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The Magnus Archives: Season 4 by NOT A BOOK
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
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The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
![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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Exodus by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThis is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B0091XN0JK.NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 3 of 4 in the YA Dystopian APOCALYPSIS Series, suitable for older teens and adults. EXODUS. My name’s Bryn Mathis. I'm seventeen years old, and my world has been turned upside down and inside out. I'm racing toward a future I cannot control... -
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![The Vintage Bradbury: The Greatest Stories by America's Most Distinguished Practioner of Speculative Fiction by Ray Bradbury]()
The Vintage Bradbury: The Greatest Stories by America's Most Distinguished Practioner of Speculative Fiction by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe author of Fahrenehit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, offers a personal selection of his best stories, featuring "Dandelion Wine," "The Illustrated Man," The Veldt, "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit," and twenty other classics... -
![A Town Called Discovery by R.R. Haywood, Carl Prekopp]()
A Town Called Discovery by R.R. Haywood, Carl Prekopp
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA new time-travel thriller from Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Amazon and Audible best-selling author R. R. Haywood. Creator of the smash-hit time-travel series Extracted and the UK's number one horror series The Undead. A man falls from the sky. He has no memory. He has no sense of self... -
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![The Dead Next Door (Will to Live) by T.W. Smith]()
The Dead Next Door (Will to Live) by T.W. Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE WORLD ENDS IN DAYSFirst the bombings… cities crumble… infection spreads… Will is alone. His lakeside neighborhood has become a cemetery, the houses now tombstones... -
![How We End by L.M. Juniper]()
How We End by L.M. Juniper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA deadly infection. Seven Strangers. The fight for survival begins...Jake didn’t think his night could get worse, but that was before his train stops deep underground and zombies attack and things go from worst-day-ever to run-for-your-life terror.Liv is good at running, mostly from other people straight into a bottle of vodka... -
![The Children in the Lake: A Story You Will Never Forget by Mark Edward Hall]()
The Children in the Lake: A Story You Will Never Forget by Mark Edward Hall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 1925 three children vanish without a trace in Arrowhead Lake. Nearly a century later there are those who still report seeing the children swimming beneath the surface like elusive dolphins. After losing her husband in a violent car crash, Rachel King and her two young sons venture to Arrowhead Lake to heal... -
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Population by Elizabeth Stephens
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAbel Eleven years after the sky opened up and aliens descended to ravage the world, Abel thought she had seen and experienced everything that this savage new land - Population - had to offer. Almost...Shock is what she feels when the alien she robbed hunts her down. His corpse, though huge and glowing, had been mangled and left for the scavengers... -
![Numbers Ignite by Rebecca Rode]()
Numbers Ignite by Rebecca Rode
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTreena and Vance think they’ve pulled out of the numbers game forever. They’re wrong. After Treena’s disastrous attempt to unite the nation, she has the deaths of hundreds haunting her dreams. Now, with hatred and accusations following her past the border, she’s determined to leave that horrible day behind and find a peaceful, uneventful life with Vance and the settlers... -
![Spot and Smudge by Robert Udulutch]()
Spot and Smudge by Robert Udulutch
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe speculative fiction thriller that masterfully kicks off the series! This darkly humorous, wonderfully twisted, 'boy and his dogs' tale has been bitten, kicked in the crotch, attacked by a pack of wild dogs, and genetically modified into a superbly crafted story...Categorized as:
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![Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell]()
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love. Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body from the remains of past meals: a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth... -
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![Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora by Sheree Renée Thomas, W.E.B. Du Bois]()
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora by Sheree Renée Thomas, W.E.B. Du Bois
