From the nationally bestselling author of The Luminous Dead and The Death of Jane Lawrence, a transfixing, intensely atmospheric fever dream of medieval horror. Aymar Castle has been under siege for six months. Food is running low and there has been no sign of rescue. But just as the survivors consider deliberately thinning their number, the castle stores are replenished. The sick are healed. And the divine figures of the Constant Lady and her Saints have arrived, despite the barricaded gates, offering succor in return for adoration. Soon, the entire castle is under the sway of their saviors, partaking in intoxicating feasts of terrible origin. The war hero Ser Voyne gives her allegiance to the Constant Lady. Phosyne, a disorganized, paranoid nun-turned-sorceress, races to unravel the mystery of these new visitors and exonerate her experiments as their source. And in the bowels of the castle, a serving girl, Treila, is torn between her thirst for a secret vengeance against Voyne and the desperate need to escape from the horrors that are unfolding within Aymar’s walls. As the castle descends into bacchanalian madness—forgetting the massed army beyond its walls in favor of hedonistic ecstasy—these three women are the only ones to still see their situation for what it is. But they are not immune from the temptations of the castle’s new masters… or each other; and their shifting alliances and entangled pasts bring violence to the surface. To save the castle, and themselves, will take a reimagining of who they are, and a reorganization of the very world itself.

På en myr hittar bärplockare en skjuten björn, tömd på sitt innanmäte. Björnen är känd för att röra sig tillsammans med en varg i skogarna. Nu har vargen rapporterats skadskjuten och måste upphittas eftersom den kan vara farlig för människor. Men åsikterna i trakten går isär. Samtidigt försvinner den unga flickan Jenna spårlöst. Av sin tonårsson får kriminalkonstapel Minna höra de rykten som gått om Jenna, och mycket är nu gåtfullt. Vem är mannen hon pratade med på nätet innan hon försvann? Och varför hör hon inte av sig till sin mamma och sin syster? Minna tvingas konfrontera både sitt eget förflutna och det öde som drabbat Jenna. Andra delen i Johanna Holmströms spänningsserie om kriminalkonstapel Minna Salminen i Kuhmo, en liten stad nära ryska gränsen.

På en myr hittar bärplockare en skjuten björn, tömd på sitt innanmäte. Björnen är känd för att röra sig tillsammans med en varg i skogarna. Nu har vargen rapporterats skadskjuten och måste upphittas eftersom den kan vara farlig för människor. Men åsikterna i trakten går isär. Samtidigt försvinner den unga flickan Jenna spårlöst. Av sin tonårsson får kriminalkonstapel Minna höra de rykten som gått om Jenna, och mycket är nu gåtfullt. Vem är mannen hon pratade med på nätet innan hon försvann? Och varför hör hon inte av sig till sin mamma och sin syster? Minna tvingas konfrontera både sitt eget förflutna och det öde som drabbat Jenna. Andra delen i Johanna Holmströms spänningsserie om kriminalkonstapel Minna Salminen i Kuhmo, en liten stad nära ryska gränsen.

En flamma fladdrar till i vinternatten och lyser upp en liten plats på jorden. Handen som håller i tändstickan skakar. Det finns ingen väg tillbaka om den faller. På föreningslokalen UF Fyren är Daniel ordförande och alltiallo. Det drar ihop sig till föreningens årliga revy, men inför repetitionsstart hopar sig problemen. En regissör saknas, och flera skådespelare har lagt av. Manuset är dessutom långt ifrån färdigt. Har Daniel situationen under kontroll? Erika jobbar i kassan i bybutiken. När hennes extroverta syster Joanna drar med henne i revyn hittar hon ett sammanhang hon inte visste att hon saknade. Medan premiären närmar sig stiger allt fler hemligheter upp mot ytan, och Erika måste bestämma sig för vilken hennes roll är i det hela. Axel Åhmans romandebut Eldsjäl är en berättelse om dem som stannar, om dem som brinner fast de rimligtvis borde slockna. Det är en kärleksförklaring till och en uppgörelse med föreningslivet och glesbygden.

