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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... -
![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... -
![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... -
![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... -
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![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... -
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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... -
![Into the Dread Void by Abe Moss]()
Into the Dread Void by Abe Moss
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter landing the foster family of her dreams, fourteen-year-old Nell Parrish looks forward to spending their first weekend together at their lakeside cabin. The promise of a new start. A new life. A better life.But nothing will prepare Nell for the nightmare that awaits them there, or the many haunting revelations following fast on its heels... -
![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... -
![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... -
![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... -
![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... -
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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... -
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![Ice Rift by Ben Hammott]()
Ice Rift by Ben Hammott
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAction adventure sci-fi horror set in Antarctica. Humans have always looked to the stars for signs of Extraterrestrials. They have been looking in the wrong place. They are already here, entombed in a spaceship beneath Antarctic ice for thousands of years. The ice is melting and they will soon be free... -
![Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.]()
Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Who Goes There?" The novella that formed the basis of "The Thing" is the John W. Campbell classic about an antarctic research camp that discovers and thaws the ancient, frozen body of a crash-landed alien. The creature revives with terrifying results, shape-shifting to assume the exact form of animal and man, alike... -
![Terminus by Peter Clines, Ray Porter]()
Terminus by Peter Clines, Ray Porter
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMurdoch's past has finally come crashing down on him. His former girlfriend. His Family. He's been happily avoiding them for ages, trying to live something close to a normal life. But now he's been drawn back into another one of their ludicrous attempts to bring about the end of all things. Chase has spent the past year just trying to get away... -
![The Last Plague by Rich Hawkins]()
The Last Plague by Rich Hawkins
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"One of the most intriguing post-apocalyptic novels I've read in a long time," - David Moody, author of Autumn and Hater. A PLAGUE HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE LAND. SLAUGHTER FILLS THE STREETS. ALL SEEMS LOST. After Great Britain is hit by a devastating epidemic, four old friends must cross the war-torn country to get home to their families... -
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Kaiju Winter by Jake Bible
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Yellowstone super volcano has begun to erupt, sending North America into chaos and the rest of the world into panic. People are dangerous and desperate to escape the oncoming mega-eruption, knowing it will plunge the continent, and the world, into a perpetual ashen winter... -
![Dead Space: Martyr by B.K. Evenson, Brian Evenson]()
Dead Space: Martyr by B.K. Evenson, Brian Evenson
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe first novel in the multi-million dollar video game franchise Dead SpaceWhen geophysicist Michael Altman hears of the mysterious signal emitted from deep within the Chicxulub crater, he can not resist the lure of an undiscovered artifact. With his girlfriend Ada, he joins a team excavating the underwater crater, determined to find the source of the baffling message... -
![Clickers by J.F. Gonzalez, Mark Williams]()
Clickers by J.F. Gonzalez, Mark Williams
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsClick Click Click Click Phillipsport, Maine is a quaint and peaceful seaside village. But when hundreds of creatures pour out of the ocean and attack, its residents must take up arms to drive the beasts back. They are the Clickers, giant venomous blood-thirsty crabs from the depths of the sea. The only warning to their rampage of dismemberment and death is the terrible clicking of their claws... -
![Herbert West—Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft]()
Herbert West—Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"Herbert West: Reanimator" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written between October 1921 and June 1922. It was first serialized in February through July 1922 in the amateur publication Home Brew. The story was the basis of the 1985 horror film Re-Animator and its sequels, in addition to numerous other adaptations in various media... -
![The Hollows by Daniel Church]()
The Hollows by Daniel Church
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a lonely village in the Peak District, during the onset of a once-in-a-lifetime snow storm, Constable Ellie Cheetham finds a body. The man, a local ne'er-do-well, appears to have died in a tragic accident: he drank too much and froze to death. But the facts don't add up: the dead man is clutching a knife in one hand, and there's evidence he was hiding from someone. Someone who watched him die... -
![Frozen Hell by John W. Campbell Jr.]()
Frozen Hell by John W. Campbell Jr.
