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The thicket  by Noelle W. Ihli

The thicket

Noelle W. Ihli

"None of it was supposed to be real. The screams, The monsters. The blood. So Norah Lewis ignored her brother's screams. Just like everyone else at the Thicket. Management is quick to dismiss the incident as an isolated tragedy, promising heightened security...

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Dead space  by Brian Evenson

Dead space

Brian Evenson

"Michael Altman had a theory that no one would hear. It cursed our world for centuries to come. This, at last, is his story. A prequel to Dead Space, the novel focuses on the birth of Unitology. In this novel set centuries before the events of the main series,...

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Land of hope  by Cate Baum

Land of hope

Cate Baum

"Daughter. Mother. Glory. Wife of The Devil O' Th' Moor. Hope Gleason has many names. The child of a shepherd raised in the remote moors of Northern England, Hope has always understood the satanic brutality of the land. But when an ear-splitting, unknowable...

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Bad moon  by Jodi Taylor

Bad moon

Jodi Taylor

"Things are not going well for Elizabeth Cage. It all started with the Christmas she can't quite remember. There's blood on her doorstep every morning. Something unpleasant is heading her way. And then there's the sinister note threatening her life. The one...

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Bochica  by Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro

Bochica

Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro

"In 1923 Soacha, Colombia, La Casona--an opulent mansion perched above the legendary Salto del Tequendama waterfall--was once home to Antonia and her family, who settle in despite their constant nightmares and the house's malevolent spirit. But tragedy strikes...

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The starving saints  by Caitlin Starling

The starving saints

Caitlin Starling

"Aymar Castle has been under siege for six months. Food is running low and there has been no sign of rescue. But just as the survivors consider deliberately thinning their number, the castle stores are replenished. The sick are healed. And the divine figures...

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The ladie upstairs  by Jessie Elland

The ladie upstairs

Jessie Elland

"Scullery drudge Ann longs to become a lady's maid. Ann can't quite remember how or when she arrived at the grand Ropner Hall, but she loathes spending her days toiling in the dank kitchen. When a chance meeting with Ropner's Lady Charlotte leads to the...

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Feeders  by Matt Serafini

Feeders

Matt Serafini

"MonoLife follows Kylie Bennington, a struggling influencer whose obsession with fame leads her to a secretive social media app after seeing a classmate's murder go viral. The app, MonoLife, demands strict adherence to sinister rules--engagement is mandatory,...

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rekt  by Alex Gonzalez

rekt

Alex Gonzalez

"Once, Sammy Dominguez thought he knew how the world worked. The ugly things in his head--his uncle's pathetic death, his parents' mistrust, the twisted horrors he writes for the Internet--didn't matter, because he and his girl, Ellery, were on track for the...

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Going home in the dark  by Dean R. (Dean Ray) Koontz

Going home in the dark

Dean R. (Dean Ray) Koontz

"As kids, outcasts Rebecca, Bobby, Spencer, and Ernie were inseparable friends in the idyllic town of Maple Grove. Three left to pursue lofty dreams--and achieved them. Only Ernie never left. When he falls into a coma, his three amigos feel an urgent need to...

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Requiem  by John Palisano

Requiem

John Palisano

"Ava must fight an entity locked in on taking out the crew of the Eden, a moon-sized cemetery in space, as it brings back the souls of the dead buried aboard. One such soul is Ava's lost love, Roland. The spirits of the interred on the Eden haunt those aboard,...

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Something I keep upstairs  by J. D. (Jonathan Dylan) Barker

Something I keep upstairs

J. D. (Jonathan Dylan) Barker

"In the sleepy coastal town of New Castle, New Hampshire, seventeen-year-old Billy Hasler's life is about to take a terrifying turn. When his best friend David Spivey inherits a mysterious house on a nearby island, it seems like the perfect place to spend...

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The best horror of the year. Volume sixteen

The best horror of the year. Volume sixteen

"With the sixteenth volume of the series, Ellen Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the...

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The artist of Blackberry Grange  by Paulette Kennedy

The artist of Blackberry Grange

Paulette Kennedy

"In the summer of 1925, the winds of change are particularly chilling for a young woman whose life has suddenly become unbalanced. Devastated by her mother's death and a cruel, broken engagement, Sadie Halloran learns that her great-aunt Marguerite, a renowned...

