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The Magnus Archives: Season 3 by Jonathan Sims
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
![Necronomicon II by H.R. Giger]()
Necronomicon II by H.R. Giger
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnly once in a great while comes an artist with a completely new vision of the world. An ability to perceive things in a truly revolutionary manner. A talent to communicate through imagery so unique and provocative that it simply cannot be ignored. H.R. Giger is one such artist... -
![There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm, Sam Hughes]()
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm, Sam Hughes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAn antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.Antimemes are real. Think of any piece of information which you wouldn't share with anybody, like passwords, taboos and dirty secrets... -
![Bedside Manor by Jack Townsend]()
Bedside Manor by Jack Townsend
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“We were a thousand miles away from home when the car gave up the ghost…” When Jack’s car breaks down in the middle of a cross-country road trip, the mysterious house at the top of the hill is a beacon of hope. If he can borrow a phone to call for help, he’ll be on his way in no time. But someone - or something - has other plans... -
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![The Haar by David Sodergren]()
The Haar by David Sodergren
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“I don’t fear death... but they do.”Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of Witchaven all her life. She was born there, and she intends to die there.But when an overseas property developer threatens to evict the residents from their homes and raze Witchaven to the ground in the name of progress, all seems lost… until the day a mysterious fog bank creeps inland... -
![Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Four by Jack Townsend]()
Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Four by Jack Townsend
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs the new owner of the worst business in history, Jack has a lot on his plate. His self-appointed “biggest fan” wants to finally meet, and won’t take no for an answer. The annoying cultists are back and cultier than ever. Plus, there’s a creature living under the building's crawlspace that must be fed regularly (or else)... -
![Horus Rising by Dan Abnett]()
Horus Rising by Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAfter thousands of years of expansion and conquest, the imperium of man is at its height. His dream for humanity nearly accomplished, the emperor hands over the reins of power to his warmaster, Horus, and heads back to Terra...Categorized as:
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![Awake in the Night Land by John C. Wright]()
Awake in the Night Land by John C. Wright
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAWAKE IN THE NIGHT LAND is an epic collection of four of John C. Wright's brilliant forays into the dark fantasy world of William Hope Hodgson's 1912 novel, The Night Land... -
![Deluge: The Conqueror Worms II by Brian Keene]()
Deluge: The Conqueror Worms II by Brian Keene
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sequel to Conqueror Worms. Free serialized e-novel... -
![A Colder War by Charles Stross]()
A Colder War by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Colder War is an alternate history novelette by Charles Stross. It follows a "What If" scenario where the follow-up expedition in Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness" has occurred, and inexorably fuses the Cold War and Cthulhu Mythos... -
![Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky]()
Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe.Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way... -
![The Immaculate Void by Brian Hodge]()
The Immaculate Void by Brian Hodge
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"You wouldn't think events happening years apart, at points in the solar system hundreds of millions of miles distant, would have anything to do with each other."When she was six, Daphne was taken into a neighbor's toolshed, and came within seconds of never coming out alive. Most of the scars healed. Except for the one that went all the way through... -
![I'll Bring You the Birds From out of the Sky by Brian Hodge]()
I'll Bring You the Birds From out of the Sky by Brian Hodge
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Nona Conklin brings him a painting by the great-grandfather she never knew, gallery owner Timothy Randolph knows he's found the project of a lifetime: curating a spectacular cache of folk art hidden for decades in the mountains of her home. "God never made a lazier man than Cecil Conklin. Never put a more slothful soul in a fella big enough to wrestle an ox to the ground... -
![Nightfall by Daniel Barnett]()
Nightfall by Daniel Barnett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Tomorrow died on the last morning of May. There were those who saw it happen, who watched the shadow fall, who felt the chop of the guillotine as the world lost its head. Everyone else witnessed only the aftermath, for the event itself lasted no longer than a moment... -
