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Homecoming by Kinsley Kincaid
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis day was always coming.After months of being deprived of what my mind craves, I received the call to return back home.To fulfill my duty and complete my initiation.The Sinclair family is part of an infamous group embedded deep within Vail.The Exodus.And The Reckoning is upon us.No one is safe.The town hides as the streets become bare.But it doesn’t matter, because I will find you...Categorized as:
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![Maison De Fous by Nova Kane]()
Maison De Fous by Nova Kane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSequel to A La FolieThis is a PITCH BLACK EROTIC HORROR. Please mind the trigger warnings. Are you ready for the show to begin?Cirque Du Desir : The Dark Harvest - A Night of chaos, carnage and contentment.Coming soon to a town near you... -
![Wicked Games: A Prequel Dark Horror Romance Novella by P.H. Nix, Celeste Night]()
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... -
![Psycho by Robert Bloch]()
Psycho by Robert Bloch
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe story was all too real-indeed this classic was inspired by the real-life story of Ed Gein, a psychotic murderer who led a dual life. Alfred Hitchcock too was captivated, and turned the book into one of the most-loved classic films of all time the year after it was released.Norman Bates loves his Mother. She has been dead for the past twenty years, or so people think... -
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![Ex-Boogeyman by Kristopher Triana]()
Ex-Boogeyman by Kristopher Triana
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHE’S NOT FREDDY, HE’S NOT JASON…HE’S ALL WASHED UP.As Nicky Hector—the unstoppable slasher from the Lunatic horror movie franchise—Jonathan Zain reached levels fame once unimaginable to a young actor. On top of headlining fifteen films, he appeared on MTV, had his own 976 number, and became one of the most recognizable faces of the 1980s.But that was thirty years ago...Categorized as:
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![Only Psychos by Daniel J. Volpe]()
Only Psychos by Daniel J. Volpe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho will survive the storm?It was a blizzard for the ages. Two, massive snow storms strike back-to-back, causingchaos in the Hudson Valley.Anna, and her two children, are without power and the temperature is plummeting. Theirsituation seems bleak, but a break in the storm gives them a chance at salvation. Anna flees herhome, hoping to find safety in a local hotel, but what she finds is madness... -
![The Numbing by Flint Maxwell]()
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.. -
![Red Station by Kenzie Jennings]()
Red Station by Kenzie Jennings
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is a house overlooking the vast, rolling plains. A home station where a traveler will be welcomed with a piping hot meal and a downy bed.It is a refuge for the weary. A beacon for the lost.A place where blood and bones feed the land.For four stagecoach passengers......a doctor in search of a missing father and daughter......a newlywed couple on the way to their homestead.....Categorized as:
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![Kill River 2 by Cameron Roubique]()
Kill River 2 by Cameron Roubique
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s been a year since Cyndi went into the empty water park with her friends and almost got killed by a masked maniac. One full year since she learned how to be strong, how to be a survivor. Now it’s 1984, and summertime has come around again. Cyndi has a boyfriend, a new group of friends, and a part-time summer job. She has every reason to be happy and forget about the past.But she can’t forget... -
![Thrill of the Hunt by Dana LeeAnn]()
Thrill of the Hunt by Dana LeeAnn
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRun, run, as fast as you can. I’ll hunt you down, then make you drown. Fight or flight, two animalistic instincts that kick in when you’re being chased through the woods by a masked man. Turn to face the predator, daring to take on a skilled fighter twice your size, or flee, running for your life... -
![Dead Girl Blues by David Sodergren]()
Dead Girl Blues by David Sodergren
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a young woman dies in Willow Zulawski’s arms, it sets in motion a chain of events that will push her to the brink of madness.A mysterious video is the only clue, but as Willow digs deeper into the murky world of snuff movies, those closest to her start turning up dead. Someone out there will stop at nothing to silence her... -
![The Housemates by Iain Rob Wright]()
The Housemates by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTEN DAYS, TWELVE COMPETITORS, TWO MILLION POUNDS IN CASH.What at first appears to be a wonderful opportunity for Damien Banks turns out to be the worst nightmare he can imagine. Trapped inside a house with eleven strangers, and a booming voice known only as ‘The Landlord’ controlling his every move, Damien will be forced to compete not only for the money, but for his life... -
![One Killer Night by Trilina Pucci]()
One Killer Night by Trilina Pucci
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Trilina Pucci cranks up the heat in this sexy slasher filled with dark family secrets, classic horror tropes, and banter as sharp as a deranged killer’s knife.Love is patient.Love is kind.Love will stab you from behind.It’s Halloween night, and out-of-work writer Goldie Monroe’s trip to the drugstore scares up more than the fake blood she’s looking for... -
![Night Shoot by David Sodergren]()
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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![The Cotton Candy Massacre by Christopher Robertson]()
The Cotton Candy Massacre by Christopher Robertson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe book you are about to read is an account of the tragedy that occurred at the reopening of Bonkin's Bonanza one day in the summer of 1989.Some came looking for fun, like Candy Barton and her best friend, Leigh. Others, like Rocky Rhodes and Sully Sullivan, came looking for a second chance. Instead, they would find a twisted, funfetti nightmare... -
![They Are All Monsters by J. Boote]()
