Horror Book Releases: October 2022

Hi ghouls! Each month, I upload a TikTok & Instagram reel that showcases the upcoming month’s horror book releases. It’s one of my favorite things to do, as it highlights amazing authors & also gives lovely readers new books to look forward to/put on their radar. One of my goals as a book content creator has always been to provide helpful sources when it comes to books, especially of the horror genre. I know some people prefer posts like these over videos, and in general, videos aren’t for everyone for a variety of reasons. So, this month & moving forward, I will be creating these master lists on here as a companion to those videos so the source could be used by more readers!

TikToks: Part One | Part Two | Part Three

October:

Looming Low Vol. 2 edited by Justin Steele and Sam Cowan
Marla by Jonathan Janz

October 1:

Roser Park by Wendy Dalrymple

October 2:

The Bell Lady of Blairmont Manor by Novella Jean

October 3:

Some Empty Houses Might Really Be Haunted by Zachary Gale
If Only a Heart and Other Tales of Terror by Caleb Stephens
A Study in Ugliness & Outras Historias by H. Pueyo

October 4:

Castle Rock Kitchen: Wicked Good Recipes from the World of Stephen King by Theresa Carle-Sanders
Pretty Dead Queens by Alexa Donne
Jackal by Erin E. Adams
Effects Vary by Michael Harris Cohen
Lute by Jennifer Thorne
The Witch in the Well by Camilla Bruce
It Rides a Pale Horse by Andy Marino
It Came from the Closet edited by Joe Vallese
Hollow by Shannon Watters & Branden Boyer-White, illustrated by Berenice Nelle
Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
Curse of the Reaper by Brian McAuley
October Blood edited by Marcus Hawke
All These Subtle Deceits by C.S. Humble
The Black Maybe: Liminal Tales by Attila Veres
Malice House by Megan Shepherd
The Cursed Earth by D.T. Neal
Blame it on the Pumpkin edited by Tara Moeller
The Best Horror of the Year Vol 14 edited by Ellen Datlow

October 6:

The Twig Man by Sana Rasoul
Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot
Shades of Rust and Ruin by A.G. Howard

October 7:

October’s End by Kevin Lucia, Jason Parent, and Jeremy Bates

October 8:

Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories edited by Andrew Cull and Gabino Iglesias

October 10:

The Reborn by Bryan Smith
Inside Out by Lor Gislason

October 11:

Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi
Little Eve by Catriona Ward
Halloween Slaughter by Sergio Gomez
The Dark Between the Trees by Fiona Barnett
The Hollow Kind by Andy Davidson
Mothwoman by Nicole Cushing
When the Night Bells Ring by Jo Kaplan
Campfire Macabre Vol. 2 edited by Brhel & Sullivan
Saturnalia by Stephanie Feldman

October 12:

Hallowed Oblivion by Katherine Silva

October 13:

Crime Scene by Cynthia Pelayo

October 16:

Something Stirs by Thomas Smith

October 18:

It Was All A Dream edited by Brandon Applegate
Sebastian by P.D. Cacek
Bad Vibrations by Lucy Leitner
Blood Country by Jonathan Janz
A Child Alone with Strangers by Philip Fracassi
Close to Midnight edited by Mark Morris
If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe by Jason Pargin
Where Black Stars Rise by Nadia Shammas and Marie Enger
Dark Matter Presents: Human Monsters edited by Sadie Hartmann and Ashley Sawyers
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume Three edited by Paula Guran
Writing Poetry in the Dark edited by Stephanie M. Wytovich

October 21:

Hell Hath Only Fury edited by S.H. Cooper & Oli A. White
We Are Legend by Daron Kappauff and Ward Nerdlo

October 25:

How to See Ghosts & Other Figments by Orrin Grey
Soft Places by Betty Rocksteady
Toil and Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult by Lisa Kroger
Aliens: Vasquez by V. Castro
Sign Here by Claudia Lux

October 31:

Beach Bodies by Nick Kolakowski
Petit Mort by Nikki Noir & S.C. Mendes

Do you have a horror book out in October? Or in the upcoming months?

I know that I am probably missing a lot of books, so please feel free to reach out via comments, DMs, e-mails, etc. and let me know about your October releases! I will be resharing this post all throughout the month. This also goes for any books you have in the upcoming months.