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The Lodge by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMore than a century ago, the Sea Islands of Georgia's coastline were the playground of the ultra-wealthy. Carnegies, Morgans, Rockefellers and other aristocrats of the Industrial Age built luxurious southern beach retreats on islands like Cumberland and Jekyll to escape the icy winters of New York... -
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. Ritz
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSynopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to be one of them. One night he buys a journal, its pages blank. The woman who sells him the journal extracts his promise to record his deeds for study. “Lo, the steps of your life mark the journey of your soul... -
Cabinet Jack by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClose your doors and cabinets tight, or Jack will climb out to see you tonight.The former railroad stop of Timbermill, Georgia has grown ever more quiet and empty since its boom era faded decades ago... -
Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne night. One last enemy. One chance to stop him forever. It’s all come down to this. More than two years after Sully took desperate measures to escape his enemies, he finds himself headed for an inevitable showdown with the most dangerous of them. Years of murder and deceit are catching up to Lowell, and the ghosts of those he killed are not about to rest until they’ve watched him fall... -
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The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe antebellum mansion sits isolated in the overgrown countryside like a forgotten temple. Within it lie the dark, twisting paths of a private library possessing secrets from across the ages. The collection of ancient and medieval occult manuscripts tell of conjuring spirits and raising the dead, of making contact with supernatural realms and beings usually forbidden to living mortals... -
The Haunting of Silver Creek Lodge by Alexandria Clarke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a small town rests an old lodge with a big secret. Maxine Finch and Simon York, a recently married couple with little money, use their limited honeymoon funds to buy a foreclosed inn in the tiny snowy town of Silver Ridge, Colorado, but when strange things start happening in the middle of the night, Maxine and Simon wonder if their investment is a dangerous mistake... -
The Haunting of University Park by Alexandria Clarke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJamie Layton has a secret.Running from her past, Jamie Layton takes a new job as a nanny to two volatile, rebellious children at a stately mansion in a reclusive area of town. Rumors fly about the mysterious death of the children’s father, and when strange things happen at night, Jamie and the children must confront the horrors that haunt the house... -
For Honor and Glory by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMemorial Day approaches and an old friend of Adam's dies visiting an historic graveyard. Heart attack? Or somethingelse, since General Whitaker had texted Adam Harrison about strange events happening there?Jackson and Angela investigate to discover the truth, learning more about war and peace and the human condition along the way.(Short story, approx...Categorized as:
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Christmas, the Krewe, and Kenneth by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Short Story" Approximately 6000 wordsNo way out of it—Christmas 2020 was going to be different.But Jackson Crow and Angela Hawkins are “home for Christmas.” Other agents are covering the office and they’ve just bought a home with a yard for their baby daughter and adopted son.But their neighbor, newly widowed, hears strange noises in the yard, a rustling... -
Devil's Door by Lee Mountford
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHalloween night, 1982. Many people were brutally killed or simply vanished at the Blackwater Hotel—formerly Perron Manor. The events of that night have always remained a mystery.Until now...Ray and Rita Pearson, along with their daughter, Chloe, move into the hotel to help with its renovation and grand opening. All under the watchful eye of the mysterious owner, Marcus Blackwater... -
The Taking of Peggy Martin by Karen Glista
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe setting is East Texas, where Peggy, a young nurse, works at an institution for the criminally insane. After her husband Danny is mysteriously killed in a car accident, she convinces herself that it was murder… and she knows the murderer by name… Jasper Johnson... -
Grave Decisions by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHalloween has always been one of Maddie Graves’ favorite days, and this season things are going to be more special than ever because it’s her first big holiday with her live-in love Nick Winters. Nick is keen to make sure Maddie has the time of her life, but the arrival of a popular author and purported psychic in Blackstone Bay has him working overtime to provide protection... -
