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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... -
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Insidious Monsters by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNever fall for the monster inside you.Telarion and I have an understanding:*Never talk about our emotions.*Never express our feelings to each other.*Never spend the evenings together.Luckily, catching eldritch is time consuming and exhausting work... -
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The Purge of Babylon by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOne night. That was all it took. Creatures that once lived in the shadows, hidden from humankind, have risen, spreading like a plague across the globe over the course of a single night. Their numbers growing exponentially through infection, these seemingly unkillable creatures have swallowed up whole cities and collapsed unprepared governments. Survivors call it The Purge... -
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The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsBob Howard, from The Laundry, secret UK agency against evil forces, narrates boarding yacht of Ellis Billington for Gravedust device that talks with dead. Ellis plans to raise Jennifer Morgue, monster from deep sea, rule world. U.S. Black Chamber sends lethal Ramona Random, in conflict with her bosses. Includes: Pimpf tale - Bob in virtual game; Afterword; Glossary... -
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![I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson]()
I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsRobert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child on Earth has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood.By day, he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn...Categorized as:
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Impact Winter by Travis Beacham
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"They came after the impact and the firestorms. When the sun went dark. Like they’d been there all along. Just waiting."From executive producers of The Walking Dead and Travis Beacham, the writer of Pacific Rim, comes a heart-stopping Audible Original featuring a brilliant British cast. It’s the near future and seven years since a comet hit the earth and blotted out the sun... -
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Afterage by Yvonne Navarro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA plague of vampirism has crept across the country, reducing once-thriving cities to ghost towns. In Chicago, a few scattered survivors hide behind the fortified walls of office buildings and museums, raiding deserted stores for dwindling supplies of clothing and food... -
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The Wehrwolf by Alma Katsu
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlma Katsu, the visionary author of The Fervor, The Hunger, and The Deep, brings readers a terrifying short story about monsters among men—and the thin lines that divide them.Germany, 1945. In the waning days of World War II, the Nazis have been all but defeated. Uwe Fuchs, never a fighter, feels fortunate to have avoided the front lines as he cared for his widowed mother...Categorized as:
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The Pit and the Box by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOn an isolated mountain, a stone labyrinth provides rough shelter for a band of mercenaries. At its core lies a centuries-old mystery. But in part two of The Boy in the Iron Box, no secret is safe.A concealed pit; an iron box, wrapped in chains; a statue of a boy. What unknowns await the anxious, disoriented team in this strange ruin? Night will tell... -
![One Past Midnight: The Langoliers by Stephen King, Willem Dafoe]()
One Past Midnight: The Langoliers by Stephen King, Willem Dafoe
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThe first of a four-part audio series from Stephen King's best-selling book, Four Past Midnight. On a redeye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, only 11 passengers survive—but landing in a dead world makes them wish they hadn't...Categorized as:
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![Plague of the Dead by Z.A. Recht, Bowie V. Ibarra]()
Plague of the Dead by Z.A. Recht, Bowie V. Ibarra
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe end begins with a viral outbreak unlike anything mankind has ever encountered before. The infected are subject to delirium, fever, a dramatic increase in violent behavior, and a one-hundred percent mortality rate. Death. But it doesn't end there. The victims return from death to walk the earth... -
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The Hollows by Daniel Church
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a lonely village in the Peak District, during the onset of a once-in-a-lifetime snow storm, Constable Ellie Cheetham finds a body. The man, a local ne'er-do-well, appears to have died in a tragic accident: he drank too much and froze to death. But the facts don't add up: the dead man is clutching a knife in one hand, and there's evidence he was hiding from someone. Someone who watched him die... -
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Saturnalia by Stephanie Feldman
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Saturnalia carnival marks three years since Nina walked away from Philadelphia’s elite Saturn Club—with its genteel debauchery, arcane pecking order, and winking interest in alchemy and the occult. In doing so, she abandoned her closest friends and her chance to climb the social ladder... -
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The Shadow Revolution by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThey are the realm’s last, best defense against supernatural evil. But they’re going to need a lot more silver.As fog descends, obscuring the gas lamps of Victorian London, werewolves prowl the shadows of back alleys. But they have infiltrated the inner circles of upper-crust society as well. Only a handful of specially gifted practitioners are equipped to battle the beasts...Categorized as:
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![Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 4 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera]()
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 4 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe origin of Erica Slaughter, monster hunter, is revealed in this volume of the Eisner Award-nominated horror series.Erica Slaughter went to hell and back in Archer’s Peak, but that may be nothing compared to the events that forged her at the House of Slaughter. What events brought Erica to the House of Slaughter? And what did she have to do to join the Order of St... -
![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... -
![Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 5 by James Tynion IV, Miquel Muerto]()
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 5 by James Tynion IV, Miquel Muerto
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsErica Slaughter strikes out on her own in the bestselling, award-winning series!After a year since we last saw her in Archer’s Peak, Erica Slaughter resurfaces to take on the case of a girl who’s seen a new kind of monster, one with terrifying implications. But Erica’s broken ties with the House of Slaughter and that can have deadly consequences. The Order of St... -
![스위트 홈 7 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비]()
스위트 홈 7 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“밖은 정말 위험할까? 아직 희망이 있을지도 몰라!”살아남기 위한 위험천만한 작전이 시작된다!괴물화 증상으로 격리 중이었던 생존자들은 극도의 불안 속에서 점점 괴물로 변해간다. 길어지는 농성에 물과 음식도 바닥을 드러내고 마는데…. 이은혁은 그린 홈 밖이 생각보다 안전할지도 모른다며, 지하 주차장에 있는 차를 타고 다른 건물에서 물자를 조달해올 계획을 세운다... -
![스위트 홈 5 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비]()
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…... -
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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
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... -
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![Ex-Patriots by Peter Clines]()
Ex-Patriots by Peter Clines
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIt's been two years since the plague of ex-humans decimated mankind. Two years since the superheroes St. George, Cerberus, Zzzap, and Stealth gathered Los Angeles’s survivors behind the walls of their fortress, the Mount. Since then, the heroes have been fighting to give the Mount’s citizens hope, and something like a real life. But now supplies are growing scarce, the zombies are pressing in .Categorized as:
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Ex-Communication by Peter Clines
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratings“All of us try to cheat death. I was just better prepared to do it than most folks.” In the years since the wave of living death swept the globe, St George and his fellow heroes haven’t just kept Los Angeles’ last humans alive—they’ve created a real community, a bustling town that’s spreading beyond its original walls and swelling with new refugees...Categorized as:
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Unnatural Omnibus by Mirka Andolfo
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeslie J. Blair is a simple pig girl. She loves sushi, and she hates her job. Her world is dominated by a totalitarian government that interferes in the personal lives of its citizens, punishing transgressors for so-called "unnatural" relationships. Leslie dreams of something different for herself, but these dreams are becoming dangerous...
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