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Scary Stories to Tell if You Dare 2 by Joe Oliveto
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDid you love reading classics like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark as a child? Then you'll love the second entry in the Scary Stories to Tell if You Dare series... -
![The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe (V. 5) by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Works Of Edgar Allan Poe (V. 5) by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMany of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork... -
![Clash by Chrissy Peebles]()
Clash by Chrissy Peebles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTaylor looks for a way to get back home, retrieve an ancient artifact to stop the werewolf war, and searches a way to divorce the man she was forced to marry... -
![Conflicted by Chrissy Peebles]()
Conflicted by Chrissy Peebles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTaylor deals with the aftermath of the millennium ceremony. As she fights to survive, her friends and family stay loyally at her side. Taylor is conflicted about her new condition and nobody knows how to help her. Is there hope for her? Can she survive? Or will her life spiral out of control? Especially when she is deemed Queen of the Immortals... -
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![Dark and Desperate Things by Kelly Martin]()
Dark and Desperate Things by Kelly Martin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElise Morgan is about to find out that the sins of the father come back to haunt you. Running from Abel Hale seemed like a good idea at the time. Now as the only living soul in her cramped dorm room, Elise thinks maybe she's made a very bad mistake. Naked Girl, who has waited patiently, wants to tell her story. Elise's mom and Abel's mom want to be heard. And Kim Forrester.. -
![Dark and Dangerous Things by Kelly Martin]()
Dark and Dangerous Things by Kelly Martin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe final showdown has begun. With Abel in the hospital and Molly stronger than ever, it is up to Elise and newly released Silas Ford to figure out a way to send Molly back to Hell for good. She won't make it easy, of course. She has bargains to keep. Elise Morgan is ready for this to all be over... -
![Tutti i racconti: 1923-1926 by H.P. Lovecraft]()
Tutti i racconti: 1923-1926 by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDa Robert Bloch a Fritz Leiber, Henry Kittner e, indirettamente, Ray Bradbury, Lovecraft ha esercitato un influsso determinante su gran parte della narrativa fantastica del dopoguerra... -
![Deep Web by Chrissy Peebles]()
Deep Web by Chrissy Peebles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe dreaded night, of the first full moon in January, has finally arrived. Will Taylor survive when evil threatens to destroy her life forever? Taylor relocates back to Big Bear Lake not trusting the people who signed a treaty to keep her safe. Being with her family and friends is wonderful, but knowing that she is a sacrifice is beyond unsettling... -
![The Midnight Hour: All Hallows' Brides: A Gothic Regency Historical Romance collection by Kathryn Le Veque, Meara Platt]()
The Midnight Hour: All Hallows' Brides: A Gothic Regency Historical Romance collection by Kathryn Le Veque, Meara Platt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen doors creak and ghostly whispers are heard in the midnight hour, this stunning collection of Gothic Regency Historical Romance is sure to leave you breathless with Poe-inspired, romantic dreams… Welcome to the All-Hallows’ Brides collection... -
![Eye of the Moon by Ivan Obolensky]()
Eye of the Moon by Ivan Obolensky
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this award-winning American Gothic novel, two estranged friends, Percy and Johnny, reunite at the haunting estate of Rhinebeck where Johnny’s aunt Alice died reading an Egyptian Book of the Dead.Stumbling upon her letters and journals, they discover that her story is not what they’ve been told—not at all. Everyone has a secret, and nothing is what it seems... -
![A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe]()
A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Dream Within a Dream is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849... -
![Grimscribe: His Lives and Works by Thomas Ligotti]()
Grimscribe: His Lives and Works by Thomas Ligotti
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGrimscribe: His Lives and Works is Thomas Ligotti's second collection of short tales... -
![El cielo de la selva by Elaine Vilar Madruga]()
El cielo de la selva by Elaine Vilar Madruga
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLa selva es un dios hambriento. Uno que permite vivir a salvo en sus dominios pero exige el más alto de los precios a cambio. Su voracidad no termina nunca y aquellos que viven bajo su control deben entregarle a sus hijos como parte de un cíclico tributo caníbal... -
![Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies by John Langan, Stephen Graham Jones]()
Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies by John Langan, Stephen Graham Jones
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohn Langan, author of the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel The Fisherman, returns with a new book of stories.An aspiring actress goes to an audition with a mysterious director. An editor receives the last manuscript of his murdered friend. A young lawyer learns the terrible connection between her grandfather and an ancient race of creatures... -