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis volume introduces black science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers to the generations of readers who have not had the chance to explore the scope and diversity among African-American writers.Fiction. Sister Lilith - Honoree Fanonne JeffersThe Comet - W.E.B. Du Bois Chicage 1927 - Jewelle GomezBlack No More (novel excerpt) - George S... -
![Mind of My Mind by Octavia E. Butler]()
Mind of My Mind by Octavia E. Butler
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsFor 4,000 years, an immortal has spread the seeds of a master race, using the downtrodden as his private breeding stock. But now a young ghetto telepath has found a way to awaken -- and rule -- her superhuman kind, igniting a psychic battle as she challenges her creator for her right to free her people... -
![Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift]()
Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTHE END OF EVERYTHING WAS HER BEGINNINGIt's November 2023. The human race has been wiped out by the 6DM virus (Six Days Maximum - the longest you've got before your body destroys itself). The end of the world as we know it.Yet someone is still alive. Alone in a new world of burning cities, rotting corpses and ravenous rats, one woman has survived... -
![Untouched By Human Hands by Robert Sheckley]()
Untouched By Human Hands by Robert Sheckley
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe 1950s saw publication of Sheckley's 1st four books: short story collections Untouched by Human Hands (Ballantine '54), Citizen in Space ('55), Pilgrimage to Earth (Bantam '57) & a novel, Immortality, Inc. (1st serialized in Galaxy, '58)... -
![Salvation by Caryn Lix]()
Salvation by Caryn Lix
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Kenzie and her friends find themselves trapped on a strange planet, they must risk everything to save themselves and Earth in this thrilling final book in the addictive Sanctuary trilogy!Fall down seven times, get up eight. These are the words Kenzie has always lived by. The problem is, she’s fallen down too many times to count... -
![Into the Shadows by Jason D. Morrow]()
Into the Shadows by Jason D. Morrow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe ability to see into the future has only brought Waverly pain and suffering. She has been wrong about everything. Ethan...Remi...are all of them really dead? Stuck in Shadowface's compound, Waverly meets a girl named Amber who is determined to escape. Through a simple touch, Waverly can see that she is destined to escape with her. But she knows it is not the end. Shadowface must be stopped... -
![The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due]()
The Wishing Pool and Other Stories by Tananarive Due
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn her first new book in seven years, Tananarive Due further cements her status as a leading innovator in Black horror and Afrofuturism “Tananarive Due is the master of Black horror, even teaching a class where Jordan Peele guest-lectured. So her new collection, The Wishing Pool, out in mid-April, is a major treat, full of major scares... -
![Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern]()
Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen an unprecedented hurricane devastates the city of Houston, Noah Mishner finds shelter in the Dallas Mavericks’ basketball arena. Though he finds community among other queer refugees, Noah fears his trans and Jewish identities put him at risk with certain "capital-T" Texans. His fears take form when he starts seeing visions of his great- grandfather Abe, who fled Nazi Germany as a boy...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell by Brian Evenson]()
The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell by Brian Evenson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Here is how monstrous humans are."A sentient, murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy creatures lurking behind a shimmering wall; brutal barrow men: of all the terrors that populate The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, perhaps the most alarming are the beings who decimated the habitable Earth: humans... -
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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... -
![Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction by Harlan Ellison]()
Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBy law, one cannot copyright a title. If someone were stupid enough to do it, novels could be written and published with such titles as " Moby Dick," " Alice in Wonderland" or "Gone With the Wind." But also, by law, ownership of a title can be guaranteed if it can be proved that the original author has established such a connection with the title that any duplication would infringe that linkage... -
![Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology by Ann VanderMeer, Eleanor Arnason]()
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology by Ann VanderMeer, Eleanor Arnason
