New Releases—2020 - Ladies of Horror Fiction

Ladies of Horror Fiction New Releases - The banner simply states New Releases on a background with a skull atop a stack of books imprinted to the left.

Here is where you’ll find Goodreads links and release dates for as many novels from our Ladies of Horror Fiction as we can possibly find.

Are you a LOHF and have a book coming out? Drop us a line in the comments and we’ll make sure to add your book in!

These are listed in release date order. (Be aware that some may be re-releases or new editions.)

Anthologies Note: You may see anthologies on here with a male editor. We are still listing these books because they contain stories by women.

Title (Links to Goodreads) | Author/Editor | Release Date

January 2020

Unspeakable Things | Jess Lourey | Jan. 1
The Crows | C. M. Rosens | Jan. 4
The Altered | Maria DeVivo | Jan. 7
Come Tumbling Down | Seanan McGuire | Jan. 7
Voices in the Snow | Darcy Coates | Jan. 7
A Longer Fall | Charlaine Harris | Jan. 14
True Crime | Samantha Kolesnik | Jan. 15
Bottled | Stephanie Ellis | Jan. 21
Benny Rose, The Cannibal King | Hailey Piper | Jan. 23
Infested | Carol Gore | Jan. 23
Pine | Francine Toon | Jan. 23
Blood Countess | Lana Popovic | Jan. 28

February 2020

Hellbound in a Hurry | Cheryl Low | Feb.
Deathless Divide | Justina Ireland | Feb. 4
The Haunting | Lindsey Duga | Feb. 4
Hexis | Charlene Elsby | Feb. 4
Bones in the Wall | Susan McCauley | Feb. 11
The Garden of Bewitchment | Catherine Cavendish | Feb. 13
In the House of Broken Glass | Megan E. Hart | Feb. 13
Strange Girls: Women in Horror Anthology | ed. Azzurra Nox | Feb. 18
The Sun Down Motel | Simone St. James | Feb. 18
Cirque Berserk | Jessica Guess | Feb. 20
Hairspray and Switchblades | V. Castro | Feb. 20
The Prisoners of Stewartville | Shannon Felton | Feb. 25
Lucid Screams | Red Lagoe | Feb. 28
Belle Manor Haunting | Cheryl Bradshaw | Feb. 29

March 2020

Bloody Puzzle (Bloody Series Book 2) | Andrea Merchak | Mar.
Dark Agents, Book One: Violet and the Trial of Trauma | Janina Scarlet | Mar. 1
Beneath the Rising | Premee Mohamed | Mar. 3
Cursed: An Anthology of Dark Fairy Tales | eds. Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane | Mar. 3
The Deep | Alma Katsu | Mar. 10
I See You So Close | M. Dressler | Mar. 12
The Evil Within | S. M. Hardy | Mar. 19
Death Watch | L. V. Pires | Mar. 20
Demon in Me | Jennifer Soucey | Mar. 21
The Return | Rachel Harrison | Mar. 24
Come Join the Murder | Holly Rae Garcia | Mar. 25
Food Fright | Nico Bell | Mar. 26

April 2020

The Ancestor | Danielle Trussoni | Apr. 7
The Ruin of Delicate Things | Beverley Lee | Apr. 7
Ruthless Gods | Emily A. Duncan | Apr. 7
Girls Save the World in This One | Ash Parsons | Apr. 14
The Unsuitable | Molly Pohlig | Apr. 14
Looking Glass | Christina Henry | Apr. 21
Velocities: Stories | Kathe Koja | Apr. 21
You Let Me In | Camilla Bruce | Apr. 21
The Cuckoo Girls | Patricia Lillie | Apr. 24

May 2020

The Best of Both Worlds | S.P. Miskowski | May 1
Fractured Tide | Leslie Lutz | May 5
The Anthill | Julianne Pachico | May 12
My Mother’s House | Francesca Momplaisir | May 12
America’s First Female Serial Killer | Mary Kay McBrayer | May 19
Dark Blood Comes from the Feet | Emma J. Gibbon | May 22
Hell’s Bells | Lisa Quigley | May 28
The Kelping | Jan Stinchcomb | May 28

