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The Raven and Other Poems and Tales by Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe, Daniel Alan Green
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsEdgar Allan Poe shaped the development of both the detective story and science-fiction genres and his poems remain among the favourites of American literature. This illustrated collection contains familiar and popular tales and poems including, The House of Usher and The Pit and the Pendulum... -
The Romeo Catchers by Alys Arden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIs blood thicker than magic in La Nouvelle-Orléans?Adele scours Storm-ravaged New Orleans for the truth about her family’s magical past, tormented by the fate she condemned her mother to, and by the lies she’s forced to tell to cover it up. But every turn leads her back to the one person she’s determined to forget: Niccolò Medici... -
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom, Бром
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA spirited young Englishwoman, Abitha, arrives at a Puritan colony betrothed to a stranger – only to become quickly widowed when her husband dies under mysterious circumstances. All alone in this pious and patriarchal society, Abitha fights for what little freedom she can grasp onto, while trying to stay true to herself and her past... -
Immortal Hearts by Ellen Schreiber
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAthena "Stormy" Sterling is coming to Dullsville, and Raven is both excited and panicked in anticipation of Alexander's little sister's visit. Alexander tells Raven that she and his sister have a lot in common, but can the mini-Raven be everything she hopes for? Alexander calls her Stormy for a reason. Stormy's visit stirs up the perfect immortal whirlwind... -
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The Witchwood Knot by Olivia Atwater
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOlivia Atwater returns to the world of Half a Soul with “a sharp and beautiful gothic romance” (Alix E. Harrow). Dive into The Witchwood Knot, and enjoy a dark faerie tale set in a magical version of Victorian England.The faeries of Witchwood Manor have stolen its young lord. His governess intends to steal him back.Victorian governess Winifred Hall knows a con when she sees one...Categorized as:
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The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsFrom the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge, hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult through four centuries... -
Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsBefore Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales. Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars. A fork-tongued princess. The origins of the first ymbryne...Categorized as:
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Long Lost by Jacqueline West
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEleven-year-old Fiona has just read a book that doesn’t exist. When Fiona’s family moves to be closer to her older sister’s figure skating club—and far from Fiona’s close-knit group of friends—nobody seems to notice Fiona’s unhappiness. Alone and out of place, Fiona ventures to the town’s library, a rambling mansion donated to the town by the long-dead heiress... -
Night of the Soul Stealer by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsIt's going to be a long, hard, cruel winter. And there couldn't be a worse place to spend it than up on Anglezarke.Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who captures witches and drives away ghosts. As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in, the Spook receives an unexpected visitor... -
The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsWhile attempting to disprove that Homo vampiris, the vampire, could exist, Dr. Warthrop is asked by his former fiancé to rescue her husband from the Wendigo, a creature that starves even as it gorges itself on human flesh, and which has snatched him in the Canadian wilderness... -
Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsNow it's the dark's turn to be afraid The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark. Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts, and boggarts. But now there's some unfinished business to attend to in Priestown... -
The Black by D.J. MacHale
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAt the end of The Light, Book One of the Morpheus Road trilogy, Marshall learned the truth about what happened to his best friend Cooper. Now in Book Two, the POV switches to Cooper and we get to see his side of the mystery. What does his story have to do with Marshall and the journey along the Morpheus Road? It's time to learn more . .Categorized as:
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The Devil You Know by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPREVIEW AVAILABLE at vampwriter-dot-com/DevilYouKnowEXCERPT.htmVampire PI Jack Fleming travels to Long Island to attend a funeral.Problem: There's more than one body in the grave.Delving into his past, Jack follows clues leading to an old murder, new betrayals, and a hard look at the man he was vs. the vampire he's become... -
Song in the Dark by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsP. N. Elrod's novels of "The Vampire Files" blend the seductive shadows of classic noir into a sanctuary for a most unusual private investigator-vampire Jack Fleming. In Elrod's newest novel, Jack is under the gun when the New York mafia wants his hide, and the love of his life is wanted for murder... -
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Blood Games by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is a tale of love and horror set during the last chaotic days of Nero's Rome - a time marked by excesses of high living, cruel violence and intricate political intrigue...Categorized as:
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Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? by Paul Cornell
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe ghost of Sherlock Holmes is dead, but who will solve his murder?The Great Detective's ghost has walked London's streets for an age, given shape by people's memories. Now someone's put a ceremonial dagger through his chest. But what's the motive? And who - or what - could kill a ghost?When policing London's supernatural underworld, eliminating the impossible is not an option... -
Night Music by John Connolly
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of the Charlie Parker mysteries—"the finest crime series currently in existence" (The Independent)—comes a new anthology of chilling short fiction... -
