Books like 'American Vampire: Second Cycle #8'
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The Cities of Dead by Alys Arden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Cities of Dead: the highly anticipated third book in Alys Arden’s spellbinding The Casquette Girls series. Old World witches collide with the French Quarter’s strangest denizens, setting off events that could tear the fabric of the Natural and Supernatural worlds, and only the most elusive, mischievous Voodoo lwa hold the key to stopping it... -
![The Gates of Guinée by Alys Arden]()
The Gates of Guinée by Alys Arden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA trip to the Afterworld might be the end of the supernatural world.As the Ghost Drinkers seep into the crevices of the Crescent City, leeching the French Quarter of magic, the local witches are consumed with a new fight for survival. Adele has one chance to save everyone she loves, but it will mean breaking away from her coven and trusting a vampire... -
![....Și la sfârșit a mai rămas coșmarul (...And Then The Nightmare Came At Last) by Oliviu Crâznic]()
....Și la sfârșit a mai rămas coșmarul (...And Then The Nightmare Came At Last) by Oliviu Crâznic
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the Castle of the Last Towers, the things are going really Bad.Invited at a stranger's wedding, in a castle supposed to be haunted by the devil, the fallen noble Arthur de Seragens finds himself trapped in a dangerous net of insanity, betrayal and murder... -
![Bound By Blood: Volume 1 (Bound By Blood, #1) by Shane K.P. O'Neill]()
Bound By Blood: Volume 1 (Bound By Blood, #1) by Shane K.P. O'Neill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A war rages on around us every day. The struggle to save all mankind. The ultimate evil.”As his moment of death looms Dracula suffers the ultimate betrayal. The champion of the Catholic faith in Eastern Europe realises it is Lucifer who is coming to claim him. However, Lucifer does not want his soul. Instead he bites into Dracula’s neck and then offers his own blood to drink... -
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![The People's Will by Jasper Kent]()
The People's Will by Jasper Kent
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPart historical adventure, part vampire thriller -- the fourth dark and dazzling novel in Jasper Kent's 'Danilov Quintet'. Turkmenistan 1881: Beneath the citadel of Geok Tepe sits a prisoner. He hasn't moved from his chair for two years, hasn't felt the sun on his face in more than fifty, but he is thankful for that. The city is besieged by Russian troops and soon falls...Categorized as:
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![Whitstable by Stephen Volk]()
Whitstable by Stephen Volk
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1971. A middle-aged man, wracked with grief, walks along the beach at Whitstable in Kent... A boy approaches him and, taking him for the famous vampire-hunter Doctor Van Helsing from the Hammer movies, asks for his help. Because he believes his stepfather really is a vampire.. -
![The Oldest Living Vampire in Love by Joseph Duncan]()
The Oldest Living Vampire in Love by Joseph Duncan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"I told you that I cannot die," I said, "but that is not exactly true. There is one way that an Eternal can be killed. Only one! It is nearly impossible, but it can be done. I have seen it with my own eyes. And I believe that you, Lukas Jaeger, may be the one to do it for me... -
![Blood & Salt by Hubert L. Mullins]()
Blood & Salt by Hubert L. Mullins
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsApril 10th, 1912: Titanic sails with a dark secret in her cargo hold . . .An ancient evil has been unleashed on the Ship of Dreams. One night into Titanic’s maiden voyage and passengers go missing, turn up dead, or bear a craving for blood and an aversion to the sun . . .Assistant Surgeon Benjamin York only wants to help his patients, and perhaps explain this odd affliction...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Last Train from Perdition by Robert McCammon]()
Last Train from Perdition by Robert McCammon
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEver on the hunt for LaRouge, Lawson still travels by night, but no longer alone. Crack-shot, whip-smart Ann has become his companion, on her own search for her vampire-taken father and sister. Lawson has been summoned from New Orleans and the Hotel Sanctuaire to Omaha by a wealthy man who needs his son retrieved from a band of outlaws... -
![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... -
![The Delicate Dependency: A Novel of the Vampire Life by Michael Talbot, Thomas Walker]()
The Delicate Dependency: A Novel of the Vampire Life by Michael Talbot, Thomas Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEver since Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the vampire has evolved from the ferocious blood-sucking fiend as portrayed in the penny dreadfuls such as Varney the Vampyre into a strangely alluring, erotic figure promising eternal life. But, it’s eternal life with a horrifying price attached, the overwhelming need to feast on the blood of the living... -
![The Oldest Living Vampire on the Prowl by Joseph Duncan, Rod Redux]()
The Oldest Living Vampire on the Prowl by Joseph Duncan, Rod Redux
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Your life will last only as long as our conversation,” I said gently. “You will share some of your life with me, and then I will share some of my life with you. If you lie to me, about anything, I will know it. My senses are a thousand times more sensitive than your own... -
