Books like 'Fear Walks the Night'
Readers who enjoyed Fear Walks the Night by Frederick Cowles & Neil Bell also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Summer Reign by John Conroe, James Patrick Cronin
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFaced with writing college papers, prepping for tests, and teaching testy witches, Declan O'Carroll has enough on his plate. Not to mention the magical withdrawal of leaving his very own magical kingdom behind on Fairie. But when he and his friends are attacked from creatures out of folklore and fable it seems the Queens of Summer and Winter aren't done with him yet... -
![Monsters Everywhere by Steve Higgs]()
Monsters Everywhere by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTempest Michaels has a vampire problem.He’s an old hat at this game and dealing with cases like this are his speciality. Except this time …… the vampires are his clients.When someone starts targeting members of the local vampire Live Action Role Play club, there’s only one person they can think of to turn to – their old nemesis, Tempest Michaels... -
![The Cities of Dead by Alys Arden]()
The Cities of Dead by Alys Arden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Cities of Dead: the highly anticipated third book in Alys Arden’s spellbinding The Casquette Girls series. Old World witches collide with the French Quarter’s strangest denizens, setting off events that could tear the fabric of the Natural and Supernatural worlds, and only the most elusive, mischievous Voodoo lwa hold the key to stopping it... -
![The Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman, Erica Siverman]()
The Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman, Erica Siverman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe witch has grown the biggest pumpkin ever, and now she wants to make herself a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But the pumpkin is so big she can't get it off the vine. It's so big the ghost can't move it, either. Neither can the vampire, nor the mummy. It looks as if there'll be no pumpkin pie for Halloween, until along comes the bat with an idea to save the day... -
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![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... -
![Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting by David Reed]()
Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting by David Reed
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMy name is Bobby Singer. In twenty-four hours I’m gonna lose my memory. So here’s everything you need to know.Monsters, demons, angels, vampires, the boogeyman under your bed: I’ve seen it, I’ve hunted it, I’ve killed it. I’m not the only hunter out here, but there aren’t as many as there used to be. Not near as many as there need to be... -
![Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural by Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye,]()
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural by Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye,
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA gripping, chilling collection of 47 stories and six poems, dating back to Shelley and Stevenson, but also including modern masters... -
![Magic Untamed by Elena Lawson]()
Magic Untamed by Elena Lawson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFinding out I’m descended from royalty should have been like winning the lottery. Except I got all of the renown and none of the spoils.That’s what it means to be related to the dark prince.Still reeling, I throw myself into uncovering more about my dark heritage. Meanwhile, Cal and Adrian try to solve a mystery of their own... -
![Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Maberry]()
Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFROM A FUNFEST...Each year, the residents of Pine Deep host the Halloween Festival, drawing tourists and celebrities from across the country to enjoy the deliciously creepy fun. Those who visit the small Pennsylvania town are out for a good time, but those who live there are desperately trying to survive.. -
![Fear by Ronald Kelly]()
Fear by Ronald Kelly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was a legend in Fear County... a hideous, flesh-eating creature - part snake, part earthbound demon - that feasted on the blood of innocent children in the cold black heart of the Tennessee backwoods. But ten-year-old Jeb Sweeny knows the horrible stories are true. His best friend Mandy just up and disappeared... -
![The Sacrifice by Emily Shore]()
The Sacrifice by Emily Shore
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Don’t you know better than to play with monsters?”I’ve spent my life in the Borderlands with no feeling. I am half a ghost, born with half a soul and numb because of it. On my 22nd birthday, I’m bound for the Sacrifice in the Wailing Woods and come face to face with the monsters—only to discover I can feel them.Perhaps I’d rather play with the monsters than kill them... -
![Pop Art by Joe Hill]()
Pop Art by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsImogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .Francis is unhappy... -
![Beneath the Skin by Jonathan Maberry]()
Beneath the Skin by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSam Hunter is a PI in the big bad city. When he takes a new case it’s like he’s accepting the client into his ‘pack’. And Sam will do anything to protect the members of his pack. Dogs are like that. So are wolves. And so, too, are werewolves. Like Sam.Sam is a benandanti, an ancient race of werewolves who fight evil. And evil comes in all shapes and sizes; it comes at people from all directions... -
