7 Best halloween books like The Half-Freaks by Nicole Cushing

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The Half-Freaks

By: Nicole Cushing

3.76

Format: 122 pages, Hardcover

Harry Meyers is ill-equipped to handle funeral planning of any sort. If he had a goldfish and that …

If you liked the halloween plot in The Half-Freaks by Nicole Cushing , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Penpal

By: Dathan Auerbach

3.86

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

Penpal began as a series of short and interconnected stories posted on an online horror forum. Befo… read more

Similar categories in Dathan Auerbach's Penpal book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • fiction
  • horror
"Sometimes forgetting is the gift that we give ourselves"

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"Memories extend our lives backward through time, making them feel longer."

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"Our loved ones pass away or simply leave our lives forever too soon, and we think to ourselves, “I wasn’t ready for you to leave. It just wasn’t time,"

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"We want so badly to be happy – to live the kinds of lives that we always hoped we’d live – that we give gifts to ourselves by remembering things not as they were, but as we wish they were."

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

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2. The Sluts

By: Dennis Cooper

3.79

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

Set largely on the pages of a website where gay male escorts are reviewed by their clients, and tol… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Cooper's The Sluts book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • fiction
  • horror

3. I Miss The World

By: Violet LeVoit

4.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

"LeVoit's work exists at the center of a glowing nexus where fever dream punk rock poetry collides … read more

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4. You Should Have Left

By: Daniel Kehlmann , Ross Benjamin

3.44

Format: 113 pages, Kindle Edition

From the internationally best-selling author of Measuring the World and F, an eerie and supernatura… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Kehlmann's You Should Have Left book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
"Ehe. Das Geheimnis ist, dass man sich ja doch liebt. Ich würde nicht ohne sie sein wollen - selbst ihr Schauspielerlachen würde mir fehlen. Und sie nicht ohne mich. Wenn man einander nur nicht unterd…"

-Daniel Kehlmann, You Should Have Left

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5. The Haar

By: David Sodergren

4.17

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t fear death... but they do.” Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of… read more

Similar categories in David Sodergren's The Haar book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • novella
  • horror
  • fiction
  • halloween
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6. Helpmeet

By: Naben Ruthnum

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

It's 1900, and Louise Wilk is taking her dying husband from Manhattan to the upstate orchard estate… read more

Similar categories in Naben Ruthnum's Helpmeet book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
"This isn’t like the nose. That came off, like it was being picked at, pulled, tugged like taffy. This is from the inside. I can feel it when I’m going to sleep. Through the optic nerves. Drinking, ge…"

-Naben Ruthnum, Helpmeet

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7. Crossroads

By: Laurel Hightower

3.91

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

How far would you go to bring back someone you love? When Chris's son dies in a tragic car cras… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's Crossroads book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
"Exhausted, but not tired enough to escape the torturous loop of pain that awaited her inactive brain..."

-Laurel Hightower, Crossroads

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8. Woom

By: Duncan Ralston

3.25

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

Warning: this book contains graphic violence and sexuality most readers will find offensive. "I… read more

Similar categories in Duncan Ralston's Woom book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
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9. Negative Space

By: B.R. Yeager

3.72

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

Four teens in a New Hampshire mill town abuse a bizarre hallucinogen called WHORL in order to cope … read more

Similar categories in B.R. Yeager's Negative Space book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • fiction
  • horror
"I don't know whether I actually did anything. Whether I was actually responsible for or had any influence on her escape. But I let her believe it, because it meant the world could be something more t…"

-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space

"I dreamed about a super computer that could raise anything in existence. First I erased all the spiders. Then I erased all the people, including myself. I wasn’t there anymore, but I could still thin…"

-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space

"I dreamed about a super computer that could erase anything in existence. First I erased all the spiders. Then I erased all the people, including myself. I wasn’t there anymore, but I could still thin…"

-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space

"I'm there now. Tell me I will succeed. That it's the world blinking out and not me, like the ones I've loved and tried to pull back. Tell me he'll never set the world afire. Tell me so I can finally …"

-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space

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10. 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

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Handyman Method book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • 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

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11. 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

Similar categories in A.M. Shine's The Creeper book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • fiction
  • horror
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12. The Reddening

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.62

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

One million years of evolution didn't change our nature. Nor did it bury the horrors predating civi… read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's The Reddening book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • horror
  • fiction
  • halloween
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13. Ghostwritten

By: Ronald Malfi

4.12

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

Four brand-new horror novellas from “a modern-day Algernon Blackwood” all about books, stories, man… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Ghostwritten book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
"myself asks am i here? i've lost myself i fear"

-Ronald Malfi, Ghostwritten

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14. Mean Spirited

By: Nick Roberts

4.41

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

An alcoholic teacher and father’s world spirals out of control when a former student is killed and … read more

Similar categories in Nick Roberts's Mean Spirited book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • fiction
  • horror
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15. Walking Practice

By: Dolki Min

3.59

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Squid Game meets The Left Hand of Darkness meets Under the Skin in this radical literary sensation … read more

Similar categories in Dolki Min's Walking Practice book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
"I’ve invested close to ten years of my time figuring out what exactly their criteria are. My conclusion is that there are no such criteria."

