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Wicked Games: A Prequel Dark Horror Romance Novella by P.H. Nix, Celeste Night
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA black envelope with silver filigree, a house long abandoned by residents, and a tragedy covered up in the bayou. What did these three things have in common?HarperWhen I received an invitation to the House of Horrors at the once beautiful Toussaint Manor, unease had filled every fiber of my being. And like the dumbass I was, I still went... -
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The Numbing by Flint Maxwell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Supernatural Apocalypse NovelEvil awaits.After the devastating events on Prism Lake, Grady and the other survivors head south, hoping to find safety in one of the rumored "Cities of Light."But as they embark on their journey, they quickly discover the monsters aren't the only things out in the snow they must fear.They may not even be the worst things.. -
![Those Who Came Before by J.H. Moncrieff]()
Those Who Came Before by J.H. Moncrieff
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPeople are dying at Strong Lake, and the worst is yet to come.An idyllic weekend camping trip is cut short when Reese Wallace's friends are brutally murdered. As the group's only survivor, Reese is the prime suspect, and his story doesn't make much sense... -
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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... -
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![Benny Rose, the Cannibal King by Hailey Piper]()
Benny Rose, the Cannibal King by Hailey Piper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlackwood, Vermont has one legend to its name—Benny Rose, the Cannibal King. Every local kid knows him and tells his stories, especially on Halloween. When a new girl moves to town in the autumn of 1987, the legend inspires high school junior Desiree St. Fleur and her friends to pull a Benny Rose-themed prank. A few laughs and screams, and they’ll have a Happy Halloween... -
![Savages by Greg F. Gifune]()
Savages by Greg F. Gifune
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt began as a vacation to the Cook Islands. But when seven friends are lost in the South Pacific after their boat goes down in a storm, they must survive at sea for several days in a small raft. Blown miles off course from their original position, and deep into open waters, they eventually encounter a small uncharted island... -
![The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi]()
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBrimming with dark humor, violence, and mystery, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a blood-soaked slasher sure to keep readers cringing, laughing, and guessing until the very last page.Rose DuBois is not your average final girl.Rose is in her late 70s, living out her golden years at the Autumn Springs Retirement Home... -
![The Killing Kind by Bryan Smith]()
The Killing Kind by Bryan Smith
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA group of college friends are ready for a week of partying at their rented beach house. They didn't count on a pair of homicidal maniacs crashing the party... -
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The App by Stuart James
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe App...Once you're in, they'll never let you leave.Whatever happens, don't download The App.* It will come in the form of a link. Maybe in your DM's on a social media account, the junk folder of your emails or a WhatsApp message from a friend.* You'll be enticed by the chance of winning one hundred thousand pounds on offer every Friday, wired straight into the winner's bank account... -
![Horror in the Woods by Lee Mountford]()
Horror in the Woods by Lee Mountford
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFinding that desecrated body was only the beginning....For Ashley and her three friends, it was supposed to be an adventure-filled weekend. A chance to get away from the hustle-and-bustle of city life and experience the peaceful tranquillity of nature.But when they ventured into those woods, their trip turned into a horror far beyond what they could have ever imagined... -
![Kill Hill Carnage by Tim Meyer]()
Kill Hill Carnage by Tim Meyer
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese woods are dark and full of monsters…In 1991, hell was unleashed upon Saint Christopher’s Summer Camp for Kids. The killers left behind piles of bodies and rivers of blood. Some say a family of inbred cannibals was responsible. A masked psychopath with a butcher's knife is another popular theory. Some still believe a camp counselor lost his mind and went crazy on everyone with an axe... -
![In the Hands of the Heathens by Aron Beauregard]()
In the Hands of the Heathens by Aron Beauregard
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSTUPID SUPERSTITION?When a group of college students set out to a remote jungle in Madagascar to study a nocturnal endangered species for their thesis, things don’t quite go as planned. After being saturated with supernatural folklore, an unexpected act of violence forces them to abandon their study immediately...Categorized as:
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![Pedo Island Bloodbath by Duncan Ralston]()
Pedo Island Bloodbath by Duncan Ralston
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou are cordially invited to join jet-setting financier/philanthropist Emory Jackman and his very special guests at the world's most exclusive party on Little Pearl Island! Everyone who's anyone wants to be seen at one of Emory Jackman's legendary parties, from royalty to politicians, tech billionaires to Instagram models.But something sinister is happening on Little Pearl... -
![His to Slash by Mae Celeste]()
His to Slash by Mae Celeste
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen I moved to Red Hallow, I was looking for a fresh start, not a nightmare. But this town has a secret—a legend that stalks its streets in the dark, hunting in silence. His name is Grayson Hale, and he was supposed to be my end.I saw the blood on his hands, the bodies he left behind. When he pinned me to the ground, I thought I’d be next... -
