Welcome to Future Fiction, my reimagining of the Waiting on Wednesday meme! There are so many amazing new books coming out, that I can no longer pick just one. My goal with Future Fiction is to share at least three new books each week, a combination of recent cover reveals and books that I’ve recently added to my TBR pile. I’m still going to be linking up with Wishful Endings/Can’t Wait Wednesday, and I also want to give a shout out to Jill at Breaking the Spine for starting the original Waiting on Wednesday meme. I hope you’ll find some new books to add to your TBR piles, and as always, I look forward to hearing what YOU’RE looking forward to:-D
I know I featured horror last week too, sorry not sorry;-) Hey, I don’t control the cover reveals! Here are three Fall horror titles to check out:
Nationally bestselling authors Richard Kadrey and Cassandra Khaw have teamed up to deliver a dark new story where Neil Gaiman meets Jessica Jones with magic, monsters, and mayhem.
Julie Crews is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-something who packs a lot of magic into her small body. She’s trying to establish herself as a major Psychic Operative in the NYC magic scene, and she’ll work the most gruesome gigs to claw her way to the top.
Desperate to break the dead-end grind, Julie summons a guardian angel for a quick career boost. But her power grab sets off a deadly chain events that puts her closest friends – and the entire galaxy – directly in the path of annihilation.
The Dead Take the A Train is a high-octane cocktail of Khaw’s cosmic horror and Kadrey’s gritty fantasy―shaken, not stirred.
The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw & Richard Kadrey. Releases in October 2023 from Tor Nightfire. I just spotted this cover reveal last week and I had to share. Check out this cover full of color and cosmic horror goodness! I’m always curious to see how authors write books together, so I guess I’ll have to read it:-)
Kristen Simmons’s masterful breakout novel for young adult readers that’s “Jumanji but Japanese-inspired” (Kendare Blake) about estranged friends playing a deadly game in an eerie folkloric underworld.
Four years ago, five kids started a game. Only four survived.
Now, at the end of their senior year of high school, the survivors—Dax, Maddy, Emerson, and Owen—have reunited for one strange and terrible reason: they’ve been summoned by the ghost of Ian, the friend they left for dead.
Together they return to the tunnel where their friendship ended with one goal: find Ian and bring him home. So they restart the deadly game they never finished—an innocent card-matching challenge called Meido. A game without instructions.
As soon as they begin, they’re dragged out of their reality and into an eerie hellscape of Japanese underworlds, more horrifying than even the darkest folktales that Owen’s grandmother told him. There, they meet Shinigami, an old wise woman who explains the rules:
They have one night to complete seven challenges or all of them, Ian included, will be stuck in this world forever.
Once inseparable, the survivors now can’t stand each other, but the challenges demand they work together, think quickly, and make sacrifices—blood, clothes, secrets, memories, and worse.
And once again, not everyone will make it out of Meido alive.
Find Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen Simmons. Releases in October 2023 from Tor Teen. Long, unwieldy title aside, I think this sounds awesome! I love the idea of a Japanese inspired horror story, and this is definitely on my “must read” list.
From bestselling author Alex Grecian comes a folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by demons and ghosts—and where death is always just around the bend.
Sadie Grace is wanted for witchcraft, dead (or alive). And every hired gun in Kansas is out to collect the bounty on her head, including bonafide witch hunter Old Tom and his mysterious, mute ward Rabbit.On the road to Burden County, they’re joined by two vagabond cowboys with a strong sense of adventure – but no sense of purpose – and a recently widowed schoolteacher with nothing left to lose. And as their posse grows, so too does the danger.
Racing along the drought-stricken plains in a stolen red stagecoach, they encounter monsters more wicked than witches lurking along the dusty trail. But the crew is determined to get that witch, or die trying.
Written with the devilish cadence of Stephen Graham Jones and the pulse-pounding brutality of Nick Cutter, Red Rabbit is a supernatural adventure of luck and misfortune.
Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian. Releases in September 2023 from Tor Nightfire. It’s been a while since I’ve read a Western horror, and I’m excited about this one. It sounds like it will be a whole lot of bloody fun:-)
Couldn’t put Red Rabbit onto my TBR list fast enough 😀 I am still not over my supernatural westerns phase (mainly caused by reading The Dark Tower) and this sounds perfect.
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The Dark Tower is such a great example of Western horror:-)
I’m the same about Red Rabbit. I’m partial to supernatural westerns too.
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I have a good feeling about Red Rabbit:-)
Don’t worry about the… abundance of horror: with premises like these it will be a great (if scary…) full immersion in the genre 😉
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I like that these will probably appeal to different readers. Something for everyone, perhaps?
I am so excited to see more and more horror! Bring it on and sign me up for all three please!
LOL don’t worry, I will keep finding horror:-)
I’m in love with all three of these covers! Wow!
Agreed, they are all so good!
The Dead Take the A Train sounds like my kinda fantasy. I’m gonna out it on my wishlist!
Find Him Where You Left Him Dead seems like a really creepy one and I also love that it’s a Japanese inspired horror story!
I also love the sound of Red Rabbit since I’m a fan of all things western. Haven’t read one that involves horror yet but this will be a great one to start with I think l.
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They are all so different, but I want to read each one:-)
I need all of these asap! Thanks for the intro to them, Tammy!
I hope you love them too!
Red Rabbit is a Western horror, huh? That has so much potential in itself! I do hope it turns out to be a great story in the end though. Thanks for sharing, Tammy. 🙂
I haven’t read a good Western horror in a while, I’m so excited for Red Rabbit:-)
The first two have really interesting titles and covers! Have fun
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They do! Thanks:-)
Find Him Dead Where You Left Him (think I got it right maybe…lol) sounds interesting and OMG I didn’t know Alex Grecian wrote horror! I have really enjoyed his Scotland Murder Squad series, I have one book left in that series to be finished. This is what happens when I don’t branch out and see what other books an author has written…lol. 🙂
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I’ve never even heard of Alex Grecian, lol. Now I’m looking forward to Red Rabbit even more since you’ve read his other books.
Wow, what a description for The Dead the A Train–and what a cover! These all sound great. I really love the cover for Red Rabbit. Great picks as always!
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I agree, The Dead Take the A Train is going to be a must read for sure:-)
Red Rabbit being described as “folk horror” definitely intrigues me even though I don’t typically read much horror.
I love folk horror, and it sounds like this might have some humor as well.
Interesting mix. Cosmic horror, a deadly card game, and a witch chase in the west.
I hadn’t noticed, but yes it’s sort of eclectic!
Ooh I’m particularly intrigued by the middle one. I have a couple of books by the author on my tbr already. Love the sound of the Japanese mythology & Jumanji style game.
I’m surprised I haven’t read anything by Kristen Simmons yet. This one sounds so good!
I love the covers – and the premises sound wonderful. But I’m too much of a wuss and struggling badly with nightmares at present – so I’ll leave this selection on the shelf.
Understood, and next week I’ll venture into other genres:-)
These all sound good, Tammy. I hadn’t heard of any of them yet. I will have to check them out. I hope you enjoy them when you read them!
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Thanks Wendy!
These all look cool, especially Red Rabbit!
I know, it really sounds good, right?
Honestly I don’t think I’d read any of these! You are way braver than me!
I will have fantasy this week!
Just added all three to my watch list! The first one looks insane!
The cover alone is insane, lol.
Never apologize for featuring horror covers. Horror books need some love, too. xD I hadn’t heard of any of these before, but Find Him where You Left Him Dead is *definitely* going on my TBR. I absolutely LOVE that title. Plus, “Jumanji but Japanese-inspired” sounds amazing and like everything I’ve ever wanted in a horror book.
I agree! I’m trying to remember if I’ve read any of her books before, but I’ll definitely be reading this one.
I also looove the cover for The Dead Take the A Train! Idk if I want to read it but I definitely want to look at it heh. Find Him where You Left Him Dead is on my TBR for sure, I enjoy the author and I also love the sound of it! And I am definitely curious about Red Rabbit now, thanks for putting it on my radar!