Dark River Inn by J.R. Erickson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s the day of his ex-wife’s wedding when Dan makes the winding mountain journey to a remote cabin for an escape from the life that another man has stepped into.Less than 48 hours into his reprieve, the forest tranquility is shattered when he looks through a telescope and witnesses the violent abduction of a young woman... -
The Final Formula Collection by Becca Andre
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen magic returned almost two decades ago, it found a modern world rooted in science, and those beliefs colored the way new abilities manifested. This New Magic is in sharp contrast to Old Magic, which has always been around, hiding in the dark and forgotten places. Addie isn’t magical, but she can wield power with the best of them... -
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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... -
Forty-Four Book Nine by Jools Sinclair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCharlie Modine didn’t find any justice in life. And the afterlife hasn’t been much better. Still, Modine’s ghost is more determined than ever to find the cold-blooded murderer who ran his wife down on the streets of New York City. Tortured and tormented, Modine asks for help from the only person who will listen. The only one who knows he’s there. Abby Craig... -
Forty-Four Book Eleven by Jools Sinclair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow the prime suspect in a high-profile murder investigation, Abby Craig flees the only place she has ever called home and is forced to live on the run as a fugitive in the shadows of the American Southwest.But Abby soon discovers that she isn't alone. A mysterious stranger is plaguing her every step. A stranger with a dark past who has plans for her... -
The Roses of Mobile by M.L. Bullock
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarrie Jo returns to Seven Sisters but the happy homecoming is short-lived. The spiritual atmosphere has shifted and the dream catcher quickly discovers that all is not well. As Carrie Jo's dream catching gift becomes much more complicated, she makes mistakes...and some of them trigger a cascade of unhappy events... -
Forty-Four Book Twelve by Jools Sinclair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere's a bad moon on the rise for Abby Craig. Nothing is as it seems. And it's going to take more than Southern hospitality to survive the night. A lot more... -
44 Book Six by Jools Sinclair
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s Christmastime and the nights are far from silent for Abby Craig.She is haunted by a vision unlike anything she has ever experienced before. As a church bell rings out in the lonely night, a young woman is left dying in an alley, her blood staining the snow beneath her... -
Easter, the Krewe and Another Large White Rabbit by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA short story (apprx. 10,000 words) in which Angela Hawkins and Jackson Crow are called upon to help a friend in need . . .Strange baskets are arriving on Eliza Andrews' doorstep and a strange face is appearing in her window... -
When Irish Eyes Are Haunting by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDevin Lyle and Craig Rockwell are back, this time to a haunted castle in Ireland where a banshee may have gone wild—or maybe there's a much more rational explanation—one that involves a disgruntled heir, murder, and mayhem, all with that sexy light touch Heather Graham has turned into her trademark style... -
The White Night by Desmond Doane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYes, you should be afraid of the dark…A mighty demon sits at the right hand of Satan, and he knows paranormal investigator Ford Atticus Ford by name. Mike Long, too, but what the vile creature covets most lies with little Chelsea Hopper.As Ford wrestles with the uncertain nature of his future, a different kind of evil storms into his world, proving that not all demons are inhuman... -
Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFour brand-new horror novellas from “a modern-day Algernon Blackwood” all about books, stories, manuscripts – the written word has never had sharper teeth…From the bestselling author of Come with Me, four standalone horror novellas set in a shared universe! In The Skin of Her Teeth, a cursed novel drives people to their deaths. A delivery job turns deadly in The Dark Brothers’ Last Ride... -
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Berkley Street by Ron Ripley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ISBN 9781532759208An abandoned house. A forgotten evil. Home sweet home...Shane Ryan returns to Nashua and the childhood memories that drove him to join the Marines. After a prolonged legal battle with his aunt and uncle, Shane has possession of the family home where his parents disappeared over 20 years ago... -