![Monster Blood by Elizabeth Winfrey, Rick Drew]()
Monster Blood by Elizabeth Winfrey, Rick Drew
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvan and Andy are in a sticky situation when they buy a can of "Monster Blood" in an old toy store. The green goo is growing... -
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![Blackbird by Scott Cawthon]()
Blackbird by Scott Cawthon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night...Haunted by the past . . . To avoid confronting an ugly truth, Nole falls prey to a monster that punishes past transgressions... -
![Blood & Salt by Hubert L. Mullins]()
Blood & Salt by Hubert L. Mullins
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsApril 10th, 1912: Titanic sails with a dark secret in her cargo hold . . .An ancient evil has been unleashed on the Ship of Dreams. One night into Titanic’s maiden voyage and passengers go missing, turn up dead, or bear a craving for blood and an aversion to the sun . . .Assistant Surgeon Benjamin York only wants to help his patients, and perhaps explain this odd affliction...Categorized as:
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![Bunker Dogs by Gage Greenwood]()
Bunker Dogs by Gage Greenwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDon't just fear what you're hiding from, fear what you're hiding with. Cassie's night of babysitting goes to hell when bombs explode in the distance, planes fly overhead at low altitudes, and alerts on her phone tell her to seek shelter. Luckily, the boy she babysits tells her his father has a bunker in the yard... -
![Best Ghost Stories of J.S. Le Fanu by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]()
Best Ghost Stories of J.S. Le Fanu by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHere are 16 classic ghost stories: "Carmilla" (perhaps the classic vampire thriller), "Green Tea", "The Familiar", "The Haunted Baronet", "Madam Crowl's Ghost", "The Dead Sexton", "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" plus nine others. Half these stories never published before in U.S... -
![The Season of Passage by Christopher Pike]()
The Season of Passage by Christopher Pike
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDr. Lauren Wagner was a celebrity. She was involved with the most exciting adventure mankind had ever undertaken. The whole world admired and respected her.But Lauren knew fear.Inside voices entreating her to love them.Outside — the mystery of the missing group that had gone before her. The dead group... -
![Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book Season One Vol. 1 by Joss Whedon]()
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book Season One Vol. 1 by Joss Whedon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis volume contains the first six scripts from the first season of the television programme Buffy the Vampire Slayer. These scripts are the shooting drafts, and contain production notes, cut dialogue and different scenes... -
![Voluntary Committal by Joe Hill]()
Voluntary Committal by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Horns comes this e-short story—from Joe Hill’s award-winning collection 20th Century Ghosts.Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . -
![The List by Christopher Coleman]()
The List by Christopher Coleman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's been four months since the world exploded in a detonation of white death, and Danielle is now alone in the cordon.Except for the crabs.The crabs are still here. And though the melting snows have thinned their numbers, the ones that survived are now stronger. Smarter. Hungrier.Danielle's life has been driven by survival for the past few weeks, but now escape is the only thing that matters... -
![The Lost Soul by Suzy Turner]()
The Lost Soul by Suzy Turner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDecember and Lilly have got their work cut out for them. Not only are they desperately trying to figure out the identity of the Lost Soul, and track him down, they've also got to investigate why Powell River's newest resident has got all of their men falling at her feet.But when they learn that the Nephilim might be involved, it becomes clear that they're all in extreme danger.. -
![Monster Roommate by Amanda Aggie]()
Monster Roommate by Amanda Aggie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA witty heroine and a sexy, alpha-hole hero.I'm Nora and in my entire afterlife, I never expected to be roommates with a possessive, cocky, sexy-as-sin vampire. Since I've been dead, no one has been able to see me, but that changed the second he stepped through the front door of my internal prison--aka my old house from before I flew the coop... -
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![I Am Legend / Hell House by Richard Matheson]()
I Am Legend / Hell House by Richard Matheson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI Am Legend tells the story of Robert Neville, the last living man on earth after every other human being has been transformed into a vampire by a terrible plague ... and now they are all thirsty for his blood. Following this short novel are ten more unforgettable tales.The New York Times called Hell House "a fine horror story"... -
![Pest by Anna Willett]()
