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The Magnus Archives: Season 4 by NOT A BOOK
15 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
![The Magnus Archives: Season 2 by NOT A BOOK]()
The Magnus Archives: Season 2 by NOT A BOOK
14 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
![The Magnus Archives: Season 3 by Jonathan Sims]()
The Magnus Archives: Season 3 by Jonathan Sims
14 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
![The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims]()
The Magnus Archives: Season 5 by Johnathan Sims
12 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal... -
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![The Magnus Archives: Season 1 by Jonathan Sims]()
The Magnus Archives: Season 1 by Jonathan Sims
15 ratingsThe Magnus Archives is a horror audiobook written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrates the stories in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly-appointed head archivist of the fictional Magnus Institute; an institution based in London centred on research into the paranormal...Categorized as:
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![The One Who Eats Monsters by Casey Matthews]()
The One Who Eats Monsters by Casey Matthews
14 ratingsLong ago, before history broke in half, elder gods exiled the vengeful deity Erynis to a far corner of Earth. When Ryn is found weakened after saving the life of an innocent villager, the U.S. military mistakes the battered immortal for a feral teenager and places her in New Petersburg, a decaying city full of monsters... -
![Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater]()
Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater
28 ratingsThe dreamers walk among us . . . and so do the dreamed. Those who dream cannot stop dreaming – they can only try to control it. Those who are dreamed cannot have their own lives – they will sleep forever if their dreamers die.And then there are those who are drawn to the dreamers. To use them. To trap them. To kill them before their dreams destroy us all.Ronan Lynch is a dreamer...Categorized as:
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![Resurrection by Derek Landy]()
Resurrection by Derek Landy
18 ratingsThe skeleton detective is coming back to life...again! It's the tenth, triumphant novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant series, and it will rearrange your world.Skulduggery and Valkyrie are back in the tenth instalment in the best-selling Skulduggery Pleasant series - an incredible and unexpected treat for the legions of fans around the world... -
![Only Ashes Remain by Rebecca Schaeffer]()
Only Ashes Remain by Rebecca Schaeffer
20 ratingsAfter escaping her kidnappers and destroying the black market where she was held captive, all Nita wants is to find a way to live her life without looking over her shoulder. But with a video of her ability to self-heal all over the dark web, Nita knows she’s still a prime target on the black market.There’s only one way to keep herself safe... -
![Seasons: PsyCop Briefs, Volume 2 by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Seasons: PsyCop Briefs, Volume 2 by Jordan Castillo Price
6 ratingsNeither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…will keep a PsyCop from his duty. Because ghosts don’t take snow days.Seasons: PsyCop Briefs, Volume 2 contains four novelettes and fourteen short stories. This all-new, novel length collection begins right where PsyCop 12, Other Half, left off... -
![Netherworld Paranormal Police Department Full Series Box Set, #1-5 by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young]()
Netherworld Paranormal Police Department Full Series Box Set, #1-5 by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
6 ratingsThousands sold. Millions of pages read. Get your badge today! *INCLUDES BOOKS 1-5* Nearly 900 pages of action-packed adventure. Blood Crossed (Book 1) Meet Piper Shaw. She's one of the Netherworld Paranormal Police Department's toughest. She's also an immortal, and she's got one hell of a chip on her shoulder. Meet Reaper Payne. He's an actual reaper. Yes, one of those guys who ferries the dead... -
![The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan]()
The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan
12 ratingsGhost removal specialist Ellie Jordan must face a dangerous, shape-shifting entity that she and Calvin have encountered once before, with tragic results. The spirit has the power to reach into the minds of living and feed on their fears, taking the shape of their worst nightmares, and it has awoken in search of new victims... -
![Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire]()
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
35 ratingsTwin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children.This is the story of what happened first…Jacqueline was her mother’s perfect daughter—polite and quiet, always dressed as a princess. If her mother was sometimes a little strict, it’s because crafting the perfect daughter takes discipline... -
![The Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone]()
The Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone
