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Carrie / 'Salem's Lot / The Shining by Stephen King
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsStephen King is a unique and powerful writer without equal for millions of horror fans. His incredible narrative drive ensnares the reader in a web of everyday surroundings, believable situations and recognizable characters that are eventually caught up in a terrifying noose of monumental evil... -
![Bloodwars by Brian Lumley]()
Bloodwars by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe twin sons of Harry Keogh, the Necroscope, have taken very different paths. Nathan as his father's powers--to talk to the dead, to travel instantly through space. Like Harry, this new Necroscope fights evil wherever he finds it... -
![The Gates of Guinée by Alys Arden]()
The Gates of Guinée by Alys Arden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA trip to the Afterworld might be the end of the supernatural world.As the Ghost Drinkers seep into the crevices of the Crescent City, leeching the French Quarter of magic, the local witches are consumed with a new fight for survival. Adele has one chance to save everyone she loves, but it will mean breaking away from her coven and trusting a vampire... -
![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... -
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![Stolen Paradise by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks]()
Stolen Paradise by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese monsters rule the city... and I've become their newest obsession.I've been caught in a war between the three most powerful gangs in the city... and I'm trapped with the most dangerous of them all.The Kings.With each passing day, they lurk closer, their darkness pulling me a bit deeper. They push me, demanding everything I have when my world is falling apart... -
![The Last Aerie by Brian Lumley]()
The Last Aerie by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNestor and Nathan Kiklu are the twin sons of Harry Keogh, the Necroscope... -
![Matt Archer: Bloodlines by Kendra C. Highley]()
Matt Archer: Bloodlines by Kendra C. Highley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen seventeen-year-old Matt Archer set out on his last mission in the Australian Outback, he thought it would be like every other hunt. Not even close. After only two days on the ground, his best friend is possessed, a long-lost family member has returned and hidden truths have come to the surface... -
![Bound By Blood: Volume 1 (Bound By Blood, #1) by Shane K.P. O'Neill]()
Bound By Blood: Volume 1 (Bound By Blood, #1) by Shane K.P. O'Neill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A war rages on around us every day. The struggle to save all mankind. The ultimate evil.”As his moment of death looms Dracula suffers the ultimate betrayal. The champion of the Catholic faith in Eastern Europe realises it is Lucifer who is coming to claim him. However, Lucifer does not want his soul. Instead he bites into Dracula’s neck and then offers his own blood to drink... -
![The People's Will by Jasper Kent]()
The People's Will by Jasper Kent
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPart historical adventure, part vampire thriller -- the fourth dark and dazzling novel in Jasper Kent's 'Danilov Quintet'. Turkmenistan 1881: Beneath the citadel of Geok Tepe sits a prisoner. He hasn't moved from his chair for two years, hasn't felt the sun on his face in more than fifty, but he is thankful for that. The city is besieged by Russian troops and soon falls... -
![The Gulp by Alan Baxter]()
The Gulp by Alan Baxter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStrange things happen in The Gulp. The residents have grown used to it. The isolated Australian harbour town of Gulpepper is not like other places. Some maps don’t even show it. And only outsiders use the full name. Everyone who lives there calls it The Gulp. The place has a habit of swallowing people.A truck driver thinks the stories about The Gulp are made up to scare him. Until he gets there... -
![Crescent Moon by James Fahy]()
Crescent Moon by James Fahy
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat do you do when your world is turned upside down?When you discover your father had a direct hand in the genocide of much of the world’s human population?Phoebe Harkness’ life has changed forever. Thirty years after a cataclysmic world war that eviscerated one third of the human population, a new sub-species of vampire-like drones has set its teeth to the survivors of humanity... -
![All Hallows Night by Marie Hall, R.S. Black]()
All Hallows Night by Marie Hall, R.S. Black
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSecrets and truths, lies and red herrings… which is which? That’s what Pandora’s trying to figure out. Ever since the death of her best, and probably only friend by her own hands, she’s not sure who to trust anymore. The Priest is dead. The Gray Man is… she’s not even sure what. Luc, well, Luc is Luc. The Order has sent her deep into the heart of Mexico to investigate a potential zombie uprising... -
![Jerusalem's Lot by Stephen King]()
Jerusalem's Lot by Stephen King
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCassette. A Story from Night Shift. Read by Colin Fox... -
![Dead Roses for a Blue Lady by Nancy A. Collins]()
Dead Roses for a Blue Lady by Nancy A. Collins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPreviously available only in an ultra-limited-edition hardcover, Dead Roses for a Blue Lady collects eight tales of Sanja Blue, all by the vampire/vampire-hunter's creator Nancy A. Collins. These tales include the hard-to-find "Vampire King of the Goth Chicks" and "Some Velvet Morning" along with tales original to this collection, such as "Knifepoint," "Tender Tigers" and "The None-such Horror... -
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![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... -
![Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer by Brian Lumley]()
Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarry Keogh is moving on. Though the search for his missing wife and child continues, his heart now lies in Edinburgh with Bonnie Jean--a beautiful Scottish werewolf whose friendly pack and flourishing pub have given him a place he can almost call home... -
