The Haunting of Alejandra
By: V. Castro
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her fam…
Want to Read $ 12.99"It occurred to Frances that perhaps everyone wore another set of clothing beneath their human skin, stitched together with all the things they hated about themselves and tried to hide."-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra
"It occurred to Frances that perhaps everyone wore another set of clothing beneath their human skin, stitched together with all the things they hated about themselves and tried to hide."-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra
"There are many times in life we feel there are no choices. Sometimes that is true. But I feel perhaps the true answers to the choices we must make find our way to us. Sometimes it is right away and at times it takes patience."-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra
"There are many times in life we feel there are no choices. Sometimes that is true. But I feel perhaps the true answers to the choices we must make find our way to us. Sometimes it is right away and at times it takes patience."-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra
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1. Maeve Fly
By: C.J. Leede
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! … read more
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- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Inside my room, I turn on Billy Holiday. There are only two kinds of music in my world. Billy Holiday and Halloween songs."-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly
"Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason."-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly
"I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted m…"-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly
2. Boys in the Valley
By: Philip Fracassi
4.18
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- horror
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley
"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley
"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley
3. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
By: Shane Hawk
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
4. Nestlings
By: Nat Cassidy
3.86
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings
5. Monstrilio
By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man,… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"The world was scary. Worse, I was scary in it."-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio
"I wanted him to snap, to finally and absolutely lose it. To break. He was withering. To wither is not the same as to break; to break is to have pieces to put back together, and to wither is to dry up…"-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio
6. Diavola
By: Jennifer Marie Thorne
3.95
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
7. The September House
By: Carissa Orlando
3.92
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this c… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- horror
"the stars shone in the sky, reminding me there were calm constants everywhere"-Carissa Orlando, The September House
"Hal was familiar with anger. He preferred it. It was like a warm blanket to him. Something soft, and smelling of home"-Carissa Orlando, The September House
8. The Haunting of Velkwood
By: Gwendolyn Kiste
3.64
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
From Bram Stoker Award–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- horror
"Because I'd prefer to live in a world with you in it."-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood
"I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the mar…"-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood
"There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in no…"-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood
"It's always startling to see her... the way looks like a fever dream, like something not quite real. That valence of dark hair over her eyes, those lips always painted bright red as a pomegranate see…"-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood
9. Mister Magic
By: Kiersten White
3.59
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and di… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"Magic never forgets the taste of your friendship."-Kiersten White, Mister Magic
"This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change."-Kiersten White, Mister Magic
"I think you've told me thank you more in the last day than anyone else has in years. It's like--when there's a stack of dishes, if my husband actually does them , I tell him thank you. But when I do …"-Kiersten White, Mister Magic
10. A House with Good Bones
By: T. Kingfisher
3.69
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explor… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Like many family dynamics, it didn't have to be healthy, it just had to work."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
"He's got an alibi. People with alibis in the first half of the show are always suspicious."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
"I could research it. I am a champion researcher. It's why they pay me the meager academic bucks."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
"I understood Grand Mae then, I think. I could not pity the adult she had become, but I could pity the girl she had been."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
11. Black Sheep
By: Rachel Harrison
3.60
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irr… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"How can anyone know when ruin wears the disguise of love?"-Rachel Harrison, Black Sheep
"I hoped wherever she was, she was having a shitty time, had an itch in a place she couldn't scratch."-Rachel Harrison, Black Sheep
12. The Salt Grows Heavy
By: Cassandra Khaw
3.59
Format: 106 pages, Hardcover
From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more
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- retellings
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
13. The Spite House
By: Johnny Compton
3.53
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife,… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- horror
14. Vampires of El Norte
By: Isabel Cañas
3.90
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the aut… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- horror
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
15. Silver Nitrate
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.61
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic come… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- horror
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
16. Piñata
By: Leopoldo Gout
3.67
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
A Head Full of Ghosts meets Hereditary in Piñata, a terrifying possession tale by author and artist… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
17. Night's Edge (Night's Edge, #1)
By: Liz Kerin
3.91
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
Liz Kerin’s Night’s Edge is a sun-drenched novel about the darkest secrets we hide and how monstrou… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
18. Sisters of the Lost Nation
By: Nick Medina
3.88
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
A young Native girl's hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe's r… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"What am I supposed to do? Listen, Anna, we all try to get noticed. All the time. Everywhere. That’s lige. Especially for people like us. If the others, don’t notice us, we disappear."-Nick Medina, Sisters of the Lost Nation
"We all reach for something… Sometimes what we long for is so out of reach that we get stuck or lost in our pursuit of it. The point is not to lose sight of what you already have because if you try to…"-Nick Medina, Sisters of the Lost Nation
"She said Frog eximplified transformation. He entered life in one form and left it in another. From egg to tadpole, to tadpole with legs, to amphibian with tail, to tailless frog, he was never the sam…"-Nick Medina, Sisters of the Lost Nation
19. The Haunting of Alejandra
By: V. Castro
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her fam… read more
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- retellings
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- mythology
- audiobook
"It occurred to Frances that perhaps everyone wore another set of clothing beneath their human skin, stitched together with all the things they hated about themselves and tried to hide."-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra
"There are many times in life we feel there are no choices. Sometimes that is true. But I feel perhaps the true answers to the choices we must make find our way to us. Sometimes it is right away and a…"-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra
20. Incidents Around the House
By: Josh Malerman
3.82
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled f… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- horror
21. The Eyes Are the Best Part
By: Monika Kim
3.89
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of mu… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
