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Anna Dressed in Blood
by Kendare Blake
For three years, seventeen-year-old Cas Lowood has carried on his father's work of dispatching the murderous dead, traveling with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat, but everything changes when he meets Anna, a girl unlike any ghost he has faced before.
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Heart-Shaped Box
by Joe Hill
A collector of obscure and macabre artifacts, from a cannibal cookbook to a used hangman's noose, unscrupulous metal band musician Judas Coyne is unable to resist purchasing a ghost over the Internet, which turns out to be the vengeful spirit of his late girlfriend's stepfather.
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Hell House
by Richard Matheson
An aging millionaire seeking proof of life after death employs an unusual team of of investigators to probe the mysteries of the supposedly haunted and evil Belasco House.
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Her Fearful Symmetry
by Audrey Niffenegger
After they inherit a London flat near Highgate Cemetery from their aunt Elspeth Noblin, two American twin teenagers, Julia and Valentina, move in and get to know their quirky neighbors, but they soon discover that much is still alive at Highgate, including, perhaps, their aunt, who can't seem to leave her old apartment or life behind.
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Kill Creek
by Scott Thomas
After reluctantly agreeing to spend Halloween night in a haunted house at the end of a dark prairie road in Kansas, Sam McGarver, along with three other masters of horror, unknowingly awaken an entity that will stop at nothing to make them part of the Kill Creek legacy.
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The Little Stranger
by Sarah Waters
After being summoned to treat a patient at dilapidated Hundreds Hall, Dr. Faraday finds himself becoming entangled in the lives of the owners, the Ayres family, and the supernatural presences in the house.
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Medusa's Web
by Tim Powers
Two siblings uncover a dark, supernatural family secret when they return to their childhood home in a decaying mansion in the Hollywood Hills. By the award-winning author of Hide Me Among the Graves.
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| Last Ones Left Alive by Sarah Davis-GoffStarring: battle-ready Orpen, raised on a small island in post-apocalyptic Ireland, who must venture to the mainland after tragedy strikes.
What's she fighting? a menacing horde of zombies (aka skrakes); her own fears of life beyond the safety of home.
Why you might like it: With a charming, capable heroine at its center and atmospheric world-building, this action-packed novel will appeal to fans of Cormac McCarthy's The Road and zombie flick 28 Days Later. |
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| Tinfoil Butterfly by Rachel Eve MoultonWhat it's about: After escaping her violent would-be kidnapper, troubled hitchhiker Emma takes an unexpected detour into a creepy small town whose lone inhabitant is a masked 8-year-old boy named Earl.
What happens: A stranded Emma vows to help Earl kill his abusive father, and an unlikely friendship develops as the pair conspires to face their demons together.
Is it for you? Readers who appreciate tales of human horrors like addiction and abuse will want to check out this "unrelenting and artfully crafted" debut (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Possession by Michael RutgerBack at it: Licking his wounds after a terrifying encounter with an ancient evil (and perhaps an even more terrifying dearth of sales from the book based on his experiences), rogue archaeologist Nolan Moore is ready to investigate a new case for his YouTube series.
Read it for: an intensifying pace centered on witchcraft and possession, a darkly humorous tone, and flawed yet relatable characters.
Series alert: The Possession is the 2nd in the Anomaly Files series, following 2018's The Anomaly. |
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| The Last Astronaut by David WellingtonThen: In 2034, the Orion 6 mission to Mars ended in tragedy, shuttering the space program and Commander Sally Jansen's career along with it.
Now: Twenty years later, Sally is called out of retirement to make contact with a mysterious alien object hurtling toward Earth. The stakes have never been higher -- for both the future of mankind and Sally's own redemption.
Reviewers say: "Readers will be riveted -- and will want to keep all the lights on" (Publishers Weekly). |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Indianapolis Public Library P.O. Box 211 Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-0211 317-275-4100www.indypl.org/ |
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