7 Best short stories books like Nightmare Yearnings by Eric Raglin

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Nightmare Yearnings

By: Eric Raglin

4.19

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A thrill-seeker studies a language learned through close encounters with death. A flock of extinct …

If you liked the short stories plot in Nightmare Yearnings by Eric Raglin , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Come Closer

By: Sara Gran

3.65

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene i… read more

Similar categories in Sara Gran's Come Closer book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"What we think is impossible happens all the time."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

"In January I had a proposal due to my boss, Leon Fields, on a new project."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

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2. 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

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's Maeve Fly book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"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

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3. 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

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
" 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

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4. Camp Damascus

By: Chuck Tingle

3.94

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

A searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Tingle's Camp Damascus book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • horror
  • adult
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Then again, does it really matter if you're just evil, as opposed to over-the-top cartoonishly evil?"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

"That acknowledgement could arrive after several decades, or it could happen tonight, but the time will come. Eventually, I'll have to fully contend with this simple fact: the love I was promised was …"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

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5. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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6. You've Lost a Lot of Blood

By: Eric LaRocca

3.26

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

A disturbing new vision of terror from the author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. … read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's You've Lost a Lot of Blood book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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7. Ring Shout

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.99

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

In America, demons wear white hoods. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America,… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's Ring Shout book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"Who says all the fantasies with sword-wielding heroes and heroines have to be in Middle Earth, Westeros, or even our dreams of Africa past—“copper sun or scarlet sea?"

-P. Djèlí Clark, Ring Shout

"There were two brothers, Truth and Lie. One day they get to playing, throwing cutlasses up into the air. Them cutlasses come down and fast as can be-swish!-chop each of their faces clean off! Truth b…"

-P. Djèlí Clark, Ring Shout

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8. 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 Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • adult
  • 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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9. Out There Screaming

By: Jordan Peele

3.79

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, c… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Peele's Out There Screaming book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • short stories
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"Jesus better keep his little bitch mouth shut"

-Jordan Peele, Out There Screaming

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10. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes

By: Eric LaRocca

3.22

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

Three dark and disturbing horror stories from an astonishing new voice, including the viral-sensati… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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11. The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1

By: James Tynion IV

4.30

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

With Something Is Killing the Children and The Department of Truth, James Tynion IV has changed the… read more

Similar categories in James Tynion IV's The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1 book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • horror
  • adult
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Okay, look out at this bar, and this city. This way of people dressing, and the way we talk, and our dumb jobs and our dumb lives. I think this will end. It'll end slowly, though. It'll crack apart, …"

-James Tynion IV, The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1

"Okay, look out at this bar, and this city. This way of people dressing, and the way we talk, and our dumb jobs and our dumb lives. I think this will end. It'll end slowly, though. It'll crack apart, …"

-James Tynion IV, The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1

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12. Brainwyrms

By: Alison Rumfitt

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more

Similar categories in Alison Rumfitt's Brainwyrms book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • horror
  • adult
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

13. The Devil Takes You Home

By: Gabino Iglesias

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This genre-defying, Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker award-winning thriller follows a father despera… read more

Similar categories in Gabino Iglesias's The Devil Takes You Home book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. Squire

By: Nadia Shammas

4.06

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

Aiza has always dreamt of becoming a Knight. It's the highest military honor in the once-great Bayt… read more

Similar categories in Nadia Shammas's Squire book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • fiction
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15. Abnormal Statistics

By: Max Booth III

3.99

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Suburban decay, familial horror, bleak lullabies. Abnormal Statistics is the debut story collection… read more

Similar categories in Max Booth III's Abnormal Statistics book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"There are always concerns. Eating holes in your stomach. Scrambling your brain. Making your skin itch and itch and itch. Sometimes it feels like too much for a kid your age to handle. Sometimes it fe…"

-Max Booth III, Abnormal Statistics

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16. Finna (LitenVerse, #1)

By: Nino Cipri

3.66

Format: 103 pages, Kindle Edition

MP3 CD Format Nino Cipri's Finna is a rambunctious, touching story that blends all the horrors the … read more

Similar categories in Nino Cipri's Finna (LitenVerse, #1) book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
"We're here to tell you what to do if a worm-hole opens up on your shift!"

-Nino Cipri, Finna (LitenVerse, #1)

"Getting lost for lack of a better option loses its appeal after a while."

-Nino Cipri, Finna (LitenVerse, #1)

"It was the most obnoxiously heterosexual thing Ava had seen since the last St. Patrick's Day parade."

-Nino Cipri, Finna (LitenVerse, #1)

"My boss, Tricia, always said tat we were a family. I should have realised she meant that I would have to put up with constant bullshit."

-Nino Cipri, Finna (LitenVerse, #1)

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17. The Visitor

By: Sergio Gomez

3.34

Format: 72 pages, Kindle Edition

On Christmas, during one of the worst snowstorms Indiana has ever seen, five strangers are forced t… read more

Similar categories in Sergio Gomez's The Visitor book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • short stories
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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18. 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 Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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19. Mouth

By: Joshua Hull

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Screenwriter Joshua Hull (Glorious) makes his longform prose debut! After a stranger leaves him … read more

Similar categories in Joshua Hull's Mouth book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Nightmare Yearnings by Eric Raglin

20. Nightmare Yearnings

By: Eric Raglin

4.19

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A thrill-seeker studies a language learned through close encounters with death. A flock of extinct … read more

Similar categories in Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings book and Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • lgbt
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
Cover of Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

21. 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 Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings

  • horror
  • adult
  • fiction
  • lgbt

21 must-read fiction books like Nightmare Yearnings by Eric Raglin

Transform Your Habits

Come Closer

Sara Gran

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

3.94

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20 best-selling fiction books like Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede

Transform Your Habits

Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

3.94

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