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The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds by Manly Wade Wellman, Wade Wellman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn 1897, the world changed forever when our planet came under attack from Martian invaders. The world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, along with his friend Professor Challenger embark on one of their most dangerous adventures to date... to discover the nature and intent of their extra-terrestrial attackers... -
![The One by J.K. Accinni]()
The One by J.K. Accinni
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn The One, the sixth book in the Alien Species Intervention #6609 series, almost a hundred years have passed since Armageddon. The Earth is ready for habitation but it is a far different Earth from the one last seen so long ago. Alongside the original wildlife and generations of their offspring, new plants and forms of wildlife from different worlds populate the planet as chosen by the Womb... -
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The Dark by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the twisted imagination of New York Times and #1 Audible bestselling author, Jeremy Robinson, comes a horrifying revelation about the centuries old Three Days of Darkness prophecy, during which the legions of Hell will be unleashed on the Earth. The Dark is a mind-bending and character driven sci-fi-infused horror novel like no other... -
![Monsters in Space! by Ray O'Ryan]()
Monsters in Space! by Ray O'Ryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZack learns that appearances aren’t everything when he has an up-close-and-personal monster encounter in this chapter book adventure.Zack is shocked when he goes to school one day and finds a monster in his seat! Who/what is this creature? At first Zack is scared, but he soon finds that this monster, Al, is kind and friendly... -
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![Operation Mongolia by William Meikle]()
Operation Mongolia by William Meikle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's supposed to be a routine job, walking a pair of stranded archaeologists out of the Gobi Desert. But when the rains come unexpectedly, S-Squad's troubles are only starting. There is something in the sand, something red and wriggling. Thirsty for water. Hungry for flesh... -
![E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial by Jim Thomas, Kim Smith]()
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial by Jim Thomas, Kim Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was released in theaters thirty-five years ago, the film enchanted millions of kids and surpassed Star Wars to become the highest-grossing movie of all time. Now the blockbuster movie is an illustrated storybook, with colorful retro-style illustrations courtesy of Kim Smith. It's a story you can't help but love: After E.T... -
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Apocalypse Machine by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE HUMAN RACE STARTED THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION ON EARTH. A chain of subglacial volcanoes erupt in Iceland. The melting ice floods the countryside. Poisonous gas descends on Scotland. A tsunami devastates the Norwegian coastline. An ash cloud rises into the atmosphere, blotting out the sun across Europe, ushering in a new Ice Age... -
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Project Legion by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE SIGNAL WAS RECEIVEDTen years after a deep space transmission was broadcast from a futuristic citadel hidden in the Arctic ice, Jon Hudson finds himself in a position beyond comprehension... -
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Project Hyperion by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE SIGNAL WAS RECEIVED Jon Hudson has become more than just the director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Fusion Center–Paranormal. He is now a husband and a father, surrounded by a team who have become a family. So when a series of strange new threats rise from the depths and fall from the sky, the stakes are higher than ever... -
![The Void by Greig Beck]()
The Void by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSomething has traveled for a billion years to find us - and now it has. In space, Commander Mitch Granger and his crew are nearing the end of their scientific mission - along with their covert satellite photography for the military. As they prepare for reentry, an unknown object emerges from the void; the name given to deep, dark space. The object proves impossible to evade... -
![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... -
![There's an Alien in Your Book by Tom Fletcher]()
There's an Alien in Your Book by Tom Fletcher
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTom Fletcher and Greg Abbott have created a new interactive adventure, this time featuring an adorable alien who has crash-landed in YOUR book!You'll have to help Alien back up into space, because aliens don't belong on Earth . . -
![Operation: Siberia by William Meikle]()
Operation: Siberia by William Meikle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Captain John Banks and his squad are sent to investigate a zoo in Siberia, he expects to find tigers, bears, maybe elk But there is something there that is new, yet very, very old. Beasts that haven't walked the Earth since the last Ice Age have been cloned, revived, and set loose to roam free. And some of them are very hungry...Categorized as:
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![Ice Rift Salvage by Ben Hammott]()
Ice Rift Salvage by Ben Hammott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAction adventure sci-fi horror set in Antarctica. The spaceship entombed in the huge iceberg calved from the Pine Island Glacier drifts towards the warmer air and ocean temperatures of the South Atlantic. The race is on to claim the alien technology before the ice melts and releases its hold on the trapped alien vessel... -
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![Cryptid Country by Gerry Griffiths]()
Cryptid Country by Gerry Griffiths
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix months after the Cryptid Zoo tragedy gained national attention, violent creatures still terrorize the country. Nick and Meg Wells continue to deal with the horrifying experience having to institutionalize their catatonic son, Gabe, in a facility for the mentally disturbed... -
![Edge of the Breach by Halo Scot]()
Edge of the Breach by Halo Scot
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe all become monsters at the edge of the breach. In a post-apocalyptic world where season of birth determines power — spring healers, summer mages, fall shapeshifters, and winter shields — a man and a woman emerge from tragic childhoods to lead humanity on opposite sides of an interrealm war.▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀There is a hole in the sky. They call it the Rift. A portal to the gods... -
![Hello World by Peter Cawdron, a Man with a Cat]()
Hello World by Peter Cawdron, a Man with a Cat
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings(This is Hello World, the short story. For the anthology of the same name, see: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...)Hello World represents a decade of science fiction by author Peter Cawdron. This collection of 16 short stories and novellas, including four previously unpublished stories, will take you out of this world... -
![Project Nemesis by Jeremy Robinson]()
Project Nemesis by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsACE for 9781301779628Jon Hudson, lead investigator for the Department of Homeland Security's Fusion Center-P, thinks his job is a joke. While other Fusion Centers focus on thwarting terrorist activity, Hudson's division is tasked with handling paranormal threats to national security, of which there have been zero during his years at the DHS... -
![The Land Below by William Meikle]()
The Land Below by William Meikle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA treasure hunt into the deepest cave system in Europe takes a turn for the worst.Now rather than treasure it is survival that is at the forefront of the spelunkers' thoughts. But their attempt to escape out of the dark deep places is thwarted.Men are not at home in the depths. But there are things that are, pale terrifying things.Huge things.Things red in tooth and claw... -
![Selected Stories by Theodore Sturgeon]()
Selected Stories by Theodore Sturgeon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThirteen ingenious stories--at once breathtaking, wondrous, horrifying, and achingly human--from one of science fiction and fantasy's most influential writersOne of science fiction's most beloved trailblazers, Theodore Sturgeon wrote novels and short fiction that inspired and amazed readers and critics alike... -
![Shadows of Death by H.P. Lovecraft]()
Shadows of Death by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDescend into the nerve-shattering realm of America’s master of horror, H. P. Lovecraft–to a dank place where gloomy maelstroms await the unwary, where the unnatural is surpassed only by the unspeakable, and where all pleasure is perverse. Take a chance. . . . All you can lose is your sanity... -
![The Creatures from Beyond Beyond by R.L. Stine]()
The Creatures from Beyond Beyond by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI didn’t think it was such a great idea when my parents decided the family would spend the summer in a vacant house in a small town called Blairingville. Boringville seemed more like it. But as it turned out, this vacation was anything but boring.It all started when my brother and I looked in that closet marked OFF LIMITS... -
![Herbert West: Reanimator and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft]()
Herbert West: Reanimator and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first horrible incident of our acquaintance was the greatest shock I ever experienced, and it is only with reluctance that I repeat it. As I have said, it happened when we were in the medical school1 where West had already made himself notorious through his wild theories on the nature of death and the possibility of overcoming it artificially... -
![Creatures by David Burkett, David Burkett]()
Creatures by David Burkett, David Burkett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the personal plane of a highly ranked Brazilian cabinet member and his family disappears in the Amazon, a search and rescue helicopter records evidence of a massive anomaly in the jungle. Doc Morrison, a renowned geologist, is called in to help investigate what could be the collapse of the largest cavern known to man... -
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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... -
![Terror Lake by Edward J. McFadden III]()
Terror Lake by Edward J. McFadden III