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Medusa  by E. H. (Edward Harold) Visiak

Medusa

E. H. (Edward Harold) Visiak

"Bristol, the early eighteenth century. On the run following a fatal accident at school, the orphan Will Harvell joins a voyage setting sail in search of a mariner's missing son. But the mystery of his disappearance harbours a deeper secret; a dark current...

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Polybius  by Collin Armstrong

Polybius

Collin Armstrong

"October, 1982. Forced to move to the quiet seaside town of Tasker Bay by her mother, the only thing on high schooler Andi's mind is saving up enough money to return to her old stomping grounds in Silicon Valley. Her self-taught skills with all things...

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The manor of dreams  by Christina Li

The manor of dreams

Christina Li

"Vivian Yin is dead. The trailblazing starlet was the first Chinese actress to win an Oscar - but at what should have been the peak of her career, she became a recluse. The rest of her life was shrouded in mystery... Now, her daughters gather for the reading...

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After the people lights have gone off  by Stephen Graham Jones

After the people lights have gone off

Stephen Graham Jones

"Does holding your breath for two minutes during the scariest part of a horror movie invite the terror in? Just ask the kids who go to the local theater in "Thirteen." In "Doc's Story," even the most beloved family tales have teeth--that's what happens when...

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The vengeful dead  by Darcy Coates

The vengeful dead

Darcy Coates

"How far will she go to save the damned? Keira is caught in a deadly battle. Her ability to help ghosts move on from the mortal world has made her a threat to Artec, a powerful corporation intent on trapping the tortured dead for profit. They've been tracking...

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Their monstrous hearts  by Yiğit Turhan

Their monstrous hearts

Yiğit Turhan

"A haunting novel about the boundaries people will cross to keep their dreams alive... A mysterious stranger shows up at Riccardo's apartment with some news: his grandmother Perihan has died, and Riccardo has inherited her villa in Milan along with her famed...

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The glass garden  by Jessica Lâevai

The glass garden

Jessica Lâevai

"Dr. Therese Blake is a homebody archaeologist devoted to the history of planet Earth. But when her sister Lissy makes a stunning discovery near an abandoned colony on a distant exoplanet, the sisters team up to discover its secrets. Eerie, luminescent images...

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When the wolf comes home  by Nat Cassidy

When the wolf comes home

Nat Cassidy

"Nat Cassidy returns with WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME, an unabashed, adrenaline-fueled pop horror thriller where the darkest fears can become reality. One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment....

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Eat the ones you love  by Sarah Maria Griffin

Eat the ones you love

Sarah Maria Griffin

"A twisted, tangled story about workplace love-affairs, and plants with a taste for human flesh. During a grocery run to her local shopping center, Shell Pine sees a 'HELP NEEDED' sign in a flower shop window. She's just left her fiancé, lost her job, and...

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The haunting of Ashburn House  by Darcy Coates

The haunting of Ashburn House

Darcy Coates

"Everyone knows about Ashburn House. They whisper its old owner went mad, and that restless ghosts still roam the halls. But when Adrienne inherits the crumbling old mansion, she only sees it as a lifeline...until night falls. As she uncovers more of the...

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Forever Odd  by Dean R. (Dean Ray) Koontz

Forever Odd

Dean R. (Dean Ray) Koontz

"A childhood friend of Odd's has disappeared. The worst is feared. But as Odd applies his unique talents to the task of finding the missing person, he discovers something worse than a dead body, encounters an enemy of exceptional cunning, and spirals into a...

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Scorpion ranch  by Carlton Mellick

Scorpion ranch

Carlton Mellick

"Daniel Munch is in a toxic relationship, but not just because his girlfriend is selfish and manipulative. She is also literally toxic--born with glands in her mouth and genitals that spew deadly poison. Every time they kiss or make love, he puts his life at...

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Fear of clowns

Fear of clowns

"ALL-NEW stories of coulrophobia (Fear of Clowns) from some of the most talented horror writers alive!"--Provided by publisher.

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Apeship  by Carlton Mellick

Apeship

Carlton Mellick

"An intolerable prick takes his weird daughter, his college-aged girlfriend, her douchey brother and her awkward best friend on a boating trip to show off his new yacht. But when they come across an abandoned cruise ship in the middle of the ocean, they find...

