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The Haunting of Coyote Island by Alexandria Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dark secret, a secluded island, and nowhere to run.When author Daisy Dawkins hits a wall of writer's block, she seeks out a retreat at the infamous Coyote Island, home of the reclusive publishing guru Greg Bregoli. Upon her arrival at Bregoli Estate, strange things begin happening to Daisy, but none of the other writers seem to notice the estate's odder qualities... -
![Sisters of Mercy: Spookshow 8 by Tim McGregor]()
Sisters of Mercy: Spookshow 8 by Tim McGregor
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmbarking on a new chapter in life, reluctant psychic Billie Culpepper, works overtime to open her own bar. Excited at the prospect of her new business, she's also well aware that most bars fail in their first six months. There's no margin for error here. Across town, Detective Mockler, investigates two gruesome homicides linked to an alleged curse that mimics the signs of the stigmata... -
![Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne]()
Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne night. One last enemy. One chance to stop him forever. It’s all come down to this. More than two years after Sully took desperate measures to escape his enemies, he finds himself headed for an inevitable showdown with the most dangerous of them. Years of murder and deceit are catching up to Lowell, and the ghosts of those he killed are not about to rest until they’ve watched him fall... -
![The Haunting of Silver Creek Lodge by Alexandria Clarke]()
The Haunting of Silver Creek Lodge by Alexandria Clarke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a small town rests an old lodge with a big secret. Maxine Finch and Simon York, a recently married couple with little money, use their limited honeymoon funds to buy a foreclosed inn in the tiny snowy town of Silver Ridge, Colorado, but when strange things start happening in the middle of the night, Maxine and Simon wonder if their investment is a dangerous mistake... -
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![Legion by Shani Struthers]()
Legion by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLegion is the sixth in the bestselling Psychic Surveys series, that features plot twists, compelling characters and a mystery at its dark heart!What if evil won't let go?Along a sheltered lane, deep in the Sussex countryside, sits a house that is sometimes called home, the tenants it has held unable to forget it... -
![The Housekeeper: A Christmas Ghost Story by Leona Grace]()
The Housekeeper: A Christmas Ghost Story by Leona Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith only a few days left before Christmas, Fiona Cameron prepares to leave Fitzwilliam Hall for the last time. All hope of staying in her childhood home are gone, as are the chances of finding the one man who could have saved the Hall... -
![The Haunting of University Park by Alexandria Clarke]()
The Haunting of University Park by Alexandria Clarke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJamie Layton has a secret.Running from her past, Jamie Layton takes a new job as a nanny to two volatile, rebellious children at a stately mansion in a reclusive area of town. Rumors fly about the mysterious death of the children’s father, and when strange things happen at night, Jamie and the children must confront the horrors that haunt the house... -
![Christmas, the Krewe, and Kenneth by Heather Graham]()
Christmas, the Krewe, and Kenneth by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Short Story" Approximately 6000 wordsNo way out of it—Christmas 2020 was going to be different.But Jackson Crow and Angela Hawkins are “home for Christmas.” Other agents are covering the office and they’ve just bought a home with a yard for their baby daughter and adopted son.But their neighbor, newly widowed, hears strange noises in the yard, a rustling... -
![Haunted: End of Days by Lee Mountford]()
Haunted: End of Days by Lee Mountford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe final book in the Haunted saga.Sarah Pearson has returned home. Back to the place it all started for her. There… the darkness waits, intending to use her to usher in the End of Days.And it succeeds.While the world falls into chaos and the dead start to walk the earth, David Ritter, Reverend Quinn, and Ralph Cobin face a race against time to pull the world back from the brink... -
![Painted Devils by Robert Aickman]()
Painted Devils by Robert Aickman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStories included:RavissanteThe Houses of the RussiansThe ViewRinging the ChangesThe School FriendThe Waiting RoomMarriageLarger Than OneselfMy Poor... -
