Strangers, spectres, creatures and ghouls, whatever your affliction, we welcome anybody seeking fact or fiction. Looking for witches? Demons? Or Haunted property, our Halloween list has something for thee! Whether you’re a real life ghost-hunter, or an armchair enjoyer, we’ve a bounty of tales for you this October! Rejoice, for your next spooky read has been found, and a Happy Halloween from us here at Turnaround!
Unquiet Guests By Dan Coxon, Chuck Palahniuk, Kristy Logan, et al.
Dead Ink | 9781917792073 | Hardback | £20 | Out Now
A house is more than just a place to lay your head at night. Sometimes, the walls remember.
Gathering ten modern masters of the strange and unsettling, Unquiet Guests sets fire to the blueprints and reimagines the haunted house from the foundations up. From dreamlike visions of an abandoned future mansion to a sentient building grown tired of its owners, these rooms echo with whispers of the disenfranchised and the lost.
Featuring stories by: Chuck Palahniuk, Grady Hendrix, Kirsty Logan, Will Maclean, Irenosen Okojie, Alison Moore, Matthew Holness, Claire Fuller, Clay Macleod Chapman and Ally Wilkes.
Witsh By Mari Ellis Dunning
Honno Welsh Women’s Press | 9781916821361 | Paperback | £10.99 | Out Now
Talk of witchcraft, convictions and hangings begin to cross the border from England, reaching and influencing gentry families and villagers alike. Told from the perspective of Doli Maredudd, a naive but headstrong young gentry woman living in the outskirts of the fictional Llyngwrach on the border of Wales.
Having suffered her third miscarriage, Doli seeks the help of mysterious local wise-woman and healer Sara Gwen, who is able to offer her a fertility charm. When a servant finds this charm, amidst rising gossip and accusations of witchcraft, aspersions are cast against Sara Gwen by Doli’s husband Hywel, who is keen to gain favour with other gentility and noblemen across the country.
An Opinionated Guide to Haunted London By Ian Simmons
Hoxton Mini Press | 9781917719018 | Paperback | £10.95 | Out Now
There are plenty of terrifying things about London. Sky-high rents. Rush-hour Tube journeys. A thousand years’ worth of undead souls, wandering the city’s streets, graveyards, pubs and parks. London’s history is staggering and, at times, grisly; it would be more surprising if it weren’t a bit haunted. From the Enfield house that hosted one of the world’s most famous poltergeists, to the square where the ghosts of 35,000 plague victims mill about each night, these spooky locales will send shivers up the spine of even the most hardened sceptics.
Devil’s Contract By Ed Simon
Melville House | 9781685892074 | Paperback | £14.99 | Out Now
From ancient times to the modern world, the idea of the Faustian bargain — the exchange of one’s soul in return for untold riches and power — has exerted a magnetic pull upon our collective imaginations.
Scholar Ed Simon takes us on a historical tour of the Faustian bargain, from biblical themes to the Charlie Daniels Band, and illustrates how the instinct for sacrificing our principles in exchange for power models all kinds of social ills, from colonialism to nuclear warfare, and even social media, climate change, and AI. In doing so, Simon conveys just how much the Faustian bargain shows us about power and evil… and about ourselves.
My New Devil Wife Volume 1 By Shiryu & Tonarikeru
One Peace Books | 9781642735062 | Paperback | £13.99 | Out Now
Mercenary adventurer Theo Aspel is tragically weak, leaving him no choice but to repeatedly joins various parties — only to get kicked out.
In order to get stronger, he succeeds at summoning a demon that will grant him a wish. But the minute he sees her, his wish to get stronger flies straight out the window. This devil, who hadn’t been summoned in many years declares: ‘I will grant your wish, but you must give me something precious to you.’ Theo stutters out a reply: ‘W-will you marry me?’
The devil is stunned to say the least, but grants his wish, making them husband and wife. They embark on a happy married life together, causing quite a stir around them along the way. This is a story of a boy and a girl that’s a just a tiny smidge dirty.
Blackout By Yann Chateigne Tytelman, Clem Clement & Suzanne Joinson
Les Fugitives | 9781068300158 | Hardback | £14.99 | Out Now
Spring 2020. During lockdown in a mountain village with his partner and young child, Yann Chateigne Tytelman becomes haunted by the presence of his dead father. Provoked by memories of him, of their laconic relationship and of the class antagonisms that emerged between them — the father was a manual labourer while his son ‘turned his back’ and entered the art world — Chateigne Tytelman starts writing letters on that most mystical, most incomprehensible of phenomena: silence.
The Haunting at Morsley Manor By George Morris De’Ath
Rising Action | 9781998076666 | Paperback | £16.99 | Out Now
World-famous paranormal investigator Eric Thompson’s career took a nose-dive after a particularly gruesome case which left most of his camera crew dead. His partner and best friend also abandoned Eric, leaving him floundering. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman who has purchased the supposedly haunted, but previously off-limits to paranormal sleuths, Morsley Manor.
To drum up publicity about the house, she hires Eric to perform and host a paranormal investigation on the premises. As he ventures over to England to uncover the darkness bleeding through the veins of Morsley, horrors begin to spring from every corner and Eric soon begins to realise that not all is as it seems…
Nocturnos By Laura Perez & Andrea Rosenberg
Fantagraphics | 9798875001260 | Hardback | £27.99 | Out Now
‘The night does not belong to us. She harbours her own mysteries.’ Nocturnos delves into the ethereal world of the night, when the mundane vibes of the day cede to a mysterious atmosphere in which anything seems possible.
