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Life's a Witch by Carrie Pulkinen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCrimson Oliver is a bad witch.She's not wicked, but every spell she tries to cast goes awry in one way or another. After her last screw-up, the high priestess has threatened to bind her powers and turn her human for good.Crimson's solution? Challenge the priestess to a battle of magic she can't possibly win.Not without a miracle, anyway.Enter hotter-than-hellfire demon Mike Cortez... -
![Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay]()
Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe tree is trimmed. The mistletoe is hung. The eggnog is spiked. It’s time to celebrate the merriest, most heart-warming Christmas ever! Or not? No. Definitely, absolutely not. This Christmas won’t be cheerful. It’ll be more like Ash vs Evil Dead meets National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Because the Wallace family’s annual Christmas Eve party is about to skid off the rails... -
![Finders Reapers by Carrie Pulkinen]()
Finders Reapers by Carrie Pulkinen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe grim reaper took a vacation...Now all hell is breaking loose.With an existential crisis looming over his head, Asher needs a break from reaping souls. But when he leaves his door to the underworld unattended, one escaped ghost threatens to turn the French Quarter into a haven for the hell-bound... -
![Dim Glows The Horizon by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle]()
Dim Glows The Horizon by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's all about a good time. Katie has the ability and desire to see Brock again, and show him and his guys a good time. Will that include any special time for the two of them? (Pandora hopes so). That stranger left a message about a sword and Armor... But is Pandora willing to help or does she even know what he was talking about?Someone is stalking Calvin's girlfriend... -
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![True Blood Collection: Dead Reckoning, Dead in the Family, a Touch of Dead, Dead and Gone, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, All Together Dead and More by Charlaine Harris]()
True Blood Collection: Dead Reckoning, Dead in the Family, a Touch of Dead, Dead and Gone, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, All Together Dead and More by Charlaine Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Sookie Stackhouse Novels True Blood Collection... -
![Angel Trouble by D.M. Guay]()
Angel Trouble by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and certain death. Or not. No, definitely not, because the grim reaper's lost his job. He's been stripped of his scythe and banned from reaping. The angel of death has officially fallen, and he's crash-landed at 24/7 Demon Mart... -
![Who's a Good Boy? by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor]()
Who's a Good Boy? by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom the authors of the New York Times bestselling novels It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a collection of episodes from Season Four of their hit podcast, featuring an introduction by the authors, a foreword by Jonny Sun, behind-the-scenes commentary, and original illustrations... -
![Swipe Right to Bite: A Paranormal Romantic Comedy by Carrie Pulkinen]()
Swipe Right to Bite: A Paranormal Romantic Comedy by Carrie Pulkinen
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDating a demon is pure hell...Succubus Katrina is fasting for her freedom. If she can ignore her demonic urges long enough, Satan will eventually forget about her, and she'll be free.Just because she isn't getting it on doesn't mean she can't help the supes of New Orleans do the pants-off dance-off.Introducing Swipe Right to Bite, the best and only hook-up app for the supernatural... -
![Saving Evangeline by Nancee Cain]()
Saving Evangeline by Nancee Cain
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvangeline is the town pariah. Everyone knows she’s crazy and was responsible for the death of her last boyfriend. Even her mother left her and moved cross-country. Lonely and desperate, Evie decides to end her life.Rogue angel Remiel longs to return to earth, but there’s just one problem. He tends to invite trouble and hasn’t been allowed back since Woodstock... -
![Critters from the Poo Lagoon : A 24/7 Demon Mart Creature Feature (24/7 Demon Mart Stories Book 2) by D.M. Guay]()
Critters from the Poo Lagoon : A 24/7 Demon Mart Creature Feature (24/7 Demon Mart Stories Book 2) by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and the creatures who just crawled out of the toilet at Jennifer Wallace's charity luau. Wait, what? Back up.It's Friday night, and the Wallace family is hosting a charity pool party at Caroline Ford Vanderbilt's super snooty Country Club... -
![Old Haunts by Dave Turner]()
Old Haunts by Dave Turner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeath's not taking the news he received at the end of Paper Cuts very well. Dave is still getting used to the undead trying kill him at regular intervals while he and Anne attempt to solve the mystery of the strange forces that continue to engulf London. And Melanie's still putting up with more than any person should in a relationship... -
![The Unhappy Medium 2: Tom Fool: A Supernatural Comedy by T.J. Brown]()
The Unhappy Medium 2: Tom Fool: A Supernatural Comedy by T.J. Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDr Newton Barlow and the Purgatorians are back. Now that the fight between good and evil has become routine, one-time sceptical physicist and unhappy medium, Dr Newton Barlow, is badly in need of a challenge. It arrives in the shape of a crime so cunning in its planning, so dastardly in its execution, that even the hyper-logical Dr Barlow will struggle to prevent it... -