14 ratingsMax Gladstone returns with The Ruin of Angels, the sixth novel in the Craft Sequence, which The Washington Post calls "the best kind of urban fantasy" and NPR calls "sharp, original, and passionate"The God Wars destroyed the city of Alikand. Now, a century and a half and a great many construction contracts later, Agdel Lex rises in its place... -
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![Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin]()
Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin
6 ratingsSomething has gone very wrong on the sleepy Scottish Isle of Mab. The tides are angry. Reality has shifted. Selkies are coming up from the ocean, boys are missing, magic is going haywire, and memories are being pulled from people’s minds. Thomas Madigan is living in a nightmare. Isla just wants to go back to the sea. Kit Macrae thinks he’s drowning. Tanis Hughes needs to feed... -
![Deep and Dark and Dangerous (A Ghost Story) by Mary Downing Hahn]()
Deep and Dark and Dangerous (A Ghost Story) by Mary Downing Hahn
24 ratingsJust before summer begins, 13-year-old Ali finds an odd photograph in the attic. She knows the two children in it are her mother, Claire, and her aunt Dulcie...Categorized as:
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![Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot]()
Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot
12 ratingsSixteen-year-old Charlie Frith has problems. His crush is dating someone else, his sisters have glitter-bombed his prosthesis (again), and he's a seer-of-spirits in York, the most haunted city in England, and all his friends are ghosts.To make matters worse, it seems that famous spirits are mysteriously vanishing from York's haunted streets and alleys... -
![Harbingers by F. Paul Wilson]()
Harbingers by F. Paul Wilson
16 ratingsIt starts off so simply: Jack, still feeling down after the tragic events of Infernal, is hanging in Julio's when a regular named Timmy asks him for help. His teenage niece has been missing since this morning; the police say it's too early to worry, but Timmy knows something bad has happened. Jack says he'll put the word out on the street... -
![All the Rage by F. Paul Wilson]()
All the Rage by F. Paul Wilson
16 ratingsCan you imagine a new chemical compound, a non-addictive designer drug that heightens your assertiveness, opens the door to your primal self, giving you an edge wherever you compete? Whether on the street or the football field, in a classroom or a boardroom. Wouldn’t you be tempted to try it . . -
![Anubis by Adrienne Wilder]()
Anubis by Adrienne Wilder
6 ratingsIt was supposed to be over: The Utah Facility discovered, New World Genetics dismantled, and those hunting Luca—dead.Then strangers who call themselves Varu come for Luca for help. They claim he’s a Cana and tell him he’s the only one who can bring back their wolves.Nox doesn’t want to trust them, then he learns people called Mah are responsible for the atrocities committed in the Utah Facility... -
![Point Pleasant: Illustrated Edition by Jen Archer Wood]()
Point Pleasant: Illustrated Edition by Jen Archer Wood
8 ratingsBen Wisehart grew up in the idyllic town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. An early encounter with the supernatural shaped his worldview and served as the catalyst for his career as a bestselling horror writer.Thirteen years after abandoning his home, Ben returns to the town to investigate the apparent reemergence of the terrifying creature responsible for his childhood nightmares... -
![One Girl in All the World by Kendare Blake]()
One Girl in All the World by Kendare Blake
9 ratingsNew York Times best-selling author Kendare Blake takes us back to the demon capital of the world in this highly anticipated sequel to In Every Generation, set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Frankie Rosenberg is coming to terms with the fact that she’s the newest slayer, but that doesn’t mean she has it all figured out just yet... -
![Shadowhouse Fall by Daniel José Older]()
Shadowhouse Fall by Daniel José Older
12 ratingsShadowhouse risingSierra and her friends love their new lives as shadowshapers, making art and creating change with the spirits of Brooklyn. Then Sierra receives a strange card depicting a beast called the Hound of Light—an image from the enigmatic, influential Deck of Worlds...Categorized as:
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![Bloodline by F. Paul Wilson]()
Bloodline by F. Paul Wilson
16 ratingsJack has been on hiatus since the events in Harbingers. With his lover Gia's encouragement he dips a toe back into the fix-it pool. Christy Pickering's eighteen-year-old daughter is dating Jerry Bethlehem, a man twice her age. Christy sensed something shady and sinister about him, so she hired a private investigator to look into his past. But the PI isn't returning her calls... -
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![Hosts by F. Paul Wilson]()
Hosts by F. Paul Wilson
16 ratingsRepairman Jack returns in a sequel to the New York Times bestseller, The Tomb!Repairman Jack has been tearing up the urban adventure scene ever since he was introduced in the New York Times bestseller The Tomb. As his fans know, Repairman Jack doesn't deal with electronic appliances; he's a situation fixer, no matter how weird or deadly a situation may be... -
![Shadow Unit 11 by Emma Bull, Leah Bobet]()
Shadow Unit 11 by Emma Bull, Leah Bobet
