4 Terrifying New Releases from Indie and Small Presses in August 2025

Brigid is a gay single mother who cut ties with her extremist Catholic family years ago. She thought it was the best thing she could have done, not only for herself, but for her daughter, Dylan.

However, when Dylan is overcome with unnatural fits of violence, Brigid is reminded of a girl from her childhood who had the same affliction. That is, until the girl got an exorcism from Brigid's uncle, Father Angus.

Believing her daughter to be under the influence of demon possession, Brigid takes an unthinkable risk and goes home. She doesn't know anyone worse than Father Angus, but she doesn't know anyone else who can help her daughter, either.

However, as Brigid unravels secrets about Father Angus, that past exorcism, and her family's history, she realizes that she and Dylan are in more danger than ever before.

This book is available now from Quirk Books!

The President of the United States has been reborn as a black child in a small hut in Africa. As the child gets older, he insists upon being called POTUS, and he's plagued by strange voices in his head that push him to be cruel and selfish.

One day, an accident sees the linked souls separated. Now, with the aid of a medicine man, the president must seek a way to free his trapped soul and return to America before he can befall a nefarious political plot.

In order to do that, however, he must first agree to a blood pact that may haunt him with ruinous consequences.

This book is now available for pre-order and will be released on August 12th by Dead Sky Publishing!

Those creaks in your house at night may not be the foundation settling.  wouldn't drift off to sleep, if I were you.

In this short story collection, author Jack Finn delivers 16 terrifying tales perfect for late-night reading. From a haunted doll's monstrous warning to a ghostly serial killer's apprentice, you'll be left shivering in your sheets.

This book is now available for pre-order and will be released on August 15th by Velox Books!

Small-time podcast host Paul returns to his hometown to find that an old friend has committed suicide in the rundown remains of Paul's childhood home. Deeply affected by the news, Paul sets out for answers, interviewing locals and friends.

But soon his memories and the land he grew up on tip him over into a downward spiral. Is his past coming back to bite him, or is there something more sinister afoot?

This book is now available for pre-order and will be released on August 26th by CLASH Books!