Books like 'Crimson, Volume One'
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Forced Ascent by John Conroe
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsChris Gordon has never had an easy relationship with the White House. Now, after rescuing his goddaughter from a secret base in New Hampshire, it’s reached a new low. You drop one little asteroid onto the continental United States and the entire government goes crazy. On top of that Halloween is fast approaching and demons are popping through into our world every which way... -
![Duel Nature by John Conroe]()
Duel Nature by John Conroe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsChris and Tanya have been assigned as Coven Rovers, traveling the country and trouble shooting the supernatural community. It's a job that's part cop and part auditor, one that should be long periods of boredom mixed with small parts of action... -
![Stolen Paradise by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks]()
Stolen Paradise by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese monsters rule the city... and I've become their newest obsession.I've been caught in a war between the three most powerful gangs in the city... and I'm trapped with the most dangerous of them all.The Kings.With each passing day, they lurk closer, their darkness pulling me a bit deeper. They push me, demanding everything I have when my world is falling apart... -
![Yes, Master by Simon Archer]()
Yes, Master by Simon Archer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if you had a genie who wanted your every last desire to come true? What if you had two? And what if they were competing to see who could do a better job?What would you wish... -
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![A Drop of Anguish by Stacey Trombley]()
A Drop of Anguish by Stacey Trombley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI might be a magicless human, but I won't be easy prey.Everyone at Shadow Hills Academy thinks they know who I am. Canadice Montgomery, a weak magicless human whose only claim to power was her relationship with the demon prince, Jarron.The girl who's so desperate for power, she'd be willing to kill her peers in a deadly competition... -
![Pop Art by Joe Hill]()
Pop Art by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsImogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .Francis is unhappy...Categorized as:
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![Bunker Dogs by Gage Greenwood]()
Bunker Dogs by Gage Greenwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDon't just fear what you're hiding from, fear what you're hiding with. Cassie's night of babysitting goes to hell when bombs explode in the distance, planes fly overhead at low altitudes, and alerts on her phone tell her to seek shelter. Luckily, the boy she babysits tells her his father has a bunker in the yard... -
![Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book Season One Vol. 1 by Joss Whedon]()
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book Season One Vol. 1 by Joss Whedon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis volume contains the first six scripts from the first season of the television programme Buffy the Vampire Slayer. These scripts are the shooting drafts, and contain production notes, cut dialogue and different scenes... -
![Voluntary Committal by Joe Hill]()
Voluntary Committal by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Horns comes this e-short story—from Joe Hill’s award-winning collection 20th Century Ghosts.Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . -
![Sleep Tight by J.H. Markert]()
Sleep Tight by J.H. Markert
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe sole survivor of a serial killer might hold the key to stopping a new spree of murders in this propulsive thriller in the vein of The Black Phone and The Whisper Man.Dark and twisting at every turn, fans of Catriona Ward will love this chilling new tale from the deviously inventive horror author that Peter Farris calls the “clear heir to Stephen King.”Beware the one who got away . . -
![Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes! by Brian Lumley]()
Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes! by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the fertile mind of Brian Lumley: Weird heroes and weirder worlds!Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes!Vampires. Elder Gods. Nightmares. Mysterious elixirs. Wines capable of transporting the drinker-literally-to another world. Fossils that dream of rending flesh between their teeth. These wonders, and many more, spring from the fertile imagination of Brian Lumley... -
![Dracula by Tania Zamorsky, Bram Stoker]()
Dracula by Tania Zamorsky, Bram Stoker
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDracula, that compelling creature of the night, continues his neck-biting ways in a version of the novel that children will devour. Moving from Transylvania to London, the timeless vampire serves up thrills and chills as he imprisons and terrorizes the innocent Jonathan Harker, and then goes after his fiancee, Mina, and her friend Lucy. From creepy, insect-eating Renfield to Dr... -
![Chosen by Nancy Holder]()
Chosen by Nancy Holder
