van Veen<\/td>\nPoisoned Pen Press<\/td>\nLGBTQ, Historical, Dark Fantasy<\/td>\n
Dead Weight<\/a><\/td>\nHildur Kn\u00fatsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\nTor Nightfire<\/td>\nThriller, Psychological<\/td>\n
House of Margins<\/a><\/td>\nTlotlo Tsamaase<\/td>\nErewhon Books<\/td>\nOccult<\/td>\n
I’ll Watch Your Baby<\/a><\/td>\nNeena Viel<\/td>\nSt. Martin’s Griffin<\/td>\nHistorical<\/td>\n
Unknown Title “Make Racists Afraid Again” May 26<\/a><\/td>\nBrandon Ennis<\/td>\nPUBLISHER<\/td>\nTAGS<\/td>\n
Skidmark Heart 2: The Skidmark Child<\/a><\/td>\nCallum Abbott<\/td>\nSelf-Published<\/td>\nSplatterpunk<\/td>\n
Teddy Bears Never Die<\/a><\/td>\nCho Yeeun<\/td>\nRun For It<\/td>\nFantasy, Revenge<\/td>\n
We Could Be Anyone<\/a><\/td>\nAnna-Marie McLemore<\/td>\nFeiwel & Friends<\/td>\nYA, Gothic, Historical<\/td>\n
Forlorn Harbor<\/a><\/td>\nJim Doran<\/td>\nRowan Prose Publishing<\/td>\nYA, Supernatural, Haunted Theatre<\/td>\n
The Hollow One<\/a><\/td>\nCorinne Westbrook<\/td>\nPermuted Press<\/td>\nLiterary, Grief, Child POV<\/td>\n
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