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Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJasper Rabbit is NOT a little bunny anymore. He’s not afraid of the dark, and he’s definitely not afraid of something as silly as underwear. But when the lights go out, suddenly his new big rabbit underwear glows in the dark. A ghoulish, greenish glow. If Jasper didn’t know any better he’d say his undies were a little, well, creepy... -
![Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay]()
Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe tree is trimmed. The mistletoe is hung. The eggnog is spiked. It’s time to celebrate the merriest, most heart-warming Christmas ever! Or not? No. Definitely, absolutely not. This Christmas won’t be cheerful. It’ll be more like Ash vs Evil Dead meets National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Because the Wallace family’s annual Christmas Eve party is about to skid off the rails... -
![The Witchstone by Henry H. Neff]()
The Witchstone by Henry H. Neff
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn unforgettable, high-stakes, laugh-out-loud funny novel, The Witchstone blends the merciless humor of The Good Place with the spellbinding fantasy of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods.Meet Laszlo, eight-hundred-year-old demon and Hell’s least productive Curse Keeper. From his office beneath Midtown, he oversees the Drakeford Curse, which involves a pathetic family upstate and a mysterious black stone... -
![Lovecraft Unbound by Ellen Datlow, Dale Bailey]()
Lovecraft Unbound by Ellen Datlow, Dale Bailey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe stories are legendary, the characters unforgettable, the world horrible and disturbing... -
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![Dim Glows The Horizon by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle]()
Dim Glows The Horizon by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's all about a good time. Katie has the ability and desire to see Brock again, and show him and his guys a good time. Will that include any special time for the two of them? (Pandora hopes so). That stranger left a message about a sword and Armor... But is Pandora willing to help or does she even know what he was talking about?Someone is stalking Calvin's girlfriend... -
![Angel Trouble by D.M. Guay]()
Angel Trouble by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and certain death. Or not. No, definitely not, because the grim reaper's lost his job. He's been stripped of his scythe and banned from reaping. The angel of death has officially fallen, and he's crash-landed at 24/7 Demon Mart... -
![Tales from the Gas Station, Vol. 1 by Jack Townsend]()
Tales from the Gas Station, Vol. 1 by Jack Townsend
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWorking at a dead-end retail job in the middle of nowhere can be hard. The long hours. The helpless customers. The enormous eldritch horror living deep below the building… As the only full-time employee at the twenty-four hour gas station at the edge of town, Jack has pretty much seen it all... -
![Who's a Good Boy? by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor]()
Who's a Good Boy? by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom the authors of the New York Times bestselling novels It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a collection of episodes from Season Four of their hit podcast, featuring an introduction by the authors, a foreword by Jonny Sun, behind-the-scenes commentary, and original illustrations... -
![Claw of the Werewolf by Tommy Donbavand]()
Claw of the Werewolf by Tommy Donbavand
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMake no bones about it! There’s a headhunt underway — and Luke is closing in on the sixth relic — as the Scream Street series screeches ahead! Luke is just one relic away from opening the doorway back to his own world and taking his parents away from the terrors of Scream Street! But this search threatens to plunge him into the most dangerous adventure yet... -
![Critters from the Poo Lagoon : A 24/7 Demon Mart Creature Feature (24/7 Demon Mart Stories Book 2) by D.M. Guay]()
Critters from the Poo Lagoon : A 24/7 Demon Mart Creature Feature (24/7 Demon Mart Stories Book 2) by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and the creatures who just crawled out of the toilet at Jennifer Wallace's charity luau. Wait, what? Back up.It's Friday night, and the Wallace family is hosting a charity pool party at Caroline Ford Vanderbilt's super snooty Country Club... -
![Old Haunts by Dave Turner]()
Old Haunts by Dave Turner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeath's not taking the news he received at the end of Paper Cuts very well. Dave is still getting used to the undead trying kill him at regular intervals while he and Anne attempt to solve the mystery of the strange forces that continue to engulf London. And Melanie's still putting up with more than any person should in a relationship... -
![The Unhappy Medium 2: Tom Fool: A Supernatural Comedy by T.J. Brown]()
The Unhappy Medium 2: Tom Fool: A Supernatural Comedy by T.J. Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDr Newton Barlow and the Purgatorians are back. Now that the fight between good and evil has become routine, one-time sceptical physicist and unhappy medium, Dr Newton Barlow, is badly in need of a challenge. It arrives in the shape of a crime so cunning in its planning, so dastardly in its execution, that even the hyper-logical Dr Barlow will struggle to prevent it... -
