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| Midnight on Beacon Street by Emily Ruth VeronaIn 1993 suburban New Jersey, babysitter Amy and her two young charges grapple with an escalating serious of strange phenomena over the course of a single night. Emily Ruth Verona's fast-paced debut is "a giddy exercise in nostalgia" (Publishers Weekly) that will appeal to fans of Halloween, Grady Hendrix novels, and The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones. |
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A Good House for Children
by Kate Collins
Leaving their city apartment for the promise of more space for their children, Nick and Orla move to an antiquated Georgian mansion on the Dorset cliffs, where strange and ghostly things start to happen.
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Out There Screaming : An Anthology of New Black Horror
by Jordan Peele
The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates an anthology of all-new stories of black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation.
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The Star and the Strange Moon
by Constance Sayers
Blending elements of horror, fantasy, and mystery, this creepy and intricately plotted parallel narrative centers on the cursed production of a French New Wave horror film and the disappearance of its star.
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The Handyman Method : A Story of Terror
by Nick Cutter
Moving into an unfinished development community where cracks begin to form in both their new residence and their lives, a young family finds things taking a dark turn when an online DIY instructor delivers subliminal suggestions about how to handle any problem around the house.
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The Dead Take the A Train
by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey
Julie is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-year-old whose only retirement plan is dying early. She's been trying to establish herself in the NYC magic scene, and she'll work the most gruesome gigs, exorcize the nastiest demons, and make deals with the cruelest gods to claw her way to the top. But nothing can prepare her for the toughest job yet: when her best friend, Sarah, shows up at her door in need of help. Keeping Sarah safe becomes top priority. Julie is desperate for a quick fix to break the dead-end grind and save her friend. But her power grab sets off a deadly chain of events that puts Sarah - and the entire world - directly in the path of annihilation.
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Bloom
by Delilah S. Dawson
It's love at first sight when academic Ro meets artisan Ash at the local farmers market, though their intoxicating sapphic romance quickly takes a turn for the sinister when Ro discovers that the Ash she thought she knew doesn't exist.
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Cold
by Drew Hayden Taylor
Elmore Trent is a professor of Indigenous studies who finds himself entangled in an affair that's ruining his marriage; Paul North plays in the IHL (Indigenous Hockey League), struggling to keep up with the game that's passing him by; Detective Ruby Birch is chasing a string of gruesome murders, with clues that conspicuously lead her to both Elmore and Paul. And then there's Fabiola Halan, former journalist-turned-author and famed survivor of a plane crash that sparked a nationwide tour promoting her book. What starts off as a series of subtle connections between isolated characters quickly takes a menacing turn, as it becomes increasingly clear that someone-or something-is hunting them all.
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The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird
by Louisa Morgan
In 1970s San Francisco, psychologist Beatrice Bird discovers that her ability to see ghosts is strengthened when she takes LSD. Fleeing to a remote island, she puts her gifts to use to help Anne Iredale, a young mother who has recently escaped from her abusive husband.
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The Parliament
by Aimee Pokwatka
When middle school science teacher Madigan Purdy and her students are attacked by owls, they take refuge in a library, where they find inspiration in one of Madigan's favorite childhood novels as they plot their escape.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Côte Saint-Luc Public Library 5851 Cavendish Blvd. Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec H4W 2X8 514-485-6900csllibrary.org/ |
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