Staff Picks for Halloween (Adult Fiction)

Hocus Pocus: The All-New Sequel by A.W. Jantha

Be spellbound by a fresh retelling and novelization of the original film, followed by the all-new sequel that continues the story with the next generation of Salem teens.

Book: https://bit.ly/psplHocusPocusNovelization 

Ebook: https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/hocus-pocus-and-the-all-new-sequel-a-w-jantha/12169600

 

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

Five-year-old Teddy loves to draw.  But one day, he draws a man in a forest, dragging a woman’s lifeless body. Teddy’s artwork becomes increasingly sinister, and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. His nanny, Mallory, begins to wonder if these are glimpses of a long-unsolved murder, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force, and she sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy before it’s too late. “I loved it." ―Stephen King

Book: https://bit.ly/psplHiddenPictures

Ebook: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/boone-paulsawyier/content/media/7115427

Eaudio: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/boone-paulsawyier/content/media/6524685

 

Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne

After dropping out of college, all Laurel Early wanted was to resume her life as a tobacco hand and taxidermist and try not to think about the boy she can't help but love. Instead, a devil from her past has returned to court her, as he did her late mother years earlier. Now, Laurel must unravel her mother's terrifying legacy and tap into her own innate magic before her future and the fate of everyone she loves is doomed.

Book: https://bit.ly/psplWakeTheBones

Ebook: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/boone-paulsawyier/content/media/6493082

Eaudio: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/boone-paulsawyier/content/media/6524817

 

The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror by Tori Bovalino

A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A lake that allows the drowned to return. These are the shadowed, liminal spaces where the curses and monsters lurk, refusing to be forgotten.

Book: https://bit.ly/psplTheGatheringDark

 

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. Most of all, she doesn't want to deal with her brother, Mark. Unfortunately, she'll need his help to get the house ready for sale because it'll take more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime of memories to get this place on the market. But some houses don't want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them.

Book: https://bit.ly/psplHowToSellaHauntedHouse

Ebook: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/boone-paulsawyier/content/media/7459796

Eaudio: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/boone-paulsawyier/content/media/7459796

 

 My Best Friends Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Abby and Gretchen have been BFFs since fifth grade, but when they arrive at high school, things change. Gretchen begins to act...different. As the bizarre occurrences begin to pile up, Abby realizes there is only one possible explanation - her best friend has a demon living inside her. With help from some unlikely allies, Abby embarks on a quest to save Gretchen.

Book: https://bit.ly/psplMyBestFriendsExorcism 

Ebook: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/boone-paulsawyier/content/media/2504950

 

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice

Rowan Mayfair, aware that she has special powers but unaware that she comes from an ancient line of witches, finds the drowned body of a man off the coast of California and brings him to life. As these two set out to solve the mystery of her past and his new and unwelcome sensory power, an intricate tale of evil unfolds.

Ebook: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/boone-paulsawyier/content/media/481491

Eaudio: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/boone-paulsawyier/content/media/2201628

 

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with vampire geneticist, Matthew Clairmont.

Ebook: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/boone-paulsawyier/content/media/583710

Eaudio: https://kyunbound.overdrive.com/boone-paulsawyier/content/media/523828