6 ratingsThe FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit hunts humanity's worst nightmares, but there are nightmares humanity doesn't dream are real. The BAU sends those cases down the hall. There, Stephen Reyes and his team pursue criminals transformed by a mysterious force: the anomaly. Welcome to Shadow Unit, a series created by award-winning authors Emma Bull and Elizabeth Bear... -
![Ghost Huntress: The Journey by Marley Gibson]()
Ghost Huntress: The Journey by Marley Gibson
6 ratingsTeen psychic Kendall Moorehead is about to embark on the most dangerous and shocking ghost hunt of her life. After all, it isn't every day that the ghost of Princess Diana steps in as a personal spirit guide. But Shy Di isn't the only surprise awaiting Kendall and her team of teen paranormal superstars as they begin a whirlwind tour of Europe with renowned TV medium Oliver Bates... -
![A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah Hollowell]()
A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah Hollowell
8 ratingsWhen her siblings start to go missing, a girl must confront the dark thing that lives in the forest—and the growing darkness in herself—in this debut YA contemporary fantasy for fans of Wilder Girls.Derry and her eight siblings live in an isolated house by the lake, separated from the rest of the world by an eerie and menacing forest... -
![Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap]()
Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap
8 ratings“Am I dead?”Mebuyen sighs. She was hoping the girl would not ask.Spells and stories, urban legends and immigrant tales: the magic in Isabel Yap’s debut collection jumps right off the page, from the joy in her new novella, 'A Spell for Foolish Hearts' to the terrifying tension of the urban legend 'Have You Heard the One About Anamaria Marquez'... -
![Threadneedle by Cari Thomas, Patricia Sebastián Hernández]()
Threadneedle by Cari Thomas, Patricia Sebastián Hernández
14 ratingsWithin the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic.Magic is the first sin. It must be bound.Ever since Anna can remember, her aunt has warned her of the dangers of magic. She has taught her to fear how it twists and knots and turns into something dark and deadly.It was, after all, magic that killed her parents and left her in her aunt’s care... -
![The Boy in the Smoke by Maureen Johnson]()
The Boy in the Smoke by Maureen Johnson
14 ratingsOn a cold night, Stephen Dene went to the Eton boathouse to perform a desperate act. But someone stopped him along the way, sending his life in a new and decidedly strange direction–leading him to London, to two new friends, and to a world of shadows and mystery... -
![Reprisal by F. Paul Wilson]()
Reprisal by F. Paul Wilson
14 ratingsIn Reborn (6/90), Jim discovered the ancient evil that lurked within his past. Now Jonah, his only son, is the bearer of the horror. Jonah is biding his time, keeping his true identity a secret and waiting for the time when he can carry out the mission he was born for: to bring about the end of the world... -
![Blood Echo by Christopher Rice]()
Blood Echo by Christopher Rice
16 ratingsA conspiracy that promises bloodshed and the only woman who can stop it collide in the page-turning thriller by Christopher Rice, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Bone Music. Kidnapped and raised by serial killers, Charlotte Rowe suffered an ordeal that made her infamous. Everyone in the world knew who she was. But no one in the world has any idea what she’s become…Charlotte is an experiment... -
![The Reapers by John Connolly]()
The Reapers by John Connolly
18 ratingsThey are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets - and there is no shortage of suspects... -
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![The Key by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren]()
The Key by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren
18 ratingsThe final installment of the Engelsfors Trilogy—an international sensation with rights sold in 29 countries—The Key combines thrilling action and dark magic with all the passion and drama of teen life. The result is nothing less than explosive... -
![Fire by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren]()
Fire by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren
20 ratingsPraised by Lev Grossman as "stunning, …raw, real, smart, very thrilling and very, very wicked,” The Circle, the first book in the internationally bestselling Engelsfors Trilogy, introduced a group of high school girls with special powers who became the Chosen Ones. As book two, Fire, begins, Minoo, Vanessa, Linnéa, Anna-Karin and Ida have been struggling with their own demons all summer long... -
![House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland]()
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
26 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Iris Hollow has always been strange. Something happened to her and her two older sisters when they were children, something they can’t quite remember but that left each of them with an identical half-moon scar at the base of their throats. Iris has spent most of her teenage years trying to avoid the weirdness that sticks to her like tar... -
![FantasticLand: A Novel by Mike Bockoven, Angela Dawe]()
