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Shadows over Innsmouth by Stephen Jones, H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLibrarian Note: Please do not confuse this anthology with the original novella "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H.P. Lovecraft. Although "Shadows Over Innsmouth" includes the said novella, the book is a collection of Innsmouth-related stories by a number of later authors and not a single story or novel... -
![Owned by Magic by Zara J. Black]()
Owned by Magic by Zara J. Black
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'll be safe in the prince's bed, from everyone but him.I stole from a brutal street gang, and now they want me dead. There’s only one place they can’t touch me. The palace. But safety comes at the cost of my freedom. I'll sell myself as a courtesan, serve for five years, and leave with enough money to pay my debt... -
![射鵰英雄傳 新修文庫版 8冊合售 by Jin Yong]()
射鵰英雄傳 新修文庫版 8冊合售 by Jin Yong
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWork by Jin Yong...Categorized as:
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![Piranesi by Susanna Clarke]()
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsPiranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant... -
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![An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides by Aeschylus, Sophocles]()
An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides by Aeschylus, Sophocles
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Bold, Iconoclastic New Look at One of the Great Works of Greek Tragedy In this innovative rendition of The Oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson combines three different visions—Aischylos’ Agamemnon, Sophokles’ Elektra, and Euripides’ Orestes—giving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance... -
![House of Terrors by Beatrice Sand]()
House of Terrors by Beatrice Sand
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHouse of Terrors It’s been months since Laurel left her home and family to escape her destiny – a destiny that has her giving birth to a demigod. She’s getting by with the help of Aurore, a Titaness with a dangerous secret of her own, who becomes charged with Laurel’s protection. One day, when Laurel accidentally meets the now cold-blooded Sampson, she knows she has lost his love for good... -
![L'Ordine della penna by Virginia De Winter]()
L'Ordine della penna by Virginia De Winter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAltieres, l’antica dinastia regnante nel Vecchio Continente, si è estinta dopo la violenta morte di tutti i suoi eredi e a portare il nome dell’antica casata sono rimasti solo i vampiri Blackmore, creature immortali a cui regnare non è permesso... -
![L'ordine della Croce by Virginia De Winter]()
L'ordine della Croce by Virginia De Winter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEloise Weiss è alle prese con il misterioso ritrovamento di uno scheletro di un giovane ragazzo, la cui identità è ignota, e questa volta non potrà ricorrere ai suoi poteri di evocatrice ma solo alle sue conoscenze mediche... -
![Retribution by R.K. Ryals]()
Retribution by R.K. Ryals
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLove can overcome many odds. And while this emotion is worth many trials and tribulations, it can also lead to death.~Bezaliel~It is a love that is forbidden . . .Dayton Blainey is the only sane Naphil ever to walk the face of the Earth, and she's in love with a Demon she's been bound to by blood. Can love triumph over fate . . .Marcas Craig is the Demon son of Lilith and Cain... -
![Lovecraft Unbound by Ellen Datlow, Dale Bailey]()
Lovecraft Unbound by Ellen Datlow, Dale Bailey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe stories are legendary, the characters unforgettable, the world horrible and disturbing... -
![Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides by Anne Carson, Euripides]()
Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides by Anne Carson, Euripides
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWriting with a pitch and heat that gets to the heart of the unforgiving classical world, Carson, a poet and classicist, translates four of the eighteen surviving plays by Euripides.Includes Heracles, Hecuba, Hippolytus, Alcestis... -
![Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher]()
Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA gifted healer unravels the mysteries of a cursed estate—and its enigmatic owner—in a witchy retelling of Jane Eyre . "Salt and broom, make this room Safe and tight, against the night." Trunks packed with potions and cures, Jane Aire sets out on a crisp, clear morning in October to face the greatest challenge of her sheltered girls’-school existence... -
![Four Kinds of Cursed by May Dawson]()
Four Kinds of Cursed by May Dawson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe men I love were placed in my life by the Crown to spy on me and use me. When I can’t stand to look at their lying faces anymore, I escape to my childhood home. It’s not much of an escape. The place is haunted. Haunted by the mother I’ve grieved. By the father I’ve hated... -
![A Vintage From Atlantis by Clark Ashton Smith]()
A Vintage From Atlantis by Clark Ashton Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPublished in chronological order, with extensive story and bibliographic notes, this series not only provides access to stories that have been out of print for years, but gives them a historical and social context. Series editors Scott Conners and Ronald S... -
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![The Maze of the Enchanter by Clark Ashton Smith]()
