#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: Women in Horror Month Week 4

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Today on the giveaway I am celebrating Women's History Month with a giveaway each Thursday this month of books written by women in Horror. I am focusing on books I did not get a chance to review officially, but are titles I think belong in every public library. Today is our last week and I have two finished copies of great books for 1 winner. Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American Library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
2. If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
3. Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. Meaning you enter once, and you are entered until you win. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
4. If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.

Last week's winner was Claudia from TX. Now on to this week's giveaway. 

Today I have a finished copy of a book I just missed when it came out. I am really sad about it because the author had a previous book which I LOVED and STILL THINK ABOUT [The Taxidermist's Lover]. This book is Myrrh by Polly Hall. From the description:

A woman searching for her birth-parents unlocks the secrets of her horrific past, as she tries to stop the goblin within in this kaleidoscopic dark psychological horror, with a dread-inducing climax you will never forget. Perfect for fans of Eric LaRocca and Catriona Ward. 

Myrrh has a goblin inside her, a voice in her head that tells her all the things she's done wrong, that berates her and drags her down. Desperately searching for her birth-parents across dilapidated seaside towns in the South coast of England, she finds herself silenced and cut off at every step. 

Cayenne is trapped in a loveless marriage, the distance between her and her husband growing further and further each day. Longing for a child, she has visions promising her a baby. 

As Myrrh's frustrations grow, the goblin in her grows louder and louder, threatening to tear apart the few relationships she holds dear and destroy everything around her. When Cayenne finds her husband growing closer to his daughter, Cayenne's stepdaughter, pushing her further out of his life, she makes a decision that sends her into a terrible spiral. 

The stories of these women will unlock a past filled with dark secrets, strange connections; all leading to an unforgettable, horrific climax.

Titan Books sent me this finished, hard cover copy for me to give to one of you to add to your library. And even if you don't win, it is not too late to add this book. It will be new to your readers. 

My second title is a second finished copy of a book I also gave away last week, by an author whose work I have spotlighted before from a small Horror press you can trust. Ink Vine and Other Swamp Stories by Elizabeth Broadbent:

Stay the hell out of the swamp — the backwater town of Lower Congaree recites it like an eleventh commandment.

Lower Congaree is a backwater of a backwater, a poverty-stricken South Carolina town where nail salons come and go, but the Marine recruitment center never closes. Swamp surrounds it, and strangeness stretches back as far as anyone can remember.

For the first time, Undertaker Books has collected Elizabeth Broadbent’s intertwined Southern Gothic stories, including her linked novella, Ink Vine. Swamp witches and standing stones, battered mansions and shoeless patriarchs, strip clubs and roadside diners—Lower Congaree blossoms with the otherworldly, the bizarre, the outcast and the outside of time.

Ink Vine 

 “A stunning debut with a narrative voice so strong, you’ll feel the swamp breathing down your neck. Eerie and very moving.” —Tim McGregor, author of Eynhallow and Wasps in the Ice Cream

When exotic dancer Emmy Joiner escapes to the swamp, she meets beautiful, long-legged Zara, the first girl she dares to kiss. But the small-town South hates a woman who dares to dance instead of plucking chickens for minimum wage. As Emmy’s life falls apart, her relationship with Zara grows more tangled and bizarre. Zara’s offering something beautiful. Its price may be more than Emmy’s willing to pay.

I love how these are interconnected stories but also-- SWAMP stories are very popular, even with non-horror readers. This collection reminds me a lot of Alan Baxter's Tales from the Gulp series. I had a review of the third book in this series of connected novellas, The Rise, in the February 2026 issue of Booklist. 

This is a finished copy of the book which came out on March 6th. You can add it to your collection right now. Thanks to Undertaker Books for this copy which will go out with the finished hardcover of Myrrh to one winner.

And that concludes my Women in Horror Month Giveaways. Four weeks, eight books, four winners. Next week I will begin giving away the books for which I have reviews in the April issues of both Booklist and Library Journal. It will take a few weeks, and there are some great titles, including one of my under the radar picks for a top book of the year.