The River by Noelle W. Ihli
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA short post-script to Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli. Learn what happened to April... -
A Witch's Lament (The Salem Witches Book 1) by Cathy Walker, Cathy Walker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSalem's history of rampant darkness and death isn't over yet, a fact Skye discovers upon purchasing a house in the infamous seaport. Her presence ignites events that began centuries ago during the witch trials and stimulates her formerly benign powers into a force beyond earthly bounds... -
Dark Hollow Road by Rebecca Patrick-Howard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA teenage girl is missing and Taryn's camera is showing her a haunted past she NEVER wanted to see... When your camera can see the past, it's a history lover's dream! Historical mysteries never seemed so alive, and solvable. But sometimes the past should stay buried... -
Touching the Dead by Wendy Cartmell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mummified body washed up on a beach near Chichester.A tormented detective cursed with a gift she didn't want. When the autopsy reveals the victim's heart was torn from her body, Detective Inspector Jo Wolfe and her team wonder if someone is continuing the work of Anubis, the Egyptian God of Death. With the body count rising, Jo must touch the dead, to help her solve the case... -
Black Hill Farm by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen sixteen year-old Ben McCloud moves to Black Hill Farm, he soon falls in love with the mysterious and seductive Andrea Black.Finding themselves alone on this remote farm and desperate to stay together, Ben and Andrea’s world spirals out of control. As they fight for survival, every step they take leads them into an ever darker world of forbidden love and despair... -
Trail of the Beast by Edward Fallon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHEY SEE WHAT NO ONE ELSE SEES Every crime scene has a smell. A look. A trail of DNA. It also has a feel. An emotional residue that lingers... floating unseen, like bacteria in the air, just waiting to be absorbed. To be experienced.To be interpreted. And only the man, the woman, and the boy know this... -
Cemetery Tours by Jacqueline E. Smith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome secrets are best kept laid to rest.At least, that's as far as Michael Sinclair is concerned. At twenty-seven, he has spent his entire life pretending that the ghosts he encounters on a daily basis do not exist. Now, if only the dead would let him rest in peace.Unfortunately, that doesn't seem likely, especially after Kate Avery and her ailing brother, Gavin, move in next door... -
Band of Demons by Rob Blackwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe highly anticipated sequel to the Kindle bestseller A Soul to StealThe past is always at your heels…Quinn O’Brion and Kate Tassel, two community journalists, tapped into a dark power last Halloween in order to stop a vicious serial killer. But they are still grappling with their new abilities—and wondering if what they unleashed may soon consume them... -
The Keeper by T.F. Allen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a famous artist is kidnapped, the only one who can save him has a body no one can see, and a voice few can hear.Angel, spirit, or ghost—the Keeper doesn’t know exactly what he is. But he knows he needs to protect Michael Delacroix, a famous artist who is kidnapped and locked in a windowless room deep beneath a Napa Valley vineyard... -
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Griffith Tavern by Rebecca Patrick-Howard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGriffith Tavern has been empty for a long time, but there’s something alive within the crumbling walls and it’s been waiting for Taryn, and her alone, for nearly 100 years…As a stagecoach inn in the 19th century, Griffith Tavern saw many things, held many people, and saw numerous tragedies and triumphs. Now the old abandoned building will almost surely be demolished, all in the name of progress... -
Νεκρή γραμμή by Κωνσταντίνος Κέλλης
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsΤο πρώτο best seller τρόμου από Έλληνα συγγραφέα, η Νεκρή Γραμμή αποτελεί ένα μεταφυσικό θρίλερ που κόβει την ανάσα και ανεβάζει την αγωνία έως την τελική του κορύφωση."Ώρα να ανακαλύψετε αυτό το νέο ταλέντο!" -Nick Mamatas"Ένα εξαιρετικό βιβλίο. Συστήνεται με το ζόρι σε κάθε τρομολάγνο και συνταγογραφείται σε οποιονδήποτε αγνοεί ή νομίζει ότι δεν υφίσταται ποιοτικό Ελληνικό Φανταστικό... -
Spirits of the Bayou by Morgan Hannah MacDonald
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEVIL HAS A FACESomeone is taking the children of New Orleans. No bodies have been found. No ransom demands made. Poor or Rich. Black or White. Boy or Girl. The kidnapper does not play favorites. PRAYIn this prequel to Spirits Among Us, nineteen year-old Jon-Luc Boudreaux is trying to manage his gift. He’s a psychic medium. In other words, he sees the dead... -
