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The Green Mile: The Screenplay by Frank Darabont
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTells the story of John Coffey, a death row inmate who exhibits supernatural powers that make the guards and prisoners around him reexamine their... -
![The Ghost and the Church Lady by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost and the Church Lady by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen autumn arrives in Frederickport, it brings surprises—some welcomed.Meanwhile, the residents of Beach Drive learn there are some things more frightening than ghosts... -
![Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne]()
Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne night. One last enemy. One chance to stop him forever. It’s all come down to this. More than two years after Sully took desperate measures to escape his enemies, he finds himself headed for an inevitable showdown with the most dangerous of them. Years of murder and deceit are catching up to Lowell, and the ghosts of those he killed are not about to rest until they’ve watched him fall... -
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She Who Waits by Daniel Polansky
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe third novel in the brilliant dark fantasy Low Town seriesLow Town: the worst ghetto in the worst city in the Thirteen Lands. Good only for depravity and death. And Warden, long ago a respected agent in the formidable Black House, is now the most depraved Low Town denizen of them all... -
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![Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias]()
Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Gabino Iglesias’ second novel, ghosts and old gods guide the hands of those caught up in a violent struggle to save the soul of the American southwest.A man tasked with shuttling children over the border believes the Virgin Mary is guiding him towards final justice. A woman offers colonizer blood to the Mother of Chaos... -
![Aliss by Patrick Senécal]()
Aliss by Patrick Senécal
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAlice, une jeune fille curieuse, délurée, fonceuse et intelligente de Brossard (Québec, Canada). A dix-huit ans, poussée par son besoin d'affirmation de soi, elle décide qu'il est temps de quitter le cégep et le cocon familial pour aller vivre sa vie là où tout est possible, c'est-à-dire dans la métropole... -
![A Drink Before We Die by Daniel Polansky]()
A Drink Before We Die by Daniel Polansky
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA thrilling introduction to the world of the widely acclaimed Low Town trilogy.Rigus is the greatest city in the Thirteen Lands, a glittering metropolis of towering citadels and sumptuous manors, where bored nobles settle affairs of honor with cold steel, and sorcerers craft enchantments of wonder and majesty... -
![Judgment of The Witch by Robert McCammon]()
Judgment of The Witch by Robert McCammon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a decade, New York Times bestselling author Robert McCammon returns with an epic novel of suspense that reinstates him as one of the great storytellers of our time.... The Carolinas, 1699: The citizens of Fount Royal believe their town is cursed by a witch... -
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Love Hurts by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn e-book short story by New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher, originally published in the anthology SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Also available in Side Jobs... -
![Touching the Dead by Wendy Cartmell]()
Touching the Dead by Wendy Cartmell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mummified body washed up on a beach near Chichester.A tormented detective cursed with a gift she didn't want. When the autopsy reveals the victim's heart was torn from her body, Detective Inspector Jo Wolfe and her team wonder if someone is continuing the work of Anubis, the Egyptian God of Death. With the body count rising, Jo must touch the dead, to help her solve the case... -
![The Way of Sorrows by Jon Steele]()
The Way of Sorrows by Jon Steele
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe earthly—and cosmic—adventures of Katherine Taylor and Jay Harper come to an electrifying, action-packed conclusion in The Way of Sorrows, the final installment of Jon Steele’s critically acclaimed Angelus Trilogy... -
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![Bones of a Witch by Dana E. Donovan]()
Bones of a Witch by Dana E. Donovan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBones of a Witch, the fourth in a series of Detective Marcella mysteries, shines a light on one of America’s darkest hours when a simple accusation could get a girl hanged. But as Lilith learns, history is always pending, and the art of witch hunting never dies... -
![Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward]()
