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

Jennifer Plummer is under the control of something known as the Divine Flesh, which is trapped inside her body. And while Jennifer and the Divine Flesh have a searing hatred for one another, it seems they're both in love with Jennifer's ex-husband, Daryl.

Jennifer takes an experimental drug hoping to rid herself of the Divine Flesh for good, but it only makes matters worse. With the Divine Flesh free from Jennifer's body, it can now “love” every human to death.

Which, of course, actually means it plans to assimilate them into itself forever.

Now it's up to Jennifer and Daryl to save the universe, but time is quickly running out.

This book is available now from Dark Matter INK!

Mirror twins Adelaide and Victoria have been inextricably intertwined their whole lives, always living in the other's shadow.

While Adelaide is shy and dutiful, Victoria longs for excitement and romance. Adelaide is content to stay at their childhood home, Harewood Hall, forever, while Victoria yearns to explore the world—yet the two cannot live apart.

When Lord Stanley pays a visit to New York City, Victoria is immediately enchanted by him. But Adelaide is the woman he marries, against her will and to the rage of Victoria.

Still, the three of them leave England for New York to begin a brand new life. Soon Adelaide is all but trapped on Fifth Avenue, with no company other than her furious twin.

Though there is glamor abounds, it is the independence and education of the women in an elite social circle that fascinates her. While Adelaide's own reputation begins to soar, the relationship between the twins at last begins to splinter.

The darkness growing inside of Victoria threatens everything—and everyone—in her path.

This gripping Gothic suspense novel will appeal to fans of Daphne du Maurier and Laura Purcell.

This book is now available for pre-order, and will be released on March 18th by Crooked Lane Books!

48-year-old cloistered nun Magdalena is on a pretty tight deadline. She only has two days to stop the Apocalypse.

She brings someone new aboard her cause, Ana, a sex shop owner and survivor of domestic violence. Now all these two have to do is infiltrate the sex cult that plans to host the birth of the Antichrist.

As the duo find their way in, Magdalena finds herself exploring her more sinful and sexual desires. With her faith being tested, she begins to question the childhood encounter she had with an archangel.

As for Ana, her atheist worldview topples with the confirmation of God's existence. Now she must grapple with the fact that an all-powerful being allowed her eight-year-old daughter to be brutally murdered.

Through the darkness, these women discover feelings stirring for one another. Still, they must ask themselves if it would really be so terrible for the world to end, after all…

This book is now available for pre-order, and will be released on March 25th by Mad Axe Media!

Antonia survived a brutal attack on a queer nightclub, but her life has never been the same. Unable to sleep or think straight, she struggles to focus on the restaurant she just opened with her friends.

There is only one relief for her unraveling life: an experimental street drug called Cloud. Now that her chronic insomnia has been cured, Antonia suddenly finds she has hyper-focus.

She is obsessed with one thing and one thing only: creating the perfect dish. But not just any perfect dish, a dish that is pure and free of all the universe's rot.

Unfortunately, perfection comes at a cost, and Antonia is running out of time to pay up.

This book is now available for pre-order, and will be released on March 25th by Ghoulish Books!