Horror Picks by Bookseller Ryan

Our Queen of Scream, Bookseller Ryan, has created a list for you of her favorite Horror Novels! Be sure to stop into the store to see our Horror Section in person! 

Scroll down to the very bottom of this page for more curated Horror lists, including Horror by BIPOC authors, Queer Horror, and Horror for Young Folks

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How to Sell a Haunted House By Grady Hendrix Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593201268
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Published: Berkley - January 17th, 2023

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Wildly entertaining."-The New York Times

"Ingenious."-The Washington Post

New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else.
 


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The September House By Carissa Orlando Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593548615
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Published: Berkley - September 5th, 2023

“Why run from a haunted house when you can stay and ignore the ghosts?


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Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror By Jordan Peele (Editor), John Joseph Adams (Editor), Jordan Peele (Introduction by), N. K. Jemisin (Contributions by), Rebecca Roanhorse (Contributions by), Tananarive Due (Contributions by), Nnedi Okorafor (Contributions by) Cover Image
By Jordan Peele (Editor), John Joseph Adams (Editor), Jordan Peele (Introduction by), N. K. Jemisin (Contributions by), Rebecca Roanhorse (Contributions by), Tananarive Due (Contributions by), Nnedi Okorafor (Contributions by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593243794
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Published: Random House - October 3rd, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation.


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Bloom By Delilah S. Dawson Cover Image
$22.99
ISBN: 9781803365756
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Published: Titan Books - October 3rd, 2023

A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella with the slow build menace of Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber—from a New York Times-bestselling author hailed by Chuck Wendig as "a storyteller working at the top of her class.”


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Spin a Black Yarn: Novellas By Josh Malerman Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593237861
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Published: Del Rey - August 15th, 2023

Five harrowing novellas of horror and speculative fiction from the singular mind of the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box

Josh Malerman is a master weaver of stories—and in this spine-chilling collection he spins five twisted tales from the shadows of the human soul: 


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What Kind of Mother: A Novel By Clay Chapman Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9781683693802
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Published: Quirk Books - September 12th, 2023

What Kind of Mother mixes Southern Gothic, a missing child story, and body horror into an entertaining brew sure to inform your nightmares.”—Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts


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Black River Orchard By Chuck Wendig Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9780593158746
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Published: Del Rey - September 26th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A small town is transformed when seven strange trees begin bearing magical apples in this masterpiece of horror from the author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents.

“This masterful outing should continue to earn Wendig comparisons to Stephen King.”Publishers Weekly (starred review)


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Black Sheep By Rachel Harrison Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593545850
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Published: Berkley - September 19th, 2023

A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irreverent horror novel from the author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle.
 


Night's Edge By Liz Kerin Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250835673
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Published: Tor Nightfire - June 20th, 2023

“Complex and fully realized, Kerin’s vampire apocalypse has a palpable beating heart."—Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six

Night’s Edge by Liz Kerin takes a bite out of vampire lore in this blood-soaked novel about the darkest secrets we hide and how monstrous we can be to the ones we love most.


Silver Nitrate By Silvia Moreno-Garcia Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593355367
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Published: Del Rey - July 18th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film—and awakens one woman’s hidden powers.


Tell Me I'm Worthless By Alison Rumfitt Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250866233
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Published: Tor Nightfire - January 17th, 2023

Alison Rumfitt’s Tell Me I’m Worthless is a dark, unflinching haunted house story that confronts both supernatural and real-world horrors through the lens of the modern-day trans experience.


Brainwyrms By Alison Rumfitt Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250866257
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Published: Tor Nightfire - October 10th, 2023

“Smart, seething social horror…Rumfitt gives her worms the grotesque and triumphant glory they demand.” —The New York Times Book Review

From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror” (Publishers Weekly) — comes Brainwyrms, a searing body horror novel of obsession, violence, and pleasure.


The Spirit Bares Its Teeth By Andrew Joseph White Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781682636114
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Published: Peachtree Teen - September 5th, 2023

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

A blood-soaked and nauseating triumph that cuts like a scalpel and reads like your darkest nightmare.

New York Times bestselling author Andrew Joseph White returns with the transgressive gothic horror of our time!


Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all.