The Owlmen: If They See You They Will Come For You by S.E. England
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE OWLMEN - NEW FROM THE AUTHOR OF BESTSELLING OCCULT HORROR TRILOGY, FATHER OF LIES! IF THEY SEE YOU THEY WILL COME FOR YOU... Ellie Blake is recovering from a mental breakdown. Deciding to move back to her northern roots, she and her psychiatrist husband buy Tanners Dell at auction - an old water mill in the moorland village of Bridesmoor. However, there is disquiet in the village... -
Forest by Ambrose Ibsen
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“You should not have answered its call...” Professor Stephen Barlow is no longer a skeptic. Having faced the horrors of Chaythe Asylum, he turns his attention to the man responsible for the Third Ward Incident—the enigmatic Dr. Corvine—in the hopes of finding answers to his many questions. But some things, he soon learns, are better left lost to history... -
Dying is a Wild Night by Edward Fallon
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHEY SEE WHAT NO ONE ELSE SEESEvery crime scene has a smell. A look. A trail of DNA.It also has a feel. An emotional residue that lingers... floating unseen, like bacteria in the air, just waiting to be absorbed. To be experienced.To be interpreted.And only the man and the boy know this... -
House of Shadows by Pamela Hartshorne
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Kate Vavasour wakes in the hospital, she remembers nothing of the family gathered around her, or of her life before the accident. The doctors diagnose post-traumatic amnesia and say the memories should start returning. Which they do—but these memories are not hers. They belong to Isabel Vavasour, who lived and died at Askerby Hall more than 400 years earlier... -
Abberton House by Debbie Ioanna
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo families. 100 years apart. A sinister haunting...It was supposed to be the dream house for Adam, Catherine, and their daughter, Bella. But dream houses can hold secrets. Settling in to their new home, the family realise they are not the only inhabitants of Abberton House.A dark past continues to haunt the idyllic Yorkshire home, and those who remain want Adam and Catherine to know the truth... -
The Neighbor by London Clarke
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsClaire Vogel is a recently divorced mother of four girls and a successful counselor living in a planned and prestigious community. She knows all her neighbors, and they know her. But Claire has a secret. To cope with hidden, deep-rooted pain, she often participates in risky, reckless behavior... -
Rosamund by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Shani Struthers is my Queen of Horror!" ***** 'A tense and gripping story. I was unable to put it down.'***** 'A fascinating and terrifying insight into Ruby Davis' heritage.'***** 'I loved Rosamund's story from neglected child to powerful woman.'***** 'I loved reading about Rosamund and her experiences with the spiritual world... -
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An Eye for an Eye: The Doll by John Saul
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe editor of the Blackstone Chronicle, Oliver Metcalf, nervously presides over the ceremony to begin demolition of the old Asylum. But the building's fate hangs in the balance as financing problems halt the project. Contractor Bill McGuire, all set to proceed, can't hide his dismay: with a family and another baby on the way, he can't afford delays... -
নিশীথিনী by Humayun Ahmed
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsমিসির আলি সিরিজের বই। "নিশীথিনী" হচ্ছে "দেবী" এর দ্বিতীয়... -
The Warning by Jonas Saul
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Warning (Sarah Roberts Book Two) Sarah Roberts has spent the last four years helping people stay alive and escape near death experiences as messages from the dead come to her. She receives a daunting communication from the Other Side regarding her sister's murderer and where she can find him... -
December by Phil Rickman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the twelfth-century ruins of the Abbey, it is said every stone was cemented in blood. On December 8, 1980, that blood will run again...In the ruins of a haunted medieval abbey, four musicians hope to tap into the site's dark history. The experience almost destroys them. Years later, the original group is forced to return to the abbey, to confront the old evil they discovered... -
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Paper Dolls by Anya Allyn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe DARK CAROUSEL series is a heart-stopping mix of American Horror Story and the fantastical elements of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. ~In Book One, Cassie, Ethan and Lacey sought their missing friend, Aisha, in the deep of the forest...
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