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'Salem's Lot by Stephen King, Jerry N. Uelsmann
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsStephen King's second novel, the vampire bestseller 'Salem's Lot, tells the story of evil in small-town America. For the first time in a major trade edition, this terrifying novel is accompanied by previously unpublished material from King's archive, two short stories, and eerie photographs that bring King's fictional darkness and evil to vivid life... -
![The Cities of Dead by Alys Arden]()
The Cities of Dead by Alys Arden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Cities of Dead: the highly anticipated third book in Alys Arden’s spellbinding The Casquette Girls series. Old World witches collide with the French Quarter’s strangest denizens, setting off events that could tear the fabric of the Natural and Supernatural worlds, and only the most elusive, mischievous Voodoo lwa hold the key to stopping it... -
![1:35AM by Scott Cawthon]()
1:35AM by Scott Cawthon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFive Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night... From twisted toys to gut-wrenching games, this collection of terrifying tales is unsettling enough to mess with even the most hardened Five Nights at Freddy's fans... -
![The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories by Jeff VanderMeer, George R.R. Martin]()
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories by Jeff VanderMeer, George R.R. Martin
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature... -
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![The Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman, Erica Siverman]()
The Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman, Erica Siverman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe witch has grown the biggest pumpkin ever, and now she wants to make herself a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But the pumpkin is so big she can't get it off the vine. It's so big the ghost can't move it, either. Neither can the vampire, nor the mummy. It looks as if there'll be no pumpkin pie for Halloween, until along comes the bat with an idea to save the day... -
![No Trick-Or-Treating!: Superscary Superspecial by P.J. Night]()
No Trick-Or-Treating!: Superscary Superspecial by P.J. Night
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHalloween is more than haunted in this superscary superspecial addition to Spotlight's popular tween horror series.When Ashley McDowell's parents first told her they were moving from the big city to a one-stoplight farm town, she was convinced that she was going to hate living in Heaton Corners. But to Ashley's surprise, she loves it. Everyone is super welcoming, especially her new friends... -
![Stolen Paradise by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks]()
Stolen Paradise by Mila Young, Harper A. Brooks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese monsters rule the city... and I've become their newest obsession.I've been caught in a war between the three most powerful gangs in the city... and I'm trapped with the most dangerous of them all.The Kings.With each passing day, they lurk closer, their darkness pulling me a bit deeper. They push me, demanding everything I have when my world is falling apart... -
![Conjure by Harleigh Beck]()
Conjure by Harleigh Beck
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey’re dead.I watched them die. That’s the only reason we’re here in the no-name town,living in this creepy old house, whose shadows promise more than just darkness.The only thing worse than the house are the woods behind it.Where the whispers in the wind lead you to a deafening silence.Something lurks here, nests here, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 here. It feeds on us.Our chaos, our anger, our 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦... -
![Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural by Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye,]()
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural by Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye,
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA gripping, chilling collection of 47 stories and six poems, dating back to Shelley and Stevenson, but also including modern masters... -
![The October Country by Ray Bradbury]()
The October Country by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRay Bradbury's second short story collection is back in print, its chilling encounters with funhouse mirrors, parasitic accident-watchers, and strange poker chips intact. Both sides of Bradbury's vaunted childhood nostalgia are also on display, in the celebratory "Uncle Einar," and haunting "The Lake," the latter a fine elegy to childhood loss... -
![The People's Will by Jasper Kent]()
The People's Will by Jasper Kent
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPart historical adventure, part vampire thriller -- the fourth dark and dazzling novel in Jasper Kent's 'Danilov Quintet'. Turkmenistan 1881: Beneath the citadel of Geok Tepe sits a prisoner. He hasn't moved from his chair for two years, hasn't felt the sun on his face in more than fifty, but he is thankful for that. The city is besieged by Russian troops and soon falls...Categorized as:
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![The Sacrifice by Emily Shore]()
The Sacrifice by Emily Shore
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Don’t you know better than to play with monsters?”I’ve spent my life in the Borderlands with no feeling. I am half a ghost, born with half a soul and numb because of it. On my 22nd birthday, I’m bound for the Sacrifice in the Wailing Woods and come face to face with the monsters—only to discover I can feel them.Perhaps I’d rather play with the monsters than kill them... -
![Blood & Salt by Hubert L. Mullins]()
Blood & Salt by Hubert L. Mullins
