Life Ceremony
by Sakaya Murata

"Blending together humor and horror, this stellar short-story collection by the author of the cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, translated into English for the first time, portrays weird love, heartfelt friendships and the unsettling nature of human existence." [Novelist].

Those Across the River
by Christopher Buehlman
 

"Moving to rural Georgia, a failed academic plans to write a history of his family's old plantation and the horrors that occurred there but instead discovers a sense of unspoken dread among the townspeople and a long-standing debt of blood," [Novelist]

 

"Following his presentation of Beren and Luthien, Christopher Tolkien has used the same 'history in sequence' mode in the writing of this edition of The Fall of Gondolin. In the words of J.R.R. Tolkien, it was 'the first real story of this imaginary world' and, together with Beren and Luthien and The Children of Hurin, he regarded it as one of the three 'Great Tales' of the Elder Days," [Novelist].

 

 

"Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that features four brand-new stories and one phenomenally popular tale in print for the first time. Emily Carroll brings you tales of old-school folklore and horror, presented in an illustrated style that's both unsettling and deceptively soothing." [Novelist].

 

"With her father lost at sea, Sophie wanders aimlessly around Aqualand, a marine theme park, until an "aquanaut" breaks into the park's research lab, revealing Aqualand's dark side and vowing to free the captive marine life with her help."  [Novelist].

My Favorite Color
A Board Book by Aaron Becker

"People always ask for your favorite color. But who said you can only have one? Open this gorgeous board book to find an ode to ever-changing colors, offering a spectrum of hues evoking the sun, the sea, clouds, and dew-dappled fruit," [Novelist].

A Blue Kind of Day
by Rachel Tomlinson

"A psychologist presents this moving picture book about depression and the power of listening in which everyone tries to cheer up a little boy who is feeling down until he is able to express why he is feeling down in his own way," [Novelist]