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Inuit people call it Akhlut, and legends tell of a horrific monster, a freak of nature from the depths that appears every six years in search of flesh and blood.Mount Aire is a secluded enclave on the Kenai Peninsula where folks do their best to live quiet lives away from the chaos of civilization... -
![Cherokee Sabre by Jamison Roberts]()
Cherokee Sabre by Jamison Roberts
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if a legend you'd grown up hearing turned out not only to be true, but much older than you could have imagined?Professor of Archaeology, Theodore Stone encounters this problem first hand in Cherokee Sabre, a creature feature thriller containing an adaptation of a Cherokee legend. The Wampus Cat... -
![A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories by Ray Bradbury]()
A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGrandmaster of American Letters Ray Bradbury presents the 16 vintage stories and novellas that informed and prefigured the creation of his dystopian classic, Fahrenheit 451... -
![Eight by W.W. Mortensen]()
Eight by W.W. Mortensen
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTERROR HAS A NEW SPECIES Deep in the Amazon, the solution to the global energy crisis has been found; a mysterious source of power set to end our dependency on oil... -
![MEG: Hell's Aquarium by Steve Alten]()
MEG: Hell's Aquarium by Steve Alten
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Steve Alten's Meg: Hell's Aquarium continues his thrilling action adventure series--the basis for the feature film The Meg, starring Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor.The most fearsome predators in history…are no longer history.The Philippine Sea Plate: The most unexplored realm on the planet... -
![Star Wars Dark Legends by George Mann]()
Star Wars Dark Legends by George Mann
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRead on if you dare! This unique in-world collection hallows the spooky tales and ghost stories that would have kept young Luke and Leia up at night... -
![Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization by Greg Keyes, Ната Гриценко]()
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization by Greg Keyes, Ната Гриценко
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe official novelization of the summer blockbuster Godzilla: King of the Monsters , the latest film in the MonsterVerseTM franchise, starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, with Ken Watanabe and Ziyi Zhang... -
![Godzilla - The Official Movie Novelisation by Greg Cox]()
Godzilla - The Official Movie Novelisation by Greg Cox
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe official novelization of the much-anticipated brand-new Godzilla movie--a rebirth for the major international franchise! Gareth Edwards' Godzilla will be released on May 16, 2014! An epic rebirth of Toho's iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world's most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very... -
![The Mistress & The Renowned: A Hades & Persephone Retelling by Alexis Rune, Jeanette Rose]()
The Mistress & The Renowned: A Hades & Persephone Retelling by Alexis Rune, Jeanette Rose
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGod of the Dead. King of the Underworld. The Unseen. The Renowned…Trapped.One moment, Hades was next to Persephone, having finally claimed her as his queen. The next, he knows only true void, and roots burrowing into his body, feeding from his power and essence. Every ounce of his abilities is used to keep the roots from taking everything, leaving him a broken shell. The King of the Dead... -
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![The War of the Worlds (Great Illustrated Classics) by Malvina G. Vogel, H.G. Wells]()
The War of the Worlds (Great Illustrated Classics) by Malvina G. Vogel, H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor generations, readers have enjoyed classic literature. They have delighted in the romance of Jane Austen, thrilled at the adventures of Jules Verne, and pondered the lessons of Aesop. Introduce young readers to these familiar volumes with Great Illustrated Classics. In this series, literary masterworks have been adapted for young scholars... -
![The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: and other stories by Robert Louis Stevenson]()
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: and other stories by Robert Louis Stevenson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIncludes The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The pavilion on the links, A lodging for the night, Markheim, The sire de Maletroit's door, The suicide club, and The beach at Falesa... -
![What Lurks Below by Donald Firesmith]()
What Lurks Below by Donald Firesmith
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings[]It’s August in Alaska, and geology professor Jack Oswald prepares for the new school year. But when hundreds of huge holes mysteriously appear overnight in the frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle, Jack receives an unexpected phone call. An oil company exec hires Jack to investigate, and he picks his climatologist wife and two of their graduate students as his team... -
![To Serve Man by Damon Knight]()
To Serve Man by Damon Knight
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClassic spine-tingler that was made into an episode of The Twilight Zone. It's interesting to compare the original short story version to the Rod Serling screenplay... -
![A New Beginning by Kevin Ryan]()
