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The Magnus Archives: Season 3 by Jonathan Sims
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
![Bedside Manor by Jack Townsend]()
Bedside Manor by Jack Townsend
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“We were a thousand miles away from home when the car gave up the ghost…” When Jack’s car breaks down in the middle of a cross-country road trip, the mysterious house at the top of the hill is a beacon of hope. If he can borrow a phone to call for help, he’ll be on his way in no time. But someone - or something - has other plans... -
![Eclipse Phase: The Roleplaying Game of Transhuman Conspiracy and Horror by Rob Boyle, Lars Blumenstein]()
Eclipse Phase: The Roleplaying Game of Transhuman Conspiracy and Horror by Rob Boyle, Lars Blumenstein
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEclipse Phase is the post-apocalyptic game of conspiracy and horror. Humanity is enhanced and improved, but also battered and bitterly divided. Technology allows the re-shaping of bodies and minds, but also creates opportunities for oppression and puts the capability for mass destruction in the hands of everyone...Categorized as:
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![Fire & Rain by John F.D. Taff]()
Fire & Rain by John F.D. Taff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohn F.D. Taff's highly-anticipated epic supernatural thriller, The Fearing, begins with Book One: Fire & Rain where humanity faces a series of catastrophes spawned by a worldwide event that unleashes all of mankind's greatest fears.In the American high desert, vacationers returning from a road trip are thrust into a heart-stopping flight from death as they try to avoid a cataclysmic end... -
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![Awake in the Night Land by John C. Wright]()
Awake in the Night Land by John C. Wright
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAWAKE IN THE NIGHT LAND is an epic collection of four of John C. Wright's brilliant forays into the dark fantasy world of William Hope Hodgson's 1912 novel, The Night Land...Categorized as:
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![Deluge: The Conqueror Worms II by Brian Keene]()
Deluge: The Conqueror Worms II by Brian Keene
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sequel to Conqueror Worms. Free serialized e-novel...Categorized as:
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![Nightfall by Daniel Barnett]()
Nightfall by Daniel Barnett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Tomorrow died on the last morning of May. There were those who saw it happen, who watched the shadow fall, who felt the chop of the guillotine as the world lost its head. Everyone else witnessed only the aftermath, for the event itself lasted no longer than a moment...Categorized as:
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![Driving to Geronimo's Grave and Other Stories by Joe R. Lansdale]()
Driving to Geronimo's Grave and Other Stories by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the Dusty Great Depression to the far future, to the wild west, to the era of big fin automobiles, soda shops and double features, as well as dark journey on an icy ocean full of ravenous sharks and a fantastic shipwreck that leads its survivors into a nightmarish Lovecraftian world of monsters and mystery, Joe R. Lansdale returns with a pack of stories for your consumption and enjoyment... -
![The Void Protocol by F. Paul Wilson]()
The Void Protocol by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsF. Paul Wilson concludes his medical thriller trilogy featuring Rick Hayden and Laura Fanning as they confront the entities responsible for the supernatural events of Panacea and The God Gene.F...Categorized as:
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![Double Threat by F. Paul Wilson]()
Double Threat by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDouble Threat is a new stand-alone thriller from New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson.Daley has a problem. Her 26-year life so far has been unconventional, to say the least, but now she's got this voice in her head. It claims to be a separate entity that's going to be sharing her body from now on... -
![Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes From the End of the World by Brian Keene]()
Earthworm Gods: Selected Scenes From the End of the World by Brian Keene
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne day it started raining-and it never stopped...So began Brian Keene's Earthworm Gods, a novel that straddled the lines between the horror and bizarro genres. Fans have long marveled over that post-apocalyptic landscape-a flooded earth filled with strange and terrifying monsters. Readers returned to that world in Earthworm Gods II: Deluge. Now, it's time for one last trip...Categorized as:
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14 by Peter Clines
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsPadlocked doors. Strange light fixtures. Mutant cockroaches.There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment.Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his new home isn’t perfect, it’s livable...Categorized as:
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![The God Gene by F. Paul Wilson]()
The God Gene by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRick Hayden and Laura Fanning of Panacea return in this next thriller by F. Paul Wilson and come across another impossible medical scenario—the gene that makes us human. Or does it?Rick's brother, Keith, a prominent zoologist at NYU, suddenly liquidates his assets and walks out of his job never to be seen again... -
![The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch]()
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 25 ratings“I promise you have never read a story like this.” —Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark MatterInception meets True Detective in this science fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and staggering scope that follows a special agent into a savage murder case with grave implications for the fate of mankind.. -
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![The Dunfield Terror by William Meikle]()
The Dunfield Terror by William Meikle
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt starts with a strange glowing fog that arrives at the height of a snowstorm. A terror from the past has returned, bringing with it death and destruction that threatens to overrun the town. The old stories tell of a post-war experiment gone wrong, one that opened the way for the fog—or whatever was behind it—to begin its reign of terror... -