![Graveyard Shift by Michelle Dorey]()
Graveyard Shift by Michelle Dorey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe newest eerie tale from best selling author Michelle Dorey Serenity Lodge is haunted. Don’t ask the residents suffering dementia if that’s true. Ask the nurses. Amanda Ennis is the new nurse at Serenity Lodge nursing home. It’s a dream job after years of the hectic pace in the emergency room of a large hospital... -
![By the Light of His Lantern: A Novel by Abe Moss]()
By the Light of His Lantern: A Novel by Abe Moss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA nightmarish tale of revenge, anguish, and human connection, BY THE LIGHT OF HIS LANTERN is thrilling, chilling, and heartfelt in equal measure... Naked in the sand, Lewis coughs seawater from his lungs. Disoriented, he blinks his eyes, rubs them for good measure, but the result is the same. The sky is as black as the beach below it. In this place, the sun and moon and stars are long dead... -
![Secret of the Labyrinth by Brian Harmon]()
Secret of the Labyrinth by Brian Harmon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat secrets lie hidden beyond the City of the Blind? Far beneath the streets of Briar Hills lies an enormous temple of stone. Ancient secrets are buried within its walls…along with countless and unspeakable horrors. Now the time has come for the temple to finally fulfill its awesome purpose... -
![Forty-Four Book Eleven by Jools Sinclair]()
Forty-Four Book Eleven by Jools Sinclair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow the prime suspect in a high-profile murder investigation, Abby Craig flees the only place she has ever called home and is forced to live on the run as a fugitive in the shadows of the American Southwest.But Abby soon discovers that she isn't alone. A mysterious stranger is plaguing her every step. A stranger with a dark past who has plans for her... -
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![The Roses of Mobile by M.L. Bullock]()
The Roses of Mobile by M.L. Bullock
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarrie Jo returns to Seven Sisters but the happy homecoming is short-lived. The spiritual atmosphere has shifted and the dream catcher quickly discovers that all is not well. As Carrie Jo's dream catching gift becomes much more complicated, she makes mistakes...and some of them trigger a cascade of unhappy events... -
![Katarina by Sue Fineman]()
Katarina by Sue Fineman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree psychic sisters taken from their abusive mother as children reunite at their grandmother’s funeral. They inherit the family fortune, including the old mansion on the river in Florida. The estate called River Oaks is haunted by the ghosts of ancestors and family slaves. Katarina, a teacher, lived on a ranch in Arizona... -
![The Lady in White by M.L. Bullock]()
The Lady in White by M.L. Bullock
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSummerleigh's Renovations Aren't Making Every One Happy Will the ghost of Mariane McIntyre scare everyone away? A flurry of appearances by the long-dead Lady In White prompts Jerica and Jesse to get to the bottom of her murder... -
![Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman]()
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled family is targeted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy,” from the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth... -
![44 Book Six by Jools Sinclair]()
44 Book Six by Jools Sinclair
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s Christmastime and the nights are far from silent for Abby Craig.She is haunted by a vision unlike anything she has ever experienced before. As a church bell rings out in the lonely night, a young woman is left dying in an alley, her blood staining the snow beneath her... -
![Easter, the Krewe and Another Large White Rabbit by Heather Graham]()
Easter, the Krewe and Another Large White Rabbit by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA short story (apprx. 10,000 words) in which Angela Hawkins and Jackson Crow are called upon to help a friend in need . . .Strange baskets are arriving on Eliza Andrews' doorstep and a strange face is appearing in her window... -
![Haunted: Catacombs by Lee Mountford]()
Haunted: Catacombs by Lee Mountford
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the heart of the catacombs, evil stirs.Sarah Pearson is lured into the eerie depths of the Paris Catacombs after seeing an unsettling video. On it, the ghostly appearance of an old friend beckons her into the darkness. But the Catacombs hold more secrets than Sarah anticipates, and the shadows within are not all from the dead... -
