The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Vol. 2
By: James D. Jenkins
4.31
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
Critics called the first Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories "groundbreaking" (Publishers Weekl…
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1. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
By: Hampton Sides
4.27
Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San… read more
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"We live in weary suspense," DeLong wrote. "Wintering in the pack may be a thrilling thing to read about alongside a warm fire, but the actual thing is sufficient to make any man prematurely old."-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
"When De Long arrived in California with Emma that May, he went straight down to the yard and feasted his eyes upon his new ship. He was smitten by the transformation that had taken place during his a…"-Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
2. The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
By: Laird Barron
3.98
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
Over the course of two award-winning collections and a critically acclaimed novel, The Croning, Lai… read more
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"After years in the wilderness, he usually talked to himself."-Laird Barron, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
"Actually, coyotes are much scarier than wolves. Sneaky, sneaky little suckers. Eat you up. Lick the blood all up."-Laird Barron, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
"I hate puppets. Hate them. They descend from a demonic line parallel to mimes and clowns and are wholly of the devil, especially the lifelike variety."-Laird Barron, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
"I was accustomed to liars, bold-faced or wide-eyed, silver tongued or pleading, often with the barrel of my gun directed at them as they babbled their last prayers to an indifferent god, squirted the…"-Laird Barron, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
3. The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five
By: Jeffrey Ford , Duane Swierczynski , Gemma Files , Ramsey Campbell , Lucy A. Snyder , Megan Arkenberg , Gary McMahon , Ellen Datlow , Priya Sharma , Terry Dowling , Laird Barron , Margo Lanagan , Dan Chaon , Kij Johnson , Bruce McAllister , Nathan Ballingrud , Claire Massey , Stephen Bacon , Lucy Taylor , Conrad Williams , Jay Wilburn , Adam L.G. Nevill , Amber Sparks , Richard Gavin , Ian Rogers , Tamsyn Muir , Kevin McCann , Sandi Leibowitz , None
3.83
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Darkness, both literal and psychological, holds its own unique fascination. Despite our fears, or p… read more
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4. The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories
By: Stephen King , Haruki Murakami , Jeff VanderMeer , George R.R. Martin , William Gibson , Kelly Link , Neil Gaiman , Mervyn Peake , Franz Kafka , Ann VanderMeer , Michael Chabon , Bob Leman
3.64
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a co… read more
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5. The Cook
By: Harry Kressing
3.76
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Cookopens with Conrad, nearly seven feet tall, gaunt, and dressed all in black, arriving on his… read more
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6. The Space Vampires
By: Colin Wilson
3.71
Format: 234 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When Captain Carlsen entered the vast derelict spaceship, he was stunned by its awesome splendor--a… read more
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7. Finishing Touches
By: Thomas Tessier
4.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
On an extended holiday in London, Dr. Tom Sutherland befriends a mysterious surgeon named Nordhagen… read more
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8. Dark Gods
By: T.E.D. Klein
4.09
Format: 261 pages, Mass Market Paperback
T.E.D. Klein's highly acclaimed first novel The Ceremonies - which Stephen King called "the most ex… read more
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9. The House on the Borderland
By: William Hope Hodgson
5.00
Format: 32 pages,
A manuscript is found: filled with small, precise writing and smelling of pit-water, it tells the s… read more
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10. Burnt Offerings
By: Robert Marasco
3.74
Format: 646 pages, Hardcover
Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so… read more
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12. 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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13. Cursed Bunny
By: Bora Chung
3.78
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring t… read more
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"Her husband had pursued an “alternative lifestyle"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"One can break the curse, but it is impossible to cure their blindness from greed. They were always ready to wage another war"-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"But there I remained, standing in the bathroom, waiting for someone to miraculously find me, to release me from my ties to this life."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
"Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very survival depends on it."-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny
14. The Lake of the Dead
By: André Bjerke
3.82
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
Deep in the darkest part of the Norwegian woods stands Dead Man's Cabin, the site of tragedy a cent… read more
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15. The Black Maybe: Liminal Tales
By: Attila Veres
4.17
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Every so often a new horror writer bursts onto the scene with a book that is so dazzlingly original… read more
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16. The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell
By: Brian Evenson
4.10
Format: 254 pages, ebook
“Here is how monstrous humans are.” A sentient, murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy creatures lurkin… read more
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17. Swedish Cults
By: Anders Fager
3.47
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Forget everything you think you know about Sweden. In Anders Fager’s stories, Sweden is revealed as… read more
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18. 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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"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
19. A Different Darkness and Other Abominations
By: Luigi Musolino
4.23
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
This brilliant new collection showcases the best short stories and novellas of one of Italy's leadi… read more
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20. Through the Night Like a Snake: Latin American Horror Stories
By: Sarah Coolidge
4.01
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
A boy explores the abandoned house of a dead fascist… A leaked sex tape pushes a woman to the brin… read more
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21. The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Vol. 2
By: James D. Jenkins
4.31
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
Critics called the first Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories "groundbreaking" (Publishers Weekl… read more
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