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The Night Club: Part One by Jiří Kulhánek
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the dark corners of Prague, a crazed couple plots a sinister demise for a kidnapped girl. But justice is swift in the form of a shadowy group called the Night Club. The couple meets an untimely end and the little girl is saved-just one of many innocent victims rescued by the members of the Club... -
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The Night Club - Part II. by Jiří Kulhánek
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Night Club Part II, by Jiri Kulhanek, is the second part of the author’s first novel translated into English. At the story's heart is the Night Club, a secret organization operating in Prague that hunts down evildoers, who evade the police and operate above the law... -
![Making Magickal Things by Leigh Raventhorne]()
Making Magickal Things by Leigh Raventhorne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith Ravena dead, and Romilda seemingly out of the picture, Roxanne Devraux really hopes things will remain quiet for more than a minute while she struggles to learn her family's specialty—Making Magickal Things.But when shifters mysteriously begin to go missing and her Aunt's—no, her—law firm is on the receiving end of a strange magickal attack, Roxie and her friends are forced to step things up... -
![Sconed to Death by Tegan Maher]()
Sconed to Death by Tegan Maher
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing dresses a B&B up like big, fluffy baskets of flowers, but when Toni finds the greenhouse owner face down in his petunias, she has to find the killer before she's the one pushing up daisies.If you're looking for snarky ghosts, a twisted mystery, and a laugh-out-loud good time, join Toni, Dee, and the rest of the Mercy crew on their next spooky adventure... -
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![Turnover and Die by Tegan Maher]()
Turnover and Die by Tegan Maher
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a beloved elder of the culinary community turns up dead at a cooking competition, it's up to Toni and her new circle of friends to solve the mystery .. -
![Inside the Echo by Jen Blood, Elise Aresenault]()
Inside the Echo by Jen Blood, Elise Aresenault
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings10 hoursFor fans of Nevada Barr, John Connolly, and dogs of all shape and size, a K-9 series with a touch of the supernatural, spine-tingling suspense, and characters who'll stay with you long after the book is done... -
![Murdered by Superstition: Liz Lucas Cozy Mystery Series by Dianne Harman]()
Murdered by Superstition: Liz Lucas Cozy Mystery Series by Dianne Harman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was just a doll, wasn't it? It didn't have powers, did it? Powers that could kill? This is the ninth book in the Liz Lucas Cozy Mystery Series by a two time USA Today Best Selling Author. New Orleans is famous for its pralines, beignets, jazz, Bourbon Street, and the French Quarter. But there’s a darker side to the Big Easy, one that involves voodoo and gris-gris... -
![Mother's Day, the Krewe, and a Really Big Dog by Heather Graham]()
Mother's Day, the Krewe, and a Really Big Dog by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA short Krewe story, approximately 7,000 words, and told from a different perspective, and with a different take on the Krewe!Angela Hawkins is being stalked—right before her first Mother’s Day. But unbeknownst to the stalker, the stalker is being stalked in turn.The situation might be deadly, Jackson is worried... -
![Poltergeist by James Kahn]()
Poltergeist by James Kahn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom a dimension beyond the living, a terror to scare you to deathFrom the imageless eye of the TV set, from the flickering snowy light, it calls to Carol Anne, six years old and innocent.From beyond the world of the living, reaches out in unholy anger, ripping her from the arms of her family, into the thrall of the POLTERGEIST... -
![Thor and Peace by Barbra Annino]()
Thor and Peace by Barbra Annino
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a string of familiars goes missing, it’s up to Thor--a giant Great Dane and familiar to the Seeker of Justice--to find them before it’s too late. Spun from the popular Stacy Justice Witch Mystery series, this new take on familiars will captivate readers who enjoy magical fiction and four-legged heroes... -
![Accepting the Moon by K.S. Haigwood]()
Accepting the Moon by K.S. Haigwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is a new Alpha Wolf in town, and she is about to change everything. Mena had all she wanted in life: a nice house, money, a successful husband who treated her like a queen. That was, until she found out her marriage was all a lie, and things she never thought could exist, did. Vampires are real. Werewolves are real. And Mena is not human anymore... -
![ব্রেজিলের কালো বাঘ ও অন্যান্য by Satyajit Ray]()
ব্রেজিলের কালো বাঘ ও অন্যান্য by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsসত্যজিৎ রায়ের পাঁচটি অনুবাদ গল্পের সংকলন।সংকলিত গল্পসমূহ:১. ব্রেজিলের কালো বাঘ (আর্থার কনান ডয়েল)২. ব্লু-জন গহ্বরের বিভীষিকা (আর্থার কনান ডয়েল)৩. ইহুদির কবচ (আর্থার কনান ডয়েল)৪. ঈশ্বরের ন’লক্ষ কোটি নাম (আর্থার সি. ক্লার্ক)৫...Categorized as:
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![A Pink Potion Gone Wrong by Vella Day]()
A Pink Potion Gone Wrong by Vella Day
