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Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFurnace Prison ...Where death is the least of your worries.Escape is just the beginning ...We thought we’d made it, we thought we were free. But we should have known there was no way out of Furnace.All we did was slip deeper into the guts of the prison: into solitary confinement, where the real nightmares live - the warden, the Wheezers, and something much, much worse.The clock’s ticking... -
![Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson, Stephen King]()
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson, Stephen King
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRemember that monster on the wing of the airplane? William Shatner saw it on The Twilight Zone, John Lithgow saw it in the movie-even Bart Simpson saw it. "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is just one of many classic horror stories by Richard Matheson that have insinuated themselves into our collective imagination... -
![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: 4.00 of 5 stars · 28 ratings&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&RThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr... -
![Forsaken by Michael McBride]()
Forsaken by Michael McBride
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIT HAS SURVIVED At a research station in Antarctica, scientists discovered a strange and ancient organism. They thought they could study it, classify it, control it. They couldn't.IT HAS THRIVED Six months ago, a secret paramilitary team called Unit 51 was sent to the station. They thought the creature was dead, the nightmare was over. It wasn't... -
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![Within the Woods by Tony Urban, Thomas Rode]()
Within the Woods by Tony Urban, Thomas Rode
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDon't go in the woods... For 12-year-old Garrett and his four best friends, the idyllic summer of 1989 crashes to a halt when Garrett's older brother vanishes. Something is very wrong in Sallow Creek, Pennsylvania. Something is turning their neighbors, their relatives, into unstoppable monstrosities... Monsters that are coming for the them... -
![Mutation by Michael McBride, Neil Hellegers]()
Mutation by Michael McBride, Neil Hellegers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIT LIVES. In a research hangar in Virginia, a Unit 51 team studies an ancient but long-dormant virus that can transform human physiology-and turn it into something else . . . IT MUTATES. In the Amazon rain forest, a newly evolving life form known as Subject Z acquires the ability to think conceptually, build elaborate traps, create new carriers-and spawn a new race . . . IT SPREADS... -
![The Last Town by Blake Crouch]()
The Last Town by Blake Crouch
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWelcome to Wayward Pines, the last town.Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. Their children are taught that David Pilcher, the town’s creator, is god. No one is allowed to leave; even asking questions can get you killed...Categorized as:
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![The Library Policeman by Stephen King]()
The Library Policeman by Stephen King
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Junction City, Iowa, a middle-aged businessman who returns his overdue library books is faced with a malevolent monster of a librarian... -
![Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon, Steve Rasnic Tem]()
Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon, Steve Rasnic Tem
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNamed one of the Top 40 Horror Books of All Time by the Horror Writers Association, Some of Your Blood begins with a confidential folder belonging to army psychiatrist Philip Outerbridge. Inside this folder are the letters, memos and transcripts for a young soldier named George Smith, a quiet young man with a terrible past and a shocking secret... -
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The Hollow City by Dan Wells
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMichael Shipman is paranoid schizophrenic; he suffers from hallucinations, delusions, and complex fantasies of persecution and horror. That’s bad enough... -
![Button, Button: Uncanny Stories by Richard Matheson]()
Button, Button: Uncanny Stories by Richard Matheson
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat if every time you pushed a button you received $50,000...but someone you didn’t know died? Would you still push the button? How many times? "Button, Button", which inspired a memorable Twilight Zone episode, is just one of a dozen unforgettable tales in this new collection by Richard Matheson, the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come... -
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Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 71 ratingsArea X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another...Categorized as:
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![Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer]()
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsIt is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets. As Area X expands, the agency tasked with investigating and overseeing it—the Southern Reach—has collapsed on itself in confusion...Categorized as:
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![The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd]()
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen two nineteenth-century Oxford students—Victor Frankenstein, a serious researcher, and the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley—form an unlikely friendship, the result is a tour de force that could only come from one of the world's most accomplished and prolific authors... -
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![Authority by Jeff VanderMeer]()
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsThe bone-chilling, hair-raising second installment of the Southern Reach TrilogyAfter thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X—a seemingly malevolent landscape surrounded by an invisible border and mysteriously wiped clean of all signs of civilization—has been a series of expeditions overseen by a government agency so secret it has almost been forgotten: the Southern Reach...Categorized as:
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![The Deep by Nick Cutter]()
The Deep by Nick Cutter
