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"It is a tiny rodent skull, lacking its jawbone, and this gives it the queer impression of being frozen mid-scream." ~ from Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere
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| The Hatching by Ezekiel BooneWho knew that an ancient arachnid species, dormant for over a millennium, was ready to move out and take over the world?
Arachnophobes, don't touch this book, or this one or this one. Other horror fans will eagerly turn the pages of The Hatching, which is the 1st in a planned trilogy. |
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| Warlock Holmes: A Study in Brimstone by G.S. DenningWhen Holmes -- Warlock Holmes, that is -- meets Dr. John Watson, Watson soon realizes that his new friend has supernatural powers. In this Victorian-set mashup, Arthur Conan Doyle's characters become shapeshifters, demons, vampires, and ogres.
While Warlock Holmes is often more hilarious than scary, it offers enough gore and powerfully evil characters to satisfy horror fans, especially mashup lovers who may have already fallen in love with Seth Grahame-Smith. |
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| My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady HendrixAbby and Gretchen have been BFFs since fifth grade, but now that they're in high school, Gretchen seems different. After a series of bizarre events, Abby realizes that Gretchen has a demon living inside her -- and it's up to Abby to rescue her friend.
Ramsey Campbell's Nazareth Hill is another story in which teenagers add demons to their laundry list of life problems. |
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| Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt; translated by Nancy Forest-FlierWelcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Everybody knows that her eyes may never be opened or the consequences will be too terrible to bear.
Surveillance and creepy places your thing? Check out Security by Gina Wohlsdorf. |
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| Over Your Dead Body by Dan WellsFollowing the events recounted in The Devil's Only Friend, demon hunter John Wayne Cleaver is on the road with his friend Brooke. John thinks they're closing in on the last of the demons called Withered. Over Your Dead Body has plenty of demon-battling action, but it's the sympathetic and complex characterization that will make you root for John and Brooke.
This is the 5th in the John Cleaver series; newcomers might prefer to start with the 1st, I Am Not a Serial Killer. |
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| Occultation: And Other Stories by Laird BarronPitting ordinary men and women against a carnivorous, chaotic cosmos, Occultation's eight tales of terror include the Theodore Sturgeon and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated story "The Forest" and Shirley Jackson Award nominee "The Lagerstatte." Occultation brings more of the spine-chillingly sublime cosmic horror Laird Barron's fans have come to expect.
Love short stories? You need to read these collections by Edgar Allen Poe, Chuck Palahniuk and Ray Bradbury. |
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| American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson BennettUnder a pink moon, Wink, New Mexico is a perfect little town not found on any map. In that town, there are quiet streets lined with pretty houses that conceal the strangest things and very, very different people.
Creepers by David Morrell will give you more of the creepiness that the forgotten town of Wink, NM creates here. |
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| Witches on the Road Tonight by Sheri HolmanHis private life shattered amid rumors of his mother's witchcraft activities, Eddie Alley leaves his Depression-era Virginia hometown to begin a television career in New York and finds the past returning years later when he offers shelter to a homeless teen.
Read Sheri Holman's other titles if you like her style, or check out A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick for more dark family secret goodness. |
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| Eileen by Ottessa MoshfeghDreaming of life in the city while caring for her alcoholic father and working in a 1960s boys' prison, a disturbed young woman is manipulated into committing a psychologically charged crime during the holiday season.
If you like reading stories narrated by unstable characters, you'd probably also be into Out Backward by Ross Raisin. |
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