![Perron Manor by Lee Mountford]()
Perron Manor by Lee Mountford
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDescriptionPerron Manor—a place evil calls homeSisters Sarah and Chloe inherit a house they could never have previously dreamed of owning. It seems too good to be true.Shortly after they move in, however, the siblings start to notice strange things: horrible smells, sudden drops in temperature, as well as unexplainable sounds and feelings of being watched... -
![Bunker Dogs by Gage Greenwood]()
Bunker Dogs by Gage Greenwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDon't just fear what you're hiding from, fear what you're hiding with. Cassie's night of babysitting goes to hell when bombs explode in the distance, planes fly overhead at low altitudes, and alerts on her phone tell her to seek shelter. Luckily, the boy she babysits tells her his father has a bunker in the yard... -
![Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi]()
Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFour brand-new horror novellas from “a modern-day Algernon Blackwood” all about books, stories, manuscripts – the written word has never had sharper teeth…From the bestselling author of Come with Me, four standalone horror novellas set in a shared universe! In The Skin of Her Teeth, a cursed novel drives people to their deaths. A delivery job turns deadly in The Dark Brothers’ Last Ride... -
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![Odd Interlude #1 by Dean Koontz]()
Odd Interlude #1 by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLeading up to the highly anticipated arrival of Odd Apocalypse this summer, catch up with Odd Thomas in Odd Interlude, a special three-part eBook series by #1 bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz! Here is the spine-tingling 70-page first installment of this super-charged stand-alone Odd adventure. THERE’S ROOM AT THE INN. BUT YOU MIGHT NOT GET OUT... -
![Touching the Dead by Wendy Cartmell]()
Touching the Dead by Wendy Cartmell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mummified body washed up on a beach near Chichester.A tormented detective cursed with a gift she didn't want. When the autopsy reveals the victim's heart was torn from her body, Detective Inspector Jo Wolfe and her team wonder if someone is continuing the work of Anubis, the Egyptian God of Death. With the body count rising, Jo must touch the dead, to help her solve the case... -
![Haunted Inn by Michelle Dorey]()
Haunted Inn by Michelle Dorey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEach tale of The Hauntings of Kingston is a standalone novel with new characters that takes place in the enigmatic city of Kingston, Ontario. They have the chance of a lifetime... Tim and Brad have been best friends for years. They were college roommates and now share an apartment. They even share the predicament of being trapped in dead end jobs... -
![Baba Lenka: Pure Occult Horror by S.E. England, Sarah E. England]()
Baba Lenka: Pure Occult Horror by S.E. England, Sarah E. England
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1970, and Baba Lenka begins in an icy Bavarian village with a highly unorthodox funeral. The deceased is Baba Lenka, great-grandmother to Eva Hart. But a terrible thing happens at the funeral, and from that moment on everything changes for seven year old Eva. The family fly back to Yorkshire but it seems the cold Alpine winds have followed them home...and the ghost of Baba Lenka has followed Eva... -
![The Disappearance of Lonnie James by Amy Cross]()
The Disappearance of Lonnie James by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEleven-year-old Lonnie James has gone missing. Only one man remembers that he ever existed in the first place.After launching a huge manhunt to find the missing boy, Sheriff Tom Curtis is shocked when everyone quickly forgets who they're looking for. Even Lonnie's parents suddenly have no idea that had a son... -
![The Haunted Gathering by Michelle Dorey]()
The Haunted Gathering by Michelle Dorey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom bestselling author Michelle Dorey, a new episode of ‘The Haunted Ones’, spine chilling tales of ordinary people confronting unspeakable evilOn their annual girls’ weekend three friends gather for a macabre reunion in this chilling tale of ghosts, hauntings and the occult... -
![The Judgment of the Sentinels by Brian Harmon]()
