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  • Shadows over Innsmouth by Stephen Jones, H.P. Lovecraft

    Shadows over Innsmouth by Stephen Jones, H.P. Lovecraft

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Librarian 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...
  • Call of Cthulhu: Horror Roleplaying by Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis

    Call of Cthulhu: Horror Roleplaying by Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    CALL OF CTHULHU is Chaosium's classic roleplaying game of Lovecraftian horror in which ordinary people are confronted by the terrifying and alien forces of the Cthulhu Mythos. CALL OF CTHULHU uses Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying System, easy to learn and quick to play. This bestseller has won dozens of game-industry awards and is a member of the Academy of Adventure Game Design Hall of Fame...
  • Anghellic by Shayne Silvers

    Anghellic by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Callie Penrose has taken over Castle Dracula all for herself, finally feeling like she has time to take a breath and relax. Until she learns that her new real estate acquisition comes with a few unsavory job perks, Nate Temple has been abducted, and Darling and Dear—the mysterious Armorers of the Apocalypse—have been hiding much more than even she suspected...
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    dark  demons  myths  retellings  adult  audiobook  book  coming-of-age
  • Hurricane by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Hurricane by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What’s a goddess to do?After being lost at sea and taken prisoner by yet another denizen of the Titan realm, Quinn finds herself cold, wet, miserable, and very much alone. Until a familiar and unexpected face steps back into her life to remind her who she is—and has always—been: a fighter...
  • Halo Breaker by Shayne Silvers

    Halo Breaker by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The White Rose marches for war. The angels will weep, the devils will cry, and mankind may die.Callie Penrose wields the Spear of Destiny and wears Envy’s Halo—the corrupting power of darkness balanced by the legendary blade of light...
  • Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two by Jack Townsend

    Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two by Jack Townsend

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out of trouble. But when his chain-smoking coworker discovers a mysterious radio signal revealing the guarded secrets of their town, Jack will learn that an annoying new dayshift manager is far from the worst of his problems...
  • Bane County: Forgotten Moon by J.R. Rice

    Bane County: Forgotten Moon by J.R. Rice

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The large river-island of Bane County has a troubled past; but some histories are eagerly forgotten, especially those written in blood. Nestled into the foothills of the National Wildlife Refuge, the small rural town of Silver Canyon seems idyllic to most; but a long-slumbering evil is about to reawaken...
  • Moonshine by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Moonshine by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Witches and werewolves and rednecks, oh my!After surviving one Hell of a journey, Quinn MacKenna - black magic arms dealer turned demigoddess - was really looking forward to spending some quality time with friends. And maybe a beer. Unfortunately time is the only thing Quinn doesn’t have, and all her friends are either missing, in hiding, or imprisoned - including her favorite bartender...
  • Holy Sheoly by Hunter Blain

    Holy Sheoly by Hunter Blain

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company, and Sheol for…well, the screaming silence of eternal nothingness?In the frigid lands belonging to the Queen of the Unseelie, a beautiful stranger dressed all in ivory makes his approach. A debt is owed, and payment is due.Below the burning lakes of everlasting woe and the single, vast city of Hell, lies Sheol—the Hell below Hell...
  • 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 ratings
    Rayven 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...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  myths  romance  paranormal  fantasy  horror  monsters
  • Ocean of Blood by Darren Shan

    Ocean of Blood by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Before Larten Crepsley was a vampire general...Before he was Darren Shan's master... Before the War of Scars...Larten Crepsley was a teenager. And he was sick of the pomp and circumstance of fusty old vampires telling him what to do. Taking off on his own with his blood brother, Wester, Larten takes off into the world to see what his newly blooded vampire status can get him in the human world...
  • Mortimer by Neven Iliev

    Mortimer by Neven Iliev

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Armageddon Day. That is how history will remember the date when two Overlords clashed amidst the war-torn streets of New Whitehall. The disastrous duel its explosive conclusion wreaked heavy casualties on the two armies present, rendering both the Ishigar Republic and the Lodrak Empire unable to continue to fight. And yet, it was no stalemate...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  myths  retellings  adult  ai  audiobook  book
  • Kill All Angels: The Vicious Circuit, Book Three by Robert Brockway

    Kill All Angels: The Vicious Circuit, Book Three by Robert Brockway

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The concluding volume in the humorous punk rock adventure that began with The Unnoticeables and The Empty Ones. After the events of the first two books of the Vicious Circle series, Carey and Randall reached LA during the early '80s punk scene, which was heavily mixed up with Chinatown...
    Categorized as:
    demons  myths  retellings  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  dark-humor
  • Rumble of the Coaster Ghost by Troy Cummings

    Rumble of the Coaster Ghost by Troy Cummings

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stermont's latest monster is a real scream!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina...
  • Soulstice by Simon Holt