June 2020

Category Five | Ann Dávila Cardinal | June 2
Wonderland | Zoje Stage | June 16
Seeing Things | Sonora Taylor | June 23
Mexican Gothic | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | June 30

July 2020

Burn Our Bodies Down | Rory Power | July 7
The Ghost in the House | Sara O’Leary | July 7
The Unleashed | Danielle Vega | July 7
Harrow Lake | Kat Ellis | July 9
The Glare | Margot Harrison | July 14
Jennifer Strange | Cat Scully | July 21
A Summoning of Souls | Leanna Renee Hieber | July 21
The Year of the Witching | Alexis Henderson | July 21
Afterland | Lauren Beukes | July 28
Flyaway | Kathleen Jennings | July 28

August 2020

Parasite | Darcy Coates | Aug. 4
Belle Vue | C. S. Alleyne | Aug. 25

September 2020

Bridge of Souls | Victoria Schwab | Sept. 1
The Cipher | Kathe Koja | Sept. 15
White Fox | Sara Faring | Sept. 22
The Nesting | CJ Cooke | Sept. 29

October 2020

Abjectification | C. Kubasta | Oct. 1
The Ghost Tree | Christina Henry | Oct. 6
The Hollow Places | T. Kingfisher | Oct. 6
We Hear Voices | Evie Green | Oct. 6
Hooker | M. Lopes da Silvia | Oct. 29
Helena | Claire L. Smith | Oct.

Previous Years

2019 LOHF Releases
2018 LOHF Releases

31 Comments

Tina Callaghan

September 2, 2018 at 12:49 pm Reply

Hi my first YA supernatural thriller came out yesterday. Dark Wood Dark Water is available from Amazon, the publisher poolbeg.com and all bookshops in Ireland.
Thank you!

Thomas Joyce

September 2, 2018 at 6:22 pm Reply

Hi,

I hope you don’t mind me making a couple of recommendations of books that I’m looking forward to reading from some wonderful female horror authors. Keep up the great work!

The Writhing Skies by Betty Rocksteady Sept 25th 2018
Twin Lakes: The Autumn Fires by Michelle Garza & Melissa Lason Sept 30th 2018
Sleeping With the Monster by Anya Martin Fall 2018 (sorry, no specific date yet)
Stranded by Renee Miller Oct 16th 2018
Creatures of Want and Ruin by Molly Tanzer Nov 13th 2018

Lilyn G

September 2, 2018 at 6:23 pm Reply

Thank you! Most of those we hadn’t heard of, so we will definitely add them! Creatures of Want and Ruin wasn’t filed under horror though where we looked?
- Thomas Joyce
  
  September 3, 2018 at 7:22 pm Reply
  
  Ah, sorry. I suppose it’s more historical fantasy. It’s the second in a series, I think, and I read the first (Creatures of Will & Temper) which was a retelling of the Dorian Gray story and had some horror in it. But it is probably a bit of a stretch! And I haven’t read Want & Ruin yet, but looking closer at the synopsis I don’t know if there’s any horror at all! My bad.
  
  Apologies.

BP Gregory

September 3, 2018 at 1:30 am Reply

Hi everyone, loving this list (it’s bulked out my TBR pile nicely).

May I please add my new release Flora & Jim? It’s due October 14 2018.

Thankyou,

bjfilkill

September 4, 2018 at 12:12 am Reply

In two short years The scream queens have become the QUEENS WHO MAKE YOU SCREAM. Hey Amy Cross, Willow Rose, Danielle Vega, Stephanie Perkins, Kara Thomas, & Sarah Pinborough!! Raise a glass Gentlemen, the ladies have arrived!!

Dina Leacock

September 13, 2018 at 12:06 pm Reply

Hi, My book was released in May and I was wondering if I could announce it as no one really knows it exists. Also I am the the co-owner of a new press, Jersey Pines Ink and Editor of Crypt Gnats and we are still open to submissions for another week but we’d still quietly look at submissions that arrived until the end of the month. It is a horror antho and the guidelines are at https://www.jerseypinesink.com.