![The Reluctant Demon by Mark Cain]()
The Reluctant Demon by Mark Cain
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSatan has made a new demon, and he’s a doozy, maybe the most powerful ever created. There’s just one problem … this freshly-minted hellion isn’t sure he wants the job. In the wacky final volume of the Circles in Hell series, Steve Minion attends Beast Barracks, where he learns both the arcane and mundane arts of being a servant of the Devil... -
![What the Hell Did I Just Read by David Wong, Jason Pargin]()
What the Hell Did I Just Read by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsNYT bestselling author Wong takes readers to a whole new level with his latest dark comic sci-fi thriller, set in the world of John Dies at the End and This Book is Full of SpidersDave, John and Amy recount what seems like a fairly straightforward tale of a shape-shifting creature from another dimension that is stealing children and brainwashing their parents, but it eventually becomes clear... -
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![The Buying of Lot 37 by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor]()
The Buying of Lot 37 by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the authors of the New York Times bestselling novels It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a collection of episodes from Season Three of their hit podcast, featuring an introduction by the authors, a foreword by Dessa, behind-the-scenes commentary, and original illustrations... -
![A Heart in the Right Place by Heide Goody, Iain Grant]()
A Heart in the Right Place by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll Nick wants to do is take his dying father for a perfect father-son weekend in the Scottish Highlands. It’s not much to ask, is it? A log cabin, a roaring fire, a bottle of fine whisky and two days to paper over the cracks in their relationship. However, Nick didn’t plan on making the trip with a dead neighbour in the back of his car. Or the neighbour’s dog... -
![Scream Street: Skull of the Skeleton by Tommy Donbavand]()
Scream Street: Skull of the Skeleton by Tommy Donbavand
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMake no bones about it! There’s a headhunt underway — and Luke is closing in on one of the final relics — as the Scream Street series screeches ahead!None other than the Headless Horseman, the world’s most famous ghost, is appearing at Everwell’s Emporium to launch his new perfume, “Decapitation pour l’Homme... -
![Fatpocalypse by Johnny B. Truant]()
Fatpocalypse by Johnny B. Truant
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMISSED BOOKS 1-4?The "Fat Vampire Value Meal" contains books 1-4 in the Fat Vampire series at a 33% discount. Get it here: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/.. -
![Baby of the Family by Tina McElroy Ansa]()
Baby of the Family by Tina McElroy Ansa
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn evocative, delicately comic story of a girl’s coming of age. From the moment of her birth in a rural black hospital in Georgia, Lena McPherson is recognized as a special child, with the power to see ghosts and predict the future. Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times... -
![Deal With The Devil by Mark Cain]()
Deal With The Devil by Mark Cain
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA kidnapping, a dangerous new devil: Steve and Orson confront another mystery, involving their closest friends, while Satan tries to recruit Steve to the Demon Corps... -
![How To Be Dead by Dave Turner]()
How To Be Dead by Dave Turner
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Dave Marwood is trapped in a soul crushing dead end job. He’s in love with his work colleague Melanie and his only friend Gary is a conspiracy theory nut. His life is going nowhere until he has a Near Death Experience - though Death thinks of it as a Near Dave Experience... -
![Oddjobs by Heide Goody, Iain Grant]()
Oddjobs by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s the end of the world as we know it, but someone still needs to do the paperwork. Incomprehensible horrors from beyond are going to devour our world but that’s no excuse to get all emotional about it. Morag Murray works for the secret government organisation responsible for making sure the apocalypse goes as smoothly and as quietly as possible... -
![Carved in Flesh by Tim Waggoner]()
Carved in Flesh by Tim Waggoner
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAfter Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious supernatural force as young children, their father taught them how to hunt and destroy the paranormal evil that exists in the dark corners of America. After their father’s demonic death, they discovered that they are descended from a long line of hunters and chose to continue their mission... -
![Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law by Lavie Tidhar]()
Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law by Lavie Tidhar
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNo vampire is ever innocent…The wandering Judge Dee serves as judge, jury, and executioner for any vampire who breaks the laws designed to safeguard their kind’s survival. This new case in particular puts his mandate to the test... -
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![Wednesday: A Novelization of Season One by Tehlor Kay Mejia]()
