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Carrie / 'Salem's Lot / The Shining by Stephen King
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsStephen King is a unique and powerful writer without equal for millions of horror fans. His incredible narrative drive ensnares the reader in a web of everyday surroundings, believable situations and recognizable characters that are eventually caught up in a terrifying noose of monumental evil... -
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Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsThe ruthless and brilliant brother Vishous possesses a destructive curse and a frightening ability to see the future. As a member of the Brotherhood, he has no interest in love or emotion, only the battle with the Lessening Society. But when a mortal injury puts him in the care of a human surgeon, Dr... -
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'Salem's Lot by Stephen King, Jerry N. Uelsmann
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsStephen King's second novel, the vampire bestseller 'Salem's Lot, tells the story of evil in small-town America. For the first time in a major trade edition, this terrifying novel is accompanied by previously unpublished material from King's archive, two short stories, and eerie photographs that bring King's fictional darkness and evil to vivid life... -
![Savage Nature by Christine Feehan]()
Savage Nature by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhen Saria Boudreaux finds a dead body in the Louisiana bayou near her home, her first instinct is to go to the police. But there's a problem: it looks like the victim may have been killed by a big cat - and her brothers are all shape-shifting leopards... -
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![Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong]()
Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light... -
![Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong]()
Tales of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong has bewitched audiences with her Otherworld series of supernatural thrillers. Now, in this new collection of shorter fiction, some of Armstrong's most tantalizing lead characters appear alongside her unforgettable supporting players, who step out of the shadows and into the light... -
![Vultures by Chuck Wendig]()
Vultures by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn the sixth and final thriller of the “wildly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) Miriam Black series, Miriam tries to break the curse of her powers, but first she must face The Trespasser a final time... -
![The Wrath of Angels by John Connolly]()
The Wrath of Angels by John Connolly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the depths of the Maine woods, the wreckage of an aeroplane is discovered. There are no bodies, and no such plane has ever been reported missing, but men both good and evil have been seeking it for a long, long time. What the wreckage conceals is more important than money: it is power. Hidden in the plane is a list of names, a record of those who have struck a deal with the Devil... -
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Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 71 ratingsStephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special 12-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals... -
![Books of Blood: Volume Three by Clive Barker]()
Books of Blood: Volume Three by Clive Barker
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAlternate Cover Edition for ISBN 9780425093474To a mortician, the preparation of a corpse is an art. The smooth, silent exchange of blood and embalming fluid is like a symphony to be orchestrated. The presentation of the deceased -- lying in a shining casket framed by flowers -- is an exquisitely composed tableau. And the burial itself is the magnificent climax to his craftsmanship... -
![The Belly of the Beast (The Graveyard: Classified Paranormal Series Book 3) by Desmond Doane]()
The Belly of the Beast (The Graveyard: Classified Paranormal Series Book 3) by Desmond Doane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMay all your nightmares come true.Lies. Deceit. Betrayal. These are the weapons of the damned.For paranormal investigator Ford Atticus Ford, and his partner, Mike Long, the stakes have never been higher as they ready themselves for a supernatural war with the most powerful demonic entity they have ever encountered.This isn’t just about ghosts and things that go bump in the night... -
![Saint Odd by Dean Koontz]()
Saint Odd by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe future is haunting Odd Thomas.The carnival has returned to Pico Mundo, the same one that came to town when Odd was just sixteen. Odd is drawn to an arcade tent where he discovers Gypsy Mummy, the fortune-telling machine that told him that he and Stormy Llewellyn were destined to be together forever.But Stormy is dead and Pico Mundo is under threat once more... -
![Dark Carousel by Joe Hill]()
Dark Carousel by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJoe Hill, "the best horror writer of our generation” (Michael Koryta), returns with a brand new short story.A balmy summer night in 1994. Four teenagers out for an evening of fun on the boardwalk take a ride on the “Wild Wheel” – an antique carousel with a shadowy past – and learn too late that decisions made in an instant can have deadly consequences... -
![The White Night by Desmond Doane]()
