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Recent Releases & a Few You May Have Missed! |
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Robert Kirkman's The walking dead : typhoon : a novel
by Wesley Chu
In a high-stakes thriller, set in the expansive world of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead series, three different people in China—a rural farmer, an urban military veteran and an American student—are caught in the typhoon of undead as chaos erupts. 50,000 first printing. TV tie-in.
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Abraham Lincoln : vampire hunter
by Seth Grahame-Smith
Reveals the hidden life of the 16th U.S. president, who was actually a vampire hunter, obsessed with the complete elimination of the undead, and uncovers the role vampires played in the birth, growth and near-death of the nation. (Fantasy).
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Christine
by Stephen King
A scarlet-and-white, 1958 Plymouth fury--salvaged over every rational dissent and objection, from decay--possesses its new owner and brings hellish terror to him, his friends, and his classmates
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Flight or Fright
by Stephen King (editor) and Bev Vincent (editor)
What it is: a nail-biting anthology about air travel that will have even the most grounded of readers searching for the nearest emergency exit.
Contributors include: Arthur Conan Doyle, Ray Bradbury, Dan Simmons, and co-editor Stephen King (who has a lifelong fear of flying).
Don't miss: In E. Michael Lewis's "Cargo," a crew transporting dead bodies after the Jonestown massacre begins hearing noises coming from the cargo bay.
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Books You Might Have Missed
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| Sealed by Naomi BoothWhat it is: a nail-biting blend of body horror, dystopian fiction, and fable "that will stay with readers long after they turn the final page" (Booklist).
The setting: a remote town in rural Australia, where Alice and her boyfriend Pete have fled to escape from a highly contagious skin-sealing epidemic called cutis.
The catch: A panicked Alice is grappling with anxiety, paranoia, and grief over her mother's death...and she's also 36 weeks pregnant. |
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| Stoker's Wilde by Steven Hopstaken & Melissa PrusiWhat it is: a rollicking adventure in which Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde team up to fight vampires and werewolves in Victorian London.
Read it for: the prickly odd couple dynamic between Stoker and Wilde; the epistolary format that mimics Stoker's own Dracula.
For fans of: TV's Penny Dreadful and horror starring real-life historical figures, like Dracul by Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker. |
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| The Dark Game by Jonathan JanzAnd then there were none: Invited to a secluded writer's retreat hosted by famed author Roderick Wells, 10 aspiring writers are pitted against each other in a deadly competition to achieve literary stardom.
Why you might like it: Starring flawed characters harboring dark secrets and a deranged puppet master in Wells, this gory battle royale offers knowing meta commentary on the thrills -- and chills -- of reading.
Read it for: the tension-filled twists and turns. |
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| The Very Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan by Caitlín R. KiernanWhat's inside: Twenty previously published horror and dark fantasy stories written by two-time Bram Stoker Award winner Caitlín R. Kiernan.
Is it for you? Fans of weird fiction will find much to savor in this lyrical Lovecraftian collection.
Don't miss: "Houses Under the Sea," featuring a sinister cult that will be familiar to readers of Kiernan's The Drowning Girl; the squirm-inducing body modification tale "A Season of Broken Dolls." |
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Contact your librarian for more great books! |
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