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![The Ghost Tree by Sara Bain]()
The Ghost Tree by Sara Bain
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA newcomer to a small town must contend with a 17th century poltergeist intent on murder Five years after the death of his wife, MacAoidh Armstrong moves into a smallholding in southern Scotland with the intention of living a self-sufficient existence. Although he’s heard the steading has a reputation for being haunted, the pragmatic Highlander does not believe in ghosts... -
![In a Lonely Place by Karl Edward Wagner]()
In a Lonely Place by Karl Edward Wagner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContents:In the PinesWhere the Summer EndsSticksThe Fourth Seal... -
![Dark and Dreadful Things by Kelly Martin]()
Dark and Dreadful Things by Kelly Martin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou can't believe everything you see. Reeling from the events that took place at the King House, Abel Hale and Elise Morgan have been sent to a new haunting at the house of Cody Cain. Except thanks to overhearing a private conversation between Abel and the evil Silas Ford, Elise isn't sure she can trust Abel, much less work with him... -
![Dark and Devious Things by Kelly Martin]()
Dark and Devious Things by Kelly Martin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow that Abel Hale and Elise Morgan have been forced to hunt ghosts for Silas Ford's television show, things are about to get all kinds of freaky. Their first case involves Shonda King, a mother in Kentucky whose friendly childhood ghost has turned into an adult nightmare. Shonda, terrified for the safety of her family, wants Abel and Elise to get rid of the ghost-- by any means necessary... -
![The Apple-Tree Throne by Premee Mohamed]()
The Apple-Tree Throne by Premee Mohamed
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is the turn of the century in an England that never was. Bright new aqua-plants are generating electricity for the streetlights; news can be easily had on the radio-viz; and in Gundisalvus' Land, the war is over and the soldiers are beginning to trickle home. Amongst these is Lt... -
![The Hawk is Dying by Harry Crews]()
The Hawk is Dying by Harry Crews
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEverybody wanted something from George Gattling. They wanted sex and new seat covers, money and confessions, a little bit of love and a lot of answers. That's why George liked his hawk. All it asked of him was an opportunity to kill... -
![My Brother's Keeper by Marcia Davenport]()
My Brother's Keeper by Marcia Davenport
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBased on the true story of the Collyer brothers.Inspired by the 1947 New York Times articles detailing items taken from the Collyer's brownstone after their deaths, Davenport constructs a tale of the Holt brothers, one a failing concert pianist and the other a naval architect, and the events that prompted them to become recluses in later life... -
![Alice Isn't Well by Amy Cross]()
Alice Isn't Well by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"There are lots of demons in the sky above London. The problem is, this one came crashing down to earth." Ten years ago, Alice Warner was attacked and disfigured by an attacker in her own home. She remembers nothing of the attack, and she has been in a psychiatric hospital ever since. When she's finally released, however, she starts working as a security guard at an abandoned shopping mall... -
![Friday the 13th by Simon Hawke]()
Friday the 13th by Simon Hawke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was going to be a fun summer at Camp Crystal. The young counselors were getting ready for it while they joked about the scary rumors attached to the isolated camp.But evil was waiting in the shadows as the sun set. The laughter turned to screams...the easy living to agonized dying. For the light had gone and the wind was howling and it was--Friday the 13th... -
![Don't Laugh At A Killer Clown! / My Sinister Sunglasses by James Lee]()
Don't Laugh At A Killer Clown! / My Sinister Sunglasses by James Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSTORY #1: Somebody gives Rui Yang a mysterious clown puppet that comes to life and attacks him and his friends. Don't miss the frights in DON'T LAUGH AT A KILLER CLOWN! STORY #2: Rhu Jih finds a weird pair of sunglasses. Whenever she puts them on, she sees ghosts. MY SINISTER SUNGLASSES will have you wide-eyed with fear on every page... -
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![Acluofobia. Zece povestiri macabre by Flavius Ardelean, Mircea Pricăjan]()
Acluofobia. Zece povestiri macabre by Flavius Ardelean, Mircea Pricăjan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“În România, de-a lungul timpului, am avut puţini, foarte puţini autori talentaţi care să scrie proză (cu accente) horror. Nici la momentul actual lucrurile nu stau mai bine. Există însă câţiva scriitori tineri aflaţi în plină dezvoltare artistică, iar anii următori s-ar putea să plaseze România, în sfârşit, pe harta mondială a creatorilor de fantezii macabre... -
![The Resurrectionist by Paul T. Scheuring]()
The Resurrectionist by Paul T. Scheuring
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's 1820, and the physicians of London are on fire to unlock the secrets of human anatomy, some consorting with criminals to get their scalpels into a fresh body. Job Mowatt has become such a criminal—a body snatcher, a resurrectionist. The wages are just enough to keep his brilliant daughter, Ivy, clean and safe in London's worst slum... -
