13 must-read horror books like The Dark House by A.C. Wise

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The Dark House

By: A.C. Wise

3.20

Format: 22 pages, ebook

A photographer’s obsession with an unsettled subject exposes two friends to a darkness that won’t b…

If you liked the horror plot in The Dark House by A.C. Wise , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Skeleton Song (Wayward Children, #7.7) by Seanan McGuire

1. Skeleton Song (Wayward Children, #7.7)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.03

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Children have always disappeared under the right conditions—slipping through the shadows under a be… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Skeleton Song (Wayward Children, #7.7) book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Detonation Boulevard by Alastair Reynolds

2. Detonation Boulevard

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.83

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

In a cosmic rally race winding 12,000 kilometers across Io’s treacherous surface in just 60 hours, … read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Detonation Boulevard book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of On the Fox Roads by Nghi Vo

3. On the Fox Roads

By: Nghi Vo

4.04

Format: 29 pages, ebook

While learning the ropes from a crafty Jazz Age bank robber, a young stowaway discovers their authe… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's On the Fox Roads book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of In Mercy, Rain (Wayward Children, #7.5) by Seanan McGuire

4. In Mercy, Rain (Wayward Children, #7.5)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.92

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

Jack Wolcott was only twelve years old when she and her twin sister Jill, descended the impossible … read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's In Mercy, Rain (Wayward Children, #7.5) book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The River and the World Remade by E. Lily Yu

5. The River and the World Remade

By: E. Lily Yu

3.47

Format: 13 pages, ebook

When the waters rose, the people who stayed on the River learned they weathered the storms best tog… read more

Similar categories in E. Lily Yu's The River and the World Remade book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • fiction
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6. Salt Water

By: Eugenia Triantafyllou

3.62

Format: 18 pages, ebook

While all her friends’ fish are changing into mermaids, is 12-year-old Anissa's fish becoming somet… read more

Similar categories in Eugenia Triantafyllou's Salt Water book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
Cover of Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale by Kathleen Jennings

7. Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale

By: Kathleen Jennings

3.00

Format: 4 pages, Kindle Edition

Delicately balancing between poetry and prose, award-winning author and illustrator Kathleen Jennin… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Jennings's Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • fiction
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8. The Sound of Reindeer

By: Lyndsie Manusos

2.78

Format: 23 pages, ebook

Ada’s holiday trip to meet her girlfriend’s family becomes a bit more fraught than usual when she d… read more

Similar categories in Lyndsie Manusos's The Sound of Reindeer book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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9. The Dark House

By: A.C. Wise

3.20

Format: 22 pages, ebook

A photographer’s obsession with an unsettled subject exposes two friends to a darkness that won’t b… read more

Similar categories in A.C. Wise's The Dark House book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • ghosts
  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
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10. The Counterworld

By: James Bradley

2.51

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

A grieving mother wakes up to find all traces of her lost son have been erased as if he had never e… read more

Similar categories in James Bradley's The Counterworld book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • novella
  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of The Job at the End of the World by Ray Nayler

11. The Job at the End of the World

By: Ray Nayler

3.76

Format: 21 pages, ebook

A weary resilience worker should know better than no one is safe when the world is always ending..… read more

Similar categories in Ray Nayler's The Job at the End of the World book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Time: Marked and Mended (Graff, #3) by Carrie Vaughn

12. Time: Marked and Mended (Graff, #3)

By: Carrie Vaughn

4.27

Format: 24 pages, ebook

Graff isn’t quite human. His people move through the galaxy collecting memories and experiences, re… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Vaughn's Time: Marked and Mended (Graff, #3) book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Puppetmaster by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

13. The Puppetmaster

By: Kemi Ashing-Giwa

3.71

Format: 15 pages, ebook

A banished warrior teaches her treacherous uncle that once made, some oaths cannot be broken...and … read more

Similar categories in Kemi Ashing-Giwa's The Puppetmaster book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of After the Animal Flesh Beings by Brian Evenson

14. After the Animal Flesh Beings

By: Brian Evenson

3.85

Format: 23 pages, ebook

A post-human civilization of synthetic beings, fixated on the concept of children, grapples with th… read more

Similar categories in Brian Evenson's After the Animal Flesh Beings book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of How to Cook and Eat the Rich by Sunyi Dean

15. How to Cook and Eat the Rich

By: Sunyi Dean

3.78

Format: 9 pages, ebook

A man is offered the opportunity to partake in an exclusive, subscription-based eating club for tho… read more

Similar categories in Sunyi Dean's How to Cook and Eat the Rich book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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16. Ceffo

By: Jonathan Carroll

3.69

Format: 33 pages, Kindle Edition

On a trip to Italy, a woman stuck in a crumbling relationship discovers the city she loves holds a … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Carroll's Ceffo book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
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17. The River Judge

By: S.L. Huang

4.01

Format: 42 pages, ebook

In this prequel novelette to the critically acclaimed The Water Outlaws, nine-year-old Li Li is int… read more

Similar categories in S.L. Huang's The River Judge book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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18. Form 8774-D

