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Readers who enjoyed Macabre Sanctuary by Staci Troilo, Joan Hall, Mae Clair, Jan Morrill, Pamela Foster, Stacy Claflin, Harmony Kent, Michele Jones, C.S. Boyack & Grace R. Colt also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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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... -
![Rumble of the Coaster Ghost by Troy Cummings]()
Rumble of the Coaster Ghost by Troy Cummings
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStermont's latest monster is a real scream!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina... -
![Sir Simon: Super Scarer by Cale Atkinson]()
Sir Simon: Super Scarer by Cale Atkinson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA delightful, funny story of friendship, ghost chores, a spooky house and a professional haunter.Meet Sir Simon, Super Scarer. He's a professional ghost who has been transferred to his first house. And just in time! He was getting tired of haunting bus stops and forests and potatoes... -
![Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Maberry]()
Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFROM A FUNFEST...Each year, the residents of Pine Deep host the Halloween Festival, drawing tourists and celebrities from across the country to enjoy the deliciously creepy fun. Those who visit the small Pennsylvania town are out for a good time, but those who live there are desperately trying to survive.. -
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![Death's Awakening by Sarra Cannon]()
Death's Awakening by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. I never dreamed the world would end this way... Sixteen-year-old Parrish Sorrows is nothing special. She lives in the shadow of her prodigy sister, ignored by her parents and shunned as an outsider at her private school.But today, everything changes.Today, on the other side of the country, a portal to another world opens... -
![Ten Timid Ghosts by Jennifer O'Connell]()
Ten Timid Ghosts by Jennifer O'Connell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's Halloween, and ten timid ghosts in a haunted house have a problem: a mean witch is preparing to move in and scare them away, one by one! Young trick-or-treaters learn to count backwards from ten to one as each ghost flies away to the woods after seeing a gleaming skeleton, a bat black as night, a frightening hoot owl, or an enormous rat, just a few of all the witch's tricks... -
![The Occupant by Ambrose Ibsen]()
The Occupant by Ambrose Ibsen
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"The door has been opened. It's already too late." The hunt is on for the thing that escaped from Chaythe Asylum. A life hangs in the balance. Dark plots set in motion more than thirty years ago wind to a close in this final, terrifying volume... -
![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.. -
![Night's Black Agents by Fritz Leiber]()
Night's Black Agents by Fritz Leiber
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContents: Horror Stories:Adept's gambit Man who never grew young Smoke ghost Automatic pistol Inheritance Hill and the hole Dreams of Albert Moreland Hound Diary in the snowGirl with the hungry eyesBit of the dark worldFantasy:The Sunken land (Fafhrd & Gray... -
![Ghostbusters: Tobin's Spirit Guide by Erik Burnham]()
Ghostbusters: Tobin's Spirit Guide by Erik Burnham
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis dynamic in-universe book takes fans inside the world of Ghostbusters like never before. In the first Ghostbusters movie, Tobin’s Spirit Guide is a comprehensive supernatural encyclopedia used by our heroes to research ghouls and ghosts... -
![Raven Revivals by Amy Cross]()
Raven Revivals by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeep beneath the village of Rippon, the Devil's body still rests in its tomb. But powerful forces are determined to break in and steal the body, and only one thing stands between those forces and total world domination.Her name is Sam and she's a gardener.One year after Grave Girl, Sam is still working at the cemetery in Rippon... -
![Ghosts Don't Ride Bikes, Do They? by Andrés Miedoso]()
Ghosts Don't Ride Bikes, Do They? by Andrés Miedoso
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDesmond and Andres are in for a bike-riding adventure in the second book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter book series!Welcome to Kersville, a town with a spooky history and a collection of ghosts and spirits who are major mischief-makers. Most kids spend their days without ever seeing or dealing with a ghost, but some kids get stuck with a haunt... -
![Inferno Park by J.L. Bryan]()
Inferno Park by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarter was only twelve when he witnessed the disaster that killed more than a hundred people at Starland Amusement Park. Five years later, Carter’s hometown is no longer a busy Florida panhandle resort, but a slowly dying town full of empty motels and attractions rusting behind chains and padlocks.Now something evil stirs in the ruins of the old amusement park.. -
![Scary School by Derek The Ghost]()
Scary School by Derek The Ghost
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou think your school's scary?Get a load of these teachers:Ms. Fang, an 850-year-old vampireDr. Dragonbreath, who just might eat you before recessMr. Snakeskin—science class is so much more fun when it's taught by someone who's half zombieMrs... -
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![Defilers by Brian Lumley]()
Defilers by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJake Cutter is reluctantly learning how to be a Necroscope--how to use the Mobius continuum to travel instantaneously from place to place, how to talk to the dead--but dead humans don't like him much. It seems Jake's got a hitchhiker named Korath. Since Korath holds the key to the Mobius equations, Jake can't just kick him out . . . though he's certainly trying... -
![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... -
![The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan, Laird Barron]()
The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan, Laird Barron
