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Carrie / 'Salem's Lot / The Shining by Stephen King
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsStephen King is a unique and powerful writer without equal for millions of horror fans. His incredible narrative drive ensnares the reader in a web of everyday surroundings, believable situations and recognizable characters that are eventually caught up in a terrifying noose of monumental evil... -
![She Has a Broken Thing Where Her Heart Should Be by J.D. Barker]()
She Has a Broken Thing Where Her Heart Should Be by J.D. Barker
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA haunting tale of suspense, rendered with the masterful skill only Barker could muster. After the loss of his parents, young Jack Thatch first met Stella as a child—this cryptic little girl of eight with dark hair and darker eyes, sitting alone on a bench in the cemetery clutching her favorite book. Gone moments later, the brief encounter would spark an obsession... -
![Bane County: Returning Moon by J.R. Rice]()
Bane County: Returning Moon by J.R. Rice
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor nearly two decades, life in the small rural town of Silver Canyon had been peaceful and serene. People went about their daily lives as usual, completely oblivious to the inescapable horror that loomed on the horizon. All but a select few of Bane County’s residents had forgotten the macabre occurrences of the past... -
!['Salem's Lot by Stephen King, Jerry N. Uelsmann]()
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King, Jerry N. Uelsmann
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsStephen King's second novel, the vampire bestseller 'Salem's Lot, tells the story of evil in small-town America. For the first time in a major trade edition, this terrifying novel is accompanied by previously unpublished material from King's archive, two short stories, and eerie photographs that bring King's fictional darkness and evil to vivid life... -
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![Bane County: Forgotten Moon by J.R. Rice]()
Bane County: Forgotten Moon by J.R. Rice
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe large river-island of Bane County has a troubled past; but some histories are eagerly forgotten, especially those written in blood. Nestled into the foothills of the National Wildlife Refuge, the small rural town of Silver Canyon seems idyllic to most; but a long-slumbering evil is about to reawaken... -
![The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre by H.P. Lovecraft]()
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 38 ratings“H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”—Stephen King“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”—H.P. LovecraftThis is the collection that true fans of horror fiction must have: sixteen of H.P... -
![Darkwind by Mark Lukens]()
Darkwind by Mark Lukens
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook Two in the Ancient Enemy seriesAfter a rancher finds ten mutilated bodies at a dig site on the Navajo Reservation, both Captain Begay of the Navajo Tribal Police and Special Agent Palmer of the FBI become involved ... but the case leads Palmer back up to Colorado where five more mutilated bodies and Stella's vehicle have been discovered at a burning cabin... -
![Vultures by Chuck Wendig]()
Vultures by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn the sixth and final thriller of the “wildly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) Miriam Black series, Miriam tries to break the curse of her powers, but first she must face The Trespasser a final time... -
![The Black Angel by John Connolly]()
The Black Angel by John Connolly
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen a young woman disappears from the streets of New York City, ties of friendship and blood inevitably draw ingenious, tortured detective Charlie Parker into the search. Soon he discovers links to a church of bones in Eastern Europe, a 1944 slaughter at a French monastery, and to the myth of an object known as the Black Angel -- considered by evil men to be beyond priceless... -
![Books of Blood: Volume Three by Clive Barker]()
Books of Blood: Volume Three by Clive Barker
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAlternate Cover Edition for ISBN 9780425093474To a mortician, the preparation of a corpse is an art. The smooth, silent exchange of blood and embalming fluid is like a symphony to be orchestrated. The presentation of the deceased -- lying in a shining casket framed by flowers -- is an exquisitely composed tableau. And the burial itself is the magnificent climax to his craftsmanship... -
![The Broken Clock by P.T. Hylton]()
The Broken Clock by P.T. Hylton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrank Hinkle and his friends must stop Zed from achieving his ultimate goal: saving the world. In King's Crossing, Wisconsin, lives a nine-year-old girl who can pull on time. Residents of the town know odd details about the future, and there's a twisting tree growing in a park near the center of town... -
![The Belly of the Beast (The Graveyard: Classified Paranormal Series Book 3) by Desmond Doane]()
The Belly of the Beast (The Graveyard: Classified Paranormal Series Book 3) by Desmond Doane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMay all your nightmares come true.Lies. Deceit. Betrayal. These are the weapons of the damned.For paranormal investigator Ford Atticus Ford, and his partner, Mike Long, the stakes have never been higher as they ready themselves for a supernatural war with the most powerful demonic entity they have ever encountered.This isn’t just about ghosts and things that go bump in the night... -