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBIGGEST BADDEST BUFFY OF THEM ALL The First has come to Sunnydale and set its sights on taking down the Slayer. On the side of the White Hats: Buffy, Xander, Willow, Anya, Dawn, Giles, Spike, Faith, Angel, and an assortment of young, innocent, untried Potentials... -
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![Vampire: The Masquerade Revised by Mark Rein-Hagen, Phil Brucato]()
Vampire: The Masquerade Revised by Mark Rein-Hagen, Phil Brucato
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey stalk in the shadows, moving gracefully and unseen among their prey. They are the blood-drinking fiends of whispered legends - Kindred, Cainites, the Damned. Above all, they are vampires. Their eternal struggle, waged since the nights of Jericho and Babylon, plays itself out among the skyscrapers and nightclubs of the modern world... -
![With Teeth by Brian Keene]()
With Teeth by Brian Keene
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor a group of middle-aged friends, the trip into the forest was supposed to be simple. All they had to do was find a place to set up their criminal enterprise, and all of their financial problems would be solved. But now, night is falling, and with the darkness comes something else. Something fast. Something ferocious. Something... with teeth... -
![Down in the Hollow by Timothy Hobbs]()
Down in the Hollow by Timothy Hobbs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt all begins with a decapitated head found at the bottom of a dark well. Bertram Stone is a former Texas Ranger running from the changes of an ever-evolving world. Horses were being replaced by cars. Laws were changing how Bertram could deal justice. Wanting to live out his golden years in peace, Stone flees to the quiet town of Hamilton, Texas where he becomes the local sheriff... -
![A Dose of Agony by Stacey Trombley]()
A Dose of Agony by Stacey Trombley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe final installment of the Shadow Hills Relentless series.They say the games have only just begun, but I'm here to end them once and for all.A civil war is brewing in the Under World, lead by the same villain who stole my sister from me. Jarron must return to his world for damage control, leaving me alone at Shadow Hills Academy again... -
![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... -
![Dracula and Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker]()
Dracula and Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis e-book publication is unique which includes compilation of two classics, Dracula and Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker. A new table of contents with working links has been included by a publisher. This edition has been corrected for spelling and grammatical errors... -
![Best New Horror by Joe Hill]()
Best New Horror by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .Francis is unhappy... -
![By the Pale Moonlight by Jennifer Hendren]()
By the Pale Moonlight by Jennifer Hendren
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMakenna Wilhelm knows all of her friends have their quirks, but when Ty shows up naked in her yard one morning, she finds it beyond weird. Stranger still are the deep gashes across Ty’s chest and his sudden ability to hear and smell things that no human should.During a moonlit night, Ty’s secret is revealed... -
![The Best of Cemetery Dance, Volume 1 by Richard Chizmar, Stephen King]()
The Best of Cemetery Dance, Volume 1 by Richard Chizmar, Stephen King
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Cemetery Dance, the award-winning showcase for today's greatest masters of dark fiction, comes a stunning short story anthology of dark dreams, forbidden fantasies, and waking nightmares... -
![Storberry by Dan Padavona]()
Storberry by Dan Padavona
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDo You Miss the Days when Vampire Novels were Scary?Haunted by the demons of his childhood, Evan Moran returns to Storberry, Virginia, to find a greater evil threatens the town. Across town, teenager Jen Barrows is frightened by the strange noises which come from her garage crawlspace after nightfall, despite the assurances of friend Tom Kingsley that there is nothing to fear... -
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![Mar negro by Bernardo Esquinca, Miguel Ángel Álvarez]()
Mar negro by Bernardo Esquinca, Miguel Ángel Álvarez
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings¿La vida en la Tierra sólo puede evolucionar, o también mutar en criaturas amenazantes, propias de la prehistoria y el horror? ¿Es el amor motivo suficiente para traer a un hombre de regreso de la muerte? ¿Pueden los juguetes infantiles convertirse en mensajeros de furiosas maldiciones?En esta colección de cuentos, Bernardo Esquinca abre interrogantes cuyas respuestas se encuentran al otro lado... -
![Knead to Know by Liz Schulte]()
Knead to Know by Liz Schulte
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaggie Edwards can’t sleep, eat, or die—but, she can bake. However, just before the Halloween grand opening of her bakery, a pesky reporter witnesses an accident in her kitchen and gets a little too close to the truth. If she can’t convince him to keep quiet, not only will she lose her chance at happiness, but they both could lose their lives... -