The Maze of the Enchanter by Clark Ashton Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis series presents Clark Ashton Smith's fiction chronologically, based on composition rather than publication. Editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger have compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith's notes and letters, in order to prepare a definitive set of texts... -
![Vyrad by Ulrike Schweikert]()
Vyrad by Ulrike Schweikert
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEuropa 1877: Die Macht der letzten großen Vampir-Clans ist am Schwinden. Um das Überleben der Vampire zu sichern, beschließen die Altehrwürdigen, ihre Nachkommen fortan gemeinsam auszubilden.Vier blutjunge Vampire, ein uralter Gegner – und eine tödliche Falle im London Jack the Rippers.Schreckliche Kerker und schlimme Verbrechen – der fünfte Band führt die Akademie ins viktorianische London... -
![Fortune Academy Underworld: Book Nine by J.R. Thorn]()
Fortune Academy Underworld: Book Nine by J.R. Thorn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe worst has happened.Kaito says this can be fixed.But I don't know if I have any fight left in me anymore.* * *For their sake, I better get my shit together. We've come this far and my Virtues and I have been through life and death together.Nothing has changed. Nothing except Lucifer coming down on me with his fallen angel army.My Virtues who are still on earth are forced to bend to his control... -
![L'Ordine della chiave by Virginia De Winter]()
L'Ordine della chiave by Virginia De Winter
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAxel Vanderberg, giovane erede al trono di Aldenor, non è altro che una matricola il cui sogno è diventare un giorno Duca dell'Ordine della Chiave, conquistando prestigio e rispetto. Adesso la carica è ricoperta da Rafael Valance, sul quale all'improvviso ricadono ricadono i sospetti per l'omicidio della fidanzata Emelyn. Ma quel delitto sarà solo il primo di una lunga serie... -
![Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Elisabeth Waters]()
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Elisabeth Waters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReturn to Darkover, the planet of the Bloody Sun, with this collection of stories written by the originator of this world... -
![The Big Brag by Dr. Seuss]()
The Big Brag by Dr. Seuss
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt starts out harmlessly enough, with a rabbit feeling rather pleased with himself and his talent for hearing. A neighboring bear overhears the rabbit's boasting and takes offense. The challenge is on, and the bickering begins as the bear proclaims that his ability to smell is quite superior to the rabbit's hearing... -
![The Gemma Doyle Trilogy (Gemma Doyle, #1-3) by Libba Bray]()
The Gemma Doyle Trilogy (Gemma Doyle, #1-3) by Libba Bray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe three books of the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy available together for the first time.This collection contains the complete text of the three Gemma Doyle novels, a deliciously sweeping and haunting saga that won't let you go. It's the only way to get all three of Libba Bray's critically acclaimed novels in one bundle... -
![The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket]()
The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsDear Reader, If you are looking for a story about cheerful youngsters spending a jolly time at boarding school, look elsewhere. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent and resourceful children, and you might expect that they would do very well at school. Don't. For the Baudelaires, school turns out to be another miserable episode in their unlucky lives...Categorized as:
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![The Line That Binds by J.M. Miller]()
The Line That Binds by J.M. Miller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStained with heartache and cursed with vengeance, a stone well lies on a nineteenth-century estate, waiting for the Stockton line to wish again. When seventeen-year-old Lila Wayde's father loses his high-paying job in Las Vegas, the family relocates to a Pennsylvania estate bequeathed by an estranged aunt. Lila begins a new life there, one not corrupted by wealth and fake friends... -
![Of Grave & Glory by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
Of Grave & Glory by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmma Mather is having trouble telling friend from foe…and being wrong about whether someone is her ally or her enemy could cost her more than just her life.The Candle has taken Gigi Gage as their prisoner, and Emma will do anything to save her friend from whatever torture Dr. Thaddeus Kirkbride is putting her through in the Arnsmouth Asylum... -
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![My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino]()
My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLabyrinth meets folk horror in this darkly romantic tale of a girl who wishes her baby brother away to the Lord of the WoodGrowing up in the small town of Winston, Pennsylvania feels like drowning. Leah goes to church every Sunday, works when she isn’t at school, and takes care of her baby brother, Owen. Like every girl in Winston, she tries to be right and good and holy... -
![The Fairies of Sadieville by Alex Bledsoe]()
The Fairies of Sadieville by Alex Bledsoe