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Dark Carousel by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJoe Hill, "the best horror writer of our generation” (Michael Koryta), returns with a brand new short story.A balmy summer night in 1994. Four teenagers out for an evening of fun on the boardwalk take a ride on the “Wild Wheel” – an antique carousel with a shadowy past – and learn too late that decisions made in an instant can have deadly consequences... -
![The White Night by Desmond Doane]()
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... -
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![Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Kelley]()
Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Kelley
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSpiral into a dimly lit world, down streets lined with madmen and their black deeds, through the cold twists of the catacombs, and into rooms where secrets dwell. From the tortured mind of Edgar Allan Poe, these three tales, "The Black Cat," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Cask of Amontillado," speak to the hidden places inside us all...Categorized as:
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![The Black by D.J. MacHale]()
The Black by D.J. MacHale
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAt the end of The Light, Book One of the Morpheus Road trilogy, Marshall learned the truth about what happened to his best friend Cooper. Now in Book Two, the POV switches to Cooper and we get to see his side of the mystery. What does his story have to do with Marshall and the journey along the Morpheus Road? It's time to learn more . . -
![Tales of Horror and the Supernatural by Arthur Machen]()
Tales of Horror and the Supernatural by Arthur Machen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Best of Arthur Machen's short stories: The Novel of the Black Seal, The Novel of the White Powder, The Great God Pan, The White People, The Inmost Light, The Shining Pyramid, The Bowmen, The Great Return, The Happy Children, Out of the Earth, N, The Children of the Pool, The Terror... -
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Fool's Ride by John L. Monk
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDan Jenkins is back, body hopping a scumbag at a time in his quest for the perfect ride. He doesn’t need much. Premium cable TV, good books, a well-stocked pantry, and he's set. But the Great Whomever has other plans.After six months waiting in limbo, Dan catches a ride as a horror novelist whose gruesome stories aren’t just fiction. Later, he hunts a man who’s escaped justice for far too long... -
![The First Bird: Episode 1 by Greig Beck]()
The First Bird: Episode 1 by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMatt Kearns, linguist, archaeologist and reluctant explorer from Beneath the Dark Ice and Black Mountain returns in his first full-time adventure. And this time he doesn't have Alex Hunter to save him when things get weird... -
![The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack: 40 Modern and Classic Lovecraftian Stories by John Gregory Betancourt, H.P. Lovecraft]()
The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack: 40 Modern and Classic Lovecraftian Stories by John Gregory Betancourt, H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis volume assembles no less than 40 stories set in H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Ranging from Lovecraft's own tales (including classics such as the novel At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and The Colour Out of Space) to works by his friends and contemporaries (Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E... -
![The Dark Rising by Kelly Cove]()
The Dark Rising by Kelly Cove
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’m Heir of ZaharissMy secret is no more, and the people know an Heir walks amongst them, but so does another.With broken vows and being hunted, I find myself in the most unlikeliest place of allies that will help me toward righting the wrong.As we make plans to spill the Highers' blood across the land, he finds me.Darius, Heir of Cazier... -
![The Whisperer in Darkness: Collected Stories Volume 1 by H.P. Lovecraft]()
The Whisperer in Darkness: Collected Stories Volume 1 by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThat is not dead that can eternal lieAnd with strange aeons even death may die.Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor brings the ancient stone city of R'lyeh to the surface once more, the Old Ones awaken at last... -
![Occultation and Other Stories by Laird Barron]()
Occultation and Other Stories by Laird Barron
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWinner of the Shirley Jackson Award, nine stories of cosmic horror from the heir apparent to Lovecraft’s throne.Laird Barron has emerged as one of the strongest voices in modern horror and dark fantasy fiction, building on the eldritch tradition pioneered by writers such as H. P. Lovecraft, Peter Straub, and Thomas Ligotti... -
![Twilight Fall by Lynn Viehl]()
Twilight Fall by Lynn Viehl
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsView our feature on Lynn Viehl’s Twilight Fall.Immortal Darkyn Lord Valentin Jaus and landscape artist Liling Harper are two lost souls. Brought together by fate, bound together by passion, Valentin and Liling find solace in each other’s arms... -
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![Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson, Stephen King]()
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson, Stephen King
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRemember that monster on the wing of the airplane? William Shatner saw it on The Twilight Zone, John Lithgow saw it in the movie-even Bart Simpson saw it. "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is just one of many classic horror stories by Richard Matheson that have insinuated themselves into our collective imagination... -
