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  • Homecoming by Kinsley Kincaid

    Homecoming by Kinsley Kincaid

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This 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...
  • Maison De Fous by Nova Kane

    Maison De Fous by Nova Kane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sequel to A La FolieThis is a PITCH BLACK EROTIC HORROR. Please mind the trigger warnings. Are you ready for the show to begin?Cirque Du Desir : The Dark Harvest - A Night of chaos, carnage and contentment.Coming soon to a town near you...
  • 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 ratings
    A 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...
  • Psycho by Robert Bloch

    Psycho by Robert Bloch

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    The 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...
  • Go Down Hard by Ali Seay

    Go Down Hard by Ali Seay

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if a victimized woman decided to be a silent guardian angel for other women and turn the tables on predatory men? What if she stumbled into the hunting grounds of a cocky serial killer while looking for her own private murder den? What if a confident killer met his match in the form of a jean-clad, whiskey-swigging stranger in an hour glass-shaped package - and she made him want things -...
  • Only Psychos by Daniel J. Volpe

    Only Psychos by Daniel J. Volpe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who will survive the storm?It was a blizzard for the ages. Two, massive snow storms strike back-to-back, causingchaos in the Hudson Valley.Anna, and her two children, are without power and the temperature is plummeting. Theirsituation seems bleak, but a break in the storm gives them a chance at salvation. Anna flees herhome, hoping to find safety in a local hotel, but what she finds is madness...
  • Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are by Harleigh Beck

    Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are by Harleigh Beck

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One year ago, on a rainy night, I made a horrible mistake.A mistake that would haunt my every waking moment.I accidentally killed Nate, the star quarterback.Or so I thought.Now he’s back from the dead.Nothing will quench his thirst for revenge.Not until my broken pieces lie scattered by his feet and he’s inhaled my last breath.The only way out is in a body bag...
  • The Numbing by Flint Maxwell

    The Numbing by Flint Maxwell

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A 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..
  • Halloween by Richard Curtis

    Halloween by Richard Curtis

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Based on the screenplay by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Tricked by his cunning ... Treated to his savagery ... Annie, Linda and Laurie ... fresh, pretty, ready to be taken ... stalked by a sadistic power who has returned to claim new victims, on this ... the most frightening night of the year...
    Categorized as:
    classics  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  gothic  horror  literary
  • Those Who Came Before by J.H. Moncrieff

    Those Who Came Before by J.H. Moncrieff

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    People 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...
  • Blood Lust by Ab. Cynthe

    Blood Lust by Ab. Cynthe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The 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 ratings
    Run, 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...
  • Katie by Michael McDowell

    Katie by Michael McDowell

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    KATIE KILLED FOR KICKS AND CASHEver so nimble at bashing heads with her little hammer, Katie Slapes was her parents' joy and certain fortune. As the cellar filled with corpses, the family coffers filled with cash.Pretty young Philo Drax didn't have a family anymore. Katie had finished off her grandfather and her mother, and promised to put Philo out of her misery very soon now...
  • Dead Girl Blues by David Sodergren

    Dead Girl Blues by David Sodergren

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a young woman dies in Willow Zulawski’s arms, it sets in motion a chain of events that will push her to the brink of madness.A mysterious video is the only clue, but as Willow digs deeper into the murky world of snuff movies, those closest to her start turning up dead. Someone out there will stop at nothing to silence her...
  • One Killer Night by Trilina Pucci

    One Killer Night by Trilina Pucci

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    USA 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...
  • Island of the Dolls by Jeremy Bates

    Island of the Dolls by Jeremy Bates

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    THE CREEPIEST ISLAND ON EARTHDeep within an ancient Aztec canal system on the outskirts of Mexico City lies Isla de las Munecas...a reportedly haunted island infested with thousands of decrepit dolls.While there to film a television documentary, several friends discover a brutal murder...
  • The Cabin by Amy Cross

    The Cabin by Amy Cross

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "There are stories about this place. It's said that something really bad happened here once, in the room where we're standing right now." When Anna arrives in Norway to visit a long-lost friend, she expects to spend a calm, relaxing weekend at a remote cabin. Soon, however, she learns that some of the other guests are not what they seem, and the cabin itself has a dark history...
  • Benny Rose, the Cannibal King by Hailey Piper