![The Fallen by Ada Hoffmann]()
The Fallen by Ada Hoffmann
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe laws of physics acting on the planet of Jai have been forever upended; its surface completed altered, and its inhabitants permanently changed. The artificially intelligent Gods that ruled the galaxy, fearing heresy and chaos, have become the planet’s jailers. Tiv Hunt once trusted these Gods absolutely, but now her world has changed and her allegiance has shifted... -
![The Gatherings by Jeremy Ray]()
The Gatherings by Jeremy Ray
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Gatherings were supposed to bring world peace. What they brought was the apocalypse.Celebrities, politicians, and other prominent figures put together The Gatherings, an event to be held worldwide promoting global peace. When a friend invites Emily to one of the gatherings in a secluded apple orchard, she obliges... -
![City of the Dead by Brian Keene]()
City of the Dead by Brian Keene
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs the world succumbs to a devastating plague that brings its victims back from the dead, eager to destroy all that is living, a group of survivors, trapped inside a fortified skyscraper, must fight for their survival against an indestructible enemy that keeps coming back...Categorized as:
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![The Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene]()
The Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOne day the rain just didn't stop. As the flood waters slowly rose and coastal cities and towns disappeared, some people believed it was the end of the world. Maybe they were right. But the water wasn't the worst part. Even more terrifying was what the soaking rains drove up from beneath the earth — unimaginable creatures, writhing, burrowing ... and devouring all in their path... -
![The Tindalos Asset by Caitlín R. Kiernan]()
The Tindalos Asset by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Signalman returns in The Tindalos Asset.A rundown apartment in Koreatown. A Los Angeles winter. A strung out, worn out, wrecked and used government agent is scraped up off the pavement, cleaned up, and reluctantly sent out into battle one last time. Ellison Nicodemo has seen and done terrible things. She thought her only remaining quest was for oblivion. Then the Signalman comes calling...Categorized as:
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![The Philosopher's Stone by Colin Wilson]()
The Philosopher's Stone by Colin Wilson
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWilson probably has earned a reputation more as a scholar & biographer than as a novelist; but this novel, originally published in 1969, proves that he possesses significant skills in the area of fiction as well... -
![A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather]()
A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLina Rather's A Season of Monstrous Conceptions is an eldritch historical fantasy of midwifery, monstrosity, and the rending of the world, for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Death of Jane Lawrence."An entrancing and transformative queer tale of cosmic horror."―Caitlin Starling" A blood sacrifice of a novel... -
![Eye of the Ouroboros by Megan Bontrager]()
Eye of the Ouroboros by Megan Bontrager
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen guilt-stricken park ranger Theodora Buchanan gets too close to the truth of her sister Flora’s strange disappearance, the Federal Bureau of Reality intervenes to ensure that the otherworldly answers she finds never see the light of day… The National Parks Service Search and Rescue Team knows better than anyone that the woods surrounding the insular town of Mill Creek, West Virginia have a... -
![Terminus by Peter Clines, Ray Porter]()
Terminus by Peter Clines, Ray Porter
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMurdoch's past has finally come crashing down on him. His former girlfriend. His Family. He's been happily avoiding them for ages, trying to live something close to a normal life. But now he's been drawn back into another one of their ludicrous attempts to bring about the end of all things. Chase has spent the past year just trying to get away...Categorized as:
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![The Day After Judgment by James Blish]()
The Day After Judgment by James Blish
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheron Ware and Father Domenico are left to combat the evil forces unleashed on Black... -
![The Last Plague by Rich Hawkins]()
The Last Plague by Rich Hawkins
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"One of the most intriguing post-apocalyptic novels I've read in a long time," - David Moody, author of Autumn and Hater. A PLAGUE HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE LAND. SLAUGHTER FILLS THE STREETS. ALL SEEMS LOST. After Great Britain is hit by a devastating epidemic, four old friends must cross the war-torn country to get home to their families...Categorized as:
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![Kaiju Winter by Jake Bible]()
Kaiju Winter by Jake Bible
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Yellowstone super volcano has begun to erupt, sending North America into chaos and the rest of the world into panic. People are dangerous and desperate to escape the oncoming mega-eruption, knowing it will plunge the continent, and the world, into a perpetual ashen winter...Categorized as:
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![Clickers by J.F. Gonzalez, Mark Williams]()
Clickers by J.F. Gonzalez, Mark Williams
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsClick Click Click Click Phillipsport, Maine is a quaint and peaceful seaside village. But when hundreds of creatures pour out of the ocean and attack, its residents must take up arms to drive the beasts back. They are the Clickers, giant venomous blood-thirsty crabs from the depths of the sea. The only warning to their rampage of dismemberment and death is the terrible clicking of their claws...Categorized as:
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![Herbert West—Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft]()
Herbert West—Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"Herbert West: Reanimator" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written between October 1921 and June 1922. It was first serialized in February through July 1922 in the amateur publication Home Brew. The story was the basis of the 1985 horror film Re-Animator and its sequels, in addition to numerous other adaptations in various media... -
![Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies by E. M. Roy]()
Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies by E. M. Roy
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the small town of Eston, Maine . . . weird things happen sometimes.Leo Bates knows what’s behind every corner in her hometown, where she’s lived her whole life. Some disjointed memories and grief for her late parents, sure, but nothing dangerous. Nothing unexplainable.But the familiar becomes strange the longer you look at it... -
![The Outside by Ada Hoffmann]()
The Outside by Ada Hoffmann
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAutistic scientist Yasira Shien has developed a radical new energy drive that could change the future of humanity. But when she activates it, reality warps, destroying the space station and everyone aboard. The AI Gods who rule the galaxy declare her work heretical, and Yasira is abducted by their agents... -
![Blackout by Tim Curran]()
Blackout by Tim Curran
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the midst of a beautiful summer, in a perfectly American suburban middle-class neighborhood, a faraway evil is lurking, waiting to strike the unsuspecting residents. First come the flashing lights, then the heavy rains, high winds, and finally a total blackout... -
![The Rising by Brian Keene]()
The Rising by Brian Keene
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsSince it's 2003 debut, Brian Keene's THE RISING is one of the best-selling zombie novels of all-time. It has been translated into over a dozen languages, inspired the works of other authors and filmmakers, and has become a cultural touchstone for an entire generation of horror fans... -
![The Divine Flesh by Drew Huff]()
The Divine Flesh by Drew Huff
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJennifer Plummer and the Divine Flesh have exactly three things in 1) they're trapped inside Jennifer's body; 2) they despise each other; and 3) they're in love with Daryl Plummer, Jennifer's ex-husband.But when Jennifer takes an experimental wonder drug to free herself from the Divine Flesh's control, it only makes things worse... -
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![Darkness on the Edge of Town by Brian Keene]()
Darkness on the Edge of Town by Brian Keene
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne morning the residents of Walden, Virginia, woke up to find the rest of the world gone. Just . . . gone. Surrounding their town was a wall of inky darkness, plummeting Walden into permanent night. Nothing can get in - not light, not people, not even electricity, radio, TV, internet, food, or water. And nothing can get out...Categorized as:
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![Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan]()
Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA government special agent known only as the Signalman gets off a train on a stunningly hot morning in Winslow, Arizona. Later that day he meets a woman in a diner to exchange information about an event that happened a week earlier for which neither has an explanation, but which haunts the Signalman... -
![Black Helicopters by Caitlín R. Kiernan]()
Black Helicopters by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA dark jewel of a novella, this definitive edition of Caitlín R. Kiernan’s Black Helicopters is the expanded and completed version of the World Fantasy Award-nominated original.Just as the Signalman stood and faced the void in Agents of Dreamland, so it falls to Ptolema, a chess piece in her agency’s world-spanning game, to unravel what has become tangled and unknowable...Categorized as:
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![She Never Left by CM Harris]()
She Never Left by CM Harris
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSOMETHING IS STIRRING IN THE HEART OF ILLINOISCousins and writing partners Jane and TJ have carved out new lives for themselves amidst the skyscrapers of Chicago, a far cry from their isolated hometown of Ketchum.Neither has returned since the night TJ’s first crush, Evie, disappeared into the woods in a flash of amber light... -
![Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer]()
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 71 ratingsArea X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another...Categorized as:
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![The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge]()
The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn the city of Lovecraft, the Proctors rule and a great Engine turns below the streets, grinding any resistance to their order to dust. The necrovirus is blamed for Lovecraft's epidemic of madness, for the strange and eldritch creatures that roam the streets after dark, and for everything that the city leaders deem Heretical—born of the belief in magic and witchcraft... -
![Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer]()
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsIt is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets. As Area X expands, the agency tasked with investigating and overseeing it—the Southern Reach—has collapsed on itself in confusion...Categorized as:
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![A Light Most Hateful by Hailey Piper]()
A Light Most Hateful by Hailey Piper
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a summer storm sweeps through a sleepy town unleashing a monstrous and otherworldy power that threatens to break reality, Olivia will stop at nothing to find her best friend and get them to safety... -
![Authority by Jeff VanderMeer]()
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsThe bone-chilling, hair-raising second installment of the Southern Reach TrilogyAfter thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X—a seemingly malevolent landscape surrounded by an invisible border and mysteriously wiped clean of all signs of civilization—has been a series of expeditions overseen by a government agency so secret it has almost been forgotten: the Southern Reach...Categorized as:
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![The Deep by Nick Cutter]()
The Deep by Nick Cutter
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Troop—which Stephen King raved “scared the hell out of me and I couldn’t put it down.…old-school horror at its best”—comes this utterly terrifying novel where The Abyss meets The Shining.A strange plague called the ’Gets is decimating humanity on a global scale...Categorized as:
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