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsApril 10th, 1912: Titanic sails with a dark secret in her cargo hold . . .An ancient evil has been unleashed on the Ship of Dreams. One night into Titanic’s maiden voyage and passengers go missing, turn up dead, or bear a craving for blood and an aversion to the sun . . .Assistant Surgeon Benjamin York only wants to help his patients, and perhaps explain this odd affliction...Categorized as:
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![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... -
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![Best Ghost Stories of J.S. Le Fanu by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]()
Best Ghost Stories of J.S. Le Fanu by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHere are 16 classic ghost stories: "Carmilla" (perhaps the classic vampire thriller), "Green Tea", "The Familiar", "The Haunted Baronet", "Madam Crowl's Ghost", "The Dead Sexton", "An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House" plus nine others. Half these stories never published before in U.S... -
![The Numbing by Flint Maxwell]()
The Numbing by Flint Maxwell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Supernatural Apocalypse NovelEvil awaits.After the devastating events on Prism Lake, Grady and the other survivors head south, hoping to find safety in one of the rumored "Cities of Light."But as they embark on their journey, they quickly discover the monsters aren't the only things out in the snow they must fear.They may not even be the worst things.. -
![The Casquette Girls by Alys Arden]()
The Casquette Girls by Alys Arden
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSeven girls tied by time.Five powers that bind.One curse to lock the horror away.One attic to keep the monsters at bay.After the storm of the century rips apart New Orleans, sixteen-year-old Adele Le Moyne wants nothing more than her now silent city to return to normal... -
![The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey]()
The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsWhile attempting to disprove that Homo vampiris, the vampire, could exist, Dr. Warthrop is asked by his former fiancé to rescue her husband from the Wendigo, a creature that starves even as it gorges itself on human flesh, and which has snatched him in the Canadian wilderness... -
![Dead Roses for a Blue Lady by Nancy A. Collins]()
Dead Roses for a Blue Lady by Nancy A. Collins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPreviously available only in an ultra-limited-edition hardcover, Dead Roses for a Blue Lady collects eight tales of Sanja Blue, all by the vampire/vampire-hunter's creator Nancy A. Collins. These tales include the hard-to-find "Vampire King of the Goth Chicks" and "Some Velvet Morning" along with tales original to this collection, such as "Knifepoint," "Tender Tigers" and "The None-such Horror... -
![Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer by Brian Lumley]()
Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarry Keogh is moving on. Though the search for his missing wife and child continues, his heart now lies in Edinburgh with Bonnie Jean--a beautiful Scottish werewolf whose friendly pack and flourishing pub have given him a place he can almost call home... -
![The Lost Soul by Suzy Turner]()
The Lost Soul by Suzy Turner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDecember and Lilly have got their work cut out for them. Not only are they desperately trying to figure out the identity of the Lost Soul, and track him down, they've also got to investigate why Powell River's newest resident has got all of their men falling at her feet.But when they learn that the Nephilim might be involved, it becomes clear that they're all in extreme danger.. -
![Good Girl by M. Violet]()
Good Girl by M. Violet
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Dark Romance NovellaThey call me their little fox...They threaten to do things to me that I’m afraid to say out loud.Poe, Grim, and Saint.I belong to them now… and there is no escape.Bailey Bishop doesn’t believe in ghosts or superstitions. So when her friend dares her to break into an old, abandoned house the night before Halloween, she doesn’t hesitate... -
![This Is Halloween by Melody Rose]()
This Is Halloween by Melody Rose
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMargo was just your normal Christmas elf, and sure maybe she had a bit too much Christmas cheer, but hey, if starting to decorate for Christmas in July was wrong, she didn't want to be right.At least, until the three lords of Halloween decide to kidnap her and bring her back to Halloweenland.There’s Jack, the hopelessly sexy and tall King of Halloween, who’s harboring a monster inside of him... -
![The Cliffs: An AFK Book by Scott Cawthon]()
The Cliffs: An AFK Book by Scott Cawthon
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night...Some things must be learned the hard way . . . Reed sees an opportunity to teach the school bully not to mess with him, but ends up mangling the lesson... -
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![Necroscope: Avengers by Brian Lumley]()
Necroscope: Avengers by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey're on the run! Now that their monstrous vampire 'gardens' under London, in Australia, and on the Greek island of Krassos have been razed, two 'Lords' and a 'Lady' of the Wamphyri Malinari the Mind, Lord Szwart, and the hag Vavara have joined forces, leaving a trail of undead destruction as they flee headlong from Ben Trask's E-Branch and the dead-waking Necroscope, Jake Cutter... -
![Spook's Dark Assassin by Joseph Delaney]()
Spook's Dark Assassin by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe third chilling installment in the new Spook's legend ...An assassin lurks in the darkness between earth and oblivion - but who are they, and what is their mission? The people of the County live in fear of the beasts bent on bringing the war to their home... -
![Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson, Stephen King]()
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson, Stephen King
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRemember that monster on the wing of the airplane? William Shatner saw it on The Twilight Zone, John Lithgow saw it in the movie-even Bart Simpson saw it. "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is just one of many classic horror stories by Richard Matheson that have insinuated themselves into our collective imagination... -
![The Stephen King Collection: Stories from Night Shift by Stephen King, John Glover]()
The Stephen King Collection: Stories from Night Shift by Stephen King, John Glover
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsincludes 16 of the 20 Night Shift short storiesThe BoogeymanI Know What You NeedStrawberry SpringGray MatterThe Woman in the RoomBattlegroundGraveyard ShiftThe Man Who Loved FlowersThe Last Rung on The LadderNight SurfJerusalem's LotLawnmower ManThe ManglerQuitters, Inc... -
![A Rendezvous in Averoigne by Clark Ashton Smith]()
A Rendezvous in Averoigne by Clark Ashton Smith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn 1927, H.P. Lovecraft wrote about Clark Ashton Smith: "In sheer daemonic strangeness and fertility of conception, Mr. Smith is perhaps unexcelled by any other writer dead or living... -
![Cold Hand in Mine by Robert Aickman, Reece Shearsmith]()
Cold Hand in Mine by Robert Aickman, Reece Shearsmith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCold Hand in Mine stands as one of Aickman's best collections and contains eight stories that show off his powers as a 'strange story' writer to the full. The listener is introduced to a variety of characters, from a man who spends the night in a Hospice to a German aristocrat and a woman who sees an image of her own soul... -
![Vampire: The Masquerade Revised by Mark Rein-Hagen, Phil Brucato]()
Vampire: The Masquerade Revised by Mark Rein-Hagen, Phil Brucato
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey stalk in the shadows, moving gracefully and unseen among their prey. They are the blood-drinking fiends of whispered legends - Kindred, Cainites, the Damned. Above all, they are vampires. Their eternal struggle, waged since the nights of Jericho and Babylon, plays itself out among the skyscrapers and nightclubs of the modern world... -
![Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti, Jeff VanderMeer]()
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti, Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTwo terrifying classics by “the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction” (The Washington Post) Thomas Ligotti’s debut collection, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, and his second, Grimscribe, permanently inscribed a new name in the pantheon of horror fiction... -
![Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume I by Brian Lumley]()
Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume I by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first book in Brian Lumley's bestselling Necroscope series, Necroscope: The Lost YearsVampires never rest, and neither does Harry Keogh, the world's greatest vampire hunter, the Necroscope, the man who can talk to the dead. Right now, he's desperately searching for his wife and son, who disappeared in the midst of Harry's war against the undead monsters that plague mankind... -
![Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury]()
Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom internationally bestselling, acclaimed author Melinda Salisbury comes a darkly seductive story of murder, betrayal, love, and family secrets in a small town in the Scottish Highlands.Here are the rules of living with a murderer.One: Do not draw attention to yourself.Of course, when you live with a murderer, this is impossible. Even the subtlest of spectres is bound to be noticed... -
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![American Supernatural Tales by S.T. Joshi, Thomas Ligotti]()
American Supernatural Tales by S.T. Joshi, Thomas Ligotti
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs Stephen King will attest , the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. American Supernatural Tales celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation’s brightest literary lights, including Poe himself, H. P... -
![Quarter to Midnight: Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense by Darcy Coates]()
Quarter to Midnight: Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense by Darcy Coates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Push past the curtains of the rational, safe world and explore the un-nameable horrors living in the darkest corners of our conscience... -
![The Delicate Dependency: A Novel of the Vampire Life by Michael Talbot, Thomas Walker]()
The Delicate Dependency: A Novel of the Vampire Life by Michael Talbot, Thomas Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEver since Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the vampire has evolved from the ferocious blood-sucking fiend as portrayed in the penny dreadfuls such as Varney the Vampyre into a strangely alluring, erotic figure promising eternal life. But, it’s eternal life with a horrifying price attached, the overwhelming need to feast on the blood of the living... -
![Grave Girl by Amy Cross]()
Grave Girl by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Sam Marker ran away from her old life, all she needed was a job and somewhere to live. Anything would do. And then, one fateful day, she saw that the town of Rippon was looking for a new gardener...Unfortunately for Sam, the 'garden' is actually a cemetery, and it just so happens to contain the deadliest grave in the world... -
![The Ancestors by Brandon Massey, Tananarive Due]()