A New Beginning by Kevin Ryan
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFacing an unknown future As Max, Michael, Isabel. Liz, Maria, and Kyle pile into their van and leave Roswell behind, they are each hoping for positive experiences - or at least something different from most of the events of the past three years. After all, their high school years were anything but typical - the whole alien experience has nearly cost them their lives, again and again... -
![The Hematophages by Stephen Kozeniewski]()
The Hematophages by Stephen Kozeniewski
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDoctoral student Paige Ambroziak is a “station bunny” – she’s never set foot off the deep space outpost where she grew up. But when she’s offered a small fortune to join a clandestine salvage mission, she jumps at the chance to leave the cutthroat world of academia behind... -
![Symbios (A Short Story) by J.A. Konrath]()
Symbios (A Short Story) by J.A. Konrath
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBestselling author J.A. Konrath brings us a gruesome story of the depths a person will go to in order to survive.When his deep space mission goes awry, Lieutenant Jehrico Stiles crash-lands on an unknown planet. With breathable air, drinkable water, and a friendly native species, the planet seems almost utopian. The only trouble is, Stiles is starving... -
![Muscle Memory by Steve Lowe]()
Muscle Memory by Steve Lowe
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBilly Gillespie wakes up one morning to discover his junk is gone. In its place is his wife's junk. Billy is now Tina, and Tina is dead. That's because Billy's dead. His lifeless body is still in bed and empty beer bottles and a container of antifreeze litter the kitchen counter... -
![Loch Ness Revenge by Hunter Shea]()
Loch Ness Revenge by Hunter Shea
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeep in the murky waters of Loch Ness, the creature known as Nessie has returned. Twins Natalie and Austin McQueen watched in horror as their parents were devoured by the world’s most infamous lake monster. Two decades later, it’s their turn to hunt the legend. But what lurks in the Loch is not what they expected. Nessie is devouring everything in and around the Loch, and it’s not alone... -
![They Rise by Hunter Shea]()
They Rise by Hunter Shea
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome call them ghost sharks, the oldest and strangest looking creatures in the sea.Marine biologist Brad Whitley has studied chimaera fish all his life. He thought he knew everything about them. He was wrong. Warming ocean temperatures free legions of prehistoric chimaera fish from their methane ice suspended animation. Now, in a corner of the Bermuda Triangle, the ocean waters run red... -
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![Hissers by Ryan C. Thomas]()
Hissers by Ryan C. Thomas
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the small town of Castor, it’s the last weekend of summer break. In just two days four teenage friends will begin their high school careers. Dating, who to sit with at the lunch table, and what to wear seem to be the most important decisions facing them... -
![Bats by William W. Johnstone]()
Bats by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA frightening tale about a swarm of vampire bats that have developed a taste for human blood--from bestselling author Johnstone (Watchers in the Woods). The great black cloud of terror appeared one evening in the southern U.S. --first hundreds and then thousands. No one knows how to stop the deadly shadows, but someone has to find a way... -
![Alpha's Capture by Livia Bourne]()
Alpha's Capture by Livia Bourne
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptured. Caged. Tortured. Alpha warrior Khalil and his elite team are tasked with babysitting the princess and her entourage on a peacekeeping mission, a complete waste of their talents. But when the enemy infiltrates their space ship, Khalil and his warriors find themselves closer than ever to the front line of battle... -
![The Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene]()
The Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOne day the rain just didn't stop. As the flood waters slowly rose and coastal cities and towns disappeared, some people believed it was the end of the world. Maybe they were right. But the water wasn't the worst part. Even more terrifying was what the soaking rains drove up from beneath the earth — unimaginable creatures, writhing, burrowing ... and devouring all in their path... -
![The Whisperer in the Darkness by H.P. Lovecraft]()
The Whisperer in the Darkness by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is a short novel by Lovecraft mixing horror and science fiction. The story introduces the Mi-Go, an extraterrestrial race of strange fungoid beings and makes many references to the Cthulhu Mythos... -
![We Mostly Come Out At Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures by Kalynn Bayron, David Bowles]()
We Mostly Come Out At Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures by Kalynn Bayron, David Bowles
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn empowering cross-genre YA anthology that explores what it means to be a monster, exclusively highlighting trans and queer authors who offer new tales and perspectives on classic monster stories and tropes. Be not afraid! These monsters, creatures, and beasties are not what they appear...
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