![In the Blood by Nancy A. Collins]()
In the Blood by Nancy A. Collins
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVampire and vampire-hunter Sonja Blue is back, taking out her rage on the demonic blood-drinkers who hide among the living. But her hunt is attracting attention: Morgan, the monster who remade her 20 years ago wants to bring his beloved daughter to heel, and Sonja has found her existence entwined with that of a mortal man... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Vampire: The Masquerade Revised by Mark Rein-Hagen, Phil Brucato]()
Vampire: The Masquerade Revised by Mark Rein-Hagen, Phil Brucato
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey stalk in the shadows, moving gracefully and unseen among their prey. They are the blood-drinking fiends of whispered legends - Kindred, Cainites, the Damned. Above all, they are vampires. Their eternal struggle, waged since the nights of Jericho and Babylon, plays itself out among the skyscrapers and nightclubs of the modern world... -
![Angel Souls and Devil Hearts by Christopher Golden]()
Angel Souls and Devil Hearts by Christopher Golden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Shadows have been exposed. The ancient vampiric race now finds itself in danger of the most powerful demon of all--human prejudice. In a world where the good are no longer recognizable from the bad, where Shadows are indeed the saints, a holy war is about to begin, pitting humans and vampires against the darkest demons of the Pit... -
![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... -
![The Delicate Dependency: A Novel of the Vampire Life by Michael Talbot, Thomas Walker]()
The Delicate Dependency: A Novel of the Vampire Life by Michael Talbot, Thomas Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEver since Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the vampire has evolved from the ferocious blood-sucking fiend as portrayed in the penny dreadfuls such as Varney the Vampyre into a strangely alluring, erotic figure promising eternal life. But, it’s eternal life with a horrifying price attached, the overwhelming need to feast on the blood of the living... -
![Grave Girl by Amy Cross]()
Grave Girl by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Sam Marker ran away from her old life, all she needed was a job and somewhere to live. Anything would do. And then, one fateful day, she saw that the town of Rippon was looking for a new gardener...Unfortunately for Sam, the 'garden' is actually a cemetery, and it just so happens to contain the deadliest grave in the world... -
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![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... -
![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... -
![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... -
![A Delicious Descent by Amanda Meuwissen]()
A Delicious Descent by Amanda Meuwissen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDracula retold, with Jonathan as the object of the legendary vampire’s obsession.Engaged to his dear friend Mina, Jonathan Harker jumps at the chance to delay their wedding by accepting an assignment in far-off Transylvania. Jonathan loves Mina but not in the way a man should love a wife, for his true passion lies with the company of men, an illicit craving he can never indulge... -
![Whickering Place by London Clarke]()
Whickering Place by London Clarke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn this gripping follow-up to The Meadows, a woman trapped by her own fears inherits a house haunted by a legacy of darkness and a history of ritual sacrifices. A violent attack that happened nearly a decade ago has left twenty-seven-year-old Avery Tullinger barely able to walk outside... -
![The Whispering Dead by Darcy Coates]()
The Whispering Dead by Darcy Coates
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHomeless, hunted, and desperate to escape a bitter storm, Keira takes refuge in an abandoned groundskeeper's cottage. Her new home is tucked away at the edge of a cemetery, surrounded on all sides by gravestones: some recent, some hundreds of years old, all suffering from neglect.And in the darkness, she can hear the unquiet dead whispering... -
![Paint it Black by Nancy A. Collins]()
Paint it Black by Nancy A. Collins
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRed Blood, Black Night Vampire and vampire-hunter Sonja Blue has faced many monsters, but none compare to the Other, the demonic alter ego inside her. Now, as her world grows darker still, her vampiric "grandfather" Pangloss returns. Could he show her the way to redemption? Or is he here simply to drive her further into the abyss? About the Author Nancy A... -
![Dust Devils by Jonathan Janz]()
Dust Devils by Jonathan Janz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeware when the vampires come to town! When traveling actors recruited his wife for a plum role, Cody Wilson had no idea they would murder her. Twelve-year-old Willet Black was just as devastated the night the fiends slaughtered everyone he loved. Now Cody and Willet are bent on revenge, but neither of them suspects what they’re really up against. For the actors are vampires... -
![Children of the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis]()
Children of the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt is Amsterdam, 1871, twenty-five years before the start of Stoker's novel, and twenty-five years following Arkady Tsepesh's flight from his family's ancestral castle with his wife and young son, Stefan, after learning that he and his family are bound by an ancient covenant to serve their ancestor, Prince Vlad Tsepesh, who is also known as Dracula... -
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![Lord of the Vampires by Jeanne Kalogridis, Elizabeth Jane Miller]()
Lord of the Vampires by Jeanne Kalogridis, Elizabeth Jane Miller
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter the death of his half brother, Stefan, at the hands of Vlad Tsepesh--also known as Dracula--and after the destruction of his vampire father, Arkady, also at the hands of Vlad, Abraham van Helsing has traveled the world slaying many vampires... -
![Tremble (Vampire Romance) by Kristen Middleton, Cassie Alexandra]()