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn unlucky witch. A talking pink iguana. A frustrated ghost needing to know who killed him.Welcome back to Witch's Cove where the people--with the exception of a few random law breakers--are friendly and the sun always shines. If you want to talk to a dead relative, learn about your future, or need a spell created just for you, you've come to the right place... -
![Maggie's Grave by David Sodergren]()
Maggie's Grave by David Sodergren
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe small Scottish town of Auchenmullan is dead, and has been for years. It sits in the shadow of a mountain, forgotten and atrophying in the perpetual gloom.Forty-seven residents are all that remain.There's nothing to do there, nothing to see, except for a solitary grave near the top of the mountain. MAGGIE WALL BURIED HERE AS A WITCH reads the faded inscription... -
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![Ghosts Beneath Us by Kathryn Meyer Griffith]()
Ghosts Beneath Us by Kathryn Meyer Griffith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomeone is terrorizing the elderly in a certain neighborhood in Spookie and vandalizing their homes. As usual, Abigail Sutton, a freelance artist, and her boyfriend Frank Lester, a retired homicide detective, are called in to help find out who’s doing these awful acts. The two seem to have an uncanny knack for unraveling mysteries and getting to the bottom of such strange happenings... -
![The Delicate Prey and Other Stories by Paul Bowles]()
The Delicate Prey and Other Stories by Paul Bowles
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPaul Bowles once said that a story should remain taut throughout, like a piece of string. That tense, stretched tone is the key to this collection of 17 eerie tales by the author best known for The Sheltering Sky. The Delicate Prey is dedicated: "For my mother, who first read me the stories of Poe... -
![Mist at the Beach House by Victoria L.K. Williams]()
Mist at the Beach House by Victoria L.K. Williams
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMurder, Mermaids Legends, & a Kitten from the Mist.Morgan Seaver returns to her family home on Pearl Island, expecting a warm welcome. Instead, she finds her aunt has been murdered, and accusing fingers are pointing her way.Soon she finds more than a murder needs to be solved... -
![Complete Stories of Robert Bloch: Final Reckonings (Complete Stories of Robert Bloch, Volume 1) by Robert Bloch]()
Complete Stories of Robert Bloch: Final Reckonings (Complete Stories of Robert Bloch, Volume 1) by Robert Bloch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBest known as the author of "Psycho", Robert Bloch is world-renowned for his stories of horror, mystery, fantasy, and science fiction. Many of the 25 stories in this first volume of "The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch" have been unavailable for decades. The stories are in his classic style of gripping suspense, science fiction and fantasy... -
![A Nightmare on Elm Street: Suffer the Children by David Bishop]()
A Nightmare on Elm Street: Suffer the Children by David Bishop
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen six teenagers volunteer to test a new anti-insomnia drug, all they expect is cash and a good night's sleep... -
![The Shadow at the Bottom of the World by Thomas Ligotti]()
The Shadow at the Bottom of the World by Thomas Ligotti
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA longtime Lovecraft devotee, who has extended the weird tale to the next level via the likes of Borges and Burroughs, Thomas Ligotti is usually published as part of a general anthology of horror writers. But now Ligotti has pulled together a collection of his favorite fiction, both old and new, representing his best and most characteristic works... -
![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... -
![Fur-Miliar Felines by Harper Lin]()
Fur-Miliar Felines by Harper Lin
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree witches and their magical cats solve paranormal murder cases in the mystical town of Wonder Falls. From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin.It's Christmastime, but something strange and sinister is in the air. Treacle, Cath's courageous black cat, can't see what it is, but he feels a dangerous presence out there in the snow-blanketed streets... -
![Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon's Flame by John Saul]()
Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon's Flame by John Saul
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen library assistant Rebecca Morrison comes across a beautifully ornate cigarette lighter in the shape of a fire breathing dragon, she gives it to her cousin, unwittingly igniting an evil that can only originate from the terrifying Blackstone Asylum. This is third installment in "The Blackstone Chronicles", Saul's serial novel about the horrors that plague a small New England town... -
![Hot Blooded by Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguié]()
Hot Blooded by Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguié
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat do you run from? Katelyn had only been in Wolf Springs a short time before she was bitten by a werewolf. And now she carries that creature's curse in her veins. But she's not alone. Wolf Springs is home to a hidden family of werewolves, the Fenners - who swear none of them bit her. Apparently there's a monster on the loose - something wild and uncontrollable... -
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![Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror by Kirby McCauley, Dennis Etchison]()