Pest by Anna Willett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe takes your dreams, and then your life...A NAIL-BITINGLY SCARY SUSPENSE THRILLERSightings of a strange girl on the outskirts of the small Australian town of Thorn Tree coincide with the outbreak of a deadly sickness.The girl appears in people’s nightmares, beckoning them into nothingness.Maggie’s café lies at the heart of the town, and she quickly becomes embroiled in the unfolding events... -
![This Is Halloween by Melody Rose]()
This Is Halloween by Melody Rose
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMargo was just your normal Christmas elf, and sure maybe she had a bit too much Christmas cheer, but hey, if starting to decorate for Christmas in July was wrong, she didn't want to be right.At least, until the three lords of Halloween decide to kidnap her and bring her back to Halloweenland.There’s Jack, the hopelessly sexy and tall King of Halloween, who’s harboring a monster inside of him... -
![Defilers by Brian Lumley]()
Defilers by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJake Cutter is reluctantly learning how to be a Necroscope--how to use the Mobius continuum to travel instantaneously from place to place, how to talk to the dead--but dead humans don't like him much. It seems Jake's got a hitchhiker named Korath. Since Korath holds the key to the Mobius equations, Jake can't just kick him out . . . though he's certainly trying... -
![Necroscope: Avengers by Brian Lumley]()
Necroscope: Avengers by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey're on the run! Now that their monstrous vampire 'gardens' under London, in Australia, and on the Greek island of Krassos have been razed, two 'Lords' and a 'Lady' of the Wamphyri Malinari the Mind, Lord Szwart, and the hag Vavara have joined forces, leaving a trail of undead destruction as they flee headlong from Ben Trask's E-Branch and the dead-waking Necroscope, Jake Cutter... -
![The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan, Laird Barron]()
The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan, Laird Barron
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJohn Langan has, in the last few years, established himself as one of the leading voices in contemporary horror literature. Gifted with a supple and mellifluous prose style, an imagination that can conjure up clutching terrors with seeming effortlessness, and a thorough knowledge of the rich heritage of weird fiction, Langan has already garnered his share of accolades... -
![Dead Man's Song by Jonathan Maberry, To Be Announced]()
Dead Man's Song by Jonathan Maberry, To Be Announced
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the powerful imagination of a horror master comes a bone-chilling tale set in a small town where good and evil are joined in a terrifying, deadly battle. Evil endures. Once an idyllic Pennsylvania village, Pine Deep awoke one morning to find itself bathed in a massive bloodletting... -
![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... -
![Blood Crazy by Simon Clark]()
Blood Crazy by Simon Clark
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSaturday is a normal day. People go shopping. To the movies. Everything is just as it should be. But not for long. By Sunday, civilization is in ruins. Adults have become murderously insane. One by one they become infected with a crazed, uncontrollable urge to slaughter the youngeven their own children. Especially their own children... -
![Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume I by Brian Lumley]()
Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume I by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first book in Brian Lumley's bestselling Necroscope series, Necroscope: The Lost YearsVampires never rest, and neither does Harry Keogh, the world's greatest vampire hunter, the Necroscope, the man who can talk to the dead. Right now, he's desperately searching for his wife and son, who disappeared in the midst of Harry's war against the undead monsters that plague mankind... -
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![American Supernatural Tales by S.T. Joshi, Thomas Ligotti]()
American Supernatural Tales by S.T. Joshi, Thomas Ligotti
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs Stephen King will attest , the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. American Supernatural Tales celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation’s brightest literary lights, including Poe himself, H. P... -
![The Supernatural Book of Monsters, Spirits, Demons, and Ghouls by Alexander C. Irvine]()
The Supernatural Book of Monsters, Spirits, Demons, and Ghouls by Alexander C. Irvine
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTwenty-three years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force. Following the tragedy, their father, John, set out to teach his boys everything about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America . . . and how to kill it... -
![Quarter to Midnight: Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense by Darcy Coates]()
Quarter to Midnight: Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense by Darcy Coates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Push past the curtains of the rational, safe world and explore the un-nameable horrors living in the darkest corners of our conscience... -
![Monsters at Midnight: 29 Horror Stories by Nick Clausen]()
Monsters at Midnight: 29 Horror Stories by Nick Clausen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings29 SCARY HORROR STORIES IN ONE SUPER COLLECTION Spanning everything from vampires and werewolves to ghosts and wendigos, this collection of supernatural horror stories brings you the finest thrills and chills from the bestselling author of Dead Meat and Cadaver . Don’t miss this limited-time offer... -
