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The Freddy Files: The Official Guidebook to the Bestselling Video Game Series by Scott Cawthon
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this first ever official guide to the bestselling horror video game Five Night at Freddy's, fans and gamers alike can immerse themselves in the characters, locations, game play, etc. and try to uncover the secrets and unlock the mysteries kept so hidden within the game itself... -
Rebirth by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter mankind's previous victories at Portsmouth and Kielder, things begin to look hopeful, but unknown to the last human survivors is that they are about to face their worst enemy yet. Crimolok has arrived, and soon, there'll be nothing left. This is the final fight between Hell and Earth - the last battle between light and dark... -
Love and Decay 3, Episode Seven by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and the Parkers have finally rescued Page just in time for their favorite family activity- killing Zombies. When they are attacked in the middle of the night, Reagan heads out with some Parkers to protect the bungalow... -
Love and Decay 3, Episode Six by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Get Page back. That’s the only thing Reagan and her friends can focus on, but that is not the only problem facing them. While new allies provide valuable assistance, the outside world still threatens to tear this group apart... -
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Love and Decay 3, Episode Five by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Things have been bad for Reagan and friends, but Raphael’s slaving camp might top them all. Unsure where Haley and Page were taken to, and faced with the evil that immediately surrounds her, Reagan is close to giving up. This life asks too much of her. This world demands too high a price... -
Love and Decay 2, Episode Six by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and Page are still trapped with Kane in the cabin in the woods and they have no idea if help is coming or if anyone will be able to find them. Besides the utter boredom and eerie solitude, they have to deal with Kane’s crazy mom and the danger Kane poses to Reagan, in more than just the physical sense... -
Love and Decay 3, Episode Nine by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan Willow has made a lot of enemies during her time in the Zombie Apocalypse, but one enemy stands above the rest. He has made it his mission in life to destroy her and he will stop at nothing to get his way. Matthias Allen lost his family because of Reagan and the Parkers... -
The Many Short Lives of Charles Waters by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCharles Waters has thirty days to live. Those days pass in a blur and he dies a quiet, unnoticed death. He opens his eyes back in the doctor's office as he is told, "I'm sorry to say, but you have thirty days to live." Thus begins The Many Short Lives of Charles Waters, who has to live the same thirty days over and over while he finds out what it is to be alive... -
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm, Sam Hughes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAn antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.Antimemes are real. Think of any piece of information which you wouldn't share with anybody, like passwords, taboos and dirty secrets... -
The Alternative Lives of Aiden Anderson: A Middle Falls Time Travel Story by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAiden Anderson got off to a tough start in life. He had a small family to begin with and they were all gone by the time he turned sixteen.He did his best to shake off his grief and go on to a successful life as a musician. He was talented, but just missed the big time. When he dies in a car crash, he couldn't be more surprised to open his eyes in his grandmother's kitchen in 1961... -
The Magic of Twelve: Sienna by Pepper North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a battle between good and evil, her survival depends on her sorcerer Pappa.Tough and tenacious, Sienna has refused to count on anyone for all of her 22 years. But when she’s swept away to a magical new world full of frights and delights, her stubbornness begins to subside in the arms of the gorgeous sorcerer who claims to be her fated mate... -
Cured by Bethany Wiggins
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsNow that Fiona Tarsis and her twin brother, Jonah, are no longer beasts, they set out to find their mother, with the help of Bowen and a former neighbor, Jacqui. Heading for a safe settlement rumored to be in Wyoming, they plan to spread the cure along the way--until they are attacked by raiders... -
Eve of Destruction by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEve Erixour is a mercenary with a past no one would envy and more enemies than anyone should have. Death stalks her relentlessly. So when she gains the attention of a League assassin, she considers it par for the course.But Jinx Shadowbourne isn’t after Eve. Someone has it in for him and his brethren. High-ranking assassins are falling, and Jinx is convinced one of their own is selling them out... -