![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... -
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![Vampire on the Orient Express by Shane Carrow]()
Vampire on the Orient Express by Shane Carrow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsParis, 1914. American adventurer Sam Carter boards the Orient Express, departing France in style after an impulsive decision to desert the Foreign Legion. British diplomat Lucas Avery is already nursing a drink in the smoking car, resenting his assignment to the distant Ottoman Empire... -
![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... -
![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... -
![One Last Kiss by R.L. Stine]()
One Last Kiss by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEleanor Rawlin just wants to live a normal life, but her father is obssessed with killing the vampires who murdered her mother... -
![Mother of Chaos (Princess Dracula) by John Patrick Kennedy, Carlos Quevedo]()
Mother of Chaos (Princess Dracula) by John Patrick Kennedy, Carlos Quevedo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo summon an Angel of Hell…Ruxandra Dracula, a 250-year-old vampire, wants nothing to do with the fallen angel that created her. But when fellow vampire Kade tells her a group of magicians in Moscow is going to summon that angel, Ruxandra knows she must try to stop them.In Moscow, Ruxandra finds herself caught in a web of political and supernatural intrigue...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![61 A.D. by David McAfee]()
61 A.D. by David McAfee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBritannia, 61 A.D. For ten years, Taras has lived in the young city of Londinium, feeding off the city’s underbelly. But now Theron, his old enemy, has come looking for revenge, and Taras’ nights of living in relative peace are about to end.Yet not even Theron can slip into town unnoticed, and the Council of Thirteen sends Ramah to deal with the two renegades once and for all... -
![The Illusion of Living: An AFK Book by Adrienne Kress]()
The Illusion of Living: An AFK Book by Adrienne Kress
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnter the mind of Joey Drew in this exclusive memoir, sure to captivate fans of the hit horror video games Bendy and the Ink Machine and Bendy and the Dark Revival ! Bendy fans will delight in poring over the memoir of his ingenious creator, Joey Drew. From humble beginnings to his meteoric rise as the force behind his eponymous studio, Mr... -
![Dust Devils by Jonathan Janz]()
Dust Devils by Jonathan Janz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeware when the vampires come to town! When traveling actors recruited his wife for a plum role, Cody Wilson had no idea they would murder her. Twelve-year-old Willet Black was just as devastated the night the fiends slaughtered everyone he loved. Now Cody and Willet are bent on revenge, but neither of them suspects what they’re really up against. For the actors are vampires... -
![Children of the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis]()
Children of the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt is Amsterdam, 1871, twenty-five years before the start of Stoker's novel, and twenty-five years following Arkady Tsepesh's flight from his family's ancestral castle with his wife and young son, Stefan, after learning that he and his family are bound by an ancient covenant to serve their ancestor, Prince Vlad Tsepesh, who is also known as Dracula... -
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![The Monster War by Alan Gratz]()
The Monster War by Alan Gratz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Monster War is the third book in the action-packed, steampunk League of Seven series by acclaimed author Alan Gratz.Having discovered the monstrous secret of his origins, Archie Dent is no longer certain that he is worthy to be a member of the League of Seven. But with new enemies to face, he realizes that he may not have the luxury of questioning his destiny... -
![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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![I Travel by Night by Robert McCammon]()
I Travel by Night by Robert McCammon
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor Lawson, the horrors that stalked the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh were more than just those of war. After being forcibly given the gift of undeath by the mysterious vampire queen LaRouge, Lawson chose to cling to what remained of his humanity and fought his way free of the Dark Societys clutches... -
![The Vampire Archives by Otto Penzler, Kim Newman]()
The Vampire Archives by Otto Penzler, Kim Newman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Vampire Archives is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories, as well as the most comprehensive bibliography of vampire fiction ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there’s no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![The Angry Angel by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
The Angry Angel by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a distant age of brutal chaos, young Kelene is her family's salvation. An exquisite, golden-haired child just entering womanhood's embrace, she is blessed -- and cursed -- with a great gift: the protection of the Militant Angels...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Vamps: Deadly Women of the Night by Martin H. Greenberg, Théophile Gautier]()
Vamps: Deadly Women of the Night by Martin H. Greenberg, Théophile Gautier
