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Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, LHN Books
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsEdgar Allan Poe was one of the most original writers in the history of American letters, a genius who was tragically misunderstood in his lifetime... -
![The Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEdgar Allen Poe is credited with having pioneered the short story, with perfecting the tale of psychological horror, and with having revolutionized modern poetics. The entirety of Poe's body of imaginative work encompasses detective tales, satires, fables, fantasies, science fiction, verse dramas, and exquisite poetry... -
![Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, vol. 1 by August Derleth, H.P. Lovecraft]()
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, vol. 1 by August Derleth, H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA collection of macabre tales reprinted from the golden age of pulps.CONTENTS"The Cthulhu Mythos" by August DerlethThe Call of Cthulhu" by H. P. Lovecraft"The Return of the Sorcerer" by Clark Ashton Smith"Ubbo-Sathla" by Clark Ashton Smith"The Black Stone" by Robert E... -
![Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. Ritz]()
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... -
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![Came Back Haunted by Karina Halle]()
Came Back Haunted by Karina Halle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDex & Perry return in Book #10 of the Experiment in Terror series.A lot can change in three years.For Perry and Dex Foray, it’s been a step in the right direction, a step toward living a normal life. They’re happily married, they have their own media company, they’ve done what they can to leave their sordid and scary past behind them.But something has changed recently... -
![As Dead As It Gets by Katie Alender]()
As Dead As It Gets by Katie Alender
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn the terrifying final installment of the Bad Girls Don't Die series, Alexis battles a more powerful ghost than she's ever faced before... and one whose fate is tied to hers in ways she couldn't possibly imagine... -
![The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan]()
The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGhost removal specialist Ellie Jordan must face a dangerous, shape-shifting entity that she and Calvin have encountered once before, with tragic results. The spirit has the power to reach into the minds of living and feed on their fears, taking the shape of their worst nightmares, and it has awoken in search of new victims... -
![No Trick-Or-Treating!: Superscary Superspecial by P.J. Night]()
No Trick-Or-Treating!: Superscary Superspecial by P.J. Night
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHalloween is more than haunted in this superscary superspecial addition to Spotlight's popular tween horror series.When Ashley McDowell's parents first told her they were moving from the big city to a one-stoplight farm town, she was convinced that she was going to hate living in Heaton Corners. But to Ashley's surprise, she loves it. Everyone is super welcoming, especially her new friends... -
![Trick or Treat by Derek Landy]()
Trick or Treat by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShort story published on Derek Landy's blog; fits in best between Death Bringer and Kingdom of the Wicked... -
![The Monster Museum by J.L. Bryan]()
The Monster Museum by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJust outside the small but colorful mountain resort town of Foxboro, Tennessee lies Dr. Weirdman's Mountain Museum of Monsters, Curiosities, and Ancient Mysteries. A tourist draw for earlier generations it offered travelers the amusement of touring unusual underground caves, and pseudo-scientific exhibits ranging from strange creatures to the supposed artifacts of lost civilizations... -
![Tales from the Gas Station, Vol. 1 by Jack Townsend]()
Tales from the Gas Station, Vol. 1 by Jack Townsend
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWorking at a dead-end retail job in the middle of nowhere can be hard. The long hours. The helpless customers. The enormous eldritch horror living deep below the building… As the only full-time employee at the twenty-four hour gas station at the edge of town, Jack has pretty much seen it all... -
![Cold Shadows by J.L. Bryan]()
Cold Shadows by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsParanormal investigator Ellie Jordan faces a difficult new case. Her new clients are a family haunted by multiple ghosts and a poltergeist that wrecks their home at night. Their seven-year-old son's invisible friends may not be imaginary at all, but the restless spirits of dead children... -
![Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.]()
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to be un-settled?” Featuring stories by: Norris Black • Amber Blaeser-Wardzala • Phoenix Boudreau • Cherie Dimaline • Carson Faust • Kelli Jo Ford • Kate Hart • Shane Hawk • Brandon Hobson • Darcie Little Badger • Conley Lyons • Nick Medina • Tiffany Morris • Tommy Orange • Mona Susan Power • Marcie R... -
![End of Watch by Stephen King]()
End of Watch by Stephen King
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe spectacular finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes (winner of the Edgar Award) and Finders Keepers—In End of Watch, the diabolical “Mercedes Killer” drives his enemies to suicide, and if Bill Hodges and Holly Gibney don’t figure out a way to stop him, they’ll be victims themselves... -
