15 best-selling short stories books like A Blackness Absolute by Caitlin Marceau

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A Blackness Absolute

By: Caitlin Marceau

3.71

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A Blackness Absolute is a collection of short horror stories by up-and-coming Canadian author Caitl…

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1. Ankle Snatcher

By: Grady Hendrix

3.74

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Obey the rules. It’s the only way to survive the night in a short story about what hides in the dar… read more

Similar categories in Grady Hendrix's Ankle Snatcher book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. 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

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's The Haunting of Velkwood book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • 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

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3. We Can Never Leave This Place

By: Eric LaRocca

3.52

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

"When you're given a gift, something else gets taken away." A precocious young girl with an unus… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"We can never leave this place," my mother told her. "It would hurt too much."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"We can never leaves this places," my mother told her. "It would hurt to much."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"How could you do this to me?' the creature asked. And the blind man said, 'I wanted to be the only one to hurry you."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"I watched as blood swirled down my naked body in dark ribbons—tiny threads that had forever come undone from me and were sent to freedom."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

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4. Big Bad

By: Chandler Baker

3.77

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

For a family trying to make an isolated farmhouse into a home, fear and rage are getting harder to … read more

Similar categories in Chandler Baker's Big Bad book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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5. Goddess of Filth

By: V. Castro

3.63

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

“Five of us sat in a circle doing our best to emulate the girls in The Craft, hoping to unleash som… read more

Similar categories in V. Castro's Goddess of Filth book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror
"Why the black lipstick? Is this goddess a Goth?"

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

"I have traveled a long way through light and volatile stardust. The stars in the night sky are moth holes in space-time and the bodies of the larvae between each hole are the means of travel"

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

"Be smart, but not too smart. Be beautiful, but not so pretty as to make other females mad. Be successful, but not bossy or overly ambitious. Nobody likes a mouthy brown woman. Be a declawed kitten."

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

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6. It Waits in the Woods

By: Josh Malerman

3.72

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Some chilling campfire tales ring too true to ignore. For one young woman, an urban legend calls he… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's It Waits in the Woods book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. Bad Dolls

By: Rachel Harrison

3.73

Format: 132 pages, ebook

In this stunning new collection of four horror stories, award-winning author Rachel Harrison explor… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Harrison's Bad Dolls book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. The Day of the Door

By: Laurel Hightower

4.13

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Once there were four Lasco siblings banded together against a world that failed to protect them. Bu… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's The Day of the Door book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror
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9. The Laws of the Skies

By: Grégoire Courtois

3.39

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Twelve six-year-olds and their three adult chaperones head into the woods on a camping trip. None o… read more

Similar categories in Grégoire Courtois's The Laws of the Skies book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror
"because it was him and him alone she didn't want to disappoint."

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

"Was there nothing left in this world that was worth opening your eyes and fighting for?"

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

"Even he who deserves to die, who deserves to be killed, doesn't deserve to be killed like that."

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

"But she was in love, head over heels in love the way you are at age six, without knowing that this love would be as fleeting as it was powerful, and as powerful as it was secret, and misunderstood, a…"

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

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10. Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

By: Agustina Bazterrica

3.14

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

A collection of nineteen dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winnin… read more

Similar categories in Agustina Bazterrica's Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"She was horrified by the traces of monstrosity in everyday life. The things that we look at but don't see, whose true essences are unknown to us."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

"Outside the secure space of the circle, vulgarity accumulates. Ada loathes vulgarity because it's there that misery hides. She knows that misery is destructive and, as such, ephemeral."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

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11. Maggie's Grave

By: David Sodergren

4.06

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

The small Scottish town of Auchenmullan is dead, and has been for years. It sits in the shadow of a… read more

Similar categories in David Sodergren's Maggie's Grave book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror
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12. Bloom

By: Delilah S. Dawson

3.90

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella from the New York… read more

Similar categories in Delilah S. Dawson's Bloom book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror
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13. This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

By: Eric LaRocca

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of four intense, claustrophobic and terrifying horror tales from the Bram St… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"The worst thing a person can do to you after they've hurt you is let you live."

