Itch!: The Darkly Feminist Horror Novel Crawling Under Your Skin for Halloween 2025

By Gemma Amor

Something moves on the forest floor . . .

Josie is at rock bottom. Burned out and heartbroken, she lives a haunted existence after returning to her isolated hometown on the edge of the Forest of Dean.

When she stumbles across a decaying, ant-infested body in the woods, Josie plummets into a downward spiral, facing uncomfortable truths about the victim and her own past - all whilst battling an infestation that seems to have burrowed into her mind . . . and her flesh.

Desperate for absolution, Josie scratches the surface of an age-old mystery - a masked predator stalks the forest around Ellwood, a place deeply gripped by folklore. So when the village prepares for its annual festival, and Josie gets closer and closer to unveiling a monster, she begins to ask herself:

Are these dark crawling insects leading her to uncover the truth?
. . . Or is she their next victim?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399745409
• ISBN13: 9781399745406
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Hachette Mobius