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Call of the Crocodile by F. Gardner
Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA dark fantasy horror novel, set during Halloween. After a boy is eaten alive by a crocodile, his family begins a descent into madness and terror in this odyssey of modern horror.Part of a series of interconnected horror novels that can be read in any order. Each book serves as a stand alone story, yet builds a greater picture behind a sinister mystery in Chicago... -
![Angels & Man by rafael nicolás]()
Angels & Man by rafael nicolás
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA Queer Retelling of the Watcher's FloodThe angel Azazel is miserable in Heaven. In the aftermath of Satan's fall, the angels live in the reconstructed ruins of an old utopia, oppressive and paranoid of any new rebellion.The angel Samyaza is content in Heaven, but he longs for the eternal city's former glory... -
![Chaos Volume 2: Books 4-6 by Claire Farrell]()
Chaos Volume 2: Books 4-6 by Claire Farrell
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBooks 4-6 in the Chaos series (including bonus novella, Kings). Usurper It’s been a year since Cara returned to the human realm with her daughter, and the fae have come knocking again. The game of kings is still being played, power is the ultimate prize, and Scarlet is an asset every court wishes to acquire... -
![Chance: Episode Seven by Nicholas Bella]()
Chance: Episode Seven by Nicholas Bella
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Just when I thought I had enough on my plate... fate, or the cosmos or whatever, decides I'm not stressed enough and pours on another helping of what the hell!” My failure to prevent a particularly nasty demon from completing a ritual to open a portal may have doomed us all unless I can stop what came through. That, of course, is easier said than done... -
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![Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce]()
Circus Creeps by Aiden Pierce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Sinner’s Sideshow, the most obscene, blood-pumping, skin-crawling creep show this side of Hell. As a circus brat, show biz is in my blood. And as a half-succubus, I was made for Sinner’s Sideshow—the only circus made to entertain the most depraved of monsters.When I’m plunged into a dark world of death, darkness, and corpse-ridden carnivals, I meet them…The demonic ringmaster... -
![Magic Marked: Complete Trilogy by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero]()
Magic Marked: Complete Trilogy by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe put a spell on me...Or at least he must have, because none of this makes any sense. None of this can be real. I’m not a mage with magical powers…I’m just me. Ellie Sutton. Your average, everyday seventeen-year-old high school human student. My biggest concerns are bullies, failed exams, and missing the express subway twice in one day... -
![Hell's Ascendant by Benjamin Medrano]()
Hell's Ascendant by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe heavens are about to explode. Reunited at last, Isalla, Kitania, and Rose survived the machinations of Haral despite the odds against them. They’ve won one battle. Now they have to avert a war, racing the clock to unveil their enemies.The Society of the Golden Dawn has not been idle; the conspirators have begun to move more quickly... -
![Ghostsmith by Nicki Pau Preto]()
Ghostsmith by Nicki Pau Preto
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn this action-packed finale to the House of the Dead Duology, Wren and her friends put everything they know to the test as they battle the living and the undead to save their world.Wren is still reeling from the revelation that the mother she thought was dead is actually the Corpse Queen, a ghostsmith with the terrifying power to control the undead... -
![La nación de las bestias. Leyenda de fuego y plomo by Mariana Palova]()
La nación de las bestias. Leyenda de fuego y plomo by Mariana Palova
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsForced to separate from her family, Elisse leaves the spooky city of New Orleans to launch himself into a savage battle across the United States, with the sole purpose of protecting those he loves from the haunting mysteries that surround his existence. But Elisse doesn't travel alone. The monster within him roars loudly, and his pilgrimage takes him to the desert landscapes of Utah... -
![Mayhem by Nicholas Bella]()
Mayhem by Nicholas Bella
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"I don't think I've ever been so terrified of my future as I am right now." With less than seventy-two hours on the clock and Xora still evading King Adriel's forces, time is running out for everyone. I don't want to think about a world overrun by demons who could care less about saving humanity. I'm doing everything in my power to track this evil thing down, but I'm not having much luck... -
![Havoc by Nicholas Bella]()
Havoc by Nicholas Bella
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“As if chasing down a seriously dangerous demon that's killing people like that's the thing to do at night, I've got even more romance trouble brewing!” I think I'm seriously in over my head at this point. First off, we're nowhere close to finding Xora, the hell demon that's killing more people than the morgue has room for. On top of that, I've found my other mate... -
![Fire in the Blood by Erin M. Evans, Dina Pearlman]()
