Taff, John F.D., ed. Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror. Tor Nightfire. Mar. 2022. 368p. ISBN 9781250817327. $27.99. HORROR

In homage to the 1980 classic horror anthology, Dark Forces, edited by Kirby McCauley, Bram Stoker finalist Taff collects 12 white-knuckle tales from horror greats including Josh Malerman, Stephen Graham Jones, and Priya Sharma. Ranging from traditional to neo-noir, as ominous hallways yawn and dead men walk. With a 75,000-copy first printing.

Ward, Catriona. Sundial. Tor Nightfire. Mar. 2022. 304p. ISBN 9781250812681. $26.99. HORROR

The multi-award-winning Ward returns with more psychological horror after September 2021’s LJ-starred The Last House on Needless Street. Rob grew up at Sundial, her family’s remote property in the Mojave Desert, with only research assistant and suspicious canines for companions. Now, with a husband, children, and a nice suburban home, she feels that she has finally escaped Sundial’s creepy reach. Then a scary development proves her wrong. With a 250,000-copy first printing.

Wilkes, Ally. All the White Spaces. Emily Bestler: Atria. Mar. 2022. 352p. ISBN 9781982182700. $27. HORROR

After World War I, Jonathan Morgan sneaks onto a ship heading off on an Antarctic expedition with celebrated explorer James “Australis” Randall aboard. A trans man, Jonathan is excited to be in a man’s world, living out his true gender, but it’s not so much fun when the expedition lands in an unmapped region of Antarctica, freezing cold, cut off from the world, and pursued by supernatural forces. From the Reviews Editor for Horrified, the British horror website; with a 50,000-copy first printing.