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![John and Dave and the Temple of X'al'naa'thuthuthu by David Wong, Jason Pargin]()
John and Dave and the Temple of X'al'naa'thuthuthu by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe below tale of wonder and horror was written a couple of years ago as a "sequel" to my horror novel John Dies at the End. This unfinished adventure is not included in the print edition of JDatE that is coming out this fall, and right now is an online exclusive.This was part of an early draft of David Wong's totally rad novel This Book Is Full Of Spiders... -
![A Song for the Void by Andrew C. Piazza]()
A Song for the Void by Andrew C. Piazza
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Mind Imprisoned Is The Greatest Of Hells.1853. South China Sea. While on patrol between the Opium Wars, the crew of the steam frigate HMS Charger pursues a fleet of pirates that have been terrorizing the waters surrounding Hong Kong.But now the hunters have become the hunted. Something else has come to the South China Sea, something ancient and powerful and malevolent... -
![Leviathan by Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson]()
Leviathan by Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe ultimate weapon isn't this plague out in Vegas, or any new super H-bomb. The ultimate weapon has always existed. Every man, every woman, and every child owns it. It's the ability to say No and take the consequences. - Hagbard Celine, LeviathanIlluminatus! Part III cheerfully ushers in the apocalyptic high-camp conclusion of the Illuminatus! Trilogy... -
![Blood is Red by Scott Sigler]()
Blood is Red by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA collection of eight horror stories created by New York Times best-selling novelist Scott Sigler, author of Infected, Contagious and Ancestor. This eBook-only title features seven tales from Scott's six years of free audiobook podcasts, including the Parsec Award-winning "Red Man," plus the brand-new novella "Hunter Hunterson & Sons... -
![Skullcrack City by Jeremy Robert Johnson]()
Skullcrack City by Jeremy Robert Johnson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife as a corporate drone was killing S.P. Doyle, so he decided to bring down the whole corrupt system from the inside. But after discovering something monstrous in the bank's files, he was framed for murder and trapped inside a conspiracy beyond reason... -
![The Color Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft]()
The Color Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsSet in the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts, an unnamed narrator investigates a local area known as the “blasted hearth.” After failing to extract any information from the Arkham locals, the narrator encounters an old man, Ammi Pierce, who relates the story of a farmer who once lived there. The hearth, he claims, was caused by a meteorite that fell onto the farmer’s field in 1882... -
![Skeleton Crew: The Jaunt. Travel by Stephen King, Allen Hoaglund]()
Skeleton Crew: The Jaunt. Travel by Stephen King, Allen Hoaglund
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"The Jaunt" is a science fiction horror short story by Stephen King first published in The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981, and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew... -
![The Interface Series by _9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9]()
The Interface Series by _9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCollection of all 100 parts and the epilogue named 'Mourning,' with links to the original posting... -
![John Dies at the End by David Wong, Jason Pargin]()
John Dies at the End by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJohn Dies at the End is a genre-bending, humorous account of two college drop-outs inadvertently charged with saving their small town—and the world—from a host of supernatural and paranormal invasions... -
![Driving to Geronimo's Grave and Other Stories by Joe R. Lansdale]()
Driving to Geronimo's Grave and Other Stories by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the Dusty Great Depression to the far future, to the wild west, to the era of big fin automobiles, soda shops and double features, as well as dark journey on an icy ocean full of ravenous sharks and a fantastic shipwreck that leads its survivors into a nightmarish Lovecraftian world of monsters and mystery, Joe R. Lansdale returns with a pack of stories for your consumption and enjoyment... -
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![The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross]()
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... -
![The Dry Salvages by Caitlín R. Kiernan]()
The Dry Salvages by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAward-winning author Caitlmn R. Kiernan, best known for her contemporary settings, "gothnoir" tales of pain and wonder, and atmospheric stories of Lovecraftian terror, was first published as an author of dark science fiction. Now she returns to sf with a masterful thirty-thousand word novella, The Dry Salvages... -
![Herbert West: Reanimator and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft]()
