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Sixteen-year-old Rowan Quinn hates her life. Living on a farm in North Oklahoma is one pain, reeling from her parents divorce is another, and suffering bullying by the conservative town for being a punk-rock loving trans girl is the final pain. Rowan hopes to get the hell out of town as soon as she graduates and take the chance to pursue her dream of being a musician. However, after returning home from sneaking off to a concert, Rowan is shocked to discover three escaped inmates aggressively torturing her family.

This Appalachian cosmic horror novel tells the story of a gay man who must return to his ancestral home in the mountains of Western North Carolina after his mother’s death to clean it out and sell it off. Navigating feelings of grief and anger, he finds her house is haunted and her nosy neighbors always watching him —and one of those neighbors happens to be his favorite adult performer. While he develops a new romance and oversees his mother’s funeral, tension builds as the characters’ circumstances go from ominously creepy to terrifying. Michael G.

Nothing is as dangerous as a broken heart. Two years have passed. The events at Stonehenge have left the group, and their hearts, fractured and heavy with sorrow. There’s no worse time to learn existence is in peril from an overwhelming power battering down the veil between worlds. To stop it, they must do what they have prevented before, and open a door to Theia —the place some call hell, where the hint of a morning star glimmers on the dark horizon. That means they must reunite to fight for survival, the future, and love…one last time.

A band of teenage misfits. A town rotting from the inside out. An abandoned house that feeds on their deepest fears and darkest desires. This haunted house tale—in the tradition of Stephen King’s coming-of-age horrors—comes from one of France’s most celebrated literary stars. In a quiet...

It’s been a while since Jed Sanderson has been on a date. When he finally scores one, the world decides to end. A deadly infection has spread across the globe, turning people violent and feral. As they travel to take refuge at Jed’s isolated farm in the mountains, they pick up other survivors. Not only must they all learn to get along with each other, but they must also prepare for when the massive horde of infected reaches the mountain.

Sam, a student at Briar Hill University, is accustomed to the quiet life in the small town of Briar Hill. But as October rolls in, the tranquility is shattered. The first murder sends shockwaves through the community, followed by another, and then another, each accompanied by eerie Halloween tokens left at the scenes. A sinister force is systematically targeting the residents of Briar Hill. As the body count rises, Sam realizes time is running out for him and those he holds dear. Welcome to Briar Hill...and Happy Halloween.

A local legend gone haywire. A small-town cop. An impossible eyewitness testimony. Which is easier to believe—that killer mermaids exist, or that one person is worth risking everything for?

Gavin Gregory often stares into the abyss - that's his job. An elite profiler at the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, he hunts serial killers for a living. He knows how they behave, how they think, what motivates them. Considered the best at what he does, Gavin goes to investigate when it appears a dormant psychopath has reactivated. The case takes a bizarre turn when psychiatrist Debra Esteves contacts him and says she knows who the enigmatic killer is. It soon becomes apparent that what she means is that she knows what the killer is.

Richard Fountain, a promising young Cambridge scholar, went to the island of Crete to study ancient rites and pagan rituals before, suddenly and inexplicably, breaking off all contact with the outside world. Disturbing rumors have filtered their way back to England, whispering of blasphemous rituals and obscene orgies, hints of terrible crimes and wanton murder.

In 1978 Connecticut, 13-year-old Nicholas Parisi is an accomplished pianist and basketball player living in an upper-class neighborhood of Fairfield County with his socialite parents who consistently show him off as one of their trophies. Despite being immensely popular in school and among his circle of close friends, Nicholas secretly loathes the lifestyle he is forced to be a part of, and is haunted by the sudden death of his older brother, Gabriel, who died in a car crash six years earlier.

In Dickensian Britain, a popular parlour game demanded that players sacrifice something of value each time they erred — no matter how small the mistake. September, 1843. Teenagers Ben and Jem, bound by desperation and circumstance, flee the oppressive confines of a London school for wayward boys. As they journey across the countryside, their bond deepens, each finding solace in the other while carefully guarding the secrets that haunt them.

Fans of Clive Barker’s Books of Blood will feel right at home in this brutal demonic nightmare set in a cursed neighborhood. The fire was supposed to end it. When Alastar Manor burned to the ground, they thought the nightmare died with it. But evil doesn’t burn. It waits. And the ashes of that cursed land have given rise to something new. Alastar Heights. A shiny modern neighborhood built on ground that was never meant to be touched again. At first, it feels perfect. Fresh paint. Smiling neighbors. Families trying to start over. But the land remembers. Every ritual. Every scream.

Written by Irish master of the macabre Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla is a chilling tale of mystery, seduction, and supernatural dread. When a mysterious young woman named Carmilla enters the secluded life of Laura and her father, strange illnesses and unsettling events begin to unfold. What follows is a slow-burning descent into fear, obsession, and dark revelation.

“Mara Wilson's sober narration style and consistent pacing create an amusing juxtaposition with the unlucky events that unfold.” — Kirkus “[Mara] Wilson narrates the audiobook with a sultry cadence that captures devilish delight and [author Chuck] Tingle’s knack for macabre.” —...

"With his enthusiasm for spoken-word poetry, improv, and nonbinary politics, up-and-coming voice talent André Santana brings a personable feel to this satirical sci-fi romp...This audiobook is a fast-paced cocktail of social commentary, humor, and horror. "- AudioFile Straight, two-time Hugo...

"Wilson narrates with emotional depth, conveying all of Rose's intelligence, inquisitiveness, and fear as she's hunted by otherworldly beings." - AudioFile “A joyful, furious romp through dark places, Tingle proves he's as good at fear as he is at love.” ―T. Kingfisher, bestselling author...

A hunted community. A haunted author. A horror that spans centuries. Men are disappearing from Toronto's gay village. They're the marginalized, the vulnerable. One by one, stalked and vanished, they leave behind small circles of baffled, frightened friends. Against the shifting backdrop of...

Who Will Survive a Night of Mesozoic Mayhem? Deep in the mountains, there is a house that time has abandoned to rot. Its carcass remains as nothing more than a bad memory of a horrid nightmare. Inside its labyrinthine halls stalk primeval terrors the Earth has not seen in 66 million years. Their talons sharp, their teeth sharper. Their appetites hungry. This Hell is their Home. And their Guests have arrived... In the debut novel by Dave Bruno, a mismatched group of college graduates has stumbled upon this horrible place in hopes of a having a fun, celebratory weekend.

In the heart of summer, five vibrant and unapologetically Black friends set out on a thrilling journey to the Essence Festival, ready to immerse themselves in a celebration of culture, music, and sisterhood. However, their joyride takes a dark turn when they're pulled over on a dirt road. What begins as a chance encounter with two local cops quickly unravels into a nightmarish descent into the darkest corners of humanity. In Parish, the humid air is thick with secrets, and the streets echo with the unsettling silence of suppressed history.

Kestrel awakes in the woods without a real name or his memories. Before him are twelve strangers, an altar on fire, and bones hanging from the trees like wind chimes. He’s to be initiated into their group so they may fulfill their purpose: head to the mountain of the so-called gods, have a feast, and bring about the end of the world. Kestrel is willing to risk it all to escape, but without any memories, he knows he must play along until he finds a way out. It won’t be easy.