15 must-read horror books like The Perfection of Theresa Watkins by Justin C. Key

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The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

By: Justin C. Key

3.66

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

Justin C. Key's "The Perfection of Theresa Watkins" is a skillful speculative exploration of the in…

If you liked the horror plot in The Perfection of Theresa Watkins by Justin C. Key , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome

By: John Scalzi

4.08

Format: 234 pages, ebook

A new near-future science fiction novella by John Scalzi, one of the most popular authors in modern… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • short stories

2. A Cup of Salt Tears

By: Isabel Yap

3.71

Format: 234 pages,

Makino's mother taught her caution, showed her how to carve her name into cucumbers, and insisted t… read more

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3. 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

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's The Salt Grows Heavy book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • adult
  • horror
"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

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4. The Book Eaters

By: Sunyi Dean

3.64

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain al… read more

Similar categories in Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • adult
  • horror
"None of us are truly good,"

-Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters

"How did one give shape to absence? Fill a black hole with light?"

-Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters

"Love has no cost for our children. Living or dead, here or gone."

-Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters

"I am not those people and I’m also not me. I can’t ever be me, I’m too full of other lives."

-Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters

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5. Hearts in the Hard Ground

By: G.V. Anderson

3.54

Format: 44 pages, ebook

Following the death of her mother, Fiona buys a new house in order to start a new chapter of her li… read more

Similar categories in G.V. Anderson's Hearts in the Hard Ground book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • adult
  • short stories
  • horror
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6. Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1)

By: Lavie Tidhar

4.02

Format: 32 pages, ebook

No vampire is ever innocent… The wandering Judge Dee serves as judge, jury, and executioner for … read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1) book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • short stories
  • horror
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7. The Deep

By: Rivers Solomon

3.78

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underw… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's The Deep book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • adult
"What is belonging?"

-Rivers Solomon, The Deep

"Forgetting was not the same as healing."

-Rivers Solomon, The Deep

"It is easy to do that with the past, even with the blessing of the full visions of the history."

-Rivers Solomon, The Deep

"Then don't die." Yetu said... "Stay with me and we will make a new thing. What's behind us, it is done."

-Rivers Solomon, The Deep

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8. The Little Witch

By: M. Rickert

3.59

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

Every Halloween, an elderly woman hands out candy to a young trick-or-treater who's dressed as a wi… read more

Similar categories in M. Rickert's The Little Witch book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • short stories
  • horror
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9. St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid

By: C.L. Polk

3.86

Format: 21 pages, ebook

All magical requests comes with a price. A girl with witchcraft, no friends, and only her mother’s … read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • short stories
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10. Little Free Library

By: Naomi Kritzer

4.03

Format: 12 pages, ebook

Sharing stories we love with one another is one of the most magical forms of connection there is. T… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Kritzer's Little Free Library book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • adult
  • short stories
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11. Two Truths and a Lie

By: Sarah Pinsker

3.79

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

Stella thought she’d made up a lie on the spot, asking her childhood friend if he remembered the st… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pinsker's Two Truths and a Lie book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
"In that moment, she remembered Chris Bethel, pre-transition, playing Viola in Twelfth Night like a person who knew what it was to be shipwrecked on a strange shore. Good for him."

-Sarah Pinsker, Two Truths and a Lie

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12. Solution

By: Brian Evenson

3.62

Format: 20 pages, Kindle Edition

As climate change wreaks havoc on the earth and the fate of humanity grows dire, a scientist makes … read more

Similar categories in Brian Evenson's Solution book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • short stories
  • horror
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13. The Ones Who Look

By: Katharine Duckett

3.71

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Ethical Empire built the gate to heaven, and their employees hold the keys. By offering custom-buil… read more

Similar categories in Katharine Duckett's The Ones Who Look book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • short stories
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14. For He Can Creep

By: Siobhan Carroll

4.22

Format: 30 pages, ebook

Nineteenth century poet Christopher Smart has been committed to St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics be… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Carroll's For He Can Creep book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • short stories
  • horror
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15. Men, Women, and Chainsaws

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.94

Format: 37 pages, ebook

It's been two years since Jenna's ex-boyfriend left her alone in East Texas heartbroken. Now he's b… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Men, Women, and Chainsaws book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • adult
  • short stories
  • horror
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16. Seonag and the Seawolves

By: M. Evan MacGriogair

3.72

Format: 33 pages, ebook

Seonag is born on a day where the clouds race each other across the sky. A clan storyteller unfo… read more

