Books like 'Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 3'
Readers who enjoyed Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 3 by Simon Strantzas, Michael Kelly, Robert Aickman, Brian Evenson, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Shearman, Genevieve Valentine, Reggie Oliver, Tim Lebbon, Lynda E. Rucker & Matthew M. Bartlett also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Call of the Crocodile by F. Gardner
14 ratingsA dark fantasy horror novel, set during Halloween. After a boy is eaten alive by a crocodile, his family begins a descent into madness and terror in this odyssey of modern horror.Part of a series of interconnected horror novels that can be read in any order. Each book serves as a stand alone story, yet builds a greater picture behind a sinister mystery in Chicago... -
![Overworld by Rohan M. Vider]()
Overworld by Rohan M. Vider
14 ratingsA magic apocalypse. Refugees from Earth. A new world. Elves, orcs, and dragons!Portals from Overworld have appeared on Earth, and beings intent on conscripting humanity into the mysterious Trials have invaded.Earth is doomed. Humanity has been exiled...Categorized as:
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![Into the West by Mercedes Lackey]()
Into the West by Mercedes Lackey
14 ratingsThe long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this second book in the new series from a New York Times-bestselling author and beloved fantasist.Baron Valdemar and his people have found a temporary haven, but it cannot hold all of them, or for long. Trouble could follow on their heels at any moment, and there are too many people for Crescent Lake to support... -
![Paper Children by James Fahy]()
Paper Children by James Fahy
6 ratingsMy name is Phoebe Harkness. When I’m not trying to cure the disease that killed the world, I’m roped into an unwilling role as ambassador between the humans of New Oxford, and the Genetic Others, all those things that go bump and grind in the night. I don’t get paid enough.It’s been six months since the Duke of Sanctum, the infuriating vampire named Allesandro, upped and disappeared... -
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![Chaos Volume 2: Books 4-6 by Claire Farrell]()
Chaos Volume 2: Books 4-6 by Claire Farrell
6 ratingsBooks 4-6 in the Chaos series (including bonus novella, Kings). Usurper It’s been a year since Cara returned to the human realm with her daughter, and the fae have come knocking again. The game of kings is still being played, power is the ultimate prize, and Scarlet is an asset every court wishes to acquire... -
![Sinners on Sunset by Debra Dunbar]()
Sinners on Sunset by Debra Dunbar
6 ratingsThe tax demons want their pound of flesh. Or fifty-two thousand dollars.Unable to pay what she owes, Eden is forced to fight a never-ending stream of bounty hunters while she tries to clear her name and find the cop who set her up... -
![Crescent Moon by James Fahy]()
Crescent Moon by James Fahy
6 ratingsWhat do you do when your world is turned upside down?When you discover your father had a direct hand in the genocide of much of the world’s human population?Phoebe Harkness’ life has changed forever. Thirty years after a cataclysmic world war that eviscerated one third of the human population, a new sub-species of vampire-like drones has set its teeth to the survivors of humanity... -
![The Torn World by Melanie Karsak]()
The Torn World by Melanie Karsak
6 ratingsThis is the way the world ends... With the undead walking, vampires hunting, and kitsune closing in, everything seems lost. Layla and the others will need help if there is any hope of survival. But how can you endure in the dying world? Join Layla, Cricket, Amelia, and the other survivors for the final chapter of The Harvesting Series in The Torn World... -
![The Astonishing Strande Brothers by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
The Astonishing Strande Brothers by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
6 ratingsSome bonds are too strong to be broken. Even by death.“The Astonishing Strande Brothers” is a short story/extended epilogue that tells the tale of the reunion between Julian Strande and his long-lost brother Louis on a snowy holiday at the Strande Estate.It combines characters from both my Harrow Faire and Impossible Julian Strande series... -
![Wolf Mate by M. Guida]()
Wolf Mate by M. Guida
