I support women’s rights but I also support women’s wrongs. If you feel this way too, then you need to check out this list of horror books with perfectly unhinged female characters.

The Haar by David Sodergeren
Muriel just wants to die in the same place she has always lived, the small Scottish fishing village of Witchhaven. But when an American billionaire tries to force them out, the village starts to fade. All seems lost, until a mysterious creature is washed ashore.
Come Closer by Sara Gran
Amanda has the perfect job, perfect marriage, perfect life but when she starts to hear a strange noise everything begins to falls apart. She sends an inappropriate memo to her boss and eventually she burns her husband with a cigarette.At night she dreams of a beautiful woman with pointed teeth on the shore of a blood-red sea.


Feral by Gemma Amor
Meet Margot.
She’s had enough.
Margot has spent all her adult life focused on her looks and career, but now she realizes how frivolous it all is. She – along with a fox companion – discovers a new side of herself.
Role for Initiative by Lesley A. Camphouse
When Gemma moves across the country, she’s excited to join a new group for her favourite roleplaying game, unfortunately they take it too far. They’re behaviour begins to spiral until she has no choice but to play their game but Gemma is determined not to roll a natural one.


Whenever You Touch Dead Things You Must Always Wash Your Hands by Lula Von Goth
Beth has been abused her whole life, first by her father than by her classmates. Until one day she discovers a love for blood and a whole new side of herself. What will she do when she discovers she not as powerless as she thought?

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