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Everything the Darkness Eats By Eric Larocca Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781955904278
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Published: Clash Books - June 13th, 2023

An insidious darkness threatens to devastate a rural New England village when occult forces are conjured and when bigotry is left unrestrained.After a recent string of disappearances in a small Connecticut town, a grieving widower with a grim secret is drawn into a dangerous ritual of dark magic by a powerful and mysterious older gentleman named Heart Crowley.


Our Share of Night: A Novel By Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (Translated by), Pablo Gerardo Camacho (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (Translated by), Pablo Gerardo Camacho (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780451495150
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Published: Hogarth - September 12th, 2023

“A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post
An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)


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Camp Damascus By Chuck Tingle Cover Image
$25.99
ISBN: 9781250874627
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Published: Tor Nightfire - July 18th, 2023

INSTANT USA TODAY & INDIE BESTSELLER
A Best Book of the Year (Vulture) • A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire) An Indie Next Pick!

“A joyful, furious romp through dark places, Tingle proves he's as good at fear as he is at love.” ―T. Kingfisher, bestselling author of What Moves the Dead


The Salt Grows Heavy By Cassandra Khaw Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9781250830913
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Published: Tor Nightfire - May 2nd, 2023

From Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewitching fairy tale of discovering the darkness in the world, and the darkness within oneself.

“This brilliant novella is not to be missed.”Publishers Weekly, STARRED review


The Spite House: A Novel By Johnny Compton Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250841414
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Published: Tor Nightfire - February 7th, 2023

A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire)!

A terrifying Gothic thriller about grief and death and the depths of a father's love, Johnny Compton's The Spite House is a stunning debut by a horror master in the making—The Babadook meets A Head Full of Ghosts in Texas Hill Country.


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The Edge of Sleep: A Novel By Jake Emanuel, Willie Block, Jason Gurley (With) Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9781250284938
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Published: St. Martin's Press - June 20th, 2023

What if the whole world fell asleep...and didn’t wake up again?


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Nestlings By Nat Cassidy Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250265258
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Published: Tor Nightfire - October 31st, 2023

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the creeping paranoia of Rosemary's Baby and the urban horror of Salem's Lot, set in an exclusive New York City residential building.

NPR Books We Love 2023
Best Horror of 2023 (so far!)—Den of Geek


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All Hallows: A Novel By Christopher Golden Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9781250280299
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Published: St. Martin's Press - January 24th, 2023

New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author Christopher Golden is best known for his supernatural thrillers set in deadly, distant locales...but in this suburban Halloween drama, Golden brings the horror home.


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Mister Magic: A Novel By Kiersten White Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593359266
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Published: Del Rey - August 8th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and discover the secret of its enigmatic host—in this “skin-crawling story of pop culture fandom and ‘90s nostalgia” (Melissa Albert, author of The Hazel Woods) from the author of Hide.


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Maeve Fly By CJ Leede Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250857859
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Published: Tor Nightfire - June 6th, 2023

A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire) • An Indie Next Pick!

"This is gory and brutal and beautiful and painful and terrifying and a pure delight."—Stephen Graham Jones


Looking Glass Sound By Catriona Ward Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250860026
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Published: Tor Nightfire - August 8th, 2023

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A Best Book of the Year (Vulture) • A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire) An Indie Next Pick • A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick!


Lone Women: A Novel By Victor LaValle Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525512080
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Published: One World - March 28th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Blue skies, empty land—and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past, a mysterious trunk, a town on the edge of nowhere, and an “absorbing, powerful” (BuzzFeed) new vision of the American West, from the award-winning author of The Changeling.


Vampires of El Norte By Isabel Cañas Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593436721
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Published: Berkley - August 15th, 2023

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

Vampires, vaqueros, and star-crossed lovers face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the author of The Hacienda.


House of Hunger By Alexis Henderson Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593438480
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Published: Ace - September 5th, 2023

WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life’s finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.

A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching.


Bad Cree: A Novel By Jessica Johns Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780385548694
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Published: Doubleday - January 10th, 2023

In this gripping, horror-laced debut, a young Cree woman’s dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of violence on her family, her community and the land they call home.


Just Like Mother By Anne Heltzel Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250787521
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Published: Tor Nightfire - May 9th, 2023

"I tore through this urgent, timely, and deeply disturbing tale.”—Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Never Here


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Fever House: A Novel By Keith Rosson Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593595756
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Published: Random House - August 15th, 2023

A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose dark powers threaten to destroy them all.

