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The Crane Diaries: Homecoming by Apryl Baker
10 ratingsNew Orleans is a city known for its paranormal history—and it’s the place Emma Rose Crane, AKA Mattie Hathaway, has come home to. She hopes she can start over in New Orleans, where her ability to see ghosts isn't so freaky... -
![The Crane Diaries: The Red Church by Apryl Baker]()
The Crane Diaries: The Red Church by Apryl Baker
8 ratingsIn the swamps of New Orleans sits an old church. Its history is steeped in blood and death. For over a century, this abandoned church has inspired fear, and the rumors of the creatures that inhabit it have kept the locals away. The church has been sold, but work on the property has stalled... -
![Cabinet Jack by J.L. Bryan]()
Cabinet Jack by J.L. Bryan
6 ratingsClose your doors and cabinets tight, or Jack will climb out to see you tonight.The former railroad stop of Timbermill, Georgia has grown ever more quiet and empty since its boom era faded decades ago... -
![Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne]()
Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne
6 ratingsOne night. One last enemy. One chance to stop him forever. It’s all come down to this. More than two years after Sully took desperate measures to escape his enemies, he finds himself headed for an inevitable showdown with the most dangerous of them. Years of murder and deceit are catching up to Lowell, and the ghosts of those he killed are not about to rest until they’ve watched him fall... -
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![The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan]()
The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan
8 ratingsThe antebellum mansion sits isolated in the overgrown countryside like a forgotten temple. Within it lie the dark, twisting paths of a private library possessing secrets from across the ages. The collection of ancient and medieval occult manuscripts tell of conjuring spirits and raising the dead, of making contact with supernatural realms and beings usually forbidden to living mortals... -
![Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural by Herbert A. Wise, John Collier]()
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural by Herbert A. Wise, John Collier
12 ratingsWhen this longtime Modern Library favorite--filled with fifty-two stories of heart-stopping suspense--was first published in 1944, one of its biggest fans was critic Edmund Wilson, who in The New Yorker applauded what he termed a sudden revival of the appetite for tales of horror... -
![Legion by Shani Struthers]()
Legion by Shani Struthers
6 ratingsLegion is the sixth in the bestselling Psychic Surveys series, that features plot twists, compelling characters and a mystery at its dark heart!What if evil won't let go?Along a sheltered lane, deep in the Sussex countryside, sits a house that is sometimes called home, the tenants it has held unable to forget it... -
![No Trick-Or-Treating!: Superscary Superspecial by P.J. Night]()
No Trick-Or-Treating!: Superscary Superspecial by P.J. Night
6 ratingsHalloween is more than haunted in this superscary superspecial addition to Spotlight's popular tween horror series.When Ashley McDowell's parents first told her they were moving from the big city to a one-stoplight farm town, she was convinced that she was going to hate living in Heaton Corners. But to Ashley's surprise, she loves it. Everyone is super welcoming, especially her new friends... -
![Shadow Kissed by Veronica Douglas]()
Shadow Kissed by Veronica Douglas
8 ratingsI released the Dark Wolf God. Now he’s using me.Last week, I defeated a monster hellbent on killing us all. I thought I was stopping a prophecy, but it turns out, the dark omens were about me all along.Now I’m destined to steal the souls of the pack—my pack—and help the Dark God bring destruction down on the world... -
![Devil's Door by Lee Mountford]()
Devil's Door by Lee Mountford
10 ratingsHalloween night, 1982. Many people were brutally killed or simply vanished at the Blackwater Hotel—formerly Perron Manor. The events of that night have always remained a mystery.Until now...Ray and Rita Pearson, along with their daughter, Chloe, move into the hotel to help with its renovation and grand opening. All under the watchful eye of the mysterious owner, Marcus Blackwater... -