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCharming and lyrical, The Fairies of Sadieville continues Alex Bledsoe's widely-praised contemporary fantasy series, about the song-wielding fairy descendants living in modern-day Appalachia."This is real." Three small words on a film canister found by graduate students Justin and Veronica, who discover a long-lost silent movie from more than a century ago... -
![The Reign of Osiris by Anne Rice, Christopher Rice]()
The Reign of Osiris by Anne Rice, Christopher Rice
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe gilded adventures of Ramses the Damned, iconic creation of the legendary Anne Rice, continue in this breathtakingly suspenseful tale of a titanic supernatural power unleashed on the eve of war... -
![The End of the Story by Clark Ashton Smith]()
The End of the Story by Clark Ashton Smith
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPublished in chronological order, with extensive story and bibliographic notes, this series not only provides access to stories that have been out of print for years, but gives them a historical and social context. Series editors Scott Conners and Ronald S... -
![Le complot des corbeaux by Ariel Holzl]()
Le complot des corbeaux by Ariel Holzl
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMerryvère Carmine est ce qu’on appelle dans la ville de Grisaille une monte-en-l’air, un oiseau de nuit qui court les toits et les appartements bourgeois pour gagner sa vie et celles de ses soeurs, Dolorine et Tristabelle. Fauchées comme les blés, les soeurs Carmines, orphelines, partagent une vieille bicoque près de la falaise, à l’écart de la ville où les mœurs sont plus que douteuses... -
![Hijos dorados by Patricia Ibárcena]()
Hijos dorados by Patricia Ibárcena
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLlega el Dark Academia que estabas esperando. Hijos dorados te atrapará desde la primera página y no te soltará. Patricia Ibárcena está destinada a convertirse en una de las voces más vibrantes del panorama literario español actual.¿Hasta dónde estarías dispuesto a llegar por conseguir poder?En la Facultad de Derecho de Cornell no basta con ser un estudiante brillante... -
![The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt by John Bellairs]()
The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt by John Bellairs
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJohnny Dixon is sure that he can solve the riddle that will reveal the hiding place of wealthy Mr. Glomus's will--and net Johnny a hefty reward in the bargain. Although his neighbor Professor Childermass warns him to stay away from the Glomus mansion, Johnny can't resist a challenge. Soon he's alone in the deserted house.. -
![Dracula: Classics Retold by Mike Stocks, Barry Jones]()
Dracula: Classics Retold by Mike Stocks, Barry Jones
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTruthful retellings of classic stories, clearly written in a modern, approachable style for young readers. Include informative notes on the authors and original texts... -
![Lanark by Alasdair Gray]()
Lanark by Alasdair Gray
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis work, originally published in 1981, has been hailed as the most influential Scottish novel of the second half of the 20th century. Its playful narrative techniques convey a profound message, personal and political, about humankind's inability to love and yet our compulsion to go on trying...Categorized as:
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![Livre de sang by Clive Barker]()
Livre de sang by Clive Barker
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe Books of Blood combine the ordinary with the extraordinary while radiating the eroticism that has become Barker's signature. Weaving tales of the everyday world transformed into an unrecognizable place, where reason no longer exists and logic ceases to explain the workings of the universe, Clive Barker provides the stuff of nightmares in packages too tantalizing to resist... -
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![The Metamorphoses: Ovid's Epic Poem, Translated by Great English Authors and Poets of the 18th Century by Ovid, Alexander Pope]()
The Metamorphoses: Ovid's Epic Poem, Translated by Great English Authors and Poets of the 18th Century by Ovid, Alexander Pope
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsOvid's legendary poem, comprising a total of two hundred and fifty ancient myths, is present in its entirety in this edition of The Metamorphoses. The Metamorphoses is commonly referred to simply as an 'epic poem', when in actuality the text encompasses a variety of genres in telling stories of magnificent breadth and scale...Categorized as:
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![Ava: Part One by L.G. Savage]()
Ava: Part One by L.G. Savage
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDark, dangerous, and relentless.Zeke is everything I should avoid, but it seems that fate is meant to push us together at every turn.I’m human—I should have walked away; I should have kept my head down and my heart guarded. But I didn’t.I’ve awoken something in him, and he won’t stop until he gets what he wants—until he gets me.There’s no turning back from the path we’re on... -
![Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko]()
Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe definitive English language translation of the internationally bestselling Ukrainian novel—a brilliant dark fantasy with "the potential to be a modern classic" (Lev Grossman), combining psychological suspense, enchantment, and terror that makes us consider human existence in a fresh and provocative way.Our life is brief . .Categorized as:
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![Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo]()