Sonora Taylor

October 22, 2018 at 1:28 pm Reply

I released a new short story collection, Wither and Other Stories, on October 9. It’s available on Amazon in ebook and paperback. Here’s the Goodreads page for your convenience: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36224046-wither-and-other-stories

sonorawrites

October 22, 2018 at 1:29 pm Reply

I have a new release, Wither and Other Stories, which came out October 9. Goodreads link is here for your convenience: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36224046-wither-and-other-stories

Cat Scully

January 2, 2019 at 2:25 pm Reply

Hello! I have an illustrated YA horror JENNIFER STRANGE coming out this July 23, 2019 with Haverhill House! My goodreads link can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41099475-jennifer-strange

Laurie | Bark

January 3, 2019 at 1:26 pm Reply

Thanks Cat!

sonorawrites

January 6, 2019 at 7:29 pm Reply

Hi! Thanks for including my upcoming book. I wanted to let you know that it’s Without Condition, singular. The Goodreads link is here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37841335-without-condition Thanks again!

Laurie | Bark

January 6, 2019 at 8:39 pm Reply

Thank you for the correction and the link. Your listing has been edited to reflect the change.
- sonorawrites
  
  January 6, 2019 at 9:35 pm Reply
  
  Thank you! 🙂

Morgan Sylvia

January 15, 2019 at 4:43 pm Reply

I don’t have an exact date, but my poetry collection, As The Seas Turn Red, will be out in the next month or so. Disclaimer: it is ocean themed, and isn’t all horror, but it’s dark and many pieces would probably qualify as horror poetry.

C.S. O'Cinneide

February 9, 2019 at 6:27 pm Reply

Very delighted to have Petra’s Ghost on your awesome list!

Jennifer Loring

May 4, 2019 at 9:22 am Reply

Hello! My novella Conduits was re-released April 30 by LVP Publications. Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45138949-conduits

Thanks!

LoHFAdmin

May 4, 2019 at 9:04 pm Reply

Thanks for letting us know. We will update soon!

Alyson Faye

May 6, 2019 at 11:07 am Reply

Hi My standalone e book supernatural horror from Demain Publishing is out on Friday May 10th from amazon UK and US for 99p – here’s the link https://www.amazon.co.uk/Night-Rider-Short-Sharp-Shocks-ebook/dp/B07R4BM98Y/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=alyson+faye&qid=1557158278&s=gateway&sr=8-2
Delighted that in pre orders it’s already been in the amazon kindle bestsellers for horror shorts.

Betty Rocksteady

July 23, 2019 at 8:16 pm Reply

Hello! My collection In Dreams We Rot is being released from Trepidatio Publishing October 17, 2019!

Laurie | Bark

July 24, 2019 at 1:31 pm Reply

We’ve added your collection to the list. Thank you for letting us know!

sfallen

September 2, 2019 at 6:30 pm Reply

My comic: Salient Caligation: The Eight of Swords came out on Aug 23, 2019. =) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47898590-salient-caligation

Toni_The_Reader

September 3, 2019 at 9:47 pm Reply

Hey Kimberly,

I got you added to the new release page. If there is anything that we can do please let us know.

Thank you
Toni

Catherine Lundoff

September 3, 2019 at 7:01 pm Reply

Hi there. I’ve got a new short fiction collection coming out on 10/1. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: TALES OF THE DARK FANTASTIC will be released by Queen of Swords Press and is currently available for preorder – https://books2read.com/b/bzvjX9

Toni_The_Reader

September 3, 2019 at 9:54 pm Reply

Hi Catherine,

We got you added to the New Release page. If there is anything we can do let us know.

Thank you
Toni
- Catherine Lundoff
  
  September 5, 2019 at 10:51 am Reply
  
  Thank you! I’d be happy to provide review copies, if anyone is interested.

April A. Taylor

October 3, 2019 at 1:08 am Reply

Hello! My latest book, Sinkhole: A Horror Novel, comes out on October 8, 2019.

Links: https://amzn.to/2nX1WPu
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48312999-sinkhole

Thanks so much!

sonorawrites

January 7, 2020 at 8:46 am Reply

My next book, Seeing Things, will be out June 23, 2020. Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46140283-seeing-things

Thanks!

catcavendish

January 10, 2020 at 9:21 am Reply

Hi. My novel, The Garden of Bewitchment comes out from Flame Tree Press on February 20th. Here’s the Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44331591-the-garden-of-bewitchment?from_search=true&qid=wmnLubGJaQ&rank=1
Many thanks!