6 ratingsThe final battle is here. I have to prove that I'm worthy of the crown.Everything rests on me.But I'm willing to accept the challenge.I want justice for my parents' murder and my demon wolves' enslavement.My enemy doesn't play fair, and I know it's an ambush.Bring it on, dude. Win or lose, I'm ready...Categorized as:
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![Easy Meat (Foodstuffs #1) by Arthur Stone]()
Easy Meat (Foodstuffs #1) by Arthur Stone
8 ratingsWelcome to the challenge. You’re an absolute nobody here—nothing; a zero; a useless lump of meat filled with bones. You’re but a delicious morsel for your antagonists and those who got lucky at the start. The only goal you can have in your miserable existence is to kick the bucket as soon as possible...Categorized as:
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![Elemental Dreams by Phaedra Weldon]()
Elemental Dreams by Phaedra Weldon
6 ratingsLady Darksome! Thought I was gone, didn’t you? So did I. But apparently slipping into that good night wasn’t my plan. I just wish I’d have left myself a note. Or a Facebook message. Hell, even a Snapchat…chat. That way I could have prepared everyone, including me, for what was to come. And I could have saved my love from so much heartbreak... -
![Dead Man's Tide by D.J. Bodden, James Hunter]()
Dead Man's Tide by D.J. Bodden, James Hunter
6 ratingsViridian Gate Online is more than just a game… and now, it's Alan Campbell’s whole world. Recently deceased and squishy as hell, Alan, a newly minted Illusionist, is forced to flee for his life. He needs time to deal with his loss, both in-game and IRL, but first he’ll have to escape his crazy ex, the treacherous Firebrand, Thalia Daceran... -
![Inquisitor's Foil by D.J. Bodden, James Hunter]()
Inquisitor's Foil by D.J. Bodden, James Hunter
6 ratingsHe's a part-time Imperial hero, full-time thief. Lucky for him, she's not that kind of Inquisitor.Illusionist and novice spy Alan Campbell just got out of one relationship only to have another woman walk into his life: the Lady Camilla Favonius of the Imperial Inquisition. He's close to broke and left without orders. She wears plate armor in the field and around her heart... -
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![The Shadow Aspect by Melanie Karsak]()
The Shadow Aspect by Melanie Karsak
6 ratingsWhen Layla took the final step through the labyrinth, she thought she was saving the ones she loved. She couldn't have been more wrong.Layla and the other survivors find themselves caught in a war for our world, the unwitting victims of a grudge seething for eons. Surviving the zombie apocalypse has become the least of their worries as they come up against vampires, shapeshifters, and fae...Categorized as:
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![The People's Will by Jasper Kent]()
The People's Will by Jasper Kent
6 ratingsPart historical adventure, part vampire thriller -- the fourth dark and dazzling novel in Jasper Kent's 'Danilov Quintet'. Turkmenistan 1881: Beneath the citadel of Geok Tepe sits a prisoner. He hasn't moved from his chair for two years, hasn't felt the sun on his face in more than fifty, but he is thankful for that. The city is besieged by Russian troops and soon falls...Categorized as:
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![The Change by T.W. Piperbrook]()
The Change by T.W. Piperbrook
6 ratingsSurvival is just the beginning...Having escaped the hospital, Tom must face a new enemy: himself. New questions arise as he travels through the white wasteland... -
![Weep, Woman, Weep by Maria DeBlassie]()
Weep, Woman, Weep by Maria DeBlassie
6 ratingsA compelling gothic fairytale by bruja and award-winning writer Maria DeBlassie.The women of Sueño, New Mexico don’t know how to live a life without sorrows. That’s La Llorona’s doing. She roams the waterways looking for the next generation of girls to baptize, filling them with more tears than any woman should have to hold... -
![Sleep and Spirit by Courtney Thorne]()
Sleep and Spirit by Courtney Thorne
8 ratingsAs the only female born into a royal family in over four hundred years, freedom was never going to be an option.Gifted with the elements of all five kingdoms, Aurelia had never known a minute of peace. No Virium was ever meant to hold all five elements and now they war inside her, keeping her from rest... -
![Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, #2 by Robin Furth, Stephen King]()
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, #2 by Robin Furth, Stephen King
