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Children of the Corn

Children of the Corn Stephen King From the unrivaled master of horror and the supernatural, Stephen King •  “Children of the Corn,” first collected in the extraordinary collection Night Shift in 1973 and then adapted into a horror film franchise of the same name, is a terrifying and unforgettable classic of the genre. Driving through the cornfields in rural Nebraska, Burt and Vicky run over a young boy—only to discover… Shares Horror

Day by Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass

Day by Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass J. L. Bourne This acclaimed military thriller of the zombie apocalypse from the author of Day by Day Armageddon and Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile blends postapocalyptic survivalism with military science fiction. In a desperate bid to take back the continental United States—where hordes of undead now dominate the ravaged human population—a Navy commander leads a global mission to the heart of the… Shares Horror

The Devil by Name

The Devil by Name Keith Rosson Shares Horror with this book.

The Unheld Luke Larkin Shares Horror with this book.

The Pretty Ones

The Pretty Ones Ania Ahlborn A terrifying e-novella from the bestselling author of Within These Walls, Brother, and The Bird Eater!New York, 1977. The sweltering height of the Summer of Sam. The entire city is gripped with fear, but all Nell Sullivan worries about is whether or not she’ll ever make a friend. The self-proclaimed “Plain Jane” does her best to fit in with the girls at work, but Nell’s brother, Barrett, assures… 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

Piñata Leopoldo Gout · 2022 · ★ 4.1 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire)! A Head Full of Ghosts meets Mexican Gothic in Piñata, a terrifying possession tale by author and artist Leopoldo Goût.It was supposed to be the perfect summer.Carmen Sanchez is back in Mexico, supervising the renovation of an ancient abbey. Her daughters Izel and Luna, too young to be left alone in New York, join her in what Carmen hopes is a chance for… Shares Horror

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

Sleeping Beauties

Sleeping Beauties Stephen King & Owen King In this spectacular New York Times bestselling father/son collaboration that “barrels along like a freight train” (Publishers Weekly), Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men?In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If… Shares Horror

The Hour Before Dark

The Hour Before Dark Douglas Clegg Home is where the haunt is. "Fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz will appreciate this atmospheric gem." ★★★★★ "Kept me on the edge of my seat!"★★★★★  A children's game played in the dark brings on a terrifying rampage in this gothic horror page-turner by the NY Times bestselling author of Neverland and The Children's Hour. After the brutal murder of a loved one, Nemo Raglan must return to… Shares Horror

The Only Good Indians

The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Stephen Graham Jones, the master of modern horror and New York Times bestselling author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, a novel of revenge and identity hailed by Stephen King as “thrilling, literate, scary, immersive” that is equal parts psychological horror and cutting sociopolitical commentary about the American Indian experience. From New York Times bestselling… Shares Horror

Molka Monika Kim · 2026 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate *Molka: an abbreviation of* molrae-kamera, *a “sneaky camera” hidden to capture covert images and videos for voyeurs.* In an unassuming Seoul workplace, IT technician Junyoung’s network reaches throughout the entire building. He sees every entrance. Every lobby. Every bathroom. The women in this building may be cold and dismissive, but he can always pull up his favorite images of them and… Shares Horror

Black Sheep Rachel Harrison A New York Times Best Horror Book of the Year A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irreverent horror novel from the author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle. Nobody has a “normal” family, but Vesper Wright’s is truly...something else. Vesper left home at eighteen and never looked back—mostly because she was told that leaving the… 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

A Fig for All the Devils

A Fig for All the Devils C.S. Fritz Shares Horror with this book.

Cold Moon Over Babylon

Cold Moon Over Babylon Michael McDowell Welcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy southern town, where years earlier the Larkin family suffered a terrible tragedy. Now they are about to endure another: fourteen-year-old Margaret Larkin will be robbed of her innocence and her life by a killer who is beyond the reach of the law.  But something strange is happening in Babylon: traffic lights flash an eerie blue, a ghostly hand slithers… Shares Horror

Dig J. H. Markert The soil on Crow Island holds secrets, and they’re ready to be unearthed. J. H. Markert returns with a surreal horror novel, perfect for fans of Graveyard Shift and What Moves the Dead.Eight years ago, a boy took up an axe and slaughtered a dozen people. That odd, troubled boy, Jericho Dodd, has been dead and buried in his father’s yard for years, but ever since that massacre, Crow Island has… Shares Horror

Victorian Psycho

Victorian Psycho Virginia Feito SOON TO BE A FEATURE FILM STARRING MAIKA MONROE, THOMASIN MCKENZIE AND JASON ISSACS A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker, TIME, Bookpage, and the Chicago Public Library • The American Booksellers Association's #1 Indie Next Great Read for February 2025 "[A] savage thriller... Victorian Psycho offers a wickedly… Shares Horror

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