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The Magnus Archives: Season 4 by NOT A BOOK
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
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The Magnus Archives: Season 3 by Jonathan Sims
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
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Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFurnace Prison ...Where death is the least of your worries.Escape is just the beginning ...We thought we’d made it, we thought we were free. But we should have known there was no way out of Furnace.All we did was slip deeper into the guts of the prison: into solitary confinement, where the real nightmares live - the warden, the Wheezers, and something much, much worse.The clock’s ticking... -
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Lexicon by Max Barry
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAt an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren't taught history, geography, or mathematics--at least not in the usual ways. Instead, they are taught to persuade. Here the art of coercion has been raised to a science... -
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নি by Humayun Ahmed
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsমবিনুর রহমানকে হাজতে ঢোকানোর তিন ঘন্টার ভেতর থানার চারপাশে দু’তিন হাজার মানুষ জমে গেল। তারা হৈ চৈ, চিৎকার কিছু করছেনা। চুপচাপ দাঁড়িয়ে আছে। সবাই শান্ত। এই লক্ষণ ভালো না। খুব খারাপ লক্ষণ। এরা থানা আক্রমণ করে বসতে পারে। থানায় আগুন লাগিয়ে দিতে পারে। থানায় টেলিফোন আছে- অতিরিক্ত ফোর্স চেয়ে টেলিফোন করা যায়। কিন্তু টেলিফোন গত এক সপ্তাহ থেকে... -
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This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIt's the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won't stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self. To Sloane Price, that doesn't sound so bad... -
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The Hollow City by Dan Wells
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMichael Shipman is paranoid schizophrenic; he suffers from hallucinations, delusions, and complex fantasies of persecution and horror. That’s bad enough... -
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Dreamfall by Amy Plum
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCata Cordova suffers from such debilitating insomnia that she agreed to take part in an experimental new procedure. She thought things couldn’t get any worse...but she was terribly wrong.Soon after the experiment begins, there’s a malfunction with the lab equipment, and Cata and six other teen patients are plunged into a shared dreamworld with no memory of how they got there... -
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Afterparty by Daryl Gregory
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIt begins in Toronto, in the years after the smart drug revolution. Any high school student with a chemjet and internet connection can download recipes and print drugs, or invent them. A seventeen-year-old street girl finds God through a new brain-altering drug called Numinous, used as a sacrament by a new Church that preys on the underclass... -
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Rabbits: A Novel by Terry Miles
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsConspiracies abound in this surreal and yet all-too-real technothriller in which a deadly underground alternate reality game might just be altering reality itself, set in the same world as the popular Rabbits podcast. It's an average work day. You've been wrapped up in a task, and you check the clock when you come up for air—4:44 pm... -
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The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSeeking the immortality promised in an ancient manuscript, The Book of Skulls, four friends, college roommates, go on a spring break trip to Arizona: Eli, the scholar, who found and translated the book; Timothy, scion of an American dynasty, born and bred to lead; Ned, poet and cynic; and Oliver, the brilliant farm boy obsessed with death...Categorized as:
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Dark Eden by Patrick Carman
Rated: 3.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFifteen-year-old Will Besting is sent by his doctor to Fort Eden, an institution meant to help patients suffering from crippling phobias. Once there, Will and six other teenagers take turns in mysterious fear chambers and confront their worst nightmares—with the help of the group facilitator, Rainsford, an enigmatic guide...Categorized as:
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A Vision of Fire by Gillian Anderson, Jeff Rovin
Rated: 3.36 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe first novel from iconic X-Files star Gillian Anderson and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Rovin: a science fiction thriller of epic proportions.Renowned child psychologist Caitlin O’Hara is a single mom trying to juggle her job, her son, and a lackluster dating life... -
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In Bloom by Paul Tremblay
Rated: 3.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThere’s something in the water in this hallucinatory short story by Paul Tremblay, bestselling author of The Cabin at the End of the World and The Beast You Are. Journalist Heidi Cohen is in Cape Cod investigating the sources of recurring toxic algae blooms along the coast. A local named Jimmy has his own theory for her... -
