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 can’t help it if I only saw horror cover reveals this week;-) This is for my horror lovers, three new horror releases from new-to-me authors:
Severance meets Lovecraft in this surreal tale of white collar drudgery.
And you thought your boss was evil!
Joe always had potential, but he doesn’t expect much, and he hopes that his new job as an admin assistant won’t expect much of him. But when he enters the offices of Ponos―a company he’s never heard of, and knows nothing about―he discovers that potential is exactly what they want from him.
A story about the evils of A.I. in the workplace and the inhuman beings that rely on it. Abyss adds a new level of meaning to ‘wage slave’.
Abyss by Nicholas Binge. Releases in May 2026 from Tor Nightfire. I adore this cover, especially since there are tenacles and the story is about AI. I want to know how those things go together!
From the author of The Eyes Are the Best Part, praised by The New York Times Book Review as “violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original,” a provocative exposé into the hidden world of spy cameras, sexual shaming, and vengeance pursued with a very sharp kitchen knife.
Molka: an abbreviation of molrae-kamera, a “sneaky camera” hidden to capture covert images and videos for voyeurs.
In an unassuming Seoul workplace, IT technician Junyoung’s network reaches throughout the whole office. Every entrance. Every lobby. Every bathroom. The women in this building may be cold and dismissive, but whenever they disrespect him, he calls up his favorite images and remembers who holds the real power. Until one, Dahye, sets herself apart from the rest.
Dahye, ever the romantic, yearns to be cherished after years of living in the shadow of her perfect older sister, who tragically drowned years ago. Only her boyfriend seems to appreciate Dahye. He’s rich, handsome, famous, and generous—she’d do anything to hold on to the happiness he brings her.
But when a celebrity hidden camera scandal rocks the city, Dahye’s dreams of fairy-tale romance sour into a grotesque nightmare. Her boyfriend abandons her. Her parents reject her. Her dead sister appears as a lank-haired, demon-eyed ghost, desperate to reveal a long-hidden secret. As Junyoung falls into obsession with the troubled Dahye, more and more illusions are stripped away, until Dahye turns to extreme lengths to satisfy her own lust for revenge . . .
From the innovative imagination of rising horror star Monika Kim, Molka is an all-too-real snapshot of surveillance, power, and one woman’s justified rage.
Molka by Monika Kim. Releases in April 2026 from Erewhon Books. I haven’t had the chance to read Kim’s last book The Eyes Are the Best Part, although it’s high on my list to try at some point. I’m not sure whether the Goodreads or the Amazon blurb is the official one (they are completely different for some reason), but in any case this sounds very timely and very good.
An unforgettable debut, For Human Use is a twisted tale of modern love that bends every genre, sears itself into your brain, and presents a horrific romantic comedy unlike anything you’ve ever read before.
Modern dating is dead.
Finding a human connection online has become impossible. Enter a dating app that matches people with dead bodies. Somehow, it has taken the world by storm. Millions of users are convinced that life with a corpse presents a better alternative to conventional relationships.
Flailing against Liv’s popularity, venture capital superstar Tom Williamson—whose company is funding Liv —isn’t buying it. Mostly because dating an embalmed cadaver, let alone monetizing it, is obscene.
Believing that Liv is the future, Auden White, the insufferable “visionary” behind the app begins demanding more and more funding, quickly making enemies with Tom.
It’s no secret that Tom struggles with people, dead or alive, but when he has a chance meeting with the woman who knows Auden (and his secrets) best, Mara Reed, he realizes everything is about to change for all three of them.
With Liv’s userbase growing by the day, the need for cadavers rapidly increases. Humanity might not want to connect with other living, breathing people anymore, but they do want to connect with something. What could go wrong?
For Human Use by Sarah G. Pierce. Releases in February 2026 from Run For It. OK, I’m not sure what the hell this is about, lol, but I’m here for it! What a crazy concept, and I need to know more about Liv.
For Human Use sounds crazy but I’m here for it too! Same for the others – thanks for introducing me to them!
I’m excited to read them too:-)
Not my kind of picks this time, but the first two covers are perfection!
I especially love the first cover, I mean imagine the posibilities!
They all sound pretty creepy, and they are not my usual pick, but they sound interesting, especially the third one. It sounds… morbidly fascinating!
Of all three the last one does sound weird but intriguing!
Wow, For Human Use sounds weird!
Right?? I’m so curious.
Im not entirely sure about any of these, although im kind of curious about the middle one. Ill have to watch out for some reviews of it and make up my mind about trying it for definite. The last one sounds especially weird and I’ve just been scarred by another dating service movie lol
I think I’m the most curious about the last one, it sounds so out there!
Abyss definitely has a creepy cover. I also want to know how the tentacles fit with the AI. Probably in a very scary way…
AI alone is scary so it should be good!
Molka — yikes! This book would absolutely NOT be for me… but I hope you enjoy it! These all sound a bit crazy!
Even for me Molka sounds scary!
Eeek! The cover of Abyss is truly creepy:)). And while these aren’t in my wheelhouse – the upside is that my teetering TBR pile has been given a break this week!
Sometimes it’s nice to have a break:-)
You know I will never complain about horror recs. Some really great ones here and I LOVE the cover of Abyss.
I love the cover of Abyss too, very ominous!
Oh these all sound so intriguing! I definitely can’t wait to read something new from Monika Kim, and I’m curious about Abyss, too. For Human Use does sound pretty crazy and I’m here for it!
I’m excited to try Monika Kim!
The synopsis of Abyss sounds attractive, but I don’t like that creature at the end of the hallway, lol.
Enjoy!
LOL I’m worried about it too:-)
Monica Kim has another book coming out? That makes me so happy!
I was happy and I haven’t even read her last book!
For Human Use aside, the other covers are plain horror and chilling! Perfect for you
They are perfect horror covers:-)
I confess I’m super curious about For Human Use .
Lynn 😀
The blurb definitely makes it tempting:-)
The way I yelled “WHAT?” at my computer while reading about For Human Use makes me think I should read it but also, I’m scared. That cover though, wow