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
Today’s picks were chosen both for their awesome covers and stories that make me want to read them. Take a look:
A haunting dark urban fantasy set in a historical Hong Kong, where ancient myths and local legends combine in a story of ghosts, grief and women who will not forgive.
Mercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past. After washing up on the shores of Hong Kong with no memory during World War II, she found a home in Kowloon Walled City, an infamous, ghost-infested slum full of lost and traumatised civilians. Since the war ended, Mercy has rebuilt her life and found work as a ghost-talker for the local triad, dealing with the angry and bitter spirits who haunt this place.
But the past she can’t remember won’t let her go. An unusually powerful ghost lurks in Kowloon’s waterways, drowning innocents and threatening the district. Unnervingly, it claims to know Mercy—and her forgotten childhood.
As Mercy is drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with this malignant spirit, she begins to realise that the monster she fights within these walls may well be one of her own making.
The Girl With a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean. Releases in May 2026 from Tor Books. I’ve been waiting almost four years for Dean to write a new book, and I couldn’t be more excited! I loved The Book Eaters, and this new one sounds fantastic.
Surviving the massacre is just the beginning in this razor-sharp take on the summer camp slasher from horror master Craig DiLouie.
SUMMER 1983. A blood-soaked summer camp counselor is found staggering down a country road. The sole survivor of a horrific massacre, Mary tells a nightmare of a masked maniac wielding an old skinning knife. Arriving too late to help, her boyfriend Tom Bailey is plagued by guilt.
SUMMER 1992. The camp reopens as Camp Summer Fun. Now a sheriff’s deputy, Tom doubts this is a good idea, but the camp has been refurbished, the counselors hired, and the little campers are on the way. Responding to reports of a blood-curdling howl near the camp, he again arrives too late to save anyone except a single brutalized teen. The killer nowhere to be found.
Hoping to catch the killer and finally right his mistakes, Tom reconnects with Mary. She’s convinced that the killer is not human but instead a rural legend known as the Hungry Hare.
The sheriff wants the case closed, but refuses to believe in folklore. Mary dreams of revenge for her friends. And Tom hunts for any traces of the killer: real or fictional. But the murderer could be closer to home than anyone expects.
The Hare is coming and is so, so hungry…
The Summer Fun Summer by Craig DiLouie. Releases in June 2025 from Run For It. Right on the heals of the amazing My Ex, the Antichrist, a new book announcement from Craig DiLouie! I love that he’s tackling the summer camp/slasher trope, and I can’t wait to see how he does it:-) (Linked for now to Amazon because I don’t think it’s on Goodreads yet)
I am more than capable of being evil today. I think…
Iris Weyward wants to be bad. Truly bad. Terrifyingly, gloriously villainous. But after helping her sisters unleash a spell to throw the realm into chaos, Iris is left feeling strangely empty—and still not the villain of her dreams. So, she sets off for the quiet town of Fraywell to build her wicked legacy alone.
Things start a crooked little cottage, a reputation for curses and potions, and a healthy dose of fear from the locals. But when her ogre bodyguard disappears, Iris needs new muscle. Good thing a fearsome orc just toppled over in her yard. Naturally, she decides to reanimate him. It’s a perfect solution.
Only, Talon isn’t the brooding warrior she was hoping for. He’s gentle. He bakes. Worst of all, he’s nice. But Iris can’t possibly have a thing for her new employee. She’s supposed to be the most wicked witch in town!
While Iris struggles to turn Talon into the enforcer she deserves, her sisters arrive seeking help—their magic is fading, and the cause may be closer than any of them realize. The timing couldn’t be worse, and falling for an orc wasn’t supposed to be part of her villain era, but it might turn out to be the best spell she’s ever cast…
Death Meets Cute by J. Penner. Releases in April 2026 from Poisoned Pen Press. Cute title, cute cover, cute story blurb! This sounds like so much fun, I will be waiting in line for this one:-)
Hey! More Craig DiLouie!
So many slashers lately! Death Meets Cute isn’t my thing, but I’m sure it will be a hit – fresh take on the, well, meet-cute trope, and a nice ogre who bakes for a supposedly evil witch who can’t seem to be evil enough? 😀
I love the sound of Death Meets Cute. A gentle ogre who likes baking? And the cover for The Girl With a Thousand Faces is stunning:). Thank you for sharing, Tammy.
Death Meets Cute sounds SO precious!!!
I didn’t know DiLouie had a slasher book coming out! I can’t wait and how awesome is that cover. Let’s be honest, the other too sound great as well.
Yes, great covers!
These all do look awesome! The Craig DiLouie especially appeals to me — who doesn’t love a good camp slasher horror??
Hope you enjoy them! 🙂
These all look good!
Nice variety! These sound like fun—but very different—reads. 🙂
Death Meets Cute is the one more promising for me, but the first one has a gorgeous cover! Also, I am not the biggest fan of books set in the first half of 1900 but this sounds pretty intriguing!!
I love all three but very excited in particular for the Craig DiLouie.
Lynn 😀
Wow The Book Eaters came out four years ago? How on earth have I still not read it? The authors upcoming release sounds interesting too and the last title sounds cute too. I hope you enjoy all of these.