Enter now and you are entered going forward. 

Good Luck!

#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: Women in Horror Month Week 3

Today on the giveaway I am celebrating Women's History Month with a giveaway each Thursday this month of books written by women in Horror. I am focusing on books I did not get a chance to review officially, but are titles I think belong in every public library. Today I have an ARC of a hotly anticipated May book and a finished copy of a story collection from a proven small press. Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American Library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
2. If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
3. Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. Meaning you enter once, and you are entered until you win. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
4. If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.

Last week's winner was Roseann from ME. Now on to this week's giveaway. 

I have an ARC of a hotly anticipated May book and a finished copy of a story collection from a proven small press both for 1 winner. These are titles I did not have room to review personally, but I am very excited about them and think you should consider adding them to your collections, whether you win or not.

Let me start with a title that you have seen on many 2026 most anticipated titles, Bone of My Bone by Johanna Van Veen. From the publisher description:

Bram Stoker Award–nominee and USA Today bestseller Johanna van Veen unveils a sapphic folk-horror tour de force—perfect for fans of The VVitch and The Salt Grows Heavy. A skull's grin is eternal…

The year is 1635.

Sister Ursula, a young nun fleeing the ruins of her convent, and Elsebeth, a sharp-witted peasant, escape a band of marauding soldiers and disappear into the Bavarian forest. War scorches the land, and no one survives it alone. Amid the devastation, they find something in the arms of a dying the gilded skull of a saint.

It is said that if you reunite the saint's skull with her body, a wish will be granted. Desperate for salvation, and each with secret desires of their own, Ursula and Elsebeth follow a ragged map across the blighted countryside. But darkness follows them. A necromancer, drawn to the relic's power. The saint herself, whispering at night. And as the lines between blessing and curse blur, the women must face a harrowing the magic they seek comes at a cost. At the journey's end, they'll face an impossible choice—one that could tear apart everything they know… or bind them to each other forever.

This one comes out May 26th from Poisoned Pen Press (who sent me this book to give away to one of you). People are already talking about it. Double check it is on order.

My second title is a finished copy by an author whose work I have spotlighted before from a small Horror press you can trust. Ink Vine and Other Swamp Stories by Elizabeth Broadbent:

Stay the hell out of the swamp — the backwater town of Lower Congaree recites it like an eleventh commandment.

Lower Congaree is a backwater of a backwater, a poverty-stricken South Carolina town where nail salons come and go, but the Marine recruitment center never closes. Swamp surrounds it, and strangeness stretches back as far as anyone can remember.

For the first time, Undertaker Books has collected Elizabeth Broadbent’s intertwined Southern Gothic stories, including her linked novella, Ink Vine. Swamp witches and standing stones, battered mansions and shoeless patriarchs, strip clubs and roadside diners—Lower Congaree blossoms with the otherworldly, the bizarre, the outcast and the outside of time.

Ink Vine 

 “A stunning debut with a narrative voice so strong, you’ll feel the swamp breathing down your neck. Eerie and very moving.” —Tim McGregor, author of Eynhallow and Wasps in the Ice Cream

When exotic dancer Emmy Joiner escapes to the swamp, she meets beautiful, long-legged Zara, the first girl she dares to kiss. But the small-town South hates a woman who dares to dance instead of plucking chickens for minimum wage. As Emmy’s life falls apart, her relationship with Zara grows more tangled and bizarre. Zara’s offering something beautiful. Its price may be more than Emmy’s willing to pay.

I love how these are interconnected stories but also-- SWAMP stories are very popular, even with non-horror readers. This collection reminds me a lot of Alan Baxter's Tales from the Gulp series. I had a review of the third book in this series of connected novellas, The Rise, in the February 2026 issue of Booklist. 

This is a finished copy of the book which came out on March 6th. You can add it to your collection right now. Thanks to Undertaker Books for this copy which will go out with Bone of My Bone to One winner.

Back next week with my final 2 book Women in Horror giveaway.