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn 1938, acclaimed science fiction author John W. Campbell published the novella Who Goes There?, about a team of scientists in Antarctica who discover and are terrorized by a monstrous, shape-shifting alien entity. The story would later be adapted into John Carpenter's iconic movie The Thing (following an earlier film adaptation in 1951)... -
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![Blackout by Tim Curran]()
Blackout by Tim Curran
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the midst of a beautiful summer, in a perfectly American suburban middle-class neighborhood, a faraway evil is lurking, waiting to strike the unsuspecting residents. First come the flashing lights, then the heavy rains, high winds, and finally a total blackout... -
![The Hole by William Meikle]()
The Hole by William Meikle
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt starts with an odd hum that brings headaches and nosebleeds to the inhabitants of a remote, sleepy country town. Then a sinkhole begins to form…and out from that hole comes the townspeople's worst nightmares.Facing their fears and the growing madness, a group of survivors descend into the collapsed area in an attempt to save what is left of their town... -
![Lacuna's Point by Tim Meyer]()
Lacuna's Point by Tim Meyer
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree years ago, Ellie Brower’s daughter went missing somewhere in the heart of Virginia. Today, Ellie receives a mysterious text message that leads her to believe her daughter might still be alive. She follows this rabbit hole to the coastal town of Lacuna’s Point. But there’s something wrong with this place. The town’s only constable is zero help and downright hostile... -
![The Rising by Brian Keene]()
The Rising by Brian Keene
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsSince it's 2003 debut, Brian Keene's THE RISING is one of the best-selling zombie novels of all-time. It has been translated into over a dozen languages, inspired the works of other authors and filmmakers, and has become a cultural touchstone for an entire generation of horror fans... -
![The Divine Flesh by Drew Huff]()
The Divine Flesh by Drew Huff
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJennifer Plummer and the Divine Flesh have exactly three things in 1) they're trapped inside Jennifer's body; 2) they despise each other; and 3) they're in love with Daryl Plummer, Jennifer's ex-husband.But when Jennifer takes an experimental wonder drug to free herself from the Divine Flesh's control, it only makes things worse... -
![Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon]()
Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsAs a child, Chris Hooper dreamed of monsters. But in deep space, he found only darkness and isolation. Then on planet LV178, he and his fellow miners discovered a storm-scoured, sand-blasted hell - and trimonite, the hardest material known to man.When a shuttle crashed into the mining ship Marion, the miners learn that there was more than trimonite deep in the caverns... -
![Hive by Tim Curran]()
Hive by Tim Curran
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJimmy Hayes had a bad feeling the moment he arrived at Kharkhov Station, and his feeling was confirmed when mummies were discovered in the mountains. When the ruins of a pre-human civilization are discovered, the real trouble at Kharkhov Station begins...Tim Curran (author of Skin Medicine) presents a stunning sequel to H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness... -
![The Breach by Nick Cutter]()
The Breach by Nick Cutter
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJohn Hawkins is counting down his last days as chief of police on the Lone Crow Reservation in the lonely, frigid woods of the Yukon. But when a faceless body with mysterious wounds washes up on the shores of the Porcupine River, he’s pulled deeper in than ever before... -
![Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer]()
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 71 ratingsArea X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another... -
![Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer]()
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsIt is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets. As Area X expands, the agency tasked with investigating and overseeing it—the Southern Reach—has collapsed on itself in confusion... -
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![Twenty Trillion Leagues Under The Sea by Adam Roberts]()
Twenty Trillion Leagues Under The Sea by Adam Roberts
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt is 1955. Funded, in part, by a reclusive Swiss millionaire and working -- it is claimed -- from Nemo's actual blueprints discovered in India, the French Navy build a replica Nautilus. Crewed with sailors and scientists, and commanded by the short-tempered Captain Mason, it is launched in great secrecy from Bayonne... -
![A Light Most Hateful by Hailey Piper]()
A Light Most Hateful by Hailey Piper
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a summer storm sweeps through a sleepy town unleashing a monstrous and otherworldy power that threatens to break reality, Olivia will stop at nothing to find her best friend and get them to safety... -
![Authority by Jeff VanderMeer]()
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsThe bone-chilling, hair-raising second installment of the Southern Reach TrilogyAfter thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X—a seemingly malevolent landscape surrounded by an invisible border and mysteriously wiped clean of all signs of civilization—has been a series of expeditions overseen by a government agency so secret it has almost been forgotten: the Southern Reach... -
![The Deep by Nick Cutter]()
The Deep by Nick Cutter
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Troop—which Stephen King raved “scared the hell out of me and I couldn’t put it down.…old-school horror at its best”—comes this utterly terrifying novel where The Abyss meets The Shining.A strange plague called the ’Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale...
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