They Are All Monsters by J. Boote
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Monster series. Based on the most disturbing true cases!A killer stalks the streets of Belton. Targeting young kids, their bodies found mutilated, the actions of a savage. The task force hunting him have no clues, no witnesses, nothing. Yet impossibly, kids are still allowed to roam the streets alone at night making it easier for the killer... -
![Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley]()
Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIt's a Midsommar night's Scream in this blood-soaked thriller set at a remote healing retreat from horror author Brian McAuley.Hannah has been running from her demons ever since she emerged from a harrowing wilderness trip without her fiancé. No one knows exactly what happened the day Ben died, and Hannah would like to keep it that way.. -
![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... -
![Do Not Disturb by Jon Athan]()
Do Not Disturb by Jon Athan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn their way to Las Vegas for a pair of bachelor’s and bachelorette's parties, Colton and Lacey run into some car trouble. They find shelter at Motel Ace, located in Middle-of-Nowhere, Nevada. They’re welcomed by a quiet clerk and they meet a cast of interesting travelers. They expect a quiet, romantic night at a dingy motel as they wait for the mechanic... -
![The Good, the Bad, and the Sadistic by Jon Athan]()
The Good, the Bad, and the Sadistic by Jon Athan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClayton Carter and Chastity Harrison embark on a gruesome killing spree across Southern California, always staying one step ahead of the authorities while slaughtering their victims. Homicide Detective Harvey Skinner, frustrated by his failure to catch them, decides to use an unconventional method to punish Clayton and Chastity... -
![Reception by Kenzie Jennings]()
Reception by Kenzie Jennings
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhile her rehab counselor’s advice replays in her mind, Ansley Boone takes on the role of dutiful bridesmaid in her little sister’s wedding at an isolated resort in the middle of hill country, a place where cell reception is virtually nonexistent and everyone else there seems a stranger primed to spring... -
![Awakened in Blood by Daniel J. Volpe]()
Awakened in Blood by Daniel J. Volpe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a drunken and adulterous night, Shane and Veronica’s marriage is on the rocks. In an attempt to save their relationship, Veronica books a couple’s retreat at an old lodge outside Ashmore, New York. Violent dreams, uncontrollable sexual desires and primal instincts haunt the guests at the old lodge... -
![Disco Deathtrap by Cameron Roubique]()
Disco Deathtrap by Cameron Roubique
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's New Year's Eve 1980, and the students of DeAngelo High School are lacing up their skates for the All-Night New Year's Lock-In at the Rollerville Roller Disco. Some of them just want to skate and dance the night away to the pounding disco music. Some want to pull a few pranks and have a few laughs...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![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... -
![Monster by Matt Shaw, Michael Bray]()
Monster by Matt Shaw, Michael Bray
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWARNING: THIS IS AN EXTREME HORROR NOVEL. There is gore. There is bad language. There are scenes of a sexual nature. There are scenes of domestic abuse. But hidden underneath it all is also a chilling story. Please do not purchase this book if you are easily shocked, disgusted or offended. This book is not for you... -
![Night of the Prowler by Jon Athan]()
Night of the Prowler by Jon Athan
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAssist the customers. Stock the shelves. Sweep the floors. Take out the trash. Survive the night.Zoe Doyle, an eighteen-year-old girl saving up for college and her first car, is working the night shift by herself at a secluded gas station for the first time. Her hopes for a normal night quickly diminish as she meets the local creeps, but she perseveres... -
![Camp Carnage by Joshua Winning, Elliot Arthur Cross]()
Camp Carnage by Joshua Winning, Elliot Arthur Cross
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the summer of 1986, Billy Collins is sent to his own personal Hell - summer camp. The remote Camp Genesis offers desperate parents a place to "straighten" out their gay teenagers with the help of the puritanical Katherine Creevey.Besides the typical horsing around, campfire tales and summer games, the Genesis program forces gay and questioning teens into humiliating gender-based lessons... -
![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... -
![Tastes Like Candy: A Slasher Novel by Ivy Tholen]()
Tastes Like Candy: A Slasher Novel by Ivy Tholen
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone at Pritchett High wants an invitation to the Senior Scavenge. In 2020, Violet Warren and her friends are the lucky ones. Eight girls will break into the Poison Apple Carnival after hours for a scavenger hunt, then at sunrise they’ll gather for a celebration in honor of their upcoming senior year.But someone else has another game planned... -
![Larry by Adam Millard]()
Larry by Adam Millard
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBetween 1975 and 1978, Larry 'Pigface' Travers terrorised Camp Diamond Creek, killing more than a hundred horny, stoned teens, hacking them to death with his axe (the machete was already taken by some hockey guy over in New Jersey), and making a general nuisance of himself. Life couldn't have been better for a psycho slasher... -
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Clown by Matt Shaw
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new psychological horror from Matt Shaw - author of Porn, Sick Bastards, Rotting Dead F*cks and The Happy Ever After series - Clown tells the tale of a mild-mannered fifty year old entertainer.By day he likes nothing more than to hear the screams of children enjoying his gags and tricks at their parties but - when he gets home - his mask slips and the real monster is revealed... -
![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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![Brother by Ania Ahlborn]()