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"Criteria are like glass. As long as they are respected and held without dropping them, they’ll stay solid and won’t break. I made myself complicit in humanity’s scam and adapted myself to the local e…"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"Do I exist in the same physical space as other people? Can I really seek joy and pleasure together with them? Why does the path become narrower the further I walk down it? Why is every place I go to …"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

"He’s a real fucking dog. Ah, forgive me. I’ve accidentally lumped dogs in with the likes of him. I would like to give a sincere apology to all the dogs of Earth. I can almost hear their complaints no…"

-Dolki Min, Walking Practice

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16. And Then I Woke Up

By: Malcolm Devlin

3.48

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Mira Grant and Stephen Graham Jones, Malcolm Devlin’s And Then I Woke Up is a c… read more

Similar categories in Malcolm Devlin's And Then I Woke Up book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
"We were monsters once, and although we are not anymore, we know we remain unforgiven."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

". . . it’s those differences — even the smallest and most trivial — that scare us the most."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Relationships aren't scientific, they're not mathematical. They're chaotic, abstract, irrational."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Macey once told me that the worst way a story can end is by someone waking up and realising everything that happened was only a dream."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

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17. We Are Here to Hurt Each Other

By: Paula D. Ashe

4.06

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

With these twelve stories Paula D. Ashe takes you into a dark and bloody world where nothing is sac… read more

Similar categories in Paula D. Ashe's We Are Here to Hurt Each Other book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
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18. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil

By: Ananda Lima

3.52

Format: 181 pages, Hardcover

At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughou… read more

Similar categories in Ananda Lima's Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • fiction
  • horror
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19. It Rides a Pale Horse

By: Andy Marino

3.39

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From a new star in horror fiction comes a terrifying novel of obsession, greed, and the shocking ac… read more

Similar categories in Andy Marino's It Rides a Pale Horse book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • horror
  • fiction
  • halloween
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20. The Nature of Disappearing

By: Kimi Cunningham Grant

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this captivating novel of suspense, a wilderness guide must team up with the man who ruined her … read more

Similar categories in Kimi Cunningham Grant's The Nature of Disappearing book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • fiction
"All of them skated through life making choices that could be swept away and tidied up with incomprehensible ease simply because of who they were."

-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing

"This is the moment Emlyn will play over and over in her mind. The moment where her life swivels from its course and heads in an entirely different direction. Life is full of these moments. Little poi…"

-Kimi Cunningham Grant, The Nature of Disappearing

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21. To Be Devoured

By: Sara Tantlinger

3.82

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

What does carrion taste like? Andi has to know. The vultures circling outside her home taunt and in… read more

Similar categories in Sara Tantlinger's To Be Devoured book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • novella
  • 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 Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • fiction
  • horror
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23. The Toll

By: Cherie Priest

3.42

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

State Road 177 runs along the Suwannee River, between Fargo, Georgia, and the Okefenokee Swamp. Dri… read more

Similar categories in Cherie Priest's The Toll book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • fiction
  • horror
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24. Red X

By: David Demchuk

3.77

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A hunted community. A haunted author. A horror that spans centuries. Men are disappearing from T… read more

Similar categories in David Demchuk's Red X book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • fiction
  • horror
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25. The Queen

By: Nick Cutter

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop returns with a heart-pounding… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Queen book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • fiction
  • horror
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26. Butterscotch: An Extreme Horror Novella

By: Asia Brito Guerrero

4.31

Format: 227 pages, Paperback

Washing up at the edge of a lake, Xia is badly beaten with no memory of how she ended up that way. … read more

Similar categories in Asia Brito Guerrero's Butterscotch: An Extreme Horror Novella book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • horror
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27. Hallowpeen: A Halloween Sentient Object Romance

By: Holly Wilde

3.31

Format: 85 pages, Kindle Edition

Three women, one occult ritual, and an urban legend come true are waiting for you to discover just … read more

Similar categories in Holly Wilde's Hallowpeen: A Halloween Sentient Object Romance book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • halloween
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28. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

By: Grady Hendrix

4.14

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

There’s power in a book… They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast.… read more

Similar categories in Grady Hendrix's Witchcraft for Wayward Girls book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • horror
  • fiction
  • halloween
Cover of The Half-Freaks by Nicole Cushing

29. The Half-Freaks

By: Nicole Cushing

3.76

Format: 122 pages, Hardcover

Harry Meyers is ill-equipped to handle funeral planning of any sort. If he had a goldfish and that … read more

Similar categories in Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • novella
  • weird fiction
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
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30. 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 Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • horror
  • fiction
  • halloween
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31. Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

By: Clay McLeod Chapman

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

From Vulture's "master of horror" Clay McLeod Chapman, a relentless and emotionally charged social … read more

Similar categories in Clay McLeod Chapman's Wake Up and Open Your Eyes book and Nicole Cushing's The Half-Freaks

  • fiction
  • horror

28 must-read fiction books like The Half-Freaks by Nicole Cushing

Transform Your Habits

Penpal

Dathan Auerbach

3.86

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The Sluts

Dennis Cooper

3.79

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You Should Have Left

Daniel Kehlmann , Ross Benjamin

3.44

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The Haar

David Sodergren

4.17

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Matthew Stokoe

2.80

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Gone to See the River Man

Kristopher Triana

3.67

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The Slob

Aron Beauregard

3.38

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Judith Sonnet

2.78

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