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![Jigglyspot and the Zero Intellect by P.D. Alleva]()
Jigglyspot and the Zero Intellect by P.D. Alleva
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarnivals, Cannibals, and Clowns. Oh My!Wanna go for a ride?Meet Jigglyspot, a five-foot tall half human half warlock carnival clown who spends his free time moonlighting as a drug dealing pimp and lackey for demonic entities who prey on the weak and vulnerable, casting their dark shadow across humanity through manipulation, and fear... -
![The Pope Lick Massacre by Eric Butler]()
The Pope Lick Massacre by Eric Butler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere are two types of people in Jefferson County: those who know the legend of the Pope Lick Monster and those who believe it. Before the night is over, Sam will have no choice but to join the believers.Since their mother’s death, Sam’s sole focus has been taking care of her younger brother, Kenny. Now Kenny’s Scout troop is missing, having never returned from the woods around Pope Lick...Categorized as:
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![The Night Stockers by Kristopher Triana, Ryan Harding]()
The Night Stockers by Kristopher Triana, Ryan Harding
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe employees of the Freshway grocery store aren’t too happy about having to do an overnight shift, but they’re about to be even unhappier. Their rival store, Devil’s Food, is about to lay siege upon them with extreme prejudice. This is no ordinary grocery chain. Devil’s Food is run by a cult of murderous Satanists committed to killing the competition—literally... -
![Jinxed by Thommy Hutson]()
Jinxed by Thommy Hutson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHigh School Can Be a Real KillerBreak a mirrorWalk under a ladderStep on a crackInnocent childhood superstitions …But someone at the secluded Trask Academy of Performing Arts is taking things one deadly step further when the campus is rocked with the deaths of some of its star students... -
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Quake by Richard Laymon
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 15 ratings'If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat' Stephen King.Twenty minutes before the quake hit, Stanley was ogling Sheila through his living-room window. Now he may be able to do more than just ogle ... Sheila's trapped in her ruined house and her husband and daughter are stranded on the other side of the city... -
![Dark Mountain by Richard Kelly, Richard Laymon]()
Dark Mountain by Richard Kelly, Richard Laymon
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTwo families have come to the California mountains expecting a fun weekend camping trip. What they will find instead is terror in the form of a violent psychopath and his mother, a powerful witch... -
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Cuts by Richard Laymon
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMany people have a hobby that verges on obsession. Albert Prince's obsession happens to be cutting people, especially pretty girls. There;s nothing he loves more than breaking into a strangers house and letting his imagination and his knife run wild. Alberts on the run now, heading cross-country, but he's not about to stop having fun.Categorized as:
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Darkness, Tell Us by Richard Laymon
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt started as a game. Six college kids at a party. Then someone suggested they try the Ouija board. The board that Corie had hidden in the back of her closet and sworn never to touch again. Not after what happened last time. Not after Jake's death...They were only playing around, but the Ouija board worked all right. Maybe too well... -
![Urban Gothic by Brian Keene]()
Urban Gothic by Brian Keene
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNo one gets out alive! When their car broke down in a dangerous inner-city neighborhood, Kerri and her friends thought they would find shelter inside an old, dark row home. They thought it was abandoned. They thought they would be safe there until help arrived. They were wrong... -
![It Came from the Multiplex: 80s Midnight Chillers by Joshua Viola, Mario Acevedo]()
It Came from the Multiplex: 80s Midnight Chillers by Joshua Viola, Mario Acevedo
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to tonight's feature presentation, brought to you by an unholy alliance of our spellcasters at Hex Publishers and movie-mages at the Colorado Festival of Horror. Please be advised that all emergency exits have been locked for this special nostalgia-curdled premiere of death... -
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![Night Show by Richard Laymon]()
Night Show by Richard Laymon
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratings'If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat' Stephen King.When he was in high school Tony Johnson locked school beauty Linda Allison in a haunted house for the night. Now he has moved to Hollywood, determined to break into horror movies, and he's forgotten all about her. But Linda is a girl with vengeance in her heart - and she certainly hasn't forgotten him..Categorized as:
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![My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones]()
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her forJade Daniels is an angry, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her... -
![Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones]()
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsStephen Graham Jones returns with Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen prank goes very wrong and all hell breaks loose: is there a supernatural cause, a psychopath on the loose, or...
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