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Nameless things  by Ernest Jensen

Nameless things

Ernest Jensen

"In the aftermath of a painful breakup, Mike and his friend Wade seek solace in the remote beauty of Devil's Cup State Park, Colorado. Their quest for peace is abruptly ended when a meteor strike causes a rock to fall, trapping them and a diverse group of...

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Passing through a prairie country  by Dennis E. Staples

Passing through a prairie country

Dennis E. Staples

"For decades, a dark force has terrorized the Languille Lake reservation. Only spoken of in whispers as 'the sandman,' he lurks in the Hidden Atlantis Lake Resort and Casino, the reservation's main attraction and source of revenue, leeching its patrons' dreams...

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The staircase in the woods  by Chuck Wendig

The staircase in the woods

Chuck Wendig

"Five high school friends are bonded by an oath to protect one another no matter what. Then, on a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find something extraordinary: a mysterious staircase to nowhere. One friend walks up - and never comes back down....

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Another fine mess  by Lindy Ryan

Another fine mess

Lindy Ryan

"From Lindy Ryan, "one of the "most electrifying voices in the horror genre" (Gwendolyn Kiste), Another Fine Mess brings the Evans women back around in this unputdownable, crackling, rollicking mystery of humor, heart, and horror. Making sure dead things stay...

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The cut  by C. J. Dotson

The cut

C. J. Dotson

"In this chilling supernatural horror novel set in a mysterious hotel, a woman fleeing her abusive ex finds herself running from more than just her past. A historic hotel long past its prime and huddled along The Cut, a questionable Lake Erie beach, isn't...

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The buffalo hunter hunter  by Stephen Graham Jones

The buffalo hunter hunter

Stephen Graham Jones

"A chilling historical horror novel set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is...

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Mr. Mercedes  by Stephen King

Mr. Mercedes

Stephen King

"In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of...

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Anthology of bizarro. Volume 1.

Anthology of bizarro. Volume 1.

"Imagine 'Monty Python' writes horror... Welcome to the wonderfully horrific world of Bizarro - that dark, forbidding corner of the horror genre where absolutely anything goes and one may delve into the farthest recesses of the authors' warped imaginations....

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The cat bride  by Charlotte Tierney

The cat bride

Charlotte Tierney

"The heatwave of 1995. Sixteen years since an infamous tiger-lynx hybrid escaped a small moorland zoo and ate someone. Sixteen years since the animal was euthanised. Sixteen years for the zoo to fall into disrepair. Then sixteen-year-old convalescent Lowdy,...

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Sour cherry  by Natalia Theodoridou

Sour cherry

Natalia Theodoridou

"The tale begins with Agnes. After losing her baby, Agnes is called to the great manor house to nurse the local lord's baby boy. But something is wrong with the child: his nails grow too fast, his skin smells of soil, and his eyes remind her of the dark...

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The night birds  by Christopher Golden

The night birds

Christopher Golden

"The next gripping, atmospheric horror novel from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden, set in a deteriorated, half-sunken freighter ship off the coast of Galveston, TX. Charlie Book and Ruby Cahill have history. After their love ended in...

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Nowhere  by Allison Gunn

Nowhere

Allison Gunn

"Rachel Kennan, the new police chief of a fundamentalist southern town, relies on her job to push through the pain of losing her young son and the identity she buried years ago. Her husband Finn, a washed-up writer and recovering addict whose alcoholism led to...

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Senseless  by Ronald Damien Malfi

Senseless

Ronald Damien Malfi

"When the mutilated body of a young woman is discovered in the desert on the outskirts of Los Angeles, the detective assigned to the case can't deny the similarities between this murder and one that occurred a year prior. Media outlets are quick to surmise...

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Direct descendant  by Tanya Huff

Direct descendant

Tanya Huff

"This cozy stand-alone horror novel set in modern-day Toronto is the perfect balance of dark and delightful; a charming love story about a small-town baker, a quick-witted PI, and, yes, an ancient evil"--

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The vampire tapestry  by Suzy McKee Charnas

The vampire tapestry

Suzy McKee Charnas

"Examines the classic monster as a biological, rather than supernatural, predator who awakens from hibernation every few decades needing to relearn human culture. After years of secret effort, the self-styled Edward Weyland has become a respected anthropology...

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Root rot  by Saskia Nislow

Root rot

Saskia Nislow

"Come meet The Liar, The Secret Keeper, The Crybaby, and the rest. Nine children travel with their families to their Grandfather's vacation property, where strange things begin to happen: eyes blink from the bottom up, mushrooms ooze blood, people's faces...