The Judgment of the Sentinels by Brian Harmon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlbert Cross emerges from the terrifying labyrinths of the Temple of the Blind with a broken arm and a burdened heart, only to discover that he and his friends must now climb to the summit of a mountain engulfed in fire... -
![Νεκρή γραμμή by Κωνσταντίνος Κέλλης]()
Νεκρή γραμμή by Κωνσταντίνος Κέλλης
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsΤο πρώτο best seller τρόμου από Έλληνα συγγραφέα, η Νεκρή Γραμμή αποτελεί ένα μεταφυσικό θρίλερ που κόβει την ανάσα και ανεβάζει την αγωνία έως την τελική του κορύφωση."Ώρα να ανακαλύψετε αυτό το νέο ταλέντο!" -Nick Mamatas"Ένα εξαιρετικό βιβλίο. Συστήνεται με το ζόρι σε κάθε τρομολάγνο και συνταγογραφείται σε οποιονδήποτε αγνοεί ή νομίζει ότι δεν υφίσταται ποιοτικό Ελληνικό Φανταστικό... -
![The Lighthouse by Alex Bell]()
The Lighthouse by Alex Bell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn Bird Rock, gannets circle and thick mist surrounds the lighthouse at its centre, hiding the secrets of a tragic past within …From the second they set foot on the island to join their dad and his new family, Jess and Rosie feel that something’s wrong. Nightmares haunt their dreams and there seems to be someone, or something, else with them in the lighthouse – their home for the summer... -
![Pest by Anna Willett]()
Pest by Anna Willett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe takes your dreams, and then your life...A NAIL-BITINGLY SCARY SUSPENSE THRILLERSightings of a strange girl on the outskirts of the small Australian town of Thorn Tree coincide with the outbreak of a deadly sickness.The girl appears in people’s nightmares, beckoning them into nothingness.Maggie’s café lies at the heart of the town, and she quickly becomes embroiled in the unfolding events... -
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![The Soul Auction by Amy Cross]()
The Soul Auction by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I saw a woman on the beach. I watched her face a demon.” Thirty years after her mother's death, Alice Ashcroft is drawn back to the coastal English town of Curridge. Somebody in Curridge has been reviewing Alice's novels online, and in those reviews there have been tantalizing hints at a hidden truth. A truth that seems to be linked to her dead mother... -
![Forest by Ambrose Ibsen]()
Forest by Ambrose Ibsen
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“You should not have answered its call...” Professor Stephen Barlow is no longer a skeptic. Having faced the horrors of Chaythe Asylum, he turns his attention to the man responsible for the Third Ward Incident—the enigmatic Dr. Corvine—in the hopes of finding answers to his many questions. But some things, he soon learns, are better left lost to history... -
![The Venetian by Shani Struthers]()
The Venetian by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratings‘Welcome to the asylum…’ 2015Their troubled past behind them, married couple, Rob and Louise, visit Venice for the first time together, looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Not just a romantic destination, it’s also the ‘most haunted city in the world’ and soon, Louise finds herself the focus of an entity she can’t quite get to grips with – a ‘veiled lady’ who stalks her... -
![Thirteen by Shani Struthers]()
Thirteen by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlthough Thirteen feeds into the bestselling Psychic Surveys series, it can also be read as a STANDALONEDon’t leave me alone in the dark…In 1977, Minch Point Lighthouse on Skye’s most westerly tip was suddenly abandoned by the keeper and his family – no reason ever found. In the decade that followed, it became a haunt for teenagers on the hunt for thrills... -
![Rosamund by Shani Struthers]()
Rosamund by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Shani Struthers is my Queen of Horror!" ***** 'A tense and gripping story. I was unable to put it down.'***** 'A fascinating and terrifying insight into Ruby Davis' heritage.'***** 'I loved Rosamund's story from neglected child to powerful woman.'***** 'I loved reading about Rosamund and her experiences with the spiritual world... -
![The Town the World Forgot by Boris Bacic]()
The Town the World Forgot by Boris Bacic
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNo one ever escapes from this town.Newlyweds Lisa and John’s summer drive through the Oregonian wilderness takes a chilling turn when an unexpected blizzard traps their car. Desperate for refuge, they find hope in a sign: WELCOME TO ____. Bundling up, they trek through the storm and find that, within the town, the blizzard ceases, though it rages just beyond the town's limits... -
![GHOSTS: 2014 edition by Noel Hynd]()
GHOSTS: 2014 edition by Noel Hynd