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJohn Langan has, in the last few years, established himself as one of the leading voices in contemporary horror literature. Gifted with a supple and mellifluous prose style, an imagination that can conjure up clutching terrors with seeming effortlessness, and a thorough knowledge of the rich heritage of weird fiction, Langan has already garnered his share of accolades... -
![The Dark Winter by Flint Maxwell]()
The Dark Winter by Flint Maxwell
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCan you survive the cold?After the initial series of summer blizzards, the snowfall has decreased, but the temperatures continue to drop, the icy wind still blows, and with each passing day, the darkness lasts longer and longer.It is in the darkness the monsters thrive... -
![Dead Man's Song by Jonathan Maberry, To Be Announced]()
Dead Man's Song by Jonathan Maberry, To Be Announced
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the powerful imagination of a horror master comes a bone-chilling tale set in a small town where good and evil are joined in a terrifying, deadly battle. Evil endures. Once an idyllic Pennsylvania village, Pine Deep awoke one morning to find itself bathed in a massive bloodletting... -
![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... -
![The Supernatural Book of Monsters, Spirits, Demons, and Ghouls by Alexander C. Irvine]()
The Supernatural Book of Monsters, Spirits, Demons, and Ghouls by Alexander C. Irvine
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTwenty-three years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force. Following the tragedy, their father, John, set out to teach his boys everything about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America . . . and how to kill it... -
![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 Book of Bad Things by Dan Poblocki]()
The Book of Bad Things by Dan Poblocki
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne kid's trash is another kid's terror in this spooky supernatural mystery.When Cassidy Bean leaves New York to spend the summer upstate, she's disappointed to find that Whitechapel is not the quiet, pleasant suburb she remembers. Ursula Chambers, the strange old hermit at the end of the cul-de-sac, has passed away under mysterious circumstances... -
![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... -
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![Callis Rose by Mark Tufo]()
Callis Rose by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCallis Rose is a girl blessed with a gift from above or cursed with a ruthless power she barely understands, it’s really just a matter of degrees. As her family life is turned asunder she is thrown into an indifferent Social Services program where she defends herself the only way she knows how. Callis is moved from home to home until she finally settles at the Lowries... -
![Search and Rescue Woods by Kerry Hammond]()
Search and Rescue Woods by Kerry Hammond
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSearch and Rescue Woods is an eight-part Creepypasta by Kerry Hammond, published on Reddit under the username searchandrescuewoods. It was originally posted to the Nosleep subreddit in August of 2015, with its final update being in December of that year. Currently, a novelization is in progress... -
![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... -
![The Smoky Corridor by Chris Grabenstein]()
The Smoky Corridor by Chris Grabenstein
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library and coauthor of I Funny and Treasure Hunters, comes a series of spine-tingling mysteries to keep you up long after the lights go out... -
![Skin Medicine by Tim Curran]()
Skin Medicine by Tim Curran
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn unspeakable evil is stalking the territory. Civil war veteran and bounty hunter Tyler Cabe, who is tracking a merciless murderer, must find a way to battle something beyond the imagination of living man... -
![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... -
![The Compleat Crow by Brian Lumley]()
The Compleat Crow by Brian Lumley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaster of occult arts...‘He was tall and broad-shouldered, and it was plain to see that in his younger days he had been a handsome man. Now his hair had greyed a little and his eyes, though they were still very bright and observant, bore the imprint of many a year spent exploring – and often, I guessed, discovering – along rarely trodden paths of mysterious and obscure learning... -
![Uncanny Magazine Issue 10: May/June 2016 by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas]()
Uncanny Magazine Issue 10: May/June 2016 by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe May/June 2016 issue of Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Seanan McGuire, Kat Howard, JY Yang, Alyssa Wong, and Haralambi Markov, reprinted fiction by Kameron Hurley, essays by Foz Meadows, Tanya DePass, Sarah Monette, and Stephanie Zvan, poetry by Beth Cato, M... -
![Behind the Door by Mary SanGiovanni]()
Behind the Door by Mary SanGiovanni
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOccult specialist Kathy Ryan returns in this thrilling novel of paranormal horror from Mary SanGiovanni, the author of Chills.Some doors should never be opened . . .In the rural town of Zarepath, deep in the woods on the border of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, stands the Door. No one knows where it came from, and no one knows where it leads... -
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![Chasing Spirits - The Memoirs of Reginald Weldon by Glynn James]()
Chasing Spirits - The Memoirs of Reginald Weldon by Glynn James
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat Readers are saying about CHASING SPIRITS: "Spooky, captivating mystery." ... "A glimpse of a strange world behind this one." ... "Great story telling!" ... "If you are a fan of this genre give this book a try you will not regret it." ... "I was sorry when it ended." ... "an epic journey through a mans life" ... "This was a wonderful story... -
![Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within by John Skipp, George R.R. Martin]()
Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within by John Skipp, George R.R. Martin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWerewolves and shapeshifters have morphed into the latest pop culture stars. This mind-bending collection includes thirty-two new and classic stories from the best writers in the genreWerewolves and shapeshifters are the latest literary craze following vampires and zombies... -
![The Ghost of Longthorn Manor and Other Stories by Amy Cross]()
The Ghost of Longthorn Manor and Other Stories by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA woman watches from a high window as her brother approaches the house... A little girl realizes that her family's new home is trying to warn her about something... A teenager with a debilitating mental health problem starts hearing a scratching sound, coming from the attic... The Ghost of Longthorn Manor and Other Stories is a collection of short horror stories by Amy Cross... -
![The Punished by Peter Meredith]()
The Punished by Peter Meredith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings12-year-old Curt Regis lives the carefree life of a beggar and a thief. Homeless since the age of six, he uses his guile and street smarts, as well as a glib, smooth lying tongue to reign as king of the street rats. So when he is caught breaking into a school and is sent back into foster care for the ninth time, he is quite confident that it will be a short stay... -
![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... -
![Blind Rage by Nick Clausen]()
Blind Rage by Nick Clausen
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA mysterious crack in the sky. People turning into savage killers. A world disrupted by death and destruction.A select few find themselves immune to this deadly phenomenon. Now they must fight to survive in a collapsing society.Tommy, a maladjusted teenager still reeling from the loss of his father. With no support from his basket case mother, Tommy is facing the situation on his own... -
![Necroscope: The Touch by Brian Lumley]()
Necroscope: The Touch by Brian Lumley
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo test of the power of God, an insane triad of malevolent aliens decides to become so evil that God himself will have to stop them. They have already destroyed their homeworld, an entire solar system, and most of their own race... -
![Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cherie Priest]()
Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cherie Priest
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDown by the river, the first to go missing were not much lamented. Disappearances of homeless men foraging through trash or nuisance skater kids who rolled their boards along the planked piers at night were not noteworthy enough to delay the city's development projects.But deep beneath the riverbank, the evidence of a terrible crime has been covered up twice... -
![A House by the Sea by Ambrose Ibsen]()
A House by the Sea by Ambrose Ibsen
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomething has always lived in Winthrop House... After his book becomes a best-seller, novelist Jack Ripley moves into a house on the edge of Cutler Harbor with his wife and two daughters. Nearly a century old, Winthrop House is newly-restored and boasts a gorgeous oceanfront view. But everything is not what it seems... -
![The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie by Brad Strickland, John Bellairs]()
The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie by Brad Strickland, John Bellairs
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJohn Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Now, the ten top-selling titles feature an updated cover look... -
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![Sin and Salvation by Richie Tankersley Cusick]()
Sin and Salvation by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsToo many deaths and too many terrifying visions have taken their toll on Lucy Dennison. She wonders if she can trust anyone or anything anymore. In the chilling finale to The Unseen quartet, Lucy comes face-to-face with the force that has turned her life into a waking nightmare. . . -
![I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus: A Breathers Christmas Carol by S.G. Browne]()
I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus: A Breathers Christmas Carol by S.G. Browne
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“One of America’s best satiric novelists” (Kirkus Reviews), S. G. Browne seamlessly gift wraps this horrific and hilarious sequel to his “extremely strong” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) zombie novel Breathers.He sees you when you’re sleeping...he knows when you’re undead... -
![No Such Thing by Ella Bailey]()
No Such Thing by Ella Bailey
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne cool day in late October, Georgia noticed something weird. Objects would move around the house and sometimes they even disappeared... -
![The Witching House: A Horror Novella by Brian Moreland]()
The Witching House: A Horror Novella by Brian Moreland
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome houses should be left alone. In 1972, twenty-five people were brutally murdered in one of the bloodiest massacres in Texas history. The mystery of who committed the killings remains unsolved.Over forty years later, Sarah Donovan is dating an exciting man, Dean Stratton... -
![Blood and Sand by Damien Graves]()
Blood and Sand by Damien Graves
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDamien Graves has spent a lifetime searching for the most terrifying stories in existence. Now, he presents three of his fearsome favorites. Will you dare to be scared?John and Sarah cross paths with a sand sculptor whose creations are shockingly real - a little too real.Ben inherits a seemingly ordinary pocket watch from his grandfather... -
![Nightblood by T. Chris Martindale]()
Nightblood by T. Chris Martindale
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCombining the high-voltage excitement of David Morrell's First Blood with the stark horror of Stephen King's Salem's Lot, this action-packed novel of a Vietnam vet warring against a swarm of vampires delivers all the thrills readers expect from the genre . . . and more...
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