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Mist by 微风几许
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsyperthymesia. Those with this condition can remember every detail of their lives from something as significant as the world’s turning point to something as small and as insignificant as a minor fleeting thought. They cannot forget and their thirst for knowledge allows them to be considered a genius in some senses.Legend has it that Ji Yushi was this kind of genius... -
Ten Simple Tips for Surviving the Apocalypse by Cari Z.
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDo you have what it takes to survive the apocalypse? Are you sure?Let Javi help!Ten Simple Tips For Surviving The Apocalypse is a handy guide for anyone who wants to weather the end of the world's mayhem, misery, and mutants with flair... -
How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea by Mira Grant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA new Newsflesh novella from the New York Times bestselling author that brought you Feed, Mira Grant.Post-Rising Australia can be a dangerous place, especially if you're a member of the government-sponsored Australia Conservation Corps, a group of people dedicated to preserving their continent's natural wealth until a cure can be found...Categorized as:
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Tribute to the Alpha by Cara Wylde
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe war between humans and shapeshifters must end. There has been too much bloodshed, and it’s time for the factions to sign a peace treaty. But there is one man, one wolf warrior, who does not want peace. Not even when humans would be forced to provide shifters with brides to bear them heirs. Ruarc Bloodmoon is not interested in a willing human bride. All he wants is power... -
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Monstrous by Nicole M. Rubino
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratings"I’ve never been afraid of the dark. I never needed any reassurance that there was no monster in my closet or under my bed. Perhaps that’s because a part of me always knew I was one." Monstrous claws weren't the type of gift I’d been expecting for my eighteenth birthday, along with the desire to eat my ex-boyfriend... -
Monster by Soren Summers
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBloodied corridors. Mangled bodies. Deranged test subjects. Just another day at Vertex, a corporation devoted to perfecting humanity by any means necessary. It's up to Jarod Samuels to keep the hallways pristine and safe, but scrubbing bloodstains and bagging bodies is losing its luster. Then someone new joins his department, this man with a huge ego and an even huger mouth... -
Gills by Abe Moss
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey're beautiful. They're alluring. But don't get too close. The women of the sea are starving... Georgia Woodrow isn't winning any prizes for Daughter of the Year--it's been far too long since she last visited home, for starters. But after receiving a late-night phone call from her father, she finds it impossible to stay away...Georgia's sister has gone missing... -
Dare Me by Felicity Brandon
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne Commanding Demon.One struggling mortal.An obsession that will change them both forever.She's a hungry artist. I'm a powerful demon.My fixation is as strong as I am.If I take her, there'll be consequences.But she'd be mine.Entirely.For eternity.She'll paint for me while I master her enchanting beauty.I'll let her bewitch me and damn the aftermath... -
Lich's Love by Celeste King
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy mate is up for sale… And I won’t let anyone else have her. My cold heart awakens at the sight of Vanessa… Something I never thought possible. It can only mean one thing. I must have her. There is no other option. She’s mine. She might be damaged… But I’m the only one that can fix her. I’ll be her shield. Her protector. The one that can make her whole. No one will ever touch her again...Categorized as:
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The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsLibrarian note: These editions also contain a second novella, called "Peace, Pipe."Nominated for the Shirley Jackson and Saboteur awards, this game-changing story was chosen by Adam Nevill as one of his favourite horror short stories: “What a refreshing gust of tiny spores this novella explodes into, and I inhaled them all with glee”... -
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsSixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the story of his Polish legacy with the story of how he and his best friend, Robby, brought about the end of humanity and the rise of an army of unstoppable, six-foot tall praying mantises in small-town Iowa... -
Feral by James Demonaco, B.K. Evenson
Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom James DeMonaco, the writer/director of The Purge film franchise, comes the provocative and terrifying last stand of a lone outpost of women in the wake of a deadly pandemic. Allie Hilts was still in high school when a fire at a top-secret research facility released an air-borne pathogen that quickly spread to every male on the planet, killing most... -
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsIt is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets. As Area X expands, the agency tasked with investigating and overseeing it—the Southern Reach—has collapsed on itself in confusion... -
The Mutant Strain by M.J. Edwards
Rated: 2.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDr Amy Amyson is North Virginia’s top microbiologist, but after a recent trip to Finland, she finds herself a potential carrier for a terrible new Covid-19 variant which is reportedly resistant to vaccines... -
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In Bloom by Paul Tremblay
Rated: 3.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThere’s something in the water in this hallucinatory short story by Paul Tremblay, bestselling author of The Cabin at the End of the World and The Beast You Are. Journalist Heidi Cohen is in Cape Cod investigating the sources of recurring toxic algae blooms along the coast. A local named Jimmy has his own theory for her... -
Rise: A Newsflesh Collection by Mira Grant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCollected here for the first time is every piece of short fiction from New York Times Bestseller Mira Grant's acclaimed Newsflesh series, with two new never-before-published novellas and all eight short works available for the first time in print.We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop... -
Paper Girls, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan, Matt Wilson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBrian K. Vaughan, #1 New York Times bestselling writer of SAGA, and Cliff Chiang, legendary artist of WONDER WOMAN, return with acclaimed colorist Matt Wilson and innovative letterer JAred K. Fletcher for the second volume of PAPER GIRLS, as the hit series continues with a bold new direction...Categorized as:
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Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 6 by James Tynion IV, Miquel Muerto
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the last person in her corner gone and a ruthless agent from the Order of St. George closing in, Erica Slaughter finds herself alone and without a prayer... -
The Abandoned, Volume 1 by Ross Campbell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone 23 and older suddenly dies one fateful, stormy night, but quickly rises from the dead. The zombies seek out the only living thing left: their children. After Rylie escapes a nursing home, she makes her way through the swamps of her hometown to find her crush, Naomi, before the dead find her first. Rated for older teens... -
The Swarm by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAn entire high school has been transported to an alien world and must now survive together or die individually.On October 16, 2013, 437 students, 52 teachers, and 24 additional staff from Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, WI vanished without a trace... -
The Arrow by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsOn October 16, 2013, 437 students, 52 teachers, and 24 additional staff from Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, WI vanished without a trace. Countless light years away, far outside the bounds of the charted universe, 513 people find themselves in the middle of an ancient, primordial wilderness...
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