Fright Night
 
The Book of Accidents : A Novel
by Chuck Wendig

Haunted by their tragic pasts, Nate and Maddie Graves move back to their hometown with their son, Oliver, who becomes involved with a strange boy who has a taste for dark magic that puts them at the heart of a battle of good vs evil.
The Last House on Needless Street
by Catriona Ward

When a neighbor moves in next door, a family of three—a teenage girl who isn’t allowed outside, a man with memory loss and a house cat who reads the bible—are terrified that the unspeakable secret that binds them together will be exposed. 
White Smoke
by Tiffany D. Jackson

Believing her new home to actually be alive, especially when her brother almost dies, Marigold and her new blended family won’t be safe until she brings the truth to light once and for all.
Whisper Down the Lane
by Clay McLeod Chapman

When Sean’s favorite teacher is investigated in 1980 after a ritualistically murdered rabbit is discovered on school grounds, he tells a white lie that starts a chain reaction that comes back to haunt him 30 years later.
The Library of the Dead
by T. L. Huchu

Speaking to Edinburgh’s dead, carrying messages to those they left behind, Ropa, when she discovers that someone’s bewitching children, feels honor-bound to investigate until what she finds in the underground below the city rocks her world.
The Final Girl Support Group
by Grady Hendrix

A real-life “final girl”— the one girl always left standing at the end of a horror movie — Lynette Tarkington, who survived a massacre 22 years ago, along with five other final girls, works to overcome her past until someone becomes determined to take their lives apart again, piece by piece.
The Children God Forgot
by Graham Masterton

A rash of strange and horrifying births sweeps through London in the new horror thriller from Graham Masterton.
The Book of Accidents : A Novel
by Chuck Wendig

Haunted by their tragic pasts, Nate and Maddie Graves move back to their hometown with their son, Oliver, who becomes involved with a strange boy who has a taste for dark magic that puts them at the heart of a battle of good vs evil.
Sorrowland
by Rivers Solomon

Fleeing from the strict religious compound where she was raised, Vern, in the safety of the forest, gives birth to twins, and to keep her small family safe, unleashes incredible brutality far beyond what a person should be capable of.
Rovers : A Novel
by Richard Lange

Two immortal brothers crisscross the American Southwest to elude a murderous biker gang and protect a young woman.
My Heart Is a Chainsaw
by Stephen Graham Jones

Protected by horror movies—especially the ones where the masked killer seeks revenge on a world that wronged them—Jade Daniels, an angry, half-Indian outcast, pulls us into her dark mind when blood actually starts to spill into the waters of Indian lake.
Mrs. March : A Novel
by Virginia Feito

When someone suggests that the protagonist in her husband’s latest book is based on her, Mrs. March questions everything she believes about her husband as she embarks on a harrowing journey that builds to near psychosis – one that may uncover a killer and the long-buried secrets of her past.
More Deadly Than the Male : Masterpieces From the Queens of Horror
by Graeme Davis

An anthology of scary stories from renowned female authors ranging from the expected—like Mary Shelley, to the unexpected, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edith Wharton and Louisa May Alcott—includes background information on each writer's life and career.
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel follows the experiences of a courageous socialite in 1950s Mexico who is drawn into the treacherous secrets of an isolated mansion. By the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow.
Lakewood : A Novel
by Megan Giddings

Forced to drop out of school to help support her family, Lena takes a lucrative job as a secret laboratory subject before devastating side effects make her question how much she can sacrifice. 
Her Body and Other Parties : Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado

Contains short stories about the realities of women's lives and the violence visited upon their bodies.
Frankenstein in Baghdad : A Novel
by Amad Sa'dw

Hadi, an eccentric scavenger in U.S.-occupied Baghdad, collects human body parts and cobbles them together into a single corpse, but discovers his creation is missing just as a series of strange murders begins to plague the city.
Build Your House Around My Body : A Novel
by Violet Kupersmith

The fate of an unhappy woman who disappears in 2011 while living in Saigon is entwined with a teenager who gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation in 1986 and a woman who captures a two-headed cobra in 2009.
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