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SKUGGINN de Hildur Knútsdóttir

Two teenage girls investigate a haunting and uncover a deadly mystery buried in their new home.

SKUGGINN
(COLD BRIDGE)
by Hildur Knútsdóttir
Forlagid, December 2026
(via KT Literary)

When two 17-year-old girls move into an old house with their recently dating parents, they quickly discover that the house is haunted by a very angry ghost. As they build a relationship of their own (friends? sisters?) and start to investigate who the ghost is and what happened to her, they realize that at least four girls have died in the house since it was built. Will they be next?

Hildur Knútsdóttir was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, in the year 1984. She writes fiction for both adults and teenagers, as well as plays, screenplays and short fiction. Hildur is known for her evocative fantastical fiction and spine-chilling horror, and she has co-authored work with Þórdís Gísladóttir about the humorous crises of modern teenage life. Hildur lives in Reykjavík with her husband and their two daughters.

DEAD WEIGHT de Hildur Knútsdóttir

An Icelandic night may hide secrets and affairs – or even bodies – in this gruesomely cathartic horror thriller from the author of The Night Guest.

DEAD WEIGHT
by Hildur Knútsdóttir
Tor Nightfire, May 2026
(via The Gernert Company)

Unnur was living a normal, if lonely, life until a black cat showed up at her door.

When she tracks down the cat’s wayward owner, she finds a young woman just as lost and in need of help. Like a gust of cold air in a Reykjavík night, Ásta and her pet slip into Unnur’s life.

It’s unexpected, but welcome. Unnur likes the company, and she begins to rely on Ásta in turn. But like a black cat, trouble has been tailing her new friend, and Unnur is the only one there for Ásta when things take a violent turn.

The two women quickly learn: nothing tests a friendship like blood on your hands.

Hildur Knútsdóttir was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, in 1984. She has lived in Spain, Germany, and Taiwan and studied literature and creative writing at The University of Iceland. She writes fiction both for adults and teenagers, as well as short fiction, plays, and screenplays. Hildur is known for her evocative fantastical fiction and spine-chilling horror. The Night Guest is her first book translated into English. She lives in Reykjavík with her husband, their two daughters, and a puppy called Uggi.