Tremble (Vampire Romance) by Kristen Middleton, Cassie Alexandra
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPreviously titled ShiverWritten by NY Times Bestselling Author, Kristen Middleton.Duncan goes missing after a confrontation with Ethan, who claims to be innocent. Nikki doesn't know what to believe but knows that things aren't adding up. Meanwhile, a new club has opened in town and the owner is holding some deadly secrets... -
![The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories by Alan Ryan, Fritz Leiber]()
The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories by Alan Ryan, Fritz Leiber
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Penguin Book of Vampire Stories is the definitive collection of short tales of those deadly bloodsuckers. Editor Alan Ryan includes a wide range of talents here, from Bram Stoker to Robert Bloch to Tanith Lee... -
![Necroscope: The Touch by Brian Lumley]()
Necroscope: The Touch by Brian Lumley
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo test of the power of God, an insane triad of malevolent aliens decides to become so evil that God himself will have to stop them. They have already destroyed their homeworld, an entire solar system, and most of their own race... -
![Personal Darkness by Tanith Lee]()
Personal Darkness by Tanith Lee
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe sequel to "Dark Dance". The House is destroyed, the Scarabae dead or scattered, and the youngest and most dangerous of them, voracious for destruction, is free. Ruth, a mind as old as evil in the body of a teenage girl, unleashes blood and fire across southern England... -
![The Fifth House of the Heart by Ben Tripp]()
The Fifth House of the Heart by Ben Tripp
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFilled with characters as menacing as they are memorable, this chilling twist on vampire fiction packs a punch in the bestselling tradition of ’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King.Asmodeus “Sax” Saxon-Tang, a vainglorious and well-established antiques dealer, has made a fortune over many years by globetrotting for the finest lost objects in the world... -
![Black Wings of Cthulhu by S.T. Joshi]()
Black Wings of Cthulhu by S.T. Joshi
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis third installment of S. T. Joshi’s critically acclaimed Black Wings series contains seventeen stories by some of the foremost writers in contemporary weird fiction, using the ideas, imagery, and atmosphere of H. P. Lovecraft’s tales as springboards. Jonathan Thomas opens the book with a chilling tale of biological horror set in Lovecraft’s native Providence, Rhode Island. Caitlín R... -
![End of Days by Max Turner]()
End of Days by Max Turner
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this thrilling follow up to Night Runner, Zack Thomson is back with his friend Charlie, searching for answers all the while being hunted by a creature most deadly...While Charlie struggles with his vampirism, he, Zack, and their friends are pulled into a conflict with the mysterious Mr. Hyde, a creature who hunts vampires... -
![The Angry Angel by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
The Angry Angel by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a distant age of brutal chaos, young Kelene is her family's salvation. An exquisite, golden-haired child just entering womanhood's embrace, she is blessed -- and cursed -- with a great gift: the protection of the Militant Angels... -
![Blind Voices by Tom Reamy]()
Blind Voices by Tom Reamy
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"It was a time of pause, a time between planting and harvest when the air was heavy, humming with its own slow warm music." So begins an extraordinary fantasy of the rural Midwest by a winner of the John W. Campbell, Jr., Award for best young science fiction writer. One summer day in the 1920s, Haverstock's Traveling Curiosus and Wondershow rides into a small Midwestern town... -
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![Nightblood by T. Chris Martindale]()
Nightblood by T. Chris Martindale
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCombining the high-voltage excitement of David Morrell's First Blood with the stark horror of Stephen King's Salem's Lot, this action-packed novel of a Vietnam vet warring against a swarm of vampires delivers all the thrills readers expect from the genre . . . and more... -
![Cavern of the Blood Zombies by 南派三叔]()
Cavern of the Blood Zombies by 南派三叔
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUncle Three loves good food, good booze, good card games, and bad women—and he’s never found a grave he wouldn’t rob. He can’t help it—it’s in his blood—grave robbing has been the family business for centuries... -
![Guide to the Camarilla by Richard Dansky]()
Guide to the Camarilla by Richard Dansky
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoses watered with blood It has been over five centuries since the curtain of the Masquerade was drawn across the stage of the Kindred. It has been five centuries of secrecy, tradition and lies, five centuries of hidden elegance and terror. It has been five centuries since anyone knew the truth. Now, at last, the curtain will be drawn back. The lies will be exposed... -
![Death Comes Home by Rhiannon Frater]()
Death Comes Home by Rhiannon Frater
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Darkness We Must Abide is the epic saga of one young woman caught in the dangerous world of the creatures of the night.Already living in the shadows due to her albinism, Vanora is just a little girl when her older brother inadvertently unleashes a terrible evil from the family crypt that changes their lives forever... -
![Blood Red by James A. Moore]()
Blood Red by James A. Moore
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor years, Halloween has been a time for celebration in picturesque Black Stone Bay, RI. But this year, things will be very different. This year, the town will learn that things that go bump in the night are not always figments off the imagination... -
![Abraham's Boys by Joe Hill, David LeDoux]()
Abraham's Boys by Joe Hill, David LeDoux
Rated: 3.83 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...
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