Books like 'Lonely Receiver #1'
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Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 by Mu Su Li, 木苏里
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne day, You Huo and his famiIy was puIIed into an exam caIIed the GIobaI University Entrance Examination. Going through exams together with other unfortunate examinees, their Iives are put at stake and they can only Iive by passing each exam... -
![死亡万花筒 Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zi Xu, 西子绪]()
死亡万花筒 Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zi Xu, 西子绪
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings起初的异样，是家里的猫不让抱了。林秋石发现周围的一切都开始变得充满了不协调感。然后某一天，当他推开家中的门，却发现熟悉的楼道变成了长长的走廊。走廊的两头，是十二扇一模一样的铁门。故事由此开始。阮南烛对林秋石说，当你凝视深渊时，深渊也在凝视着你。林秋石听后陷入沉思，然后对着深渊拉下了裤子拉链……阮南烛：“……你把裤子给我好好穿上！”不皮会死病娇攻X一起皮的沉稳受，双皮奶组合，灵异风格升级流。"Kaleidoscope of Death"It started off peculiarly; first, his domestic cat refused to let him cuddle it... -
![Love and Decay 3, Episode Twelve (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #36) by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Twelve (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #36) by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. In the conclusion of Love and Decay, Season Three, Reagan and friends have made it to Colombia, but their fight out of hell is not over. Starving, dehydrated and out of ammo, the group is at their lowest... -
![Orphan Black: The Next Chapter by Malka Ann Older, Madeline Ashby]()
Orphan Black: The Next Chapter by Malka Ann Older, Madeline Ashby
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe official continuation of Orphan Black, narrated by Emmy Award winner Tatiana Maslany. The story we never wanted to end continues... -
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![The Ghost and the Darkness Volume 1 by Quil Carter]()
The Ghost and the Darkness Volume 1 by Quil Carter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI would say that my life changed as soon as those gunshots went off, but in reality everything changed the moment Leo and Greyson loaded that decapitated body into the truck back in Donnely.Now I am in a place I do not recognize, with people I had once seen as enemies. They are telling me that all of this is up to me, and here I am just wishing I was in my basement with a quil between my fingers... -
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![Little Shop of Horrors: Script and Lyrics by Howard Ashman]()
Little Shop of Horrors: Script and Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD... -
![Case File Compendium [病案本] by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat]()
Case File Compendium [病案本] by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings衣冠禽兽疯批攻，爹味冷漠离异受。孤例精神病少年和冷漠医生的故事。The story of an isolated psychopathic teenager and an indifferent doctor... -
![The Empathetic Life of Rebecca Wright by Shawn Inmon]()
The Empathetic Life of Rebecca Wright by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the outside, Rebecca Wright had an enviable life, and she enjoyed that envy. She had a beautiful house, handsome husband, and a no-limit credit card. What she didn't have was empathy. But, it's never too late in Middle Falls. A lesson that isn't learned in one lifetime can be learned in the next, or the next. Rebecca may need every chance she can get... -
![Experimento [Rojo peligro] by Lizebeth Honny]()
Experimento [Rojo peligro] by Lizebeth Honny
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCuando despiertas en un laboratorio subterráneo abandonado, atrapada en un salón de experimentos rodeado por monstruos que quieren devorarte y en compañía de una incubadora de agua donde hay un hombre en mal estado, te das cuenta que todo está terriblemente mal... -
![Shadow Unit 6 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear]()
Shadow Unit 6 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit hunts humanity's worst nightmares. But there are nightmares humanity doesn't dream are real. The BAU sends those cases down the hall. Welcome to Shadow Unit. The Shadow Unit series was created by award-winning authors Emma Bull and Elizabeth Bear... -
![Carrier Wave by Robert Brockway]()
Carrier Wave by Robert Brockway
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHumanity listened to the night sky. What we heard shattered the world.Listen.Just once. That’s it.As soon as you hear it, it has you. And once it has you, it’s over. You may think you’re in control. You’re not. You want one more listen. You want to look at that strange spot in the sky. The one that’s been slowly growing. The one that didn’t make sense… until you listened... -
![Your Body is Not Your Body by L.C. von Hessen, Rain Corbyn]()
Your Body is Not Your Body by L.C. von Hessen, Rain Corbyn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEXTREME CONDITIONS DEMAND EXTREME RESPONSES.Over thirty creators from the Trans/Gender Nonconforming communities come together to voice their rage, defiance and fearlessness in the New Weird Horror tradition that Tenebrous Press exemplifies.A centaur seeks illicit surgery in an alien bodily modification club... -
![Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories by Richard Van Camp]()
Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories by Richard Van Camp