    Soulstice by Simon Holt

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Beware the darkness and the light.They will steal your soul in day or night.In summer's warmth or winter's coldYour life will end when the Vours take hold.In the fearscape no one can hear you cry,And in its depth your soul will die.Reggie Halloway thought she was finished with the Vours - the demons who had possessed her brother, Henry - forever...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  myths  action-adventure  book  death  family  fiction
  • Rise of the Huntress by Joseph Delaney

    Rise of the Huntress by Joseph Delaney

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have returned to the county after a long journey and a hard battle. But their troubles are far from over. Their home has been over-run by enemy soldiers.Tom, Alice and the Spook flee across the ocean to the island of Mona. It's on Mona that this small band fighting against the dark will face an old enemy grown terrifyingly powerful...
  • Death's Shadow by Darren Shan

    Death's Shadow by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The apocalypse came and the world burned. But it wasn't the end, and out of the destruction, new life has emerged. Bec is back to face the Demonata. After centuries of imprisonment, she's more powerful than ever, but the demons no longer stand alone.Something has crawled out of the darkness with her. Lord Loss is no longer humanity's greatest threat..
  • Demon Thief by Darren Shan

    Demon Thief by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The second novel in this bonechilling series by Darren Shan, author of the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series is sure to give you goosebumps. Kernel Fleck has always known he's weird. He sees lights. Strange, multi-colored patches of light, swirling through the air. But it's not until a window opens into a demon world, with horrific consequences, that Kernel discovers his powers...
  • Spirit Magic by Ella Summers

    Spirit Magic by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Naomi Garland, a half-fairy with the power to navigate realms, divides her time between earth and hell. On earth, she is a supernatural enforcer, charged with upholding the peace. In hell, she is the insurgent Spirit Warrior who fights demonic overlords and has turned the entire underworld on its head...
  • Witches of the Deep by C.N. Crawford, Carlos Quevedo

    Witches of the Deep by C.N. Crawford, Carlos Quevedo

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fiona and her friends are on the run from the ruthless witch-hunters, seeking refuge in the werewolf city of Dogtown. But sadly for Fiona, no sanctuary awaits them there. Plagued by its inhabitants and her own twisted past, Fiona is searching for one thing: a way out. Her only hope is to complete a series of grueling tasks set forth by a gorgeous—but terrifying—sea-demon...
  • High Moor 3: Blood Moon by Graeme Reynolds

    High Moor 3: Blood Moon by Graeme Reynolds

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The war has begun... As the humans make their move against the werewolf threat in their midst, and civil war threatens to break the pack apart, John and Marie struggle to free the only person who can unite the werewolf factions against their common enemy: Marie’s brother, Michael. However, their efforts may be for nothing...
  • In Death We Part by M. Bonnet

    In Death We Part by M. Bonnet

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My routine was simple - classes, work, repeat - then an unearthed family secret changed everything. Four mysterious men shattered my life and stomped on the pieces until I had nothing left. They were strangers to me, but I was no stranger to them. They had been watching me… waiting until the time was right to strike...
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    dark  demons  myths  romance  reverse-harem  fantasy  paranormal  mlm
  • Slawter by Darren Shan

    Slawter by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Lights. Camera. Slawter!Grubbs Grady and his half-brother Bill-E are thrilled to join their uncle Dervish as onset consultants for the newest movie by cult horror producer David A Hayms. Shot in a deserted town renamed Slawter, the demon-themed movie is to be Hayms's masterpiece. But as strange incidents disrupt the set, Grubbs begins to wonder whether more than filming is afoot...
  • Dark Calling by Darren Shan

    Dark Calling by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The Disciples are being manipulated by beings older than time. Only Kernel Fleck knows that something is wrong. But he is in the grip of a creature who cares nothing for the fate of humanity. Voices are calling to him from the darkness and he's powerless to resist. Kernel has already been to hell and back, now he's about to go further...
  • Cold Sanctuary by Anthony M. Strong

    Cold Sanctuary by Anthony M. Strong

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The bogeyman is real. In a tunnel deep beneath an Alaskan mountain, a man is brutally murdered. Just one in a series of grisly deaths, it is not long before whispers grow that the Qalupalik, a terrifying creature born from centuries of superstition and fear, has come to wreak havoc on the small coastal town of Shackleton, Alaska...
  • Bec by Darren Shan

    Bec by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    As demonic Fomorii ravage their land, Bec and a band of warrior companions leave their devastated rath to answer a plea for help. An orphaned priestess-in-training, Bec hopes the journey will help her solve the mysteries of her birth. But fighting demons has a steep price..
  • Protector of the Grove by Trevor H. Cooley