Fyra av tio vuxna i Sverige lever i singelhushåll. Det borde finnas nästan tre miljoner singlar i vårt avlånga land, och ett enormt antal potentiella partners för den som längtar efter kärleken. Ändå vill ingen bli tillsammans med huvudpersonen i Amanda Romares svarta och underhållande debutroman. För I will always love you är en mening som huvudpersonen i Halva Malmö består av killar som dumpat mig aldrig verkar få höra. På riktigt. Hon har testat allt. Dejtat killar över sin liga, i sin liga, under sin liga, svajpat på Tinder och raggat ute. Hon har dejtat jurister, forskare, bartenders, ingenjörer, livsmedelsförsäljare och snickare. Hon har varit undergiven och dominerande, men förblir övergiven. Hon har svårt att ens komma till second base, en andra dejt. Det är samma för hennes vänner. Tillsammans försöker de förstå den ekvation som det är att vara singel i det tjugoförsta århundradet. Halva Malmö består av killar som dumpat mig är en bister men underhållande lägesbeskrivning av jakten på kärlek från Skåne till Lycksele. Amanda Romare är producent på produktionsbolaget Bloody Brilliant Productions och en av grundarna till stiftelsen Den Andra Sidan. Halva Malmö består av killar som har dumpat mig är hennes skönlitterära debut. Hon bor i Malmö.

På en myr hittar bärplockare en skjuten björn, tömd på sitt innanmäte. Björnen är känd för att röra sig tillsammans med en varg i skogarna. Nu har vargen rapporterats skadskjuten och måste upphittas eftersom den kan vara farlig för människor. Men åsikterna i trakten går isär. Samtidigt försvinner den unga flickan Jenna spårlöst. Av sin tonårsson får kriminalkonstapel Minna höra de rykten som gått om Jenna, och mycket är nu gåtfullt. Vem är mannen hon pratade med på nätet innan hon försvann? Och varför hör hon inte av sig till sin mamma och sin syster? Minna tvingas konfrontera både sitt eget förflutna och det öde som drabbat Jenna. Andra delen i Johanna Holmströms spänningsserie om kriminalkonstapel Minna Salminen i Kuhmo, en liten stad nära ryska gränsen.

A traditional American woman, a beautiful wife and mother who sells her pioneer lifestyle of raw milk and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of social media followers, suddenly awakens cold, filthy, and terrified in the brutal reality of 1805—where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, or something far more sinister in this sensational debut novel. My name was Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive. Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband a handsome cowboy, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade fridges and ovens, her husband the Republican equivalent of a Kennedy? What Natalie’s followers—all 8 million of them—don’t know won’t hurt them. And The Angry Women? The privileged, Ivy League, coastal elite haters who call her an antifeminist iconoclast? They’re sick with jealousy. Because Natalie isn’t simply living the good life, she’s living the ideal—and just so happens to be building an empire from it. Until one morning she wakes up in a life that isn’t hers. Her home, her husband, her children—they’re all familiar, but something’s off. Her kitchen is warmed by a sputtering fire rather than electricity, her children are dirty and strange, and her soft-handed husband is suddenly a competent farmer. Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now she’s expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed. Has she become the unwitting star of a brutal reality show? Could it really be time travel? Is she being tested by God? By Satan? When Natalie suffers a brutal injury in the woods, she realizes two things: This is not her beautiful life, and she must escape by any means possible. A gripping, electrifying novel that is as darkly funny as it is frightening, Yesteryear is a gimlet-eyed look at tradition, fame, faith, and the grand performance of womanhood.