![Some Can See by J.R. Erickson]()
Some Can See by J.R. Erickson
12 ratingsThe dead have stories to tell. Are you listening?On a sunny August morning, in 1935, thirteen-year-old Sophia Gray finds her friend, Rosemary wandering in the woods. Rosemary’s yellow dress is tattered and stained, she walks with a strange lurch, and her eyes are vacant and glassy. She beckons to Sophia, desperate to show her something, and Sophia follows... -
![Cold Shadows by J.L. Bryan]()
Cold Shadows by J.L. Bryan
14 ratingsParanormal investigator Ellie Jordan faces a difficult new case. Her new clients are a family haunted by multiple ghosts and a poltergeist that wrecks their home at night. Their seven-year-old son's invisible friends may not be imaginary at all, but the restless spirits of dead children... -
![Painted Devils by Robert Aickman]()
Painted Devils by Robert Aickman
6 ratingsStories included:RavissanteThe Houses of the RussiansThe ViewRinging the ChangesThe School FriendThe Waiting RoomMarriageLarger Than OneselfMy Poor... -
![Dark River Inn by J.R. Erickson]()
Dark River Inn by J.R. Erickson
6 ratingsIt’s the day of his ex-wife’s wedding when Dan makes the winding mountain journey to a remote cabin for an escape from the life that another man has stepped into.Less than 48 hours into his reprieve, the forest tranquility is shattered when he looks through a telescope and witnesses the violent abduction of a young woman... -
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![Graveyard Shift by Michelle Dorey]()
Graveyard Shift by Michelle Dorey
6 ratingsThe newest eerie tale from best selling author Michelle Dorey Serenity Lodge is haunted. Don’t ask the residents suffering dementia if that’s true. Ask the nurses. Amanda Ennis is the new nurse at Serenity Lodge nursing home. It’s a dream job after years of the hectic pace in the emergency room of a large hospital... -
![The Final Formula Collection by Becca Andre]()
The Final Formula Collection by Becca Andre
6 ratingsWhen magic returned almost two decades ago, it found a modern world rooted in science, and those beliefs colored the way new abilities manifested. This New Magic is in sharp contrast to Old Magic, which has always been around, hiding in the dark and forgotten places. Addie isn’t magical, but she can wield power with the best of them... -
![Andy's Diary by Tim O'Rourke]()
Andy's Diary by Tim O'Rourke
6 ratingsIn his confession, Ben McCloud told Detective Chief Inspector John Walker about the four murders that took place at Black Hill Farm. But what about the others? There are two sides to every story and this is Andy’s. 'Andy's Diary' the second book in the paranormal romance series: ‘Black Hill Farm’. For young adults aged 16 years and over... -
![Forty-Four Book Nine by Jools Sinclair]()
Forty-Four Book Nine by Jools Sinclair
6 ratingsCharlie Modine didn’t find any justice in life. And the afterlife hasn’t been much better. Still, Modine’s ghost is more determined than ever to find the cold-blooded murderer who ran his wife down on the streets of New York City. Tortured and tormented, Modine asks for help from the only person who will listen. The only one who knows he’s there. Abby Craig... -
![Forty-Four Book Eleven by Jools Sinclair]()
Forty-Four Book Eleven by Jools Sinclair
6 ratingsNow the prime suspect in a high-profile murder investigation, Abby Craig flees the only place she has ever called home and is forced to live on the run as a fugitive in the shadows of the American Southwest.But Abby soon discovers that she isn't alone. A mysterious stranger is plaguing her every step. A stranger with a dark past who has plans for her... -
![44 Book Six by Jools Sinclair]()
44 Book Six by Jools Sinclair
8 ratingsIt’s Christmastime and the nights are far from silent for Abby Craig.She is haunted by a vision unlike anything she has ever experienced before. As a church bell rings out in the lonely night, a young woman is left dying in an alley, her blood staining the snow beneath her... -
![When Irish Eyes Are Haunting by Heather Graham]()
When Irish Eyes Are Haunting by Heather Graham
10 ratingsDevin Lyle and Craig Rockwell are back, this time to a haunted castle in Ireland where a banshee may have gone wild—or maybe there's a much more rational explanation—one that involves a disgruntled heir, murder, and mayhem, all with that sexy light touch Heather Graham has turned into her trademark style... -