Fire in the Blood by Erin M. Evans, Dina Pearlman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSCRIBE- award-winning author, Erin M. Evans, continues the riveting tale of her Sundering character, Farideh, as she becomes embroiled in a Forgotten Realms-flavored game of thrones. In a direct follow-up to the third book in the Sundering series, The Adversary, young warlock Farideh falls into the midst of a battle for the throne of Cormyr... -
![Elemental Dreams by Phaedra Weldon]()
Elemental Dreams by Phaedra Weldon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Darksome! Thought I was gone, didn’t you? So did I. But apparently slipping into that good night wasn’t my plan. I just wish I’d have left myself a note. Or a Facebook message. Hell, even a Snapchat…chat. That way I could have prepared everyone, including me, for what was to come. And I could have saved my love from so much heartbreak... -
![Addicted to His Blood by Brea Alepoú]()
Addicted to His Blood by Brea Alepoú
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt one point blood was all they had.Being a witch in Multicity is hard enough. It’s a vampire run territory but Finnely enjoys his days there… until his ex, freaking prince of the vampires, moves there.There has been a change in the world recently. Power struggles abound in the supernatural community and peace is fragile at best... -
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![In the Roses of Pieria by Anna Burke]()
In the Roses of Pieria by Anna Burke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAward-winning author Anna Burke delivers the shivers in this daring queer dark fantasy romance teeming with sensuous vampires, dark academia, plant horrors, and terrifying fungal fae.When Clara Eden is offered a job as an archivist working for eccentric estate owner Agatha Montague, she thinks her prayers have been answered... -
![Ashes of the Tyrant by Erin M. Evans]()
Ashes of the Tyrant by Erin M. Evans
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a direct follow-up to her fourth book in the Brimstone Angels series, Fire in the Blood, Erin M. Evans thrusts her signature character Farideh into a fast-paced murder mystery rife with political intrigue. In the wake of the war brought on by the Sundering, Farideh’s adopted father Mehen has been called back by the clan that cast him out, and Farideh and Havilar mean to go with him... -
![Sleep and Spirit by Courtney Thorne]()
Sleep and Spirit by Courtney Thorne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the only female born into a royal family in over four hundred years, freedom was never going to be an option.Gifted with the elements of all five kingdoms, Aurelia had never known a minute of peace. No Virium was ever meant to hold all five elements and now they war inside her, keeping her from rest... -
![Sweet Vengeance by Viano Oniomoh]()
Sweet Vengeance by Viano Oniomoh
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoy needs a deal with a demon to bring an end to the man who’d ruined her life. Malachi needs a deal with a human so he can remain in the mortal realm, far from the sentries looking to drag him back to his sect in hell.It’s a match seemingly made in heaven... -
![The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten]()
The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire. And in the ten years since, she’s lived by one rule: don’t let them find you. Easier said than done, when her death magic ties her to the city... -
![La Nación de las bestias 3: Luna de hueso (3) (Nación de las Bestias/ Beast Nation) by Mariana Palova]()
La Nación de las bestias 3: Luna de hueso (3) (Nación de las Bestias/ Beast Nation) by Mariana Palova
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTras los fatídicos eventos ocurridos en Stonefall y de la casi aniquilación de la tribu Red Buffalo, Elisse nos arrastra a una nueva sombría y aventura a través del norte de Estados Unidos, en búsqueda de los orígenes de Wéndigo, con la esperanza de encontrar la forma de separarse de él... -
![Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás]()
Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA queer retelling of Satan's fall that's part cozy coming of age and part fast-paced tragedy, with a little love story in between –In an eternal paradise, the most beautiful angel, Lucifer, struggles with shame, identity, and timidity, with little more than the desire to worship his creator.It isn't until the strongest angel, Michael, comes into his life that Lucifer learns to love himself... -
![The Wonderful Adventures of Geoffrey Scrutinous by Derek Landy]()
The Wonderful Adventures of Geoffrey Scrutinous by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA short story written by Derek Landy dedicated to the winner of the character competition, Charlie Smith, containing the winning entry of "Geoffrey Scrutinous"... -
![Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, #2 by Robin Furth, Stephen King]()
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, #2 by Robin Furth, Stephen King
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris ElbaA Concordance, Volume II is the definitive guide to the many worlds, argots, characters, and cross-references— within Stephen King’s bestselling epic Dark Tower series and among the rest of King's work—that appear in Books V through VII: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower... -
![Penance by Debra Dunbar]()
Penance by Debra Dunbar
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUriel has awoken into a nightmare, unable to remember who or what she is. She and eight other women are captives of human traffickers, to be prettied-up and sold to the highest bidder. Besides the guards, there’s a woman, a demon, who is supposed to make each of them gorgeous, and provide a sexually charged atmosphere at the auction.They’ve got five days to escape... -
