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The Night Club: Part One by Jiří Kulhánek
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the dark corners of Prague, a crazed couple plots a sinister demise for a kidnapped girl. But justice is swift in the form of a shadowy group called the Night Club. The couple meets an untimely end and the little girl is saved-just one of many innocent victims rescued by the members of the Club... -
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The Night Club - Part II. by Jiří Kulhánek
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Night Club Part II, by Jiri Kulhanek, is the second part of the author’s first novel translated into English. At the story's heart is the Night Club, a secret organization operating in Prague that hunts down evildoers, who evade the police and operate above the law... -
![Cabinet Jack by J.L. Bryan]()
Cabinet Jack by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClose your doors and cabinets tight, or Jack will climb out to see you tonight.The former railroad stop of Timbermill, Georgia has grown ever more quiet and empty since its boom era faded decades ago... -
![Netherworld Paranormal Police Department Full Series Box Set, #1-5 by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young]()
Netherworld Paranormal Police Department Full Series Box Set, #1-5 by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThousands sold. Millions of pages read. Get your badge today! *INCLUDES BOOKS 1-5* Nearly 900 pages of action-packed adventure. Blood Crossed (Book 1) Meet Piper Shaw. She's one of the Netherworld Paranormal Police Department's toughest. She's also an immortal, and she's got one hell of a chip on her shoulder. Meet Reaper Payne. He's an actual reaper. Yes, one of those guys who ferries the dead... -
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![Midnight Movie by J.L. Bryan]()
Midnight Movie by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLong ago, dreams glowed on the screen under the night sky at the old drive-in theater. Once an attraction drawing families and teenagers from miles around, the theater has sat dark and silent for years, its former bright, carnival-like atmosphere a distant memory.A young family brings the forgotten theater to life with a new, modern vision for its future, but strange troubles plague them... -
![The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan]()
The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe antebellum mansion sits isolated in the overgrown countryside like a forgotten temple. Within it lie the dark, twisting paths of a private library possessing secrets from across the ages. The collection of ancient and medieval occult manuscripts tell of conjuring spirits and raising the dead, of making contact with supernatural realms and beings usually forbidden to living mortals... -
![Penang Pixie by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant]()
Penang Pixie by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*** THOUSANDS OF READERS HAVE FOUND A HOME WITH THE PARANORMAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. GET YOUR BADGE TODAY! *** When evil comes home, the only hope is the devil within The Shapers, the ancient enemy of the warlocks, have taken the fight to Mark, attempting to assassinate him and those he cares about... -
![Murder on Hunter's Eve by Morgan Stang]()
Murder on Hunter's Eve by Morgan Stang
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA werewolf terrorizes the city of Lamplight!It's the week of Hunter's Eve, a yearly celebration of monsters, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night. But for Huntress Isabeau Agarwal, the event is a stark reminder that in her line of work, there is never a day's rest.Murders rock the city, and Isabeau is charged with solving them before the killer strikes again... -
![Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire]()
Laughter at the Academy by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom fairy tale forest to gloomy gothic moor, from gleaming epidemiologist’s lab to the sandy shores of Neverland, Seanan McGuire’s short fiction has been surprising, delighting, confusing, and transporting her readers since 2009. Now, for the first time, that fiction has been gathered together in one place, ready to be enjoyed one twisting, tangled tale at a time... -
![Un segundo amor by Mariana Palova]()
Un segundo amor by Mariana Palova
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“No eras más que un simple humano. Pero no necesitabas ser nada más para lograr cosas extraordinarias.” Frío, astuto y asombrosamente eficaz, Salvador Hoffman es famoso tanto por ser el mejor detective de Nueva Orleans como por su incapacidad para sentir empatía o afecto por otras personas, cosa que lo ha convertido en un hombre más temido que respetado... -
![Curse of Fangs by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young]()
Curse of Fangs by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA vampire's bite sucks, but it's also quite powerful... When Las Vegas Paranormal Police Chief Ian Dex is injected with a healthy dose of vampire venom, he gains access to power like he's never known. He's faster, stronger, and his ability to do magic is on the rise, too.The problem is that he's becoming too powerful... -
![Yes, Master by Simon Archer]()
Yes, Master by Simon Archer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if you had a genie who wanted your every last desire to come true? What if you had two? And what if they were competing to see who could do a better job?What would you wish... -
![The Zombie Knight -- Volume Two by George M. Frost]()
The Zombie Knight -- Volume Two by George M. Frost