Herbert West: Reanimator and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first horrible incident of our acquaintance was the greatest shock I ever experienced, and it is only with reluctance that I repeat it. As I have said, it happened when we were in the medical school1 where West had already made himself notorious through his wild theories on the nature of death and the possibility of overcoming it artificially... -
![Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes From the End of the World by Brian Keene]()
Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes From the End of the World by Brian Keene
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne day it started raining-and it never stopped...So began Brian Keene's Earthworm Gods, a novel that straddled the lines between the horror and bizarro genres. Fans have long marveled over that post-apocalyptic landscape-a flooded earth filled with strange and terrifying monsters. Readers returned to that world in Earthworm Gods II: Deluge. Now, it's time for one last trip... -
![The Nothing That Is by Kyle Winkler]()
The Nothing That Is by Kyle Winkler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Infused with cosmic, culinary dread and seasoned with dark humor, The Nothing That Is reads like Anthony Bourdain riffing on Lovecraft. Winkler’s engaging style and hypnotic prose will consume you whole, and if that doesn’t whet your appetite, there’s an exploding graveyard... -
![14 by Peter Clines]()
14 by Peter Clines
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsPadlocked doors. Strange light fixtures. Mutant cockroaches.There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment.Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his new home isn’t perfect, it’s livable... -
![Masks of the Illuminati by Robert Anton Wilson]()
Masks of the Illuminati by Robert Anton Wilson
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWHAT BEGAN AS A SIMPLESCHOLARLY PURSUIT ENDS IN AWAKING NIGHTMARE...Sir John Babcock, endowed with wealth and a healthy dose of curiosity, has stumbled on to an ancient order. With what he now knows, there will be no turning back. Even if he wants to. Not after he is trained as an initiate and knows of their perverted lusts—and their murders... -
![Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud]()
Crypt of the Moon Spider by Nathan Ballingrud
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCrypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into the stickiest of webs.Years ago, in a cave beneath the dense forests and streams on the surface of the moon, a gargantuan spider once lived. Its silk granted its first worshippers immense faculties of power and awe... -
![Cthulhu'nun Çağrısı by H.P. Lovecraft]()
Cthulhu'nun Çağrısı by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 40 ratings'What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise...'Mad, macabre tales of demonic spirits, hideous rites, ancient curses and alien entities lurking beneath the surface of rural New England, from the man who created the modern horror story... -
![Blindsight by Peter Watts]()
Blindsight by Peter Watts
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsIt's been two months since a myriad of alien objects clenched about the Earth, screaming as they burned. The heavens have been silent since - until a derelict space probe hears whispers from a distant comet. Something talks out there: but not to us... -
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![The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch]()
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 25 ratings“I promise you have never read a story like this.” —Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark MatterInception meets True Detective in this science fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and staggering scope that follows a special agent into a savage murder case with grave implications for the fate of mankind..Categorized as:
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![Echopraxia by Peter Watts]()
Echopraxia by Peter Watts
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsPrepare for a different kind of singularity in this follow-up to the Hugo-nominated novel Blindsight It's the eve of the twenty-second century: a world where the dearly departed send postcards back from Heaven and evangelicals make scientific breakthroughs by speaking in tongues; where genetically engineered vampires solve problems intractable to baseline humans and soldiers come with zombie... -
![Fistful of Feet by Jordan Krall]()
Fistful of Feet by Jordan Krall
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA bizarro tribute to Spaghetti westerns, H.P. Lovecraft, and foot fetish enthusiasts.Screwhorse, Nevada is legendary for its violent and unusual pleasures, but when a mysterious gunslinger drags a wooden donkey into the desert town, the stage is set for a bloodbath unlike anything the west has ever seen. His name is Calamaro, and he's from New Jersey... -
![It's the Apocalypse, Dave: Try to Have Fun by A.R. Wise]()
It's the Apocalypse, Dave: Try to Have Fun by A.R. Wise
