Books like 'Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories'
Readers who enjoyed Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories by Doug Murano, D. Alexander Ward, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Brian Kirk, Lisa Mannetti, Neil Gaiman, Christopher Coake, Mercedes M. Yardley, Paul Tremblay, Damien Angelica Walters, Richard Thomas, Clive Barker, John F.D. Taff, Amanda Gowin, Kevin Lucia, Maria Alexander, Josh Malerman & Ramsey Campbell also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFrom holy cup comes holy light;The faithful hands sets world aright.And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight,Mere man shall end this endless night.It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness... -
![Zero Hour by Will Hill]()
Zero Hour by Will Hill
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJamie Carpenter and the rest of Department 19 know when the world will end. It ends when Zero Hour comes. And Zero Hour…is here.As Dracula continues his rise, Department 19 is desperately trying to keep the forces of evil at bay. Then, an unexpected source brings a ray of hope, sending Jamie and Larissa on a dangerous mission to find the one thing that could turn back the darkness for good... -
![Mostly Void, Partially Stars by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor]()
Mostly Void, Partially Stars by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFrom the authors of the New York Times bestselling novel Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a collection of episodes from Season One of their hit podcast, featuring an introduction by the authors, behind-the-scenes commentary, and original illustrations... -
![Battle Lines by Will Hill]()
Battle Lines by Will Hill
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's always darkest before dawn. Secret government unit Department 19 is recovering from evil vampire Valeri Rusmanov's deadly attack on their base. The Department’s newest member, teenage operator Jamie Carpenter, is tasked with training up a new squad, as his friends and colleagues desperately search for ways to try to stop what is coming... -
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![Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by Jim Turner, H.P. Lovecraft]()
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by Jim Turner, H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHoward Phillips Lovecraft forever changed the face of horror, fantasy, and science fiction with a remarkable series of stories as influential as the works of Poe, Tolkien, and Edgar Rice Burroughs... -
![Immortal Hearts by Ellen Schreiber]()
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... -
![The Minority Council by Kate Griffin]()
The Minority Council by Kate Griffin
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMatthew Swift, sorcerer, Midnight Mayor, is in charge. Or so he'd like to think. London, being London, is having its issues. Drug use is rampant. Teenage vandalism is driving away business. Violent crimes are on the rise. Once upon a time, Matthew Swift wouldn't have cared. Now it's his mess to clean up... -
![Sacred Scars by Kathleen Duey]()
Sacred Scars by Kathleen Duey
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSadima, Franklin, and Somiss, driven out of Limòri by a suspicious fire, are living in a cave hidden within the cliffs that overlook the city. Somiss is convinced the dark passages of the caves were the home of ancient magicians, and his obsession with restoring magic deepens... -
![Of Flesh & Bone by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
Of Flesh & Bone by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow that the Darkness has tasted her, it won't let Emma go.Robbed of her memories, Emma feels like a ghost trapped in her own body. She doesn't remember much, but she knows one thing--something happened to her in Arnsmouth. Whatever had happened to her had been terrible... -
![Of Grave & Glory by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
Of Grave & Glory by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmma Mather is having trouble telling friend from foe…and being wrong about whether someone is her ally or her enemy could cost her more than just her life.The Candle has taken Gigi Gage as their prisoner, and Emma will do anything to save her friend from whatever torture Dr. Thaddeus Kirkbride is putting her through in the Arnsmouth Asylum... -
![Blood Games by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
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... -
![Dust and Light by Carol Berg]()
Dust and Light by Carol Berg
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNational bestselling author Carol Berg returns to the world of her award-winning Flesh and Spirit and Breath and Bone with an all-new tale of magic, mystery, and corruption... -
![Full Throttle by Joe Hill]()
Full Throttle by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping ground for a gang of hunters in “Faun.” A grief-stricken librarian climbs behind the wheel of an antique Bookmobile to deliver fresh reads to the dead in “Late Returns... -
![The Compleat Crow by Brian Lumley]()
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... -
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![The Darkest Heart by Nancy A. Collins]()
The Darkest Heart by Nancy A. Collins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSince exacting revenge on the vampire who introduced her to the world of the undead, Sonja Blue has grown bored with her existence. But it's a short-lived respite, for Sonja discovers that she is the target of another vampire hunter, a mortal named Jack Estes. As she tries to convince Jack that she is not like the others, Sonja grows attached to the mortal... -
![Undercover by Tamsyn Muir]()
Undercover by Tamsyn Muir
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen a stranger comes to town, secrets are sure to come out. New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir spins a twisty—and twisted—short story of revenge and survival.A fresh-faced newcomer arrives in an isolated, gang-run town and soon finds herself taking a job nobody else wants: bodyguard to a ghoul. Not just your average mindless, half-rotted shuffler, though... -