![Observation by Elodie Faiderbe]()
Observation by Elodie Faiderbe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLondres 1886.Orpheline, Emilia vit sous le joug de son tuteur : lord Dorian Jacobson. Séduisant comte excentrique le jour, tueur sadique et impitoyable la nuit.En parfait gentleman, Dorian régale et fascine la haute société par son charisme et sa prestance.Tous sont en admiration devant cet homme.Tous sauf elle... -
![The Wavering Knife by Brian Evenson]()
The Wavering Knife by Brian Evenson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrian Evenson's fifth story collection constructs a human landscape as unearthly as it is mundane. Replete with the brutality, primordial waste, and savage blankness familiar to readers of his earlier works, Evenson's Kafkaesque allegories entice the mind while stubbornly disordering it... -
![The Demon Dentist / Who Stole The Zoo? by James Lee]()
The Demon Dentist / Who Stole The Zoo? by James Lee
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSTORY #1: After Yi Shuo and his friends visit the school dentist, strange voices come out of their mouths. What has the mysterious Dr Dredd, THE DEMON DENTIST, done to them? STORY #2: When Nicholas Liao goes to the zoo, he discovers that all the animals have vanished and an evil phantom has taken over... -
![My Creepy Computer / There's a Ghost in My Phone! by James Lee]()
My Creepy Computer / There's a Ghost in My Phone! by James Lee
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTurn off your lights, get ready for frights! When the clock strikes midnight and the moon's full and bright, it's time for dread and fear. For Midnight is here. Double the danger and twice the terror! STORY #1: Ashraf's computer does all his homework for him. But then the strange creature inside it wants to control him... -
![Garbage by A.R. Ammons]()
Garbage by A.R. Ammons
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"A. R. Ammons's poem with the unforgettable title is a defense of meaning—'this,' the poet says, 'are awash in ideality.' Garbage is an epic of ideas: all life—not that of human beings alone, but every species—is shown to be part of an ultimate reality. Eternity is here and now... -
![Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti]()
Songs of a Dead Dreamer by Thomas Ligotti
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSongs of a Dreamer was Thomas Ligotti’s first collection of supernatural horror stories. When originally published in 1985 by Harry Morris’s Silver Scarab Press, the book was hardly noticed. In 1989, an expanded version appeared that garnered accolades from several quarters... -
![Complete Tales and Poems with Selected Essays by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Complete Tales and Poems with Selected Essays by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis beautiful volume showcases the full range of Poe's genius--from "The Raven" and terrifying tales like "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Masque of the Red Death," to humorous sketches, the very first detective stories, early works of science fiction, and literary criticism... -
![Beautiful Little Freaks: A Gatsby Retelling by Tylor Paige]()
Beautiful Little Freaks: A Gatsby Retelling by Tylor Paige
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom top three amazon bestselling author Tylor Paige, comes a new horror romance about two star-crossed lovers whose love for a tale told 100 years ago convinces them to rewrite the ending, no matter the cost.Gatsby-The world has found me guilty of heinous crimes that aren't mine. I've been called the beautiful monster. A man with a craving for flesh, but darling, it's not your liver I want... -
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![Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA collection of the poems by the famous American writer.Al Araaf --Alone --Annabel Lee --Bells --Bridal ballad --City in the sea --Coliseum --Conqueror worm --Dactylic couplet --Deep in earth --Dream --Dream-land --Dreams --Dream within a dream --Eldorado --Elizabeth --Enigma --Eulalie --Evening star --To F --To F-SS... -
![El juego de la araña by Raisa Martin Espinosa]()
El juego de la araña by Raisa Martin Espinosa
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKatherine Montgomery parece una chica corriente en su último año de universidad, con una vida carente de emoción y riesgos. Lo que pocos saben es que lleva una doble vida. Cada noche se vuelve la jefa de un club nocturno y toma su papel como «La araña». Años de legado familiar le han proporcionado unas telarañas firmes y extensas de contactos... -
![Sefira and Other Betrayals by John Langan, Paul Tremblay]()
Sefira and Other Betrayals by John Langan, Paul Tremblay
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the award-winning writer of The Fisherman comes a new collection of stories. A pair of disgraced soldiers seek revenge on the man who taught them how to torture. A young lawyer learns the history of the secret that warped her parents’ marriage. A writer arrives at a mansion overlooking the Hudson River to write about the strange paper balloons floating through its grounds... -
![The Best of Robert Bloch by Robert Bloch]()
The Best of Robert Bloch by Robert Bloch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContents:xi · Robert Bloch: The Man Who Wrote Psycho · Lester del Rey · in 1 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · ss Weird Tales Jul ’43 21 · Enoch · ss Weird Tales Sep ’46 39 · Catnip · ss Weird Tales Mar ’48 55 · The Hungry House · ss Imagination Apr ’51 79 · The Man Who Collected Poe · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct ’51 97 · Mr... -