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDave's a bit of a loser. Even he'd admit that was true. He's no good at relationships, he's a terrible employee, and he's got no clue what to do with his life. Quite frankly, the world doesn't seem to have a place for him. But that's okay, because the world's just about to end. An experiment thousands of miles away is about to initiate a world-wide apocalypse that's going to change everything... -
![The Gatherings by Jeremy Ray]()
The Gatherings by Jeremy Ray
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Gatherings were supposed to bring world peace. What they brought was the apocalypse.Celebrities, politicians, and other prominent figures put together The Gatherings, an event to be held worldwide promoting global peace. When a friend invites Emily to one of the gatherings in a secluded apple orchard, she obliges... -
![No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories by Premee Mohamed]()
No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories by Premee Mohamed
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWinner of the World Fantasy Award, and the Alberta Literary AwardFinalist for the Locus, Aurora, British Fantasy, Ignyte, and British Science Fiction AwardsHere there be gods and monsters - forged from flesh and stone and vengeance - emerging from the icy abyss of deep space, ascending from dark oceans, and prowling strange cities to enter worlds of chaos and wonder, where scientific rigor and... -
![City of the Dead by Brian Keene]()
City of the Dead by Brian Keene
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs the world succumbs to a devastating plague that brings its victims back from the dead, eager to destroy all that is living, a group of survivors, trapped inside a fortified skyscraper, must fight for their survival against an indestructible enemy that keeps coming back... -
![The Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene]()
The Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOne day the rain just didn't stop. As the flood waters slowly rose and coastal cities and towns disappeared, some people believed it was the end of the world. Maybe they were right. But the water wasn't the worst part. Even more terrifying was what the soaking rains drove up from beneath the earth — unimaginable creatures, writhing, burrowing ... and devouring all in their path... -
![In the Walls of Eryx (Fantasy and Horror Classics): With a Dedication by George Henry Weiss by H.P. Lovecraft]()
In the Walls of Eryx (Fantasy and Horror Classics): With a Dedication by George Henry Weiss by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis early work by H. P. Lovecraft was originally published in 1939. Born in 1890 in Rhode Island, USA, Lovecraft began writing at a very young age, quickly developing a deep and abiding interest in science... -
![The Tindalos Asset by Caitlín R. Kiernan]()
The Tindalos Asset by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Signalman returns in The Tindalos Asset.A rundown apartment in Koreatown. A Los Angeles winter. A strung out, worn out, wrecked and used government agent is scraped up off the pavement, cleaned up, and reluctantly sent out into battle one last time. Ellison Nicodemo has seen and done terrible things. She thought her only remaining quest was for oblivion. Then the Signalman comes calling... -
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![Overtime by Charles Stross]()
Overtime by Charles Stross
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIntroduced to readers in the novels The Atrocity Archive and The Jennifer Morgue, the Laundry is a secret British government agency charged with preventing dark interdimensional entities from destroying the human race... -
![Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds]()
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsNine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself. With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity... -
![Dead Sea by Tim Curran]()
Dead Sea by Tim Curran
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the crew of a lost freighter finds themselves trapped in a gruesome dimension—of sea monsters, ghost ships, and the undead—it is up to them to locate the U.S.S. Lancet and convince a nearly insane physicist to help them return home... -
![The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror by William Sloane, Stephen King]()
The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror by William Sloane, Stephen King
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the 1930s, William Sloane wrote two brilliant novels that gave a whole new meaning to cosmic horror. In To Walk the Night, Bark Jones and his college buddy Jerry Lister, a science whiz, head back to their alma mater to visit a cherished professor of astronomy... -
![The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross]()
The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsNEVER VOLUNTEER FOR ACTIVE DUTY ...Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob's under a desk restoring lost data. His world was dull and safe - but then he went and got Noticed... -
![The City of Dreadful Night by James Thomson]()
The City of Dreadful Night by James Thomson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNotice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org...
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