The White Night by Desmond Doane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYes, you should be afraid of the dark…A mighty demon sits at the right hand of Satan, and he knows paranormal investigator Ford Atticus Ford by name. Mike Long, too, but what the vile creature covets most lies with little Chelsea Hopper.As Ford wrestles with the uncertain nature of his future, a different kind of evil storms into his world, proving that not all demons are inhuman... -
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![Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things by Martina McAtee]()
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things by Martina McAtee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThree reapers. Two worlds. One prophecy.Seventeen-year-old Ember Lonergan has made an art of isolating herself. She prefers the dead. She spends her days skipping school in old cemeteries and her nights hiding from her alcoholic father at the funeral home where she works. When her own father dies, Ember learns her whole life is a lie... -
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Long Lost by Jacqueline West
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEleven-year-old Fiona has just read a book that doesn’t exist. When Fiona’s family moves to be closer to her older sister’s figure skating club—and far from Fiona’s close-knit group of friends—nobody seems to notice Fiona’s unhappiness. Alone and out of place, Fiona ventures to the town’s library, a rambling mansion donated to the town by the long-dead heiress... -
![The Black by D.J. MacHale]()
The Black by D.J. MacHale
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAt the end of The Light, Book One of the Morpheus Road trilogy, Marshall learned the truth about what happened to his best friend Cooper. Now in Book Two, the POV switches to Cooper and we get to see his side of the mystery. What does his story have to do with Marshall and the journey along the Morpheus Road? It's time to learn more . . -
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Judgement Day by Joseph Nassise
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCade Williams’ worst nightmare has come true. The Necromancer’s black magick has not only released the Adversary from the infernal realms where Cade imprisoned it, but allowed the fallen angel to possess the body of Cade’s beloved wife, Gabrielle, in the process. When the Templars interrupt the ritual and kill the Necromancer, the Adversary sprouts wings and escapes into the darkness... -
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Fool's Ride by John L. Monk
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDan Jenkins is back, body hopping a scumbag at a time in his quest for the perfect ride. He doesn’t need much. Premium cable TV, good books, a well-stocked pantry, and he's set. But the Great Whomever has other plans.After six months waiting in limbo, Dan catches a ride as a horror novelist whose gruesome stories aren’t just fiction. Later, he hunts a man who’s escaped justice for far too long... -
![The First Bird: Episode 1 by Greig Beck]()
The First Bird: Episode 1 by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMatt Kearns, linguist, archaeologist and reluctant explorer from Beneath the Dark Ice and Black Mountain returns in his first full-time adventure. And this time he doesn't have Alex Hunter to save him when things get weird... -
![The In-Between by Rebecca Ansari]()
The In-Between by Rebecca Ansari
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCooper is lost. Ever since his father left their family three years ago, he has become distant from his friends, constantly annoyed by his little sister, Jess, and completely fed up with the pale, creepy rich girl who moved in next door, who won’t stop staring at him.So when Cooper learns of an unsolved mystery his sister has discovered online, he welcomes the distraction... -
![Night Music by John Connolly]()
Night Music by John Connolly
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of the Charlie Parker mysteries—"the finest crime series currently in existence" (The Independent)—comes a new anthology of chilling short fiction... -
![Chasing the Shadows by Keri Arthur]()
Chasing the Shadows by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNikki James is in San Francisco at the request of her partner and best friend, Jake. The wife of an old friend is missing, and Jake intends to find her—whatever the cost. The authorities believe the kidnappings to be the work of a sick mind, but Nikki knows that the truth is something much worse—especially since she seems to have an unexpected psychic link to the killer... -
![Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain]()
Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA teen girl disappears from her small town deep in the bayou, where magic festers beneath the surface of the swamp like water rot, in this chilling debut supernatural thriller for fans of Natasha Preston, Karen McManus, and Rory Power.La Cachette, Louisiana, is the worst place to be if you have something to hide... -
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![The Ghost Files by Apryl Baker]()
The Ghost Files by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSoon to be a major motion picture!Cherry blossom lipstick: check Smokey eyes: check Skinny jeans: checkDead kid in the mirror: check For sixteen year old Mattie Hathaway, this is her normal everyday routine. She’s been able to see ghosts since her mother tried to murder her when she was five years old. No way does she want anyone to know she can talk to spooks... -