FantasticLand: A Novel by Mike Bockoven, Angela Dawe
20 ratingsSince the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where ““Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror...Categorized as:
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![Adrian's Lost Chapter by Richelle Mead]()
Adrian's Lost Chapter by Richelle Mead
20 ratingsWhen Richelle first sat down to write Bloodlines each chapter was narrated by a different Character. This is Adrian's lost story... -
![Willowgrove by Kathleen Peacock]()
Willowgrove by Kathleen Peacock
12 ratingsWillowgrove is Kathleen Peacock's riveting conclusion to the Hemlock trilogy, a dark, romantic, paranormal suspense series that pits friendship against survival, and trust against love. Ever since Mac's best friend, Amy, was murdered, Hemlock has been a dangerous place...Categorized as:
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![Connecting by Wendy Corsi Staub]()
Connecting by Wendy Corsi Staub
12 ratingsNow that Calla has accepted her ability to communicate with the Other Side, she's desperate to connect with the spirit of her late mother. But she gets more than she bargained for when she stumbles across a shocking secret that will change her future forever... -
![The Lost Causes by Alyssa Embree Schwartz, Jessica Koosed Etting]()
The Lost Causes by Alyssa Embree Schwartz, Jessica Koosed Etting
12 ratingsMisfits. Outcasts. And the only ones who can find a killer.They’re the last people you’d ask to help with anything, much less a murder investigation. The rich girl, the obsessive, the hypochondriac, the addict and the hot-tempered athlete—people think they’re beyond help. Lost causes. But where the world sees losers, the FBI sees its only hope...Categorized as:
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![Ink by Jonathan Maberry]()
Ink by Jonathan Maberry
10 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry comes a standalone supernatural thriller Ink, about a memory thief who feeds on the most precious of dreams.Tattoo-artist Patty Cakes has her dead daughter’s face tattooed on the back of her hand. Day by day it begins to fade, taking with it all of Patty’s memories of her daughter... -
![Passenger by Andrew Smith]()
Passenger by Andrew Smith
10 ratingsBest friends Jack and Conner can’t stay away from Marbury. It’s partly because of their obsession with this alternate world and the unresolved war that still wages there. But it’s also because forces in Marbury—including the darkest of the dark, who were not revealed in The Marbury Lens—are beckoning the boys back in order to save their friends . . . and themselves... -
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![The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi]()
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
10 ratingsA sumptuous, gothic-infused story about a marriage that is unraveled by dark secrets, a friendship cursed to end in tragedy, and the danger of believing in fairy tales--the breathtaking adult debut from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi.Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada... -
![Battle Hill Bolero by Daniel José Older]()
Battle Hill Bolero by Daniel José Older
8 ratingsIn the third in the richly detailed and diverse (io9) urban fantasy series, the time has come for the dead to rise up against the shady powers-that-be... "The time has come for the dead to rise up..." Trouble is brewing between the Council of the Dead and the ghostly, half-dead, spiritual, and supernatural community they claim to represent... -
![An Inner Darkness by Ally Blue]()
An Inner Darkness by Ally Blue
8 ratingsAll hell's about to break loose. Literally. Bay City Paranormal Investigations Book 5. After more than a year as a couple-and plenty of bumps along the road-Sam Raintree and Dr. Bo Broussard are finally settling into life together. Bo has come to terms with his sexuality, their business is thriving, and Sam has begun to accept his role as a step-parent of sorts to Bo's sons, Sean and Adrian... -
![Hell's Belle by Marie Castle]()
Hell's Belle by Marie Castle
8 ratingsCate Delacey is glad she’s a witch—both kinds. She could have done without the guardian bit that put a bull’s eye on her back. Being a guardian comes with so many risks and rules that immortality ought to be a fringe benefit... -
![Killer Pizza: The Slice by Greg Taylor]()
Killer Pizza: The Slice by Greg Taylor
8 ratingsFour months after they discover that their new place of employment, Killer Pizza, was a front for an underground Monster Hunting Organization, Toby and his fellow rookie Monster Combat Officers, Annabel and Strobe, have been invited to New York City to tour KP Headquarters...Categorized as:
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![Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson]()
Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson
6 ratingsBeing the chosen one isn’t always a good thing...Oscar Tundale is not a hero. Anxious, indecisive, and awkward, he can barely get through a normal day. Now he’s about to find out monsters are real. Oscar’s friends: brave, stubborn Zara, and hyperactive, paranoid Marcus, might help discover what hunts him, and unravel the truth about the handsome doctor he pines for...
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