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSisters of the Revolution gathers a highly curated selection of feminist speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror and more) chosen by one of the most respected editorial teams in speculative literature today, the award-winning Ann and Jeff VanderMeer... -
![Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee]()
Dreamland by Rosa Rankin-Gee
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'You said that you would come back. You looked me in the eye and said that. Well, if you had, this is what you would have seen: soft wood, black cracks, fridges in the road. The broken spines of old rides at Dreamland.'In the coastal resort of Margate, hotels lie empty and sun-faded 'For Sale' signs line the streets. The sea is higher - it's higher everywhere - and those who can are moving inland... -
![Defekt by Nino Cipri]()
Defekt by Nino Cipri
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDerek is LitenVärld's most loyal employee. He lives and breathes the job, from the moment he wakes up in a converted shipping container at the edge of the parking lot to the second he clocks out of work 18 hours later. But after taking his first ever sick day, his manager calls that loyalty into question... -
![Upheaval: A Post-Apocalyptic Disaster Thriller by Harley Tate]()
Upheaval: A Post-Apocalyptic Disaster Thriller by Harley Tate
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA catastrophic megaquake. An unforgiving tsunami. A family caught in the middle.Clint Redshaw walks into a port facility meeting expecting an ordinary day arguing about the budget. When the shaking starts, he keeps calm. But as the tremors stretch on and on, the ground rips apart, the dock disintegrates, and chunks of land fall into the Strait...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow]()
The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Alix E. Harrow weaves a dystopian fairy tale that follows the town storyteller as she struggles to protect a local demon from the knight hired to kill it.In this gritty, haunting tale about doing whatever it takes for love, a small-town storyteller resolves to keep the local monster—and her own secrets—safe from a legendary knight... -
![Welcome to Night Vale by Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink]()
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![Kaleidoscope of Death Vol. 1 by Xi Zi Xu]()
Kaleidoscope of Death Vol. 1 by Xi Zi Xu
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOpen the wrong door… and you may never return.One ordinary day, Lin Qiushi discovers a black door in the corridor outside his flat—a door that shouldn’t exist. When he steps through, he finds himself in a world governed by a deadly set of rules, where cryptic villagers speak in riddles, and the only way out is to take their obscure “tests”. The reward for passing: a key... -
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![Apex Magazine Issue 99 by Jason Sizemore, Rebecca Roanhorse]()
Apex Magazine Issue 99 by Jason Sizemore, Rebecca Roanhorse
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 16 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 the first Tuesday of every month.This month we celebrate Indigenous American fantasists with guest editor Amy H. Sturgis... -
![Infidel by Kameron Hurley]()
Infidel by Kameron Hurley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNo matter where you go, the Bel Dames will find youNyx used to be an assassin, part of the sisterhood of the Bel Dames. Now she's babysitting diplomats to make ends meet and longs for the days when killing was a lot more honorable. So, when her former ‘sisters’ lead a coup against the government, she‘s the perfect choice to stop them... -
![Grievers by Adrienne Maree Brown]()
Grievers by Adrienne Maree Brown
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA tale of what happens when we can no longer ignore what has been lost in this world.Grievers is the story of a city so plagued by grief that it can no longer function. Dune’s mother is patient zero of a mysterious illness that stops people in their tracks—in mid-sentence, mid-action, mid-life—casting them into a nonresponsive state from which no one recovers... -
![Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper]()
Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWinner of the Bram Stoker AwardWithin forty-eight hours, Yaya Betancourt will go from discovering teeth between her thighs to being hunted by one of the most powerful corporations in America.She assumes the vagina dentata is a side effect of a rare genetic condition caused by AlphaBeta Pharmaceutical, decades ago, when she and several thousand others were still in the womb... -
![Nothing but the Rain by Naomi Salman]()
Nothing but the Rain by Naomi Salman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sleepy little town discovers its memories have become part of the water cycle in Naomi Salman's debut novella, Nothing but the Rain .The rain in Aloisville is never-ending, and no one can remember when it started. There’s not much they can remember. With every drop that hits their skin, a bit of memory is washed away. Stay too long in the wet, and you’ll lose everything you used to be... -