The Successful Life of Jack Rybicki by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJack Rybicki is a high school senior who loves his girl, likes to party, and doesn't have much of a plan for his life. Then fate plucks him from obscurity and Jack, now renamed Jack Samuels by his management team, becomes one of the most famous people on the planet. A teenager who likes to indulge himself with limitless resources is not the best recipe for a successful life... -
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Revenge of the Apocalypse by Benjamin Wallace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s an empire to topple, a tyrant to kill and revenge to be had. They’ve taken everything from him. Now Jerry and Chewy are headed to Niagara Falls to take out the wasteland’s greatest villain once and for all. But the Librarian isn’t the only one looking for revenge... -
Uprising by A.R. Wise
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe High Rollers are falling apart. Billy is leading them into war against the wishes of Laura, who is intent on living in peace. Unbeknownst to them, one among them holds the cure that could save all mankind, and there are two powerful enemies that want it... -
Legacies by A.R. Wise
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the penultimate book of the second series of Deadlocked, the High Rollers struggle to find their way after an enormous loss. They fell into the trap of a madman and the horde is closing in even as the town burns around them. Meanwhile, Hero is dealing with his contraction of what is known as the Tempest Strain, a virus capable of infecting any mammal... -
EXOSKELETON II: Tympanum by Shane Stadler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe thrilling sequel to 2012's Techno-Horror/Sci-Fi masterpiece, EXOSKELETON. "Stadler - an experimental physicist by trade - effectively uses his background working in government and defense labs in painting vivid, appropriately clinical looks at the very base concept of torture... -
Aftermath by A.R. Wise
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwenty years have passed since the zombie apocalypse devastated the world. A single man is on a quest of revenge in search of the people responsible for the outbreak of the zombie virus. His quest leads him to a discovery in the western United States that will irrevocably change his goal... -
Love vs The Scarecrow! by Cassandra Gannon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNevermore County, 2000: Lori Hatake’s future isn’t going how she’d hoped. She’s broke, her boyfriend ran off with her cousin, and she just witnessed a grisly murder. A demonic Scarecrow killed a woman at the annual bonfire party, right in front of Lori’s eyes. The monster needs to be stopped, before it strikes again!Unfortunately, no one believes her wild tale, except for Dashiell Mommet... -
The Kraken King and the Inevitable Abduction by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Kraken King has declared that Zenobia Fox is under his protection—and with her identity revealed, she needs that protection more than ever. But it comes with a price when Ariq demands that Zenobia reveal her secrets in return.Ariq wants nothing more than for Zenobia to trust him, and he knows exactly which sensual tricks will breach her defenses... -
Bones Are White by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA collection of nine horror stories created by New York Times best-selling novelist Scott Sigler, author of NOCTURNAL, INFECTED, CONTAGIOUS and ANCESTOR. This eBook- and audiobook-only collection brings you more of Scott's thought-provoking short stories from his five years of weekly storytelling, as well as a brand-new HUNTER HUNTERSON & SONS story and a brand-new KISSYMAN tale...Categorized as:
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The Season of Passage by Christopher Pike
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDr. Lauren Wagner was a celebrity. She was involved with the most exciting adventure mankind had ever undertaken. The whole world admired and respected her.But Lauren knew fear.Inside voices entreating her to love them.Outside — the mystery of the missing group that had gone before her. The dead group... -
Kahayatle by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B008E95UOK.KAHAYATLE. My name is Bryn Mathis. I'm seventeen years old, and I live in a neighborhood outside of Orlando, Florida. I’m here alone because my dad died almost a year ago, along with all the other adults in the world. I'm almost out of food, and the gangs of kids that roam around my town are getting more vicious by the day... -
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Experimento [Rojo peligro] by Lizebeth Honny
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCuando despiertas en un laboratorio subterráneo abandonado, atrapada en un salón de experimentos rodeado por monstruos que quieren devorarte y en compañía de una incubadora de agua donde hay un hombre en mal estado, te das cuenta que todo está terriblemente mal... -