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe second volume of the dark serial novel, The Zombie Knight. Includes the 4th, 5th and 6th story arcs. The first volume is available for free at Smashwords.Follows the young Hector Goffe and his grim reaper Garovel as they attempt to prevent the destruction of Hector's home country of Atreya... -
![Strange Girl by S.A. Hunter]()
Strange Girl by S.A. Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*You look awesome.* This is a typical text from Jake, the mysterious guy who saved Mary from the Shadowman. After everything had settled down, he started sending little messages to her. They brighten her day and make her feel special. She likes Jake. He's different like her. A freak. They send texts back and forth frequently, and Mary hasn’t told anyone about him. He's her secret friend... -
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![Nemesis by Emma L. Adams]()
Nemesis by Emma L. Adams
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiscovering she's a walking magical weapon is just the beginning of Ada's problems.Joining the Alliance might be the key to seeing the worlds she's always dreamed of, but Ada's new job causes a rift to form between her and her guardian, Nell. As she struggles to come to terms with the events of the previous month, Ada is reluctant to use magic again after the damage it caused... -
![Ex-Superheroes 2 by A.J. Markam]()
Ex-Superheroes 2 by A.J. Markam
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s still saving the world and getting hot chicks… but the job just got a lot tougher. Hunter McNeil, former soldier and ex-superhero, just barely survived his last mission in Tokyo. But with his forcefield powers back at full strength and two smoking hot superheroines on his arm, he’s on to his next challenge. Unfortunately, the supervillain in charge of San Francisco is ready for him... -
![Norylska Groans by Michael R. Fletcher, Clayton W. Snyder]()
Norylska Groans by Michael R. Fletcher, Clayton W. Snyder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNorylska Groans...with the weight of her crimes. In a city where winter reigns amid the fires of industry and war, soot and snow conspire to conceal centuries of death and deception.Norylska Groans...and the weight of a leaden sky threatens to crush her people. Katyusha Leonova, desperate to restore her family name, takes a job with Norylska's brutal police force... -
![Collision by Emma L. Adams]()
Collision by Emma L. Adams
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Earth suddenly gains inexplicably high levels of magic, all fingers point at the Alliance. On a distant world, where magic-fuelled forces of nature rule over humans, a disaster is sweeping the land, threatening to knock the Balance across the Multiverse out of sync. When Kay and Ada are sent there with the other Ambassadors, they’re thrown into the centre of chaos... -
![Grave Creatures by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young]()
Grave Creatures by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow exactly do you kill someone who's already dead?Playboy Police Chief Ian Dex didn't believe in zombies...until now.An old necromancer has been summoning the dead. His goal is to overrun the world, one city at a time. Too bad he started in Vegas.With the horde of zombies heading in from the old cemeteries, Ian and his crew soon realize they can't handle this threat alone... -
![Merciless by Robin Parrish]()
Merciless by Robin Parrish
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvil has infiltrated our world. His name is Oblivion and his touch is death. He devastates the planet, turning it into a twisted, barren world. A dark world. And Grant Borrows, the one man powerful enough to oppose him, is dead.As Grant's remaining friends learn the ultimate truth behind the events that shaped their lives, they secretly gather for one last battle... -
![Dead Lies Dreaming by Charles Stross]()
Dead Lies Dreaming by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn a world where magic has gone mainstream, a policewoman and a group of petty criminals are pulled into a heist to find a forbidden book of spells that should never be opened... -
![Agla. Alef by Radek Rak]()
Agla. Alef by Radek Rak
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDługo wyczekiwana książka Radka Raka – laureata Nagrody Literackiej NikeAgla to brawurowa historia przygodowa, ale też wnikliwa i wzruszająca powieść psychologiczna o dojrzewaniu i przemianie, o miłości i odkrywaniu swej cielesności, o zawiedzionych przyjaźniach, wykluczeniu i samotności, o odnajdywaniu siebie i stawaniu się człowiekiem w pełni znaczenia tego słowa... -
![Fearless by Robin Parrish]()
Fearless by Robin Parrish
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe world changed after that terrible day when the sky burned, and now every heart is gripped by fear Earthquakes, fire, disease, and floods pummel the earth, and its citizens watch in horror. But in the darkness there is hope--an anonymous but powerful hero whom the public dubs "Guardian" emerges from the wreckage... -
![The Acropolis by R.K. Ryals]()
The Acropolis by R.K. Ryals
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"We have a new assignment for you, Mr. Reinhardt."These words are not comforting to me. At eighteen, I am a gargoyle who has been demoted because I broke the rules. Now I have a new mission, a new mark to protect. But I don't expect Emma Chase. I don't expect to question my own race. I don't expect to care for my own mark. And I am not prepared for what I find at The Acropolis... -
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![Grudge by Rachel Caine]()
Grudge by Rachel Caine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings***CONTENT WARNING: This story details events discussed in The Dead Girls’ Dance about the death of Shane’s sister Alyssa. Please be warned that there is intense emotional content in this story, and adult themes...Categorized as:
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![The Gilded King by Josie Jaffrey]()
The Gilded King by Josie Jaffrey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the Blue, the world’s last city, all is not well.Julia is stuck within its walls. She serves the nobility from a distance until she meets Lucas, a boy who believes in fairytales that Julia’s world can’t accommodate. The Blue is her prison, not her castle, and she’d escape into the trees if she didn’t know that contamination and death awaited humanity outside... -
![Mystic Bonds by C.C. Solomon]()
Mystic Bonds by C.C. Solomon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMage Amina Langston thought surviving the supernatural apocalypse, which killed fifty percent of humankind and changed most of the surviving population into paranormal beings, were the biggest challenges in her life. That is, until she and her brother go on the run from non-gifted humans who want to steal their magical blood to make a power-giving serum... -
![Arcane Dropout 2 by Edmund Hughes]()
Arcane Dropout 2 by Edmund Hughes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter forming a pact with the ghost of a former student, Lee Amaranth has gained a limited amount of spellcasting ability. It’s anyone’s guess how far three spells per day will take him, however. Now that he’s serving as an apprentice to Harper, his sister’s former lover and the school’s resident ice queen, the expectations on him are higher than ever... -
![Pan by Francesco Dimitri]()
Pan by Francesco Dimitri
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNelle notti romane ci sono bambini che sognano, e che nel sogno, ogni volta, ripetono il viaggio verso una grande isola che non c'è. Nelle notti romane ci sono ville borghesi illuminate dalla luna piena, e dai loro giardini spesso s'innalzano, non visti, mastodontici galeoni pirata... -
![The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw]()
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewitching fairytale of discovering the darkness in the world, and the darkness within oneself.“This brilliant novella is not to be missed.” —Publishers Weekly, STARRED reviewYou may think you know how the fairytale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince... -
![Reality Hack by Niall Teasdale]()
Reality Hack by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReality: the state of things as they actually exist. Reality is an illusion, albeit a persistent one. – Albert Einstein. The belief that one’s own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions. – Paul Watzlawick. Not creating delusions is enlightenment. – Bodhidharma. Which delusion do I pick? – Nisa Harper, aspiring Reality Hacker... -
![In Every Generation by Kendare Blake]()
In Every Generation by Kendare Blake
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA new Slayer for a new generation...Frankie Rosenberg is passionate about the environment, a sophomore at New Sunnydale High School, and the daughter of the most powerful witch in Sunnydale history. Her mom, Willow, is slowly teaching her magic on the condition that she use it to better the world...Categorized as:
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![Anything Resembling Love by S. Qiouyi Lu]()
Anything Resembling Love by S. Qiouyi Lu
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAll her life Sylvia has made sure to never let anyone see the centipedes that emerge from her body. It’s gross and impolite. Until finally she reaches her breaking point. This is a speculative exploration of rape culture and hiding pain in favor of others’ pleasure.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied... -
![Uncanny Magazine Issue 13: November/December 2016 by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas]()
Uncanny Magazine Issue 13: November/December 2016 by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe November/December 2016 issue of the Hugo Award winning Uncanny Magazine... -
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![Rite of Passage by John Passarella]()
Rite of Passage by John Passarella
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThirty years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force. Following the tragedy, their father taught the boys everything about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners of America... and how to kill it.Laurel Hill, New Jersey is beginning to look like one of the unluckiest places on Earth when a series of mishaps hit the town... -
![What We Did While You Were Gone by Rory Power]()
What We Did While You Were Gone by Rory Power
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat We Did While You Were Gone is a 26-page short story featuring Hetty, Reese, and Byatt from Wilder Girls and set early in their friendship, prior to the events of the book... -
![The New Voices of Fantasy by Peter S. Beagle, Alyssa Wong]()
The New Voices of Fantasy by Peter S. Beagle, Alyssa Wong
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat would you do if a tornado wanted you to be its Valentine? Or if a haunted spacesuit banged on your door? When is the ideal time to turn into a tiger? Would you post a supernatural portal on Craigslist?In these nineteen stories, the enfants terribles of fantasy have entered the building—a love-starved, ambulatory skyscraper... -
![We Are Not Good People by Jeff Somers]()
We Are Not Good People by Jeff Somers
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the “exhilarating, powerful, and entertaining” (Guardian) storyteller of the Avery Cates series comes a gritty supernatural thriller featuring a pair of unlikely heroes caught up in the underground world of blood magic... -