![The Elementals by Michael McDowell]()
The Elementals by Michael McDowell
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOn a split of land cut off by the Gulf, three Victorian summer houses stand against the encroaching sand. Two of the houses at Beldame are still used. The third house, filling with sand, is empty...except for the vicious horror which is shaping nightmares from the nothingness that hangs in the dank, fetid air... -
![The Wine-Dark Sea by Robert Aickman]()
The Wine-Dark Sea by Robert Aickman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsPeter Straub called Robert Aickman 'this century's most profound writer of what we call horror stories'. Aickman's 'strange stories' (his preferred term for them) are a subtle exploration of psychological displacement and paranoia. His characters are ordinary people that are gradually drawn into the darker recesses of their own minds... -
![Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong]()
Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsPaige Winterbourne was always either too young or too rebellious to succeed her mother as leader of one of the world's most powerful elite organizations- the American Coven of Witches. Now that she is twenty-three and her mother is dead, the Elders can no longer deny her... -
![The Furies by John Connolly]()
The Furies by John Connolly
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Furies: mythological snake-haired goddesses of vengeance, pursuers of those who have committed unavenged crimes. Now, private investigator C harlie Parker is drawn into a world of modern furies... -
![Hainted by Jordan L. Hawk]()
Hainted by Jordan L. Hawk
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA retired ghost hunter. A man seeking redemption. Can they stop an ancient evil from destroying the world?Dan Miller once hunted the zombie-like revenants known as haints. He protected the living and quieted the dead. After his parents’ death, Dan gave up his own dreams to raise his young siblings... -
![Hannahwhere by John M. McIlveen]()
Hannahwhere by John M. McIlveen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWinner of the 2015 Drunken Druid Award (Ireland) for high literary merit.Nominee for the 2015 Bram Stoker Award (HWA) in the First Novel category.In a suburb on Boston’s North Shore, a catatonic little girl is found behind a dumpster. She is a mystery... -
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The Cat Lady by Damien Graves
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChloe never quite believed her friends' stories about the Cat Lady. When a dare goes horribly wrong, she finds out that the truth is more terrifying than anyone had ever imagined. This collection includes two more tales of terror. Illustrations... -
![Hallowed Eve by Suza Kates]()
Hallowed Eve by Suza Kates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomething terrible happened in Pine Creek.Eve Taylor must return home for her grandmother’s funeral but has every intention of making it a short visit. Too many memories live in the small town where she grew up, memories of a Halloween best forgotten. Trey Rainwater has been waiting for Eve. He knows she’ll be staying for longer than she’d planned and has every intention of making sure she does... -
![Watcher of the Dark by Joseph Nassise]()
Watcher of the Dark by Joseph Nassise
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA spine-tingling new Jeremiah Hunt dark fantasy thriller.New Orleans was nearly the death of Jeremiah Hunt, between a too-close brush with the FBI and a chilling, soul-searing journey through the realm of the dead that culminated with a do-or-die confrontation with Death himself... -
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![Three Heart Echo by Keary Taylor, T.L. Keary]()
Three Heart Echo by Keary Taylor, T.L. Keary
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to Roselock, where the ground bleeds, and the night screams.After the senseless murder of her fiancé, Iona Faye can’t move on. There was no happily ever after, and no goodbye. Desperate for closure, she goes to see Roselock’s one and only reclusive inhabitant... -
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The Meadows by London Clarke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA decades-old murder. A strange, blood-thirsty cult. And a house full of spirits.It was supposed to be a new beginning, a fresh start in the Shenandoah Valley, where Scarlett’s memories weren’t riddled with drug addiction and rehab. But after purchasing an abandoned house with a checkered past in the hopes of transforming it into a luxury bed and breakfast, strange things start to happen... -
![Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff]()
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsThe critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work of the imagination that melds historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy.Chicago, 1954... -
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Possession by Kat Richardson
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen a comatose woman suddenly wakes up and starts painting scenes she’s never witnessed, with a skill she’s never had, medical science has no explanation. As more bizarre phenomena manifest, even her doctors start to wonder if the woman may be possessed... -
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Duma Key by Stephen King