“Rosson’s novel plays out like a nightmare—one that’s nearly impossible to put down.”—Tor


A Haunting on the Hill: A Novel By Elizabeth Hand Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780316527323
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Published: Mulholland Books - October 3rd, 2023

From award-winning author Elizabeth Hand comes the first-ever novel authorized to return to the world of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill Housea "scary and beautifully written" (Neil Gaiman) new story of isolation and longing perfect for our present time.
 
Open the door . . .


Schrader's Chord: A Novel By Scott Leeds Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250232076
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Published: Tor Nightfire - September 5th, 2023

Heart-Shaped Box meets The Haunting of Hill House in Schrader's Chord, Scott Leeds's chilling debut about cursed vinyl records that open a gateway to the land of the dead.

I told you they were real.


Edenville: A Horror Novel By Sam Rebelein Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780063252240
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Published: William Morrow - October 3rd, 2023

"[A]n essential read for horror enthusiasts." —Booklist

An unsettling, immersive, and wildly entertaining debut novel from "a major new talent!" (R.L. Stine), for fans of Paul Tremblay and Stephen Graham Jones.


The Militia House: A Novel By John Milas Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250857064
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - July 11th, 2023

Longlisted for The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize

“An extraordinary novel about the quiet and not so quiet horrors of war.” —Roxane Gay


Stephen King meets Tim O’Brien in John Milas’s The Militia House, a spine-tingling and boldly original gothic horror novel.


The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City #1) By Richard Kadrey, Cassandra Khaw Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250867025
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Published: Tor Nightfire - October 3rd, 2023

Bestselling authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey have teamed up to deliver a dark new story with magic, monsters, and mayhem, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Joe Hill.


Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology By Shane Hawk (Editor), Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. (Editor) Cover Image
By Shane Hawk (Editor), Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. (Editor)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593468463
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Published: Vintage - September 19th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to be un-settled?”

“Never failed to surprise, delight, and shock.” —Nick Cutter, author of The Troop and Little Heaven

Featuring stories by:


Boys in the Valley By Philip Fracassi Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250879035
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Published: Tor Nightfire - July 11th, 2023

“Old-school horror.” ―Stephen King

The Exorcist
meets Lord of the Flies, by way of Midnight Mass, in Boys in the Valley, a brilliant coming-of-age tale from award-winning author Philip Fracassi.


“A sublimely chilling story.” Library Journal, STARRED review

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys.


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The Nightmare Man: A Novel By J. H. Markert Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781639101702
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Published: Crooked Lane Books - January 10th, 2023

T. Kingfisher meets Cassandra Khaw in a chilling horror novel that illustrates the fine line between humanity and monstrosity.


Jackal: A Novel By Erin E. Adams Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593499320
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Published: Bantam - September 5th, 2023

RECOMMENDED BY GILLIAN FLYNN ON THE TODAY SHOW A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white rust belt town. But she's not the first—and she may not be the last. . . .

“I read this thriller that is Get Out meets The Vanishing Half in one night.”—BuzzFeed


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Road of Bones: A Novel By Christopher Golden Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250875181
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - December 27th, 2022

An American documentarian travels a haunted highway across the frozen tundra of Siberia in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden’s Road of Bones, a “tightly wound, atmospheric, and creepy as hell” (Stephen King) supernatural thriller.


Such a Pretty Smile: A Novel By Kristi DeMeester Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250785497
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - October 10th, 2023

One of Goodreads Most Popular Horror of 2022

Named one of Esquire's Best Horror of the Year

"Brutal and shocking." - emily m. danforth

“Razor-sharp. This one will cut you.” - Christopher Golden


The Devil Takes You Home: A Novel By Gabino Iglesias Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780316426718
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Published: Mulholland Books - August 15th, 2023

This genre-defying, Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker award-winning thriller follows a father desperate to salvage what's left of his family—even if it means a descent into violence.

Buried in debt due to his young daughter’s illness, his marriage at the brink, Mario reluctantly takes a job as a hitman, surprising himself with his proclivity for violen


The Raven By Jonathan Janz Cover Image
$14.95
ISBN: 9781787585287
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Published: Flame Tree Press - September 8th, 2020

“If you’re searching the horror horizon for a dark star, your next must-read, the silhouette you see coming your way is Jonathan Janz." - Josh Malerman, New York Times best selling author of Bird Box and Malorie

Fearing that mankind is heading toward nuclear extinction, a group of geneticists unleash a plot to save the world.


