Books like 'Halloween Carnival Volume 5'
Readers who enjoyed Halloween Carnival Volume 5 by Brian James Freeman, Richard Chizmar, Lisa Tuttle, Norman Prentiss & Kevin Quigley also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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The Skye Sisters by Desirée
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe order of this series is as followed. Bambino, Opium, Delirious, and what you're about to read. The Skye Sisters. With this story...I don't know yall. I honestly have no way of explaining this. Alot of secrets are revealed, drama finally reveals itself. People aren't who they say they are. People get shot. Protest are heard. Folks marching throughout the streets of Atlanta for justice... -
Grave Mistake by Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes vengeance isn't enough.There are times when a man is forced to choose the wrong side of the law.When everything is stripped away and ruthless, cold revenge is all that remains.They call me Wraith for a reason.When people need to disappear, I'm the one that's called in.I move through the shadows and strike without mercy... -
Dark Rivers of the Heart / Sole Survivor / Intensity by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDean Koontz is one of the world's top-selling authors with total worldwide sales of his novels at 225 million copies! He achieves what few writers can: he creates books that consistently jump to the top of the bestseller lists in both hardcover and paper... -
Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe screenplay for Stanley Kubrick’s disturbing and exhilarating masterpiece, featuring 800 film stills chosen by the director.This unique illustrated screenplay features 800 still images from “A Clockwork Orange,” selected by Stanley Kubrick when the film was first released in 1971... -
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Circus by Cameron Jace
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLadies and gentlemen, boys and girls... There is a loose rabbit with a ticking bomb in the streets of the London. Come closer, you won'd believe your eyes... Alice & the Pillar follow a set of clues, meticulously weaved by the most mysterious Wonderland Monster of all. Here is the Maddest Show on Earth ... The Circus! Where Alice's most unexpected secret will be revealed... -
Born Mobster by Paige Dearth
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSeven year old Tony has one...choice to live or to die.Tony Bruno just wants to fit in, but the bullies at his school are cruel and relentless. At home, he leans on his mother Teresa for strength and comfort, but she’s no match for his father, Carmen. His father, a fighter and bully himself, hates Tony. He is embarrassed by the child for not fighting back and wishes that Tony was never born... -
Sociopath by Victor Methos
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE MURDER OF A FEDERAL AGENT...Retired detective Jon Stanton is enjoying his new life when a single call shatters his peace: one of his oldest friends, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has been murdered in a small town in Utah. Investigating a double homicide, Stanton believes he had gotten too close to the killer and paid the ultimate price... -
Void's Tale: A Schooled In Magic Novella by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA hundred years before Emily, just after the fall of the Empire and the start of the Necromantic Wars, Void worked for the White Council as an agent of last resort, the sorcerer they called upon when no one else could complete the mission. But this mission may make or break him... -
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
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... -
Ramonst by A.F. Knott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHidden in the mountains of East Tennessee, an eleven-year old goes about the business of being a boy during the summer of 1970. Within a balance of terror and innocence, he bears silent witness to ghosts of the dead and the cruelties of a teenage killer while local justice plays out in a community carved from legacies of coal mining and religion... -
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... -
ANGEL TRILOGY by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings18-year-old Angel’s sudden arrival at the Phoenix throws Dane’s heart into a frenzy. But after losing out so recently with Caleb, he is in no hurry to feel the heartache again and resists his own rapidly growing feelings for the young man, unaware that what Angel needs most right now is someone he can trust and feel safe with... -
Diesel by M. Merin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHot on the trail of a major human trafficking ring, Diesel sinks deeper and deeper into the darkness of that world the more he unearths the digital footprints of those responsible for the kidnapping and death of members of his MC Family... -
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Trophies by Todd Travis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE LONG AWAITED SEQUEL TO CREATURES OF APPETITE IS HERE!TROPHIES... Young beautiful women are disappearing. Different types, with different backgrounds, most with a lot of debt, few friends and no close family to speak of. Gone.Someone is collecting trophies. Only one person can see it. Special Agent Emma Kane.Kane knows she'll need help on this ordeal... -
Jantar Secreto by Raphael Montes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsUm grupo de jovens deixa uma pequena cidade no Paraná para viver no Rio de Janeiro. Eles alugam um apartamento em Copacabana e fazem o possível para pagar a faculdade e manter vivos seus sonhos de sucesso na capital fluminense. Mas o dinheiro está curto e o aluguel está vencido... -
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... -
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
