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Shadows over Innsmouth by Stephen Jones, H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLibrarian Note: Please do not confuse this anthology with the original novella "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H.P. Lovecraft. Although "Shadows Over Innsmouth" includes the said novella, the book is a collection of Innsmouth-related stories by a number of later authors and not a single story or novel... -
![Piranesi by Susanna Clarke]()
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsPiranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant... -
![The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE PURLOINED LETTER THE THOUSAND-AND-SECOND TALE OF SCHEHERAZADE A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM. VON KEMPELEN AND HIS DISCOVERY MESMERIC REVELATION THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR THE BLACK CAT. THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER SILENCE—A FABLE THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH. THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO... -
![The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft]()
The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsExplore the marvelous complexity of Lovecraft's writing—including his use of literary allusions, biographical details, and obscure references in this rich, in-depth exploration of great horror fiction from the acknowledged master of the weird, including the stories "Herbert West—Reanimator", "Pickman's Model", "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Thing on the Doorstep", "The Horror at Red Hook" and more... -
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![The Tracker Hive Academy: Semester Four by Avery Song]()
The Tracker Hive Academy: Semester Four by Avery Song
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor Hive Queen Jade Storm, the sight of her loved one's spilled blood has her on the verge of setting off an elemental explosion that could destroy everything.My emotions are precarious, and clinging to a slim thread of trust—in my men and in my family—is the only thing that keeps me from going over the edge... -
![Lord of Bones by Aiden Pierce, R.K. Pierce]()
Lord of Bones by Aiden Pierce, R.K. Pierce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRayven Kidnapped. Collared. Trapped. I slink through shadows and steal from the deceased. It’s my passion, until I steal from Death himself…Then it becomes my curse.I’m a prisoner in the realm of the dead, at the mercy of the beast who calls this labyrinthian castle home. The walls are alive, with shifting corridors and eyes that follow me everywhere.He’s given me three days to escape... -
![All That Lives Must Die by Eric S. Nylund]()
All That Lives Must Die by Eric S. Nylund
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEliot and Fiona Post are twins whose parental clans are foes. Mom is Immortal goddess Atropos, eldest Fate. Dad is Infernal Lucifer, Satan. High School is Paxington, where gods and goddesses, warriors and sorcerers, learn to harness their powers. Classmates are allies in battle or threats to your life. To flunk is to die. Only the toughest graduate... -
![There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer]()
There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAt bedtime a boy confronts the nightmare in his closet and finds him not so terrifying after all... -
![Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories by Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie]()
Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories by Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne of our most imaginative and accomplished writers, Angela Carter left behind a dazzling array of work: essays, citicism, and fiction. But it is in her short stories that her extraordinary talents—as a fabulist, feminist, social critic, and weaver of tales—are most penetratingly evident... -
![The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado]()
The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"‘I have heard all of the stories about girls like me, and I am unafraid to make more of them.’ If you read this story out loud, please use the following voices:Me: as a child, high-pitched, forgettable; as a woman, the same.The boy who will grow into a man, and be my spouse: robust with his own good fortune.My father: Like your father, or the man you wish was your father... -
![Narraciones Extraordinarias by Edgar Allan Poe, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]()
Narraciones Extraordinarias by Edgar Allan Poe, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEdgar Allan Poe created some of the finest literature the world has ever known. His name conjures up thoughts of hearts beating long after their owners are dead, of disease and plague amid wealth, of love that extends beyond the grave, and of black ravens who utter only one word. Poe perfected the psychological thriller... -
![Life Eternal by Yvonne Woon]()
Life Eternal by Yvonne Woon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe dark, romantic sequel to Dead Beautiful from Yvonne Woon.Renée Winters has changed. When she looks in the mirror, a beautiful girl with an older, sadder face stares back. Her condition has doctors mystified, but Renée can never reveal the truth: she died last May, and was brought back to life by the kiss of her Undead soul mate, Dante Berlin... -
![Mama Day by Gloria Naylor]()
Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsA fascinating novel that reworks elements of Shakespeare's The Tempest. On the island of Willow Springs, off the Georgia coast, the powers of healer Mama Day are tested by her great niece, Cocoa, a stubbornly emancipated woman endangered by the island's darker forces... -
![The Best of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale]()
The Best of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGodzilla’s in a twelve-step program. A soul-sucking Mummy stalks Elvis and John F. Kennedy. Joe Bob Briggs has a moral dilemma: If your girlfriend turns zombie on you, what do you do?And that’s the tame stuff.In this red-hot collection from world-champion Mojo storyteller Joe R. Lansdale, you’ll find his best, most outrageous stories... -
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![Soul Screamers Volume One by Rachel Vincent]()
Soul Screamers Volume One by Rachel Vincent
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIt starts with a scream….New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent's compelling Soul Screamers series keeps getting better—here, for the first time, the original stories are compiled into one special volume…. My Soul to Lose —The prequel: never before in print!—Kaylee is just your average girl shopping at the mall with friends—until a terrified scream bursts from her that cannot be stopped... -
![On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony]()
On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsWhen Zane shoots Death, he has to take the job, speeding over the world riding Mortis, his pale horse/limo, measuring souls for the exact balance of Good and Evil, sending each to Heaven or Hell instead of Purgatory. The new Thanatos is superbly competent, ends pain when he ends lives. But Satan is forging a trap for Luna, the woman Death loves... -
![The Hidden by Jessica Verday]()
The Hidden by Jessica Verday
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA love that knows no bounds. Abbey knows that Caspian is her destiny. Theirs is a bond that transcends even death. But as Abbey finally learns the full truth about the dark fate that links her to Caspian and ties them both to the town of Sleepy Hollow, she suddenly has some very hard choices to make... -
![The Haunted by Jessica Verday]()
The Haunted by Jessica Verday
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAn impossible truth. An impossible love. After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity and trying to forget the boy she fell in love with--the boy who must not exist, cannot exist, because she knows that he is dead--Abbey returns to Sleepy Hollow, ready to leave the ghosts of her past behind... -
![Selected Poems & Tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Neil Gaiman]()
Selected Poems & Tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor more than a century-and-a-half, Edgar Allan Poe's poems and tales have thrilled readers with chilling accounts of matters mysterious and macabre... -
![The Red House by Tony Abbott]()
The Red House by Tony Abbott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCould the road to the afterlife be a two-way street? After diving into Derek's world in books #1 and #2, readers are in for more spooky, sinister adventure in this latest installment.Derek didn't ask for this.It's bad enough that his brother's body is hosting a dead soul. Then there's that whole business of the evil dead waging war... -
![Sredni Vashtar and Other Stories by Saki]()
Sredni Vashtar and Other Stories by Saki
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn in Burma in 1870, Scottish writer H.H. Munro (his pseudonym is from FitzGerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam) satirized the social conventions, cruelty and foolishness of the Edwardian era with a highly readable blend of flippant humor and outrageous inventiveness, often overlaid with a mood of horror... -
![Chapel of Ease by Alex Bledsoe]()
Chapel of Ease by Alex Bledsoe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe latest installment in Alex Bledsoe's critically-acclaimed Tufa series that Kirkus Reviews calls "powerful, character-driven drama...a sheer delight." (starred review)When Matt Johanssen, a young New York actor, auditions for "Chapel of Ease," an off-Broadway musical, he is instantly charmed by Ray Parrish, the show's writer and composer... -
![Shadow Mirror by Richie Tankersley Cusick]()
Shadow Mirror by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUnsettling. There's no better word to describe Miranda Barnes's ability to hear the cries of the dead, feel the wind move her hair when they run by, and - dare she look into a mirror - see the reflection of a ghostly woman behind her. There's only one person to turn to for support: Etienne. As sexy as he is mysterious, Miranda can't help but be drawn to him. He believes her; he wants to help her... -
![American Gothic Tales by Joyce Carol Oates, Charles Brockden Brown]()
American Gothic Tales by Joyce Carol Oates, Charles Brockden Brown
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJoyce Carol Oates has a special perspective on the “gothic” in American short fiction, at least partially because her own horror yarns rank on the spine-tingling chart with the masters. She is able to see the unbroken link of the macabre that ties Edgar Allan Poe to Anne Rice and to recognize the dark psychological bonds between Henry James and Stephen King... -
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![The China Garden by Liz Berry]()
The China Garden by Liz Berry