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![The Wind Began to Howl by Laird Barron]()
The Wind Began to Howl by Laird Barron
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLaird Barron's acclaimed crime saga makes a triumphant return in The Wind Began to Howl, an all-new story set after the events of Worse Angels. A seemingly benign case gradually pulls mob enforcer-turned-P.I. Isaiah Coleridge into a chilling mix of music, movie magic, mayhem, and madness... -
![Dearest by Jacquie Walters]()
Dearest by Jacquie Walters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new mom in need of help opens her door to her long-estranged mother—only to invite something much darker inside—in this "fast-paced and frightening debut" (Rachel Harrison) about the long shadows cast by family secrets, perfect for readers of Grady Hendrix or Ashley Audrain. Flora is a new mom enamored of her baby girl, Iris, even if she arrived a few weeks early... -
![Old Cross Cottage by Shani Struthers]()
Old Cross Cottage by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsalternate cover edition for ASIN B06ZXVQNKCIn a quiet Dorset Village, Old Cross Cottage has stood for centuries, overlooking the place where four roads meet. Marred by tragedy, it’s had a series of residents, none of whom have stayed for long. Pink and pretty, with a thatched roof, it should be an ideal retreat, but as new owners Rachel and Mark Bell discover, it’s anything but... -
![The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson by E.F. Benson, Richard Dalby]()
The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson by E.F. Benson, Richard Dalby
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContents:Room in the tower --Dust-cloud --Gavon's eve --Confession of Charles Linkworth --At Abdul Ali's grave --Shootings of Achnaleish --How fear departed from the long gallery --Caterpillars --Cat --Bus-conductor --Man who went too far --Between the lights --Outside the door --Terror by night --Other bed --Thing in the hall --House with the brick-kiln --"And the dead spake-" --Outcast... -
![The White Gold Score by Craig Schaefer]()
The White Gold Score by Craig Schaefer
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen a high roller dies in his Vegas penthouse suite, that's a problem. When his ghost refuses to leave, that's a bigger problem. Daniel Faust is the solution. Called in to clean up the casino's mess, the modern-day sorcerer soon learns that the restless spirit isn't going down without a fight... -
![Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi]()
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... -
![Come with Me by Ronald Malfi]()
Come with Me by Ronald Malfi
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA masterful, heart-palpitating novel of small-town horror and psychological dread from a Bram Stoker nominee.Aaron Decker's life changes one December morning when his wife Allison is killed. Haunted by her absence--and her ghost--Aaron goes through her belongings, where he finds a receipt for a motel room in another part of the country... -
![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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![Thicker Than Water by Mike Carey]()
Thicker Than Water by Mike Carey
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFelix Castor is a freelance exorcist, so dealing with the dead is his stock in trade. Between his private clients and some consulting for the Met, he thinks he's seen it all. But a late-night call out to a South London housing estate proves that he still has a few surprises left. After all, it's not every day you see your own name painted in blood at a a crime scene.But that's only the beginning... -
![The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn]()
The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDiana and her little brother Georgie have been living in the woods behind the old Willis place, a decaying Victorian mansion, for what already seems like forever. They aren’t allowed to leave the property or show themselves to anyone... -
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![Selected Writings by Edgar Allan Poe]()
Selected Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 27 ratings'And much of Madness and more of Sin And Horror the Soul of the Plot'This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates his intense interest in aesthetic issues, and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind... -
![The Wonderful Adventures of Geoffrey Scrutinous by Derek Landy]()
The Wonderful Adventures of Geoffrey Scrutinous by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA short story written by Derek Landy dedicated to the winner of the character competition, Charlie Smith, containing the winning entry of "Geoffrey Scrutinous"... -
![Weeping Walls by Gerri Hill]()
Weeping Walls by Gerri Hill
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAn abandoned old house in a small town northeast of Houston is the site of a second murder, eerily similar to a supposed cold case of fourteen years earlier. FBI Agents CJ Johnston and Paige Riley are dispatched to find the link between the two homicides. The team, including Ice and Billy, find the case to be anything but cold... -
![Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, #2 by Robin Furth, Stephen King]()