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... -
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... -
John Saul: Hellfire, The Unwanted, Sleepwalk by John Saul
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author John Saul is a master at writing psychological terror, with fifteen novels on the bestseller lists. This first-ever hardcover edition of three of his most popular books features Hellfire, The Unwanted and Sleepwalk. All three stories explore supernatural mysteries of suspense and horror.Appearences are definitely deceiving in John Saul's world... -
Andy's Diary by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn his confession, Ben McCloud told Detective Chief Inspector John Walker about the four murders that took place at Black Hill Farm. But what about the others? There are two sides to every story and this is Andy’s. 'Andy's Diary' the second book in the paranormal romance series: ‘Black Hill Farm’. For young adults aged 16 years and over... -
Go Down Hard by Ali Seay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if a victimized woman decided to be a silent guardian angel for other women and turn the tables on predatory men? What if she stumbled into the hunting grounds of a cocky serial killer while looking for her own private murder den? What if a confident killer met his match in the form of a jean-clad, whiskey-swigging stranger in an hour glass-shaped package - and she made him want things -... -
Frenzied Rebirth by Matthew Peed
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Aether Shift. An event that changed the world forever. Unleashing untold powers onto the minds and bodies of humans on Earth. Some were chosen, against their will, to become something new. Azaria, finally allowed leave the house on her own for the first time, ends up as a Dungeon Core, however, the situation gets turned sideways during the process and she's left alone for nearly a year... -
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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 Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFeminist psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer from a Korean-American perspective.Ji-won’s life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her appa’s extramarital affair and subsequent departure. Her mother, distraught. Her younger sister, hurt and confused. Her college freshman grades, failing. Her dreams, horrifying… yet enticing... -
A Long December by Richard Chizmar
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 1996, Richard Chizmar's debut short story collection, Midnight Promises, was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. Publishers Weekly called it "a sterling collection" while singling out "The Silence of Sorrow" as "an understated masterpiece."Two years later, Subterranean Press published a mini-collection from Chizmar entitled Monsters and Other Stories... -
Limbus, Inc. - Book II by Brett J. Talley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“The world is a stage, life is a play, and we are the puppets. It’s better not to ask who pulls the strings... -
The Mother Of All Things by Gabriel Blake
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDARK BEGINNINGS, BRUTAL ENDINGSA traumatic event and the break-up of her marriage returns Elaine to her childhood home where she embarks on renovating the run-down farmhouse as she reconnects with her mother and entertains her two children over the summer holidays... -
Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn a lonely cottage overlooking the windswept Maine coast, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of a sun-drenched vacation of his youth, of the terrible tragedy that forever bonded him with his friends Nat and Harper in unknowable ways, and of the killer that stalked the small New England town where they spent their summers... -
Sarah et Sid by Eve Patenaude
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLe rêve brisé que je traîne derrière moi : le ballet.Je m’appelle Sarah et, autrefois, j’en faisais. Oh, je danse toujours… mais nue. Dans un bar. Ça reste de la danse. Voilà ce que je me répète sans cesse pour ne pas m’écrouler, pour tenter d’oublier à quel point ma vie est misérable… En plus, je dois de l’argent à Carl, mon patron... -
Sew Sorry by Aron Beauregard, Daniel J. Volpe
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYOU GET WHAT YOU EARNHenry’s mother has enough money to live more than comfortably. But the only comfort she can concentrate on is her bizarre obsession. She can’t help but constantly seek out the donation bins on the darker side of the city. The only problem is, she isn’t putting clothing into them, she’s taking it out... -
Fetish: Volume 1 by Shameek Speight
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTatiana believes if you have the goods, then use it. Her two best friends Kandy-Cola and Shanelle believe in the same life style... -
Monster by Cynthia Havendean
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAVERTISSEMENTPour un public averti 18 ans et +Les pages abondent en violence gratuite, de meurtres, de manipulation et de scènes porn gore. Avant de t’immerger dans les abysses du mal, sache que : nécrophilie, gang bang, viol, torture, inceste, trafic humain et d’autres abominations se trouvent à travers ces pages... -
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The Scour by Richard Swan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFifteen years before the events of The Justice of Kings, Vonvalt and Bressinger investigate the imprisonment of a fellow justice for murder... -
Borderlands by Thomas F. Monteleone, David B. Silva
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBorderlands is a horror anthology series not concerned with traditional elements of horror fiction. Borderlands is about breaking the mold and pushing the genre and its finest writers to the edge. Hailed as the anthology series of the 90s, Borderlands will remind you that horror can indeed be horrific. Read about a farmer who disdains his wife for a giant potato.. -
