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Call of the Crocodile by F. Gardner
Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA dark fantasy horror novel, set during Halloween. After a boy is eaten alive by a crocodile, his family begins a descent into madness and terror in this odyssey of modern horror.Part of a series of interconnected horror novels that can be read in any order. Each book serves as a stand alone story, yet builds a greater picture behind a sinister mystery in Chicago... -
![Call of the Cherokee by F. Gardner]()
Call of the Cherokee by F. Gardner
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA horror/mystery saga into the depths of a haunted theater! Recently reconstructed, the formerly burned down Cherokee Theater is once again open for business. After receiving an invitation, three friends decide to check out the theater, curious as to what all the hype's been about.Part of a series of interconnected horror novels that can be read in any order... -
![Arabistan Orchards by Osamah M. Al Muslim - أسامة المسلم]()
Arabistan Orchards by Osamah M. Al Muslim - أسامة المسلم
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter Moses’ Pharaoh and Solomon’s Seal,Before the Son of Man and The Master of All Living…Before Islam and its time, before the light and the straight path…A tale, not written by history, but Passed down viva voice from a teller to another.. -
![Complete Collection Of H.P.Lovecraft - 150 eBooks With 100+ Audio Book Links by H.P. Lovecraft]()
Complete Collection Of H.P.Lovecraft - 150 eBooks With 100+ Audio Book Links by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNow with 100 plus Audio Book Links INCLUDED!! AND ITS NOT 20, IT'S 100 Plus Audio Books!! (Complete Collection Of Lovecraft's Fiction, Juvenilia, Poems, Essays And Collaborations) Whats Inside ............. -
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![Beasts of Babylon by E.A. Copen]()
Beasts of Babylon by E.A. Copen
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGunslinger Anastasia Thorne won’t stay dead. Ten years ago, monsters murdered Anastasia and her children. Now, she’s back to hunt down the creatures responsible. She knows their names, their faces, and even where they’re hiding. There’s just one problem. No one in town believes her... -
![Purgatory by Victor Methos]()
Purgatory by Victor Methos
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJon Stanton should have been living the good life: a beautiful fiancé, a successful career, a home in paradise. But his job in Homicide has served up a bad case of insomnia and hallucinations, and just as his body, mind, and spirit are about to break, he begins investigating an intriguing series of merciless murders... -
![Duck, Duck, Noose by Sara C. Roethle]()
Duck, Duck, Noose by Sara C. Roethle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat do the Morrigan, a necromancer, and an ancient Viking have in common? Nothing, except for a common goal. Now that Madeline has been reunited with Alaric and the others, she must align herself with her enemies if she hopes to succeed in what she originally set out to do. Together, Madeline, Alaric, and Mikael will try to take down Estus once and for all . . -
![Tribe Master 4 by Noah Layton]()
Tribe Master 4 by Noah Layton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsExpand the tribe. Fight mercenaries. Free slaves.With a new alliance established with the sun-elves, Jack turns his attention to improving his tribe’s perimeter defences and commanding the new ship they have acquired.But after a run-in with a beautiful stowaway, Jack ends up crossing paths with a vicious gang of mercenaries in search of the very woman he is protecting... -
![John Saul: Three Terrifying Bestselling Novels: Suffer the Children; Punish the Sinners; Cry for the Strangers by John Saul]()
John Saul: Three Terrifying Bestselling Novels: Suffer the Children; Punish the Sinners; Cry for the Strangers by John Saul
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohn Saul: Three Terrifying Bestselling Novels: Suffer the Children; Punish the Sinners; Cry for the... -
![Gray Skies by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus]()
Gray Skies by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe adventure continues in this third book in the Darkness Rising series! Darkness Rising is a thrilling post-apocalyptic series that follows the survivors of a massive terrorist attack that isn't quite what it seems... -
![Aether Mage 2 by Dante King]()
Aether Mage 2 by Dante King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnly a month ago, I found out that I was a mage. Then the Agency that was meant to teach me magic up and disappeared.Thankfully, I've made some friends who can help me learn how to use my new abilities. But with the Agency gone, the supernatural monsters that were kept at bay are plaguing Portland.Protecting the mundane world from monsters has now fallen to me. And it means I'll need more allies... -
![Secrets & Curses of Cerithia by Shay Taylor]()
