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| Glimpse by Jonathan MaberryWhat it's about: Recovering addict Rain borrows a cracked pair of glasses en route to a job interview and begins seeing a child who looks like the long dead ex-boyfriend she still mourns.
Why you might like it: A heady mix of reality and illusion ups the stakes in this chilling supernatural thriller.
Reviewers say: "A bold new direction for one of the giants of the horror genre, and one that could extend his already enormous audience" (Booklist). |
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Head On: A Novel of the Near Future
by John Scalzi
A follow-up to Lock In finds the near-future world reveling in a violent but seemingly harmless, robot-bodied sport until a star athlete dies unexpectedly on the field, prompting an investigation by two FBI agents into the game's increasingly lucrative competition. By the award-winning author of Redshirts
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One of Us Will Be Dead by Morning
by David Moody
What it's about: Fifteen people are trapped on the island of Skek (somewhere between the UK and Denmark) for a corporate team-building adventure -- and then an epidemic of mindless violence breaks out.
Is it for you? If you like grim survivalist stories filled with gore, One of Us Will Be Dead by Morning is definitely your bleak and bloody bag.
Series alert: The 4th in the Haters series, the action takes place mostly concurrently with the 1st in the series (Haters).
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The Usual Sacrifices
by Yvonne Navarro
A brand-new original tie-in novel to the hit TV series follows the Winchester brothers as they wage war on evil. Original. TV tie-in.
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| The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror by Mallory OrtbergWhat it is: a witty collection of folk and fairy tale retellings tinged with surreal, satirical horror.
Don't miss: "The Rabbit," which re-imagines the plush bunny of The Velveteen Rabbit as a sinister schemer whose desire to become real manifests itself through possession rather than love.
Try this next: Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber, another violent and darkly humorous adaptation of classic fairy tales. |
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Strange Weather: Four Short Novels
by Joe Hill
A collection of four novellas by the award-winning author of "The Fireman" includes the tales, "Snapshot," "Aloft," "Rain" and "Loaded." 200,000 first printing.
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The Dark Net: A Novel
by Benjamin Percy
When the criminal underworld of the internet gives way to the viral spread of ancient demons, an adolescent with visual prosthetics, a technophobic journalist, a former child evangelist and a cyber hacker activist become the world's unlikely defenders.
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Tells the stories of a starship crew who begin mysteriously dying one by one, electronic zombies, recreational warfare, a primitive alien culture, and an experiment in deep space.
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The People's History of the Vampire Uprising by Raymond A. VillarealThis panoramic fictional oral history begins with one small mystery: the body of a young woman found in an Arizona border town, presumed to be an illegal immigrant, disappears from the town morgue. To the young CDC investigator called in to consult with the local police, it's an impossibility that threatens her understanding of medicine. Then, more bodies, dead from an inexplicable disease that solidified their blood, are brought to the morgue, only to also vanish. Soon, the U.S. government--and eventually biomedical researchers, disgruntled lawmakers, and even an insurgent faction of the Catholic Church--must come to terms with what they're too late to stop: an epidemic of vampirism that will sweep first the United States, and then the world.
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| The Motion of Puppets by Keith DonohueWhat it's about: Newly arrived in Quebec, Kay is chased into an unusual toy shop, where she is transformed into a puppet. Her husband Theo desperately searches for clues to her disappearance.
Pulling the strings: Author Keith Donohue deftly blends psychological horror, mystery, and magical realism in this engaging love story.
Did you know? The Motion of Puppets is an adaptation of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. |
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| The Winter People by Jennifer McMahonWhat it's about: After her mother goes missing, 19-year-old Ruthie discovers the diary of Sara Harrison Shea, a woman whose flayed body was found at Ruthie's Vermont farmhouse in 1908 after the death of her young daughter. As Ruthie sets out to find her mother, using the diary for clues, she fears her mother's fate may be linked to Sara -- and that history is repeating itself.
Try this next: Karen Novak's Five Mile House, another small-town New England thriller featuring a centuries-old mystery. |
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| The House of Small Shadows by Adam NevillWhat it's about: Antiques appraiser Catherine is called to the famous Red House, an English country estate housing the collection of eccentric artist M.H. Mason. When a servant passes her a note telling her to leave, Catherine suspects something creepy is afoot.
Don't go in there! Among the estate's many bizarre "treasures" are taxidermied rat soldiers, marionettes tucked into beds, and leering dolls. Why you might like it: Author Adam Nevill's formal prose, reminiscent of the Victorian era, conveys the atmospheric dread enshrined in Red House. |
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