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe characters of Moccasin Square Gardens inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the sixtieth parallel. These stories are filled with in-laws, outlaws and common-laws. Get ready for illegal wrestling moves (“The Camel Clutch”), pinky promises, a doctored casino, extraterrestrials or “Sky People,” love, lust and prayers for peace... -
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![The Block by Ben Oliver]()
The Block by Ben Oliver
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the second book of The Loop trilogy, Luka is trapped in a fate worse than death. But now that he knows the truth about what he and his fellow inmates are being used for, it's more important than ever that he not only escape, but that he build an army.Luka in a prisoner once again. But this time it's a fate worse than death... -
![Diary of a Zombie by Sergi Llauger, Daniel Expósito]()
Diary of a Zombie by Sergi Llauger, Daniel Expósito
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“The day I died was the day when I nearly lost the little humanity that was left inside me. The eternal promise of leaving as a peaceful spirit was never fulfilled; instead, I became a wandering soul, rooted to the entrails of this wasteland. You might think that smiling in the face of death should be something glorious, but there’s nothing glorious about this... -
![Defying Doomsday by Tsana Dolichva, Octavia Cade]()
Defying Doomsday by Tsana Dolichva, Octavia Cade
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTeens form an all-girl band in the face of an impending comet.A woman faces giant spiders to collect silk and protect her family.New friends take their radio show on the road in search of plague survivors.A man seeks love in a fading world... -
![Do You Realize? by Kevin A. Kuhn]()
Do You Realize? by Kevin A. Kuhn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeorge is a middle-management, middle-class, middle-aged guy who hates his job and struggles to stay connected to his wife and teenage children. Most guys might end up with a steamy affair and a flashy car for their midlife crisis, but George gets a quirky, philosophical physics professor named Shiloh... -
![E Pluribus Unicorn by Theodore Sturgeon]()
E Pluribus Unicorn by Theodore Sturgeon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou are about to enter fantastic worlds beyond your wildest imaginings--worlds of mystery and monster, terror and ethereal love, sudden death and miraculous life, jet-propelled shivers and humor.On this incredible, awesome journey you will meet:• a strange, yet exquisitely beautiful and profoundly wise, race of.. -
![Severance - The Lexington Letter by Anonymous]()
Severance - The Lexington Letter by Anonymous
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen does the cost of staying silent become greater than the price of speaking up? A desperate woman risks everything to expose the sinister company at the heart of Severance, the thrilling Apple Original series from director and executive producer Ben Stiller and creator Dan Erickson, now streaming on Apple TV+, about a daring experiment in "work-life balance... -
![Tma 2.0 by Ondřej Neff]()
Tma 2.0 by Ondřej Neff
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOndrej Neff originally released the first version of this book in 1998; however, he never stopped developing the story and as a result of his improvements (but also his disillusionment with the conditions in the post-communist Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic) he later released a darker version of the story.Tma 2... -
![The Last Beekeeper by Jared Gulian]()
The Last Beekeeper by Jared Gulian
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes your safe place... is not.When murder strikes a remote community, a reclusive beekeeper uncovers a horrifying secret that could destroy humanity.Jim Parker, a honeybee expert, has retreated to a quaint island in Lake Michigan with his teenage daughter after a terrible family tragedy. He longs to hide from an increasingly dangerous world... -
![Paradox Valley by Gerri Hill]()
Paradox Valley by Gerri Hill
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWas it an earthquake? A meteor? Or something else entirely?Running from a marriage proposal in Seattle, Dana Ingram returns to her parents’ farm in Western Colorado for a two-week vacation in Paradox Valley. Only a couple of days into it, however, a small earthquake leaves them without power. Cars won’t start, batteries don’t work and cell phones are useless... -
![The Wall by Gautam Bhatia]()
The Wall by Gautam Bhatia
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMithila’s world is bound by a Wall enclosing the city of Sumer—nobody goes out, nothing comes in. The days pass as they have for two thousand years: just enough to eat for just enough people, living by the rules. Within the city, everyone knows their place. But when Mithila tries to cross the Wall, every power in Sumer comes together to stop her... -
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![Driftglass by Samuel R. Delany]()
Driftglass by Samuel R. Delany
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhy?From Ganymede to Gomorrah, a bizarre breed of planet-hopping humans sell their sexless, neutered bodies... so that others may explore the outer limits of sexual perversion.Far beneath the surface of the planet earth, a doomed architect lives out the rest of his years in a hideous life-sustaining coffin... in a world where not dying is the ultimate form of punishment... -
![Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 160 (January 2020) by Neil Clarke]()
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 160 (January 2020) by Neil Clarke
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 10 ratings2021 Finalist: Hugo Award for Best Novelette, listed under the title "Helicopter Story". This was published as a Clarkesworld audiobook podcast in 2020... -
![The Ups and Downs of Being Dead by M.R. Cornelius]()
The Ups and Downs of Being Dead by M.R. Cornelius
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFifty-seven-year-old Robert Malone is the CEO of a successful clothing store chain and married to a former model. When his doctor tells him he is dying of cancer, he refuses to go quietly. Instead of death, Robert chooses cryonics. He knows it’s a long shot. His frozen body will be stored in liquid nitrogen for the next seventy-five years, and then he’ll wake up in the future... -
![Rites of Passage by Mike Brooks]()
Rites of Passage by Mike Brooks
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Warhammer 40,000 novelThe death of Lord Azariel, head of the Navigator House Brobantis, draws his widow into a dark world of ritual killings and cult murders, while larger plans are at work and entire worlds are threatened…READ IT BECAUSEDelve into the murky politics of the Navigator houses with a novel packed full of murder, conspiracy and warp-borne threats... -
![Inside Out by Lor Gislason]()
Inside Out by Lor Gislason
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsINSIDE OUT is an over-the-top tribute to the goopy, grimy and gross horror of the 1980s. After a mysterious infection spreads through the world, people and animals start melting into horrific monsters. This wild debut novella follows everyday people dealing with the new chaotic reality, from school children to scummy landlords to mad scientists... -
![Bane by Amelia C. Gormley]()
Bane by Amelia C. Gormley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe weapon that nearly destroyed humanity may be their only salvation.Rhys Cooper once thought he was a dead man. Instead, he's proven immune to the virus that nearly wiped out humanity.Now the Clean Zone's scientists want to know why... -
![The Book of Queer Saints by Mae Murray, Eric LaRocca]()
The Book of Queer Saints by Mae Murray, Eric LaRocca
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this debut horror anthology by editor Mae Murray, queer villains reign supreme. The Book of Queer Saints features 13 short stories and a lineup that includes renowned authors Eric LaRocca, Hailey Piper, and Joe Koch. Joining them are the innovative visions of Briar Ripley Page, Nikki R. Leigh, Joshua R. Pangborn, Eric Raglin, Belle Tolls, Perry Ruhland, James Bennett, LC von Hessen, K.S... -
![Don't Worry, Darling by Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke]()
Don't Worry, Darling by Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDon't Worry, Darling is a psychological thriller about a 1950s housewife whose reality begins to crack, revealing a disturbing truth underneath. This screenplay featured in the 2019 Black List, and is now in development with Olivia Wilde attached as director. Wilde will also appear in the film alongside Florence Pugh, Chris Pine, Shia LaBeouf and Dakota Johnson... -
![Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler]()
Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSet on a distant planet, Bloodchild is Octavia E. Butler’s shattering meditation on symbiosis, love, power and tough choices. It won the Hugo, Locus, Nebula and Science Fiction Chronicle awards and is widely regarded as one of her greatest works.Years ago, a group known as the Terrans left Earth in search of a life free of persecution... -
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![Flare by Jonathan Maas]()
Flare by Jonathan Maas
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFEAR THE DAYLIGHT Without warning or explanation, an extended solar flare bombards the earth and doesn't stop, making each day a battle for survival. The sunlight blinds and burns instantly, and then kills within minutes. The radiation has also destroyed all of the earth's circuitry, leaving the nights dark and dangerous... -
![Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino]()
Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwelve delightfully strange, haunting stories from the acclaimed, oracular author of Beautyland. Death-shaped entities—with all of their humor and strangeness— haunt the twelve stories in Exit Zero... -
![Spread Me by Sarah Gailey]()
Spread Me by Sarah Gailey
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey, after a routine probe at a research station turns deadly when the team discovers a strange specimen in search of a warm place to stay.Kinsey has the perfect job as the team lead in a remote research outpost. She loves the solitude, and the way the desert keeps her far away from the temptations teeming out in the civilian world... -
![Q by Ben Mezrich]()
Q by Ben Mezrich