![The Reluctant Demon by Mark Cain]()
The Reluctant Demon by Mark Cain
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSatan has made a new demon, and he’s a doozy, maybe the most powerful ever created. There’s just one problem … this freshly-minted hellion isn’t sure he wants the job. In the wacky final volume of the Circles in Hell series, Steve Minion attends Beast Barracks, where he learns both the arcane and mundane arts of being a servant of the Devil... -
![Satan's Shorts by Heide Goody]()
Satan's Shorts by Heide Goody
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCurious about the day that Saint Christopher found out he'd been declared non-existent by the pope? What exactly is a cat in Hell's chance? How would an annual Christmas present exchange between Heaven and Hell work out? Find out the answers to these and other pressing questions in this collection of short stories from the world of Clovenhoof... -
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![The Buying of Lot 37 by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor]()
The Buying of Lot 37 by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the authors of the New York Times bestselling novels It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a collection of episodes from Season Three of their hit podcast, featuring an introduction by the authors, a foreword by Dessa, behind-the-scenes commentary, and original illustrations... -
![Maskerade: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett]()
Maskerade: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA play based on terry pratchett's novel maskerade.All is not well in Ankh-Morpork Opera House. A ghost stalks the corridors, leaving strange letters for the management and killing people. Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, two Lancre witches, investigate. This is an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel, "Maskerade"... -
![A Heart in the Right Place by Heide Goody, Iain Grant]()
A Heart in the Right Place by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll Nick wants to do is take his dying father for a perfect father-son weekend in the Scottish Highlands. It’s not much to ask, is it? A log cabin, a roaring fire, a bottle of fine whisky and two days to paper over the cracks in their relationship. However, Nick didn’t plan on making the trip with a dead neighbour in the back of his car. Or the neighbour’s dog... -
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Fatpocalypse by Johnny B. Truant
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMISSED BOOKS 1-4?The "Fat Vampire Value Meal" contains books 1-4 in the Fat Vampire series at a 33% discount. Get it here: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/.. -
![Baby of the Family by Tina McElroy Ansa]()
Baby of the Family by Tina McElroy Ansa
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn evocative, delicately comic story of a girl’s coming of age. From the moment of her birth in a rural black hospital in Georgia, Lena McPherson is recognized as a special child, with the power to see ghosts and predict the future. Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times... -
![A Cold Day In Hell by Mark Cain]()
A Cold Day In Hell by Mark Cain
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Paranormal humor that can sit on the same shelf with Christopher Moore’s best: madcap lunacy!" Steve and Orson are back in this cracked sequel to Hell's Super, book two in the new satire and humor series, Circles In Hell. This time, the guys must fix Hell's heating and air conditioning (HVAC) system, which has failed... -
![Deal With The Devil by Mark Cain]()
Deal With The Devil by Mark Cain
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA kidnapping, a dangerous new devil: Steve and Orson confront another mystery, involving their closest friends, while Satan tries to recruit Steve to the Demon Corps... -
![Mind If I Come In by K.L. Phelps]()
Mind If I Come In by K.L. Phelps
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B00KNM90HY On a recent trip to Vegas, Katrina Parker really crapped out. Married, widowed, and with no memory of either event, Kat suddenly develops the ability to communicate with comatose people. But what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay there — especially when it comes to the supernatural. Even back in Houston, trouble still haunts her... -
![License to Bite by Carrie Pulkinen]()
License to Bite by Carrie Pulkinen
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDrinking blood sucks.Governor's daughter Jane Anderson is used to getting what she wants. When a girls' trip to Mardi Gras thrusts her into the arms—and fangs—of New Orleans' hottest vampire, he gifts her with immortality, super strength, and a complexion to die for.There's only one tiny problem. Jane faints at the sight of blood... -
![imPerfect Fae by C.N. Rowan]()
imPerfect Fae by C.N. Rowan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBody-jacking a legendary assassin when I’m running on empty. No problem, right?After the last few misadventures, I’m not so much broken as ruined, a shell of my former self. But I can’t stop. The trail of those who betrayed me is getting cold, and if I’m going to get any answers, I need to follow it, and now.Except it leads to Faerie. And the way is barred to all but the Fae... -
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![Oddjobs by Heide Goody, Iain Grant]()
Oddjobs by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s the end of the world as we know it, but someone still needs to do the paperwork. Incomprehensible horrors from beyond are going to devour our world but that’s no excuse to get all emotional about it. Morag Murray works for the secret government organisation responsible for making sure the apocalypse goes as smoothly and as quietly as possible... -
