The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker

ARC, 320 pagesRelease Date: July 16, 2024Published by: Tor TeenRead from: July 1-10, 2024Anthology Source: From the Publisher (I received a copy of this ARC from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Death, Gore, Murder, Cannibalism, Bullying, Racism, Sexual assault, Deadnaming, StalkingFor Readers Interested…

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

e-Audio, 10:52:59Narrated by: Michael Crouch & Stephen Graham JonesRelease Date: July 16, 2024Published by: Hachette AudioRead from: July 3-8, 2024Stand-alone (Companion???) Source: S&S Audio Influencer Program (I received a copy of this e-audio from #SagaPress and their influencer program in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Gore,…

Lockjaw by Matteo L. Cerilli

e-Audio, 09:32:14Narrated by: Breton Lalama, Mich Anger, & Arlen Aguayo StewartRelease Date: June 4, 2024Published by: TundraRead from: June 22-30, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: Gore, Animal death, Body horror, Dysphoria, Violence, Death, Bullying, Blood, Hate crime, Child death, Abandonment, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Addiction, Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Xenophobia,…

It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass

e-Audio, 13:17:50Narrated by: Khelia AluRelease Date: May 14, 2024Published by: Disney HyperionRead from: May 20-21, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: Medical ContentFor Readers Interested In: Ghosts, Paranormal, Romance, Set Outside the USA, YA       Unlike the other residents of the small Caribbean Island of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not believe in magic. With…

Something Kindred by Ciera Burch

e-ARC, 297 pagesRelease Date: April 2, 2024Published by: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)Read from: March 20-April 24, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this e-book from the publisher and Edelweiss in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warnings:  Abandonment, Death, Grief, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury,…

The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans & Saeaciea J. Fennell

e-Audio, 10:50:57Narrated by: Shayna SmallRelease Date: April 2, 2024Published by: Macmillan Audio (Flatiron Books)Read from: March 24, 2024Stand-alone (Anthology)Source: Netgalley (I received a copy of this e-audiobook from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: For Readers Interested In: Horror, YA       …

Tender beasts by Liselle Sambury

e-Audio, 12:34:04Narrated by:  Kimberly WoodsRelease Date: February 27, 2024Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: February 8-10, 2024Companion to Delicious MonstersSource: Libro FM (I received a copy of this ALC from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Death of a parent/grief, Animal Death (on…

This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

e-Audio, 08:33:03Narrated by: Megan TusingRelease Date: January 16, 2024Published by: Blackstone PublishingRead from: January 27-28, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Gore, Murder, Body Horror, Animal Death, Vomit, Fire/Fire InjuryFor Readers Interested In: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Adult         Four ambitious climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness. Seven months later, three mangled bodies are discovered. Were…

Not Dead Enough by Tyffany D. Neiheiser

e-Audio, 11:41:56Narrated by: Jesse VilinskyRelease Date: January 23, 2024Published by: Viking Books for Young Readers (Books on Tape)Read from: January 4-5, 2024Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this audiobook from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Child Abuse, Domestic Abuse, PTSD…

Where He Can’t Find You by Darcy Coates

e-Audio, 10:44:52Narrated by: Reba BuhrRelease Date: November 7, 2023Published by: Black Owl Books (Sourcebooks Fire)Read from: November 3- December 3, 2023Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Body Horror, Gore, Blood, Violence, Animal Death, Child DeathFor Readers Interested In: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, YA       From USA Today bestselling horror/thriller author Darcy Coates comes the chilling legend of…

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