Toni_The_Reader

January 11, 2020 at 10:37 pm Reply

HI Catherine!!!

I will let the new release team know!!

Thanks for getting in touch!!

Toni

Red Lagoe

February 7, 2020 at 12:15 pm Reply

I have a short story collection LUCID SCREAMS coming out Feb 28. 🙂
Is it too late to be added to the list?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50260509-lucid-screams
https://www.amazon.com/Lucid-Screams-Red-Lagoe-ebook/dp/B084KK2GPN

Tina Callaghan

September 2, 2018 at 12:49 pm Reply

Hi my first YA supernatural thriller came out yesterday. Dark Wood Dark Water is available from Amazon, the publisher poolbeg.com and all bookshops in Ireland.
Thank you!
Thomas Joyce

September 2, 2018 at 6:22 pm Reply

Hi,

I hope you don’t mind me making a couple of recommendations of books that I’m looking forward to reading from some wonderful female horror authors. Keep up the great work!

The Writhing Skies by Betty Rocksteady Sept 25th 2018
Twin Lakes: The Autumn Fires by Michelle Garza & Melissa Lason Sept 30th 2018
Sleeping With the Monster by Anya Martin Fall 2018 (sorry, no specific date yet)
Stranded by Renee Miller Oct 16th 2018
Creatures of Want and Ruin by Molly Tanzer Nov 13th 2018
- Lilyn G
  
  September 2, 2018 at 6:23 pm Reply
  
  Thank you! Most of those we hadn’t heard of, so we will definitely add them! Creatures of Want and Ruin wasn’t filed under horror though where we looked?
  - Thomas Joyce
    
    September 3, 2018 at 7:22 pm Reply
    
    Ah, sorry. I suppose it’s more historical fantasy. It’s the second in a series, I think, and I read the first (Creatures of Will & Temper) which was a retelling of the Dorian Gray story and had some horror in it. But it is probably a bit of a stretch! And I haven’t read Want & Ruin yet, but looking closer at the synopsis I don’t know if there’s any horror at all! My bad.
    
    Apologies.
BP Gregory

September 3, 2018 at 1:30 am Reply

Hi everyone, loving this list (it’s bulked out my TBR pile nicely).

May I please add my new release Flora & Jim? It’s due October 14 2018.

Thankyou,
bjfilkill

September 4, 2018 at 12:12 am Reply

In two short years The scream queens have become the QUEENS WHO MAKE YOU SCREAM. Hey Amy Cross, Willow Rose, Danielle Vega, Stephanie Perkins, Kara Thomas, & Sarah Pinborough!! Raise a glass Gentlemen, the ladies have arrived!!
Dina Leacock

September 13, 2018 at 12:06 pm Reply

Hi, My book was released in May and I was wondering if I could announce it as no one really knows it exists. Also I am the the co-owner of a new press, Jersey Pines Ink and Editor of Crypt Gnats and we are still open to submissions for another week but we’d still quietly look at submissions that arrived until the end of the month. It is a horror antho and the guidelines are at https://www.jerseypinesink.com.
Sonora Taylor

October 22, 2018 at 1:28 pm Reply

I released a new short story collection, Wither and Other Stories, on October 9. It’s available on Amazon in ebook and paperback. Here’s the Goodreads page for your convenience: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36224046-wither-and-other-stories
sonorawrites

October 22, 2018 at 1:29 pm Reply

I have a new release, Wither and Other Stories, which came out October 9. Goodreads link is here for your convenience: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36224046-wither-and-other-stories
Cat Scully

January 2, 2019 at 2:25 pm Reply

Hello! I have an illustrated YA horror JENNIFER STRANGE coming out this July 23, 2019 with Haverhill House! My goodreads link can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41099475-jennifer-strange
- Laurie | Bark
  
  January 3, 2019 at 1:26 pm Reply
  
  Thanks Cat!
sonorawrites

January 6, 2019 at 7:29 pm Reply

Hi! Thanks for including my upcoming book. I wanted to let you know that it’s Without Condition, singular. The Goodreads link is here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37841335-without-condition Thanks again!
- Laurie | Bark
  