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White line fever  by K. C. (Kevin Charles) Jones

White line fever

K. C. (Kevin Charles) Jones

"At a passing glance, County Road 951 is an entirely unremarkable stretch of blacktop, a two-lane scar across the Cascade foothills of Central Oregon. But the road is known by another name, coined by locals who've had to clean up after all those scenic detours...

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The ruins  by Scott Smith

The ruins

Scott Smith

"In Cancún, Mexico, for a peaceful vacation, a group of tourists sets off in search of one of their group who disappeared during an excursion to some nearby Mayan ruins, only to come face to face with an insidious evil that threatens their lives."--Publisher.

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The haunting of room 904  by Erika T. Wurth

The haunting of room 904

Erika T. Wurth

"Olivia Becente was never supposed to have the gift. The ability to commune with the dead was the specialty of her sister, Naiche. But when Naiche dies unexpectedly and under strange circumstances, somehow Olivia suddenly can't stop seeing and hearing from...

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Sundown in San Ojuela  by M. M. Olivas

Sundown in San Ojuela

M. M. Olivas

"When the death of her aunt brings Liz Remolina back to San Ojuela, the prospect fills her with dread. The isolated desert town was the site of a harrowing childhood accident that left her clairvoyant, the companion of wraiths and ghosts. Yet it may also hold...

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Beauty in the blood  by Charlotte (Charlotte C.) Carter

Beauty in the blood

Charlotte (Charlotte C.) Carter

"A riveting, eerie novel about two families caught up in a centuries-old curse... Sarah Toomey is a successful young black lawyer, lovely but straitlaced - and afraid that she is losing her mind. Since the death of her mother, a force she can neither...

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Fever dreams of a parasite  by Pedro Iniguez

Fever dreams of a parasite

Pedro Iniguez

""Haunting tales that traverse worlds both familiar and alien. Paying homage to Lovecraft, Ligotti, and Langan, these cosmic horror, weird fiction, and folk-inspired stories explore tales of outsiders, killers, and tormented souls as they struggle to survive...

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Greater sins  by Gabrielle Griffiths

Greater sins

Gabrielle Griffiths

"1915, the Cabrach, Aberdeenshire. An isolated Scottish community is disturbed by a strange discovery- a body in a peat bog, perfectly preserved. Two people haul the body from the ground- Lizzie, the wife of a wealthy local landowner, and Johnny, a nomadic...

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Vanishing daughters  by Cynthia Pelayo

Vanishing daughters

Cynthia Pelayo

"Haunted by eerie visions and restless spirits, Briar Thorne investigates a string of murders tied to a Chicago serial killer, uncovering a chilling connection between her nightmares and the key to stopping the killer before she becomes his next...

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The memory ward  by Jon Bassoff

The memory ward

Jon Bassoff

"They say it's always beautiful in Bethlam, Nevada. No place you'd rather live. The people are friendly, if a little nosy, and there's no crime to speak of. Life is pretty perfect. But postal worker Hank Davies has started to suspect something is off in this...

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Palmetto  by Ania Ahlborn

Palmetto

Ania Ahlborn

"Kim Devland nearly has it all. A great marriage. A baby on the way. All that's missing is a house-one idyllic enough to fill the Norman Rockwell-shaped spaces in her mind. When Kim's husband, Eddie, books a property tour of a home Kim has been eyeing online,...

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Dark across the bay  by Ania Ahlborn

Dark across the bay

Ania Ahlborn

"The house sits stoic and slightly askew off the coast of Raven's Head. Its off-kilter windows are both charming and disorienting, its walls of overstuffed bookshelves both comforting and claustrophobic. When Leo and Lark Parrish arrive at their vacation home...

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If you see her  by Ania Ahlborn

If you see her

Ania Ahlborn

"The house on Old Mill Road has stood in an open field for longer than Jesse Wells has been alive, its crooked windows and jutting turret tormenting the kids of Warsaw, Michigan the way only a haunted house knows how. Everyone imagines that something terrible...

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Good and joyful things  by Ania Ahlborn

Good and joyful things

Ania Ahlborn

"Simone and Elliott Evans have it all; a comfortable life, a house on a quiet street, and two sweet daughters. But their marriage is far from happy, especially now. While Elliott spends all day at work, postpartum depression presses down hard on Simone's...