![Even in Death by Jason D. Morrow]()
Even in Death by Jason D. Morrow
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsGreen, you're clean. Red, you're dead. Nineteen-year-old Mora is haunted by the flashing red light that pronounces her doom. Now she knows she only has about twenty-four hours to defeat Jeremiah and finish the revolution she has started, before the greyskin virus claims her life. To do this, she must lead the other Starborns through the war-torn streets of Screven... -
![Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin]()
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsY: The Last Man meets The Girl With All the Gifts in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt, an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and men on a grotesque journey of survival.Beth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate... -
![Don't Scream! by R.L. Stine]()
Don't Scream! by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to the Hall of Horrors, HorrorLand's Hall of Fame for the truly terrifying.Jack Harmon can't think of anything worse than getting picked on by the bullies at school, until he discovers an even bigger threat. After finding a cell phone, Jack begins to hear a strange voice on the other end. Jack keeps trying to make his new "friend" happy. Now everyone thinks Jack has lost his mind... -
![Matched to Xycho by C.Y. Croc]()
Matched to Xycho by C.Y. Croc
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeauty and the Beast type alien romance. With monstrous romantic suspense, action and adventure, some dark moments...and a giggle or two.More than anything, I want to work my own space station.To do that, I'm required to join the internal dating app of the space company I work for.Today I received confirmation of a possible space station placement. I'm practically jumping around my cabin with joy... -
![Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Brook Tsai]()
Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Brook Tsai
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA tale of doom and ambition, loss and revenge, love and murder... -
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![Vacation by Jeremy C. Shipp]()
Vacation by Jeremy C. Shipp
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's time for blueblood Bernard Johnson to leave his boring life behind and go on The Vacation, a yearlong corporate-sponsored odyssey. But instead of seeing the world, Bernard is captured by terrorists, becomes a key figure in secret drug wars, and, worse, doesn't once miss his secure American Dream... -
![Matched to Wrath by C.Y. Croc]()
Matched to Wrath by C.Y. Croc
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMonstrous alien romance. Romantic suspense. Action and adventure…and a giggle.Wrath! Wrath! Wrath! I could say his name all day long. It just slips so easily off my tongue.I wonder what else of his will slip off my tongue—wink, wink!Okay, I admit it! I joined a space exchange dating app.Please don't judge me. At least not until you see the male dregs left here on Earth... -
![Nowhere to Land by Teretha Houston]()
Nowhere to Land by Teretha Houston
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey have nowhere to run, nowhere to land, and they’re running out of sky.Quentin Kane hasn’t been a detective for years, but when a strange woman asks the air marshal to help bring down a shadowy organization, he gives in. But the next morning, he wakes up with no memory of the woman or the odd wooden box she gave him... -
![The After Days by Amy Ginsburg]()
The After Days by Amy Ginsburg
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world without power, you need the power of friendship and love to survive."This is far and away the most compelling read I’ve experienced in a long time. No lie. This is seriously good. It’s fresh, entertaining, and thought-provoking...Categorized as:
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![Mouth: Stories by Puloma Ghosh]()
Mouth: Stories by Puloma Ghosh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBESTIARY MEETS THE DANGERS OF SMOKING IN BED IN THIS COLLECTION OF 11 EERIE, UNCANNY, AND SURREAL SHORT STORIESIn this debut collection, Puloma Ghosh uses the speculative as a catalyst to push her stories and characters beyond what reality allows. Exploring grief, intimacy, sexuality, and bodily autonomy, Mouth leans into the bizarre and absurd while reaching for the truth... -
![Through the Night Like a Snake: Latin American Horror Stories by Tomás Downey, Mariana Enríquez]()
Through the Night Like a Snake: Latin American Horror Stories by Tomás Downey, Mariana Enríquez
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA boy explores the abandoned house of a dead fascist…A leaked sex tape pushes a woman to the brink…A sex worker discovers a dark secret among the nuns of the pampas…The mountain fog is not what it seems…Kermit the Frog dreams of murder…In ten chilling stories from an ensemble cast of contemporary Latin American writers, including Mariana Enriquez (tr. Megan McDowell), Camila Sosa Villlada (tr...
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