![Livre de sang by Clive Barker]()
Livre de sang by Clive Barker
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe Books of Blood combine the ordinary with the extraordinary while radiating the eroticism that has become Barker's signature. Weaving tales of the everyday world transformed into an unrecognizable place, where reason no longer exists and logic ceases to explain the workings of the universe, Clive Barker provides the stuff of nightmares in packages too tantalizing to resist... -
![The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros]()
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"The City Beautiful is the haunting, queer Jewish historical thriller of my darkest dreams." —Dahlia Adler, creator of LGBTQ Reads and editor of That Way Madness LiesDeath lurks around every corner in this unforgettable Jewish historical fantasy about a city, a boy, and the shadows of the past that bind them both together. Chicago, 1893... -
![The Stephen King Collection: Stories from Night Shift by Stephen King, John Glover]()
The Stephen King Collection: Stories from Night Shift by Stephen King, John Glover
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsincludes 16 of the 20 Night Shift short storiesThe BoogeymanI Know What You NeedStrawberry SpringGray MatterThe Woman in the RoomBattlegroundGraveyard ShiftThe Man Who Loved FlowersThe Last Rung on The LadderNight SurfJerusalem's LotLawnmower ManThe ManglerQuitters, Inc... -
![Blakemort by Shani Struthers]()
Blakemort by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“That house, that damned house. Will it ever stop haunting me?”After her parents’ divorce, five-year old Corinna Greer moves into Blakemort with her mother and brother. Set on the edge of the village of Whitesmith, the only thing attractive about it is the rent. A ‘sensitive’, Corinna is aware from the start that something is wrong with the house. Very wrong... -
![A Rendezvous in Averoigne by Clark Ashton Smith]()
A Rendezvous in Averoigne by Clark Ashton Smith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn 1927, H.P. Lovecraft wrote about Clark Ashton Smith: "In sheer daemonic strangeness and fertility of conception, Mr. Smith is perhaps unexcelled by any other writer dead or living... -
![In the Flesh by Clive Barker]()
In the Flesh by Clive Barker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTerrifying and forbidding, subversive and insightful, Clive Barker's groundbreaking stories revolutionized the worlds of horrific and fantastical fiction and established Barker's dominance over the otherworldly and the all-too-real... -
![The Furies by John Connolly]()
The Furies by John Connolly
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Furies: mythological snake-haired goddesses of vengeance, pursuers of those who have committed unavenged crimes. Now, private investigator C harlie Parker is drawn into a world of modern furies... -
![Edge of Magic by Jayne Faith]()
Edge of Magic by Jayne Faith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRunner for the Fae mob by day. Professional thief by night. Haunted by what could have been . . .Between paying off a debt to a Fae mob boss, working as a professional thief, and keeping up with her busy three-generation household, Tara Knightley barely has time to eat and sleep... -
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Pretty When She Kills by Rhiannon Frater, Kristin Allison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmaliya Vezorak never believed in happy endings…When Amaliya harnessed her necromancer powers to defeat her greatest enemy, she believed she had finally found a happy ending with Cian, her lover and the master of Austin. That happiness is short-lived when the vampire ruling over San Antonio attempts a takeover of Austin in order to capture Amaliya and use her power for his own devices... -
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![Everville by Clive Barker]()
Everville by Clive Barker
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsOn the borderland between this world and the world of Quiddity, the sea of our dreams, sits Everville. For years, it has lived in ignorance of the gleaming shore on which it lies. But its ignorance is not bliss...Categorized as:
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!['Salem's Lot by Stephen King]()
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsThousands of miles away from the small township of 'Salem's Lot, two terrified people, a man and a boy, still share the secrets of those clapboard houses and tree-lined streets. They must return to 'Salem's Lot for a final confrontation with the unspeakable evil that lives on in the town... -
![Pretty When She Destroys by Rhiannon Frater]()
Pretty When She Destroys by Rhiannon Frater
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmaliya Vezorak always believed she was destined to live a failed life in obscurity until she was brutally murdered by an ancient vampire named The Summoner and reborn as a powerful vampire necromancer.The Summoner’s power did not diminish with his death... -
![A Place Without Shadows by P.T. Hylton]()
A Place Without Shadows by P.T. Hylton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn REGULATION 19, Frank Hinkle and his friends fought to save their hometown; now they’ll have to fight for something much bigger. Frank continues the search for his brother Jake, but when he meets a stranger with shocking information, he’s forced to face a familiar enemy. A woman named Sophie Porter travels to Rook Mountain in search of her sister’s killer... -
![Lost Highways: Dark Fictions From the Road by D. Alexander Ward, Rio Youers]()
