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Here’s a delightful dark spooky season read: “The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter...
09/21/2026

Here’s a delightful dark spooky season read: “The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a spellbinding new collection of original haunted tales”

Authors include:

• Michelle Paver
• Stacey Halls
• Bridget Collins
• Imogen Hermes Gowar
• Kiran Millwood Hargrave
• Andrew Michael Hurley
• Jess Kidd
• Natasha Pulley
• Elizabeth Macneal
• Susan Stokes-Chapman
• Laura Shepherd-Robinson
• Stuart Turton
• Catriona Ward

Published by Sphere in 2025.

I love short story collections because yiu can savor one every autumn evening after a long workday.

-Carrie

09/15/2026

I’m enjoying re-reading “The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch” this week.

This Pride and Prejudice re-magining is by Melinda Taub Melinda Taub and it came out in October 2023 from Grand Central Publishing .

For Jane Austen or Regency romance fans who also enjoy witchy reads, it’s the perfect, clever book for easing into the spooky season.

Even though I already know what happens, I am thoroughly enjoying revisiting this delightful book!

-Carrie

09/14/2026

Here’s another cute spooky season picture book for kids, “Vampire Girl Conquers the Night” by Betina González Betina González with illustrations by Mariana Ruiz Johnson mariana ruiz johnson (Levine Querido August 2026)

Enjoy this kids book preview!

Coming in October: A dark academia book by Lynn D. Jung, "Mothsblood: Deluxe Limited Edition" from Bloomsbury Publishing...
09/13/2026

Coming in October: A dark academia book by Lynn D. Jung,
"Mothsblood: Deluxe Limited Edition" from Bloomsbury Publishing UK

09/09/2026

This is *THE* most beautiful, stunning oracle deck I have ever seen.

I treated myself to this new dark oracle deck as an early Halloween present.

“Seasons of the Witch: Samhain Oracle” is by Lorriane Anderson Lorriane Anderson | author and Juliet Diaz (Rockpool Publishing July 2026)

This gorgeous deck is perfect for autumnal divination and spooky season mindfulness.

The cards are glossy and tinged with red gilt, and the deluxe oracle box is gilt and flocked with black velvet. So luxe and elegant!

I am in love with this deck!

-Carrie

09/09/2026

Here is a preview of a darling and enchanting children’s picture book, “Three Little Witches and the Spooky Old House” by Peggy Archer ( August 2026)

The detailed and charming illustrations are by Gaia Bordicchia .art

This is a perfect spooky season autumn read for your little ones who like Halloween and witches. The ending is magnificent but the way.

-Carrie

09/04/2026

Our Dark Side Book club will read and discuss “The Witches of Cambridge” by Alice Hoffman in October 2026.

To participate with us, join our Book Club broadcast channel here on Instagram or our private group on Facebook. (links in bio and caption)

www.facebook.com/groups/darksidebookclub

-Carrie

I started reading The Woods last night, and this one has such a creepy premise.Especially for me since I live next to a ...
09/03/2026

I started reading The Woods last night, and this one has such a creepy premise.Especially for me since I live next to a very wooded area in the Pacific Northwest.

Here’s why I picked this book up: After losing her teenage daughter, Alice moves her struggling family into a beautiful, secluded house surrounded by ancient woods.

There’s just one problem: years ago, a woman murdered her entire family there, claiming they’d been replaced by imposters and that her real family had been taken by the woods.

Alice buys the house anyway.

Then strange figures begin appearing outside. Her husband disappears into the woods one night, then comes back hours later wearing different clothes. He has absolutely no memory of what happened.

Is Alice imagining things, or is there really something in those woods?

I’m not very far in yet, but I’m definitely intrigued.

“The Woods” is by Jessica Hamilton Jessica Hamilton Author (Simon & Schuster August 2026)

-Carrie

09/02/2026

Kids Book Preview: Nice to Eat You by Karen Yin (Author) and Carolina Coroa (Illustrator) Orchard Books July 2026

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