Blood Country (The Raven) By Jonathan Janz Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781787586611
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Published: Flame Tree Press - October 18th, 2022

“If you’re searching the horror horizon for a dark star, your next must-read, the silhouette you see coming your way is Jonathan Janz.”— Josh Malerman, New York Times best selling author of Bird Box

Book 2 in The Raven series

Three years ago the world ended when a group of rogue scientists unleashed a virus that awakened long-dormant stran


Wolf Land By Jonathan Janz Cover Image
$14.95
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ISBN: 9781787581500
Published: Flame Tree Press - March 14th, 2019

"...this is what werewolf horror is supposed to feel like: gruesome, bloody, dark, angry, messy, and downright terrifying." - Howling Libraries

Aside from a quaint amusement park, the small town of Lakeview offers little excitement for Duane, Savannah, and their friends.


The Cursed Among Us By John Durgin Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9781088046210
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Published: John Durgin - May 31st, 2022

It has been twenty years since the serial killer known as The Black Heart Killer terrorized the town of Newport in 1979. Life mostly returned to normal after the killer was captured. All the townspeople have to do is stay out of the woods where the bodies were abandoned-their chests ripped open, and their hearts torn out...



When Things Get Dark By Ellen Datlow (Editor), Joyce Carol Oates, Josh Malerman, Carmen Maria Machado, Paul Tremblay Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781789097177
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Published: Titan Books - September 27th, 2022

The Stoker Award-winning chilling anthology of 18 short stories in tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson, collecting today’s best horror writers.

Featuring Joyce Carol Oates, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Richard Kadrey, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Hand and more.


A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by, and in tribute to, Shirley Jackson.


Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous By Ellen Datlow (Editor), Ellen Datlow Cover Image
By Ellen Datlow (Editor), Ellen Datlow
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250797056
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Published: Tor Nightfire - May 9th, 2023

A bone-chilling anthology from legendary horror editor, Ellen Datlow, Screams from the Dark contains twenty-nine all-original tales about monsters.

WINNER of the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology!

A Shirley Jackson and Locus Award Finalist! A World Fantasy Award Nominee!


Body Shocks: Extreme Tales of Body Horror By Ellen Datlow (Editor), Nathan Ballingrud (Contribution by), Simon Bestwick (Contribution by) Cover Image
By Ellen Datlow (Editor), Nathan Ballingrud (Contribution by), Simon Bestwick (Contribution by)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781616963606
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Published: Tachyon Publications - October 19th, 2021

2022 Splatterpunk Award Winner

STARRED REVIEW] "Hugo Award-winning editor Datlow (Edited By) brings together 29 spine-tingling tales of body horror to terrify even the most seasoned horror reader."
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Publishers Weekly


Tender Is the Flesh By Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses (Translated by) Cover Image
By Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses (Translated by)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781982150921
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Published: Scribner - August 4th, 2020

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore.

His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly.


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Just Like Home By Sarah Gailey Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250174710
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Published: Tor Books - May 30th, 2023

Just Like Home is a darkly gothic thriller from nationally bestselling author Sarah Gailey, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House as well as HBO's true crime masterpiece I'll Be Gone in the Dark.


Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes By Eric LaRocca Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781803363769
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Published: Titan Books - September 19th, 2023

"Amongst the Top 50 Horror Books of All Time" - Cosmopolitan

Three dark and disturbing horror stories from an astonishing new voice, including the viral-sensation tale of obsession, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. For fans of Kathe Koja, Clive Barker and Stephen Graham Jones. Winner of the Splatterpunk Award for Best Novella.


The Hacienda By Isabel Cañas Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593436707
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Published: Berkley - September 26th, 2023

Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches...


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Man, Fuck This House By Brian Asman Cover Image
$10.99
ISBN: 9781736467725
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Published: Mutated Media - October 19th, 2021

With his "highly visual and cinematic worldbuilding" (Booklife by Publishers Weekly), Brian Asman spins a horrifying and imaginative tale of an ordinary family and their extraordinary new house...