The Ancestors by Brandon Massey, Tananarive Due
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDEAD.Some evils are so great that they transcend death. In Brandon Massey's "The Patriarch," a young writer travels to the hushed backwoods of Mississippi, where dangerous secrets surface as a generations-old feud comes to bone-chilling new life...BURIED.The souls of the mistreated always find a way to be heard. In L.A... -
![The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo! by Elaine Bickell]()
The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo! by Elaine Bickell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPerfect for Halloween! A charming read-aloud about a little ghost who tries to find her lost "boo!"--ideal for fans of Five Little Pumpkins and Room on a Broom ! Little Ghost went out in the middle of the night and flew up to someone to give them a fright.She opened her mouth--but her BOO wasn't there! All that came out was a rush of cold air... -
![My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things by Judith Viorst]()
My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things by Judith Viorst
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMY MAMA SAYS... Maybe there isn't any mean-eyed monster with long slimy hair and pointy claws going scritchyscratch, scritchy-scritchy-scratch outside his window. And maybe there isn't a Thing in his yard, coming to swallow him up. His Mama says there positively aren't. But...sometimes even Mamas make mistakes... -
![The Making of Gabriel Davenport by Beverley Lee]()
The Making of Gabriel Davenport by Beverley Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMenacing dark fantasy and horror combine in the first book of this reader acclaimed supernatural series (Gabriel Davenport) from British author Beverley Lee In a house built on truth something lays hidden. Beth and Stu Davenport moved to Meadowford Bridge to give their young son, Gabriel, an idyllic childhood... -
![Gumdrop Angel: An AFK Book (Five Nights at Freddy’s: Fazbear Frights #8) by Scott Cawthon, Andrea Waggener]()
Gumdrop Angel: An AFK Book (Five Nights at Freddy’s: Fazbear Frights #8) by Scott Cawthon, Andrea Waggener
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFive Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night... A string of bad luck you can't seem to shake... for Angel, Hudson, and Sergio, it's an all too familiar feeling. Repulsed by her spoiled stepsister's lavish birthday party, Angel exacts a hasty and ill-fated revenge... -
![Down in the Hollow by Timothy Hobbs]()
Down in the Hollow by Timothy Hobbs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt all begins with a decapitated head found at the bottom of a dark well. Bertram Stone is a former Texas Ranger running from the changes of an ever-evolving world. Horses were being replaced by cars. Laws were changing how Bertram could deal justice. Wanting to live out his golden years in peace, Stone flees to the quiet town of Hamilton, Texas where he becomes the local sheriff... -
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![Necroscope: Resurgence, The Lost Years Volume II by Brian Lumley]()
Necroscope: Resurgence, The Lost Years Volume II by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHarry Keogh, the Necroscope, the man who can talk to the dead, and Earth's greatest vampire hunter, has been searching for his wife and infant son, gone missing during Harry's war against the vampires. This obsession has left him open to subtle influence by an ancient vampire, Radu... -
![Scary Stories by Barry Moser, Dean Koontz]()
Scary Stories by Barry Moser, Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGoose bumps along your arms, the hairs rising on the back of your neck, these are the sure signs you're immersed in a great scary story. Featuring classic stories by such timeless authors as Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, Bram Stoker, Washington Irving, H.P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, and H.G...Categorized as:
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![The Devil's Touch by William W. Johnstone]()
The Devil's Touch by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe town of Logandale is showing signs of the foul presence of the Prince of Darkness. Hollow-eyed, hungry corpses rise from unearthly tombs to gorge themselves on living flesh, spawning a new generation of restless Undead. Only Sam and Nydia Balon have faced the master before and know what must be done... -
![Storberry by Dan Padavona]()
Storberry by Dan Padavona
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDo You Miss the Days when Vampire Novels were Scary?Haunted by the demons of his childhood, Evan Moran returns to Storberry, Virginia, to find a greater evil threatens the town. Across town, teenager Jen Barrows is frightened by the strange noises which come from her garage crawlspace after nightfall, despite the assurances of friend Tom Kingsley that there is nothing to fear... -
![Blood Pawn by Sierra Rowan]()
Blood Pawn by Sierra Rowan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe bad guys want to possess me.The good guys want me dead.I used to believe vampires didn’t exist. Neither did demons or werewolves or magical houses that create anything you want.Then a deranged vamp tried to tear my throat out.Now, I’m surrounded by four hot vampire warriors, their hearts and minds scarred by the horrors of their past... -
![HOLLOW by Celina Myers]()
HOLLOW by Celina Myers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMia feels stuck. The only talents she has ever had - the ability to see ghosts - dried up when she was a child. She knows there must be something more for her out there, but what? Then one day a tragic series of events kills her and she soon discovers she has been turned into a vampire. She must choose between two vampire families - and two unexpected loves...
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