The Dolls
By: Ursula Scavenius
3.24
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Strange, macabre, and unsettling: Short stories from the Danish master of absurdist fiction In …
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1. Self-Portrait in Green
By: Jordan Stump , Marie NDiaye
3.64
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
It seems there is no genre of writing Marie NDiaye will not make her own. Asked to write a memoir, … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- horror
2. Such Small Hands
By: Edmund White , Andrés Barba , Lisa Dillman
4.04
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
"Every once in a while a novel does not record reality but creates a whole new reality, one that ca… read more
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- fiction
- horror
3. The Witnesses Are Gone
By: Joel Lane , Conrad Williams
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The Witnesses Are Gone is a first-hand account of a journey into the underworld in all the wrong pl… read more
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4. Pétalos y otras historias incómodas
By: Guadalupe Nettel
3.84
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
Como vistos a la luz de una radiografía, los personajes de este libro muestran todo aquello que el … read more
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- fiction
- short stories
- anthologies
- horror
5. I baffi
By: Emmanuel Carrère
3.73
Format: 149 pages, Paperback
È quasi un capriccio, uno scherzo, quello di tagliarsi i baffi, da parte del protagonista di questo… read more
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- fiction
- horror
6. Sacrificios humanos
By: María Fernanda Ampuero
4.09
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
María Fernanda Ampuero se ha convertido en una de las voces indispensables de la literatura latinoa… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- thriller
- adult
7. Things We Say in the Dark
By: Kirsty Logan
3.79
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
A shocking collection of dark stories, ranging from chilling contemporary fairytales to disturbing … read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- adult
"I want to know what haunts me. The ghosts that obscure my face in the mirror, that speak in my head when I’m trying to think, that pull my hands back when I try to reach out. I know there’s something…"-Kirsty Logan, Things We Say in the Dark
8. My Death
By: Lisa Tuttle
3.98
Format: 93 pages, Paperback
A widowed writer begins to work on a biography of a novelist and artist—and soon uncovers bizarre p… read more
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- thriller
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
9. Termush
By: Sven Holm
3.31
Format: 119 pages, Paperback
Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer, welcome to a luxury hotel at the end of the world in this post-apoca… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- denmark
"An inspired lie could be preferred to a malignant truth."-Sven Holm, Termush
"I must ask myself whether I am not colouring what I see with my own views."-Sven Holm, Termush
"- I do have some faith in democracy, but I don't think that this vote can be regarded as a matter of course as democratic. The voters knew too little about the alternatives. - They are always Ill-inf…"-Sven Holm, Termush
10. Your Utopia
By: Bora Chung
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- adult
11. The Dolls
By: Ursula Scavenius
3.24
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Strange, macabre, and unsettling: Short stories from the Danish master of absurdist fiction In … read more
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- short story collection
- anthologies
- denmark
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- dark
- thriller
- adult
- surreal
12. The Membranes
By: Chi Ta-wei
3.98
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
It is the late twenty-first century, and Momo is the most celebrated dermal care technician in all … read more
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- adult
- fiction
13. The Secret Life of Insects and Other Stories
By: Bernardo Esquinca
4.14
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Bernardo Esquinca's haunting tale "Señor Ligotti" represented Mexico in the acclaimed The Valancour… read more
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- short story collection
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
"Sooner or later', she said,' our true nature separates us from the person we love. Losing one's shadow shouldn't be a tragedy but a goal. It's the only way of finding out who we really are."-Bernardo Esquinca, The Secret Life of Insects and Other Stories
14. The Country Will Bring Us No Peace
By: Matthieu Simard
3.66
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Simon and Marie can't seem to have a baby. And so they flee the city for an idyllic village, where … read more
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- thriller
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
15. Of Cattle and Men
By: Ana Paula Maia
3.97
Format: 99 pages, Paperback
Animals go mad and men die (accidentally and not) at a slaughterhouse in an impoverished, isolated … read more
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- thriller
- fiction
- horror
"Senhor Milo knows cattlemen, he's cut from the same cloth. No one goes unpunished. They're men of cattle and blood."-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men
"Two enclosures, one for cattle and one for men, standing side by side. Sometimes the smell is familiar. Only the voices on one side and the mooing on the other distinguish the men from the ruminants."-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men
"Edgar picks up the mallet. The steer comes up close to him. Edgar looks into the animal's eyes and caresses its forehead. The cow stomps one hoof, wags its tail and snorts. Edgar shushes the animal a…"-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men
"For a few moments, Edgar Wilson yields to the late afternoon sun that has not yet fully set, but that is rushing headlong into a moonless, starless night. He knows how to listen in silence, even when…"-Ana Paula Maia, Of Cattle and Men
16. The Rooftop
By: Fernanda Trías
3.77
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
‘The world is this house’, says Clara while she is trying to protect her beloved ones from the worl… read more
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- fiction
- horror
17. Dead Relatives
By: Lucie McKnight Hardy
3.92
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
Iris has never left the big house in the country she shares with Mammy and the servants. When The L… read more
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- short story collection
- short stories
- dark
- horror
- fiction
18. Tierra fresca de su tumba
By: Giovanna Rivero
3.86
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Los extraños y maravillosos cuentos de Tierra Fresca de su Tumba nos arrojan a lugares desconocidos… read more
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- short stories
- adult
- fiction
- horror
"Nuestra casa era una prodigiosa zarza ardiente que lamía los troncos de los árboles y avanzaba como una legión por el huerto. Supe que el sonido de esa crepitación descomunal era el de todos los esqu…"-Giovanna Rivero, Tierra fresca de su tumba
19. Suture
By: Nic Brewer
3.89
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
To make her films, Eva must take out her eyes and use them as batteries. To make her art, Finn must… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- horror
20. Astral Season, Beastly Season
By: Tahi Saihate
3.42
Format: 126 pages, Paperback
Astral Season, Beastly Season is the debut novel by Japanese writer Tahi Saihate. The story follows… read more
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- dark
- thriller
- fiction
21. Where I End
By: Sophie White
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
My mother. At night, my mother creaks. The house creaks along with her. Through our thin shar… read more
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- thriller
- adult
- fiction
- horror
