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…
Want to Read $ 12.99"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
"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
"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy
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1. Something Dark and Holy
By: Emily A. Duncan
4.15
Format: 222 pages,
Vicki Lame at Wednesday Books has bought, in a three-book deal, Emily Duncan's debut YA fantasy, So… read more
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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
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- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"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
3. Thornhedge
By: T. Kingfisher
4.00
Format: 111 pages, Hardcover
Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more
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- retellings
- novella
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge
"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge
"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge
"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge
4. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
By: K. Ritz
4.33
Format: 410 pages, Paperback
Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master
5. 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
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"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
6. Nestlings
By: Nat Cassidy
3.86
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- horror
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings
7. Monstrilio
By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man,… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"The world was scary. Worse, I was scary in it."-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio
"I wanted him to snap, to finally and absolutely lose it. To break. He was withering. To wither is not the same as to break; to break is to have pieces to put back together, and to wither is to dry up…"-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio
8. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
By: T. Kingfisher
3.89
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more
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- retellings
- novella
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
9. Diavola
By: Jennifer Marie Thorne
3.95
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- horror
10. Mister Magic
By: Kiersten White
3.59
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and di… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
"Magic never forgets the taste of your friendship."-Kiersten White, Mister Magic
"This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change."-Kiersten White, Mister Magic
"I think you've told me thank you more in the last day than anyone else has in years. It's like--when there's a stack of dishes, if my husband actually does them , I tell him thank you. But when I do …"-Kiersten White, Mister Magic
11. A House with Good Bones
By: T. Kingfisher
3.69
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explor… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Like many family dynamics, it didn't have to be healthy, it just had to work."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
"He's got an alibi. People with alibis in the first half of the show are always suspicious."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
"I could research it. I am a champion researcher. It's why they pay me the meager academic bucks."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
"I understood Grand Mae then, I think. I could not pity the adult she had become, but I could pity the girl she had been."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
12. Black Sheep
By: Rachel Harrison
3.60
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irr… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"How can anyone know when ruin wears the disguise of love?"-Rachel Harrison, Black Sheep
"I hoped wherever she was, she was having a shitty time, had an itch in a place she couldn't scratch."-Rachel Harrison, Black Sheep
13. Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
By: Brom
4.29
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"You will think me foolish. But I wanted to be a fairy queen, to run barefoot through the woods, to sing like a bird and fly through the trees." She smiled. "To be able to talk to the animals."-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
"He stared up into the trees, watched them sway in the soft breeze, watched the sun drift slowly across the sky, hour after hour, until it began to sink from view, trying to let go, to let his mind dr…"-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
"Buzzing filled his ears, and he watched several bumblebees bounce from flower to flower. He found their hum soothing, and there, at the moment, felt he could watch them forever. He drank in the scent…"-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
14. 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
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- audiobook
- retellings
- lgbt
- mermaids
- novella
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"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
15. Silver Nitrate
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.61
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic come… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
16. Chlorine
By: Jade Song
3.72
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of The Pisces and The Vegetarian, Chlorine is a debut novel that blurs the line between… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- queer
"Nearly every human memory is corrupted by the fact that it is a memory of being human"-Jade Song, Chlorine
"Would a mermaid who stays at home, much-loved, with two beautiful parents and loving sisters who share everything, be worth memorializing? No."-Jade Song, Chlorine
"Humans break so easily. They break their bones, their bodies, their hearts. I, too, as a girl, once broke. My head. And when this happened, I, like many other humans, did not allow myself the time an…"-Jade Song, Chlorine
17. All the Murmuring Bones
By: A.G. Slatter
3.94
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
Long ago Miren O'Malley's family prospered due to a deal struck with the Mer: safety for their ship… read more
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- mermaids
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"A secret seldom survives being shared."-A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones
"All the waters in the world are joined."-A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones
"She's dead, taking all my answers with her."-A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones
"The prince of assassins felled so low by a woman and a tiny knife."-A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones
18. 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
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- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"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
19. The Butcher of the Forest
By: Premee Mohamed
3.94
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dang… read more
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- novella
- fiction
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
20. 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
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- horror