Brother by Ania Ahlborn
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBrotherfollows a teenager determined to break from his family’s unconventional—and deeply disturbing—traditions.Deep in the heart of Appalachia stands a crooked farmhouse miles from any road. The Morrows keep to themselves, and it’s served them well so far. When girls go missing off the side of the highway, the cops don’t knock on their door... -
![Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives by Adam Cesare]()
Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives by Adam Cesare
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSet a year after the first book, it looks at how the surviving characters are dealing with fame and infamy when a new threat, wearing an old clown mask, reaches out to upend their lives."And if you had any favorite characters in Clown in a Cornfield, I'm preemptively sorry... -
![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... -
![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 Venue by T.J. Payne]()
The Venue by T.J. Payne
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Rollicking dark, twisted fun!" Welcome to THE VENUEWhere the super rich can get away from it all. ...and get away with anything they want.You're invited to Caleb Hunt's wedding! Sure, you haven't spoken since you two had a falling out in high school, but Caleb has gotten over that. He's a forgiving person. It was all a misunderstanding. He credits you with turning him into the man he is today... -
![Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson]()
Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Menu meets Ready of Not in this dark tale of opulent luxury and shocking violence from the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom.Thrift fashionista Dez Lane doesn't want to date Patrick Ruskin; she just wants to meet his mother, the editor-in-chief of Nouveau magazine... -
![Halloween: The Official Movie Novelization by John Passarella]()
Halloween: The Official Movie Novelization by John Passarella
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn 1978, Laurie Strode survived an encounter with Michael Myers, a masked figure who killed her friends and terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois on Halloween night. Myers was later gunned down, apprehended and committed to Smith's Grove State Hospital... -
![Rotten Tommy by David Sodergren]()
Rotten Tommy by David Sodergren
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Keep the door locked night and day…”It’s been forty years since Becky Sharp’s mother vanished without a trace. Becky has given up all hope of finding her, until she makes a strange discovery that may hold the key to solving her mother’s disappearance.Three unmarked videotapes, hidden in the wall of her childhood home... -
![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... -
![Escape From Happydale by Jack Quaid]()
Escape From Happydale by Jack Quaid
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt the end of every horror movie, one girl always survives the deadly slasher… In this case, Parker Ames not only survives, she turns the tables and dedicates her life to hunting and destroying the monsters that stalk slumber parties and campsites all across the country.Ten years after the horrific events known as the Massacre at Coffin Bay, Parker’s world has been flipped totally upside down... -
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![The Summer I Died: The Roger Huntington Saga, Book 1: Volume 1 by Ryan C. Thomas]()
The Summer I Died: The Roger Huntington Saga, Book 1: Volume 1 by Ryan C. Thomas
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSo much screaming. When Roger Huntington comes home from college for the summer and is met by his best friend, Tooth, he knows they're going to have a good time. A summer full of beer, comic books, movies, laughs, and maybe even girls. So much pain. The sun is high and the sky is clear as Roger and Tooth set out to shoot beer cans at Bobcat Mountain... -
![Don't Read by Matt Shaw]()
Don't Read by Matt Shaw
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWARNING: THIS IS AN EXTREME HORROR NOVEL. There is gore. There is bad language. There are scenes of a sexual nature. But hidden underneath it all is also a chilling story. Please do not purchase this book if you are easily shocked, disgusted or offended. This book is not for you... -
![Death's Door by Michael Slade]()
Death's Door by Michael Slade
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe photos pinned to the Strategy Wall in Chief Superintendent Robert DeClercq's office prove that he and his colleagues are up against a monster this time — or is it monsters?First there's the baffling murder by incineration of eight people in Britain, which seems to have been done simply to steal a corpse... -
![Dismember by Daniel Pyle]()
Dismember by Daniel Pyle
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe summer he turned seven, Dave Abbott survived a gruesome mountainside car accident that left the rest of his family mangled and dead.Now, after living twenty-three years with the twisted backwoodsman who pulled him from the wreckage, Dave is carrying out a plan to replace each of his lost loved ones with members of nearby, unsuspecting families... -
![The Island by Matt Shaw]()
The Island by Matt Shaw
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTen contestants were sent to a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean, where they'd be left to fend for themselves for a number of weeks, as part of a new reality television show. After a quick weekend learning basic survival skills, these people were dumped on the island's shoreline with basic rations, basic tools and equipment they could use to document their journey... -
![Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis]()
Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA shocking, spine-chilling YA horror slasher about a girl searching for her dead mother’s body at the summer camp that was once her serial killer father’s home—perfect for fans of Friday the 13th and White SmokeTemple Baker knows that evil runs in her blood. Her father is the North Point Killer, an infamous serial killer known for how he marked each of his victims with a brand...
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