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"The City Beautiful is the haunting, queer Jewish historical thriller of my darkest dreams." —Dahlia Adler, creator of LGBTQ Reads and editor of That Way Madness LiesDeath lurks around every corner in this unforgettable Jewish historical fantasy about a city, a boy, and the shadows of the past that bind them both together. Chicago, 1893... -
Oblivion by Kelly Creagh
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThis electrifying conclusion to the Nevermore trilogy takes one last trip to the dream world of Edgar Allan Poe to reveal the intertwined fates of Isobel and Varen.The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? —Edgar Allan PoeThe fine line between life and death blurred long ago for Isobel Lanley...Categorized as:
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The Wine-Dark Sea by Robert Aickman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsPeter Straub called Robert Aickman 'this century's most profound writer of what we call horror stories'. Aickman's 'strange stories' (his preferred term for them) are a subtle exploration of psychological displacement and paranoia. His characters are ordinary people that are gradually drawn into the darker recesses of their own minds... -
The Thing on the Doorstep by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 27 ratings"The Thing on the Doorstep" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos universe of horror fiction. It was written in August 1933, and first published in the January 1937 issue of Weird Tales... -
The Spook's Tale and Other Horrors by Joseph Delaney, Patrick Arrasmith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThis is 3 stories inside, one about Alice and grimmalkin and those two that hav been published with 3 additional stories in the stort story collection as Spooks`s Stories witches (uk) or A Coven of witches (us) but with the additions World book day story Spooks`s tale included in this edition.The Last Apprentice series follows the terrifying adventures of the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward... -
The Bone Key: The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth by Sarah Monette
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe dead and the monstrous will not leave Kyle Murchison Booth alone, for an unwilling foray into necromancy has made him sensitive to--and attractive to--the creatures who roam the darkness of his once-safe world. Ghosts, ghouls, incubi: all have one thing in common. They know Booth for one of their own . . -
Dark Road Rising by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsView our feature on P.N. Elrod’s Dark Road Rising.The first new Vampire Files novel in four years! Vampire P.I. Jack Fleming is playing babysitter to Gabriel “Whitey” Kroun, a dangerously unstable mobster—and newly-created vampire—with deadly secrets to hide... -
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The Compleat Crow by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaster of occult arts...‘He was tall and broad-shouldered, and it was plain to see that in his younger days he had been a handsome man. Now his hair had greyed a little and his eyes, though they were still very bright and observant, bore the imprint of many a year spent exploring – and often, I guessed, discovering – along rarely trodden paths of mysterious and obscure learning... -
The Cat Lady by Damien Graves
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChloe never quite believed her friends' stories about the Cat Lady. When a dare goes horribly wrong, she finds out that the truth is more terrifying than anyone had ever imagined. This collection includes two more tales of terror. Illustrations... -
Three Heart Echo by Keary Taylor, T.L. Keary
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to Roselock, where the ground bleeds, and the night screams.After the senseless murder of her fiancé, Iona Faye can’t move on. There was no happily ever after, and no goodbye. Desperate for closure, she goes to see Roselock’s one and only reclusive inhabitant... -
Phantom by Christopher Pike
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter five thousand years she was again mortal. The dead alchemist's experiment has worked. Alisa is no longer a vampire, but a frail and confused human. Not only that -- she is pregnant. The baby grows in her at supernatural speed. As the stranger watches. The stranger from the past. But what child will Alisa's seed produce? A demon or an angel? Alisa does not know. But the stranger does...Categorized as:
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Say Her Name by Juno Dawson
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRoberta 'Bobbie' Rowe is not the kind of person who believes in ghosts. A Halloween dare at her ridiculously spooky boarding school is no big deal, especially when her best friend Naya and cute local boy Caine agree to join in too. They are ordered to summon the legendary ghost of 'Bloody Mary': say her name five times in front of a candlelit mirror, and she shall appear.. -
Paint it Black by Nancy A. Collins
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRed Blood, Black Night Vampire and vampire-hunter Sonja Blue has faced many monsters, but none compare to the Other, the demonic alter ego inside her. Now, as her world grows darker still, her vampiric "grandfather" Pangloss returns. Could he show her the way to redemption? Or is he here simply to drive her further into the abyss? About the Author Nancy A... -
Night Chill by Jeff Gunhus
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the author of Jack Templar Monster Hunter comes a supernatural thriller for adult audiences. Jack Tremont moves his family to the quiet mountains of Western Maryland hoping to leave behind a troubled past and restart his life... -
Dark Entries by Robert Aickman
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSewn signatures, printed on 110gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Biddles in bergundy wibalin cloth stamped in gilt and silver, with a silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 350 copies.(Out of print).Contents: "Introduction by Glen Cavaliero, "The School Friend", "Ringing the Changes", "Choice of Weapons", "The Waiting Room", "The View" and "Bind Your Hair"... -
Sorcerers of the Nightwing by Geoffrey Huntington
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDevon March has grown up knowing two things: the monsters in the closet are real, and he is stronger than they are. But at fifteen years old, he still doesn’t know why. Now an orphan, Devon has been sent to live at Ravenscliff Manor with the foreboding Amanda Muir Crandall, her troubled nephew Alexander, and her feisty daughter Cecily... -
Kinder des Judas by Markus Heitz
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLeipzig im Jahr 2006. Sie ist die gute Seele des Krankenhauses. Sie steht denen bei, die in ihren letzten Stunden nicht allein sein sollen. Jeder, der die junge Frau am Bett eines Sterbenden wachen sieht, wird sie für einen Engel halten... -