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Erased, Volume 2 by Kei Sanbe
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSatoru Fujinuma's power of Revival has sent him eighteen years into his past to relive his middle school days and prevent the death of his classmate Kayo Hinazuki. But even with the advantage of foreknowledge, Satoru finds himself unable to prevent Kayo from becoming a victim yet again... -
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스위트 홈 12 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“우리가 여기 살아있다는 걸 꼭 기억해주세요.”마침내, 그린 홈에서의 마지막 싸움이 펼쳐진다!옥상에 도착한 생존자들은 작전대로 로프를 이용해 뒷산으로 대피하려고 하지만 아래층에서 올라오는 괴물들과 날아다니는 괴물 탓에 이마저도 쉽지 않다. 한편 현수는 위험에 처한 지수를 구하기 위해 육체의 괴물화를 용인해 괴물을 무찌르고 지수와 함께 옥상에 도착한다. 하지만 엄청난 괴물이 되어 나타난 절대 악 신중섭의 등장으로 현수와 은혁은 외롭고도 고독한 마지막 싸움을 시작한다... -
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Parasyte, Volume 1 by Hitoshi Iwaaki
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsSILENT INVASIONThey arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade - and take control of - a human host to survive... -
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스위트 홈 5 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“녀석은 우리의 강력한 무기가 될 수 있어요.”하나둘씩 괴물화 증상을 보이는 생존자들!촉수 괴물과 싸우다가 극적으로 1층 생존자들과 만나게 된 현수. 그런데 괴물이 되어가는 것은 현수 한 명만이 아니었다. 증상을 숨기는 생존자들로 인해 공동체에는 의심이 싹트기 시작한다. 이런 와중에 현수의 비정상적인 힘을 눈치챈 이은혁은 현수를 이용해 괴물과 싸우려는 작전을 짠다... -
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Sweet Home T03 by Youngchan Hwang, Carnby Kim
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSans famille, sans amis, sans espoir... un reclus peut-il survivre à l'apocalypse ? Depuis son écran, Hyeon-Su assiste à l'effondrement de la civilisation et à l'avènement des monstres jusqu'aux plus hautes sphères de l'Etat ! Mais pour lui, au fond, c?a ne change rien... Le monde est tout aussi effrayant qu'avant et le mieux est encore de rester cloîtré... -
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스위트 홈 10 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“1층 바리케이드가 무너지고 있어!”그린 홈이 뚫리면서 진짜 모험이 시작되다!위험을 무릅쓰고 밖으로 나가 신중섭 일당의 버스를 탐색하던 편상욱과 이은혁은 버스 안에서 토막 난 시체들을 발견하고 이들이 그린 홈까지 온 경위를 파악하게 된다. 두 사람의 움직임에 괴물들이 그린 홈으로 몰려오게 되고, 편상욱은 이들을 유인하기 위해 그린 홈 반대편으로 이동하지만 결국 엄청난 수에 1층 바리케이드가 뚫리고 마는데…... -
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스위트 홈 11 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“내가 대체 뭘 본 거지?”괴물에서 태어난 새로운 인간,과연 희망인가? 절망인가?생존자들은 뒷산 나무에 로프를 고정해 그린 홈을 빠져나가기 위해 옥상으로 향하는데, 현수는 한두식을 구하기 위해 무리에서 나와 지하 주차장으로 발길을 옮긴다. 하지만 한두식은 이미 목숨을 잃은 후고, 현수는 그곳에서 지금껏 보지 못했던 초인을 만나게 된다. 한편 지수는 자신을 희생해 다른 사람들을 살리기 위해 엄청난 볼륨으로 베이스를 연주하기 시작하는데…... -
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Sweet Home T09 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEp 94 - 105After an unexpected family tragedy, a reclusive high school student is forced to leave his home -- only to face something much scarier: a reality where monsters are trying to wipe out humanity. Now he must fight alongside a handful of reluctant heroes to try and save the world before it’s too late... -
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Sweet Home T08 by Carnby Kim, 김칸비
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEp 80 - 93After an unexpected family tragedy, a reclusive high school student is forced to leave his home -- only to face something much scarier: a reality where monsters are trying to wipe out humanity. Now he must fight alongside a handful of reluctant heroes to try and save the world before it’s too late... -
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[Oshi No Ko], Vol. 8 by Aka Akasaka, 赤坂アカ
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter a major revelation, the flames of vengeance have died down in Aqua’s heart. At the same time, B Komachi is set to have their first music video (and boost their YouTube channel). Aqua is also headed to a vacation with the cast of the 2... -
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Gantz/4 by Hiroya Oku
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA new game begins! The masochistic orb Gantz has gathered a new crew of ordinary citizens to play within its dangerous plot. The new draft picks and returning survivors are thrown headfirst into a new game promising a far more lethal prey... -
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Gantz/14 by Hiroya Oku
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA gang of vampire guys . . . who can grow samurai swords from their very flesh! Once again, Hiroya Oku is pushing the envelope with his crazy manga Gantz!And to add to it, these vampire yakuza guys might not even be aliens! This isn't a mission. These guys seem to know who is working for Gantz, and are coming after them. On the streets where they work and live. In the daylight... -
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Gangsta: Cursed., Vol. 1: Ep_Marco Adriano by Kohske, Syuhei Kamo
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKilling is all Spas has ever known, and he does it without doubt or remorse. Taught to believe he’s ridding the world of monsters, he sees the extermination of the Twilights as a necessary step toward making Ergastulum a safer place. Until the day when he’s forced to confront the horrifying truth that the real monster might be…him...
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