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• The Empusium

  a Health Resort Horror Story

  Tokarczuk, Olga, 1962-

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  In September 1913, Mieczysław, a student suffering from tuberculosis, arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen, a health resort in what is now western Poland. Every day, its residents gather in the dining room to imbibe the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• So Thirsty

  Harrison, Rachel, 1989-

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  Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday. She doesn’t need a reminder she’s getting older, or that she’s feeling indifferent about her own life. Her husband surprises her with a birthday weekend getaway—not with him, but with Sloane’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Sunny Place for Shady People

  Stories

  Enriquez, Mariana,

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  Offers twelve unsettling stories where ordinary people living in Argentina, particularly women, must confront terrifying and surreal encounters with the supernatural in the new collection from the author of Our Share of the Night.

• A Mask of Flies

  Lyons, Matthew (Short story writer),

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  In the grisly aftermath of a botched bank heist, career criminal Anne Heller has no choice but to return to her family’s cabin – a secluded shack in the San Luis Valley, and the site of her mother’s untimely death. Along for the ride are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• House of Bone and Rain

  Iglesias, Gabino

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  For childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul, and Bimbo, death has always been close. Hurricanes. Car accidents. Gang violence. Suicide. But this time is different. Bimbo's mom has been shot dead. We’re gonna kill the guys who killed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bury Your Gays

  Tingle, Chuck,

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  Misha knows that chasing success in Hollywood can be hell. But finally, after years of trying to make it, his big moment is here: an Oscar nomination. And the executives at the studio for his long-running streaming series know just the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Eyes Are the Best Part

  Kim, Monika,

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  Ji-won’s life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her appa’s extramarital affair and subsequent departure. Her mother, distraught. Her younger sister, hurt and confused. Her college freshman grades, failing. Her dreams, horrifying… yet…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gathering

  a Novel

  Tudor, C. J.,

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  Deadhart, Alaska. 873. Living. In a small Alaska town, a boy is found with his throat ripped out and all the blood drained from his body. The inhabitants of Deadhart haven’t seen a killing like this in twenty-five years. But they know…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dwellings

  Stephens, Jay, 1971-

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  Graphic novel. Welcome to Elwich—an oasis of small-town perfection, where the schools overflow with cheery-eyed children, lovingly adorned homes line the historic boulevards . . . and only the crows can see the deep, festering rot that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Diavola

  Thorne, Jennifer,

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  Anna has two rules for the annual Pace family destination vacations: Tread lightly and survive. It isn’t easy when she’s the only one in the family who doesn’t quite fit in. Her twin brother, Benny, goes with the flow so much he’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lost Man's Lane

  a Novel

  Carson, Scott, 1982-

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  A teenager explores the darkness hidden within his hometown in this spellbinding supernatural thriller from bestselling author Scott Carson. For a sixteen-year-old, a summer internship working for a private investigator seems like a dream…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Knock Knock, Open Wide

  Sharpson, Neil,

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  Driving home late one night, Etain Larkin finds a corpse on a pitch-black country road deep in the Irish countryside. She takes the corpse to a remote farmhouse. So begins a night of unspeakable horror that will take her to the very brink…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Reformatory

  a Novel

  Due, Tananarive, 1966-

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  Gracetown, Florida June 1950 Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Whistle at Night

  An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

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  Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black River Orchard

  a Novel

  Wendig, Chuck,

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  It’s autumn in the town of Harrow, but something else is changing in the town besides the season. Because in that town there is an orchard, and in that orchard, seven most unusual trees. And from those trees grows a new sort of apple:…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The September House

  Orlando, Carissa,

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  When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Delicate Condition

  Valentine, Danielle,

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  Anna Alcott is desperate to be pregnant. But as she tries to balance her increasingly public life with a grueling IVF journey, she starts to suspect that someone is going to great lengths to make sure her pregnancy never happens. Crucial…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fever House

  a Novel

  Rosson, Keith (Novelist),

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  While collecting overdue drug money in a rundown Portland, Oregon apartment complex, Hutch Holtz discovers a severed hand in the client's refrigerator and quickly realizes the body part induces uncontrollable madness and violence and sets…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vampires of El Norte

  Cañas, Isabel,

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  Néstor and Nena were inseparable as children on the Rancho Los Ojuelos, though not everyone thought it was appropriate, Nena being the daughter of the owner and Néstor the son of a vaquero. After a treasure hunt goes wrong when they’re 13,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Camp Damascus

  Tingle, Chuck,

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  A searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price of keeping secrets, and finding the courage to burn it all down. They’ll scare you straight to hell. Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home…Read moreRead more of this annotation