![Please Undo This Hurt by Seth Dickinson]()
Please Undo This Hurt by Seth Dickinson
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of The Traitor Baru Cormorant comes a Tor.com Original short story from science fiction and fantasy writer Seth DickinsonEver feel like you care too much? After a breakup, after the funeral...it feels like the way to win at life is to care the least.That's not an option for Dominga, an EMT who cares too much, or her drinking buddy Nico, who just lost his poor cat. Life hurts... -
![Swashbucklers by Dan Hanks]()
Swashbucklers by Dan Hanks
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Cisco Collins returns to his home town thirty years after saving it from being swallowed by a hell mouth opened by an ancient pirate ghost, he realises that being a childhood hero isn't like it was in the movies.Especially when nobody remembers the heroic bits - even the friends who once fought alongside him... -
![Kiss of the Demon Girl by Eddie R. Hicks]()
Kiss of the Demon Girl by Eddie R. Hicks
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRuthless, foulmouthed, and sometimes drunk. That’s me on a good day. Just imagine what I’m like on a bad day.My name is Reika. I don’t know who I am anymore other than the following facts:I’m unlikeable.I used to be a member of the Yakuza.I think a succubus has a thing for me.The police shot me six times.After my discharge from the hospital I learned that I had the unique talent to control fire... -
![Freeks by Amanda Hocking]()
Freeks by Amanda Hocking
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a world of magical visions and pyrokinesis, Mara just wants to have a normal life. But is that possible?Mara has become used to the extraordinary. Roaming from place to place with Gideon Davorin’s Traveling Carnival, she longs for an ordinary life where no one has the ability to levitate or predict the future... -
![Night Owls by Lauren M. Roy]()
Night Owls by Lauren M. Roy
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNight Owls book store is the one spot on campus open late enough to help out even the most practiced slacker. The employees’ penchant for fighting the evil creatures of the night is just a perk… Valerie McTeague’s business model is simple: provide the students of Edgewood College with a late-night study haven and stay as far away from the underworld conflicts of her vampire brethren as possible...Categorized as:
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![Premonitions by Jamie Schultz]()
Premonitions by Jamie Schultz
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTWO MILLION DOLLARS... It’s the kind of score Karyn Ames has always dreamed of—enough to set her crew up pretty well and, more important, enough to keep her safely stocked on a very rare, very expensive black market drug... -
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![The Life and Death Parade by Eliza Wass]()
The Life and Death Parade by Eliza Wass
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne year ago, Kitty's boyfriend Nikki Bramley visited a psychic who told him he had no future. Now, he's dead. With the Bramley family grieving in separate corners of their home, Kitty sets out to find the psychic who read Nikki his fate... -
![Running with the Pack by Ekaterina Sedia, Carrie Vaughn]()
Running with the Pack by Ekaterina Sedia, Carrie Vaughn
Rated: 3.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRemember the werewolves of classic stories and films, those bloodthirsty monsters that transformed under the full moon, reminding us of the terrible nature that lives within all of us? Today's werewolves are much more suave - and even sexy - and they've moved from British moors to New York City lofts, shaved, and got jobs... -
![Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge by Paul Krueger]()
Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge by Paul Krueger
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this sharp and funny urban fantasy novel, booze is magic, demons are real, and millennial Bailey Chen joins a band of monster-fighting Chicago bartenders instead of finding a “real” post-college job...Categorized as:
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![Night Child by Jes Battis]()
Night Child by Jes Battis
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFIRST IN A NEW SERIES.Enter the night world of the OSI... OCCULT SPECIAL INVESTIGATORTess Corday, Occult Special Investigator for Vancouver's Mystical Crime Lab, is used to seeing dead vampires. But there's nothing ordinary about this case. Not the lab results on the cause of death. Not the teenage girl living at the address found in the vamp's pocket, who may well be in thrall to a demon... -
![Hobgoblin by John Coyne]()
Hobgoblin by John Coyne
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAncient magic meets contemporary horror in this thrilling tale of a young man's obsession. Scott Gardiner is already shattered by the demise of his character in a sword-and-sorcery fantasy. When his father dies at almost exactly the same moment, the line between nightmare and reality begins to erode... -
![Indigo by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden]()
Indigo by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden
Rated: 2.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsInvestigative reporter Nora Hesper spends her nights cloaked in shadows. As Indigo, she's become an urban myth, a brutal vigilante who can forge darkness into weapons and travel across the city by slipping from one patch of shadow to another. Her primary focus both as Nora and as Indigo has become a murderous criminal cult called the Children of Phonos...Categorized as:
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