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Brief Cases by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsBrief Cases is the sequel anthology of Side Jobs, and will be released before Peace TalksSet to include the following stories:An exclusive novellette from the perspective of Maggie and Mouse.“Curses” — from The Naked City, edited by Ellen DatlowTakes place between Small Favor and Turn Coat... -
![Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two by Jack Townsend]()
Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Two by Jack Townsend
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out of trouble. But when his chain-smoking coworker discovers a mysterious radio signal revealing the guarded secrets of their town, Jack will learn that an annoying new dayshift manager is far from the worst of his problems... -
![Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Three by Jack Townsend]()
Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Three by Jack Townsend
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn army of monsters walks among us, hidden in plain sight. They’re fast. They’re strong. They’re unrelenting. And they only want one thing: the sh*tty gas station at the edge of town.Coming as a surprise to absolutely no one, Jack—night-shift clerk and local crazy person—has found himself neck-deep in the middle of yet another world-ending terror. And this time around, nobody can be trusted... -
![Monster Hunter Nemesis by Larry Correia]()
Monster Hunter Nemesis by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 32 ratings#5 in multiple New York Times bestseller Larry Correia's Monster Hunter series. Agent Franks of the U.S. Monster Control Bureau is a man of many parts—parts from other people, that is. Franks is nearly seven feet tall and all muscle. He's nearly indestructible. Plus he’s animated by a powerful alchemical substance and inhabited by a super-intelligent spirit more ancient than humanity itself... -
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![The Fall of the House of Cabal by Jonathan L. Howard]()
The Fall of the House of Cabal by Jonathan L. Howard
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsJohannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has come into possession of a vital clue that may lead him to his ultimate goal: a cure for death. The path is vague, however, and certainly treacherous as it takes him into strange territories that, quite literally, no one has ever seen before... -
![Morgana by Neven Iliev]()
Morgana by Neven Iliev
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe citizens of Azurvale are starting to feel the pressure. War with the Empire to the south is imminent, and there's talk of the city's adventurers being drafted into the campaign. Though this conflict seems inevitable and promises to be horrific, the common folk can do little but act like there's nothing wrong... -
![Undeading Bells by Drew Hayes]()
Undeading Bells by Drew Hayes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAfter surviving countless perils and dangers, including an examination by the Blood Council, Fred is preparing to take on his most important adventure to date: marrying Krystal. That is, if he can get everything handled in time. Visiting Boarback, hiring new staff, clearing out his schedule for a honeymoon; there’s no shortage of tasks to check off before the big day arrives... -
![Bloody Acquisitions by Drew Hayes]()
Bloody Acquisitions by Drew Hayes
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe third book in Drew's outrageously adventurous and satirical series, including THE UTTERLY UNINTERESTING AND UNADVENTUROUS TALES OF FRED, THE VAMPIRE ACCOUNTANT (Book 1) and UNDEATH & TAXES (Book 2).With a thriving parahuman accounting practice, a steady relationship, and a circle of trusted friends, Fred’s undead life has become more enjoyable than his normal one ever was... -
![The Brothers Cabal by Jonathan L. Howard]()
The Brothers Cabal by Jonathan L. Howard
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHorst Cabal has risen from the dead. Again. Horst, the most affable vampire one is ever likely to meet, is resurrected by an occult conspiracy that wants him as a general in a monstrous army. Their plan: to create a country of horrors, a supernatural homeland. As Horst sees the lengths to which they are prepared to go and the evil they cultivate, he realizes that he cannot fight them alone... -
![Monster Hunter Legion by Larry Correia]()
Monster Hunter Legion by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsMonster Hunter International might be the premier monster eradication company in the business, but they’ve got competition. When hunters from around the world gather in Las Vegas for a conference, a creature left over from a World War Two weapons experiment wakes up and goes on a rampage across the desert... -
![Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day by Jonathan L. Howard]()
Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day by Jonathan L. Howard
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJohannes Cabal has faced down the undead, ghosts, monsters, and Satan himself. But before all that, he fought the terrifying Bonewind, a supernatural being that devours life itself, and he did it all without leaving his house. "Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day" was the story that first introduced the necromancer of some little infamy back in 2004... -
![Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia]()
Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsOwen Pitt never met a gun he didn’t like, or a monster he couldn’t shoot. But now, the monsters are shooting back . . .Accountant turned professional monster hunter, Owen Zastava Pitt, managed to stop the nefarious Old One’s invasion plans last year, but as a result made an enemy out of one of the most powerful beings in the universe... -
![The Nightmare Stacks by Charles Stross]()
The Nightmare Stacks by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAlex Schwartz had a promising future - until he contracted an unfortunate bout of vampirism, and agreed (on pain of death) to join the Laundry, Britain's only counter-occult secret agency.His first assignment is in Leeds - his old hometown... -
![Monster Hunter Alpha by Larry Correia]()
Monster Hunter Alpha by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 37 ratings#3 in the break-out, best-selling Monster Hunter series. Earl Harbinger, head of Monster Hunter International, faces down an old nemesis -- a very nasty former KGB werewolf who is working to create a new, unstoppable breed. Dirty Harry meets Twilight. #3 in the break-out series and a follow-up to Monster Hunter International and Monster Hunter Vendetta... -
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![This Book Is Full of Spiders by David Wong, Jason Pargin]()
This Book Is Full of Spiders by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsOriginally released as an online serial where itreceivedmore than 70,000 downloads,John Dies at the End has been described as a"Horrortacular", an epic of "spectacular" horror that combines the laugh out loud humor of the best R-rated comedy, with the darkest terror of H.P. Lovecraft. The book went on to sell an additional60,000 copies in all formats... -
![Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes]()
Undeath and Taxes by Drew Hayes
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe sequel to the Amazon bestseller THE UTTERLY UNINTERESTING AND UNADVENTUROUS TALES OF FRED, THE VAMPIRE ACCOUNTANT. After discovering just how filled with magic, intrigue, and adventure the parahuman world of being an Undead American can be, Fredrick Frankford Fletcher did exactly what was expected--he became a certified parahuman accountant... -
![Angel Trouble by D.M. Guay]()
Angel Trouble by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and certain death. Or not. No, definitely not, because the grim reaper's lost his job. He's been stripped of his scythe and banned from reaping. The angel of death has officially fallen, and he's crash-landed at 24/7 Demon Mart... -
![Revenge of the Furballs by D.M. Guay]()
Revenge of the Furballs by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and a menacing army of...fat, adorable hamsters? Wait. Back up.Lloyd Wallace has been through a lot these past few months. He's stopped the zombie apocalypse, fought off demonic possession by the deadly sin of sloth, and helped the grim reaper get his job back... -
![The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross]()
The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to management within the Laundry, the supersecret British government agency tasked with defending the realm from occult threats... -
![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... -
![Grave Consequences by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy]()
Grave Consequences by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGo into Hell, the hot demons said.It’ll be no big deal, they said.I was only supposed to walk through a Hellish Ring or two so we could find out my demonic origin. Easy peasy, Right? Wrong.Now I’m alone, locked up in some freak’s dungeon, and mourning the loss of my demons.Could they have done the impossible and survived the attack? Can they find me here? I don’t even know where here is... -
![The Rhesus Chart by Charles Stross]()
The Rhesus Chart by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLONDON CAN DRAIN THE LIFE OUT OF YOU . . .Bob Howard is an intelligence agent working his way through the ranks of the top secret government agency known as 'the Laundry'. When occult powers threaten the realm, they'll be there to clean up the mess - and deal with the witnesses.There's one kind of threat that the Laundry has never come across in its many decades, and that's vampires... -
![Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Four by Jack Townsend]()
Tales from the Gas Station: Volume Four by Jack Townsend
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs the new owner of the worst business in history, Jack has a lot on his plate. His self-appointed “biggest fan” wants to finally meet, and won’t take no for an answer. The annoying cultists are back and cultier than ever. Plus, there’s a creature living under the building's crawlspace that must be fed regularly (or else)... -
![The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross]()
The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsComputational demonologist Bob Howard catches up on filing in the Laundry archives when the top secret Fuller Memorandum vanishes - and his boss, suspected of stealing the file. Bob faces Russian agents, ancient demons, a maniacal death cult, and finding the missing memorandum before the world disappears next... -
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![Vigor Mortis: Book 2 by Natalie Maher]()
Vigor Mortis: Book 2 by Natalie Maher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs Vita's humanity slowly drips away, monsters fallen from an island above spread throughout her home. While she fights fellow horrors outside the city's walls, her family suffers threats from within them. Yet surely, there's no problem enough power can't solve... and if there's one thing eating souls is good for, it's power... -