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Ghost Eaters: A Novel By Clay Chapman Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781683693789
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Published: Quirk Books - June 6th, 2023

“A Gothic-punk graveyard tale about what haunts history and what haunts the human soul. An addicting read that draws you into its descent from the first page.”—Chuck Wendig, New York Times best-selling author of The Book of Accidents


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Such Sharp Teeth By Rachel Harrison Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593545836
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Published: Berkley - July 25th, 2023

A young woman in need of a transformation finds herself in touch with the animal inside in this gripping, incisive USA Today bestselling novel from the author of Cackle and The Return.


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The Return By Rachel Harrison Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593098677
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Published: Berkley - October 6th, 2020

A group of friends reunite after one of them has returned from a mysterious two-year disappearance in this edgy and haunting debut.


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Cackle By Rachel Harrison Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593202036
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Published: Berkley - August 30th, 2022

A darkly funny, frightening novel about a young woman learning how to take what she wants from a witch who may be too good to be true, from the author of The Return.
 


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Motherthing By Ainslie Hogarth Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593467022
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Published: Vintage - September 27th, 2022

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A darkly funny take on mothers and daughters, about a woman who must take drastic measures to save her husband and herself from the vengeful ghost of her mother-in-law.

“A quirky, gruesome, utterly original feminist horror experience.” —The New York Times Book Review


Ninth House (Ninth House Series #1) By Leigh Bardugo Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250751362
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Published: Flatiron Books - October 20th, 2020

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite.


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Nothing But Blackened Teeth By Cassandra Khaw Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9781250879516
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Published: Tor Nightfire - August 30th, 2022

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Award Finalist! • An Indie Next Pick! • An October LibraryReads Pick! 2022 RUSA Reading List: Horror Winner!

Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.


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Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films By Nina Nesseth Cover Image
$25.99
ISBN: 9781250765215
Availability: Backordered
Published: Tor Nightfire - July 26th, 2022

Nightmare Fuel by Nina Nesseth is a pop-science look at fear, how and why horror films get under our skin, and why we keep coming back for more.

Do you like scary movies?
Have you ever wondered why?

Nina Nesseth knows what scares you. She also knows why.


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It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror By Joe Vallese (Editor), Carmen Maria Machado (Contribution by), Bruce Owens Grimm (Contribution by) Cover Image
By Joe Vallese (Editor), Carmen Maria Machado (Contribution by), Bruce Owens Grimm (Contribution by)
$25.95
ISBN: 9781952177798
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Published: Feminist Press - October 4th, 2022

Through the lens of horror--from Halloween to Hereditary--queer and trans writers consider the films that deepened, amplified, and illuminated their own experiences.Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist and open to subversive readings.


Her Body and Other Parties: Stories By Carmen Maria Machado Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555977887
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 3rd, 2017

Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction

“[These stories] vibrate with originality, queerness, sensuality and the strange.”—Roxane Gay

“In these formally brilliant and emotionally charged tales, Machado gives literal shape to women’s memories and hunger and desire. I couldn’t put it down.”—Karen Russell


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Plain Bad Heroines: A Novel By Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman (Illustrator)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780062942869
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - October 5th, 2021

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The award-winning author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post makes her adult debut with this highly imaginative and original horror-comedy centered around a cursed New England boarding school for girls—a wickedly whimsical celebration of the art of storytelling, sapphic love, and the rebellious female spirit.


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The Book of Accidents: A Novel By Chuck Wendig Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780399182150
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Published: Del Rey - March 15th, 2022

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A family returns to their hometown—and to the dark past that haunts them still—in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers


The Final Girl Support Group By Grady Hendrix Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593201244
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Published: Berkley - June 14th, 2022

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

VOTED GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD BEST HORROR NOVEL OF 2021

A Good Morning America Buzz Pick

“The horror master…puts his unique spin on slasher movie tropes.”-USA Today


The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires: A Novel By Grady Hendrix Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781683692515
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Published: Quirk Books - May 25th, 2021

“This funny and fresh take on a classic tale manages to comment on gender roles, racial disparities, and white privilege all while creeping me all the way out. So good.”—Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black Girl


My Best Friend's Exorcism: A Novel By Grady Hendrix Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781594749766
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Published: Quirk Books - July 11th, 2017

Soon to be a major motion picture.

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying
Vampires
, this unholy hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist blends teen angst and unspeakable horrors into a pulse-pounding supernatural thriller.


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Horrorstor: A Novel By Grady Hendrix Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781594745263
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Published: Quirk Books - September 23rd, 2014

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires comes a hilarious and terrifying haunted house story in a thoroughly contemporary setting: a furniture superstore.