![The Apple Tree: A Short Novel and Several Long Stories by Daphne du Maurier]()
The Apple Tree: A Short Novel and Several Long Stories by Daphne du Maurier
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContents:Monte VeritàVictorThe BirdsThe Apple TreeThe Little PhotographerKiss Me Again, StrangerThe Old... -
![Hello World by Peter Cawdron, a Man with a Cat]()
Hello World by Peter Cawdron, a Man with a Cat
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings(This is Hello World, the short story. For the anthology of the same name, see: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...)Hello World represents a decade of science fiction by author Peter Cawdron. This collection of 16 short stories and novellas, including four previously unpublished stories, will take you out of this world... -
![The Rain Dancers by Greg F. Gifune]()
The Rain Dancers by Greg F. Gifune
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe arrives in darkness, in the middle of a violent downpour...an affable old man with tales to tell... When Will and Betty Colby return to Betty's hometown to settle her late father's affairs and prepare his house for sale, they assume they'll be faced with some cleaning, basic repairs and making runs to the local dump... -
![The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection by Ellen Datlow, William F. Nolan]()
The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection by Ellen Datlow, William F. Nolan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis groundbreaking anthology inaugurates an exciting new annual tradition—a giant collection of the greatest fantasy and supernatural stories published in 1987... -
![House of Houses by Kevin L. Donihe]()
House of Houses by Kevin L. Donihe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"This is perhaps the weirdest book that anyone has ever written, or will ever write. Donihe is the best kept secret of the bizarro fiction genre." - Carlton Mellick III, author of Adolf in Wonderland There once was an odd reclusive little man who was in love with his house. He loved this house not in the way that normal people love their homes... -
![Scared to Death by Alan Gibbons]()
Scared to Death by Alan Gibbons
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLate one night after a strange journey to Whitechapel in East London, Paul makes a new friend, John Redman—daring and enigmatic, just as Paul longs to be, away from his cloying mother (his only family, so he thinks). Redman immediately charms Paul as well as Jude—a girl they meet on a night on the town. A few days later, Paul learns that Jude has mysteriously died, and Redman has disappeared... -
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![Jassy by Norah Lofts]()
Jassy by Norah Lofts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was the daughter of a preacher and a gypsy. A strange and elusive child with powers of prophecy, she grew into an even stranger woman. From those around her she inspired love and admiration or furious hatred. Nothing in between. And somehow Jassy could transform even those who loved her into her enemies. Barney Hatton, the disposessed heir of Mortiboys, loved her but not enough... -
![The Blood House by Amy Cross]()
The Blood House by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeventy-five years ago, a family of three disappeared from their remote English home. Blood was left smeared all over the floors and walls, but despite an extensive search, their bodies were never found. Now the house is ready to kill again. On the run from his creditors, Owen Richards moves his wife and daughter out to the same house... -
![Makeup by Robert McCammon]()
Makeup by Robert McCammon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSmall-time thief Calvin Doss has bungled a job. He was supposed to steal Jean Harlow’s makeup case. But by accident, he made off with a case that belonged to a B-list horror actor from the 1940s. Little does Calvin know, the makeup case contains more than just the usual pastes and powders... -
![The Birds & Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier, Peter Capaldi]()
The Birds & Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier, Peter Capaldi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDu Maurier is of course world famous for many of her novels. These two stories are perhaps even better known as films (The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock and Don't Look Now by Nic Roeg), but here we bring you the full terrifying texts, superbly read by Peter Capaldi, who brings the true dimension of these works to the imagination... -
![Hawthorne's Short Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne]()
Hawthorne's Short Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsTwenty-four of Hawthorne's best-known short stories plus many that are virtually unknown to the average reader. Introduction by Professor Newton Arvin of Smith College... -
![Bone Deep: A Psychological Dark Romance by Rachael Chadwick]()
Bone Deep: A Psychological Dark Romance by Rachael Chadwick
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI never meant to build a life among the dead—but it was the one thing that made sense. The work was quiet, methodical. It gave me space to breathe. To keep things simple.Then Patrick Dalton walked through the door.Warm, charming, gentle, devastatingly perfect.He made my chest ache, even when I tried to keep him at arm’s length. And he made me want more...
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