10 ratingsThe Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris ElbaA Concordance, Volume II is the definitive guide to the many worlds, argots, characters, and cross-references— within Stephen King’s bestselling epic Dark Tower series and among the rest of King's work—that appear in Books V through VII: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower... -
![Entropy in Bloom by Jeremy Robert Johnson]()
Entropy in Bloom by Jeremy Robert Johnson
10 ratingsFor more than a decade, Jeremy Robert Johnson has been bubbling under the surface of both literary and genre fiction. His short stories present a brilliantly dark and audaciously weird realm where cosmic nightmares collide with all-too-human characters and apocalypses of all shapes and sizes loom ominously... -
![Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.]()
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
18 ratingsA bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to be un-settled?” Featuring stories by: Norris Black • Amber Blaeser-Wardzala • Phoenix Boudreau • Cherie Dimaline • Carson Faust • Kelli Jo Ford • Kate Hart • Shane Hawk • Brandon Hobson • Darcie Little Badger • Conley Lyons • Nick Medina • Tiffany Morris • Tommy Orange • Mona Susan Power • Marcie R... -
![The Ways by Glynn James]()
The Ways by Glynn James
6 ratingsBook 3 of the Diary of the Displaced series.Alone again.Sitting on the ledge in the darkness of The Corridor.A sword thrust through his chest.His faithful companion, DogThing - thrown to the horde of Zombies below.The scaffold bridge that was his only escape - destroyed.Rudy, Adler, Reg and Marie - all separated by the closed portal.The portal key - stolen.His weapons - thrown into the darkness... -
![The Broken Lands by Glynn James]()
The Broken Lands by Glynn James
6 ratingsBook 2 of the Diary of the Displaced SeriesThe Journal of James Halldon continues...After escaping from The Corridor with DogThing, Rudy and Adler, James discovers that the world awaiting him outside is just as harsh as the one he had left behind.The horrors that he had escaped from, that lurked in the darkness, would continue to haunt him in the bright sunlight of The Broken Lands... -
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![The Sea Was a Fair Master by Calvin Demmer, Gwendolyn Kiste]()
The Sea Was a Fair Master by Calvin Demmer, Gwendolyn Kiste
6 ratingsThe world’s fate lies with a comatose young girl; an android wants to remember a human she once knew under Martian skies; men at sea learn that the ocean is a realm far different from land, where an unforgiving god rules; a school security guard discovers extreme English class; and a man understands what the behemoth beneath the sea commands of him... -
![Tales Of The Uncanny And Supernatural by Algernon Blackwood]()
Tales Of The Uncanny And Supernatural by Algernon Blackwood
6 ratingsTales include The Doll, Running Wolf, The Little Beggar, The Occupant of the Room, The Man Whom the Trees Loved, The Valley of the Beasts, The South Wind, The Man Who Was Milligan, The Trod, The Terror of the Twins, The Deferred Appointment, Accessory Before the Fact, The Glamour of the Snow, The House of the Past, The Decoy, The Tradition, The Touch of Pan, Entrance and Exit, The Pikestaffe... -
![California Demon by Debra Dunbar]()
California Demon by Debra Dunbar
6 ratingsEden Alvara is a licensed Vulture, picking through the aftermath of violence in demon-plagued LA, and fencing her finds to help support her family. But when a crooked cop reports her for a salvage she didn’t take, all hell breaks loose.Stripped of her license, Eden finds herself with a price on her head... -
![Omulețul din perete by Marian Coman]()
Omulețul din perete by Marian Coman
6 ratingsȘi dacă ești doar un personaj în cartea altcuiva?Cala, o femeie superbă și misterioasă, în jurul căreia se învârtesc multe dintre poveștile din carte. Sevăn, un bătăuș get-beget dintr-un sat uitat de lume. Fifi, o bibliotecară care face o descoperire inedită. Tanti Teofana, o ghicitoare care ascunde tot soiul de enigme și comori... -
![Vindication by N.H. Paxton, James A. Hunter]()
Vindication by N.H. Paxton, James A. Hunter
6 ratingsThe end of the world is not such a bad thing for Russian weapons engineer Vlad Nardoir. Really his world ended six months ago when his wife died, and ever since then, things have been downhill. Soul-crushing medical debt. Favors to the Russian mafia. Now, asteroid. For Vlad, this is life in a nutshell. But, in a wild twist of fate, he has found a way out... -
![The Man Behind the Monster by Sarah Noffke]()
The Man Behind the Monster by Sarah Noffke