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The Hollow Places: A Novel By T. Kingfisher Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534451124
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Published: Gallery / Saga Press - October 6th, 2020

A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel from the author of the “innovative, unexpected, and absolutely chilling” (Mira Grant, Nebula Award–winning author) The Twisted Ones.

Pray they are hungry.

Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s di


The Need By Helen Phillips Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781982113179
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Published: S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books - July 7th, 2020

***LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION***
Named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time

“An extraordinary and dazzlingly original work from one of our most gifted and interesting writers” (Emily St. John Mandel, author of The Glass Hotel).


House of Leaves: The Remastered Full-Color Edition By Mark Z. Danielewski Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780375703768
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Published: Pantheon - March 7th, 2000

THE MIND-BENDING CULT CLASSIC ABOUT A HOUSE THAT’S LARGER ON THE INSIDE THAN ON THE OUTSIDE • A masterpiece of horror and an astonishingly immersive, maze-like reading experience that redefines the boundaries of a novel.


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Behind Her Eyes: A Suspenseful Psychological Thriller By Sarah Pinborough Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250111197
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Published: Flatiron Books - January 30th, 2018

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

The instant New York Times and #1 international bestseller. “You should read Behind Her Eyes…It’s bloody brilliant.” Stephen King


A Head Full of Ghosts: A Novel By Paul Tremblay Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062363244
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - May 10th, 2016

WINNER OF THE 2015 BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL

A chilling thriller that brilliantly blends psychological suspense and supernatural horror, reminiscent of Stephen King's The Shining, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist.


Survivor Song: A Novel By Paul Tremblay Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062679178
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - July 6th, 2021

A propulsive and chillingly prescient novel of suspense and terror from the Bram Stoker award–winning author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.

“Absolutely riveting.” — Stephen King


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Alice Isn't Dead: A Novel By Joseph Fink Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062844149
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Published: Harper Perennial - August 31st, 2021

A New York Times Bestseller

From the bestselling co-author of It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale comes a fast-paced thriller about a truck driver searching across America for the wife she had long assumed to be dead.


Bird Box: A Novel By Josh Malerman Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062259660
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Published: Ecco - February 10th, 2015

Now a Netflix Film starring Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich, Sarah Paulson, and Rosa Salazar

The inspiration for the Netflix Film Bird Box Barcelona


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Goblin: A Novel in Six Novellas By Josh Malerman Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593237823
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Published: Del Rey - January 11th, 2022

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie comes a chilling story that revolves around a mysterious small town, revealing its sinister secrets one by one.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL • “Must-read horror.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)


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Pearl By Josh Malerman Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780593237854
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Published: Del Rey - July 5th, 2022

From Josh Malerman, the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie, comes the legend of Pearl, a strange new monster unlike any other in horror (previously published as On This, the Day of the Pig).


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Daphne: A Novel By Josh Malerman Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780593157039
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Published: Del Rey - June 20th, 2023

Horror has a new name: Daphne. A brutal, enigmatic woman stalks a high school basketball team in a reimagining of the slasher genre by the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box.

“A superb serial killer novel and a great coming-of-age story.”—Gabino Iglesias, author of The Devil Takes You Home


A House at the Bottom of a Lake By Josh Malerman Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780593237779
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Published: Del Rey - January 19th, 2021

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie comes a haunting tale of love and mystery, as the date of a lifetime becomes a maddening exploration of the depths of the heart.


Black Mad Wheel: A Novel By Josh Malerman Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062259691
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Published: Ecco - June 19th, 2018

 From the author of the hit literary horror debut Bird Box (“Hitchcockian.” —USA Today) comes a chilling novel about a group of musicians conscripted by the US government to track down the source of a strange and debilitating sound


Unbury Carol: A Novel By Josh Malerman Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780399180187
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Published: Del Rey - February 5th, 2019

The New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box returns with a supernatural thriller of love, redemption, and murder.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEWSWEEK


Inspection: A Novel By Josh Malerman Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781524797010
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Published: Del Rey - September 17th, 2019

Boys are being trained at one school for geniuses, girls at another. Neither knows the other exists—until now. The New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box invites you into a world of secrets and chills in a coming-of-age story like no other.