  January 6, 2019 at 8:39 pm Reply
  
  Thank you for the correction and the link. Your listing has been edited to reflect the change.
  - sonorawrites
    
    January 6, 2019 at 9:35 pm Reply
    
    Thank you! 🙂
Morgan Sylvia

January 15, 2019 at 4:43 pm Reply

I don’t have an exact date, but my poetry collection, As The Seas Turn Red, will be out in the next month or so. Disclaimer: it is ocean themed, and isn’t all horror, but it’s dark and many pieces would probably qualify as horror poetry.
C.S. O'Cinneide

February 9, 2019 at 6:27 pm Reply

Very delighted to have Petra’s Ghost on your awesome list!
Jennifer Loring

May 4, 2019 at 9:22 am Reply

Hello! My novella Conduits was re-released April 30 by LVP Publications. Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45138949-conduits

Thanks!
- LoHFAdmin
  
  May 4, 2019 at 9:04 pm Reply
  
  Thanks for letting us know. We will update soon!
Alyson Faye

May 6, 2019 at 11:07 am Reply

Hi My standalone e book supernatural horror from Demain Publishing is out on Friday May 10th from amazon UK and US for 99p – here’s the link https://www.amazon.co.uk/Night-Rider-Short-Sharp-Shocks-ebook/dp/B07R4BM98Y/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=alyson+faye&qid=1557158278&s=gateway&sr=8-2
Delighted that in pre orders it’s already been in the amazon kindle bestsellers for horror shorts.
Betty Rocksteady

July 23, 2019 at 8:16 pm Reply

Hello! My collection In Dreams We Rot is being released from Trepidatio Publishing October 17, 2019!
- Laurie | Bark
  
  July 24, 2019 at 1:31 pm Reply
  
  We’ve added your collection to the list. Thank you for letting us know!
sfallen

September 2, 2019 at 6:30 pm Reply

My comic: Salient Caligation: The Eight of Swords came out on Aug 23, 2019. =) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47898590-salient-caligation
- Toni_The_Reader
  
  September 3, 2019 at 9:47 pm Reply
  
  Hey Kimberly,
  
  I got you added to the new release page. If there is anything that we can do please let us know.
  
  Thank you
  Toni
Catherine Lundoff

September 3, 2019 at 7:01 pm Reply

Hi there. I’ve got a new short fiction collection coming out on 10/1. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: TALES OF THE DARK FANTASTIC will be released by Queen of Swords Press and is currently available for preorder – https://books2read.com/b/bzvjX9
- Toni_The_Reader
  
  September 3, 2019 at 9:54 pm Reply
  
  Hi Catherine,
  
  We got you added to the New Release page. If there is anything we can do let us know.
  
  Thank you
  Toni
  - Catherine Lundoff
    
    September 5, 2019 at 10:51 am Reply
    
    Thank you! I’d be happy to provide review copies, if anyone is interested.
April A. Taylor

October 3, 2019 at 1:08 am Reply

Hello! My latest book, Sinkhole: A Horror Novel, comes out on October 8, 2019.

Links: https://amzn.to/2nX1WPu
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48312999-sinkhole

Thanks so much!
sonorawrites

January 7, 2020 at 8:46 am Reply

My next book, Seeing Things, will be out June 23, 2020. Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46140283-seeing-things

Thanks!
catcavendish

January 10, 2020 at 9:21 am Reply

Hi. My novel, The Garden of Bewitchment comes out from Flame Tree Press on February 20th. Here’s the Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44331591-the-garden-of-bewitchment?from_search=true&qid=wmnLubGJaQ&rank=1
Many thanks!
- Toni_The_Reader
  
  January 11, 2020 at 10:37 pm Reply
  
  HI Catherine!!!
  
  I will let the new release team know!!
  
  Thanks for getting in touch!!
  
  Toni
Red Lagoe

February 7, 2020 at 12:15 pm Reply

I have a short story collection LUCID SCREAMS coming out Feb 28. 🙂
Is it too late to be added to the list?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50260509-lucid-screams
https://www.amazon.com/Lucid-Screams-Red-Lagoe-ebook/dp/B084KK2GPN

January 2020

February 2020

March 2020

April 2020

May 2020

June 2020

July 2020

August 2020

September 2020

October 2020

Previous Years

31 Comments

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