Lost Highways: Dark Fictions From the Road by D. Alexander Ward, Rio Youers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s dangerous out there…on the road.The highways, byways and backroads of America are teeming day and night with regular folks. Moms and dads making long commutes. Teenagers headed to the beach. Bands on their way to the next gig. Truckers pulling long hauls. Families driving cross country to visit their kin.But there are others, too. The desperate and the lost. The cruel and the criminal... -
![Hallowed Eve by Suza Kates]()
Hallowed Eve by Suza Kates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomething terrible happened in Pine Creek.Eve Taylor must return home for her grandmother’s funeral but has every intention of making it a short visit. Too many memories live in the small town where she grew up, memories of a Halloween best forgotten. Trey Rainwater has been waiting for Eve. He knows she’ll be staying for longer than she’d planned and has every intention of making sure she does... -
![Watcher of the Dark by Joseph Nassise]()
Watcher of the Dark by Joseph Nassise
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA spine-tingling new Jeremiah Hunt dark fantasy thriller.New Orleans was nearly the death of Jeremiah Hunt, between a too-close brush with the FBI and a chilling, soul-searing journey through the realm of the dead that culminated with a do-or-die confrontation with Death himself... -
![Three Heart Echo by Keary Taylor, T.L. Keary]()
Three Heart Echo by Keary Taylor, T.L. Keary
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to Roselock, where the ground bleeds, and the night screams.After the senseless murder of her fiancé, Iona Faye can’t move on. There was no happily ever after, and no goodbye. Desperate for closure, she goes to see Roselock’s one and only reclusive inhabitant... -
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The Meadows by London Clarke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA decades-old murder. A strange, blood-thirsty cult. And a house full of spirits.It was supposed to be a new beginning, a fresh start in the Shenandoah Valley, where Scarlett’s memories weren’t riddled with drug addiction and rehab. But after purchasing an abandoned house with a checkered past in the hopes of transforming it into a luxury bed and breakfast, strange things start to happen... -
![Dead To Me, A Trio of Chilling Tales by Kelley Armstrong]()
Dead To Me, A Trio of Chilling Tales by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom NYT Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong: three twisted tales of love and relationships A Haunted House of Her Own Grisly tales and restless spirits can turn a tired old inn into a hot tourist destination. Tanya’s new B&B is said to have plenty of both. And it might be more than a marketing ploy. Originally published in Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories... -
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![The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker]()
The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsClive Barker's bestseller Weaveworld astonished readers with his visionary range, establishing him as a master of fabulist literature. Now, with The Great and Secret Show he rises to new heights. In this unforgettable epic he wields the full power and sweep of his talents. "Succinctly put," says Barker, "it's about Hollywood, sex and Armageddon... -
![The Collection by Bentley Little]()
The Collection by Bentley Little
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHow far would you go with a hitchhiker who'd left behind an unimaginable trail of horror and destruction? How would you feel if your father's new bride was something dredged up from the bowels of hell? What would you do if you discovered an old letter suggesting one of America's Founding Fathers had been a serial killer? How long would you last in a mysterious border town that promised to let... -
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Phantom by Christopher Pike
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter five thousand years she was again mortal. The dead alchemist's experiment has worked. Alisa is no longer a vampire, but a frail and confused human. Not only that -- she is pregnant. The baby grows in her at supernatural speed. As the stranger watches. The stranger from the past. But what child will Alisa's seed produce? A demon or an angel? Alisa does not know. But the stranger does... -
![The Snow by Flint Maxwell, Matt Godfrey]()
The Snow by Flint Maxwell, Matt Godfrey
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is how the world ends: with a single snowflake. After a tragic accident at work, all Grady Miller wanted was an escape, and he finds it with two of his closest friends. Together, the three of them travel south to Prism Lake for the upcoming holiday, where they plan on spending the sunny weekend drinking, grilling, and relaxing... -
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Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsIn this brilliant collection of stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine.A supermarket becomes the place where humanity makes its last stand against destruction. A trip to the attic becomes a journey to hell. A woman driver finds a scary shortcut to paradise. An idyllic lake harbors a bottomless evil... -
![Ghost Story by Peter Straub]()
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsIn life, not every sin goes unpunished.GHOST STORYFor four aging men in the terror-stricken town of Milburn, New York, an act inadvertently carried out in their youth has come back to haunt them. Now they are about to learn what happens to those who believe they can bury the past -- and get away with murder...
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