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Mean spirited / Nick Roberts. by Nick (Writer of horror fiction) Roberts

Mean spirited / Nick Roberts.

Nick (Writer of horror fiction) Rob...

"Matt Matheny teaches during the day, drinks at night, and barely hides his functioning alcoholism from his veterinarian ex-wife, Lucy, and his six-year-old son, Mikey. His world spirals out of control when a former student is killed, and he's left with her...

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The divine flesh  by Drew Huff

The divine flesh

Drew Huff

"Jennifer Plummer and the Divine Flesh have exactly three things in common: 1) they're trapped inside Jennifer's body; 2) they despise each other; and 3) they're in love with Daryl Plummer, Jennifer's ex-husband. But when Jennifer takes an experimental wonder...

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Blood on her tongue  by Johanna van Veen

Blood on her tongue

Johanna van Veen

"The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy's twin sister, Sarah, is unwell. She refuses to eat, mumbles nonsensically, and is increasingly obsessed with a centuries old corpse recently discovered on her husband's grand estate. The doctor has diagnosed her with temporary...

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Rose of Jericho  by Alex Grecian

Rose of Jericho

Alex Grecian

"Something wicked is going on in the village of Ascension. A mother wasting away from cancer is suddenly up and about. A boy trampled by a milk cart walks away from the accident. A hanged man can still speak, broken neck and all. The dead are not dying. When...

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Suburban monsters  by Christopher (Horror fiction writer) Hawkins

Suburban monsters

Christopher (Horror fiction writer)...

"The house at the end of the block with the overgrown lawn. The darkened store window in a forgotten corner of the shopping mall. The colorful characters of a children's TV show. What dark secrets do they hide? From award-winning author Christopher Hawkins...

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Legends of the werewolf hunter

Legends of the werewolf hunter

"Hell's apex predator kills with impunity, but so does the werewolf hunter, creating a vicious cycle of blood and vengeance. Welcome to a collection imagined from the pages of Brian P. Easton's Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter series, a nightmare-fueled...

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Younger  by Dani Lamia

Younger

Dani Lamia

"Eternity has a price... Harriet has lived a long, fulfilling life, surrounded a loving family and her friends at the Marryat Manor retirement home. But instead of enjoying her twilight years, she feels alone and afraid. The specter of dementia haunts her, and...

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Hex  by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Hex

Thomas Olde Heuvelt

"Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's bed...

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Beta vulgaris  by Margie Sarsfield

Beta vulgaris

Margie Sarsfield

"Elise and her boyfriend, Tom, set off for Minnesota, hoping the paycheck from the sugar beet harvest will cover the rent on their Brooklyn apartment. Amidst the grueling work and familiar anxieties about her finances, Elise starts noticing strange things:...

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The exorcist  by William Peter Blatty

The exorcist

William Peter Blatty

"Chris MacNeil, busy movie star and single mother, slowly realizes that her 12-year-old daughter, Regen, is behaving strangely, then out of the norm, then like the demon who is possessing her."--Publisher.

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One came back  by Rose McDonagh

One came back

Rose McDonagh

"It's New Year's Eve in Edinburgh when Emily sees Nicky. Or at least she thinks she does. He looks, laughs, and moves just like Nicky. But how can that be? Nicky died when they were teenagers, in an accident on a remote road up in the Highlands... didn't he? A...

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The Gaia Chime  by Johnny Worthen

The Gaia Chime

Johnny Worthen

"Charlotte, seeking to make a documentary for her graduate thesis enlists the older Seth, a burned-out film teacher with a history of scandal, to film the daily life of a rising tennis star, Bobby Weller. It's a glimpse into the world of the rich and dedicated...

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Monster hunter international  by Larry Correia

Monster hunter international

Larry Correia

"Five days after Owen Zastava Pitt pushed his insufferable boss out of a fourteenth story window, he woke up in the hospital with a scarred face, an unbelievable memory, and a job offer. It turns out that monsters are real. All the things from myth, legend,...

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Carrion crow  by Heather (Writer and editor) Parry

Carrion crow

Heather (Writer and editor) Parry

"Marguerite has been locked in the attic of her family home, a disintegrating Chelsea house overlooking the stench of the Thames. For company she has: a sewing machine, a copy of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management and trays of congealing food carried up...

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Exquisite corpse  by Poppy Z. Brite

Exquisite corpse

Poppy Z. Brite

"To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the ambition of bringing his art to new heights. Tortured by his own perverse desires...