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSixteen short stories by Stephen King, William Tenn, Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber, August Derleth, Richard Matheson, Tanith Lee, and others deal with the nightmarish theme of female vampires...Categorized as:
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![Vampyre by Cornelius Van Helsing]()
Vampyre by Cornelius Van Helsing
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVampyre! The name alone strikes terror into the hearts of most mortals . . . but not Dr. Cornelius Van Helsing--a doctor by profession but secretly a vampyre expert and hunter extraordinaire. Lucky for us, he recorded everything he discovered about the hideous undead in his nineteenth-century journal . . . or did he? His trusted companion Gustav deWolff has a slightly different story to tell... -
![Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season by Tanya Kirk, Charlotte Riddell]()
Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season by Tanya Kirk, Charlotte Riddell
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe gifts are unwrapped, the feast has been consumed and the fire is well fed – but the ghosts are still hungry. Welcome to the second new collection of dark Christmas stories in the Tales of the Weird series, ushering in a fresh host of nightmarish phantoms and otherworldly intruders bent on joining or ruining the most wonderful time of the year...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Eli's Town by Amy Cross]()
Eli's Town by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvery year, someone from the Denton family has to go and visit weird Uncle Eli. This year it's Holly's turn, but when she arrives she immediately realizes that something's very wrong. Eli's missing, and the locals are hiding something...Holly soon discovers that a strange curse has struck the town. Every day, at exactly noon, one person drops dead... -
![Vampire: The Dark Ages by Jennifer Hartshorn, Ethan Skemp]()
Vampire: The Dark Ages by Jennifer Hartshorn, Ethan Skemp
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the WORLD OF DARKNESS series, this book includes everything necessary for playing the Damned of the Middle Ages, allowing characters to experience the events that have influenced our age...Categorized as:
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![Seance for a Vampire by Fred Saberhagen]()
Seance for a Vampire by Fred Saberhagen
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVladimir Kulakov returns from his hanging with a sore neck and an axe to grind, and when Sherlock Holmes vanishes, Dr. Watson suspects a connection and summons Holmes' cousin, the vampire Prince Dracula, to help... -
![Christabel by Samuel Taylor Coleridge]()
Christabel by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChristabel is a long narrative poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in two parts.The story of Christabel concerns a central female character of the same name and her encounter with a stranger called Geraldine, who claims to have been abducted from her home by a band of rough men. Christabel pities her and takes her home with her; supernatural signs seem to indicate that not all is well... -
![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 Lady of the House of Love by Angela Carter]()
The Lady of the House of Love by Angela Carter
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings(based upon a radio play called "Vampirella")A virginal English soldier, traveling through Romania by bicycle, finds himself in a deserted village. He comes across a mansion inhabited by a vampiress who survives by enticing young men into her bedroom and feeding on them. She intends to feed on the young soldier but his purity and virginity have a curious effect on her... -
![Shivaree by J.D. Horn]()
Shivaree by J.D. Horn
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the Korean War ends, practical and well-mannered army nurse Corinne Ford returns stateside to live in the Mississippi town of Conroy with her new fiancé, Private First Class Elijah Dunne. She wonders if their love is strong enough to overshadow their differences, but upon her arrival to Elijah's backwoods stomping grounds, she understands that culture shock is the least of her worries... -
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![Dracula in London by P.N. Elrod, Elaine Bergstrom]()
Dracula in London by P.N. Elrod, Elaine Bergstrom
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow did Dracula occupy his time in London when he wasn't stalking Lucy Westenra and Mina Harker? Today's top authors take the infamous nosferatu on a tour of 1890s London--in sixteen wonderfully inventive stories...Categorized as:
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![The Damned Highway by Brian Keene, Nick Mamatas]()
The Damned Highway by Brian Keene, Nick Mamatas
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA hilarious, shocking, terrifying thrill-ride across the American landscape, The Damned Highway combines two great flavors of weird: the gonzo journalism of Hunter S. Thompson and the uncanny terrors of H.P. Lovecraft Horror legend Brian Keene and cult storytelling master Nick Matamas dredge up a tale of drug-fueled eldritch madness from the blackest depths of the American Nightmare... -
![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... -
![My Father's Mask by Joe Hill]()
My Father's Mask by Joe Hill
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis short story was originally published in Joe Hill's collection 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS...
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