By: Alex Irvine

3.91

Format: 54 pages, ebook

It’s just business as usual at the Bureau of Metahuman, Mutant, and Occult Affairs until an employe… read more

Similar categories in Alex Irvine's Form 8774-D book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Counting Casualties by Yoon Ha Lee

19. Counting Casualties

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.69

Format: 18 pages, ebook

Commander Niaja vrau Erezeng is up against an enemy that doesn’t just destroy all the beings, ships… read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Counting Casualties book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Tale of Clancy the Scrivener by Ramsey Shehadeh

20. The Tale of Clancy the Scrivener

By: Ramsey Shehadeh

3.68

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

After a fraught, improbably long life, a post-apocalyptic archivist resigned to cataloging ephemera… read more

Similar categories in Ramsey Shehadeh's The Tale of Clancy the Scrivener book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
Cover of Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit by K.J. Parker

21. Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit

By: K.J. Parker

3.78

Format: 27 pages, ebook

A talented bookbinder is tasked with creating a copy of a text so inflammatory it threatens to alte… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Parker's Burning Books for Pleasure and Profit book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
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22. The Star-Bear

By: Michael Swanwick

3.31

Format: 20 pages, Kindle Edition

A Russian émigré poet living in Paris is visited by a mysterious bear with an agenda… At the Pub… read more

Similar categories in Michael Swanwick's The Star-Bear book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
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23. Jack O'Dander

By: Priya Sharma

3.70

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

The sister of an abducted child is haunted by a sinister figure who may or may not be real. . . … read more

Similar categories in Priya Sharma's Jack O'Dander book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of A Dream of Electric Mothers by Wole Talabi

24. A Dream of Electric Mothers

By: Wole Talabi

3.89

Format: 22 pages, ebook

We’re excited to reprint “A Dream of Electric Mothers,” the 2023 Nebula Award–nominated novelette b… read more

Similar categories in Wole Talabi's A Dream of Electric Mothers book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
"Two hours into the third session of our fourth cabinet meeting on the border dispute with the co-operative kingdom of Dahomey, my colleagues finally agree that we need to seek the dream-counsel of ou…"

-Wole Talabi, A Dream of Electric Mothers

Cover of The Three O’Clock Dragon by John Wiswell

25. The Three O’Clock Dragon

By: John Wiswell

3.80

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

Prosperity City’s corrupt mayor never guessed his greatest opponent would be a fire-breathing drago… read more

Similar categories in John Wiswell's The Three O’Clock Dragon book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
Cover of The Canadian Miracle by Cory Doctorow

26. The Canadian Miracle

By: Cory Doctorow

3.61

Format: 23 pages, ebook

Short fiction from science fiction author, activist, and journalist Cory Doctorow!A contentious ele… read more

Similar categories in Cory Doctorow's The Canadian Miracle book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • fiction
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27. Pretty Good Neighbor

By: Jeffrey Ford

3.22

Format: 21 pages, Kindle Edition

There are worse things than a local gangster’s cronies lurking in New Jersey’s wetlands... At th… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Ford's Pretty Good Neighbor book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Sufficient Loss Protocol by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

28. The Sufficient Loss Protocol

By: Kemi Ashing-Giwa

3.41

Format: 29 pages, ebook

When an alien entity sneaks aboard a corporate spaceship, with no motive besides sabotaging the mis… read more

Similar categories in Kemi Ashing-Giwa's The Sufficient Loss Protocol book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Even If Such Ways Are Bad by Rich  Larson

29. Even If Such Ways Are Bad

By: Rich Larson

3.54

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

A two-person crew embark on a mind-bending deep space mission inside a living wormship capable of b… read more

Similar categories in Rich Larson's Even If Such Ways Are Bad book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • fiction
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30. Headhunting

By: Rich Larson

3.61

Format: 36 pages, ebook

A private eye plagued by hallucinations is hired to retrieve a mummified monk’s head stolen from a … read more

Similar categories in Rich Larson's Headhunting book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of What It Means To Be A Car by James Patrick Kelly

31. What It Means To Be A Car

By: James Patrick Kelly

3.61

Format: 15 pages, ebook

An AI car is caught between its ruthless employer and the people she hurt… read more

Similar categories in James Patrick Kelly's What It Means To Be A Car book and A.C. Wise's The Dark House

  • short stories

22 must-read fiction books like The Dark House by A.C. Wise

Transform Your Habits

Skeleton Song (Wayward Children, #7.7)

Seanan McGuire

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Detonation Boulevard

Alastair Reynolds

3.83

Transform Your Habits

On the Fox Roads

Nghi Vo

4.04

Transform Your Habits

In Mercy, Rain (Wayward Children, #7.5)

Seanan McGuire

3.92

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21 must-read fiction books like How to Cook and Eat the Rich by Sunyi Dean

Transform Your Habits

On the Fox Roads

Nghi Vo

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1)

Lavie Tidhar

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The River and the World Remade

E. Lily Yu

3.47

Transform Your Habits

Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale

Kathleen Jennings

3.00

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