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Something in the walls  by Daisy Pearce

Something in the walls

Daisy Pearce

"Newly-minted child psychologist Mina has little experience. In a field where the first people called are experts, she's been unable to get her feet wet. Instead she aimlessly spends her days stuck in the stifling heat wave sweeping across Britain, and...

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Girls against God  by Jenny Hval

Girls against God

Jenny Hval

"Welcome to 1990s Norway. White picket fences run in neat rows and Christian conservatism runs deep. But as the Artist considers her work, things start stirring themselves up. In a corner of Oslo a coven of witches begin cooking up some curses. A...

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The deep  by Nick Cutter

The deep

Nick Cutter

"A strange plague called the 'Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale. It causes people to forget--small things at first, like where they left their keys, then the not-so-small things like how to drive or the letters of the alphabet. Then their bodies...

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The lamb  by Lucy Rose

The lamb

Lucy Rose

"A contemporary folktale in which a mother and daughter take in passersby and eat them, exploring queerness, first loves, and tense mother-daughter relationships. Margot and Mama have lived by the forest ever since Margot can remember. They spend quiet days...

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Scuttler's Cove  by David Barnett

Scuttler's Cove

David Barnett

"Scuttler's Cove is a working village, nestling in dramatic coastal scenery in Cornwall, where life has gone on uninterrupted for centuries - until this seaside idyll was discovered by the rich. Now the quaint harbour-front cottages have been snapped up by...

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The poorly made and other things  by Sam Rebelein

The poorly made and other things

Sam Rebelein

"In Renfield County, a cursed madness grips the residents after Lawrence Renfield's massacre, with bloodstained wood repurposed into everyday items unleashing terrifying consequences; through interconnected tales, a young girl uncovers family secrets, a...

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But not too bold  by H. Pueyo

But not too bold

H. Pueyo

"The old keeper of the keys is dead, and the creature who ate her is the volatile Lady of the Capricious House - Anatema, an enormous humanoid spider with a taste for laudanum and human brides. Dalia, the old keeper's protegee, must take up her duties, locking...

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Bitter is the heart  by Mina Hardy

Bitter is the heart

Mina Hardy

"Tamar Glass fled an abusive mother when she was eighteen, running away from home to find a better life elsewhere. She has lived in freedom from her mother, Ruth, for decades, until one night she wakes to find her now-elderly mother standing over her bed,...

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Marginal  by Tom Carlisle

Marginal

Tom Carlisle

"A man returns to the cult he escaped from to bury his brother, only to discover the past is monstrous, hungry and mutating, in this devilishly gory body horror. When Rob receives a call in the middle of the night, he knows it must be bad news. But he isn't...

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Our winter monster  by Dennis Mahoney

Our winter monster

Dennis Mahoney

"Holly and Brian race through a blizzard, hoping a ski-village getaway will save their strained relationship, until they lose control of the car... and lose each other in the storm. Something monstrous stalks them in the whiteout, leaving a trail of wreckage...

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Mr. X  by Peter Straub

Mr. X

Peter Straub

"Every year on his birthday, Ned Dunstan has a paralyzing seizure in which he is forced to witness scenes of ruthless slaughter perpetrated by a mysterious figure in black whom he calls Mr. X. Now, with his birthday fast approaching, Ned has been drawn back to...

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At the bottom of the garden  by Camilla Bruce

At the bottom of the garden

Camilla Bruce

"Clara Woods is a killer-and perfectly fine with it, too. So what if she takes a couple of lives to make her own a little bit better? At the bottom of her garden is a flowerbed, long overgrown, where her late husband rests in peace-or so she always thought....

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Vampire Hunter D. Omnibus book seven  by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Vampire Hunter D. Omnibus book seven

Hideyuki Kikuchi

"Vampire Hunter D Omnibus Book Seven collects three different complete novels. Mercenary Road leads D to a ruined castle where a family hides in hope of rescue from a resurrected horde of the undead. In Scenes From an Unholy War, D is hired to defend a village...

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The Pink Agave Motel & other stories  by V. Castro

The Pink Agave Motel & other stories

V. Castro

"Readers are invited to The Pink Agave Motel, where brutality and intimacy ooze across the pages, exploring the depths of the unhinged imagination and how human desire unlocks the impulse to bite. Castro's voice, influenced by Mexican folklore and a feminist...

