On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield (Hardcover) (PREORDER)

Fiction - Horror - Monsters & Creatures - LGBTQ+ - Lesbian - Historical - African American & Black

RELEASE DATE: 1/27/2026 (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER'S WAREHOUSE AND ARRIVE 1-2 DAYS AFTER THE RELEASE DATE)

Lone Women meets Sorrowland in this sinister and surreal Southern Gothic debut about a woman who flees her family home for the uncanny woods of northern Georgia and must now contend with haints, ghosts, and a literal beast in the woods.

When Judith Rice fled her childhood home, she thought she’d severed her abusive mother’s hold on her. She didn’t have a plan or destination, just a desperate need to escape. Drawn to the forests of northern Georgia, Jude finds shelter in a house as haunted by its violent history as she is by her own.

Jude embraces the eccentricities of the dilapidated house, soothing its ghosts and haints, honoring its blood-soaked land. And over the next thirteen years, Jude blossoms from her bitter beginnings into a wisewoman, a healer.

But her hard-won peace is threatened when an enigmatic woman shows up on her doorstep. The woman is beautiful but unsettling, captivating but uncanny. Ensnared by her desire for this stranger, Jude is caught off guard by brutal urges suddenly simmering beneath her skin. As the woman stirs up memories of her escape years ago, Jude must confront the calls of violence rooted in her bloodline

Haunting and thought-provoking, On Sunday She Picked Flowers is a propulsive debut exploring retribution, family trauma, and the power of building oneself back up after breaking down.

AUTHOR BIO: 

Yah Yah Scholfield's work has been featured in a number of horror and speculative fiction magazines and anthologies, including Fiyah Lit Mag and Death in the Mouth Vol. 1. They have also published a short story collection, Just a Little Snack. When they're not terrifying innocents, Yah Yah is a professional stay-at-home daughter in Atlanta with their cats, Sophie and Chihiro.