![Beautiful Familiar by Amy Cross]()
Beautiful Familiar by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA stormy night. A broken down car on a remote Scottish moor. A woman trapped miles from nowhere, who finally spots a light in the distance. Yet even as she makes her way toward Strathfield Castle, Catherine Meadows has no idea that her arrival is anticipated. Strathfield is home to one of the last great vampires... -
![HOLLOW by Celina Myers]()
HOLLOW by Celina Myers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMia feels stuck. The only talents she has ever had - the ability to see ghosts - dried up when she was a child. She knows there must be something more for her out there, but what? Then one day a tragic series of events kills her and she soon discovers she has been turned into a vampire. She must choose between two vampire families - and two unexpected loves... -
![The Inconsolables by Michael Wehunt]()
The Inconsolables by Michael Wehunt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn his first collection, Greener Pastures, Michael Wehunt introduced the world to his singular voice--a poetic, resonant force of darkness and unique terrors. He returns with The Inconsolables, a chilling selection of stories sure to brighten this star of literary horror...Categorized as:
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![Don't Scream: 60 Tales to Terrify by Blair Daniels]()
Don't Scream: 60 Tales to Terrify by Blair Daniels
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI picked up a hitchhiker. Now I’m not sure I’ll get home alive. I finally bought my own Airpods. I hear something terrifying when I wear them. Today, I looked in the mirror... for the first time in 10 years. Do NOT read a book called “Goodnight, Precious” to your children. DON’T SCREAM brings you 60 terrifying tales for your darkest nights... -
![Guide to the Sabbat by Justin Achilli]()
Guide to the Sabbat by Justin Achilli
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShadows of the Elders War The Sabbat are depraved monsters, reveling in their Damned state and herding the kine about them like cattle. Or so it would seem to the uninitiated. In truth, the Sabbat wage a secret war on the elders, struggling night after night to free themselves from the tyranny of the dread Antediluvians and the Jyhad itself... -
![The Savage Dead by Joe McKinney]()
The Savage Dead by Joe McKinney
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt starts in a laboratory. A man-made strain of flesh-eating virus. Created by a power-hungry cartel. Capable of turning victims into brain-dead carnivores. Smuggled aboard a cruise ship that's about to set sail...One by one, the passengers are exposed. A U.S. senator. A young couple. An undercover agent. A beautiful assassin. Some will be infected. Others will survive... -
![Dark Masques by J.N. Williamson]()
Dark Masques by J.N. Williamson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLOOK BEHIND THE MASQUES--IF YOU DARE . . . Enter a shadowy realm where nothing--and no one--is as it appears. A place hidden from view, nestled in the darkest recesses of your mind, awaiting the perfect moment to reveal itself--only to scare you blind... -
![Hottest Blood by Jeff Gelb, Michael Garrett]()
Hottest Blood by Jeff Gelb, Michael Garrett
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTerror never felt this sexy! Graham Masterton, Bentley Little, Rex Miller, Elizabeth Massie, David Schow, Matthew Costello, John Shirley, Thomas Tessier, Grant Morrison and other established masters, as well as rising stars in the galaxy of horror writers, weave riveting tales of sex and terror... -
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![Goodnight Kiss by R.L. Stine]()
Goodnight Kiss by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGoodnight Kiss 1Matt and his girlfriend, April, are plunged into a horrifying world of endless night when they encounter the vampires of Sandy Hollow. April is lured away from Matt when a vampire controls her -- hypnotizes her with his strange, intoxicating kisses. Now Matt must save April, before she gets her final goodnight kiss. Goodnight Kiss 2 Bill has been to Sandy Hollow before... -
![Guide to the Camarilla by Richard Dansky]()
Guide to the Camarilla by Richard Dansky
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoses watered with blood It has been over five centuries since the curtain of the Masquerade was drawn across the stage of the Kindred. It has been five centuries of secrecy, tradition and lies, five centuries of hidden elegance and terror. It has been five centuries since anyone knew the truth. Now, at last, the curtain will be drawn back. The lies will be exposed... -
![Blood Red by James A. Moore]()
Blood Red by James A. Moore
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor years, Halloween has been a time for celebration in picturesque Black Stone Bay, RI. But this year, things will be very different. This year, the town will learn that things that go bump in the night are not always figments off the imagination... -
![Last Breath by Joe Hill]()
Last Breath by Joe Hill
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .Francis is unhappy... -
![Abraham's Boys by Joe Hill, David LeDoux]()
Abraham's Boys by Joe Hill, David LeDoux