Secrets & Curses of Cerithia by Shay Taylor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Gods above, I know I am a monster, but I am your monster.” Thea has survived the deadly trials and narrowly escaped heartbreak, but now she faces her greatest challenge—breaking her curse and finding her place in Cerithia. Haunted by Cassius’ betrayal and the loss of her friends in Exile, she struggles to reclaim her identity in a kingdom that feels foreign... -
![Stephen King 3: Different Seasons, The Stand, Skeleton Crew by Stephen King]()
Stephen King 3: Different Seasons, The Stand, Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil has been restored to its entirety. The Stand : The Complete And Uncut Edition includes more than five hundred pages of material previously deleted, along with new material that King added as he reworked the manuscript for a new generation... -
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![The Ghost of Crowford School by Amy Cross]()
The Ghost of Crowford School by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe year is 1988, and the old Crowford School building is about to be knocked down. Before that happens, however, three schoolchildren are determined to discover the truth about an old legend... -
![Rushed: Hedge Lake by Brian Harmon]()
Rushed: Hedge Lake by Brian Harmon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a terrifying dream leaves Eric with a familiar, urgent compulsion to get up and leave his home, he fears that he’s in for a frightful case of déjà vu. But what he finds waiting for him at the end of his long drive north is unlike anything he's yet seen... -
![Akhir by Ismi Fa Ismail]()
Akhir by Ismi Fa Ismail
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTak payah sinopsis. Anda dah tau buku ini tentang apa. Yang anda perlu tau sekarang, ini yang AKHIR. Tak ada dah lepas ni. Sebab saya dah letih. Lelah hidup dalam kegelapan. Biar buku ini meniadi AKHIR kepada sebuah kisah. Juga kepada setangkai nyawa yang dalam beberapa tahun ini berayun longlai. Sava tak mau seksa dia terus. Saya bukan kejam... -
![An Alex Cross Omnibus: Cat and Mouse & Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson]()
An Alex Cross Omnibus: Cat and Mouse & Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo classic Alex Cross novels in one fantastic package.In CAT AND MOUSE, Alex Cross is called to Union Station train terminal a man is on the loose, firing at random into the swarming crowds of travellers. Psychopath Gary Soneji seems determined to go down in a blaze of glory, and he wants Alex Cross to be there... -
![Stavros by Juddy Anderson C. Punzalan]()
Stavros by Juddy Anderson C. Punzalan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's not just about another family who lives in the woods. This is a powerful story of isolation and grief... -
![I'm The Bad Guy by Simon Archer]()
I'm The Bad Guy by Simon Archer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLevel Up. Kill Everyone Else. Take Their Stuff.All Dantem ever wanted was one teeny tiny, almost insignificant thing…Vengeance on those who wronged him.When he’s suddenly recruited by the world’s largest video game company, he will finally have a way to achieve his dream.Assuming, of course, he has no problem being the bad guy... -
![The Dark Tower Companion by Bev Vincent]()
The Dark Tower Companion by Bev Vincent
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAN ALL-NEW COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY CONSTRUCTED WORLDS IN ALL OF FICTION Stephen King’s bestselling multi-volume Dark Tower series is the author’s most inspired and imaginative creation... -
![Shoots and Tatters by Sara C. Roethle]()
Shoots and Tatters by Sara C. Roethle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe old gods have returned, and there will be hell to pay. Now that Yggdrasil has been regrown, Madeline must face the old gods' judgment. She shouldn't exist, and they know it. The world has been irreparably changed, and perhaps the Vaettir no longer have a place in it. Madeline had thought that once she destroyed her rival she would be safe. Now she knows just how wrong she was... -
![Desecrating Solomon II by Lucian Bane]()
Desecrating Solomon II by Lucian Bane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the seventh day, of the seventh year... she desecratesSolomon and Chaos find themselves in the hands of evil. Tortuous days in the old asylum are no longer a thing of the past. The church is looking for redemption in the form of Solomon Gorge. And the deranged spirits of the past, beckon Solomon to come... come and see the secrets hiding in the walls of the asylum... -
![Insólitas by Teresa López-Pellisa, Laura Rodríguez Leiva]()
Insólitas by Teresa López-Pellisa, Laura Rodríguez Leiva
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDos días antes del Día de la Mujer (viernes 8 de marzo) llegará a las librerías una antología llamada a reivindicarse como texto fundamental de la literatura actual en español... -
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![Arising Son: Part Two: Guardians Of The Temple Saga by Marie Montine]()
