Can’t Wait Wednesday: Atlas of Unknowable Things by McCormick Templeman

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we’re excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

I don’t pick up too many horror books, but Atlas of Unknowable Things really caught my eye as I was scrolling though publisher catalogs. I wouldn’t have guessed this was a horror novel based on the title or cover, but rather would have pinned it as literary fiction. This follows a college professor who writes on the occult as she joins a think-tank in the Rocky Mountains. Her predecessor disappeared and seems to have left clues for her to find. It’s so vague, yet so intriguing! Atlas of Unknowable Things will be released October 7, 2025.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets Modern Gothic in this smart and upmarket horror novel.

Atlas of Unknowable Things begins when a young college professor writing on the occult joins an isolated research think-tank on a sprawling estate high in the Rocky Mountains. Her colleagues are a group of stand-offish fellows and the estate full of references to the occult. She slowly becomes plagued by nightmares and bouts of sleeping walking when she discovers a previous attendee had mysteriously disappeared – who seems to be leaving her clues on the true purpose for the research center.

As she delves deeper into the mystery the more she becomes confused and questions reality. It’s only after she discovers her personal connection to the facility, and the real reason why the former researcher left, that the true monstrous horror of the research center is unleashed…literally.