6 ratingsHe is the most powerful man to ever live, and therefore doomed to misery. Sherlock Holmes meets House for a combination that makes for a brilliant anti-hero. Ren Lewis was born with the power to control minds, hypnotize others, and read thoughts. Therefore he is certain of one thing. God made a mistake. No one should be born with so much power... -
![The Terrible Thing That Happens by Carlton Mellick III]()
The Terrible Thing That Happens by Carlton Mellick III
6 ratingsThere is a grocery store. The last grocery store in the world. It stands alone in the middle of a vast wasteland that was once our world. The open sign is still illuminated, brightening the black landscape. It can be seen from miles away, even through the poisonous red ash. Every night at the exact same time, the store comes alive. It becomes exactly as it was before the world ended... -
![Mistle Child by Ari Berk]()
Mistle Child by Ari Berk
6 ratingsIn life, in death: family remains. Silas Umber has finally come into his own as the Undertaker of Lichport when a mysterious invitation calls him beyond the marshes to Arvale, the ancestral manor of the Umbers... -
![Hell's Teeth by James Fahy]()
Hell's Teeth by James Fahy
10 ratingsNew Oxford. A third of the human population has been lost. The wars came, and they created a monster. The Pale, a subhuman, vampire-like drone. Then they lost control.In the thirty years that followed, humankind sought to rebuild itself within the walls of New Oxford. But society had become fractured – humans now lived incongruously among Genetic Others, themselves a group of many subspecies... -
![Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung]()
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
10 ratingsCursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring the lines between magical realism, horror, and science-fiction, Chung uses elements of the fantastic and surreal to address the very real horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society...Categorized as:
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![Circus of the Dead Book #2 by Kimberly Loth]()
Circus of the Dead Book #2 by Kimberly Loth
10 ratingsSamuel deserves to die a thousand deaths. I was so close to going home and then he ruined it all. Now, I have to focus on how to survive because I don’t think I can go home. And to be honest, after a few more nights with Benny, I’m not sure I even want to. Plus, the more I learn about the circus, the more intrigued I become... -
![Circus of the Dead Book #3 by Kimberly Loth]()
Circus of the Dead Book #3 by Kimberly Loth
10 ratings“Congratulations Callie, you’re the puppet now.” What the devil does that mean? I’ve finally succeeded in doing away with Samuel, but I’m not really in charge of the island at all. In fact the treachery runs deeper than I ever thought possible and if I’m not careful every soul on the island—both living and dead—will want to kill me for what I’ve done unless I discover who is really in charge... -
![As Above, So Below by Dana Isaly]()
As Above, So Below by Dana Isaly
10 ratingsBranwen is about to become her coven’s youngest ever High Priestess. At the ripe age of twenty-seven, she is the only one with a full range of power.And everyone is looking to her to set things right.Yet on the night of the ritual, everything goes wrong. Branwen is betrayed, cast out, and stripped of her powers.Left to wander in the human world alone, she loses herself and her faith in the Gods... -
![The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Bridget Collins, Susan Stokes-Chapman]()
The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Bridget Collins, Susan Stokes-Chapman
10 ratingsFrom the creators of The Haunting Season comes a dazzling collection of never-before-seen ghostly tales.The tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries... -
![Hellbound Hearts by Paul Kane, Jeffrey J. Mariotte]()
Hellbound Hearts by Paul Kane, Jeffrey J. Mariotte
12 ratingsClive Barker's iconic masterpiece The Hellbound Heart, the novella adapted into the film Hellraiser, unleashed a new mythology of horror, brilliantly conceived and born of the darkest imagination. Now, enter this visionary world - the merciless realm of the demonic Cenobites - in this collection of stories inspired by The Hellbound Heart... -
![Sleeping in Flame by Jonathan Carroll]()
Sleeping in Flame by Jonathan Carroll
14 ratingsWalker Easterling is a retired actor turned successful screenwriter living in the Vienna of strong coffee, fascinating friends, and mysterious cafes. When he falls in love with Maris York, a beautiful artist who creates cities, his life becomes alive in fantastic and unsettling ways... -