Intuition by Leigh Walker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRiley Payne has recently accepted several things. She'll probably never graduate from high school. She's a secret agent. She has telekinetic power--i.e., she can move things with her brain waves. The boy she likes, Finn, is telepathic--i.e., he can listen to all of her thoughts, including the ones involving his bulging biceps...Categorized as:
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Safe Haven by Thomas Baker, Robert Wagner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA day of death. A night of terror. The Outbreak begins. What if you withstood the zombie apocalypse only to discover there were worst monsters that survived?Thousands of years of civilization came to an end in an inconceivably short time. The worst wasn’t that the virus killed its victims, it’s how revived their dead bodies to spread itself around the globe... -
เพชรยอดคทา เล่ม 2 by Qian Lu, 浅绿
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsหนึ่งหญิงงาม ทรามวัยอัจฉริยะหนึ่งอัครเสนาบดี ยอดกุนซือผู้อยู่เหนือผู้คนทั่วทั้งแคว้นลุ้นไปกับความรักของเขาและเธอ ภายใต้สายลมแห่งกาลเวลา...“จั๋วฉิง” คือแพทย์หญิงอัจฉริยะอันดับหนึ่งของจีน เธอเด็ดเดี่ยว เยือกเย็น เป็นมืออาชีพ เป็นนิติเวชที่อายุน้อยที่สุด อนาคตรุ่งโรจน์ที่สุดในยุกไซเบอร์ แต่ชีวิตเธอกลับพลิกผันเพราะเรื่องไม่คาดฝันเรื่องหนึ่ง ‘การเดินทางผ่านห้วงเวลา’ ปัจจุบัน.. -
Stargate SG-1: Permafrost by Sally Malcolm
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 30,000 word novella. Buried secretsA week before Christmas, Dr. Daniel Jackson discovers that archaeologists in Iceland are excavating a Norse burial site that might have connections to the recently encountered Asgard race.Concerned about what they might uncover, Daniel persuades General Hammond to let SG-1 travel to Iceland – much to the annoyance of the field archaeologists... -
The Haunting of Hardstone Jail by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the notorious Hardstone Jail is reopened after many years of neglect, nobody cares about the ghost stories. They just want somewhere to put more prisoners.But a ghost has been waiting patiently at Hardstone. The ghost of a little girl walks the corridors, seeking revenge for something that happened a century ago. And anyone who looks into her eyes will be dead within days... -
The Jaguar Hunter by Lucius Shepard
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContents:The Jaguar Hunter (1985)The Night of White Bhairab (1984)Salvador (1984)How the Wind Spoke at Madaket (1985)Black Coral (1984)The End of Life as We Know It (1985)A Traveler's Tale (1984)Mengele (1985)The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule (1984)A Spanish Lesson... -
Doctor Who: Scherzo by Robert Shearman, Paul McGann
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThere were two friends, and together they travelled the cosmos. They thwarted tyrants and defeated monsters, they righted wrongs wherever they went. They explored the distant future and the distant past, new worlds and galaxies, places beyond imagining.But every good story has to come to an end...With no times or places left to explore, all the two friends have now are each other... -
Deadlocked 3 by A.R. Wise
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Deadlocked series continues as Billy heads into the city in search of his mother. During his quest, he will meet a strident military figure that will alter his journey and two brothers that will become his closest allies. However, his trip will endanger the family he has only just met, and he might not be able to save them... -
Diary of a Zombie by Sergi Llauger, Daniel Expósito
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“The day I died was the day when I nearly lost the little humanity that was left inside me. The eternal promise of leaving as a peaceful spirit was never fulfilled; instead, I became a wandering soul, rooted to the entrails of this wasteland. You might think that smiling in the face of death should be something glorious, but there’s nothing glorious about this... -
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The Keeper: A Brilliant Darkness Story by A.G. Henley
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPeree knows what he’s doing as the new Keeper of the Water Bearer, Fennel. He knows Fennel’s Sightless. He knows that means the Scourge can’t hurt her when she gathers fresh water for her people. He knows how to wield his bow and arrow to kill piles of the revolting flesh-eaters as they swarm around her. He’ll motivate her, distract her, do anything he can to keep her working... -
Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom Harlan Ellison, whom The Washington Post regards as a "lyric poet, satirist, explorer of odd psychological corners, and purveyor of pure horror and black comedy," comes Strange Wine... -
Undone by Elizabeth Norris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBefore the accident. Before their universes collided. Before they fell in love.Riveting and romantic, Undone: An Unraveling Novella contains three short stories set in the world of Unraveling, the first book in the gripping sci-fi duology by Elizabeth Norris... -
