Read an excerpt from Scott Cawthon's secondFive Nights at Freddy'snovel

If you select links we provide, we may receive compensation. Dr. Treadwell walked back and forth across the platform at the front of the auditorium. Her steps were slow and even, almost hypnotic. Credit: Scott Cawthon Your eyes deceive you every day, filling in the blanks for you in a world of sensory overload. An image of dizzying geometric detail lit up the canvas screen behind her. When I say sensory overload I mean that quite literally....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 647 words · Colton Kelly

Read an excerpt from Slender Man-inspired thriller,Mister Tender's Girl

If you choose links we provide, we may receive compensation. I see nothing, and the sound fades, as all eventually do. Perhaps it was never there at all. Credit: HBO I snap my attention back to the man at the counter. Older man, salt-and-pepper beard, deep-green eyes, the color of jade. Charcoal suit, no tie. Sourcebooks Landmark What would you like? To drink here, hey. His voice is deep. Theres an endless longing to it, as if Im the ghost of someone he once loved....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 903 words · Sara Orozco

Read an excerpt from the newHouse of Night Other Worldseries

If you tap on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Plus, we reveal the cover for the first book from P.C. and Kristin Cast This year may be the 10th anniversary of P.C. But dont worry about your favorites just yet. This new one will feature many characters from the previous series as well. Exclusive excerpt from Loved by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast Im not sick. Just get me back to the House of Night as soon as possible....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Kathryn Hernandez DDS

Read an excerpt from the sequel to Kimberly McCreight's The Outliers

If you punch links we provide, we may receive compensation. Check out the exclusive excerpt from chapter 17 ofThe Scatteringbelow. The book will hit shelves May 2. Credit: HarperCollins The paperback version ofThe Outliersis out now. I fixate on one girl walking alone. She is tall and slim with short jaggedy hair, but cut intentionally that way unlike mine. She even has a backpack like the one I used to carry....

May 1, 2025 · 10 min · 1978 words · Jacqueline Dalton

Read an excerpt from Tom Perrotta's next novel,Mrs. Fletcher

If you tap on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Eve and Brendans personal crises simmer throughout fall, and both will finally culminate on one night in November. EW is thrilled to reveal bothMrs. Credit: Brent N. Clarke/FilmMagic Fletcherscover aboveandan exclusive excerpt in advance of the books August 1 publication, below. Excerpt fromMrs. Dont worry about me,she wanted to tell him.You just study hard and have fun. Ill take care of myself…...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 254 words · Thomas Glass

Read an excerpt from Wesley Snipes' novel,Talon of God

Talon of Godhits shelves July 25, 2017. Where did She cut off as one of the wheeled beds in the corner rattled and slid sideways. It happened so fast, she didnt even have time to scream. Credit: Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic What happened after was a maelstrom of bodies and blood and screams. The sound alone was enough to make even Lauryn want to vomit. That was what she was concentrating on when something grabbed her and yanked her off the floor....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Michael Morris

Read an excerpt from YA fantasy novel about a gender-fluid assassin

Linsey Miller’s forthcoming YA fantasy novel Mask of Shadows centers on Sal, a gender-fluid assassin. They know its a chance for a new life. A childhood as a common criminal hardly prepared Sal for the trials. Credit: Johnny Blanco Photography But Sal must survive to put their real reason for auditioning into play: revenge. Knife work was sloppy but willing to practice. The old street fighter in Kursk? What do you do?...

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 741 words · Erik Williams

Read an excerpt fromKill the Boy Bandauthor Goldy Moldavsky's next book

If you select links we provide, we may receive compensation. I wanted to explore what would happen if that character ended up at a camp for teen activists. When the head counselor announces a prize for the best activist, the causes turn into competitions. Credit: A. Melamud My names Gregor Maravilla. I dont mean your name, man. What are you here for? Point Right, Id almost forgotten that no one here had names....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Melissa Cannon

Read an excerpt fromMaking a Murdererlawyer Jerry Buting's book,Illusion of Justice

If you hit links we provide, we may receive compensation. But once the jury was sworn in, his cordiality vanished. Not a big deal. A criminal investigation and prosecution is not a popularity contest. In fact, Teresa had been living with Hillegass best friend, Scott Bloedorn. I tried to highlight this law enforcement bias in my cross-examination of Hillegas. Did the police ever ask you for any kind of alibi for October 31?...

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 686 words · Shelby Williams

Read an excerpt fromMean GirlsYA novel

If you punch links we provide, we may receive compensation. Excerpted from Heron, Betsy, PhD. Animal Hierarchies On the Savannah. Credit: Michael Gibson The Journal of Wilderness Behaviors, Vol. IV, 2001, pp. * *(Complaints or reports may be made anonymously.) Or hummingbirds, buzzing so fast they might explode from the effort. Which would be messy, among other things. This is your lunch in here, okay? Dad was saying in his dont-frighten-the-newborn-cubs tone....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Gregory Davis

Read an excerpt fromWarm Bodiessequel,The Burning World

If you choose links we provide, we may receive compensation. (As he writes, The protagonist is a zombie! He falls in love with a human! is only cute once.) Ok, hes alive… now what? Hes still a man with no history, no identity, and very poor social skills. This wasnt the kind of sequel where I could just repeat the original with slightly higher stakes. The protagonist is a zombie!...

May 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1105 words · Daisy Graves

Read an exclusive chilling excerpt from Benjamin Percy'sThe Dark Net

EW has an exclusive excerpt from the novel, out Aug. 1. Centuries later, you lifted a latch. Then you fitted a key, turned a knob. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Now you could open a door with a phone or a fingerprint or a voice command. The ways of entry change. But you still have to kick off the door. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company For the past few years Undertown has been busy harvesting information....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 1009 words · Rebecca Terrell DDS

Read an exclusive excerpt from Brendan Reichs'Nemesis

While Mom was still away at work. Id heard the front stoop creak, and instantly knew who had come. That I was trapped. That I was trapped. In my own home. Thats just not how it worked anymore. But my anger simmered near the edge of control. I took a calming breath. All that separated me from a monster whod come to snatch my life away. Silence stretched, then another muffled step....

May 1, 2025 · 9 min · 1865 words · Stephanie Neal