The Women of Weird Tales
By: Melanie R. Anderson
4.06
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
Launched in 1923, the pulp magazine Weird Tales quickly became one of the most important outlets fo…
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1. The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories
By: Marjorie Bowen
3.87
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Marjorie Bowen (1885-1952) spent the early part of her working life providing for a demanding and u… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- weird fiction
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
2. The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)
By: Rin Chupeco
3.82
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
" [A] Stephen Kinglike horror story...A chilling, bloody ghost story that resonates ."― Kirkus From… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
"Even then I found the word fitting, soothing. Fireflies. Fire flies. Fire, fly."-Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)
"There is a thrill in relishing the suffering of strangers, and they hide their interest with worried faces."-Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)
"It is not in my nature to be interested in the living. But there are many things, I have found, that defy nature."-Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)
"There are so many other fun ways to dishonor the family name that buying girls’ underwear shouldn’t be one of them."-Rin Chupeco, The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well, #1)
3. Experimental Film
By: Gemma Files
3.56
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Experimental Film is a contemporary ghost story in which former Canadian film history teacher Lois … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
"Because stories lie hidden inside other stories, and we always know more about any given thing than we think we do, even if the only thing we think we know is nothing."-Gemma Files, Experimental Film
"You could argue—as I have more than enough times, as part of my Film History lecture—that, no matter its actual narrative content, every movie is a ghost story. A film's production forms a time capsu…"-Gemma Files, Experimental Film
"What can I do about the people who adore all that is new, even when it goes against their deepest convictions, or about the insincere, corrupt press, and the inane herd that saw beauty or poetry in s…"-Gemma Files, Experimental Film
"We're storytelling creatures. Give us a bunch of seemingly random images and we will try to organize them into a linear progression: tree, apple, head, bruise, gravity . . . a man sat under a tree, a…"-Gemma Files, Experimental Film
4. A Nest of Nightmares
By: Lisa Tuttle
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Stories include: Bug House; Dollburger; Community Property; Flying to Byzantium; Treading the Maze;… read more
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5. The Midwich Cuckoos
By: John Wyndham
3.91
Format: 220 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the sleepy English village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitant… read more
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- classics
- fiction
- horror
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"…after all, what is a planet but an island in space?"-John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos
"Some quotations," said Zellaby, "are greatly improved by lack of context."-John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos
"Will you agree to be superseded, and start on the way to extinction without a struggle? I do not think you are decadent enough for that."-John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos
"But not she. Her eternity is an article of her faith. Great wars and disasters can ebb and flow, races rise and fall, empires wither with suffering and death, but these are superficialities: she, wom…"-John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos
6. Twice Cursed
By: Marie O'Regan
3.90
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
From the fun of the fair to the depths of hell, experience sixteen more curses in this sequel to th… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
7. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.06
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction--a collecti… read more
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- short stories
"It is this way with wonder: it takes a bit of patience, and it takes putting yourself in the right place at the right time. It requires that we be curious enough to forgo our small distractions in or…"-Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
8. The Bookshop From Hell
By: David Haynes
3.81
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
Horror is what Dan Law enjoys. He loves to read horror novels as a way to escape from his teachi… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
9. The Handyman Method
By: Nick Cutter
3.27
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror. When a y… read more
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- fiction
- horror
"When prey dies in fear, hunters will say the meat tastes bitter."-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method
"What of happiness, then? May we speak of the taste of joyful meat?"-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method
"Old memories were like land mines: dormant, forgotten, but forever deadly."-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method
10. The Creeper
By: A.M. Shine
3.71
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Superstitions only survive if people believe in them... Renowned academic Dr Sparling seeks help… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
11. Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories
By: Yamile Saied Méndez
3.99
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Fifteen original short stories from YA superstars, featuring Latine mythology’s most memorable mons… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"I don't want the type of love that uses our bodies to cover the holes in our relationship."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories
"Where there is war there are monsters. They are drawn to the violence, seduces by the evil on display in humans. And when monsters slip into a place, they never go away."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories
12. Paper Girls, Volume 5
By: Brian K. Vaughan
4.20
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s Eisner Award winning series Paper Girls is coming Amazon Prime … read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
13. Paper Girls, Volume 6
By: Brian K. Vaughan
4.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s Eisner Award winning series Paper Girls is coming Amazon Prime … read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
14. Paper Girls, Volume 4
By: Brian K. Vaughan
4.13
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s Eisner Award winning series Paper Girls is coming Amazon Prime … read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
"All we have to do is carjack an invisible fucking Voltron. What could be simpler?"-Brian K. Vaughan, Paper Girls, Volume 4
15. The Ghost Sequences
By: A.C. Wise
3.98
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
From A.C. Wise, the acclaimed author of Wendy, Darling, comes a brand new collection of horror stor… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
16. Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
By: Lisa Kröger
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature’s strangest tales, from Fr… read more
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- gothic
- horror
"What do queer activism and vampires have in common? Turns out, a lot."-Lisa Kröger, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
"Perhaps the weirdest tale is how we’ve managed to forget the women who created such amazing stories."-Lisa Kröger, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
"Haunted house fictions play upon the complex fears and concerns about domestic issues that women have long grappled with."-Lisa Kröger, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
"There seems to be an unspoken assumption that women aren't interested in horror and speculative fiction, despite ample evidence to the contrary."-Lisa Kröger, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
17. The Deep Dark
By: Molly Knox Ostertag
4.42
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
18. In the House in the Dark of the Woods
By: Laird Hunt
3.33
Format: 218 pages, Hardcover
"Once upon a time there was and there wasn't a woman who went to the woods." In this ingenious h… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
19. The Dead Hours of Night
By: Lisa Tuttle
4.12
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
In a career spanning almost 50 years, Lisa Tuttle has proven herself a master of the weird tale, an… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
20. The Women of Weird Tales
By: Melanie R. Anderson
4.06
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
Launched in 1923, the pulp magazine Weird Tales quickly became one of the most important outlets fo… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- weird fiction
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
21. Nightmare Flower
By: Elizabeth Engstrom
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Elizabeth Engstrom is a talented and original writer of dark fantasy who uses the trappings of spec… read more
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- gothic
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