![The Undead Mr. Tenpenny by Tammie Painter]()
The Undead Mr. Tenpenny by Tammie Painter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWork at a funeral home can be mundane. Until you accidentally start bringing the dead back to life."...a clever, hilarious romp through a new magical universe" --Sarah Angleton, author of Gentleman of MisfortuneCassie Black works at a funeral home. She's used to all manner of dead bodies. What she's not used to is them waking up. Which they seem to be doing on a disturbingly regular basis lately... -
![The Afterlife of Walter Augustus by Hannah M. Lynn, Rafe Beckley]()
The Afterlife of Walter Augustus by Hannah M. Lynn, Rafe Beckley
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDeath isn’t quite the end, after all. After two centuries stuck in the Interim, a post-death limbo where souls must stay until they’ve been entirely forgotten by the living, Walter Augustus is finally about to move on to whatever comes next. But when Letty Ferguson uncovers the last remaining copy of Walter’s book of poetry, he finds himself in a race against time... -
![Satan Loves You by Grady Hendrix]()
Satan Loves You by Grady Hendrix
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSatan hates his job. Managing Hell is the worst job ever invented and after several millennia of listening to the constant whining of damned souls, Satan is totally burned out. But there are no holidays in Hell, and now, in the face of a power grab by the officious and smarmy Heavenly Host, Satan's got to reach deep and find a way to save his home from corporate takeover... -
![Awoken by Serra Elinsen]()
Awoken by Serra Elinsen
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn his house at R’lyeh, great Cthulhu lies dreaming... of her... -
![The Book of Bart by Ryan Hill]()
The Book of Bart by Ryan Hill
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"An entertaining romp through a world of smack-talking demons, less-than-angelic angels, demon-hunting Templars and everything in between." ~T.L... -
![I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus: A Breathers Christmas Carol by S.G. Browne]()
I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus: A Breathers Christmas Carol by S.G. Browne
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“One of America’s best satiric novelists” (Kirkus Reviews), S. G. Browne seamlessly gift wraps this horrific and hilarious sequel to his “extremely strong” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) zombie novel Breathers.He sees you when you’re sleeping...he knows when you’re undead... -
![Death, the Devil, and the Goldfish by Andrew Buckley]()
Death, the Devil, and the Goldfish by Andrew Buckley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the Bahamas to Heathrow airport, to the rain soaked streets of London the dead have ceased dying. This is inconvenient for a number of reasons but what’s the real reason behind the chaos?In London we find Nigel Reinhardt, a disgraced, confused, and gifted London police constable who owns a prophetic goldfish... -
![Dead as a Doorpost by Naomi Kramer]()
Dead as a Doorpost by Naomi Kramer
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohn's dead and in Heaven, listening to harps that don't quite sound as he expected. He's pretty happy about the whole thing, actually. His wife Melissa is ecstatic. Linda, though, suspects foul play - and she's not going to rest until she finds out what happened. This is a very short book - novelette length - about 9000 words or 36 (print) pages... -
![Escape From Samsara by Nicky Blue]()
Escape From Samsara by Nicky Blue
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe thinks he’s a deadly ninja. He's not. He’s Barry Harris and he still lives with his mum. Barry's been patient, but after twenty-seven years of trimming hedges for people he hates, he's had enough. All he wants to do is to find his missing father and to discover his inner ninja. But life’s not done with throwing him curveballs. A fatal mistake catapults Barry into the adventure of a lifetime... -
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![The Cabal of Thotash by J. Zachary Pike]()
The Cabal of Thotash by J. Zachary Pike
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Cabal of Thotash has languished for years within their poorly-ventilated Manhattan lair. All of their rituals to summon an ancient malice and help it unmake reality have accomplished little beyond annoying the upstairs neighbor... -
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Fireproof by Gerard Brennan
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEqual parts crime fiction, dark urban fantasy and black comedy.Hell hath no fury for Mike Rocks. He's fireproof; an anomaly caused by a slip-up in afterlife bureaucracy. Lucifer bundles him off as an embarrassing problem with a mission to introduce Satanism to Northern Ireland. And while he's at it, Mike can exact revenge on the men who took his life... -
![In Your Dreams by Tom Holt]()
In Your Dreams by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'A definite must for all fans of comic fantasy' - ENIGMA'Wacky humour bubbles through the polished narrative ... Holt doesn't skimp on the flashes of brilliance' - SFXEver been offered a promotion that seems too good to be true? You know - the sort they'd be insane to be offering to someone like you... -
![Lunatic's Game by Margaret Lashley]()
Lunatic's Game by Margaret Lashley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDoes the universe really hold us responsible for what we order from late-night TV after downing half a bottle of vodka?Apparently so.Stuck in a dead-end job in a dead-end town, Bobbie Drex is even stuck in a dead man’s shoes—until a fateful gunshot sends her life bulleting from mundane to insane in no time flat.Apparitions. Weird phone calls. Red eyes following her... -