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That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMiskatonic University has a long-whispered reputation of being strongly connected to all things occult and supernatural. From the faculty to the students, the fascination with other-worldly legends and objects runs rampant. So, when Carter Weston’s professor Dr...Categorized as:
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Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cherie Priest
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDown by the river, the first to go missing were not much lamented. Disappearances of homeless men foraging through trash or nuisance skater kids who rolled their boards along the planked piers at night were not noteworthy enough to delay the city's development projects.But deep beneath the riverbank, the evidence of a terrible crime has been covered up twice... -
Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery by Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Louis Stevenson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Good evening, and welcome to Alfred Hitchock's Ghostly Gallery..." So begins the introduction to this marvelous book for young readers presented by none other than the master of the macabre himself, Alfred Hitchcock... -
Kill the Dead by Tanith Lee
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOut of the dusk he comes striding, the stranger, the man in black, inevitable as death itself: Parl Dro--Ghost Slayer.Some have bought his services for gold, and some have blessed him for his work. But not everyone welcomes an exorcist who will remorselessly deprive them of their beloved dead.Dro began his vocation at an early age... -
Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels by Lavie Tidhar
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAward-winning author Lavie Tidhar returns with a dark fantasy Tor.com Original short story, "Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels."Judge Dee is back to solve a brand-new case involving the mysterious death of the vampire Count Werdenfels. The mystery? Who killed him. The twist? Three different people are proudly proclaiming to have committed the crime... -
Awaken At Twilight (A Vampire Anthology) by Kristen Middleton, C.M. Owens
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEight dark fantasy vampire stories to sink your teeth into. 1) Soul Rebel - C.J. Pinard 2) Deadly Beauties - C.M. Owens 3) Crush - Chrissy Peebles 4) Blood & Wings - J & L Wells 5) Venom - Kristen Middleton 6) Courage Runs Red - W.J. May 7) Blair (Daughter's of Darkness) Chrissy Peebles 8) Victoria (Daughter's of Darkness) W.J. May Soul Rebel - A vampire took his soul. He wants it back. -
The Wide Game by Michael West
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the advice of his wife, Paul Rice is making plans to attend his 10th year High School reunion. Returning to his boyhood home of Harmony, Indiana, he finds that he is still haunted by memories of that time-memories of Deidra, his first love, and memories of the Wide Game... -
Cursed by Lucy Leroux
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIsobel Sterling is a governess with many secrets—including an uncanny ability she's been hiding her whole life, until the day arrives when she has to use it to save herself from a madman. But first she has to master it. Fast.Governess Isobel Sterling feels fortunate to have found a safe haven in the Montgomery household. The children are kind and the lord and lady of the house leave her alone... -
Death Comes Home by Rhiannon Frater
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Darkness We Must Abide is the epic saga of one young woman caught in the dangerous world of the creatures of the night.Already living in the shadows due to her albinism, Vanora is just a little girl when her older brother inadvertently unleashes a terrible evil from the family crypt that changes their lives forever... -
The Whispering by Sarah Rayne
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFosse House, home of the reclusive Luisa Gilmore, harbours curious secrets - secrets that stretch back almost a century, to the ill-fated Palestrina Choir in its remote Belgian convent. When Oxford don Michael Flint travels to the house to trace the origins of the long-dead Choir, he is at once aware of the house's eerie menace... -
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Rose of Jericho by Alex Grecian
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Red Rabbit comes a supernatural horror where ghosts and ghouls are the least of a witch’s problems in historical New England.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... -
Blue World by Robert McCammon
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFrom the battlefields of a Vietnam veteran's memory to an old-time movie hero's search for a serial killer, from Halloween in a special town--where the rules of trick-or-treat are written in blood--to a Texas road where a wrong turn leads to a nest of evil, horror master McCammon is at his terrifying best in this collection of stories... -
Black Blood by Christopher Pike
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsChristopher Pike's terrifying sequel to The Last Vampire.Alisa Perne is a 5,000-year-old vampire. She and her partner, Ray, thought they were the last of their breed, but suddenly they are confronted by a series of brutal murders that could only have been caused by others like them...Categorized as:
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Red Dice by Christopher Pike
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAlisa and Joel are vampires. Joel is an FBI agent. Someone inside the government has discovered their secret and wants their blood, to study it and duplicate it. They begin a massive manhunt but Alisa gets away. Unfortunately, Joel is caught, and it's up to Alisa to set him free...Categorized as:
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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 54 ratings“A prodigiously imaginative collection.”—New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice “Dazzling tales from a master of the fantastic...Categorized as:
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The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe multi-award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings continues her Dominion of the Fallen saga as Paris endures the aftermath of a devastating arcane war....As the city rebuilds from the onslaught of sorcery that nearly destroyed it, the great Houses of Paris, ruled by Fallen angels, still contest one another for control over the capital...
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