![The Graveyard Shift by D.M. Guay]()
The Graveyard Shift by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA frightfully funny novel for fans of Tom Holt and Christopher Moore.Lloyd Wallace is the most clueless crossing guard the intersection of hell and earth has ever seen. So clueless, that he doesn't even realize the beer cave in the corner store where he works is the gateway to hell.The gate needs a hero, but Lloyd's a zero, a loser with a capital L... -
![Guns and Graveyards by Katie May]()
Guns and Graveyards by Katie May
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI have blood on my hands. Blood that isn't mine. I had thought I had escaped my past. I had thought I had finally freed myself. But can you really escape your monsters? With a gang war looming on the horizon, bodies piling up, and a strange new student claiming ties to the Shadow Man, I find myself looking into my past... -
![The Monster Hunter Files by Larry Correia, Bryan Thomas Schmidt]()
The Monster Hunter Files by Larry Correia, Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor well over a century, Monster Hunter International has kept the world safe from supernatural threats small and large—and in some cases very, very large. Now, join us as MHI opens their archives for the first time...Categorized as:
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![The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross]()
The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe arrival of vast, alien, inhuman intelligences reshaped the landscape for human affairs across the world, and the United Kingdom is no exception. Things have changed in Britain since the dread elder god Nyarlathotep ascended to the rank of Prime Minister...Categorized as:
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![Two Necromancers, an Army of Golems, and a Demon Lord by L.G. Estrella]()
Two Necromancers, an Army of Golems, and a Demon Lord by L.G. Estrella
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTwo necromancers, an army of golems, and a demon lord – it sounds like a recipe for trouble, and for Timmy, it definitely is. To earn his pardon and avoid horrible torture and/or gruesome execution, Timmy has to complete every mission the Council throws his way, most of which seem to involve extremely scary things trying to kill him. At least he’s got help – sort of... -
![Grunge by Larry Correia, John Ringo]()
Grunge by Larry Correia, John Ringo
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen Marine Private Oliver Chadwick Gardenier is killed in the Marine barrack bombing in Beirut, somebody who might be Saint Peter gives him a choice: Go to Heaven, which while nice might be a little boring, or return to Earth. The Boss has a mission for him and he's to look for a sign. He's a Marine: He'll choose the mission. Unfortunately, the sign he's to look for is "57... -
![Raven Revivals by Amy Cross]()
Raven Revivals by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeep beneath the village of Rippon, the Devil's body still rests in its tomb. But powerful forces are determined to break in and steal the body, and only one thing stands between those forces and total world domination.Her name is Sam and she's a gardener.One year after Grave Girl, Sam is still working at the cemetery in Rippon... -
![The Triumph of Death by Jason Henderson]()
The Triumph of Death by Jason Henderson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWithin months of discovering he’s next in a long line of vampire hunters, Alex Van Helsing has already defeated two powerful vampire leaders. Not bad for a fourteen-year-old.But when a newly risen vampire queen threatens the fate of the world, Alex faces his deadliest challenge yet... -
![Robots versus Slime Monsters by A. Lee Martinez]()
Robots versus Slime Monsters by A. Lee Martinez
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA. Lee Martinez delivers his first short story collection, featuring ten original tales based on his previous fantasy and science fiction novels. If you're a Martinez fan, this collection is surely something you've been waiting for... -
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![The Hell-Hound of the Baskervilles by G.S. Denning]()
The Hell-Hound of the Baskervilles by G.S. Denning
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe game s afoot once more as Holmes and Watson face off against Moriarty s gang, the Pinkertons, flesh-eating horses, a parliament of imps, boredom, Surrey, a disappointing butler demon, a succubus, a wicked lord, an overly-Canadian lord, a tricycle-fight to the death and the dreaded Pumpcrow. Oh, and a hell hound, one assumes... -
![Wolf Hunt by Jeff Strand]()
Wolf Hunt by Jeff Strand
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo thugs. One innocent woman. And one VICIOUS frickin' werewolf. Meet George and Lou, thugs for hire. The kind of intimidating-yet-friendly guys who will break your thumbs, but be polite about it. Their latest assignment is to drive across Florida to deliver some precious cargo to a crime lord. The cargo: a man in a cage... -
![It Devours! by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor]()
It Devours! by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsFrom the authors of the New York Times bestselling novel Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a mystery exploring the intersections of faith and science, the growing relationship between two young people who want desperately to trust each other, and the terrifying, toothy power of the Smiling God... -
