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| Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula by Valdimar Ásmundsson; translated by Hans Corneel De RoosBram Stoker's Dracula takes on a life of its own in this first ever English translation of a 1901 Icelandic adaptation. Adding details such as new characters and plot variations, author Valdimar Ásmundsson may have been working from an early draft of Stoker's original. Whether you're fascinated by changes to the classic vampire tale or just looking for a dark and chilling adventure, you won't want to miss Power of Darkness. |
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| Ararat: A Novel by Christopher GoldenAfter an avalanche uncovers an ancient boat (maybe Noah's Ark) on Turkey's Mt. Ararat, an archaeological team finds human-like remains inside a coffin -- and the skeleton has horns! Then the explorers are trapped by a blizzard, and terrifying things happen. Is the evil coming from a supernatural power? Once you start reading award-winning Christopher Golden's Ararat, you won't be able to put it down. |
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| NK3 by Michael TolkinThis post-apocalyptic thriller portrays a global epidemic of amnesia, in which only a few people (called the Verified) retain complex skills. An elite Verified community luxuriates behind a wall in Los Angeles, while other survivors wander through the desolate realms outside. But some of these outsiders fully retain their memories, and their challenge to the Verifieds' dominance leads to a climactic battle, which fans of Max Brooks' World War Z may enjoy. |
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| The Girl from Rawblood: A Novel by Catriona WardAn ancestral curse, a ghostly mansion on England's brooding Dartmoor, a teenager in love, and disaster: The Girl from Rawblood presents a gripping narrative, starting in 1910 and moving back and forth through generations of young Iris Villarca's family. Publishers Weekly declares that author Catriona Wade's debut "perfectly balances sensory richness with the chills of the uncanny," recalling authors such as Wilkie Collins, Diane Setterfield, and Shirley Jackson. |
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A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain: A Novel
by Adrianne Harun
One summer in a remote logging town in British Columbia, five teenaged friends -- Leo, Jackie, Bryan, Ursula, and Tessa -- are becoming concerned by the recent disappearances of young women along the highway. Then a couple of strangers arrive. One of them, an oddly pale girl called Hana Swann, suggests to Bryan that he might seek revenge on a malicious drug dealer and his thugs, while another, a magician called Kevin Seven, introduces Ursula to sleight of hand. The scent of evil builds along with Kevin and Hana's influence until it's nearly too late to foil their devilish plot, in a "debut that will please fans of the macabre" (Library Journal).
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A Love Like Blood
by Marcus Sedgwick
Shortly after the 1944 liberation of Paris, British medical corpsman Charles Jackson witnesses a repellent scene: a man drinking the blood of a dead woman. Charles flees, but remains haunted by what he saw. Years later, he returns to Paris and again encounters the blood-drinker, who disappears. Now Charles begins to crisscross Europe, feeling compelled to track him down. His quest recalls the desperate search for Vlad the Impaler in Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian. This chilling, classically inspired tale of blood will keep horror fans turning the pages.
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A Head Full of Ghosts: A Novel
by Paul Tremblay
Television reality show producers are always looking for a new twist. How about a demon-possessed teenage girl and her otherwise normal suburban family? In A Head Full of Ghosts, a writer interviews the girl's younger sister, Merry, 15 years after the television series ends. The interview releases Merry's repressed memories of the events, and her recollections clash with the version depicted on the reality show. Reminiscent of William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, and other classic tales of haunting and possession, this suspenseful novel "is a work of deviously subtle horror" (Publishers Weekly).
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| Cat Out of Hell: A Novel by Lynne TrussIn Cat Out of Hell, librarian Alec Charlesworth learns that each generation of cats spawns a few Überkatzen who can carry out dastardly plots, and he sets out with his faithful dog Watson to right the wrongs of one of those evil cats. Grammar maven Lynne Truss (author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves) crafts an "anti-narrative that reads like M.R. James on bad acid with a laugh track" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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