Mexican Gothic meets The Lie Tree by way of Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley in this delightfully witty horror debut. A captivating tale of two Victorian gentlemen hiding their relationship away in a botanical garden who embark on a Frankenstein-style experiment with unexpected consequences. It is an unusual thing, to live in a botanical garden. But Simon and Gregor are an unusual pair of gentlemen. Hidden away in their glass sanctuary from the disapproving tattle of Victorian London, they are free to follow their own interests without interference. For Simon, this means long hours in the dark basement workshop, working his taxidermical art. Gregor's business is exotic plants – lucrative, but harmless enough. Until his latest acquisition, a strange fungus which shows signs of intellect beyond any plant he's seen, inspires him to attempt a masterwork: true intelligent life from plant matter. Driven by the glory he'll earn from the Royal Horticultural Society for such an achievement, Gregor ignores the flaws in his plan: that intelligence cannot be controlled; that plants cannot be reasoned with; and that the only way his plant-beast will flourish is if he uses a recently deceased corpse for the substrate. The experiment – or Chloe, as she is named – outstrips even Gregor's expectations, entangling their strange household. But as Gregor's experiment flourishes, he wilts under the cost of keeping it hidden from jealous eyes. The mycelium grows apace in this sultry greenhouse. But who is cultivating whom? Told with wit and warmth, this is an extraordinary tale of family, fungus and more than a dash of bloody revenge from an exciting new voice in queer horror.

A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family. "Mom seems off." Her brother's words echo in Sam Montgomery's ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina street where their mother lives alone. She brushes the thought away as she climbs the front steps. Sam's excited for this rare extended visit, and looking forward to nights with just the two of them, drinking boxed wine, watching murder mystery shows, and guessing who the killer is long before the characters figure it out. But stepping inside, she quickly realizes home isn’t what it used to be. Gone is the warm, cluttered charm her mom is known for; now the walls are painted a sterile white. Her mom jumps at the smallest noises and looks over her shoulder even when she’s the only person in the room. And when Sam steps out back to clear her head, she finds a jar of teeth hidden beneath the magazine-worthy rose bushes, and vultures are circling the garden from above. To find out what’s got her mom so frightened in her own home, Sam will go digging for the truth. But some secrets are better left buried.

A twisted, tangled story about workplace love-affairs, and plants with a taste for human flesh During a grocery run to her local shopping center, Shell Pine sees a ‘HELP NEEDED’ sign in a flower shop window. She’s just left her fiancé, lost her job, and moved home to her parents’ house. She has to make a change and bring some good into her life, so she goes inside and takes a chance. Shell realizes right away that flowers are just the good thing she's been looking for, as is Neve, the beautiful florist who wrote the sign asking for help. The thing is, Neve needs help more than Shell could possibly imagine. An orchid growing out of sight in the heart of the mall is watching them closely. His name is Baby, and the beautiful florist belongs to him. He’s young, he’s hungry, and he’ll do just about anything to make sure he can keep growing big and strong. Nothing he eats – nobody he eats – can satisfy him, except the thing he most desires. Neve. He adores her and wants to consume her, and will stop at nothing to eat the one he loves. This is a story about possession, and monstrosity, and working retail. It is about hunger and desire, and other terrible things that grow.

In this atmospheric Appalachian gothic, the Haddesley siblings of West Virginia must unearth long-buried secrets to carve out a future when the supernatural bargain entwining their fate with their ancestral land is suddenly ruptured Since time immemorial, the Haddesley family has tended the cranberry bog. In exchange, the bog sustains them. The staunch seasons of their lives are governed by a strict covenant that is renewed each generation with the ritual sacrifice of their patriarch, and in return, the bog produces a “bog-wife.” Brought to life from vegetation, this woman is meant to carry on the family line. But when the bog fails—or refuses—to honor the bargain, the Haddesleys, a group of discordant siblings still grieving the mother who mysteriously disappeared years earlier, face an unknown future. Middle child Wenna, summoned back to the dilapidated family manor just as her marriage is collapsing, believes the Haddesleys must abandon their patrimony. Her siblings are not so easily persuaded. Eldest daughter Eda, de facto head of the household, seeks to salvage the compact by desecrating it. Younger son Percy retreats into the wilderness in a dangerous bid to summon his own bog-wife. And as youngest daughter Nora takes desperate measures to keep her warring siblings together, fledgling patriarch Charlie uncovers a disturbing secret that casts doubt over everything the family has ever believed about itself. Brimming with aching loss and the universal struggle between honoring family commitments and the drive to strike out on one’s own, The Bog Wife is a haunting invocation of the arcane power of the habits and habitats that bound us.