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsWhen Edgar Freemantle moves to the remote island of Duma Key to escape his past, he doesn't expect to find much there.But Duma has been waiting for him, and something in the view from his window urges him to discover a talent he never knew he had.Edgar Freemantle begins to paint. And as he paints, the island's secrets begin to stir... -
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Phantom by Christopher Pike
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter five thousand years she was again mortal. The dead alchemist's experiment has worked. Alisa is no longer a vampire, but a frail and confused human. Not only that -- she is pregnant. The baby grows in her at supernatural speed. As the stranger watches. The stranger from the past. But what child will Alisa's seed produce? A demon or an angel? Alisa does not know. But the stranger does... -
![The Snow by Flint Maxwell, Matt Godfrey]()
The Snow by Flint Maxwell, Matt Godfrey
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is how the world ends: with a single snowflake. After a tragic accident at work, all Grady Miller wanted was an escape, and he finds it with two of his closest friends. Together, the three of them travel south to Prism Lake for the upcoming holiday, where they plan on spending the sunny weekend drinking, grilling, and relaxing... -
![Everything's Eventual by Stephen King]()
Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsThe first collection of stories Stephen King has published since Nightmares & Dreamscapes nine years ago, Everything's Eventual includes one O. Henry Prize winner, two other award winners, four stories published by The New Yorker, and "Riding the Bullet," King's original e-book, which attracted over half a million online readers and became the most famous short story of the decade... -
![Beneath a Rising Moon by Keri Arthur]()
Beneath a Rising Moon by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThere’s no turning back for Neva Grant. To find a killer, she must seduce the boldest male in the Sinclair pack. Her twin sister lies in a hospital bed, fighting for her life, the fourth and only surviving victim of a vicious attacker... -
![Wonder Tales: The Book of Wonder and Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany]()
Wonder Tales: The Book of Wonder and Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIrish writer Edward J. M. D. Plunkett (1878–1957), the eighteenth Baron Dunsany, was one of English literature's most original talents. The author of many of the best fantastic tales in the language, he was also a great influence on other writers of the genre. American novelist H. P... -
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![Night Chill by Jeff Gunhus]()
Night Chill by Jeff Gunhus
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the author of Jack Templar Monster Hunter comes a supernatural thriller for adult audiences. Jack Tremont moves his family to the quiet mountains of Western Maryland hoping to leave behind a troubled past and restart his life... -
![Death's Servant by C.J. Ellisson]()
Death's Servant by C.J. Ellisson
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJonathan Winchester has clashed with his alpha one too many times. After another argument he leaves the Manitoba pack, his only home since the werewolf attack that changed his life. He returns to his home state of Virginia to start a new life free of pack politics. Jon finds work and meets a young waitress, Raine, who appears to be a lone werewolf, too... -
![Forever Odd by Dean Koontz]()
Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 58 ratingsI see dead people. But then, by God, I do something about it.Odd Thomas never asked for his special ability. He's just an ordinary guy trying to live a quiet life in the small desert town of Pico Mundo. Yet he feels an obligation to do right by his otherworldly confidants, and that's why he's won hearts on both sides of the divide between life and death... -
![An Old Friend of the Family by Fred Saberhagen]()
An Old Friend of the Family by Fred Saberhagen
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Southerland family left the old world to start anew in America, but little did they know that a blood-feud, older than history itself, would follow them through the generations to come.Kate Southerland, the first born of the latest generation of Southerlands, has been murdered, but she is not dead. Her little brother, Johnny, has also vanished, a severed, bloody finger the only clue... -
![The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould]()
The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsCourtney Gould’s thrilling debut The Dead and the Dark is about the things that lurk in dark corners, the parts of you that can’t remain hidden, and about finding home in places―and people―you didn’t expect.The Dark has been waiting for far too long, and it won't stay hidden any longer. Something is wrong in Snakebite, Oregon... -
![Kill the Dead by Tanith Lee]()
Kill the Dead by Tanith Lee
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOut of the dusk he comes striding, the stranger, the man in black, inevitable as death itself: Parl Dro--Ghost Slayer.Some have bought his services for gold, and some have blessed him for his work. But not everyone welcomes an exorcist who will remorselessly deprive them of their beloved dead.Dro began his vocation at an early age...
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