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror by Kirby McCauley, Dennis Etchison
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsContentsThe Late Shift by Dennis EtchisonThe Enemy by Isaac Bashevis SingerDark Angel by Edward BryantThe Crest of Thirty-six by Davis GrubbMark Ingestre: The Customer’s Tale by Robert AickmanWhere the Summer Ends by Karl Edward WagnerThe Bingo Master by Joyce Carol OatesChildren of the Kingdom by T. E. D. KleinThe Detective of Dreams by Gene WolfeVengeance Is... -
![Cthulhu 2000 by Jim Turner, Various]()
Cthulhu 2000 by Jim Turner, Various
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Cthulhu 2000, a host of horror and fantasy's top authors captures the spirit of supreme supernatural storyteller H. P. Lovecraft--with eighteen chilling contemporary tales that would have made the master proud.- The Barrens by F. Paul Wilson: In a tangled wilderness, unearthly lights lead the way to a world no human was meant to see.- His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood by Poppy Z... -
![Strangers by Michaelbrent Collings]()
Strangers by Michaelbrent Collings
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsYou wake up in the morning to discover that you have been sealed into your home. The doors are locked, the windows are barred. THERE'S NO WAY OUT.A madman is playing a deadly game with you and your family. A game with no rules, only consequences... -
![Night Shoot by David Sodergren]()
Night Shoot by David Sodergren
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA group of desperate student film-makers break into Crawford Manor for an unauthorised night shoot. They have no choice. Their lead actress has quit. They’re out of time. They’re out of money.They’re out of luck.For Crawford Manor has a past that won’t stay dead, and the crew are about to come face-to-face with the hideous secret that stalks the halls... -
![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 Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo! by Elaine Bickell]()
The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo! by Elaine Bickell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPerfect for Halloween! A charming read-aloud about a little ghost who tries to find her lost "boo!"--ideal for fans of Five Little Pumpkins and Room on a Broom ! Little Ghost went out in the middle of the night and flew up to someone to give them a fright.She opened her mouth--but her BOO wasn't there! All that came out was a rush of cold air... -
![Zombie Dog by Clare Hutton]()
Zombie Dog by Clare Hutton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRotten Apple Books: Unexpected. Unforgettable. Undead. Get bitten!Becky's family has moved right next door to the creepy, abandoned McNally house. Rumors fly around school about the ghosts and monsters that live there, and Becky isn't sure what to believe. Even her mischievous dog, Bear, stays away from it... -
![The Beast of Nightfall Lodge by Steven Sidor]()
The Beast of Nightfall Lodge by Steven Sidor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mysterious explorer hires a team of adventurers to join him in a hunt for a monstrous beast, in this rip-roaring sequel to Fury From the Tomb. When Egyptologist Rom Hardy receives a strange letter from his old friend, the bounty-hunting sniper Rex McTroy, he finds himself drawn into a chilling mystery... -
![Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob]()
Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDREAD IN THE BEAST used to be a novella about the goddess of waste and the king of wasters. Now it is a novel, stuffed full of the gruesome and horrible. Taken from the mythologies and histories of humankind, it follows the trail of the Mother Spririt of the worst that the world is capable of producing... -
![The Syndicate by Jon F. Merz]()
The Syndicate by Jon F. Merz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNOW with the "Seal of EBook Excellence!" - Proofed, Properly Formatted, and a Great Price: Just $3.99!A missing family member sends Lawson on a trip to New York City only to run smack into vampire organized crime. Now they've got Lawson right where they want him - and they want him to switch sides and betray the Balance... -
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![The Ghost at His Back (Rankin Flats Supernatural Thrillers #1) by Cameron Lowe]()
The Ghost at His Back (Rankin Flats Supernatural Thrillers #1) by Cameron Lowe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGhosts are assholes, and no one knows that better than Garrett, long-suffering seer of the departed. Accompanied by his spectral friend Murphy, he has made a comfortable lifestyle for himself by taking down his city's worst elements, but life is about to take some very strange turns for the beleaguered vigilante... -
![A Coven of Vampires by Brian Lumley]()
A Coven of Vampires by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSubterranean Press is proud to announce this brand-new edition of Brian Lumley's most sought after book, A Coven of Vampires, featuring a collection of 13 classic vampire tales: What Dark God?, Back Row, The Strange Years, The Kiss of the Lamia, Recognition, The Thief Immortal, Necros, The Thing From the Blasted Heath, Uzzi, Haggopian, The Picknickers, Zack Phalanx is Vlad the Impaler, and The... -
![The Hunger: And Other Stories by Charles Beaumont]()
The Hunger: And Other Stories by Charles Beaumont