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .Francis is unhappy... -
![The Thirst by R.L. Stine]()
The Thirst by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSenior year begins on a gruesome note when students are found drained of blood... -
![Goodnight Kiss 2 by R.L. Stine]()
Goodnight Kiss 2 by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVampires are stalking the small resort town of Sandy Hollow. Billy knows it; his girlfriend was one of the victims last summer. Now Billy is back - and he wants revenge.His friends don't believe him. But nobody can explain the bodies found on the beach - with two puncture holes in the neck. Or the swarm of bats that appear each night.The undead are here, and Billy's going to beat them... -
![Resident Evil: Retribution - The Official Movie Novelization by John Shirley]()
Resident Evil: Retribution - The Official Movie Novelization by John Shirley
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEVIL GOES GLOBALJust as she finds a safe haven, free from the Undead, Alice is kidnapped by her former employees - the Umbrella Corporation. Regaining consciousness, she finds herself trapped in the most terrifying scenario imaginable... -
![The Mammoth Book of Vampires by Stephen Jones, Clive Barker]()
The Mammoth Book of Vampires by Stephen Jones, Clive Barker
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAward-winning horror editor Stephen Jones presents thirty-six modern masters of the macabre. Among them are: Harlan Ellison, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Paul McAuley, Peter Tremayne, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Ramsey Campbell.This anthology collects the very best in vampire fiction which blends sheer horror with dark humor, deadly tenderness with tingling terror... -
![Self Made Man by Poppy Z. Brite]()
Self Made Man by Poppy Z. Brite
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis collection of 12 short stories from Poppy Brite contains collaborations with Christa Faust and David Ferguson and an introduction from Peter Straub. The collection also includes America, which features Steve and Ghost, the central characters in Lost Souls... -
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![Clanbook: Tremere Revised by Jess Heinig]()
Clanbook: Tremere Revised by Jess Heinig
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlood Sorcery and Blood BondsFrom her first night among the Kindred, the neonate Tremere leads a double unlife. Bound not only by the traditions of the Camarilla but by those of her clan, the Tremere must find a place for herself in her own hierarchy and in the deadly world of vampires. Learn the magic of the Tremere and the rigors of earning status in the clan... -
![Clanbook: Gangrel Revised by Brian Campbell, Ellen P. Kiley]()
Clanbook: Gangrel Revised by Brian Campbell, Ellen P. Kiley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs rogues and wanderers, the Gangrel have always placed themselves apart from other Kindred. The Outlanders have no need for the petty Jyhads and useless sniping of the undead - they are vampires, the highest order of beasts! Now, Clan Gangrel prowls the night unfettered by the traditions of the crumbling Camarilla. They have finally called the night their own... -
![Clanbook: Toreador Revised by Heather Grove, Greg Stolze]()
Clanbook: Toreador Revised by Heather Grove, Greg Stolze
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCold Passions InflameMore than just a simple clan of artists, the Toreador helped found the Camarilla and have extensive dealings with the mortal world. More than any other Kindred, they feel the damnation of the Embrace, as it extinguishes the flame of creativity for which they long... -
![New Fears: New Horror Stories by Masters of the Genre by Mark Morris]()
New Fears: New Horror Stories by Masters of the Genre by Mark Morris
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFear comes in many forms.The horror genre’s greatest living practitioners drag our darkest fears kicking and screaming into the light in this collection of nineteen brand-new stories. In The Boggle Hole by Alison Littlewood an ancient folk tale leads to irrevocable loss. In Josh Malerman’s The House of the Head a dollhouse becomes the focus for an incident both violent and inexplicable... -
![Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles by Ellen Datlow]()
Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles by Ellen Datlow
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLegendary genre editor Ellen Datlow brings together eighteen dark and terrifying original stories inspired by cinema and television. A BLUMHOUSE BOOKS HORROR ORIGINAL... -
![The Vampire Princess by Michael Romkey]()
The Vampire Princess by Michael Romkey
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I HAVE FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN AWAKENING YOUR KILLER INSTINCT. . . .There will be many opportunities for you to indulge in your wildest desires aboard the Prince William. But if you refuse to abandon yourself to my bloody bacchanals I will find a new lover . . . and destroy you.Remember, I am the only one who understands you--your dreams, your fears, your needs . . . your darkest desires...
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