![The Ancestors by Brandon Massey, Tananarive Due]()
The Ancestors by Brandon Massey, Tananarive Due
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDEAD.Some evils are so great that they transcend death. In Brandon Massey's "The Patriarch," a young writer travels to the hushed backwoods of Mississippi, where dangerous secrets surface as a generations-old feud comes to bone-chilling new life...BURIED.The souls of the mistreated always find a way to be heard. In L.A... -
![My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things by Judith Viorst]()
My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things by Judith Viorst
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMY MAMA SAYS... Maybe there isn't any mean-eyed monster with long slimy hair and pointy claws going scritchyscratch, scritchy-scritchy-scratch outside his window. And maybe there isn't a Thing in his yard, coming to swallow him up. His Mama says there positively aren't. But...sometimes even Mamas make mistakes... -
![With Teeth by Brian Keene]()
With Teeth by Brian Keene
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor a group of middle-aged friends, the trip into the forest was supposed to be simple. All they had to do was find a place to set up their criminal enterprise, and all of their financial problems would be solved. But now, night is falling, and with the darkness comes something else. Something fast. Something ferocious. Something... with teeth... -
![The Making of Gabriel Davenport by Beverley Lee]()
The Making of Gabriel Davenport by Beverley Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMenacing dark fantasy and horror combine in the first book of this reader acclaimed supernatural series (Gabriel Davenport) from British author Beverley Lee In a house built on truth something lays hidden. Beth and Stu Davenport moved to Meadowford Bridge to give their young son, Gabriel, an idyllic childhood... -
![Down in the Hollow by Timothy Hobbs]()
Down in the Hollow by Timothy Hobbs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt all begins with a decapitated head found at the bottom of a dark well. Bertram Stone is a former Texas Ranger running from the changes of an ever-evolving world. Horses were being replaced by cars. Laws were changing how Bertram could deal justice. Wanting to live out his golden years in peace, Stone flees to the quiet town of Hamilton, Texas where he becomes the local sheriff... -
![Necroscope: Resurgence, The Lost Years Volume II by Brian Lumley]()
Necroscope: Resurgence, The Lost Years Volume II by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHarry Keogh, the Necroscope, the man who can talk to the dead, and Earth's greatest vampire hunter, has been searching for his wife and infant son, gone missing during Harry's war against the vampires. This obsession has left him open to subtle influence by an ancient vampire, Radu... -
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![Best New Horror by Joe Hill]()
Best New Horror by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .Francis is unhappy... -
![The Devil's Touch by William W. Johnstone]()
The Devil's Touch by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe town of Logandale is showing signs of the foul presence of the Prince of Darkness. Hollow-eyed, hungry corpses rise from unearthly tombs to gorge themselves on living flesh, spawning a new generation of restless Undead. Only Sam and Nydia Balon have faced the master before and know what must be done... -
![Necroscope: Harry And The Pirates by Brian Lumley]()
Necroscope: Harry And The Pirates by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarry Keogh makes his long awaited return as the Necroscope in this collection of novellas and short stories. Set during the fan-favourite Lost Years era of Keogh's career, these tales see the necroscope do battle with horrors both real and imagined, eternal and ethereal... -
![Storberry by Dan Padavona]()
Storberry by Dan Padavona
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDo You Miss the Days when Vampire Novels were Scary?Haunted by the demons of his childhood, Evan Moran returns to Storberry, Virginia, to find a greater evil threatens the town. Across town, teenager Jen Barrows is frightened by the strange noises which come from her garage crawlspace after nightfall, despite the assurances of friend Tom Kingsley that there is nothing to fear... -
![Books of Horror Community Anthology Vol. 1 by R.J. Roles, Justin M. Woodward]()
Books of Horror Community Anthology Vol. 1 by R.J. Roles, Justin M. Woodward
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat flavor is your nightmare?Forty nine authors have come together to tell us theirs. Each story is unique in its horror but all should be read with the lights on and the shadows kept at bay, because some stories tend to stay with you even after the book is closed.From established authors, to people putting pen to paper for the first time... -
![Knead to Know by Liz Schulte]()
Knead to Know by Liz Schulte
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaggie Edwards can’t sleep, eat, or die—but, she can bake. However, just before the Halloween grand opening of her bakery, a pesky reporter witnesses an accident in her kitchen and gets a little too close to the truth. If she can’t convince him to keep quiet, not only will she lose her chance at happiness, but they both could lose their lives...
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