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, #2 by Robin Furth, Stephen King
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris ElbaA Concordance, Volume II is the definitive guide to the many worlds, argots, characters, and cross-references— within Stephen King’s bestselling epic Dark Tower series and among the rest of King's work—that appear in Books V through VII: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower... -
![Shadow Unit 11 by Emma Bull, Leah Bobet]()
Shadow Unit 11 by Emma Bull, Leah Bobet
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit hunts humanity's worst nightmares, but there are nightmares humanity doesn't dream are real. The BAU sends those cases down the hall. There, Stephen Reyes and his team pursue criminals transformed by a mysterious force: the anomaly. Welcome to Shadow Unit, a series created by award-winning authors Emma Bull and Elizabeth Bear...Categorized as:
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![The Devil You Know by P.N. Elrod]()
The Devil You Know by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPREVIEW AVAILABLE at vampwriter-dot-com/DevilYouKnowEXCERPT.htmVampire PI Jack Fleming travels to Long Island to attend a funeral.Problem: There's more than one body in the grave.Delving into his past, Jack follows clues leading to an old murder, new betrayals, and a hard look at the man he was vs. the vampire he's become... -
![Shrouds of Darkness by Brock E. Deskins]()
Shrouds of Darkness by Brock E. Deskins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrooklyn is home to thousands of drug dealers, murderers, rapists, thieves, gang bangers, and mafia. There are also some really unpleasant people--like me. My name is Leo Malone, and I'm a vampire. I've lived in Brooklyn for nearly a century, and I've grown to like the place. I used to be a Sheriff; the law enforcement within the vampire enclave... -
![Threads of Malice by Tamara Siler Jones, Tambo Jones]()
Threads of Malice by Tamara Siler Jones, Tambo Jones
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this relentlessly gripping thriller, Compton Crook Award winner Tamara Siler Jones weaves together her unique blend of fantasy, forensics, and suspense to create a world terrorized by a killer out of our darkest nightmares. Now one man must follow a trail of savaged victims to save an innocent life hanging by the slimmest of hopes... -
![Valley of the Soul by Tamara Siler Jones, Tambo Jones]()
Valley of the Soul by Tamara Siler Jones, Tambo Jones
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the mage wars, Dubric Byerly risked his life–and sacrificed the woman he loved–to catch magic’s darkest killers. Those battles are long over–and the monsters Dubric hunts these days are nothing more than men. Until now. A recent string of grisly crimes has Dubric and his pages scouring the countryside for clues that hint at the worst: that history’s most murderous mage has come to Faldorrah... -
![Cold, Thin Air: A Collection of Disturbing Narratives and Twisted Tales by C.K. Walker]()
Cold, Thin Air: A Collection of Disturbing Narratives and Twisted Tales by C.K. Walker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA doll is more than what she seems, a monster lives within a child's walls, a murder solved, another remembered, an experiment in death, and the tale of a demonic, forgotten statue. These are just a few of the freighting stories contained inside. I invite you in to experience the hauntingly horrifying, the terrifyingly true and the unsettlingly unique texts within.. -
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![Spirits of the Bayou by Morgan Hannah MacDonald]()
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... -
![Carnival of Bones by Penn Cassidy]()
Carnival of Bones by Penn Cassidy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBienvenue à la maisonThe song beckons me. Haunting, tragic and utterly lovely. It calls me to a place deep in the Louisiana Bayou, where impossible things creep in the shadows.Following the voice on the wind, I scratch at the blood coating my skin and dance along the swamps with the crickets. Hands caress my arms and lips coax at mine, begging for me to let them inside. Begging me to surrender... -
![Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural by Henry Mazzeo, Henry James]()
Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural by Henry Mazzeo, Henry James
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCollection of 17 tales of the supernatural. These are all in the best tradition of the supernatural story -- authentically eerie, but more about the human spirit than about spooks and specters. Well-known authors are presented here in what, for them, is an unusual manner: a rich vein of British and American imaginative fiction... -
![The Bayou by Arden Powell]()
The Bayou by Arden Powell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratings"Eugene didn’t know if he believed in the devil beyond the wicked things people did of their own accord, but if the devil had a face, it would look like Johnny Walker’s."Small-town Louisiana, 1935.When Eugene was twelve, a girl from town disappeared. Everyone said the gators must have got her when she strayed too near the bayou. No foul play, just a terrible accident... -
![Song in the Dark by P.N. Elrod]()
