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Nothing Tastes as Good

Nothing Tastes as Good Luke Dumas Shares Horror with this book.

Craven Manor Darcy Coates Daniel is desperate for a fresh start. So when a mysterious figure slides a note under his door offering the position of groundskeeper at an ancient estate, he leaps at the chance, even though it seems too good to be true. Alarm bells start ringing when he arrives at Craven Manor. The abandoned mansion is straight out of those old gothic mysteries: the front door hangs open, and leaves and… Shares Horror

Stay Buried Jennifer McMahon Shares Horror with this book.

The Hour Before Dark

The Hour Before Dark Douglas Clegg · 2002 · 370p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "When Nemo Raglan's father is murdered in one of the most vicious killings of recent years, Nemo must return to the New England island he thought he had escaped for good, Burnley Island and the shadowy farmhouse called Hawthorn. But this murder was no crime of human ferocity."--Jacket. Shares Horror

Oracle Thomas Olde Heuvelt · 2023 · ★ 3.9 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Horror with this book.

Passing Through Veils

Passing Through Veils John Harrison Shares Horror with this book.

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Austin And His Friends Frederic H. Balfour · 2005 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The old-fashioned ghost-story was always terrifying and ghastly; something that made people afraid to go to bed, or to look over their shoulders, or to enter a room in the dark. It dealt with apparitions in a white sheet, and clanking chains, and dreadful faces that peered out from behind the window curtains in a haunted chamber. And the more blood-curdling it was, the more keenly people enjoyed… Shares Horror

We Live Here Now

We Live Here Now Sarah Pinborough Award-winning author of New York Times bestselling breakout novel (and hit Netflix show) Behind Her Eyes returns with a haunting Gothic novel about a house—and a marriage—gone terribly wrong.After an accident that nearly kills her, Emily and her husband, Freddie, move from London to a beautiful Dartmoor country house called Larkin Lodge. The house is gorgeous, striking—and to Emily, something… Shares Horror

The Starving Saints

The Starving Saints Caitlin Starling · 2025 · ★ 3.9 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Aymar Castle has been under siege for six months. In this isolated setting, food is running low and there has been no sign of rescue. But just as the survivors consider deliberately thinning their number, the castle stores are replenished. The sick are healed. And the divine figures of the Constant Lady and her Saints have arrived, despite the barricaded gates, offering succor in return for… Shares Horror

Four Past Midnight

Four Past Midnight Stephen King The #1 New York Times bestseller from master storyteller Stephen King—four chilling novellas that will “grab you and not let go” (The Washington Post).ONE PAST MIDNIGHT: The Langoliers takes a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston into a most unfriendly sky. Only eleven passengers survive, but landing in an eerily empty world makes them wish they hadn’t.TWO PAST MIDNIGHT: Secret Window,… Shares Horror

Apt Pupil Stephen King #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King's novella Apt Pupil, published in his 1982 collection Different Seasons, now available as a stand-alone edition!If you don’t believe in the existence of evil, you have a lot to learn. Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher, Mr. Dussander, and to learn all about… Shares Horror

The Night Pool Lauren Lee Smith Shares Horror with this book.

The Devouring Deep

The Devouring Deep Phil Morrison Shares Horror with this book.

Ghost Eaters Clay Chapman Shares Horror with this book.

Blood Rising Markus Redmond Shares Horror with this book.

Who Goes There?

Who Goes There? John W. Campbell, Jr. Who Goes There? is the novella that formed the basis of John Carpenter's film The Thing.John W. Campbell's classic tells of an Antarctic research base that discovers and thaws the ancient, frozen body of a crash-landed alien -- with terrifying results! Shares Horror

From Below Darcy Coates No light. No air. No escape. Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean's surface, a graveyard waits... Years ago, the SS Arcadia vanished without a trace during a routine voyage. Though a strange, garbled emergency message was broadcast, neither the ship nor any of its crew could be found. Sixty years later, its wreck has finally been discovered more than three hundred miles from its intended… Shares Horror

Play Nice Rachel Harrison AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A woman must confront the demons of her past when she attempts to fix up her childhood home in this devilishly clever take on the haunted house novel from the author of Black Sheep and So Thirsty.Clio Louise Barnes leads a picture-perfect life as a stylist and influencer, but beneath the glossy veneer she harbors a not-so glamorous secret: she grew up in a… Shares Horror

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