![Perron Manor by Lee Mountford]()
Perron Manor by Lee Mountford
12 ratingsDescriptionPerron Manor—a place evil calls homeSisters Sarah and Chloe inherit a house they could never have previously dreamed of owning. It seems too good to be true.Shortly after they move in, however, the siblings start to notice strange things: horrible smells, sudden drops in temperature, as well as unexplainable sounds and feelings of being watched... -
![Tales of Horror and the Supernatural by Arthur Machen]()
Tales of Horror and the Supernatural by Arthur Machen
6 ratingsThe Best of Arthur Machen's short stories: The Novel of the Black Seal, The Novel of the White Powder, The Great God Pan, The White People, The Inmost Light, The Shining Pyramid, The Bowmen, The Great Return, The Happy Children, Out of the Earth, N, The Children of the Pool, The Terror... -
![A Witch's Lament (The Salem Witches Book 1) by Cathy Walker, Cathy Walker]()
A Witch's Lament (The Salem Witches Book 1) by Cathy Walker, Cathy Walker
6 ratingsSalem's history of rampant darkness and death isn't over yet, a fact Skye discovers upon purchasing a house in the infamous seaport. Her presence ignites events that began centuries ago during the witch trials and stimulates her formerly benign powers into a force beyond earthly bounds... -
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![Dark Hollow Road by Rebecca Patrick-Howard]()
Dark Hollow Road by Rebecca Patrick-Howard
6 ratingsA teenage girl is missing and Taryn's camera is showing her a haunted past she NEVER wanted to see... When your camera can see the past, it's a history lover's dream! Historical mysteries never seemed so alive, and solvable. But sometimes the past should stay buried... -
![Touching the Dead by Wendy Cartmell]()
Touching the Dead by Wendy Cartmell
6 ratingsA mummified body washed up on a beach near Chichester.A tormented detective cursed with a gift she didn't want. When the autopsy reveals the victim's heart was torn from her body, Detective Inspector Jo Wolfe and her team wonder if someone is continuing the work of Anubis, the Egyptian God of Death. With the body count rising, Jo must touch the dead, to help her solve the case... -
![Black Hill Farm by Tim O'Rourke]()
Black Hill Farm by Tim O'Rourke
6 ratingsWhen sixteen year-old Ben McCloud moves to Black Hill Farm, he soon falls in love with the mysterious and seductive Andrea Black.Finding themselves alone on this remote farm and desperate to stay together, Ben and Andrea’s world spirals out of control. As they fight for survival, every step they take leads them into an ever darker world of forbidden love and despair... -
![Night Gallery by Rod Serling, Jim Benson]()
Night Gallery by Rod Serling, Jim Benson
6 ratingsThe Night Gallery is one of three books written by Rod Serling based on stories he created for the 1970 television series by the same name. Similar to his Stories From The Twilight Zone books, he novelized six of the show’s scripts for this volume, including They’re Tearing Down Tim Riley’s Bar, which was nominated for an Emmy award... -
![Trail of the Beast by Edward Fallon]()
Trail of the Beast by Edward Fallon
6 ratingsTHEY SEE WHAT NO ONE ELSE SEES Every crime scene has a smell. A look. A trail of DNA. It also has a feel. An emotional residue that lingers... floating unseen, like bacteria in the air, just waiting to be absorbed. To be experienced.To be interpreted. And only the man, the woman, and the boy know this... -
![Cemetery Tours by Jacqueline E. Smith]()
Cemetery Tours by Jacqueline E. Smith
6 ratingsSome secrets are best kept laid to rest.At least, that's as far as Michael Sinclair is concerned. At twenty-seven, he has spent his entire life pretending that the ghosts he encounters on a daily basis do not exist. Now, if only the dead would let him rest in peace.Unfortunately, that doesn't seem likely, especially after Kate Avery and her ailing brother, Gavin, move in next door... -
![Haunted Inn by Michelle Dorey]()
Haunted Inn by Michelle Dorey
6 ratingsEach tale of The Hauntings of Kingston is a standalone novel with new characters that takes place in the enigmatic city of Kingston, Ontario. They have the chance of a lifetime... Tim and Brad have been best friends for years. They were college roommates and now share an apartment. They even share the predicament of being trapped in dead end jobs... -