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The Exorcist: A Novel By William Peter Blatty Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062094360
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Published: Harper Paperbacks - October 4th, 2011

"A horror story for all midnights." — The Boston Globe


Imaginary Friend By Stephen Chbosky Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781538731352
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - October 6th, 2020

A young boy is haunted by a voice in his head in this acclaimed, bestselling epic of literary horror from the author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
One of The Year's Best Books (People, EW, Lithub, Vox, Washington Post, and more) We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us. Single mother Kate Reese is on the run.


It: A Novel By Stephen King Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9781501142970
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Published: Scribner - January 5th, 2016

It: Chapter Two—now a major motion picture!

Stephen King’s terrifying, classic #1 New York Times bestseller, “a landmark in American literature” (Chicago Sun-Times)—about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on as teenagers…an evil without a name: It.


Dracula: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) By Bram Stoker, Ruben Toledo (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Bram Stoker, Ruben Toledo (Illustrator)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143106166
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Published: Penguin Classics - November 30th, 2010

The acclaimed Couture Classics with cover designs by Ruben Toledo have become collector's items in the worlds of literature, fashion, design, and popular culture.


The Year of the Witching By Alexis Henderson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780593099612
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Published: Ace - June 15th, 2021

A young woman living in a rigid, puritanical society discovers dark powers within herself in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut.
 


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Mexican Gothic By Silvia Moreno-Garcia Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525620808
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Published: Del Rey - June 15th, 2021

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “It’s Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.”—The Guardian
 


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My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy #1) By Stephen Graham Jones Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781982137649
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Published: Gallery / Saga Press - March 29th, 2022

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel

In her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her for in this latest chilling novel that “will give you nightmares.


The Only Good Indians: A Novel By Stephen Graham Jones Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781982136468
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Published: Gallery / Saga Press - January 26th, 2021

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From USA TODAY bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a “masterpiece” (Locus Magazine) of a novel about revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition.


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And Then I Woke Up By Malcolm Devlin Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250798077
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Published: Tordotcom - April 12th, 2022

Winner of the 2022 Australian Shadows Award for Best Long Fiction

Nominated for the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella


"Intelligent, compassionate and unsettling."—The New York Times


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Ring Shout By P. Djèlí Clark Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250767028
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Published: Tordotcom - October 13th, 2020

Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns with Ring Shout, a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan's reign of terror

“A fantastical, brutal and thrilling triumph of the imagination...Clark’s combination of historical and political reimagining is cathartic, exhilarating and fresh.” —The New York Times


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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War By Max Brooks Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780307346612
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Published: Del Rey - October 16th, 2007

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Prepare to be entranced by this addictively readable oral history of the great war between humans and zombies.”—Entertainment Weekly
 


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Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre By Max Brooks Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781984826800
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Published: Del Rey - February 9th, 2021

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The #1 New York Times bestselling author of World War Z is back with “the Bigfoot thriller you didn’t know you needed in your life, and one of the greatest horror novels I’ve ever read” (Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and Recursion).
 


Baby Teeth: A Novel By Zoje Stage Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250170767
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - July 16th, 2019

One of Entertainment Weekly’s Must-Read Books for July | People Magazine's Book of the Week | One of Bustle's "Fifteen Books With Chilling Protagonists That Will Keep You Guessing" | One of PopSugar's "25 Must-Read Books That Will Make July Fly By!" | One of the "Biggest Thrillers of the Summer"SheReads | A Barnes and Noble Blog Best T


Wonderland: A Novel By Zoje Stage Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316458528
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Published: Mulholland Books - July 20th, 2021

Shirley Jackson meets The Shining in this richly atmospheric and thrillingly tense novel from the acclaimed author of the "deliciously creepy" Baby Teeth (New York Post).

One mother's love may be all that stands between her family, an enigmatic presence—and madness.

After years of city life, Orla and Shaw Bennett are read


The Last House on Needless Street By Catriona Ward Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250812643
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Published: Tor Nightfire - September 20th, 2022

"The buzz...is real. I've read it and was blown away. It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end." —Stephen King


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Sundial By Catriona Ward Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250812704
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Published: Tor Nightfire - March 7th, 2023

“DO NOT MISS THIS BOOK. Authentically terrifying.” —Stephen King

WINNER of Best Hardcover Novel at the ITW Thriller Awards • Finalist for the Bram Stoker and Locus Awards Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel LibraryReads Top 10 PickA GoodReads Choice Award Finalist for Best Horror!