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Mother of serpents  by John R. (Suspense fiction writer) Gordon

Mother of serpents

John R. (Suspense fiction writer) G...

"Brooklyn-based poet DuVone Mapley-Stevenson is already struggling with fragile mental health when his white husband Jack gets a promotion that means them relocating to all-white Kwawidokawa County, upstate Maine. At first it seems this could be a fresh start...

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Listen to your sister  by Neena Viel

Listen to your sister

Neena Viel

"Twenty-five year old Calla Williams is struggling since becoming guardian to her brother, Jamie. Calla is overwhelmed and tired of being the one who makes sacrifices to keep the family together. Jamie, full of good-natured sixteen-year-old recklessness, is...

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Thinner  by Richard Bachman

Thinner

Richard Bachman

"Attorney Billy Halleck seriously enjoys living his life of upper-class excess. He's got it all - an expensive home in Connecticut, a loving family ... and fifty extra pounds that his doctor repeatedly warns will be the death of him. Then, in a moment of...

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Broken ghosts  by J. D. Oswald

Broken ghosts

J. D. Oswald

"Spring, 1985. Twelve year old Phoebe MacDonald's world is falling apart. She has just buried her parents, a fire at their family home claiming both in a freak accident. Now she must leave Scotland, the only place she has ever known, and go to live with her...

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Waysider  by K. J. Sutton

Waysider

K. J. Sutton

"If you go wandering through the dark, you're going to find things you don't like. When twenty-year-old Cass Ryan is pulled out of the Hudson River, she's officially dead for four minutes. She doesn't know anything about the boy who pushed her in. She doesn't...

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The demonologist  by Andrew Pyper

The demonologist

Andrew Pyper

"David Ullman is a literature professor at Columbia University, with special expertise in Milton's Paradise Lost. The epic poem about Satan and his court of fallen angels makes for a fascinating lecture, but at the end of the day for David, it's just another...

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The muse and other stories  by Kok Yee Chua

The muse and other stories

Kok Yee Chua

"An anthology of novella and short stories with supernatural elements based on Malaysia's multi-culture beliefs and myths"--Provided by publisher.

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The strain  by Guillermo del Toro

The strain

Guillermo del Toro

"A grisly scene onboard a grounded Boeing 777 prompts a call to the CDC and Dr. Eph Goodweather. Once on board, Dr. Goodweather discovers the first reported case of a deadly vampire-like disease rapidly affecting the human population. Meanwhile in Harlem,...

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Long division

Long division

"We live in divided times. We're fueled by misinformation. We retreat inside ideological bubbles. We no longer trust each other. We've forgotten what holds us together. We're more dangerous than ever. These original stories of transgression show us the...

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Hungerstone  by Kat Dunn

Hungerstone

Kat Dunn

"Lenore is the wife of steel magnate Henry, but ten years into their marriage the relationship has soured, and no child has arrived to fill the distance growing between them. Henry's ambitions take them from London to the Peak District, to the remote, imposing...

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Guillotine  by Delilah S. Dawson

Guillotine

Delilah S. Dawson

"Thrift fashionista Dez Lane doesn't want to date Patrick Ruskin; she just wants to meet his mother, the editor-in-chief of Nouveau magazine. When he invites her to his family's big Easter reunion at their ancestral home, she's certain she can put up with his...

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Crypt of the moon spider  by Nathan Ballingrud

Crypt of the moon spider

Nathan Ballingrud

"Veronica Brinkley has been committed to The Barrowfield Home, run by Dr. Cull, to treat her depression. The institution is built on the crypt of a giant Lunar Spider, tended to by a monastic group of worshippers called the Alabaster Scholars. Dr. Cull is...

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Beneath the poet's house  by Christa Carmen

Beneath the poet's house

Christa Carmen

"Unmoored by her husband's death and suffering from writer's block, novelist Saoirse White moves to Providence, and into the historic home of Sarah Helen Whitman, the nineteenth-century poet and spiritualist once courted by Edgar Allan Poe. Saoirse's certain...

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The haunting of Moscow House  by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

The haunting of Moscow House

Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

"It is the summer of 1921, and a group of Bolsheviks have taken over Irina and Lili Goliteva's ancestral home in Moscow, a stately mansion falling into disrepair and decay. The remaining members of their family are ordered to move into the cramped attic, while...

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