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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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![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... -
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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... -
![Those Who Came Before by J.H. Moncrieff]()
Those Who Came Before by J.H. Moncrieff
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPeople are dying at Strong Lake, and the worst is yet to come.An idyllic weekend camping trip is cut short when Reese Wallace's friends are brutally murdered. As the group's only survivor, Reese is the prime suspect, and his story doesn't make much sense... -
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![Blood Lust by Ab. Cynthe]()
Blood Lust by Ab. Cynthe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe blistering sun brought waves of tourists to the peaceful town of Golden Coast, its sandy beaches beckoning with promises of a perfect summer. Beneath its idyllic allure and carefree crowds lurked two twisted killers, their murderous desires simmering just beneath the surface. While one left her signature kiss of death on her victims, the other stalked silently in the shadows by the sea... -
![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... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Halloween II by Jack Martin]()
Halloween II by Jack Martin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is Halloween night in Haddonfield, Illinois. Six gunshots pierce the silence of this normally quiet town. Neighborhood kids trick-or-treating on the street stare as a man plunges off a balcony. A doctor form the county mental hospital rushes from the house... -
![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... -
![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... -
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Camp 1985 by Matthew R. Corr
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN B0D5NC47PK can be found hereEnter the nostalgia-laced world of CAMP 1985, A bogus new summer program where parents send their social-media-addicted teens to unplug and make face-to-face connections without the help of a screen. Ander expects a fun weekend getaway with other influencers but instead finds himself trapped in a radical landscape without wifi... -
![The Pledge by Cale Dietrich]()
The Pledge by Cale Dietrich
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScream meets Clown in a Cornfield in this young adult horror novel by bestselling author Cale Dietrich featuring a masked killer who targets frat boys.Freshman Sam believes that joining a fraternity is the best way to form a friend group as he begins his college journey – and his best chance of moving on from his past... -
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![How to Survive a Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans]()
How to Survive a Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight meets Scream in this YA slasher that turns classic horror tropes on their heads.There’s a reason CJ Smith’s hometown of Satterville is known as Slasherville: it was the site of not one, but two Friday the 13th-style massacres. CJ’s dad survived the first attack; only CJ survived the second... -
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Final Girls by Riley Sager
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsTen years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to—a group of similar survivors known in the press as the Final Girls... -
![Little Nightmare by Melissa McSherry, Dana LeeAnn]()
Little Nightmare by Melissa McSherry, Dana LeeAnn
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI watch the monster, learning his ways. Tonight, I will cave, succumbing to darkness.The moment I saw her in that café, I knew Cara was mine. She can deny it all she wants, but I saw the way her body betrayed her, felt the way her pulse quickened. She craves me, even if she won’t admit it.Now, my girl is right where she belongs—under my control... -
![How to Survive a Horror Movie by Scarlett Dunmore]()
How to Survive a Horror Movie by Scarlett Dunmore
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHorror movie enthusiast Charley is determined to keep a low profile when she's enrolled to a girls' boarding school on a remote island. That is, until someone starts killing off her senior class! From elaborate scare tactics to severed heads in fridges, Charley has found herself at the centre of a teen horror movie... -
![The Haunting by Natasha Preston]()
The Haunting by Natasha Preston
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratings#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Preston is back with another pulse-pounding, twisty read! Haunted by the past . . .Penny's trying to forget about her ex, Nash. His father was arrested for the brutal murder of four teenagers on Devil's Night last year. Penny's parents have forbidden her to have anything to do with Nash or his family... -
![Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare, Jesse Vilinsky]()
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare, Jesse Vilinsky
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsQuinn Maybrook just wants to make it until graduation. She might not make it to morning.Quinn and her father moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs to find a fresh start. But ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half... -
![Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards]()
Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAt the movie theater where Jo works, the last show has ended. But the nightmare is just beginning.Tonight, Tempest Theaters is closing forever, the last remaining business in a defunct shopping mall. The moviegoers have left, and Jo and her six coworkers have the final shift, cleaning up popcorn and mopping floors for the last time... -
![The Summer Is Ended and We Are Not Yet Saved by Joey Comeau]()
The Summer Is Ended and We Are Not Yet Saved by Joey Comeau
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMartin is going to Bible Camp for the summer. He's going to learn archery and swimming, and he's going to make new friends. He's pretty excited, but that's probably because nobody told him that this is a horror novel... -
![Alan Lennox and the Temp Job of Doom by Brian Olsen]()
Alan Lennox and the Temp Job of Doom by Brian Olsen
Rated: 3.47 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B00DLJDRU2Alan Lennox has been assigned yet another soul-crushing temp job, keeping him from his first loves – drinking, playing video games, and looking for a boyfriend. But Alan’s new job proves to be anything but boring when his co-workers start turning up dead... -
![My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones]()
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her forJade Daniels is an angry, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her... -
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![You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron]()
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAt Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game . . . but can you survive the night?This heart-pounding slasher by New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron is perfect for fans of Fear Street.Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the “final girl” at Camp Mirror Lake... -
![Most Likely to Die by P.J. Stanley]()
Most Likely to Die by P.J. Stanley
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVoted 'Most Likely to Succeed' by her peers, popular cheerleader Brynn Baldwin has it all. However, when her yearbook photo is defaced, now branded the girl 'Most Likely to Die', her world is shaken. As a psychotic killer dressed as the school mascot begins to slash through the ones closest to Brynn, she discovers that no one can be trusted... and high school can be murder... -
![Summer Rental by Rektok Ross]()
Summer Rental by Rektok Ross
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMEAN GIRLS meets SCREAM in this heart-pounding psychological thriller about a group of friends stranded on an island with a serial killer on the loose. Riley March and her friends are headed to ritzy, remote Palm Key Island for one last blow-out party weekend before college... -
![Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones]()
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsStephen Graham Jones returns with Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen prank goes very wrong and all hell breaks loose: is there a supernatural cause, a psychopath on the loose, or... -
![Solstice: A Tropical Horror Comedy by Lorence Alison]()
Solstice: A Tropical Horror Comedy by Lorence Alison
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Part teen drama, part horror story... Readers will want to finish in one sitting." —Kirkus ReviewsA music fest goes wrong in Lorence Alison's comic YA thriller Solstice as selfie-mad concert-goers wake up to realize their tropical island fantasy is a deadly nightmare... -
![A Night to Die For by Lisa Schroeder]()
A Night to Die For by Lisa Schroeder
Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Night Of meets Carrie when a boy finds a girl's body in the ditch on prom night...and becomes the primary suspect in her murder.All Mario wants is one normal night before he graduates. He's spent most of high school riding solo and gaming with his only friend, Lucas... -
![Campfire by Shawn Sarles]()
Campfire by Shawn Sarles
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBe careful what stories you tell around the campfire... they just might come true. Fans of Scream and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will devour this chilling horror debut.While camping in a remote location, Maddie Davenport gathers around the fire with her friends and family to tell scary stories... -
![The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix]()
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER VOTED GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD BEST HORROR NOVEL OF 2021A Good Morning America Buzz Pick"The horror master...puts his unique spin on slasher movie tropes... -
![The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones]()
The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones
Rated: 3.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLife in a slasher film is easy. You just have to know when to die.Aerial View: A suburban town in Texas. Everyone's got an automatic garage door opener. All the kids jump off a perilous cliff into a shallow river as a rite of passage. The sheriff is a local celebrity. You know this town. You're from this town.Zoom In: Homecoming princess, Lindsay... -
![There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins]()
There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsLove hurts...Makani Young thought she'd left her dark past behind her in Hawaii, settling in with her grandmother in landlocked Nebraska. She's found new friends and has even started to fall for mysterious outsider Ollie Larsson. But her past isn't far behind.Then, one by one, the students of Osborne Hugh begin to die in a series of gruesome murders, each with increasingly grotesque flair... -
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