-Eric LaRocca, This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

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14. The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

By: Eric LaRocca

3.74

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully crafted, devastating short fiction collection from the Bram-Stoker finalist and autho… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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15. Linghun

By: Ai Jiang

3.96

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

WELCOME HOME. Follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. in this modern gothic ghost story by Chinese-Canadian… read more

Similar categories in Ai Jiang's Linghun book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"In HOME, Liam was a dream. Here, he's a flawed but beautiful reality. Whispers of our future together lull us both into a dreamless sleep. It's the first time we find such emptiness comforting."

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

"Feelings, emotions, experiences, are all part of humanity's shared language, and in Linghun, that shared language is grief. Grief is a language that tears us apart, but it is also what brings us toge…"

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

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16. 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

Similar categories in Liz Kerin's Night's Edge (Night's Edge, #1) book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror
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17. Burn the Negative

By: Josh Winning

3.38

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In this incendiary mash-up of horror and suspense, a notorious slasher film is remade…and the curse… read more

Similar categories in Josh Winning's Burn the Negative book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror
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18. The Bell Chime

By: Mona Kabbani

3.36

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Ladies of Horror Fiction Award for Best Novella of 2020 "Can you hear the bell chime… read more

Similar categories in Mona Kabbani's The Bell Chime book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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19. The Reyes Incident

By: Briana Morgan

3.22

Format: 150 pages, None

A local legend gone haywire. A small-town cop. An impossible eyewitness testimony. Which i… read more

Similar categories in Briana Morgan's The Reyes Incident book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror
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20. It's Me, Charlie

By: C.M. Guidroz

2.95

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

I know everything about her, I've been her "book bestie" for over a year now. I've read every book … read more

Similar categories in C.M. Guidroz's It's Me, Charlie book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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21. Waif

By: Samantha Kolesnik

3.55

Format: 114 pages, Paperback

Angela has everything she thought she ever wanted—a successful husband, a lavish house, and a botto… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Kolesnik's Waif book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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22. 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

Similar categories in Monika Kim's The Eyes Are the Best Part book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror
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23. American Rapture

By: C.J. Leede

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sop… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's American Rapture book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror
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24. Our Own Unique Affliction

By: Scott J. Moses

3.66

Format: 102 pages, ebook

Our Own Unique Affliction is the story of Alice Ann, a dejected immortal who longs for her life in … read more

Similar categories in Scott J. Moses's Our Own Unique Affliction book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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25. A Blackness Absolute

By: Caitlin Marceau

3.71

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A Blackness Absolute is a collection of short horror stories by up-and-coming Canadian author Caitl… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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26. Mystery Lights

By: Lena Valencia

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Set against the stark background of the Southwestern desert, Lena Valencia’s Mystery Lights glows w… read more

Similar categories in Lena Valencia's Mystery Lights book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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27. Guillotine

By: Delilah S. Dawson

4.02

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

The Menu meets Ready of Not in this dark tale of opulent luxury and shocking violence from the New … read more

Similar categories in Delilah S. Dawson's Guillotine book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror
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28. We Came to Welcome You

By: Vincent Tirado

3.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Other Black Girl meets Midsommar in this spine-chilling, propulsive psychological adult debut f… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Tirado's We Came to Welcome You book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror
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29. Model Home

By: Rivers Solomon

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's Model Home book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror
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30. The Flesh of the Sea

By: Lor Gislason

4.56

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

June 25th, 1760Jean-Baptiste,Before I begin, I want to assure you that I am fine—in fact, you could… read more

Similar categories in Lor Gislason's The Flesh of the Sea book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • horror
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31. Everything the Darkness Eats

By: Eric LaRocca

2.77

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the 2023 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. A haunting… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's Everything the Darkness Eats book and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute

  • fiction
  • horror

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