Similar categories in M. Evan MacGriogair's Seonag and the Seawolves book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • short stories
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17. As the Last I May Know

By: S.L. Huang

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

An alternate history short story looking at decisions and consequences, and what it takes to pull t… read more

Similar categories in S.L. Huang's As the Last I May Know book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
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18. Wait for Night

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.90

Format: 30 pages, ebook

Wait for Night by Stephen Graham Jones is horror story about a day laborer hired to help clean up a… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Wait for Night book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • adult
  • short stories
  • horror
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19. How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobučar

By: Rich Larson

3.71

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

A dark, fast-moving novelette about a high-tech heist in future Spain, planned by a professional th… read more

Similar categories in Rich Larson's How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobučar book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • short stories
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20. The Time Invariance of Snow

By: E. Lily Yu

3.36

Format: 25 pages, ebook

The Devil made a mirror. A physicist broke it and shards fall through reality and changed everythin… read more

Similar categories in E. Lily Yu's The Time Invariance of Snow book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • short stories
"Love ’em, leave ’em. Sometimes I even leave them alive"

-E. Lily Yu, The Time Invariance of Snow

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21. Beyond the Dragon's Gate

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.73

Format: 20 pages, ebook

Former Academician Anna Kim’s research into AI cost her everything. Now, years later, the military … read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Beyond the Dragon's Gate book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • short stories
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22. City of Red Midnight: A Hikayat

By: Usman T. Malik

3.84

Format: 50 pages, ebook

In this spell-binding tale, a Pakistani storyteller captivates a group of wide-eyed tourists with a… read more

Similar categories in Usman T. Malik's City of Red Midnight: A Hikayat book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • short stories
  • horror
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23. Anything Resembling Love

By: S. Qiouyi Lu

3.84

Format: 23 pages, ebook

All her life Sylvia has made sure to never let anyone see the centipedes that emerge from her body.… read more

Similar categories in S. Qiouyi Lu's Anything Resembling Love book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • short stories
  • horror
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24. The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods

By: Maria Dahvana Headley

3.76

Format: 16 pages, ebook

Gods won’t save you. Gods will break you. Nevertheless, you will persist. And become anew. At th… read more

Similar categories in Maria Dahvana Headley's The Girlfriend's Guide to Gods book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • short stories
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25. Yellow and the Perception of Reality

By: Maureen F. McHugh

3.75

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

"Yellow and the Perception of Reality" by Maureen McHugh is a science fiction story about a woman w… read more

Similar categories in Maureen F. McHugh's Yellow and the Perception of Reality book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • short stories
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26. His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light

By: Mimi Mondal

3.56

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

I am not a fighter. I am a trapeze master. An act of compassion puts a trapeze artist in India… read more

Similar categories in Mimi Mondal's His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • short stories
"I'll be honest - I had never heard anything like that. Not that I ever understood the elaborate social intricacies of the upper classes, but I always knew that I did not trust them, and her story jus…"

-Mimi Mondal, His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light

"Priests were born into the Brahmin caste, and I had met enough Brahmins in my life to know that not all of them were priests, or even had a shred of spirituality in them. Usually they were arrogant a…"

-Mimi Mondal, His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light

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27. The Ashes of Around Twenty-Three Strangers

By: Jeremy Packert Burke

3.05

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

The Ashes of Around Twenty-Three Strangers is a Tor.com original science fiction story from Jeremy … read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Packert Burke's The Ashes of Around Twenty-Three Strangers book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • short stories
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28. The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

By: Justin C. Key

3.66

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

Justin C. Key's "The Perfection of Theresa Watkins" is a skillful speculative exploration of the in… read more

Similar categories in Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • short stories
  • horror
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29. Water: A History

By: K.J. Kabza

3.71

Format: 18 pages, ebook

The planet of Quányuán is arid to the point of being uninhabitable. Wetness is a concept left back … read more

Similar categories in K.J. Kabza's Water: A History book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • short stories
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30. Beyond the El

By: John Chu

3.34

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

Connor is a food crafter just getting back into the business after his mother’s death. To cope with… read more

Similar categories in John Chu's Beyond the El book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • short stories
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31. Placed into Abyss (Mise en Abyse)

By: Rachel Swirsky

2.83

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

From Nebula Award-winning author Rachel Swirsky comes a time traveling adventure Placed into Abyss … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Swirsky's Placed into Abyss (Mise en Abyse) book and Justin C. Key's The Perfection of Theresa Watkins

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • horror

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