Wednesday: A Novelization of Season One by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturn to the hallowed halls of Nevermore Academy with Wednesday Addams in this delightfully dark novelization of season one of the hit show, Wednesday! Wednesday is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ time as a student at Nevermore Academy... -
![The Bride that Time Forgot by Paul Magrs]()
The Bride that Time Forgot by Paul Magrs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn outrageous adventure with the most terrifying villain Brenda has ever faced - her best friend, Effie.Something is biting people on the streets of Whitby. In an ordinary town, this would be worrying. Here, it’s disastrous, and only Brenda has guessed why... -
![I Knocked Up Satan's Daughter: A Demonic Romantic Comedy by Carlton Mellick III]()
I Knocked Up Satan's Daughter: A Demonic Romantic Comedy by Carlton Mellick III
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJonathan Vandervoo lives a carefree life in a house made of legos, spending his days building lego sculptures and his nights getting drunk with his only friend-an alcoholic sumo wrestler named Shoji. It's a pleasant life with no responsibility, until the day he meets Lici. She's a soul-sucking demon from hell with red skin, glowing eyes, a forked tongue, and pointy red devil horns.. -
![A Night of Blacker Darkness: Being the Memoir of Frederick Whithers As Edited by Cecil G. Bagsworth III by Dan Wells]()
A Night of Blacker Darkness: Being the Memoir of Frederick Whithers As Edited by Cecil G. Bagsworth III by Dan Wells
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWrongly imprisoned, Frederick Whithers is desperate to commit the crime he's already being punished for: defrauding the bank out of a vast inheritance. He fakes his death to escape, but when he's seen climbing out of a coffin everyone assumes he's a vampire; when he shows none of the traditional vampire weaknesses, they decide he must be the most powerful vampire in the history of the world... -
![Satan Loves You by Grady Hendrix]()
Satan Loves You by Grady Hendrix
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSatan hates his job. Managing Hell is the worst job ever invented and after several millennia of listening to the constant whining of damned souls, Satan is totally burned out. But there are no holidays in Hell, and now, in the face of a power grab by the officious and smarmy Heavenly Host, Satan's got to reach deep and find a way to save his home from corporate takeover... -
![Awoken by Serra Elinsen]()
Awoken by Serra Elinsen
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn his house at R’lyeh, great Cthulhu lies dreaming... of her... -
![Death or Ice Cream? by Gareth P. Jones]()
Death or Ice Cream? by Gareth P. Jones
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJust in time for Halloween, this young adult novel features thirteen linked short stories set in the mysterious town of Larkin Mills. Filled with odd tales, a wry wit, and creepy adventures this book will have you sleeping with the lights on, so grab a scythe and get ready for a frightful read... -
![The Book of Bart by Ryan Hill]()
The Book of Bart by Ryan Hill
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"An entertaining romp through a world of smack-talking demons, less-than-angelic angels, demon-hunting Templars and everything in between." ~T.L... -
![For Love or Magic by Lucy March]()
For Love or Magic by Lucy March
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEliot Parker's good-for-nothing deceased husband has left her a new lease on life: a house in sleepy Nodaway Falls, New York. But his offer comes with a cost: his ghost...As if being married to him wasn't hard enough! Nodaway Falls turns out to be a town with more than a little magic in the air... -
![I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus: A Breathers Christmas Carol by S.G. Browne]()
I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus: A Breathers Christmas Carol by S.G. Browne
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“One of America’s best satiric novelists” (Kirkus Reviews), S. G. Browne seamlessly gift wraps this horrific and hilarious sequel to his “extremely strong” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) zombie novel Breathers.He sees you when you’re sleeping...he knows when you’re undead... -
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![Howling Mad by Peter David]()
Howling Mad by Peter David
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWell, New Yorkers have seen their share of lunatics... -
![Dead as a Doorpost by Naomi Kramer]()
Dead as a Doorpost by Naomi Kramer
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohn's dead and in Heaven, listening to harps that don't quite sound as he expected. He's pretty happy about the whole thing, actually. His wife Melissa is ecstatic. Linda, though, suspects foul play - and she's not going to rest until she finds out what happened. This is a very short book - novelette length - about 9000 words or 36 (print) pages... -
![The Cabal of Thotash by J. Zachary Pike]()
The Cabal of Thotash by J. Zachary Pike
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Cabal of Thotash has languished for years within their poorly-ventilated Manhattan lair. All of their rituals to summon an ancient malice and help it unmake reality have accomplished little beyond annoying the upstairs neighbor... -
