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| We Sold Our Souls by Grady HendrixGetting the band back together: In this pulpy Faustian fable with a heavy metal twist, washed-up guitarist Kris embarks on a redemptive road trip to reconnect with her old bandmates and stop their former frontman from unleashing hell on earth.
What sets it apart: complex heroine Kris, whose grit and verve make her a worthy successor to the "final girls" of slasher horror films.
Want a taste? "A girl with a guitar never has to apologize for anything." |
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| Halcyon by Rio YouersWhat it's about: After the night terrors of his 10-year-old daughter Edith tragically prove to be premonitions, Martin whisks his family off to recover in Halcyon, a seemingly utopian island community in the middle of Lake Ontario.
What's the catch? The island harbors secrets, including a dangerous connection to Edith's abilities.
Why you might like it: Halcyon features brisk, creepy prose and sympathetic characters worth rooting for. |
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200 Years of Frankenstein
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| Teen Frankenstein by Chandler BakerWhat it's about: Texas high schooler Victoria "Tor" Frankenstein's Nobel Prize aspirations are put to the test when she accidentally kills -- and subsequently reanimates -- a teenage boy.
Series alert: Teen Frankenstein is the 1st in the young adult series High School Horror, followed by Teen Hyde and Teen Phantom.
Reviewers say: "a bleak, grisly story with a healthy dose of atmospheric horror" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Only Child by Andrew PyperWhat it is: a tense, gripping homage to classic monster tales; a globetrotting cat-and-mouse thriller.
Starring: driven forensic psychiatrist Lily Dominick (who's no stranger to violence) and her new patient Michael, who claims to be 200 years old and the inspiration for Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and Mr. Hyde.
Author alert: Andrew Pyper is the bestselling author of The Demonologist. |
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This monstrous thing
by Mackenzi Lee
When a talented mechanic in 1818 Geneva brings his brother back from the dead using clockwork parts, the citizens of Geneva think they may have inspired the recently published novel Frankenstein
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| Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary ShelleyWhat it is: Mary Shelley's classic parable of mad scientist Victor Frankenstein and the creature he brings to grotesque and dangerously intelligent life, presented in its original edition.
Why it matters: A formative work of Gothic horror, Frankenstein is also widely regarded as one of the earliest works of science fiction.
Did you know? The result of a "ghost story" writing competition between Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Lord Byron, Frankenstein was published anonymously when Shelley was only 20 years old. |
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