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| I Am Behind You by John Ajvide LindqvistThe grass is greener: Awakening at their campsite to find the world they knew gone, replaced with a sunless blue sky and an endlessly green landscape devoid of landmarks, four families confront the menacing physical forms of their buried traumas and desires.
Series alert: I Am Behind You is the first in a planned trilogy.
Reviewers say: "It will keep entranced and shocked readers guessing until the very end" (Library Journal). |
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| Alice Isn't Dead by Joseph FinkOn the road again: Spotting her presumed-dead wife, Alice, in the background of a news report, Keisha takes a job with the mysterious trucking company Alice worked for before her disappearance, hoping to find information about her beloved.
What sets it apart: As she becomes embroiled in an eerie otherworldly conspiracy, fully realized heroine Keisha grapples with chronic anxiety and must battle monsters both real and metaphorical.
Book buzz: This suspenseful Lovecraftian novel is based on the eponymous podcast from Welcome to Night Vale creator Joseph Fink. |
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| Hark! The Herald Angels Scream by Christopher Golden (editor)The most wonderful time of the year? In this creepy Yuletide anthology, manipulative chimney sweeps, party-crashing cultists, and genetically modified puppies put a chilling spin on the holiday season.
Unwrap this! 18 original tales from acclaimed authors including Josh Malerman, Sarah Pinborough, Jonathan Maberry, and Kelley Armstrong.
For fans of: Tales from the Crypt and Creepshow. |
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| In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird HuntDon't go in there! Drawn into a fantastical forest in colonial New England, Goody encounters three witches who compel her to make a life-changing decision.
Is it for you? Rife with inventive shocks and vivid, nightmarish imagery, Goody's intensifying journey is both lyrical and puzzling. Want a taste? "Once upon a time there was and there wasn't a woman who went to the woods." |
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| Dracul by Dacre Stoker and J.D. BarkerThen: As a boy, Bram Stoker was on death's door when his strange nanny, Ellen Crone, saved him with a bite before vanishing from his life.
Now: Years later, the seemingly ageless Ellen is spotted, sending Bram and his compatriots across Europe to investigate her connection to a sinister creature who has her in his thrall...and who wants Bram, too.
Why you might like it: Co-written by Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew, this atmospheric "prequel" to Dracula reimagines the origins of the 1897 classic -- and of Stoker himself. |
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The Cold Forge
by Alex White
At the remote station RB-323, Weyland-Yutani attempts to successfully weaponize the Xenomorphs until a traitor in their midst puts their plans on hold, bringing about the threat of destruction to RB-323 and everyone on board. Movie tie-in.
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Awakened
by James S Murray
The star of truTV's Impractical Jokers shares the story of a new state-of-the-art subway that is found empty and drenched in blood, signaling the release of an ancient horror and civilization-destroying dark forces.
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Cujo: A Novel
by Stephen King
"Cujo used to be a big friendly dog, lovable and loyal to his trinity (The Man, The Woman, and The Boy) and everyone around him, and always did his best to not be a BAD DOG. But that all ends on the day this nearly two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard makes the mistake of chasing a rabbit into a hidden underground cave, setting off a tragic chain of events. Now Cujo is no longer himself as he is slowly overcome by a growing sickness, one that consumes his mind even as his once affable thoughts turn uncontrollably and inexorably to hatred and murder. Cujo is about to become the center of a horrifying vortex that will inescapably draw in everyone around him--a relentless reign of terror, fury, and madness from which no one in Castle Rock will truly be safe..."
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Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat
by Anne Rice
Navigating his new leadership of the vampire world, Lestat uncovers the story of a mysterious outcast demon who he traces to 18th-century Petersburg and the court of Empress Catherine. By the best-selling author of An Interview With a Vampire.
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Devil's Day
by Andrew Michael Hurley
John Pentecost returns his family farm each autumn to gather the sheep down from the moors, but this year his grandfather has died, and with him the village's protection from the Devil.
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"On a dark, haunted night, a Russian Oligarch dares a circle of international chefs to play the samurai game of 100 Candles--where each storyteller tells a terrifying tale of ghosts, demons and unspeakable beings--and prays to survive the challenge. Inspired by the Japanese Edo period game of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, Hungry Ghosts reimagines the classic stories of yokai, yorei, and obake, all tainted with the common thread of food."
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The House By the Cemetery by John EversonCarpenter Mike Kostner pushes ahead with his plans to rehab an abandoned--and rumored to be haunted--house into a haunted house attraction in time for Halloween; little does he realize that the ghost of a witch needs his Halloween opening to succeed for her very survival.
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The Graveyard Apartment
by Mariko Koike
After moving to a new apartment complex next to a cemetery, a young Japanese family experiences strange and terrifying occurrences that send the other residents fleeing their homes, ultimately leaving them alone with a dark, evil something, or someone, residing in the basement.
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| Zodiac Station by Tom HarperSole survivor? Rescued from an ice floe in the middle of the Arctic, scientist Thomas Anderson paints a baffling picture of his escape from the Zodiac Station outpost, where foul play and an explosion claimed the lives of the other researchers. But something's not adding up, and when other survivors are discovered, they tell a much different story...
Read it for: the gripping, page-turning prose and unpredictable ending.
Don't miss: evocative nods to classic works of horror and science fiction including Frankenstein, Alien, and The Thing. |
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| The Terror by Dan SimmonsTrapped! In this well-researched and intricately plotted fictionalization of the disastrous Franklin Expedition, the crews of the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus reckon with frostbite, snow-blindness, disease, mutiny...and a monstrous creature on the ice.
Reviewers say: "Outstanding" (Booklist); "One of Simmons' best" (Kirkus).
Book buzz: AMC's new horror anthology series (also called The Terror) adapted this grisly historical novel for its first season, which debuted in March 2018. |
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