![Johannes Cabal the Detective by Jonathan L. Howard]()
Johannes Cabal the Detective by Jonathan L. Howard
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsJohannes Cabal is back -- a little older, a little wiser, but just as sharply funny, cuttingly sarcastic, and unexpectedly violent as ever. For necromancer Johannes Cabal, dealing with devils, demons and raising the dead is pretty much par for the course. But when his attempt to steal a rare book turns sour, he is faced by a far more terrifying entity -- politics... -
![Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia]()
Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsFive days after Owen Zastava Pitt pushed his insufferable boss out of a fourteenth story window, he woke up in the hospital with a scarred face, an unbelievable memory, and a job offer. It turns out that monsters are real. All the things from myth, legend, and B-movies are out there, waiting in the shadows. Officially secret, some of them are evil, and some are just hungry... -
![Voice of the Undead by Jason Henderson]()
Voice of the Undead by Jason Henderson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow that Alex is in the know about the deadly vampires that live—and hunt—around his boarding school, everything is different. Putting his talents to use, Alex is training with the Polidorium to become a vampire hunter, just like his Van Helsing ancestors. Sure, he’s only fourteen, but c’mon: This runs in his blood.But Alex is wondering if he’ll live long enough to succeed... -
![Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest by A. Lee Martinez]()
Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest by A. Lee Martinez
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWitness the epic battle of the cyclops!Visit the endangered dragon preserve! Please, no slaying.Solve the mystery of The Mystery Cottage, if you dare!Buy some knick knacks from The Fates! They might come in handy later.On a road trip across an enchanted America, Helen and Troy will discover all this and more... -
![Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines]()
Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsJig is a scrawny little nearsighted goblin-a runt even among his puny species. Captured by a party of adventurers searching for a magical artifact, and forced to guide them, Jig encounters every peril ever faced on a fantasy quest... -
![Equoid by Charles Stross]()
Equoid by Charles Stross
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe "Laundry" is Britain's super-secret agency devoted to protecting the realm from the supernatural horrors that menace it. Now Bob Howard, Laundry agent, must travel to the quiet English countryside to deal with an outbreak of one of the worst horrors imaginable. For, as it turns out, unicorns are real. They're also ravenous killers from beyond spacetime.. -
![Down on the Farm by Charles Stross]()
Down on the Farm by Charles Stross
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Charles Stross’s novel The Atrocity Archive and its sequels, the “Laundry” is a secret British agency responsible for keeping dark interdimensional entitities from destroying the cosmos and, not incidentally, the human race. The battles with creatures from beyond time are dangerous; however, it’s the subsequent bureaucratic paperwork that actually breaks men’s souls... -
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![A Bad Day for Voodoo by Jeff Strand]()
A Bad Day for Voodoo by Jeff Strand
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen your best friend is just a tiny bit psychotic, you should never actually believe him when he says, "Trust me. This is gonna be awesome."Of course, you probably wouldn't believe a voodoo doll could work either. Or that it could cause someone's leg to blow clean off with one quick prick. But I've seen it. It can happen... -
![Unnatural Acts by Kevin J. Anderson]()
Unnatural Acts by Kevin J. Anderson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo Be Dead Or Not To Be DeadIn the Unnatural Quarter, golems slave away in sweatshops, necromancers sell black-market trinkets to tourists, and the dead rise up--to work the night shift. But zombie detective Dan Shamble is no ordinary working stiff... -
![Awoken by Serra Elinsen]()
Awoken by Serra Elinsen
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn his house at R’lyeh, great Cthulhu lies dreaming... of her... -
![All You Can Eat by Johnny B. Truant]()
All You Can Eat by Johnny B. Truant
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSAVE WITH THE FAT VAMPIRE BUNDLE!This book is also available in the "Fat Vampire Value Meal," which contains books 1-4 in the Fat Vampire series. You can get it here: http://johnnybtruant... -
![Hair Raising by Kevin J. Anderson]()
Hair Raising by Kevin J. Anderson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReady-To-WereThe fur really flies when a serial scalper stalks the supernatural citizens of the Unnatural Quarter, targeting werewolves—and what’s sadder than a chrome-domed lycanthrope? Zombie P.I. Dan Shamble is on the case, trying to stop an all-out gang war between full-time and full-moon werewolves. As he combs through the tangled clues to hunt down the bald facts, things get hairy fast... -
![The Book of Bart by Ryan Hill]()
The Book of Bart by Ryan Hill
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"An entertaining romp through a world of smack-talking demons, less-than-angelic angels, demon-hunting Templars and everything in between." ~T.L...
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