![A Farce to Be Reckoned With by Roger Zelazny, Robert Sheckley]()
A Farce to Be Reckoned With by Roger Zelazny, Robert Sheckley
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe play's the thing in this comic fantasy from the authors of Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming and If at Faust You Don't SucceedIt's that quiet time between Millennia, and the demon Azzie is becoming bored and restless. Then inspiration hits. On a devilish sabbatical in Europe, Azzie discovers that morality plays are all the rage... -
![Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal by Erin Gilbert, Abby L Yates]()
Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal by Erin Gilbert, Abby L Yates
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings**As seen in the upcoming Sony Pictures film Ghostbusters**Years before they made headlines with the Ghostbusters, Erin Gilbert and Abby L. Yates published the ground-breaking study of the paranormal, Ghosts from Our Past - now back in print!Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence... -
![You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps by Tom Holt]()
You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsColin Hollinghead is a young man going nowhere fast. Working for his dad might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but starting at the bottom in the widget-making industry has, predictably, lost its appeal. And now the business is in trouble... -
![Tall Stories: Expecting Someone Taller and Ye Gods by Tom Holt]()
Tall Stories: Expecting Someone Taller and Ye Gods by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTall Stories is another omnibus containing two of Tom Holt's beloved comic fantasies. In Expecting Someone Taller, all he did was run over a badger—sad, but hardly catastrophic. But it wasn’t Malcolm fisher’s day, for the badger turned out to be none other than Ingolf, last of the Giants... -
![Installing Linux on a Dead Badger by Lucy A. Snyder]()
Installing Linux on a Dead Badger by Lucy A. Snyder
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInstalling Linux on a Dead Badger (and other Oddities) is a collection of Lucy Snyder's humorous essays, fiction and articles, some culled from places like "Strange Horizons" and "Spacesuits and Six-Guns" and some brand new. This collection of thirteen short stories, articles and essays from Lucy A. Snyder will appeal to any fan of zombies, aliens or installation manuals... -
![Hell's Super by Mark Cain]()
Hell's Super by Mark Cain
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHell is ... well, hell, and Steve Minion is the guy who has to keep it all going with every devil and demon - and, as it turns out, not a few of its inmates - stacked against him... -
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![Night Terrors by Tim Waggoner]()
Night Terrors by Tim Waggoner
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's Men In Black meets The Sandman.Meet the fine men and women of the NightWatch: a supernatural agency dedicated to hunting down rogue nightmares that escape from other realms when people dream about them, while ensuring that other dream-folk are allowed to live among the regular, human population… as long as they play by the rules... -
![Barking by Tom Holt]()
Barking by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMonsters are roaming the streets of London. Of course, some monsters are scarier than others: Unicorns? Not a problem. Vampires? Big deal. Werewolves. Ho hum. Lawyers?…Aaargh! Duncan's boss doesn't think he's cut out to be a lawyer. He isn't a pack animal. He lacks the killer instinct... -
![If at Faust You Don't Succeed by Roger Zelazny, Robert Sheckley]()
If at Faust You Don't Succeed by Roger Zelazny, Robert Sheckley
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe last Millennial contest--between the forces of Good and Evil for control of the universe--didn't work out quite so well for Evil and its rooters. But it's time for the next round, and this time the demon Mephistopheles is carrying the ball for the forces of Darkness. But all is not as it seems... -
![Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains by Ryan Mecum]()
Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains by Ryan Mecum
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn your hands is a poetry journal written by an undead poet, recounting his firsthand experience during the zombie plague. Little is known about the author before he turned into a zombie, but thanks to his continued writings in this journal - even after his death - you can accompany him from infection to demise... -
![Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome by Garth Marenghi, Matthew Holness]()
Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome by Garth Marenghi, Matthew Holness
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen horror writer Nick Steen gets sucked into a cursed typewriter by the terrifying Type-Face, Dark Lord of the Prolix, the hellish visions inside his head are unleashed for real... -
![The Vampire Club by J.R. Rain, Scott Nicholson]()
The Vampire Club by J.R. Rain, Scott Nicholson
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOver 150 years ago, a man was killed with a silver bullet in a rural, Pennsylvanian town. A man who just might be a vampire.The Vampire Club, a group of misfits who meet regularly in the basement of Western Virginia University’s library, think that they might have found their first documented case of a real vampire...
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