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn a lonely cottage overlooking the windswept Maine coast, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of a sun-drenched vacation of his youth, of the terrible tragedy that forever bonded him with his friends Nat and Harper in unknowable ways, and of the killer that stalked the small New England town where they spent their summers... -
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![Zero Saints by Gabino Iglesias]()
Zero Saints by Gabino Iglesias
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEnforcer and drug dealer Fernando has seen better days. On his way home from work, some heavily-tattooed gangsters throw him in the back of a car and take him to an abandoned house, where they saw off his friend's head and feed the kid's fingers to...something. Their message is clear: this is their territory, now.But Fernando isn't put down that easily... -
![The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion by Alice Kimberly]()
The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion by Alice Kimberly
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure didn't believe in ghosts, until she met the ghost of hard-boiled 1940s private investigator Jack Shepard. And when Pen's friend and mailman, Seymour Tarnish, gets into deep trouble, Pen not only believes in her ghost, she also thinks he can help.. -
![The Disturbing Incidents at Lonesome Woods Boarding School by Dr. Harper]()
The Disturbing Incidents at Lonesome Woods Boarding School by Dr. Harper
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe devastating start to Dr. Harper's career.I wasn't always like this, you know - paranoid, temperamental, vindictive.I mean, sure, I've always been a bit... high strung. But I never used to stalk my therapist patients. Or yell at them. Or hold them captive in my garage.No, all of that started after the incidents at Lonesome Woods Boarding School.And I'm not talking about the school shooter... -
![Hell's Horizon by D.B. Shan, Darren Shan]()
Hell's Horizon by D.B. Shan, Darren Shan
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhen Al Jeery is seconded by The Cardinal from guard duties at Party Central to investigate the murder of a woman at a hotel he little suspects that the dead woman will turn out to be his girlfriend. Soon he is involved in a terrifying mystery... -
![الجزار by حسن الجندي]()
الجزار by حسن الجندي
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsاعذرنى وددت لو تشاركنى فى تذوق ذلك اللحم ولكن اعرف ان ستمانع قليلا لاسباب شخصيةقال الرجل العبارة السابقة ثم اشار بإحدى يديه اتجاه معين فى جسد الرجل الاخر فما كان من الرجل الاخر الا انه حاول بشئ من الجهد ان يحرك رقبته لينظر للموضع الذى اشار له الرجل الذى ياكل اللحم بعد مجهود استطاع تحريك رقبته لاسفل قليلا ليجد انه نام لون احمر يقابل عينيه اثناء نزولها لاسفل فجأة شاهد الرجل شئ ما عند قدمه فاتسعت... -
![The God Killer by Simon R. Green]()
The God Killer by Simon R. Green
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMurders are taking place on Haven's Street of Gods - the gods themselves are being killed. Hawk & Fisher are assigned to work with a Seer, a Sorcerer, and a Swordsman, a peacekeeping team known as the God Squad. Together, their task is to bring the killer to justice before the mounting panic erupts into an all-out War of the Gods, which could destroy the city of Haven... -
![Swift to Chase by Laird Barron, Paul Tremblay]()
Swift to Chase by Laird Barron, Paul Tremblay
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLaird Barron’s fourth collection gathers a dozen stories set against the backdrops of the Alaskan wilderness, far-future dystopias, and giallo-fueled nightmare vistas... -
![Lady Crymsyn by P.N. Elrod]()
Lady Crymsyn by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVampire detective Jack Fleming made a good bit of money cleaning up the streets of post-prohibition Chicago--enough to realize his dream of owning a nightclub. During renovations, workmen discover the remains of a woman, clad in a distinctive red dress... -
![A Chill in the Blood by P.N. Elrod]()
A Chill in the Blood by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA delicious new novel of the The Vampire Files -- in which our undead detective finds himself caught in the middle of a Chicago gangland... -
![Dark War by Tim Waggoner]()
Dark War by Tim Waggoner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMatt Richter won't let a little thing like death keep him from cracking his latest case.But there's a new evil power rampaging through the streets of Nekropolis. The last battle has begun... -
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![The Last Hot Time by John M. Ford]()
The Last Hot Time by John M. Ford
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Danny Holman leaves the cornfields of Iowa for the bright lights of Chicago, he expects his life to change. He just can't guess how much and how fast. A violent incident on the road brings Danny the favor of a man known only as Mr. Patrise, who gives Danny a job, a home, and a new identity.The City is a different world from the one Danny — now called Doc — knew, and literally so... -
![Titanshade by Dan Stout]()
Titanshade by Dan Stout