    Benny Rose, the Cannibal King by Hailey Piper

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Blackwood, Vermont has one legend to its name—Benny Rose, the Cannibal King. Every local kid knows him and tells his stories, especially on Halloween. When a new girl moves to town in the autumn of 1987, the legend inspires high school junior Desiree St. Fleur and her friends to pull a Benny Rose-themed prank. A few laughs and screams, and they’ll have a Happy Halloween...
  • Savages by Greg F. Gifune

    Savages by Greg F. Gifune

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It began as a vacation to the Cook Islands. But when seven friends are lost in the South Pacific after their boat goes down in a storm, they must survive at sea for several days in a small raft. Blown miles off course from their original position, and deep into open waters, they eventually encounter a small uncharted island...
    Categorized as:
    dark  adult  book  demons  fiction  graphic-violence  horror  monsters
  • Awakened in Blood by Daniel J. Volpe

    Awakened in Blood by Daniel J. Volpe

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a drunken and adulterous night, Shane and Veronica’s marriage is on the rocks. In an attempt to save their relationship, Veronica books a couple’s retreat at an old lodge outside Ashmore, New York. Violent dreams, uncontrollable sexual desires and primal instincts haunt the guests at the old lodge...
  • Camp Firwood by Boris Bacic

    Camp Firwood by Boris Bacic

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If the counselors of Camp Firwood send you into the woods, you're as good as dead.When the rebellious teenager Kevin gets sent to a summer camp by his parents, he initially has no idea what's in store for him. Every two weeks, the camp organizes an event called The Trial. The campers all dread it. They don't want to spend the night in the woods with the Firwood Wraith roaming around...
  • Headhunter Reimagined  (Special X) by Michael Slade

    Headhunter Reimagined (Special X) by Michael Slade

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    IT BEGAN WITH HORROR. THEN IT GOT WORSE.There were still traces of extraordinary beauty in the woman's brutally violated body--but there was no way of knowing how beautiful she had been.Her head was missing.She was the first--but there were more to come.Many more.A killer was loose and no woman was safe..
    Categorized as:
    classics  dark  adult  book  crime  fiction  graphic-violence  horror
  • Dark Ride by Iain Rob Wright

    Dark Ride by Iain Rob Wright

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    'Bright Lights' AJ Starr is a pro wrestler on the rise, and his life is about to change forever. Knowing this, he plans one last party with all of his best friends. The venue? Saxon Hills theme park, abandoned ten years ago after its flagship ride burned down and killed nine innocent people...
  • The App by Stuart James

    The App by Stuart James

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The App...Once you're in, they'll never let you leave.Whatever happens, don't download The App.* It will come in the form of a link. Maybe in your DM's on a social media account, the junk folder of your emails or a WhatsApp message from a friend.* You'll be enticed by the chance of winning one hundred thousand pounds on offer every Friday, wired straight into the winner's bank account...
  • Horror in the Woods by Lee Mountford

    Horror in the Woods by Lee Mountford

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Finding that desecrated body was only the beginning....For Ashley and her three friends, it was supposed to be an adventure-filled weekend. A chance to get away from the hustle-and-bustle of city life and experience the peaceful tranquillity of nature.But when they ventured into those woods, their trip turned into a horror far beyond what they could have ever imagined...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  cannibalism  death  fiction
  • Trapped by R.L. Stine

    Trapped by R.L. Stine

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some kids in the sixties used to party in the tunnels under Shadyside High, until something left a bunch of people dead. But that's just a story, right? Besides, exploring the tunnels is more fun than being stuck in Saturday detention. Too bad there's no turning back--because in the tunnels there's no one around to hear your screams...
  • Monster by Matt Shaw, Michael Bray

    Monster by Matt Shaw, Michael Bray

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    WARNING: THIS IS AN EXTREME HORROR NOVEL. There is gore. There is bad language. There are scenes of a sexual nature. There are scenes of domestic abuse. But hidden underneath it all is also a chilling story. Please do not purchase this book if you are easily shocked, disgusted or offended. This book is not for you...
  • Cirque Berserk by Jessica Guess