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Clare moves with her mother from London to Ravensmere, an historic English estate, she can't shake the feeling that the residents already know her, especially Mark, a maddeningly attractive biker. Clare also feels compelled to take midnight walks in Ravensmere's abandoned China Garden. Then her mother reveals that their own past is tragically linked to the estate... -
![The Coffin Club by Ellen Schreiber]()
The Coffin Club by Ellen Schreiber
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen Raven returns to Hipsterville's cryptic goth haunt, the Coffin Club, she discovers a secret door to another disco-"The Dungeon"-that is inhabited by vampires only. Raven learns that the nefarious Jagger Maxwell has welcomed the vampire clan into the club and has gained the popularity he missed in Romania... -
![The Unforgotten Flame by Rebekah Sinclair]()
The Unforgotten Flame by Rebekah Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"We should have seen this coming.I should have seen this coming."Calypso, a resilient Wind Siren, grapples with the aftermath of a devastating battle that thrusts her best friend, Rhea, into the clutches of their greatest enemy, Ares, the God of War... -
![The Light by D.J. MacHale]()
The Light by D.J. MacHale
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMarshall Seaver is being haunted. It begins with mysterious sounds, a fleeting face outside a window, a rogue breeze - all things that can be explained away. That is, until he comes face-to-face with a character who only exists on the pages of a sketchbook - a character Marshall himself created... -
![The Divine Farce by Michael S.A. Graziano]()
The Divine Farce by Michael S.A. Graziano
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“A Dante/Beckett reduction of human struggle to its lowest common denominator.”— Michael Mirolla, author of The Formal Logic of Emotion and Berlin“One of the most original and thought-provoking stories I have ever read...true literary art...Not a word is wasted in this masterpiece. Yes, I call it that... -
![Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Tales of Ray Russell by Ray Russell]()
Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Tales of Ray Russell by Ray Russell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPart of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del ToroFilmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre... -
![The Watchers by A.M. Shine]()
The Watchers by A.M. Shine
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThis forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different. Left stranded, she is forced into the dark woodland only to find a woman shouting, urging Mina to run to a concrete bunker. As the door slams behind her, the building is besieged by screams... -
![The Hunger: And Other Stories by Charles Beaumont]()
The Hunger: And Other Stories by Charles Beaumont
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen "The Hunger and Other Stories" (1957) appeared, it heralded the arrival of Charles Beaumont (1929-1967) as an important and highly original new voice in American fiction... -
![American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps by Peter Straub, Edgar Allan Poe]()
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps by Peter Straub, Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStraub, a contemporary master of literary horror and fantasy, offers an authoritative and diverse gathering of stories calculated to unsettle and delight. Ghostly narratives of the Edwardian era, lurid classics from the pulp heyday, and modern-day masterpieces are included in these collections... -
![The Ghost Road by Tony Abbott]()
The Ghost Road by Tony Abbott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCould the road to the afterlife be a two-way street? Reader reviews are in, and Tony Abbott is capturing the middle-grade fantasy audience with this new series!Derek can't claim to be a normal fourteen-year-old anymore. Not after what he discovered at the Red House. His role in the war against the dead is more pivotal --- and more terrifying --- than he could have imagined... -
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![American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940's Until Now by Peter Straub, John Collier]()
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940's Until Now by Peter Straub, John Collier
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLike its companion volume, this Library of America hardcover contains 750 pages of classic tales of horror, hauntings, terrifying obsessions, and unearthly presences... -
![It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass]()
It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnlike the other residents of the small Caribbean Island of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not believe in magic. With a logical mind and a knack for botany, Selina used to dream of leaving the island to study Pharmacology—until a vicious, unsolved attack left her father dead and her mother in a coma... -
![Inferno by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle]()
Inferno by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis is the 6th Pocket printing.Cover Artist: Harry BennettAn unearthly voice hisses unholy welcome. And the late, great Allen Carpentier begins his one-way journey into the dim nether regions where flame-colored demons wield diabolically sharp pitchforks and tormented vixens reign forever in a pond of sheer ice... -
![Balthazar by Claudia Gray]()
Balthazar by Claudia Gray