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![Rogue in the Making by T.J. Nichols]()
Rogue in the Making by T.J. Nichols
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe blood sacrifices have brought rain to Demonside, but across the void, the Warlock College of Vinland is still storing and gathering magic, heedless of the warnings of the international magical community... -
![Two Worlds and in Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan, Volume One by Caitlín R. Kiernan]()
Two Worlds and in Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan, Volume One by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaitlín R. Kiernan’s short fiction was first published in 1995. Over the intervening decade and a half, she has proven not only one of dark fantasy and science fiction’s most prolific and versatile authors, but, to quote Ramsey Campbell, “One of the most accomplished writers in the field, and very possibly the most lyrical.” S. T... -
![Pieces by M. Damon Baker]()
Pieces by M. Damon Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll I had to do was find the missing parts of some little trinket, what could possibly go wrong? It turns out the answer was just about everything. I thought I’d finally escaped the worst danger I would face—but I was wrong, very wrong. Only after leaving the safe confines of Lorida behind did I discover the true depths of the evils that plagued my new home... -
![The Ammonite Violin & Others by Caitlín R. Kiernan]()
The Ammonite Violin & Others by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Caitlín R. Kiernan's The Ammonite Violin & Others, one of contemporary dark fantasy s most bewitching and distinctive voices is back with another banquet of the weird and unexpected. In his introduction, Jeff VanderMeer (City of Saints and Madmen, Finch) writes, Kiernan creates her own light in this remarkable collection, and shines it on dark places... -
![Blood of Gods by David Dalglish, Robert J. Duperre]()
Blood of Gods by David Dalglish, Robert J. Duperre
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrothers and gods, Karak and Ashhur created Dezrel to be a paradise of ageless humans. But mortal hubris aroused one god’s wrath, and forced the other to shield the young world’s rebellious denizens from his brother’s murderous retribution. Now, the bloody war between mortal nations and their immortal overlords has reached its tipping point... -
![Legacy Witches by Cass Kay]()
Legacy Witches by Cass Kay
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsComing from a long line of murderous witches hasn’t exactly been sunshine and rainbows for Vianna Roots. When she inherits the family’s haunted house after her mother dies, she decides flipping the rundown dump is her smartest move—but the ghosts that haunt her have a different plan... -
![Awake in the Night by Shauna Mc Eleney]()
Awake in the Night by Shauna Mc Eleney
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJessica and Nicole think they’ve finally found their dream house by the sea in the West of Ireland. 17 Montpellier Street has history, character… and so many rooms you could easily lose your way, if you don’t tread carefully.It has memories, too - so many memories. The new owners haven’t learned them yet... -
![Ghoulish by Kat Bellamy, Joel Abernathy]()
Ghoulish by Kat Bellamy, Joel Abernathy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOlder cover edition of ASIN B089VMTG3JColt Jager has always found his best friend mouthwatering, just...not the way he does now. Out of all the ways Colt thought he’d be spending his twenty-fifth birthday, sinking his teeth into a random stranger definitely wasn’t on the list. Neither was falling headfirst into a hidden world of superhuman beasts who claim he’s one of them... -
![Heaven's Fallen by Benjamin Medrano]()
Heaven's Fallen by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFallen, but not defeated. Betrayed by those she trusted, Isalla was cast down from the heavens and into the heart of the hells. Bereft of her wings, the angel was rescued by Kanae, a demoness who challenges Isalla's belief of what demons should be... -
![The Bayou by Arden Powell]()
The Bayou by Arden Powell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratings"Eugene didn’t know if he believed in the devil beyond the wicked things people did of their own accord, but if the devil had a face, it would look like Johnny Walker’s."Small-town Louisiana, 1935.When Eugene was twelve, a girl from town disappeared. Everyone said the gators must have got her when she strayed too near the bayou. No foul play, just a terrible accident... -
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![Wolf, Willow, Witch by Freydís Moon]()
Wolf, Willow, Witch by Freydís Moon
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA vicious romance imbued with magic, thievery, and necromancy…When Tehlor Nilsen stumbles upon an abandoned corpse hidden in her friend’s empty house, she can’t ignore the energy lingering around the broken albeit familiar body. Entranced by the promise of ritualistic power, she seizes her chance to secure a vorðr. Miraculously, Hel, the goddess of death, grants Tehlor an audience... -
![Fluid by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Fluid by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's been a couple of decades since Wild Bill has been able to savor the bite of an ice-cold, freshly tapped keg. Twenty-odd years since the shivery pucker of a cheap, boxed wine has assaulted his palate. But that doesn't mean Bill's forgotten how to party... -