![Band of Demons by Rob Blackwell]()
Band of Demons by Rob Blackwell
6 ratingsThe highly anticipated sequel to the Kindle bestseller A Soul to StealThe past is always at your heels…Quinn O’Brion and Kate Tassel, two community journalists, tapped into a dark power last Halloween in order to stop a vicious serial killer. But they are still grappling with their new abilities—and wondering if what they unleashed may soon consume them... -
![Nemesis: The Death of Timmy Quinn by Kealan Patrick Burke]()
Nemesis: The Death of Timmy Quinn by Kealan Patrick Burke
6 ratings"We no longer need the sun to cast our shadows, for we have become them."For over twenty years Tim Quinn has lived in the shadow of death. Now, the Curtain has come down and the dead no longer need him to facilitate their vengeance... -
![Griffith Tavern by Rebecca Patrick-Howard]()
Griffith Tavern by Rebecca Patrick-Howard
6 ratingsGriffith Tavern has been empty for a long time, but there’s something alive within the crumbling walls and it’s been waiting for Taryn, and her alone, for nearly 100 years…As a stagecoach inn in the 19th century, Griffith Tavern saw many things, held many people, and saw numerous tragedies and triumphs. Now the old abandoned building will almost surely be demolished, all in the name of progress... -
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![Broken Home by Glenn Bullion]()
Broken Home by Glenn Bullion
6 ratingsEven a demon has a beginning.The year is 1973. Janet Fields is living the stereotypical American Dream. She has a loving husband, two wonderful daughters, and a beautiful home away from the hustle of city life. Life couldn’t be any better.That changed the day the stranger invaded her home, and tore apart not only everything Janet knew about her life, but also the world around her... -
![A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher]()
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
8 ratingsA haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family."Mom seems off."Her brother's words echo in Sam Montgomery's ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina street where their mother lives alone.She brushes the thought away as she climbs the front steps... -
![Good Girl by M. Violet]()
Good Girl by M. Violet
8 ratingsA Dark Romance NovellaThey call me their little fox...They threaten to do things to me that I’m afraid to say out loud.Poe, Grim, and Saint.I belong to them now… and there is no escape.Bailey Bishop doesn’t believe in ghosts or superstitions. So when her friend dares her to break into an old, abandoned house the night before Halloween, she doesn’t hesitate... -
![Dying is a Wild Night by Edward Fallon]()
Dying is a Wild Night by Edward Fallon
10 ratingsTHEY SEE WHAT NO ONE ELSE SEESEvery crime scene has a smell. A look. A trail of DNA.It also has a feel. An emotional residue that lingers... floating unseen, like bacteria in the air, just waiting to be absorbed. To be experienced.To be interpreted.And only the man and the boy know this... -
![House of Shadows by Pamela Hartshorne]()
House of Shadows by Pamela Hartshorne
10 ratingsWhen Kate Vavasour wakes in the hospital, she remembers nothing of the family gathered around her, or of her life before the accident. The doctors diagnose post-traumatic amnesia and say the memories should start returning. Which they do—but these memories are not hers. They belong to Isabel Vavasour, who lived and died at Askerby Hall more than 400 years earlier... -
![The Stars We Walked Upon by M.L. Bullock]()
The Stars We Walked Upon by M.L. Bullock
10 ratingsCarrie Jo Stuart's dream catching has gotten out of control and threatens to wreck her happy home. She decides to tell her husband a secret that changes everything, but Ashland has ghosts of his own. Ashland's childhood friend Detra Ann Dowd battles a frightening supernatural being but travels across time to receive help from an unexpected ally... -
![The Stars That Fell by M.L. Bullock, Emily Lawrence]()
The Stars That Fell by M.L. Bullock, Emily Lawrence
10 ratingsSecrets Never Stay Hidden Just Ask Any Ghost When Carrie Jo and Ashland Stuart uncovered the truth about the ghosts of Seven Sisters, they were sure that the supernatural activity would end. When they return home to Mobile after their honeymoon, they soon realize they were wrong”"not everyone is at rest. Something or someone is reaching out to the dream catcher... -