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Troop—which Stephen King raved “scared the hell out of me and I couldn’t put it down.…old-school horror at its best”—comes this utterly terrifying novel where The Abyss meets The Shining.A strange plague called the ’Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale...Categorized as:
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![In Bloom by Paul Tremblay]()
In Bloom by Paul Tremblay
Rated: 3.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThere’s something in the water in this hallucinatory short story by Paul Tremblay, bestselling author of The Cabin at the End of the World and The Beast You Are. Journalist Heidi Cohen is in Cape Cod investigating the sources of recurring toxic algae blooms along the coast. A local named Jimmy has his own theory for her... -
![The Walking Dead, Book Five by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard]()
The Walking Dead, Book Five by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThis hardcover features another 12 issues of the hit series along with the covers for the issues all in one oversized hardcover volume. Perfect for long time fans, new readers, and anyone interested in reading a zombie movie on paper that never ends. Collects The Walking Dead #49-60...Categorized as:
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![스위트 홈 12 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비]()
스위트 홈 12 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“우리가 여기 살아있다는 걸 꼭 기억해주세요.”마침내, 그린 홈에서의 마지막 싸움이 펼쳐진다!옥상에 도착한 생존자들은 작전대로 로프를 이용해 뒷산으로 대피하려고 하지만 아래층에서 올라오는 괴물들과 날아다니는 괴물 탓에 이마저도 쉽지 않다. 한편 현수는 위험에 처한 지수를 구하기 위해 육체의 괴물화를 용인해 괴물을 무찌르고 지수와 함께 옥상에 도착한다. 하지만 엄청난 괴물이 되어 나타난 절대 악 신중섭의 등장으로 현수와 은혁은 외롭고도 고독한 마지막 싸움을 시작한다... -
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스위트 홈 5 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“녀석은 우리의 강력한 무기가 될 수 있어요.”하나둘씩 괴물화 증상을 보이는 생존자들!촉수 괴물과 싸우다가 극적으로 1층 생존자들과 만나게 된 현수. 그런데 괴물이 되어가는 것은 현수 한 명만이 아니었다. 증상을 숨기는 생존자들로 인해 공동체에는 의심이 싹트기 시작한다. 이런 와중에 현수의 비정상적인 힘을 눈치챈 이은혁은 현수를 이용해 괴물과 싸우려는 작전을 짠다... -
![Sweet Home T03 by Youngchan Hwang, Carnby Kim]()
Sweet Home T03 by Youngchan Hwang, Carnby Kim
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSans famille, sans amis, sans espoir... un reclus peut-il survivre à l'apocalypse ? Depuis son écran, Hyeon-Su assiste à l'effondrement de la civilisation et à l'avènement des monstres jusqu'aux plus hautes sphères de l'Etat ! Mais pour lui, au fond, c?a ne change rien... Le monde est tout aussi effrayant qu'avant et le mieux est encore de rester cloîtré... -
![스위트 홈 10 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비]()
스위트 홈 10 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“1층 바리케이드가 무너지고 있어!”그린 홈이 뚫리면서 진짜 모험이 시작되다!위험을 무릅쓰고 밖으로 나가 신중섭 일당의 버스를 탐색하던 편상욱과 이은혁은 버스 안에서 토막 난 시체들을 발견하고 이들이 그린 홈까지 온 경위를 파악하게 된다. 두 사람의 움직임에 괴물들이 그린 홈으로 몰려오게 되고, 편상욱은 이들을 유인하기 위해 그린 홈 반대편으로 이동하지만 결국 엄청난 수에 1층 바리케이드가 뚫리고 마는데…... -
![스위트 홈 11 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비]()
스위트 홈 11 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“내가 대체 뭘 본 거지?”괴물에서 태어난 새로운 인간,과연 희망인가? 절망인가?생존자들은 뒷산 나무에 로프를 고정해 그린 홈을 빠져나가기 위해 옥상으로 향하는데, 현수는 한두식을 구하기 위해 무리에서 나와 지하 주차장으로 발길을 옮긴다. 하지만 한두식은 이미 목숨을 잃은 후고, 현수는 그곳에서 지금껏 보지 못했던 초인을 만나게 된다. 한편 지수는 자신을 희생해 다른 사람들을 살리기 위해 엄청난 볼륨으로 베이스를 연주하기 시작하는데…... -
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Sweet Home T09 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEp 94 - 105After an unexpected family tragedy, a reclusive high school student is forced to leave his home -- only to face something much scarier: a reality where monsters are trying to wipe out humanity. Now he must fight alongside a handful of reluctant heroes to try and save the world before it’s too late... -
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![Sweet Home T08 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비]()
Sweet Home T08 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEp 80 - 93After an unexpected family tragedy, a reclusive high school student is forced to leave his home -- only to face something much scarier: a reality where monsters are trying to wipe out humanity. Now he must fight alongside a handful of reluctant heroes to try and save the world before it’s too late... -
![School-Live!, Vol. 1 by Norimitsu Kaihou (Nitroplus), Sadoru Chiba]()
School-Live!, Vol. 1 by Norimitsu Kaihou (Nitroplus), Sadoru Chiba
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeet the members of the School Living Club! There's the shovel-loving (?) Kurumi Ebisuzawa, the big-sister figure Yuuri Wakasa, club advisor Megumi Sakura, and last but not least, the ever-optimistic Yuki Takeya. The School Living Club is just your average after-school organization where the girls hang out, have fun...and live at school as the sole survivors of a zombie apocalypse. NBD... -
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Gantz/22 by Hiroya Oku
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA spectacle without precedent unfolds in the streets of Osaka, leaving a path of complete and utter destruction as the battle with the aliens in Dotombori continues to escalate. Beset by a growing number of ghouls, each more deadly than the last, even the battle-hardened Gantz warriors find their numbers dwindling... -
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Gantz/24 by Hiroya Oku
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs the mind-boggling 100-point alien boss unleashes its horrors upon the overmatched Osaka Gantz team, the Tokyo team is forced by the Gantz orb to join the battle, but even their numbers fail to turn the tide. When all hope seems lost, the legendary alien fighter Hachira Oka returns from exile and enters the battlefield with his fearsome arsenal of weapons... -
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Gantz/21 by Hiroya Oku
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA new chapter in the Gantz saga brings with it a new level of action and mayhem! The alien-hunting Gantz warriors are transported to their new mission, leaving behind their fallen comrades, Kurono and Izumi. Given no time to mourn, they find themselves in a completely unfamiliar location, well beyond the confines of Tokyo in the Dotombori district of Osaka... -
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Gantz/23 by Hiroya Oku
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe battle-hardened Osaka Gantz team has fought with courage and fury to wipe out most of the lower-level (but highly lethal) alien invaders. Now firing on all cylinders, the OGs set out to go toe-to-toe with the insanely powerful boss-class offworlders, including the elusive, shape-shifting "100 Point" boss, a creature that can appear as beautiful as it is deadly...
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