Frankenstein's Dog by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and they're coming after you! Catch them all undead or alive! "Pure, Goosebumps-style terror-by-formula, polished through use to such a high gloss that it slides along frictionlessly... -
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The Land Below by William Meikle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA treasure hunt into the deepest cave system in Europe takes a turn for the worst.Now rather than treasure it is survival that is at the forefront of the spelunkers' thoughts. But their attempt to escape out of the dark deep places is thwarted.Men are not at home in the depths. But there are things that are, pale terrifying things.Huge things.Things red in tooth and claw... -
Through the Medicine Cabinet by Dan Greenburg
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter Zack opens his medicine cabinet one morning and sees a boy who could be his double staring back at him, he enters a parallel universe... -
Ten Tales of a Dark Tomorrow by Kevin A. Kuhn
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSubmitted for your approval—Ten Tales of a Dark Tomorrow, a collection of speculative fiction inspired by the original Twilight Zone series. In the spirit of that iconic, timeless show, these mysterious and gripping narratives explore parallel worlds, faraway planets, dystopian societies, and unsettling reality.•A toddler shifts through parallel worlds, changing into different versions of herself...Categorized as:
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Haven by Laury Falter
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn an ordinary day in early September, Kennedy Shaw leaves for school unaware that within a few minutes the world she knows will be gone - succumbed to an outbreak of epidemic proportions...Categorized as:
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Exoskeleton by Shane Stadler
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA convict is given a choice at his sentencing: Serve a 25-year prison term, or spend one year in an experimental corrections program. As his only hope for redemption, he opts for the latter, and finds himself in a horrific situation that transforms him into something the world has never seen. EXOSKELETON is a dark, dark ride along the border between science fiction and horror... -
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Hades Nebula by Carlos Sisí
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTras sobrevivir a la devastadora pandemia que ha asolado el mundo y con la esperanza de ahondar en el misterio del Necrosum, el pequeño grupo de supervivientes de Carranque llega finalmente a la Alhambra de Granada, donde el aparato militar ha instalado uno de los últimos bastiones de resistencia de la Humanidad... -
Psychamok by Brian Lumley
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrian Lumley is an international horror phenomenon, with books published in thirteen countries, including China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Russia, and Spain. More than two million books have been sold in his Necroscope series alone, but that barely taps the potential of this wildly imaginative author... -
Operation Antarctica by William Meikle
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Captain John Banks and his squad are sent to investigate a derelict Nazi base in Antarctica, he expects to find only ice and dead men. But there is something in the domed hangar bay that has been waiting for decades for release.A weapon was primed many years before. It had been meant to turn the tide of war.Now it stirs under the ice once more... -
The Ups and Downs of Being Dead by M.R. Cornelius
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFifty-seven-year-old Robert Malone is the CEO of a successful clothing store chain and married to a former model. When his doctor tells him he is dying of cancer, he refuses to go quietly. Instead of death, Robert chooses cryonics. He knows it’s a long shot. His frozen body will be stored in liquid nitrogen for the next seventy-five years, and then he’ll wake up in the future... -
Day Zero by Summer Lane
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA NATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE NATIONALLY POPULAR COLLAPSE SERIES, FROM CREATOR AND AUTHOR SUMMER LANE!Elle is a survivor. Since the collapse of modern society, she's been living in the remains of downtown Hollywood, California, foraging for food and fighting for her life. And then everything changes. After she is forced out of her home, she heads north...Categorized as:
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Boogiepop Returns: Vs. Imaginator Part 2 by Kouhei Kadono, Kouji Ogata
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is an urban legend that children tell one another about a shinigami that can release people from the pain they may be suffering. This "Angel of Death" has a name--Boogiepop. And the legends are true. Boogiepop is real...
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