![Impact Winter by Travis Beacham]()
Impact Winter by Travis Beacham
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"They came after the impact and the firestorms. When the sun went dark. Like they’d been there all along. Just waiting."From executive producers of The Walking Dead and Travis Beacham, the writer of Pacific Rim, comes a heart-stopping Audible Original featuring a brilliant British cast. It’s the near future and seven years since a comet hit the earth and blotted out the sun... -
![Paint it Black by Nancy A. Collins]()
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]()
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]()
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"... -
![Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cherie Priest]()
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... -
![Kill the Dead by Tanith Lee]()
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... -
![Awaken At Twilight (A Vampire Anthology) by Kristen Middleton, C.M. Owens]()
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. -
![Louisa The Poisoner by Tanith Lee]()
Louisa The Poisoner by Tanith Lee
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'There are three things that grow in March Mire,' said the aunt, in a silly sing-song voice, her eyes half closed, 'and that grow nowhere else together, and seldom anywhere. Find them in one spot, take them and make them up. From them comes this dew. Oh Louisa. Listen carefully. This stuff grants the gift of death.'Louisa widened her eyes but she was not actually impressed... -
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![The Wide Game by Michael West]()
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... -
![Death Comes Home by Rhiannon Frater]()
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... -
![Strangewood by Christopher Golden]()
Strangewood by Christopher Golden
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe young son of a popular children's book author vanishes into the dangerous fictional world his father created. And it's going to take more than a vivid imagination to get him back alive.First time in trade--the acclaimed contemporary horror classic by Bram Stoker Award-winner Christopher Golden. With a new introduction by the author... -
![The Mammoth Book of The Best Of Best New Horror by Stephen Jones, Brian Lumley]()
The Mammoth Book of The Best Of Best New Horror by Stephen Jones, Brian Lumley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis twentieth anniversary showcase includes a single story from each of the Best New Horror annual anthologies.Contents: 1989. No sharks in the Med / Brian Lumley --1990. The man who drew cats / Michael Marshall Smith --1991. The same in any language / Ramsey Campbell --1992. Norman Wisdom and the Angel of Death / Christopher Fowler --1993. Mefisto in onyx / Harlan Ellison --1994... -
![Thirteen by Anya Allyn]()
Thirteen by Anya Allyn
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA short story prequel set in the thrilling world of Anya Allyn’s The Dark Carousel. This free story also includes five chapters of DOLLHOUSE, the first book in the bestselling horror series tinged with gothic romance. (less)A hidden mansion. A silent carousel. Missing girls... -
![Hollowed: A Sleepy Hollow Reimagining by Jessica S. Taylor]()
Hollowed: A Sleepy Hollow Reimagining by Jessica S. Taylor
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing is ever as it seems in Sleepy Hollow…Sleepy Hollow is crumbling. To protect the supernatural town from the mundane world, each year a resident is sacrificed to The Dullahan, the Headless Horseman that protects the veil around the Hollow.Nineteen-year-old Katrina van Tassel knows she’s a disappointment to her parents, for more reasons than one... -
![Blue World by Robert McCammon]()
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... -
![The Rutting Season by Brian Keene]()
The Rutting Season by Brian Keene
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSomething very strange is happening in LeHorn's Hollow... Eerie, piping music is heard late at night, and mysterious fires have been spotted deep in the woods. Women are vanishing without a trace overnight, leaving behind husbands and families. When up-and-coming novelist Adam Senft stumbles upon an unearthly scene, it plunges him and the entire town into an ancient nightmare... -
![The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft]()
The Outsider by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 28 ratings"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious man who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light... -
![Drachenfels by Jack Yeovil, Kim Newman]()
Drachenfels by Jack Yeovil, Kim Newman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDetlef Sierck, the self-proclaimed greatest playwright in the world, has declared that his next production will be a recreation of the end of the Great Enchanter Drachenfels - to be staged at the very site of his death, the Fortress of Drachenfels itself... -
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![Gustav Gloom and the People Taker by Adam-Troy Castro]()
Gustav Gloom and the People Taker by Adam-Troy Castro
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEnter an exciting new world of shadows from Hugo Award nominee Adam-Troy Castro. Meet Gustav Gloom.Fernie What finds herself lost in the Gloom mansion after her cat appears to have been chased there by its own shadow... -
![In Silent Graves by Gary A. Braunbeck]()
In Silent Graves by Gary A. Braunbeck
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRobert Londrigan seems to have it all. He is a newscaster with a rising career. He has a beautiful wife, Denise, and a new baby on the way. But in just a few short hours Robert's world is turned upside down. And the torment only gets worse when his daughter's body is stolen from the morgue by a strange, disfigured man... -
![The Physics Of The Dead by Luke Smitherd]()
The Physics Of The Dead by Luke Smitherd
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat do the dead do when they can't leave...and don't know why?The afterlife doesn't come with a manual. In fact, Hart and Bowler (two ordinary, but dead men) have had to work out the rules of their new existence for themselves... -