    Protector of the Grove by Trevor H. Cooley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Jharro Grove Saga: Part Two Jhonate’s reprieve from her father has been cut short. She is forced to return home to Malaroo, bringing Justan along with her. The journey she has avoided for so long has become all the more difficult because someone wants Justan dead. The rogue horse Esmine, a mythical beast of remarkable power, has been captured by a troupe of dwarf smugglers...
  • Crown of Ashes by Amanda Aggie

    Crown of Ashes by Amanda Aggie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "We're all villains here." - Alice WhittakerBoth The Demon Prince and Crown of Ashes hit #1 in Amazon Charts for Paranormal Angel Romance, Dark Fantasy, Dark Fantasy Horror, Folklore, and Amazon New Releases!A year ago, we managed to escape the realm of monsters, unscathed.The mistake of trying to strike a bargain with the High King has been buried in the past…Or so we thought...
    Categorized as:
    retellings  myths  dark  romance  fantasy  magic  paranormal  angels
  • The Graveyard Shift by D.M. Guay

    The Graveyard Shift by D.M. Guay

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A frightfully funny novel for fans of Tom Holt and Christopher Moore.Lloyd Wallace is the most clueless crossing guard the intersection of hell and earth has ever seen. So clueless, that he doesn't even realize the beer cave in the corner store where he works is the gateway to hell.The gate needs a hero, but Lloyd's a zero, a loser with a capital L...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  myths  retellings  action-adventure  adult  angels  book
  • Death's Bloom by Lily Mayne

    Death's Bloom by Lily Mayne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s the most perfect man I’ve ever met, but something is… wrong.I don’t see it at first. All I see is the gorgeous man with dark eyes and long hair and that unusual blue beard. The piercings and the tattoos, the beautiful smile. All I can focus on is the way he touches me, the sound of his voice in my ear, the perfect life he draws me into.I hide it from him at first...
  • The Quiet Boy by Nick Antosca

    The Quiet Boy by Nick Antosca

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    But there was no Goldilocks in his story. There were only the Wolfs, who lived together in a cave above a town. Big Wolf, Middle Wolf, and Little Wolf. Big Wolf was a brute. Little Wolf was timid. Middle Wolf was the peacemaker...
    Categorized as:
    myths  dark  retellings  horror  fiction  mystery  fantasy  paranormal
  • The Numbing by Flint Maxwell

    The Numbing by Flint Maxwell

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A Supernatural Apocalypse NovelEvil awaits.After the devastating events on Prism Lake, Grady and the other survivors head south, hoping to find safety in one of the rumored "Cities of Light."But as they embark on their journey, they quickly discover the monsters aren't the only things out in the snow they must fear.They may not even be the worst things..
  • Crack the Sky: Preternatural Chronicles Book 8  (The Preternatural Chronicles) by Hunter Blain

    Crack the Sky: Preternatural Chronicles Book 8 (The Preternatural Chronicles) by Hunter Blain

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the heart of darkness... do what must be done. Depweg is lost in time, unwittingly finding himself in a stream of reality that has broken off from the single river our universe safely resides upon. John has no choice but to do the impossible and retrieve his best friend or risk the two parallel timelines crashing into one another...
  • The Ammonite Violin & Others by Caitlín R. Kiernan

    The Ammonite Violin & Others by Caitlín R. Kiernan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Caitlí­n R. Kiernan's The Ammonite Violin & Others, one of contemporary dark fantasy s most bewitching and distinctive voices is back with another banquet of the weird and unexpected. In his introduction, Jeff VanderMeer (City of Saints and Madmen, Finch) writes, Kiernan creates her own light in this remarkable collection, and shines it on dark places...
    Categorized as:
    dark  myths  retellings  adult  anthologies  dark-fantasy  fae  fiction
  • A Dark Roux by Blaine Daigle

    A Dark Roux by Blaine Daigle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Beneath the black waters of the Louisiana bayou hides a world of dark mysticism. A world steeped in superstition and the decay of family legacies. A world Rhiannon LeBeau thought she’d left behind fifteen years ago after a summer of tragedy and horror...
  • The Dark Army by Joseph Delaney

    The Dark Army by Joseph Delaney

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Newly risen from the dead, Thomas Ward has been tasked with leading an army into battle against the dark, alongside his apprentice, Jenny, and the witch assassin Grimalkin. But their battle goes terribly wrong, and Tom’s situation seems hopeless until Alice—a powerful witch turned to the dark—appears...
  • The Book of Cthulhu by Ross E. Lockhart, Caitlín R. Kiernan

    The Book of Cthulhu by Ross E. Lockhart, Caitlín R. Kiernan

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Cthulhu Mythos is one of the 20th century's most singularly recognizable literary creations. Initially created by H. P. Lovecraft and a group of his amorphous contemporaries (the so-called "Lovecraft Circle"), The Cthulhu Mythos story cycle has taken on a convoluted, cyclopean life of its own...
  • Spook's Dark Assassin by Joseph Delaney