![Stonewords: A Ghost Story by Pam Conrad]()
Stonewords: A Ghost Story by Pam Conrad
12 ratingsThe first time Zoe met Zoe Louise, Zoe was four years old. Zoe Louise was more than 100. From that day on -- living in the same house, separated by a staircase and a century -- Zoe and Zoe Louise have been an important and permanent part of each other's lives.Now Zoe is older. And although Zoe Louise never grows up, she is changing in dreadful, frightening ways... -
![The Mortal Bone by Marjorie M. Liu]()
The Mortal Bone by Marjorie M. Liu
12 ratingsWhen the bond Maxine Kiss shares with the demons tattooed on her skin is deliberately severed, the demon hunter is left vulnerable and unprotected. For the first time in ten thousand years, the demons have a taste of freedom. And as the little demons grow more violent and unpredictable, Maxine starts to fear they will lose their minds without her... -
![The Venetian by Shani Struthers]()
The Venetian by Shani Struthers
12 ratings‘Welcome to the asylum…’ 2015Their troubled past behind them, married couple, Rob and Louise, visit Venice for the first time together, looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Not just a romantic destination, it’s also the ‘most haunted city in the world’ and soon, Louise finds herself the focus of an entity she can’t quite get to grips with – a ‘veiled lady’ who stalks her... -
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![The Whispering Muse by Laura Purcell]()
The Whispering Muse by Laura Purcell
12 ratingsFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a gripping tale of obsession, superstition and ambition, set against the atmospheric backdrop of Victorian London. Be careful what you wish for it may just come true.At The Mercury Theatre in London's West End, rumours are circulating of a curse... -
![The Whispering Dead by Darcy Coates]()
The Whispering Dead by Darcy Coates
14 ratingsHomeless, hunted, and desperate to escape a bitter storm, Keira takes refuge in an abandoned groundskeeper's cottage. Her new home is tucked away at the edge of a cemetery, surrounded on all sides by gravestones: some recent, some hundreds of years old, all suffering from neglect.And in the darkness, she can hear the unquiet dead whispering... -
![House of Echoes by Barbara Erskine]()
House of Echoes by Barbara Erskine
16 ratingsThe past isn't always dead or buried...When Joss Grant, adopted at birth, inherits Belheddon Hall – a beautiful old house on the East Anglian coast – it is like a dream come true. Eager to begin a new life there with Luke, her husband, and Tom, her small son, she is also impatient to find out about her newly discovered family who lived there for generations... -
![Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell]()
Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell
19 ratingsA romantic cabin getaway doesn’t go exactly as planned. High up on the windswept cliffs of Pale Peak, Faye and Felix celebrate their new engagement. But soon, a chorus of ghastly noises erupts from the nearby woods: the screams of animals, the cries of children, and the mad babble of a hundred mournful voices. A dark figure looms near the windows in the dead of night, whispering to Faye... -
![Curfew by Phil Rickman]()
Curfew by Phil Rickman
14 ratingsOn the border between England and Wales lies the tiny town of Crybbe, not picturesque enough for the tourist trade, quietly sliding into decay. Max Goff means to change all that. Goff has made millions in the record business, but his heart is in New Age philosophy. He has learned that Crybbe was once a spiritual center of sorts, surrounded by ancient standing stones that were emblems of power... -
![The Haunting of Leigh Harker by Darcy Coates]()
The Haunting of Leigh Harker by Darcy Coates
14 ratingsSometimes the dead reach back...Leigh Harker’s quiet suburban home was her sanctuary for more than a decade, until things abruptly changed. Curtains open by themselves. Radios turn off and on. And a dark figure looms in the shadows of her bedroom door at night, watching her, waiting for her to finally let down her guard enough to fall asleep...
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