#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: Women in Horror Month Week 2

Today on the giveaway I am celebrating Women's History Month with a giveaways each Thursday this month  of books written by women in Horror. I am focusing on books I did not get a chance to review officially, but are titles I think belong in every public library. Today I have  ARCS of two books that come out in April 2026 for 1 winner. Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American Library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
2. If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
3. Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. Meaning you enter once, and you are entered until you win. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
4. If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.

Last week's winner was Angela from OH. Now on to this week's giveaway. 

This week I have ARCS of two books that come out in April 2026 for 1 winner. These are titles I did not have room to review personally, but I am very excited about them and think you should consider adding them to your collections, whether you win or not.

I am listing them in the order they will be coming out.

First up, Invasive Species by New York Times Bestselling Author Ellery Adams coming April 14th from Hanover Square Press. Description:

“Dark and delectable. I gobbled this book up and enjoyed every last bite.“ —Kirsten Miller, author of The Change and The Women of Wild Hill

The women in Cold Harbor all have something to prove, and they'll have to do it in a world full of monsters.

Something’s not right in Cold Harbor—more so than usual. While this sleepy small town has seen its fair share of monsters in cheating husbands and leering bosses, none are as hungry as Mrs. Smith. The mysterious resident has finally emerged from her crumbling mansion on the hill, mesmerizing the townspeople with her beauty. Her secret? Nine human sacrifices to feed her immortality.

Natalie Scott is more worried about Mrs. Smith blocking her first real estate sale—the one that will take her from stay-at-home mom to working woman extraordinaire. She's eager to prove herself in a world where the social mores of 1980s suburbia reign, where she's expected to keep a magazine-perfect home and raise beautiful children, all while sticking to her husband's budget. Natalie's two best friends are facing their own demons, and Mrs. Smith and her deep, dark woods are an easy scapegoat for everyone's problems.

But Natalie's twelve-year-old daughter, Jill, and her Icelandic housekeeper, Una, can sense something deeper at play. Armed with library books and a whole lot of grit, Jill and Una team up to save the town once and for all. But as the rest of Cold Harbor sinks into anger, fear, and jealousy, they’ll have to confront the What does it really mean to be a monster?

This one is going to be a huge cross over hit with readers who don't think they like Horror. Spoiler alert, they do. Seriously though, this is for fans of Lindy Ryan's Bless Your Heart series (Ryan's latest was in last week's giveaway) and Slayers of Old by Hines which I reviewed for Booklist here.

Plus female sea monsters! So you know you need to add this one to your collections.

Thank you to Hanover Square Press for this ARC which I am giving away to one of you.

Next up is Hex House by Amy Jane Stewart coming out on April 28th from Titan Books. Description:

A feverishly told, dark and unsettling Scotland-set fairy-tale about a safe haven for women which transforms them into vessels of revenge, perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, A. G Slatter and Julia Armfield 

ELLY

Elly is running. Pregnant and still in her wedding dress, she flees the cottage that her new husband has rented for their wedding night. Because he’s not what people think he is – and she knows that, one day, he’ll hurt her in a way she can’t fix. Freezing and lost in the dead of night, Elly begins to lose hope.

A woman in the woods alone is never the beginning of the story. It’s usually the end.

So, when a beautiful house appears out of nowhere and a woman beckons her inside, it almost feels too good to be true.

Welcome to Hex a refuge, a home, a sanctuary. A place that can only be found by those who truly need it; a place that promises to teach Elly how to access a power more incredible – and more terrifying – than anything she could have imagined.

SIOBHAN

Four years after Siobhan meets Elly at Hex House, her life is in ruins. Once a promising filmmaker invited to the house to make a documentary with her brother, Theo, she’s given up on her dream after witnessing unspeakable horrors there. Now, she spends her time drinking too much, toying with an older man in increasingly dangerous ways, and trying to get Theo to speak to her again. She ignores the scar on her stomach that never fully heals.

That is, until someone reaches out with news about Hex House that could change everything.

