This list contains 15 horror debut novels, listed alphabetically by author. All came out in 2019, and I think all are worth adding to your library collections. They come from publishers large and small, Big 5 to indie presses. And, as I read them, I noticed [and noted below] that more than a few are taking tropes we know and giving them a completely new and fresh spin. That may be a trend in the making. I will keep an eye on that.
Bonus, tomorrow, I will be featuring one of these authors [who is also a librarian] in a "Why I Love Horror" post.
- Bodine, T.L. River of Souls [family centered, fresh take on zombie trope, atmospheric]
- Buja, J. Edwin. The King of the Wood [dark fantasy, strong world building, planned series]
- Burton, Kira Jane. Hollow Kingdom [animal narration, fresh take on end of world trope, thought provoking]
- Collins, Sara. The Confessions of Frannie Langton [Gothic, first person narration, intense]
- Cull, Andrew. Remains [grief driven horror, hauntings, emotionally intense]
- Golding, Melanie. Little Darlings [menacing, parental driven horror, psychological]
- Guignard, Eric. Doorways to the Deadeye [fresh take on hobo trope, engrossing, story about storytelling]
- Hamil, Shaun. The Cosmology of Monsters [Lovecraftian, coming of age, extremely menacing]
- Lane, Michelle Renee. Invisible Chains [historical, fresh take on New Orleans horror tropes, emotionally visceral]
- Luff, Cody. Ration [multiple povs, dystopian, ruthless]
- Marshall, Helen. The Migration [cli-fi, unsettling but not without hope, lyrical]
- Moulton, Rachel Eve. Tinfoil Butterfly [disturbing, character centered, beautiful writing about evil/monsters]
- O'Cinneide, C.S. Petra's Ghost [strong sense of place, haunting, compelling]
- Read, Sarah. The Bone Weaver's Orchard [secrets, haunting, lyrical]
- Starling, Caitlin. Luminous Dead [off earth setting, claustrophobic, intense]
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