In the twilight hours, the darkness feels vast and untameable, the dead can intrude upon the land of the living, and the distance between imagination and reality seems closer than ever. Haunting narration connects a series of vignettes that capture glimpses of people’s lives as they navigate the nighttime.
A traumatic collision while driving down a dimly lit road; a bedtime story that blurs the bounds of the imaginary, a walk through the woods that leads to strange symbols; this nighttime tour encompasses lush forests, dreamscapes, and the shadowy corners of private rooms. Along the way, these stories question the truths veiled in dreams, the nature of fear and loneliness, and the unknowable aura of the nocturnal world.
In Nocturnos, her most masterful work to date, Spanish comics artist Laura Pérez explores the magic and melancholy we encounter when dusk descends.
Witchcraft By Sole Otero & Andrea Rosenberg
Fantagraphics | 9798875001277 | Paperback | £31.99 | Out Now
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1768. It is a dark and foreboding night when the boat arrives from Europe, bringing three shadowy figures to shore. Before long, the Maria sisters will take the New World by storm. In the coming years, they wend their way from town to town, assisting women in need and wreaking vengeance against the men who’ve wronged them. At once fiercely righteous and gleefully malevolent, the sisterhood of witches exert their powers across centuries, from the 1700s to the present, leaving a wreckage of shattered and impotent men in their wake.
Told as a fractured narrative, through the eyes of the people whose lives the sisters have cast asunder, Witchcraft is a mesmerising mystery to piece together. This masterpiece of a graphic novel combines strange magic, absurdist humour, and a fiery undercurrent of female rage, to tell a heady tale of colonialism, feminism, and indigenous folklore.
Hand drawn in a playful, kinetic cartoon style, with a vibrant colour palette, this experimental, eerie, and hilarious work assures Sole Otero as one of the most dynamic comics artists in South America — and everywhere.
GHOSTBOX By Mike Carey & Pablo Raimondi
Mad Cave Studios | 9781545821275 | Paperback | £17.99 | 18/11/2025
Chloe and Jan come into an unexpected inheritance, and it couldn’t come at a better time for Chloe. Desperate for cash, she advertises her late uncle’s possessions online — in particular a strange little box — and gets a very motivated buyer. But when the deal goes south, Chloe’s arrested for murder and Jan disappears. Superstars Mike Carey and Pablo Raimondi deliver a bold supernatural thriller!
The Queen’s Favorite Witch Vol. 3 By Benjamin Dickson & Rachael Smith
Papercutz | 9781545820377 | Paperback | £8.99 | Out Now
Cursed! Elizabethan England was a time of superstition and strange goings on. If you had a problem, it was common to go to a witch for help. And Queen Elizabeth I is no different. Daisy, Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Witch, has protected the monarch against evil for two years, and is now very good at her job.
When Daisy goes home to attend the wedding of her childhood friend Jerome, she struggles with the ways her friend and hometown have changed. Unfortunately things quickly go from bad to worse when an incident of dark magic leads to Daisy and her mother being put on trial for malevolent witchcraft. The penalty is death! But who really caused the incident… and why?
Daisy’s loyal friends — Simon the bodyguard, Edith the maid, Nathaniel the rat and the ghost of Thomas Cromwell — must get to the bottom of these mysteries, before it’s too late!
There Are Monsters in My Room By Fanny Pageaud
Tra | 9781962098311 | Novelty Book | £17.99 | Out Now
A mysterious book about the fear of the dark. Strangely, the pages are blank… But don’t be fooled by appearances — Monsters are hidden within the pages and only appear as shadows when light passes through the paper. Since these monsters are afraid of the light, you’ll need to sit in the dark to make them feel comfortable. Shine your flashlight behind the pages, and they won’t realise you’re watching them! Once you close the book, they’ll all be trapped, and you’ll be able to sleep peacefully.
Queer Halloween Coloring Book By Gerta Oparaku Egy
Microcosm Publishing | 9781648414862 | Paperback | £16.99 | Out Now
Transport yourself to the fun and fabulous world of queer Halloween, where scarecrows wave pride flags, skeletons get gay married, costumed kids enjoy drag storytime, and cute cowghouls strut their stuff at the Pink Pony Club.
Color outside the lines figuratively or literally — Gerta Oparaku Egy’s gorgeously detailed and whimsical line art creates the perfect canvas for your haunted handiwork. Whether your vibe is more leatherwear, wholesome family bike rides, or LGBTQIA+ icon the Babadook, this coloring book offers you a relaxing and festive way to celebrate the freedom of the season.
Merry Gay Christmas!
101 Silly Halloween Jokes for Kids By Editors of Ulysses Press
Bloom Books For Young Readers | 9781612439655 | Paperback | £8.99 | Out Now
Discover the ultimate laugh-out-loud joke book for kids that’s 100 percent about everyone’s favorite time of year — Halloween!
Inside, kids will find clean, fun jokes like: What does a vampire stand on when he gets out of the shower? A bat mat! What’s the first thing ghosts do when they get in the car? Boo-ckle their seatbelts! What does a skeleton order at a restaurant? Spare ribs! What do sea monsters eat for lunch? Fish and ships. . . .And many more!
Whether you’re a wizard of wordplay, a ghoulish giggler, or just someone who loves good old haunted hilarity, this book is the perfect addition to your library.