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen "The Hunger and Other Stories" (1957) appeared, it heralded the arrival of Charles Beaumont (1929-1967) as an important and highly original new voice in American fiction... -
![Seasons of Wither by Shawn Underhill]()
Seasons of Wither by Shawn Underhill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay... -
![Meows, Magic & Manslaughter by Madison Johns]()
Meows, Magic & Manslaughter by Madison Johns
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife in Lake Forest is interesting enough with new witch Petunia Patterson creating potions that actually work and communicating telepathically with her cat, Pansy, who was once a man until one of those potions accidently changed him into an animal... -
![The Haunting of Caldgrave House by Amy Cross]()
The Haunting of Caldgrave House by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Stay close to me, Hugo. I've seen enough horror films to know the dog always gets it.” Moving to the English countryside with her parents, Maisie immediately takes a dislike to their new home. Old, crumbling and covered in rotting moss, Caldgrave House is about as welcoming as its name suggests... -
![Dae's Christmas Past by Joyce Lavene, Jim Lavene]()
Dae's Christmas Past by Joyce Lavene, Jim Lavene
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook #6 in the Missing Pieces Mysteries set in Duck, NC with protagonist Mayor Dae O'Donnell who is able to tell where people have lost items by touching them and able to find lost people by touching their things. Dae's good friend, Jake Burleson, is accused of killing the director of the wild horse rescue group in Corolla... -
![The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension by Earl Mac Rauch]()
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension by Earl Mac Rauch
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"I speak Spanish to God, French to women, English to men, and Japanese to my horse." -- Buckaroo Banzai Buckaroo Banzai. A strange, elusive figure, his name whispered in barrooms and boardrooms, his advice sought by pashas and presidents, his exploits recounted in movies, novels, and comic books that seem somehow more real than life itself. Buckaroo Banzai... -
![Amityville Horror II by John G. Jones]()
Amityville Horror II by John G. Jones
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratings112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York. An inconspicuous hose in a sleepy Long Island suburb that gave rise to a monstrous evil, a terrible phenomenon that stunned the country. It was to be the dream home of the Lutz family, but it turned out to be a hell house. After just 28 days, the Lutzes fled in terror, convinced the house was possessed by evil spirits... -
![Bruce Coville's Book of Nightmares: Tales to Make You Scream by Bruce Coville]()
Bruce Coville's Book of Nightmares: Tales to Make You Scream by Bruce Coville
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHave you ever had a terrifying dream? Woken up in a cold sweat wondering if that horrible thing really happened? Well, get ready to sweat some more--this book will take you through 13 spine-chilling and unexplainable adventures that can only be called.. -
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![Mysteries of the Worm by Robert Bloch]()
Mysteries of the Worm by Robert Bloch
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRobert Bloch has become one with his fictional counterpart Ludvig Prinn: future generations of readers will know him as an eldritch name hovering over a body of nightmare texts. To know them will be to know him. And thus we have decided to release a new and expanded third edition of Robert Bloch’s Mysteries of the Worm... -
![Trapped by R.L. Stine]()
Trapped by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSome kids in the sixties used to party in the tunnels under Shadyside High, until something left a bunch of people dead. But that's just a story, right? Besides, exploring the tunnels is more fun than being stuck in Saturday detention. Too bad there's no turning back--because in the tunnels there's no one around to hear your screams... -
![The Taint and Other Novellas by Brian Lumley]()
The Taint and Other Novellas by Brian Lumley
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA collection of thrilling tales from H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos by one of horror's biggest legends. This volume contains the very best of Brian Lumley's Mythos novellas... -
![Irregular Creatures by Chuck Wendig]()
Irregular Creatures by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContained within are nine stories featuring bizarre beasties, mythological mutants, and overall “irregular creatures” – including flying cats, mermaids, Bigfoot, giant chickens, and mystic hobo hermaphrodites.Horror, fantasy, science-fiction and humor... -
![Tales for the Midnight Hour by Judith Bauer Stamper]()
Tales for the Midnight Hour by Judith Bauer Stamper
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTerrifying TalesThese seventeen stories are guaranteed to keep you awake and shivering with fear. We dare you to read them alone, late at night. The moon is full. The clock strikes twelve. Don't be afraid. But what's that sound? Footsteps in the hall? It's just the dog. That creaking door? Merely the wind blowing... -
![The Curse of the Creeping Coffin by R.L. Stine]()
The Curse of the Creeping Coffin by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGoosebumps fans will return to this adventure time and again to choose among the 20 spooky outcomes...
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