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFor hundreds of years, the vampire Balthazar has been alone-without allies, without love.When Balthazar agrees to help Skye Tierney, a human girl who once attended Evernight Academy, he has no idea how dangerous it will be. Skye's newfound psychic powers have caught the attention of Redgrave, the cruel, seductive master vampire responsible for murdering Balthazar and his family four centuries ago...Categorized as:
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![Greenmantle by Charles de Lint]()
Greenmantle by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNot far from the city there is an ancient wood, forgotten by the modern world, where Mystery walks in the moonlight. He wears the shape of a stag, or a goat, or a horned man wearing a cloak of leaves. He is summoned by the music of the pipes or a fire of bones on Midsummer's Evening. He is chased by the hunt and shadowed by the wild girl... -
![Betrayal by Lee Nichols]()
Betrayal by Lee Nichols
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsEmma Vaile is the most powerful ghostkeeper in centuries. Which is great when she's battling the wraith-master Neos, but terrible when she's flirting with fellow ghostkeeper (and soul mate) Bennett. When ghostkeepers fall in love, the weaker one loses all power, and that's not something Bennett can handle... -
![Yarrow by Charles de Lint]()
Yarrow by Charles de Lint
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of Moonheart and Memory and DreamCat Midhir had made a reputation as the author of popular fantasy novels. But the secret that her fans didn't know was that her Otherworld was no fantasy. Then, one night, a thief stole her dreams. Since then, she's been trapped in the everyday. And the Others are coming to find her.. -
![All Hallows' Moon by S.M. Reine]()
All Hallows' Moon by S.M. Reine
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe good girl has become a very bad werewolf...Rylie has moved to her aunt’s ranch where she can learn to safely control her murderous werewolf side. But the werewolf hunter she fell in love with over the summer has found her again. Seth has brought his werewolf-hunting family along with him, and they aren't nearly as sympathetic to Rylie... -
![Legacy of Lies by Elizabeth Chandler]()
Legacy of Lies by Elizabeth Chandler
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSomething is haunting Megan... She had seen Scarborough House only in her dreams. Now Megan was here, visiting the grandmother she'd never met, and her newfound cousin Matt, too handsome by far, who wanted her to disappear. Grandmother was so cold, so distant... -
![The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter]()
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAngela Carter was a storytelling sorceress, the literary godmother of Neil Gaiman, David Mitchell, Audrey Niffenegger, J. K. Rowling, Kelly Link, and other contemporary masters of supernatural fiction... -
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![Saffron and Brimstone: Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand]()
Saffron and Brimstone: Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWidely praised and widely read, Elizabeth Hand is regarded as one of America's leading literary fantasists. This new collection (an expansion of the limited-release Bibliomancy, which won the World Fantasy Award in 2005) showcases a wildly inventive author at the height of her powers... -
![The Relic by Addison Cain]()
The Relic by Addison Cain
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratings“A luscious romance of intense, obsessive passion sprinkled with hilarity and wicked wit.” – Zoe Blake, USA TODAY bestselling authorEternal, immortal love.She died in his arms, but not before Vladislov exacted a vow that his soulmate must return to him. Reincarnate. Be reborn, so he might treasure his love throughout the everlasting eons of endless life.She gave her word... -
![The Vampire Archives by Otto Penzler, Kim Newman]()
The Vampire Archives by Otto Penzler, Kim Newman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Vampire Archives is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories, as well as the most comprehensive bibliography of vampire fiction ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there’s no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself... -
![Le Visage vert by Gustav Meyrink]()
Le Visage vert by Gustav Meyrink
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA stranger enters a magician's shop. Inside, among several strange customers, he sees an old man, who makes him sick with horror. The rest of the novel chronicles his quest for the elusive and horrible old man... -
![Shadow Play by Jill Ramsower]()
Shadow Play by Jill Ramsower
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter two years at a dead-end job, Rebecca Peterson walks away from everything she knows to follow her dreams in Ireland. Instead of dreams, the dreary streets of Belfast rekindle her terrifying nightmares; and this time, they aren't confined to her imagination. Twisted and vicious, Faeries are being unleashed on Earth to prey upon unsuspecting humans... -
![Japanese Gothic Tales by Kyōka Izumi]()
Japanese Gothic Tales by Kyōka Izumi
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsResisting the various forms of realism popular during the Meiji enlightenment, Izumi Kyoka (1873-1939) was among the most popular writers who continued to work in the old-fashioned genres of fantasy, mystery, and romance...
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