    Cirque Berserk by Jessica Guess

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The summer of 1989 brought terror to the town of Shadows Creek, Florida in the form of a massacre at the local carnival, Cirque Berserk. One fateful night, a group of teens killed a dozen people then disappeared into thin air. No one knows why they did it, where they went, or even how many of them there were, but legend has it they still roam the abandoned carnival, looking for blood to spill...
  • Night of the Prowler by Jon Athan

    Night of the Prowler by Jon Athan

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Assist the customers. Stock the shelves. Sweep the floors. Take out the trash. Survive the night.Zoe Doyle, an eighteen-year-old girl saving up for college and her first car, is working the night shift by herself at a secluded gas station for the first time. Her hopes for a normal night quickly diminish as she meets the local creeps, but she perseveres...
  • Maul Rats by Ivy Tholen

    Maul Rats by Ivy Tholen

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s 1999 and there are more people dropping than shopping at the dying Lone Star Mall.While Ginny Todd’s parents are off saving the world from Y2K, she is trapped in a small town in Texas, forced to live with her neglectful aunt and uncle and her unstable cousin, Michelle...
  • Halloween II by Jack Martin

    Halloween II by Jack Martin

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It 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...
  • Clown by Matt Shaw

    Clown by Matt Shaw

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A new psychological horror from Matt Shaw - author of Porn, Sick Bastards, Rotting Dead F*cks and The Happy Ever After series - Clown tells the tale of a mild-mannered fifty year old entertainer.By day he likes nothing more than to hear the screams of children enjoying his gags and tricks at their parties but - when he gets home - his mask slips and the real monster is revealed...
    Categorized as:
    dark  adult  book  crime  death  fiction  graphic-violence  horror
  • Brother by Ania Ahlborn

    Brother by Ania Ahlborn

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Brotherfollows 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...
  • Halloween IV by Nicholas Grabowsky

    Halloween IV by Nicholas Grabowsky

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It's the return of Michael Myers in the definitive Halloween novelization! By special arrangement with Trancas International Films, fantasy/horror author Nicholas Grabowsky presents a special, limited edition of his novel, the way it was meant to be...
    Categorized as:
    classics  dark  adult  book  fiction  horror  literary  mystery
  • 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 ratings
    Set 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...
  • Pedo Island Bloodbath by Duncan Ralston

    Pedo Island Bloodbath by Duncan Ralston

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You are cordially invited to join jet-setting financier/philanthropist Emory Jackman and his very special guests at the world's most exclusive party on Little Pearl Island! Everyone who's anyone wants to be seen at one of Emory Jackman's legendary parties, from royalty to politicians, tech billionaires to Instagram models.But something sinister is happening on Little Pearl...
  • His to Slash by Mae Celeste

    His to Slash by Mae Celeste

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When I moved to Red Hallow, I was looking for a fresh start, not a nightmare. But this town has a secret—a legend that stalks its streets in the dark, hunting in silence. His name is Grayson Hale, and he was supposed to be my end.I saw the blood on his hands, the bodies he left behind. When he pinned me to the ground, I thought I’d be next...
  • Jigglyspot and the Zero Intellect by P.D. Alleva

    Jigglyspot and the Zero Intellect by P.D. Alleva

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carnivals, Cannibals, and Clowns. Oh My!Wanna go for a ride?Meet Jigglyspot, a five-foot tall half human half warlock carnival clown who spends his free time moonlighting as a drug dealing pimp and lackey for demonic entities who prey on the weak and vulnerable, casting their dark shadow across humanity through manipulation, and fear...
  • The Venue by T.J. Payne

    The Venue by T.J. Payne

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "Rollicking dark, twisted fun!" Welcome to THE VENUEWhere the super rich can get away from it all. ...and get away with anything they want.You're invited to Caleb Hunt's wedding! Sure, you haven't spoken since you two had a falling out in high school, but Caleb has gotten over that. He's a forgiving person. It was all a misunderstanding. He credits you with turning him into the man he is today...
  • Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson

    Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The 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...
  • Halloween: The Official Movie Novelization by John Passarella

    Halloween: The Official Movie Novelization by John Passarella

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In 1978, Laurie Strode survived an encounter with Michael Myers, a masked figure who killed her friends and terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois on Halloween night. Myers was later gunned down, apprehended and committed to Smith's Grove State Hospital...
  • Rotten Tommy by David Sodergren

    Rotten Tommy by David Sodergren

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Keep the door locked night and day…”It’s been forty years since Becky Sharp’s mother vanished without a trace. Becky has given up all hope of finding her, until she makes a strange discovery that may hold the key to solving her mother’s disappearance.Three unmarked videotapes, hidden in the wall of her childhood home...
  • You Are Invited by Sarah A. Denzil

    You Are Invited by Sarah A. Denzil

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Cath receives her invitation to The Event--a monetised retreat for social media influencers--she can't believe her luck. Irene Jobert is the most famous influencer in the world, and now Cath will be one of the five participants chosen to stay with Irene in a renovated Transylvanian monastery.The catch? Their every move will be live-streamed to millions of people around the world...
  • The Night Stockers by Kristopher Triana, Ryan Harding

    The Night Stockers by Kristopher Triana, Ryan Harding

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The employees of the Freshway grocery store aren’t too happy about having to do an overnight shift, but they’re about to be even unhappier. Their rival store, Devil’s Food, is about to lay siege upon them with extreme prejudice. This is no ordinary grocery chain. Devil’s Food is run by a cult of murderous Satanists committed to killing the competition—literally...
  • Escape From Happydale by Jack Quaid

    Escape From Happydale by Jack Quaid

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    At the end of every horror movie, one girl always survives the deadly slasher… In this case, Parker Ames not only survives, she turns the tables and dedicates her life to hunting and destroying the monsters that stalk slumber parties and campsites all across the country.Ten years after the horrific events known as the Massacre at Coffin Bay, Parker’s world has been flipped totally upside down...
  • Jinxed by Thommy Hutson

    Jinxed by Thommy Hutson

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    High School Can Be a Real KillerBreak a mirrorWalk under a ladderStep on a crackInnocent childhood superstitions …But someone at the secluded Trask Academy of Performing Arts is taking things one deadly step further when the campus is rocked with the deaths of some of its star students...
  • The Summer I Died: The Roger Huntington Saga, Book 1: Volume 1 by Ryan C. Thomas

    The Summer I Died: The Roger Huntington Saga, Book 1: Volume 1 by Ryan C. Thomas

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    So much screaming. When Roger Huntington comes home from college for the summer and is met by his best friend, Tooth, he knows they're going to have a good time. A summer full of beer, comic books, movies, laughs, and maybe even girls. So much pain. The sun is high and the sky is clear as Roger and Tooth set out to shoot beer cans at Bobcat Mountain...
  • The Late Night Horror Show by Bryan Smith

    The Late Night Horror Show by Bryan Smith

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "When the movie starts, the horror becomes real. "It was a run-down old multi-plex in a seedy part of town. But it had a special late-night festival of the cheap horror movies one group of friends loved, movies filled with zombies, vampires and backwoods maniacs...
  • The Printer From Hell by Amy Cross

    The Printer From Hell by Amy Cross

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's just a printer.That's what Steve Holland tells himself when he brings the machine into his family's home. Even when he struggles to get the printer working, he tells his wife that there's no reason to worry. After all, a printer can't actually hurt anyone.And then the bruises start to appear on their son's arm...
  • Halloween III: Season of the Witch by Jack Martin

    Halloween III: Season of the Witch by Jack Martin

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Do you know where your kids are tonight?The streets are quiet. Dead quiet as the shadows lengthen and night falls. It's Halloween. Blood-chilling screams pierce the air. Grinning skulls and grotesque shapes lurk in the gathering darkness. It's Halloween. The streets are filling with small cloaked figures. They're just kids, right? The doorbell rings and your flesh creeps...
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