Arising Son: Part Two: Guardians Of The Temple Saga by Marie Montine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRyan arrives in Empia to further investigate his bloodline. But while searching the temple and exercising his uniques powers, he meets an ancient entity: one of the Guardians, and it challenges all that he is by asking him to do a task.When the person closest to him commits the worst betrayal, the Dark becomes even more enticing... -
![Secret of the Labyrinth by Brian Harmon]()
Secret of the Labyrinth by Brian Harmon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat secrets lie hidden beyond the City of the Blind? Far beneath the streets of Briar Hills lies an enormous temple of stone. Ancient secrets are buried within its walls…along with countless and unspeakable horrors. Now the time has come for the temple to finally fulfill its awesome purpose... -
![Seek & Find by Beatrix Hollow]()
Seek & Find by Beatrix Hollow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMonsters--humans with weapons and lies. They tricked me, they've captured me, and they hurt my men. Ben was after me from the start, this entire trip was a farce. He’d been hiding, wanting, and waiting for the day he could use me for his twisted rituals, making monsters of men.Traveling the country camping was supposed to be an escape from the strange and unusual that clings to my family... -
![Rio Grande Night: The 11th Jack Nightingale Supernatural Thriller by Stephen Leather]()
Rio Grande Night: The 11th Jack Nightingale Supernatural Thriller by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings... -
![In the Scrape by James Newman, Mark Steensland]()
In the Scrape by James Newman, Mark Steensland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMost kids dream about a new bike, a pair of top-dollar sneakers endorsed by their favorite athlete, or that totally awesome videogame everyone's raving about. But thirteen-year-old Jake and his little brother Matthew want nothing more than to escape from their abusive father... -
![EXOSKELETON II: Tympanum by Shane Stadler]()
EXOSKELETON II: Tympanum by Shane Stadler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe thrilling sequel to 2012's Techno-Horror/Sci-Fi masterpiece, EXOSKELETON. "Stadler - an experimental physicist by trade - effectively uses his background working in government and defense labs in painting vivid, appropriately clinical looks at the very base concept of torture... -
![My Graphic Bipolar Fantasies: & Other Short Stories by R.B. Le`Deach]()
My Graphic Bipolar Fantasies: & Other Short Stories by R.B. Le`Deach
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis book is the product of a sick mind; a product of the "Southern Madman." There are 104 Fantasies inside that are not based in reality, interspersed with 70 Short Stories of somewhat sane thought of heavy opinion. The theme of the Fantasies is Law and Order and the author and the good guys always win. In a few places, it is quite tame... -
![The Revenge of the Mercy Belle by Amy Cross]()
The Revenge of the Mercy Belle by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe year is 1950, and a great tragedy has struck the town of Crowford. Three local men have been killed in a storm, after their fishing boat the Mercy Belle sank. A mysterious fourth man, however, was rescued. Nobody knows who he is, or what he was doing on the Mercy Belle... and the man has lost his memory.Five years later, messages from the dead warn of impending doom for Crowford... -
![The Antagonist by Jonas Saul]()
The Antagonist by Jonas Saul
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVivian has sent Sarah to Kelowna, British Columbia, to antagonize a member of The Royal Canadian Mounted Police. When she arrives, Barry Ashford, the RCMP officer Sarah is supposed to irritate, has just saved a woman from a suicide attempt. To the media and the public, Barry Ashford is a hero... -
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![Tiada Tajuk by Ismi Fa Ismail]()
Tiada Tajuk by Ismi Fa Ismail
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNak gembira?Nak tersenyum?Nak bahagia?Nak ketenangan?Nak harapan?Nak kesempurnaan?TAK PAYAH.Kalau nak juga, jangan baca novel ni. Tutup dan buang jauh-jauh. Sebab novel ni untuk mereka yang mahu merasakan keTIADAan...Jangan gusar dengan kulitnya yang kosong. Memang begitu. Sebab novel ini tak ada tajuk. Dan ia adalah sebuah sekuel. Sekuel kepada apa anda tanya? Cari sendiri... -
![Vivir abajo by Gustavo Faverón Patriau]()
Vivir abajo by Gustavo Faverón Patriau
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVivir abajo es un libro de aventuras, un relato de horror, un misterio policial, una historia hecha de mil historias y una crónica de viajes por los territorios de la locura y el espanto. Comienza en Perú, cuando un cineasta americano comete un tenebroso homicidio en el sótano de una casa el día de la captura de Abimael Guzmán, líder de Sendero Luminoso... -
![Day of Reckoning: The Stereoscope by John Saul]()
Day of Reckoning: The Stereoscope by John Saul
