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It's the best time of the year to read spooky stories! This list features recently published diverse horror with descriptions from the publishers. All titles are available from the New Ulm Public Library. Just call the library at 507-359-8331 to place a hold or visit our website at www.newulmlibrary.org.
Old Ham by Seraphina Nova Glass. "Junie Oldham is a middle-aged hoarder who knits sweaters for cats, befriends rescued mice, and pretends to be a recovering alcoholic so she can socialize at AA meetings. Living among the piles of childhood treasures in the home she inherited, she also hangs on to a few resentments--not all of them innocuous."
The Spirits by Bonnie Jo Campbell. "Bonnie Jo Campbell, a master of rural American fiction, brings us a hair-raising winter tale to warm us by the fireside. In this contemporary Christmas Carol, Campbell has created a gritty, spooky, and ultimately heartening holiday story that unfolds in an isolated farmhouse."
The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson. “At the end of the Civil War, a daughter of the confederacy made what she thought was an innocent wish: to build a house where nothing bad could happen. But peace came at a price, and one hundred and seventy years later Shantell and her friends are about to discover where all that darkness ended up."
Savage Lake by Nick Medina. "A mother and son travel to a dilapidated cabin in the woods that haunts more than just her memories in this new unnerving horror.
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. "Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic."
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. “A chilling historical horror novel set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice."
Off the Reservation is also by Stephen Graham Jones. "By turns terrifying and deeply moving, [this] is a haunting American Indian novel of survival, reckoning, and redemption, shining light on the dark corners of this country’s history while also showing the desperate choices people make when they’re put up against a wall."
Rottenheart by Kat Dunn. "From the bestselling author of Hungerstone, an intoxicating and chilling gothic horror novel that reimagines Hamlet with a seductive sapphic twist--and where the only thing more dangerous than a family secret is a mother’s revenge."
Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoebrun. "[This book] will have you reading through the night and rooting for its characters to survive. A mesmerizing mash-up of speculative fiction, horror, and conspiracy, it marks the arrival of a major new force in contemporary fiction by a groundbreaking filmmaker."
There Used to be People Here by Kennedy Cole. "With shades of The X-Files and S. A. Cosby, There Used to Be People Here deftly explores race, queerness, and existing as other in a society that demonizes everything different."
Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle. ” An aspiring fashion influencer by day, Poppy moonlights as a grave robber to make ends meet, wheeling and dealing dead bodies across Palm Springs."
Never Whistle at Night Part II, Back for Blood by Shane Hawk. “The Indigenous dark fiction anthology returns with a new selection of even more daring and sinister stories. In these stories, the contributors are fully embracing horror: both supernatural horrors and the everyday horror of living under colonialist rule. [These new stories are] a further celebration of Indigenous survival and the enduring tradition of transforming adversity into art.”
Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward. "Riley and her brother Oliver set off in the pitch-black night, fleeing their troubled home. They are heading for Nowhere--an abandoned ranch, once the playground of its former eccentric movie-star owner, now a haven for runaways. What awaits could be the freedom they crave. But Riley quickly realizes that while she and Oliver may have escaped the devil they knew, something darker lurks in the burnt shell of Nowhere."
New Ulm Public Library is located at 17 North Broadway and is open Monday-Thursday from 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. and Friday-Saturday from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. The library will be closed Wednesday, November 11 for Veterans Day.