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Floating Staircase

Floating Staircase Ronald Malfi "Deserves to stand alongside a Stephen King or a Dean Koontz—at their best . . . A mature horror yarn" from the award-winning author of Bone White (New York Journal of Books).   Horror writer Travis Glasgow and his wife, Jodie, have bought their first house in Westlake, Maryland, just steps from Travis's older brother's home. Travis is buoyed by the thought… Shares Horror

Weaveworld Clive Barker Here is storytelling on a grand scale — the stuff of which a classic is made. Weaveworld begins with a rug — a wondrous, magnificent rug — into which a world has been woven. It is the world of the Seerkind, a people more ancient than man, who possesses raptures — the power to make magic. In the last century they were hunted down by an unspeakable horror known as the Scourge, and, threatened with… Shares Horror

The Ruins Scott Smith NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they could ever imagine in "the best horror novel of the new century" (Stephen King). Also a major motion picture!Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation—sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists. When the brother of one of those friends… Shares Horror

If You Could See Me Now

If You Could See Me Now Peter Straub & Jennifer McMahon Shares Horror with this book.

Coffin Moon Keith Rosson · 2025 · ★ 4.3 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate “This is mind-blowingly good. A horror novel that will keep you awake long after you turn the last page.”—Stephen KingFrom the author of Fever House and The Devil by Name: a Vietnam veteran and his adopted niece hunt—and are hunted by—the vampire that slaughtered their family.“Grabs you by the throat and doesn’t relent.”—Cassandra Khaw, author of Nothing But Blackened TeethA VULTURE BEST BOOK OF… Shares Horror

World War Z Max Brooks #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Prepare to be entranced by this addictively readable oral history of the great war between humans and zombies.”—Entertainment Weekly We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and… 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

Ghost Camera Darcy Coates When Jenine finds an abandoned polaroid camera, she playfully snaps a photo without a second thought. But there's something wrong with the image: a ghostly figure stands in the background, watching her. Fixated on her. Moving one step closer with every picture she takes. Desperate, Jenine shares her secret with her best friend, Bree. Together they realize the camera captures unsettling… Shares Horror

Bone of My Bone

Bone of My Bone Johanna van Veen Shares Horror with this book.

Rolling in the Deep

Rolling in the Deep Mira Grant When the Imagine Network commissioned a documentary on mermaids, to be filmed from the cruise ship Atargatis, they expected what they had always received before: an assortment of eyewitness reports that proved nothing, some footage that proved even less, and the kind of ratings that only came from peddling imaginary creatures to the masses. They didn't expect actual mermaids.  They… Shares Horror

Weird Horror 13

Weird Horror 13 Undertow Publications Shares Horror with this book.

Three Novels of Creeping Terror

Three Novels of Creeping Terror Robert McCammon · 2022 Shares Horror with this book.

The Burn Line Jonathan Sims Shares Horror with this book.

Stay Buried Jennifer McMahon Shares Horror with this book.

Manhunt Gretchen Felker-Martin "By far the best book I've read this year.” —Roxane Gay #1 Best Book of 2022 (Vulture) • A Best Horror Novel of All Time (Cosmopolitan) • One of the Best Horror Novels of 2022 (Esquire, Library Journal, Paste, and CrimeReads) • A Top 10 Horror Debuts of 2022 (Booklist) • A Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Best Horror • A Best Book of 2022 (Tor.com) • A Best SFF Book of 2022 (Gizmodo) • A Top… Shares Horror

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The Damned Algernon Blackwood · 2002 · ★ 4.0 The Damned is a chilling tale of supernatural horror from one of the great masters of horror fiction, Algernon Blackwood. Shares Horror

Mary Nat Cassidy · 2022 · ★ 4.0 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invisible. Unknown even to herself. But lately, things have been changing inside Mary. Along with the hot flashes and body aches, she can’t look in a mirror without passing out, and the voices in her head have been urging her to do unspeakable things. Fired from her job in New York, she moves back… Shares Horror

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

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