Song in the Dark by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsP. N. Elrod's novels of "The Vampire Files" blend the seductive shadows of classic noir into a sanctuary for a most unusual private investigator-vampire Jack Fleming. In Elrod's newest novel, Jack is under the gun when the New York mafia wants his hide, and the love of his life is wanted for murder... -
![Disney Tales from the Haunted Mansion Volume III Grim Grinning Ghosts by Amicus Arcane]()
Disney Tales from the Haunted Mansion Volume III Grim Grinning Ghosts by Amicus Arcane
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTales from the Haunted Mansion, Volume III: Grim Grinning GhostsAs told by mansion librarian Amicus ArcaneThe eerie Amicus Arcane has returned from beyond the grave to share more spooky stories from inside the Haunted Mansion. What frightening fictions does this once-living librarian hold in store? And will you, foolish reader, be brave enough to listen to them all without going mad..Categorized as:
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![The Ghost Next Door by Wylly Folk St. John]()
The Ghost Next Door by Wylly Folk St. John
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSherry Alston had never been told about her dead half-sister Miranda. So when Sherry came to visit her Aunt Judith, no one could explain the odd things that started to happen... -
![No Time to Die by Elizabeth Chandler]()
No Time to Die by Elizabeth Chandler
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMessage from a dead girl... It's too late to call back. Jenny will never speak to Liza again. But it seems that even from beyond the grave, Liza is begging her sister for help.... They say it's a serial killer. Is it? Jenny can't afford to trust anyone. Now she's here, in Wisteria, anonymously registered at the Chase College theater camp where her sister died... -
![Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon]()
Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne of our most iconic childhood games receives a creepy twist as it becomes the gateway to a nightmare world.I went up the hill, the hill was muddy, stomped my toe and made it bloody, should I wash it?Justin knows that something is wrong with his best friend. Zee went missing for a year. And when he came back, he was . . . different. Nobody knows what happened to him... -
![Don't Tell by Elizabeth Chandler]()
Don't Tell by Elizabeth Chandler
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat really happened to Mother? Lauren has come home seven years after her famous mother's mysterious drowning. They said it was an accident, but the tabloids screamed murder. Her father, a senator, hadn't protected her. Aunt Jule was her only refuge, the beloved godmother she's returning to see... -
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![The Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki]()
The Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDoes an abandoned asylum hold the key to a frightful haunting?Everyone's heard the stories about Graylock Hall.It was meant to be a place of healing - a hospital where children and teenagers with mental disorders would be cared for and perhaps even cured. But something went wrong. Several young patients died under mysterious circumstances... -
![Intensity by Dean Koontz, Kate Burton]()
Intensity by Dean Koontz, Kate Burton
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 57 ratingsChyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old woman whose deeply troubled childhood taught her the hard rules of survival, and whose adult life has been an unrelenting struggle for self-respect and safety... -
![The Haunting of Leigh Harker by Darcy Coates]()
The Haunting of Leigh Harker by Darcy Coates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSometimes the dead reach back...Leigh Harker’s quiet suburban home was her sanctuary for more than a decade, until things abruptly changed. Curtains open by themselves. Radios turn off and on. And a dark figure looms in the shadows of her bedroom door at night, watching her, waiting for her to finally let down her guard enough to fall asleep... -
![Last Dance by Linda Joy Singleton]()
Last Dance by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSabine can't wait to show off her new boyfriend at the upcoming school dance, but she's also worried about her grandmother, Nona, who's suffering from a fatal hereditary illness. The only cure lies within a remedy book, lost long ago. Determined to save Nona, Sabine goes to Pine City to visit a distant relative who may have clues... -
![Wormwood by Chad Lutzke, Tim Meyer]()
Wormwood by Chad Lutzke, Tim Meyer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor some kids, Long Lake, Georgia is home. But for fourteen-year-old Baker Gray, it’s just another stop, another town in another state. Because of his mother’s nomadic lifestyle, he’s never had a best friend, never kissed a girl, and he’s certainly never met anyone like Cassandra Larsson—the enigmatic, older girl whose idea of fun blurs the line between right and wrong... -
![The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne]()
The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSo what if Sadie hears talking dead animals and a strange, comforting male voice in her head? The therapist insists these are just symptoms of PTSD. It makes sense considering that she hid under the bed and watched as her best friends were slaughtered.But the murders were seventeen years ago, back when her name was Sabrina. Now, she’s Sadie: a perfectly normal 29-year-old...
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