    Spook's Dark Assassin by Joseph Delaney

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The third chilling installment in the new Spook's legend ...An assassin lurks in the darkness between earth and oblivion - but who are they, and what is their mission? The people of the County live in fear of the beasts bent on bringing the war to their home...
  • Next of Kin by Dan Wells

    Next of Kin by Dan Wells

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    We call them demons, for lack of a better word, but the truth is something much more mysterious. In the "I am not a Serial Killer" trilogy, the young sociopath John Cleaver killed three of them to protect his family, but he has no idea what horrors he's stirred up.Elijah Sexton was a god of the ancient world. Now he drives a hearse in a Midwest town and keeps his head down...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  serial-killers  book  crime  dark-fantasy  fiction  gods
  • Slither by Joseph Delaney

    Slither by Joseph Delaney

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    "My name is Slither, and before my tale is finished you'll find out why."The dark is full of terrifying creatures. And Tom Ward—the seventh son of a seventh son, and the Spook's last apprentice—hasn't seen all of them. Far from the county, one named Slither has lived for hundreds of years, hunting blood.But a dying father binds the monster to a bargain...
  • Demon Road by Derek Landy

    Demon Road by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The mind-blowing new supernatural thriller from bestselling author DEREK LANDY, creator of international sensation Skulduggery Pleasant.Full of Landy’s trademark wit, action and razor-sharp dialogue, DEMON ROAD kicks off with a shocking opener and never lets up the pace in an epic road-trip across the supernatural landscape of America...
  • Desolation by Derek Landy

    Desolation by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Reeling from their bloody encounter in New York City at the end of Demon Road, Amber and Milo flee north. On their trail are the Hounds of Hell – five demonic bikers who will stop at nothing to drag their quarries back to their unholy master...
  • Creature by Hunter Shea

    Creature by Hunter Shea

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The monsters live inside of Kate Woodson. Chronic pain and a host of autoimmune diseases have robbed her of a normal, happy life. Her husband Andrew’s surprise of their dream Maine lake cottage for the summer is the gift of a lifetime. It’s beautiful, remote, idyllic, a place to heal. But they are not alone...
    Categorized as:
    dark  myths  retellings  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror
  • Pilgrim: A Medieval Horror by Mitchell Lüthi

    Pilgrim: A Medieval Horror by Mitchell Lüthi

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Set in 12th-century Jerusalem, Pilgrim follows the treacherous journey of a German knight and his companions as they return home after seven arduous years battling for God in the Holy Land. Within this sprawling tale lies a tapestry of medieval horror, intertwining history and folklore, encompassing both a metaphysical and literal odyssey...
  • Monster Needs a Costume by Paul Czajak

    Monster Needs a Costume by Paul Czajak

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s almost Halloween, and Monster needs to decide what he’s going to be. With so many options — a fireman, a ballerina, a cowboy, a ninja—how will he ever decide? In this playful, rhyming story, Monster shows young readers that sometimes being creative and daring to try something new are the best solutions...
  • Skin Medicine by Tim Curran

    Skin Medicine by Tim Curran

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An unspeakable evil is stalking the territory. Civil war veteran and bounty hunter Tyler Cabe, who is tracking a merciless murderer, must find a way to battle something beyond the imagination of living man...
  • To Beat the Devil by M.K. Gibson, C.T. Phipps

    To Beat the Devil by M.K. Gibson, C.T. Phipps

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.175 years have passed since God quit on mankind. Without his blessing, Hell itself, along with the ancient power of The Deep, were unleashed upon the world. Two world wars and oceans of blood later, a balance was reached. Demonkind took its place as the ruling aristocracy...
  • Tears of the Furies by Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski

    Tears of the Furies by Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Behind the facade of a stately Boston brownstone, humanity's last defenses are being marshaled. Called to action by the enigmatic, brilliant man known only as Mr. Doyle, they hail from all planes of existence and are born from an array of supernatural and otherworldly backgrounds and bloodlines..
  • Substitute Creature by Charles Gilman

    Substitute Creature by Charles Gilman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a giant nor’easter dumps a blanket of snow on the village of Dunwich, Massachussetts, Robert Arthur and his friends find themselves marooned inside Lovecraft Middle School. The kids have no choice but to spend the night—while snacking on cafeteria food, sleeping on classroom floors, and facing off against a mysterious substitute teacher who may have a sinister secret...
  • Reign of Ruin by Jennifer Bene

    Reign of Ruin by Jennifer Bene

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    'The priests want me to thank God, but the only thing I pray for is death.'There is nothing before Eden. Just flashes of a time before Danielle woke up in chains, in hell, to be violated and broken.Over, and over, and over.They say that God honors those who serve, that each baptism is a gift, but all Danielle wants is to die.Eden has other plans...
    Categorized as:
    dark  myths  retellings  abuse  adult  book  dystopia  fiction
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