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSARS. Avian Flu. Ebola. Every year, the infectious disease changes—but the threat remains the same. We've all read the headlines. We all know the score. Our interconnected world is at a uniquely dangerous moment. The potential for an epidemic progressing to a catastrophic level has never been higher... -
![Persephone by Seanan McGuire]()
Persephone by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn International Women’s Day, several of the best writers in SF/F today reveal new stories inspired by the phrase “Nevertheless, she persisted”, raising their voice in response to a phrase originally meant to silence... -
![99 Stories of Blood on the Wall: A collection of 99 word horror stories by Kevin Cathy]()
99 Stories of Blood on the Wall: A collection of 99 word horror stories by Kevin Cathy
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings99 stories. 99 words... -
![After the Crux by Dani Worth]()
After the Crux by Dani Worth
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNote: This is an erotic, menage, post-apocalyptic novella. If you enjoy After the Crux, you might also enjoy Vignettes. For more about Vignettes, go here. http://daniworth.wordpress.com/vignet... In a lonely, plague-devastated world, it is definitely not every man for himself... -
![Diary of the War of the Pig by Adolfo Bioy Casares]()
Diary of the War of the Pig by Adolfo Bioy Casares
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Obelisk edition of Diary of the War of the Pig marks the first time in paperback for this fictional chronicle about street terror and disappearances by the greatest living Argentine author... -
![Static: A Quiet World by Jacqueline Druga]()
Static: A Quiet World by Jacqueline Druga
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn Memorial Day afternoon, the skies above Carthage, Missouri brighten suddenly as if the sun explodes. Seconds later it’s gone, and no one knows what happened.Normal life resumes. BBQs continue, and kids play in backyards. No one notices the screams coming from one backyard.Everyone believes it to be a fluke. But it doesn’t just happen in Carthage, it happens all over... -
![Plastic Jesus by Poppy Z. Brite]()
Plastic Jesus by Poppy Z. Brite
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsImagine yesterday as it should have been: if the two men who formed the world's greatest rock band had lost their hearts not to groupies or heiresses, but to each other.Seth and Peyton were best friends, bandmates, and rivals. The success that lifted their four-man band from Leyborough, England changed the world and very nearly shattered their minds along the way.At first it was one big party... -
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![Girls of Little Hope by Sam Beckbessinger, Dale Halvorsen]()
Girls of Little Hope by Sam Beckbessinger, Dale Halvorsen
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA chilling and eerie tale of monsters, teen angst and small-town America for fans of Stranger Things, The Thing, and the 1990sThree girls went into the woods. Only two came back, covered in blood and with no memory of what happened. Or did they?Being fifteen is tough, tougher when you live in a boring-ass small town like Little Hope, California (population 8,302) in 1996... -
![Apex Magazine Issue 59 by Sigrid Ellis, Haddayr Copley-Woods]()
Apex Magazine Issue 59 by Sigrid Ellis, Haddayr Copley-Woods
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsApex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field. New issues are released on the first Tuesday of every month... -
![Alignment by H.G. Suren]()
Alignment by H.G. Suren
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive friends wake up to discover they are left alone on earth--the rest of humanity is gone. Empty streets are littered with stalled-out cars, buses, and motorcycles. A sunless and moonless sky is covered with an enormous barrier that prevents any view of the heavens. And silence, pervasive and absolute, reigns. Nothing stirs... -
![Desolate by Robert Brumm]()
Desolate by Robert Brumm
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHoward Bell thought he hit rock bottom the day he returned to his former employer with a loaded gun. Instead of putting a scare into his ex-boss as he intended, things quickly get out of hand and he kills five people. Howard gets sentenced to life at an experimental prison camp off the coast of Antarctica and he soon learns the true definition of rock bottom... -
![What the Maid Saw: Eight Psychic Tales by Yasutaka Tsutsui]()
What the Maid Saw: Eight Psychic Tales by Yasutaka Tsutsui
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNanase works as a maid to avoid revealing her ability to read people's minds, but her psychic powers inevitably draw her into the lives of her employers... -
![Diving Through Clouds by Nicola Lindsay]()
Diving Through Clouds by Nicola Lindsay
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKate Fitzgerald's spirit hovers above her hospital bed, looking down on her lifeless body. She finds herself far from extinguished but rather in some sort of limbo...
![Case File Compendium [病案本] by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/668c1747ef8a8828caf01662.jpg)
![Experimento [Rojo peligro] by Lizebeth Honny](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/683c1448013c437b63dc16d2.jpg)
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