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…
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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
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- dark
- fiction
- thriller
- horror
- adult
"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
2. Sour Candy
By: Kealan Patrick Burke
3.65
Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition
At first glance, Phil Pendleton and his son Adam are just an ordinary father and son, no different … read more
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- novella
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- dark
- thriller
- adult
"Four months to the day he first encountered the boy at Walmart, the last of Phil Pendleton's teeth fell out."-Kealan Patrick Burke, Sour Candy
3. 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
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- novella
- fiction
- horror
- thriller
- adult
"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
4. Exquisite Corpse
By: Poppy Z. Brite
4.00
Format: 208 pages,
To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own de… read more
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5. The Troop
By: Nick Cutter
3.84
Format: 407 pages, Hardcover
Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a three-d… read more
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- thriller
- adult
- fiction
- horror
"Soldering iron, Max."-Nick Cutter, The Troop
"You’ve never heard of the tapeworm diet?"-Nick Cutter, The Troop
"I been to hell ... I ain't afraid to go back"-Nick Cutter, The Troop
"His fear was whetted to such a fine edge that he could actually feel it now: a disembodied ball of baby fingers inside his stomach, tickling him from the inside. That's what mortal terror felt like, …"-Nick Cutter, The Troop
6. Brother
By: Ania Ahlborn
5.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling horror author of Within These Wallsand The Bird Eater comes a brand-new novel … read more
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7. 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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- dark
- contemporary
- fiction
- thriller
- horror
- adult
"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
8. 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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- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- thriller
- horror
- adult
- 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
9. Tender Is the Flesh
By: Agustina Bazterrica
3.79
Format: 209 pages, Paperback
Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no … read more
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- dark
- contemporary
- fiction
- thriller
- horror
- adult
"Carcass."-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh
"She had the human look of a domesticated animal."-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh
"un matadero debería ignorarse, fundirse con el paisaje y nunca llamarse por lo que realmente es."-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh
"No entiendo por qué nos parece atractiva la sonrisa de una persona. Con la sonrisa uno está mostrando el esqueleto"."-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh
10. This Is Where We Talk Things Out
By: Caitlin Marceau
3.77
Format: 93 pages, ebook
This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau, author of Palimpsest: A Collection of Contempo… read more
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- lgbt
- novella
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- thriller
- adult
- queer
11. Gone to See the River Man
By: Kristopher Triana
3.67
Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition
Super fans. Groupies. Stalkers. These people will give anything for the idols they worship, be t… read more
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- novella
- dark
- fiction
- thriller
- horror
- adult
"That didn't matter, though. Her thoughts toward her were entirely justified. They'd always been there, but were suppressed by a guilt she'd now began to think she never should have felt in the first …"-Kristopher Triana, Gone to See the River Man
12. 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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- novella
- adult
- fiction
- horror
"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)
13. Nothing But Blackened Teeth
By: Cassandra Khaw
2.66
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in … read more
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- novella
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- adult
"Every religion is a one-way relationship."-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth
"The dead miss the sun. It's dark down there."-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth
"Media’s all about the gospel of the lone wolf, but the truth is we’re all just sheep."-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth
"apologies didn’t exonerate the sinner, only compelled graciousness from its recipient."-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth
14. 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
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- lgbt
- novella
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- contemporary
- thriller
- dark
- adult
- queer
15. 100% Match (Pocket Nasties)
By: Patrick C. Harrison III
3.11
Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition
Bart is thirty. He is bald. He is overweight. He wears glasses. He is a fry cook. He hates cats. An… read more
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- novella
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- dark
- thriller
- horror
- adult
16. Dead Inside
By: Chandler Morrison
3.29
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
In this bleak and disturbingly erotic debut novel, iconoclast Chandler Morrison provides readers wi… read more
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- novella
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- dark
- thriller
- adult
17. 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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- short stories
- dark
- contemporary
- fiction
- horror
- adult
"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
18. Mary
By: Nat Cassidy
3.80
Format: 405 pages, Paperback
Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invis… read more
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- fiction
- thriller
- horror
- adult
19. Horror Movie
By: Paul Tremblay
3.45
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- thriller
- horror
- adult
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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- fiction
- contemporary
- thriller
- horror
- adult