And Siobhan knows, deep down, that she was always destined to return.

I 100% agree with the readalikes of T. Kingfisher, A. G Slatter, and Julia Armfield provided above.

Thank you to Titan Books for this ARC which I am giving away to this week's winner as well.

Two books by Women in Horror for one winner. And this is only week 2 of 4. I have at least 3 more books to giveaway.

You are going to want to enter now because you will be entered going forward. 

Good Luck!

#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: Women in Horror Month Week 1

Today on the giveaway I am celebrating Women's History Month with giveaways each Thursday this month of books written by women in Horror. I am focusing on books I did not get a chance to review officially, but are titles I think belong in every public library. Today I have 2 finished copies of two books that came out last month for 1 winner. Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American Library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
2. If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
3. Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. Meaning you enter once, and you are entered until you win. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
4. If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.

Last week's winner was Nicole from WA. Now on to this week's giveaway. 

This week I have 2 finished copies of books that came out in February, titles that I am very excited about but did not have time to review myself.

First up a hard cover of Dollface by Lindy Ryan:

“A whimsical, bloody, unsettling suburban slasher with an unexpected twist." – New York Times bestselling author Delilah S. Dawson

Barbie meets Scream with a 90s nostalgia twist in this horror romp from Bless Your Heart author Lindy Ryan.

Horror author Jill has just moved to suburban New Jersey, hoping to fit in with the new PTA moms and maybe not weird everyone out with her Final Girl coffee mug. You know. Make some real friends. But then a plastic face-masked serial killer begins slashing their way through town, one overly made-up mom at a time. The police are incredulous. The moms are indignant. And Jill is slowly wrapped into a killer’s murderous spree, until she might just be the last woman standing. A delightfully murderous novel that is equal parts scathing and salacious, Dollface will win you over with its gossip and gore, one body at a time. 

Add this book to your collections right now. You probably have Ryan's books in the Bless Your Heart series. This is not part of that series but will appeal to fans of those books. Ryan's books are perfect for fans of Rachel Harrison-- serious horror with well developed and authentic female characters. 

Thank you to Minotaur Books for the copy that I am giving away today. This is a finished copy and you can add it to your collections ASAP. 

This week's winner will also receive a finished copy of Temple Fall by R.L. Boyle:

A macabre and chilling supernatural gothic horror about a group of teenagers cursed to die on their 18th birthday from the Stoker Award shortlisted author of The Book of the Baku. Perfect for fans of Clay McLeod Chapman, The September House by Carissa Orlando and The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes.

Flynn heads with her boyfriend, Jackson, and a group of their friends to spend the night in Temple Fall, a mysterious house up on the moors with a strange history. Breaking in for a night of drinking and teenage debauchery they instead find themselves trapped in a strange nightmare after a joke seance goes wrong. Suddenly forced into strange acts and behaviours outside their character, the tight-knit group starts to fall apart - and then Jackson falls to his death.

In the aftermath Flynn must confront the traumas of her childhood, her upbringing in captivity with her mother who suffered from crippling paranoia and OCD. As a foster child she has been forced to make her own place in the world, to forge a new family out of the few scraps of hope and compassion she has been offered in her life. And everywhere she looks she sees the ghostly figure of a Victorian woman, that no one else can see.

The woman that pushed Jackson.

Reeling from the tragedy the group find themselves split apart, each grieving and trying to survive on their own. But when they start to die, one-by-one, on the very second of their 18th birthday, Flynn must keep them all together to keep her found family alive. And she must dig into the lost secrets of her family past, to stop the curse being passed down to the next generation again.

Add this one to your ordering carts as well. Those readalike authors in the copy above are spot on. Boyle's first novel was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for YA.

Thank you to Titan Books for the copy that I am giving away today. This is a finished copy and you can add it to your collections ASAP. 

Two books by Women in Horror for one winner. And this is only the beginning of the month. I have at least 5 more books to giveaway.

You are going to want to enter now because you will be entered going forward. 

Good Luck!