![Fireproof by Gerard Brennan]()
Fireproof by Gerard Brennan
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEqual parts crime fiction, dark urban fantasy and black comedy.Hell hath no fury for Mike Rocks. He's fireproof; an anomaly caused by a slip-up in afterlife bureaucracy. Lucifer bundles him off as an embarrassing problem with a mission to introduce Satanism to Northern Ireland. And while he's at it, Mike can exact revenge on the men who took his life... -
![Dead and Dateless by Kimberly Raye]()
Dead and Dateless by Kimberly Raye
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSHE’D LIKE HER BLOOD BOTTLED, PLEASE!The sassiest vampire in all of Manhattan, Lil Marchette, is the owner of Dead End Dating–a matchmaking service for hip, intelligent singles like herself. After only three months, business is booming, and she can finally pay her bills (or, more important, feed a hungry cosmetics addiction)... -
![Up Jumps the Devil by Michael Poore]()
Up Jumps the Devil by Michael Poore
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“The sustained comedy in this hilarious novel is equaled only by its heart, and the myriad ways there are for it to break. I love this book. Michael Poore writes like an angel... -
![Lunatic's Game by Margaret Lashley]()
Lunatic's Game by Margaret Lashley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDoes the universe really hold us responsible for what we order from late-night TV after downing half a bottle of vodka?Apparently so.Stuck in a dead-end job in a dead-end town, Bobbie Drex is even stuck in a dead man’s shoes—until a fateful gunshot sends her life bulleting from mundane to insane in no time flat.Apparitions. Weird phone calls. Red eyes following her... -
![ParaNorman by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel]()
ParaNorman by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a quaint New England town with a history of witches and pilgrims, misunderstood eleven-year-old Norman Babcock can see and talk to ghosts. No one believes him, of course-everyone just thinks he's weird (including his parents)... -
![Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal by Erin Gilbert, Abby L Yates]()
Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal by Erin Gilbert, Abby L Yates
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings**As seen in the upcoming Sony Pictures film Ghostbusters**Years before they made headlines with the Ghostbusters, Erin Gilbert and Abby L. Yates published the ground-breaking study of the paranormal, Ghosts from Our Past - now back in print!Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence... -
![Tobermory by Saki]()
Tobermory by Saki
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTobermory is a short story by Saki. Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 13 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker... -
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![The Haunted School by R.L. Stine]()
The Haunted School by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHe's hearing voices . . . from another world! Tommy Frazer's dad just got married. Now Tommy's got a new mom. And he's going to a new school -- Bell Valley Middle School. Tommy doesn't hate school. But it's hard making friends. And his new school is so big, it's easy to get lost. Which is exactly what happens. Tommy gets lost -- lost in a maze of empty classrooms... -
![Fanged & Fabulous by Michelle Rowen]()
Fanged & Fabulous by Michelle Rowen
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMy name is Sarah Dearly, and I've got major problems. Last month, I was turned into a vampire by the world's worst blind date. Then I may have, totally by accident, started a war between the mostly peaceful bloodsuckers and a bunch of sociopathic vamp hunters who have nicknamed me the Slayer of Slayers... -
![Ang mga Kaibigan ni Mama Susan by Bob Ong]()
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![Installing Linux on a Dead Badger by Lucy A. Snyder]()
Installing Linux on a Dead Badger by Lucy A. Snyder
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInstalling Linux on a Dead Badger (and other Oddities) is a collection of Lucy Snyder's humorous essays, fiction and articles, some culled from places like "Strange Horizons" and "Spacesuits and Six-Guns" and some brand new. This collection of thirteen short stories, articles and essays from Lucy A. Snyder will appeal to any fan of zombies, aliens or installation manuals... -
![Josh of the Damned Triple Feature #1 by Andrea Speed]()
Josh of the Damned Triple Feature #1 by Andrea Speed
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat most people call a hellish shift, Josh Caplan calls a normal evening. After all, he works nights at a convenience store beside the mouth of hell, selling snacks to zombies and lizard men. Some monsters are odder-and more dangerous-than most. Like the rampaging, oversized mustache who skips the Pringles and eats the customers instead... -
![The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde]()
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsOscar Wilde's spooky tale of a genteel English ghost clashing with a brash American family is endearing, hilarious, and perfect reading for all ages Canterville Chase possesses all of the trappings of a standard haunted country house—including large suits of armor and Gothic paneled library walls...
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