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis noir fantasy thriller from a debut author introduces the gritty town of Titanshade, where danger lurks around every corner. "Take a little Mickey Spillane, some Dashiell Hammet, a bit of Raymond Chandler, and mix it with Phillip K. Dick's Blade Runner; add a taste of CJ Box, and Craig Johnson, and you've got a masterpiece of a first novel." --W... -
![From Dusk Till Dawn: A Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino]()
From Dusk Till Dawn: A Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe screenplay of Tarantino's film "From Dusk until Dawn," this is the story of two kidnappers who use a lapsed preacher and his two teenage children as human shields in their escape to Mexico. Mayhem ensues when they encounter a group of creatures who exist only from dusk until dawn... -
![The City by S.C. Mendes]()
The City by S.C. Mendes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChinatown, 1910. Violence is nothing new to these streets, but the discovery of three bodies—little more than piles of flesh and organs, the bones stolen—have proven to be the most bizarre murders to date. The police turn to Max Elliot, an unstable homicide detective, who six months earlier lost his wife and daughter under similar circumstances... -
![The New Black by Richard Thomas, Brian Evenson]()
The New Black by Richard Thomas, Brian Evenson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe New Black is a collection of twenty neo-noir stories exemplifying the best authors currently writing in this dark sub-genre. A mixture of horror, crime, fantasy, science fiction, magical realism, and the grotesque—all with a literary bent—these stories represent the future of genre-bending fiction from some of our brightest and most original voices... -
![La octava plaga (Saga Casasola) by Bernardo Esquinca]()
La octava plaga (Saga Casasola) by Bernardo Esquinca
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCasasola debe investigar una serie de asesinatos para conservar ese empleo que no lo satisface, ante la mirada escrutadora y los consejos inútiles de Rivas-Souza, el soberbio jefe de redacción... -
![Torture, luxure et lecture by Patrick Senécal]()
Torture, luxure et lecture by Patrick Senécal
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCroyez-le ou non, malgré les terribles événements qui ont perturbé la première semaine de cours, la session d’automne s’est poursuivie comme si de rien n’était au cégep de Malphas. On a même eu droit, au département de littérature, à un nouveau collègue, Michel Condé, qui a décidé de fonder un club de lecture... -
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Bloodcircle by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Critics are thirsting for "Vampire Files"...An entertaining blend of detective story and the supernatural". Science Fiction Chronicle"A blend of the hard-boiled detective novel and the vampire tale.. -
![Dead Streets by Tim Waggoner]()
Dead Streets by Tim Waggoner
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe return of Matt Richter. Private Eye. Zombie.MATT RICHTER'S GOING TO PIECES - LITERALLY.You've got to keep your head to survive in the teeming undead city known as Nekropolis. It's a pity crazed genius Victor Baron couldn't manage that. Now everyone wants a piece of him... -
![The Light is the Darkness by Laird Barron]()
The Light is the Darkness by Laird Barron
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsConrad Navarro is a champion of the Pageant, a gruesome modern day gladiatorial exhibition held in secret arenas across the globe. Indentured by a cabal of ultra-rich patrons, his world is one of blood and mayhem, an existence where savagery reigns supreme while mercy leads to annihilation. Conrad's sister has vanished while traveling in Mexico... -
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![A Song for Quiet by Cassandra Khaw]()
A Song for Quiet by Cassandra Khaw
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeacon James is a rambling bluesman straight from Georgia, a black man with troubles that he can't escape, and music that won't let him go. On a train to Arkham, he meets trouble — visions of nightmares, gaping mouths and grasping tendrils, and a madman who calls himself John Persons... -
![Fire in the Blood by P.N. Elrod]()
Fire in the Blood by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen vampire detective Jack Fleming is hired by the wealthy Sebastian Pierce to recover a priceless heirloom bracelet, he eyes his reward in Pierce's daughter, an enticing girl with a hot-headed boyfriend... -
![Art in the Blood by P.N. Elrod]()
Art in the Blood by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm a vampire, not an artist, but I know what I like.And I don't like murder:So when the career of a talented young artist is fatally cut short, I know I won't sleep easy in my coffin until I find the killer: But the world of high art--with its big money, bigger egos, and expensive forgeries--makes even bloodsucking seem simple. And safer... -
![Blood on the Water by P.N. Elrod]()
Blood on the Water by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs a journalist in Capone-controlled Chicago, Jack Fleming is used to blood--even though it's from a vampire's perspective. When the new mob boss decides to rid the city of its friendly vampire, Fleming's thirst for the red stuff gets in the way of his safety... -