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 79 ratingsGalaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away... -
![Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Anthony Esolen]()
Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Anthony Esolen
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsOf the great poets, Dante is one of the most elusive and therefore one of the most difficult to adequately render into English verse. In the Inferno, Dante not only judges sin but strives to understand it so that the reader can as well... -
![Blood Orange by Karina Halle]()
Blood Orange by Karina Halle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle comes a dark and delicious Dracula retelling filled with secrets and lies, dangerous liaisons and a forbidden, student-teacher, second chance love story with a twist. "My heart will always find yours."Dahlia Abernathy has only known revenge... -
![Peace by Gene Wolfe]()
Peace by Gene Wolfe
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMesmerizing sci-fi from the author the Denver Post calls "one of the literary giants of science fiction." The melancholy memoir of Alden Dennis Weer, an embittered old man living in a small midwestern town, reveals a miraculous dimension. For Weer's imagination has the power to obliterate time and reshape reality, transcending even death itself... -
![Long Black Curl by Alex Bledsoe]()
Long Black Curl by Alex Bledsoe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLong Black Curl: a brand-new tale in Alex Bledsoe’s acclaimed urban fantasy series, where magic is hidden in plain sight and age-old rivalries simmer just beneath the surfaceIn all the time the Tufa have existed, only two have ever been exiled: Bo-Kate Wisby and her lover, Jefferson Powell... -
![Sleepy Hollow: Rise Headless and Ride by Richard Gleaves]()
Sleepy Hollow: Rise Headless and Ride by Richard Gleaves
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNOTE: This E-Book edition INCLUDES "THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW" by Washington Irving (full text)!"May I present the Last Descendant of Ichabod Crane..."JASON CRANE just turned seventeen years old.He's a STAR WARS fan and a history geek. He doesn't believe in ghosts or the afterlife. He doesn't believe in psychic powers or tarot cards. He doesn't believe in the Headless Horseman... -
![Agla. Alef by Radek Rak]()
Agla. Alef by Radek Rak
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDługo wyczekiwana książka Radka Raka – laureata Nagrody Literackiej NikeAgla to brawurowa historia przygodowa, ale też wnikliwa i wzruszająca powieść psychologiczna o dojrzewaniu i przemianie, o miłości i odkrywaniu swej cielesności, o zawiedzionych przyjaźniach, wykluczeniu i samotności, o odnajdywaniu siebie i stawaniu się człowiekiem w pełni znaczenia tego słowa... -
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![Wrenching Fate by Brooklyn Ann]()
Wrenching Fate by Brooklyn Ann
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s haunted by her past. Akasha Hope trusts no one. Her parents were shot down by uniformed men, which forced Akash to spend most of her life on the run. She’s so close to getting out on her own, making her own dreams come true when he shows up and disrupts everything. Her new legal guardian. His kindness makes suspicious, while his heart-stopping good looks arouse desires she’d kept suppressed... -
![Echoes in the Dark by Robin D. Owens]()
Echoes in the Dark by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe planet is dying, slowly being drained by an alien Dark, and only one last, desperate plan can save it.Deep in another dimension, a disillusioned young singer is summoned as Lladrana's last hope. Uncertain of her future, unaware of her extraordinary magical talent, Jikata will be the sixth and final outsider—Exotique—to step through a dangerous portal of prophecy and magic... -
![L'Ordine della spada by Virginia De Winter]()
L'Ordine della spada by Virginia De Winter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChi è Eloise Weiss? Perché il più antico vampiro della stirpe di Blackmore abbandona per lei l’eternità suscitando le ire di Axel Vandemberg, glaciale Princeps dello Studium e tormentato amore della giovane? La Vecchia Capitale si prepara alla Vigilia di Ognissanti e il coprifuoco è vicino perché il Presidio sta per aprire le sue porte... -
![By Any Other Name by Kate King]()
By Any Other Name by Kate King
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s seduced by the darkness, but she’s always been his sun. In the elite university town of Stratford, Massachusetts, a secret society of eight wealthy and influential families use occult witchcraft to maintain their power and privilege... -
![The Black Table by Jade R. Evans]()
The Black Table by Jade R. Evans
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCaliburn University isn’t like other colleges. It's small, exclusive, and old in every sense of the word. Latin is required. Dorms look like castles. And the fencing team never loses a match. It's the kind of place you have to be brilliant to get in, but insane to actually attend.Trust me--I would know... -
![Hasty for the Dark by Adam Nevill]()
Hasty for the Dark by Adam Nevill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThese selected terrors range from the speculative to supernatural horror, encompass the infernal and the occult, and include stories inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Aickman and Ramsey Campbell.Hasty for the Dark is the second short story collection from the award-winning and widely appreciated British writer of horror fiction, Adam L. G. Nevill...
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