![Skeleton Song by Seanan McGuire]()
Skeleton Song by Seanan McGuire
15 ratingsChildren have always disappeared under the right conditions—slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere . . . else. Adventures are always interesting, but they’re not always happy.From the worlds of Wayward Children comes a story of love, of devotion, of bones wrapped in flesh... -
![The Dark Winter by Flint Maxwell]()
The Dark Winter by Flint Maxwell
16 ratingsCan you survive the cold?After the initial series of summer blizzards, the snowfall has decreased, but the temperatures continue to drop, the icy wind still blows, and with each passing day, the darkness lasts longer and longer.It is in the darkness the monsters thrive... -
![Messenger’s Legacy by Peter V. Brett]()
Messenger’s Legacy by Peter V. Brett
18 ratingsHumanity has been brought to the brink of extinction. Each night, the world is overrun by demons—bloodthirsty creatures of nightmare that have been hunting the surface for over 300 years. A scant few hamlets and half-starved city-states are all that remain of a once proud civilization, and it is only by hiding behind wards, ancient symbols with the power to repel the demons, that they survive... -
![Brayan's Gold by Peter V. Brett]()
Brayan's Gold by Peter V. Brett
18 ratingsArlen Bales 17, apprentice Messenger in brand new armor, is ready for the first time beside a trained Messenger on a simple overnight trip. Instead Arlen finds himself alone on a frozen mountainside, carrying a dangerous cargo to Count Brayan’s gold mine, one of the furthest points in the duchy. And One Arm, giant rock demon, hunts him still. Novella...Categorized as:
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![Zom-B Gladiator by Darren Shan]()
Zom-B Gladiator by Darren Shan
14 ratingsBeyond a shadow of a doubt, B Smith has decided to live-- and to fight for good as long as possible. However, London is overridden with brain-eating undead and swarming with human mercenaries whose sense of right and wrong dissolved when society did. When they lay a trap, B is captured. And it'll take dozens of battles--and the fight of a lifetime-- to escape...Categorized as:
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![The Voice by Anne Bishop, Cassandra Morris]()
The Voice by Anne Bishop, Cassandra Morris
14 ratingsAn original novella from the New York Times bestselling author of Bridge of Dreams…In a small village outside the city of Vision, the people know no sorrow or grief. But this seemingly idyllic community is hiding a terrible secret... -
![The Thread That Binds the Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman]()
The Thread That Binds the Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
12 ratingsTom Renfield, janitor-cum-taxi driver, has always had some weird abilities - seeing ghosts, perceiving other 'currents' of energy... but he's always tried to ignore them. Running from himself seems to be a large part of how he ended up in the tiny town of Arcadia... -
![Spells & Ashes by Kim Richardson]()
Spells & Ashes by Kim Richardson
12 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.My name is Samantha Beaumont and I’m a Dark witch.Hidden from the world are supernatural baddies. That’s where I come in. I spend my nights hunting and vanquishing demons and otherworldly nasties.New threats emerge daily, menaces that require my unique pedigree: a splash of magic and a dash of attitude... -
![Bound by Vengeance by Shannon K. Butcher]()
Bound by Vengeance by Shannon K. Butcher
10 ratingsAn original novella in the Sentinel Wars series by Shannon K. Butcher.The guilt that Defender Dakota Kacey feels about her brother’s death is all-consuming, making her determined to find and kill the demon who murdered him. But the leader of the Defenders is worried about what Dakota is capable of, and calls in Liam Lann to keep an eye on her... -
![The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman]()
The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
10 ratingsIn summer, magic is warmly borne on the gentle, wafting breeze.It is a season of many wonders, with many secrets ripe for discovering...and some best left in shadow, unexplored. Summer has come to Sauterelle Lake. And inquisitive young Nick is discovering many things he doesn't want to know: About a pretty girl with hypnotic eyes who talks to his soul..
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