![Swarm by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Swarm by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor some time, Michael has suspected that Wild Bill's done more than just dabble in art. As with every other piece of his personal history, Bill plays his cards close to his chest. But when he lets on that a mural he painted before his change might still exist, Michael's dying to see it -- and Bill's never been good at saying no... -
![Snare by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Snare by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith summer ending and temperatures dipping low at night, Michael's eager to get his leather jacket back, and although Wild Bill could easily vamp any sales clerk into giving Michael some new duds, it wouldn't be quite the same as the jacket he left at his parents' house. Not unless the malls have begun selling clothing with Rohypnol and ketamine sewn into the seams... -
![Hellbound Hearts by Paul Kane, Jeffrey J. Mariotte]()
Hellbound Hearts by Paul Kane, Jeffrey J. Mariotte
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsClive Barker's iconic masterpiece The Hellbound Heart, the novella adapted into the film Hellraiser, unleashed a new mythology of horror, brilliantly conceived and born of the darkest imagination. Now, enter this visionary world - the merciless realm of the demonic Cenobites - in this collection of stories inspired by The Hellbound Heart... -
![Skeleton Song by Seanan McGuire]()
Skeleton Song by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsChildren have always disappeared under the right conditions—slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere . . . else. Adventures are always interesting, but they’re not always happy.From the worlds of Wayward Children comes a story of love, of devotion, of bones wrapped in flesh... -
![Eye Spy by Mercedes Lackey]()
Eye Spy by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this second installment of the Family Spies series, set in the bestselling world of Valdemar, the children of Heralds Mags and Amily must follow in their parents' footsteps to protect the realm.Mags, Herald Spy of Valdemar, and his wife, Amily, the King’s Own Herald, are happily married with three kids... -
![Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt]()
Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*2017 Crawford Award shortlist**2016 Shirley Jackson Award nominee for Single-Author Collection*In his striking debut collection, Greener Pastures, Michael Wehunt shows why he is a powerful new voice in horror and weird fiction... -
![Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight by Ryan Douglass, Kalynn Bayron]()
Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight by Ryan Douglass, Kalynn Bayron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNight of the Living Queers is a YA horror anthology that explores a night when anything is possible, exclusively featuring queer authors of color putting fresh spins on classic horror tropes and tales.No matter its name or occasion, Halloween is more than a Hallmark holiday, it’s a symbol of transformation... -
![The Return of Nightfall by Mickey Zucker Reichert]()
The Return of Nightfall by Mickey Zucker Reichert
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe has been known by countless names and terrifying deeds, but chief among those names is that of Nightfall, a man-or perhaps the legendary demon himself-gifted with a unique power which any sorcerer would kill to possess. Now, Nightfall is bound by magic and oath to guard and guide a newly-crowned king... -
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![The Slightly Ignominious End to the Legend of Black Annis by Derek Landy]()
The Slightly Ignominious End to the Legend of Black Annis by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings... -
![Nightmare Magazine 37: October 2015. Queers Destroy Horror! Special Issue by Wendy N. Wagner, Chuck Palahniuk]()
Nightmare Magazine 37: October 2015. Queers Destroy Horror! Special Issue by Wendy N. Wagner, Chuck Palahniuk
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror... -
![Splintered by Tal Bauer]()
Splintered by Tal Bauer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEverything in Ben's life was perfect. He had it all. The good career. The perfect partner, Evan. The happy home. They were even talking about turning the extra bedroom into a nursery.But things start to splinter. Evan begins missing time, not knowing where he was or how he got there... -
![Hollow House by Amanda Meuwissen]()
Hollow House by Amanda Meuwissen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLogan is more content and complete than ever with his lover, Jaime, as companion to help run the Tea House, their quaint bed and breakfast with its extensive garden of tea roses. Each day, Logan chooses a new daily rose to be on display for their patrons, and each day, his hunger grows. He always eventually needs to feed again, but he promised Jaime to only devour those who deserve it... -
![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... -
![Antediluvian Tales by Poppy Z. Brite]()
Antediluvian Tales by Poppy Z. Brite
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe work of almost every New Orleans writer has been irrevocably split into two periods: pre-Katrina and post-Katrina. As Poppy Z. Brite writes in the foreword to this new mini-collection, "After the events of 2005, I couldn't see pairing stories I'd written before the flood with those I'd written after; for better or worse, my life, my outlook, and, necessarily, my work has changed forever ..
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