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Shortlisted for the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement
in a First Novel; Runner-up for Best Novel in This Is Horror awards
2017. One night in 1980, a man becomes a monster. Travis Stillwell
spends his nights searching out women in honky-tonk bars on the
back roads of Texas. What he does with them doesn't make him proud:
it just quiets the demons for a little while. But when he crosses
paths with one particular mysterious pale-skinned girl, he wakes up
weak and bloodied, with no memory of the night before. Finding
refuge at a small motel, Travis develops feelings for the owner,
Annabelle, but at night he fights a horrible transformation and his
need to feed. Half a state away, a grizzled Texas Ranger is hunting
Travis for his past misdeeds, but what he finds will lead him to a
revelation far more monstrous. A man of the law, he'll have to
decide how far into the darkness he'll go for the sake of justice.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 'Beautiful,
horrible... the most exciting discovery I've made in fiction for
some time' Kazuo Ishiguro 'Smoky, carnal, dazzling' Lauren Groff
Welcome to Buenos Aires, a place of nightmares and twisted
imaginings, where missing children come back from the dead and
unearthed bones carry terrible curses. Thrumming with murderous
intentions, family betrayals and morbid desires, these stories
shine a light on a violent city gripped by urban madness; giving
voice to the lost, the oppressed and the forgotten. Lucid and
darkly poetic, unsettling and otherworldly, these tales of revenge,
witchcraft and fetishes are a masterpiece of contemporary Gothic
and a bewitching exploration of the dark inclinations that threaten
to lead us over the edge. 'There is some serious power in this
writing' Daisy Johnson
An instant USA Today & Indie bestseller From the Nebula and
Hugo award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the
Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's
classic "The Fall of the House of Usher." When Alex Easton, a
retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline
Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in
the remote countryside of Ruritania. What they find there is a
nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a
dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange
voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a
mysterious malady of the nerves. Aided by a redoubtable British
mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the
secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all.
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Carmilla
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Joseph Sheridan Lefanu; Edited by Savannah Stuttgen; Foreword by Mark Leslie Lefebvre
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Just Like Home is a darkly gothic thriller from nationally bestselling
author Sarah Gailey, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Haunting of Hill
House.
Going home is always hard.
For Vera, going home means returning to the notorious Crowder House
where her serial killer father murdered his victims and buried their
bodies beneath.
Then notes start to appear in Vera's father's handwriting - but they
can't be from him. He has been dead for years.
Vera thought that the house had given up all its secrets but now she
must uncover how deep the rot goes.
This is the story of a murderer. A stolen child. Revenge.
This is the story of Ted, who lives with his young daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street. All these things are true. And yet some of them are lies.
An unspeakable secret binds the family together, and when a new neighbour moves in next door, the truth may destroy them all. Because there's something buried in the dark forest at the end of Needless Street.
But it's not what you think...
From the multiple award-winning author of Little Eve and Rawblood, this extraordinary tale will thrill and move readers. A work of incredible imagination and heartbreaking beauty.
"Mysticism, horror, and racial identity merge fluidly in this
thrilling tale... The suspense is tangible and the final reveal
will leave readers reeling"-Publishers Weekly, STARRED review From
groundbreaking Black author Pauline Hopkins comes an uncanny
example of classic horror, exploring identity, race, and
spirituality When medical student Reuel Briggs reluctantly attends
a performance by the beautiful singer Dianthe Lusk, he can't help
but fall for her. The very next day, their paths cross again when
Dianthe's train crashes. To bring her back from the brink of death,
Reuel draws on an eerie power he can't quite name. Soon, the two
are engaged, and Reuel sets off on an archeological expedition to
Africa to offset his debts before the wedding. But, in Ethiopia,
unexpected danger and terror force him to confront the truth about
his lineage, his power, and the disturbing history that lives in
his very blood. First serialized in Colored American Magazine in
1902, this classic fiction exemplifies Pauline Hopkins's incisive
writing and interrogates issues of race, blood, and history that
remain urgent today. This edition of Hopkins's classic horror novel
is presented by the Horror Writers Association and introduced by
award-winning author Nisi Shawl. Includes notes, biographical
information about the author, discussion questions for classroom
use, and suggested further reading.
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Lake Marie
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A J Leberge
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