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPerhaps the scariest book you will ever read.... Enter a world where the departed return to the world of the living....where ghosts walk and intermingle among us..... Nantucket Island. Quiet. Peaceful. Idyllic. For Oscar-winning actress Annette Carlson, it is the perfect refuge from a demanding career... -
![The Ash House by Amy Cross]()
The Ash House by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLibrarian Note: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN: B0711MTZDT.Why would anyone ever return to a haunted house? For Diane Mercer the answer is simple. She's dying of cancer, and she wants to know once and for all whether ghosts are real. FROM THE AUTHOR OF ASYLUM, HAUNTED AND THE NIGHT GIRL. Heading home with her young son, Diane is determined to find out whether the stories are real... -
![Darkness Creeping: Twenty Twisted Tales by Neal Shusterman]()
Darkness Creeping: Twenty Twisted Tales by Neal Shusterman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsImagine being trapped forever in someone else’s nightmare, with no means of escape. Or caught on one of the most terrifying roller coasters of all time, when suddenly the tracks ahead just disappear. Enter the world of Darkness Creeping, where hollow-eyed skulls arrive in the mail and nothing is as it seems... -
![The Hides by Kealan Patrick Burke]()
The Hides by Kealan Patrick Burke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's been almost seven years since the events of Myers Pond. Seven years since a child rose from the dead, seeking Timmy Quinn's help in finding a murderer, a search that left more questions than answers in its terrifying wake. But for Timmy, the dead never leave. They're everywhere, reaching out to him, and there is nowhere to hide from their quiet desperation... -
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![Crash by Sean Platt, David W. Wright]()
Crash by Sean Platt, David W. Wright
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes the ghosts that haunt us most aren’t the dead. It has been nearly a year since writer Thomas Witt lost his daughter in a horrible car accident which nearly killed him. He and his wife are attempting to have another child and put their lives back together. However, he can’t move on... -
![The Bloodline by C.S. Feldman]()
The Bloodline by C.S. Feldman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter years of questioning her sanity, Kat Delancey reluctantly returns to the old family manor as its legal owner hoping desperately to silence the doubts in her mind and leave the home’s tragic past behind her once and for all... -
![I Have the Sight by Rick Wood]()
I Have the Sight by Rick Wood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEddie was eleven-years-old when he was hit by a car, wounding him and killing his sister.That’s when he first saw her.He was twenty-three when he had his second near-death experience. He saw her once more, overpowered by the demonic, destitute exterior that scarred his mind.Now he sees her when he’s awake. Everywhere he looks, every time he closes his eyes, she is there, making him weaker... -
![Remains by Andrew Cull]()
Remains by Andrew Cull
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrief is a black house.How far would you go? What horrors would you endure if it meant you might see the son you thought you'd lost forever?Driven to a breakdown by the brutal murder of her young son, Lucy Campbell had locked herself away, fallen deep inside herself, become a ghost haunting room 23b of the William Tuke Psychiatric Hospital... -
![The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve by Ellen Datlow, Paul Tremblay]()
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve by Ellen Datlow, Paul Tremblay
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Ellen Datlow (“the venerable queen of horror anthologies” (New York Times) comes a new entry in the series that has brought you stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman comes thrilling stories, the best horror stories available. For more than three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror... -
![The Spire in the Woods by Tony Lunedi]()
The Spire in the Woods by Tony Lunedi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter discovering the suicide of a schoolmate may be connected to a local legend, a young man embarks on a quest to discover the truth. Why had Robert Edward Kennan killed himself? Was it because of a failed relationship or something more insidious? Based on actual events, the Spire in the Woods is equal parts coming of age and ghost story...
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