![He Who Walks in Shadow by Brett J. Talley]()
He Who Walks in Shadow by Brett J. Talley
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Incendium Maleficarum has been lost and Carter Weston presumed dead, but the story of That Which Should Not Be is only just beginning. Now Carter’s only daughter, Rachel Jones, and his oldest friend, Henry Armitage, must embark on an epic journey that will take them from the hell-blasted Tunguska forest to the catacombs of Paris to the shores of the Scottish Isles... -
![Fearie Tales: Books of Horror by Stephen Jones]()
Fearie Tales: Books of Horror by Stephen Jones
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNeil Gaiman, Joanne Harris and other bestsellers re-imagine famous fairy tales in this wonderfully rich, scary anthology, illustrated by Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings artist Alan LeeFollowing in the grand tradition of the Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, some of today's finest writers have created their own brand-new fairy tales - but with a decidedly dark twist... -
![Bad Blood by J.R. Rain, H.T. Night]()
Bad Blood by J.R. Rain, H.T. Night
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey call him Spider.And people come to him when they have a problem. So when teenager Parker Cole approaches Spider at night school, he figures she's just another problem waiting to happen. But then she tells him about her father, who runs a cult called Cloudland based at the foot of mystical Mount Shasta, California... -
![Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia]()
Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmerican Horror Story meets the dark comedy of Kafka's The Metamorphosis as Cat searches for a way to escape her high school. A tale of family, love, tragedy, and masks--the ones others make for us, and the ones we make for ourselves. Katzenjammer will haunt fans of Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You and E. Lockhart's We Were Liars.Cat lives in her high school... -
![City of Saints and Madmen: A Novel by Jeff VanderMeer]()
City of Saints and Madmen: A Novel by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn City of Saints and Madmen, Jeff VanderMeer has reinvented the literature of the fantastic. You hold in your hands an invitation to a place unlike any you’ve ever visited–an invitation delivered by one of our most audacious and astonishing literary magicians. City of elegance and squalor. Of religious fervor and wanton lusts... -
![999: Twenty-Nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense by Al Sarrantonio, Stephen King]()
999: Twenty-Nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense by Al Sarrantonio, Stephen King
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAward-winning writer and editor Al Sarrantonio gathers together twenty-nine original stories from masters of the macabre. From dark fantasy and pure suspense to classic horror tales of vampires and zombies, 999 showcases the extraordinary scope of fantastical fright fiction... -
![Deliver Us from Evil by Tom Holland]()
Deliver Us from Evil by Tom Holland
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWiltshire, during the dying days of Oliver Cromwell's Republic. Robert Vaughn is the son of a Parliamentary officer, investigating a series of grisly murders which suggest a link with Satanic rituals. Led along a dark path to vampirism and beyond, he attempts to fight an evil killer... -
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![Fosgate's Game by David C. Cassidy]()
Fosgate's Game by David C. Cassidy
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKINGS OF INDUSTRY. PAWNS OF FATE. LET THE GAME BEGIN.For Chadwick Harlow, a peaceful, easy-going Englishman, after-dinner drinks with his business partner—a ruthless, hard-edged hunter—is a weekly affair. But when casual conversation takes a mysterious and menacing turn into the supernatural, his wits are put to the test in a deadly challenge... -
![The Black Stone by Robert E. Howard]()
The Black Stone by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The Black Stone" is a horror short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, first published in the November 1931 issue of Weird Tales. The story introduces the mad poet Justin Geoffrey and the fictitious Unaussprechlichen Kulten by Friedrich von Junzt. The story is part of the Cthulhu Mythos, and follows the same pattern and has the same features as much of H. P. Lovecraft's classic work... -
![Boneyard by Seanan McGuire]()
Boneyard by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe newest book based on the hit Weird West RPG franchise Deadlands!Step right up to see the oddities and marvels of The Blackstone Family Circus and Travelling Wonder Show! Gasp at pit wasps the size of a man’s forearm. Beware the pumpkin-headed corn stalker, lest it plant its roots in you!Annie Pearl is the keeper of oddities, the mistress of monsters... -
![Are You Loathsome Tonight?: A Collection of Short Stories by Poppy Z. Brite, Peter Straub]()
Are You Loathsome Tonight?: A Collection of Short Stories by Poppy Z. Brite, Peter Straub
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis collection by Poppy Z. Brite, author of Exquisite Corpse and Love in Vein, among others, features anew story, Monday's Special. Poppy contributed story notes as well as the Preface... -
![Darkside by Tom Becker]()
Darkside by Tom Becker
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLondon has a secret: a hidden borough of monsters and mayhem, founded by Jack the Ripper and known as Darkside. It's a place of evil and danger, but also excitement and mystery - and it's Jonathan's last hiding place. Alone and on the run, he finds his troubles - and adventures - have only just begun... -
![By These Ten Bones by Clare B. Dunkle]()
By These Ten Bones by Clare B. Dunkle
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere's hidden places all over this land-old, old places. Places with a chain for them to chain up the wolf when it's time.A bone-chilling tale of werewolves and love, set in medieval ScotlandA mysterious young man has come to a small Highland town. His talent for wood carving soon wins the admiration of the weaver's daughter, Maddie...
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