![The Devil's Playground by Craig Russell]()
The Devil's Playground by Craig Russell
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA riveting 1920s Hollywood thriller about the making of the most terrifying silent film ever made, and a deadly search for the single copy rumored still to exist, from the internationally acclaimed author of The Devil Aspect .1927: Mary Rourke—a Hollywood studio fixer—is called urgently to the palatial home of Norma Carlton, one of the most recognizable stars in American silent film... -
![Hallow Point by Ari Marmell]()
Hallow Point by Ari Marmell
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Spear of Lugh, one of the four Kingly Hallows of Ireland is in Chicago. And everyone, everyone wants it, for it is said that he who carries the spear into battle cannot be defeated... -
![City of the Lost by Stephen Blackmoore]()
City of the Lost by Stephen Blackmoore
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturning as a zombie after being bumped off by a rival crime boss, Joe Sunday tries to locate a talisman that can grant immortality before every other thug in Los Angeles can find it... -
![The Wrong Goodbye by Chris F. Holm, Chris Holm]()
The Wrong Goodbye by Chris F. Holm, Chris Holm
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet Sam Thornton, Collector of Souls.Because of his efforts to avert the Apocalypse, Sam Thornton has been given a second chance - provided he can stick to the straight and narrow.Which sounds all well and good, but when the soul Sam's sent to collect goes missing, Sam finds himself off the straight-and-narrow pretty quick... -
!["Diane..." - The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper by Scott Frost, Kyle MacLachlan]()
"Diane..." - The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper by Scott Frost, Kyle MacLachlan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBased on the television series Twin Peaks. Here are the actual dictation tapes of FBI Agent Cooper, Chief Investigator of the Laura Palmer murder, plus never-before-heard tapes... -
![The Summoning by Mark Lukens]()
The Summoning by Mark Lukens
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE SUMMONING ... a supernatural mystery.Edrington, Oregon - a town with a horrifying past. A town with dark secrets. A town where a woman has summoned something terrifying... -
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![The Imaginary Corpse by Tyler Hayes]()
The Imaginary Corpse by Tyler Hayes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA dinosaur detective in the land of unwanted ideas battles trauma, anxiety, and the first serial killer of imaginary friends.Most ideas fade away when we're done with them. Some we love enough to become Real. But what about the ones we love, and walk away from? Tippy the triceratops was once a little girl's imaginary friend, a dinosaur detective who could help her make sense of the world... -
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Dark Blood by John Meaney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJohn Meaney's triumphant invention of gothic SF continues with his undead detective discovering a terrifying conspiracy against the... -
![Lifeblood by P.N. Elrod]()
Lifeblood by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJack Fleming was an investigative journalist in Prohibition-era Chicago until he got shot by an unknown assassin, bitten by his vampire girlfriend, and became one of the undead. Now, this nice-guy nosferatu has a bunch of crazy vampire hunters on his trail armed with crosses, silver bullets, and sharp wooden stakes... -
![Mrs. Todd's Shortcut, from Skeleton Crew by Stephen King, David Purdham]()
Mrs. Todd's Shortcut, from Skeleton Crew by Stephen King, David Purdham
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOphelia Todd is always looking for a shorter distance between two points, so she just wrinkles the map a little--until she gets caught in one of the wrinkles.Description: 1 audiocassette (78 min.) : analog, Dolby processed... -
![The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril by Paul Malmont]()
The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril by Paul Malmont
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWho Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men?Take a journey back to the desperate days of America post the Great Depression, when the country turned to the pulp novels for relief, for hope and for heroes. Meet Walter Gibson, the mind behind The Shadow, and Lester Dent, creator of Doc Savage, as they challenge one another to discover what is real and what is pulp...Categorized as:
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![The Heresy of Dr Dee by Phil Rickman]()
The Heresy of Dr Dee by Phil Rickman
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll talk is of the End-time...and the dead are rising. At the end of the sunless summer of 1560, black rumour shrouds the death of the one woman who stands between Lord Robert Dudley and marriage to the young Queen Elizabeth...
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