Yellow by Aron Beauregard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWHAT WOULD YOU DO IF THEY TOOK EVERYTHING?Oliver Fitch has a troubling issue; he lives in a state of constant terror. After purchasing a convenience store in a once civil society, the streets around him have rapidly devolved into utter lawlessness. They're now festering with sinister gutter scum that only live to harass and intimidate him... -
Desecrating Solomon by Lucian Bane
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings***WARNING*** This is a dark, gothic, slightly erotic romantic thriller that contains elements that may be disturbing and offensive. Please read with caution if you are triggered by events depicting violence and various forms of abuse. On the seventh day of the seventh year... she desecrates. Evil keeps a formidable schedule in Weston, West Virginia... -
Through the Ravenous Night We Ride by Calvin Demmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSecret societies, serial killers, malevolent criminals, and other evils stalk these pages.A short story collection... -
Disco Fever by Ab. Cynthe, Aimee-Jo Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe is our angel and we are her devils.What more could you expect when two disco devils become obsessed with a not-so-innocent angel? This is a 70's themed dark romance/horror. Please check triggers prior to reading... -
Eye for an Eye by Graham Masterton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMeet DS Katie Maguire. With her bright green eyes and short red hair, she looks like an Irish pixie. But she is no soft touch. In this exclusive short story, Ireland's most fearless detective hunts down a priest-killer in county Cork... -
Weathercock by Glen Duncan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe confession of Dominic Francis Hood - Roman Catholic, sadist, conspirator to murder, witness to a miracle. His childhood had the usual benefits, but after watching a miracle performed by Father Malone, Dominic realises a part of him is skewed, and that mere fantasy will never be enough... -
Midnight Rain by James Newman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1977... In a small town called Midnight, North Carolina, twelve-year-old Kyle Mackey ventures toward a strange new world called manhood... Kyle's older brother Dan is going away to college. The night before Dan's flight leaves for Florida, Kyle visits what he calls his "Secret Place" -- an old shack in the woods bordering Midnight... -
Sparks: An Inferno Prequel by Yolanda Olson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy son is a good man. I know what you think about him, because I know what he's done, but you have to understand that it's not his fault. He was something of a misanthrope in his youth and that can be attributed to his father. Please understand that I will take the blame for my part in wrecking his soul, but it's so hard to resist a boy so sweet... -
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Down Time by Barry Lyga
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBilly Dent is the world's most notorious serial killer, but even killers need to go on vacation sometimes. When a mysterious death occurs in the hotel where Billy is staying, his "job" seems to call. Will his vacation truly be down time for him after all?In this prequel novella to the I Hunt Killers trilogy, bestselling author Barry Lyga crafts a creepy, intricately plotted mystery... -
Tortured by Matt Shaw
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWARNING: This is an extreme horror novel. Some scenes may offend or cause upset. With that in mind, please be aware this story is intended for a mature audience only. When financial problems hit Ryan he is forced to move his family to a smaller, more cost-effective, home on the outskirts of the city... -
The New Black by Richard Thomas, Brian Evenson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe New Black is a collection of twenty neo-noir stories exemplifying the best authors currently writing in this dark sub-genre. A mixture of horror, crime, fantasy, science fiction, magical realism, and the grotesque—all with a literary bent—these stories represent the future of genre-bending fiction from some of our brightest and most original voices... -
Confessions About Colton by Olivia Harvard
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSeven clues, seven steps closer to a killer . . .Bringing us into a world of unrelenting suspense, Olivia Harvard’s astonishing debut explores the ravages of grief and betrayal through the eyes of a teenage boy coping with a heartbreaking loss and its revelations . . .The unthinkable has happened: Colton Crest is dead. And Elliot, Colton’s best friend, is the one who finds him brutally murdered... -
The Slanted Gutter by S. Craig Zahler
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDarren Tasking is a slick who lives in Great Crown, Florida and considers himself an entrepreneur. Others might refer to him as a criminal or a pimp or an extortionist or all of these things, if they knew what he was doing at night. His income is derived from a number of brothels and gambling parlors that are secreted behind iron doors in what appear to be typical apartment buildings... -
Captive Ever After by Julia Sykes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy beloved little sister was taken from me when we were children, sold by my sadistic brother to pay a family debt. I was too young to save her then. Too weak.Now, my body may be scarred, but I'm stronger than ever. With my clever little pet by my side, I'm capable of anything. Samantha has finally located my lost sister, Valentina...
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