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen attorney Ed Becker spots the carved antique dresser in a dusty attic, he takes it to restore. Then Ed and his young daughter, Amy, make a curious discovery: Inside one of the drawers are a set of old pictures and a stereoscope, an old-fashioned device that allows you to see images in three dimensions. Oddly, all the photos resemble their house, where Ed’s grandparents lived long ago... -
![Η ιστορία του χειρούργου by J.P. Dixon]()
Η ιστορία του χειρούργου by J.P. Dixon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsΛονδίνο, τέλη 19ου αιώνα. Μια μυστηριώδης γυναίκα εμφανίζεται στη σκηνή του θεάτρου Τζούμπιλι και το νούμερό της κόβει την ανάσα του κοινού. Οι θεατές δυσκολεύονται να πιστέψουν πως όλα όσα βλέπουν είναι αληθινά. Κι όμως, είναι.Ένας νεαρός χειρούργος θα σαγηνευτεί από την αινιγματική καλλιτέχνιδα και θα νιώσει μια ανεξήγητη δύναμη να τον τραβάει κοντά της... -
![Complete Poems by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Complete Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is internationally renowned as a pioneering master of the macabre. He is regarded as one of the world's great short story writers as well as a great lyric poet, and is credited with inventing the detective story and the modern gothic horror tale... -
![Zavodnik by Dejan Ognjanović]()
Zavodnik by Dejan Ognjanović
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZabačeno, opustelo selo u brdima jugoistočne Srbije.Profesor iz grada na neobičnom zadatku.Njegovi učenici su brat i sestra o kojima se stara baka... a možda i otac?Ali, otac je mrtav već godinu dana... -
![Key to Midnight / Shattered / House of Thunder by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols]()
Key to Midnight / Shattered / House of Thunder by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings... -
![The Bell Chime by Mona Kabbani]()
The Bell Chime by Mona Kabbani
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinner of the Ladies of Horror Fiction Award for Best Novella of 2020"Can you hear the bell chime?"A girl suffering from paralyzing night terrors finds a missing poster hanging from the door of her apartment building. On that poster is a photograph of a frighteningly familiar face.It’s her.Only, she’s never seen this photo before and something about its grin scares her... -
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![The Coldwater Haunting by Michael Richan]()
The Coldwater Haunting by Michael Richan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn isolated house. Ghosts in the windows. Something climbing the stairs.Ron lands the home of his dreams, isolated on a rural mountain, away from the noise and crowds of the city. With the house in need of repairs, he works on fixing it up before his wife and son join him. Unfortunately, the more he repairs, the more problems he uncovers... -
![The Disappearance of Lonnie James by Amy Cross]()
The Disappearance of Lonnie James by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEleven-year-old Lonnie James has gone missing. Only one man remembers that he ever existed in the first place.After launching a huge manhunt to find the missing boy, Sheriff Tom Curtis is shocked when everyone quickly forgets who they're looking for. Even Lonnie's parents suddenly have no idea that had a son... -
![Cult of Loretta by Kevin Maloney]()
Cult of Loretta by Kevin Maloney
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Kevin Maloney alchemizes the allure of dicey friendships, hallucinatory sex and a drug so terrifying I’m heartbroken I’ll never get to try it. Cult of Loretta captures the manic fury of Richard Brautigan writing a sequel to The Outsiders during a ketamine binge... -
![By the Time We Leave Here, We'll Be Friends by J. David Osborne]()
By the Time We Leave Here, We'll Be Friends by J. David Osborne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBy the Time We Leave Here, We'll Be Friends is the story of four prisoners who must escape from a Siberian gulag overrun by violent gangsters circa 1952. In order to successfully make it across the tundra, they must trick a fellow prisoner into following them, so that they can cannibalize him when they run out of food... -
![Cradle to Grave by Amy Cross]()
Cradle to Grave by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“We still don't know who he is. Sometimes he seems to be a madman, other times he seems calm and clinical. It's almost as if he's two different men at once.” Desperately in need of help, Maddie travels to Stratford so she can start hunting for her only friend. When she arrives, however, she discovers that the city's obsession with Jack the Ripper is getting worse... -
![The Ghosts of David Brook by Amy Cross]()
The Ghosts of David Brook by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery year, on the last night of January, the ghost of Catherine Bannister walks the streets of Alford. And every year, she claims another victim. When he sets off for another all-night shift in his taxi, David Brook knows all the ghost stories about Alford, but he can't turn down the chance to earn some extra money...
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