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The Ghost and the Church Lady by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
8 ratingsWhen autumn arrives in Frederickport, it brings surprises—some welcomed.Meanwhile, the residents of Beach Drive learn there are some things more frightening than ghosts... -
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... -
Buried Innocence by Terri Reid
14 ratingsPlacing the bags on the counter, Donna slipped off her jacket and hung it on the back of a kitchen chair, and then she pulled an apron over her work clothes. She started unpacking the groceries, first putting the refrigerated foods away and then she started working on the canned goods. She smiled as she heard Ryan singing... -
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... -
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The Crane Diaries: Stained by Apryl Baker
8 ratingsI Am Death. I Am Darkness. I Am Creation. These are the simple truths Emma Rose Crane, AKA Mattie Hathaway, has run from for the last two years, but the situation she finds herself in will not let her flee her past anymore. It’s barreling toward her at the speed of a bullet. Mattie finds herself back in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the trial of Dan’s mother... -
Grave Mistake by Nikki Landis
8 ratingsSometimes vengeance isn't enough.There are times when a man is forced to choose the wrong side of the law.When everything is stripped away and ruthless, cold revenge is all that remains.They call me Wraith for a reason.When people need to disappear, I'm the one that's called in.I move through the shadows and strike without mercy... -
Message in the Fire by Dawn Merriman
10 ratingsA daring escape, psychic visions, a terrifying cult and a burning ritual. . Blood stained her back and her hands were bound. She’d crumpled on her side under a tree, wrapped around her crying newborn. My psychic abilities would show me what happened to the young woman, but the horror can scar. Fear stopped me from touching her. I scooped the infant up and the young woman moved. She was alive. -
Vortena by Neven Iliev
14 ratingsWhat happens when one takes a murderous psychopath and forces them to team up with a cowardly tinkerer? Though not a question that Jeremiah ever expected to ponder, he is nevertheless looking forward to seeing what the aforementioned duo will cook up. Success or failure does not matter to Richard, only that the journey be entertaining... -
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... -
I Have Been All Things Unholy by Bexless
6 ratingsMy Chemical Romance AU“He thinks I have stigmata,” Frank said, because what the fucking hell, it couldn't get any worse. He might as well just lay it out.“Oh, well,” said Brian into his hands. “Of course... -
Medium Things by Erin Huss
8 ratingsMy name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people. I'm not your typical medium. The kind portrayed on your favorite television shows. The spirits who visit me aren't interested in reuniting with loved ones. Nope. The spirits I connect with have sought me out for one thing and one thing only: justice... -
Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay
8 ratingsThe tree is trimmed. The mistletoe is hung. The eggnog is spiked. It’s time to celebrate the merriest, most heart-warming Christmas ever! Or not? No. Definitely, absolutely not. This Christmas won’t be cheerful. It’ll be more like Ash vs Evil Dead meets National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Because the Wallace family’s annual Christmas Eve party is about to skid off the rails... -
Hookah by Cameron Jace
12 ratingsA Plague Scarier than Death Alice and the Pillar have to stop a Wonderland Monster who'd lashed out an incurable disease onto the world. Their biggest challenge is that the world loves this monster so much. A Cure Larger than Life The only way to save the world is to travel to the other side of the globe, and peek into one of Lewis Carroll and the Pillar's darker pasts... -
To All A Good Night: A Mary O'Reilly Short Story by Terri Reid
6 ratingsIt's Mary O'Reilly's first Christmas in Freeport and she's stranded by a snowstorm, so she can't make it home to Chicago for the holidays. During the storm she learns the true meaning of Christmas with the help of her new friends, Stanley and Rosie... -
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Greetings from the Graveyard by Kate Klise, M. Sarah Klise
8 ratingsRoses are red, Violets are blue. If a ghost can write books, Why not greeting cards, too?The bestselling trio from Spence Mansion is launching a greeting card company called Greetings from the Graveyard. But what kind of card do you send to an ex-girlfriend who threatens to publish the love letters of Ignatius B... -
Angel Trouble by D.M. Guay
8 ratingsOne loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and certain death. Or not. No, definitely not, because the grim reaper's lost his job. He's been stripped of his scythe and banned from reaping. The angel of death has officially fallen, and he's crash-landed at 24/7 Demon Mart... -
Critters from the Poo Lagoon : A 24/7 Demon Mart Creature Feature (24/7 Demon Mart Stories Book 2) by D.M. Guay
6 ratingsOne loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and the creatures who just crawled out of the toilet at Jennifer Wallace's charity luau. Wait, what? Back up.It's Friday night, and the Wallace family is hosting a charity pool party at Caroline Ford Vanderbilt's super snooty Country Club... -
Bones by Andrew Cull
6 ratings'Bones' brings together four chilling ghost stories by award winning writer-director Andrew Cull. Four monsters collected in paperback for the first time. 'Did You Forget About Me?'"He had written to me a month or so before he died. I'd ignored the letter the same way I'd ignored all the others... -
By the Light of His Lantern: A Novel by Abe Moss
6 ratingsA nightmarish tale of revenge, anguish, and human connection, BY THE LIGHT OF HIS LANTERN is thrilling, chilling, and heartfelt in equal measure... Naked in the sand, Lewis coughs seawater from his lungs. Disoriented, he blinks his eyes, rubs them for good measure, but the result is the same. The sky is as black as the beach below it. In this place, the sun and moon and stars are long dead... -
John Saul: Hellfire, The Unwanted, Sleepwalk by John Saul
6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author John Saul is a master at writing psychological terror, with fifteen novels on the bestseller lists. This first-ever hardcover edition of three of his most popular books features Hellfire, The Unwanted and Sleepwalk. All three stories explore supernatural mysteries of suspense and horror.Appearences are definitely deceiving in John Saul's world... -
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... -
The Immeasurable Corpse of Nature by Christopher Slatsky, Jon Padgett
6 ratingsFrom the author of Alectryomancer and Other Weird Tales comes this devastating collection of fifteen stories and essays. A father's desperate search for his missing child leads to a cosmic haunted realm. A woman returns to her childhood home to find a past preserved in a semblance of life... -
Hide And Seek by M.L. Briers
6 ratingsMarley had decided that it was time to step up to life and be a grown up. Her friends, Sage and Geri, however, were still living the party lifestyle that was about to bring trouble right to her door in the form of three sexy wolf shifters with an eye on mating. Sage was a nightmare all of her own making. When things went wrong she liked nothing better than to play hide and seek in Marley’s pantry... -
A Bouquet of Viscera by Bridgett Nelson, Ronald Kelly
6 ratingsAn overzealous vigilante, who sees her victims' auras, finds herself in a very uncomfortable situation. A young woman, injected with a microchip in a futuristic America, develops unusual and grisly cravings. Four high school graduates end up on the menu of a giant, mutant sea creature. Diary entries share shocking and disturbing confessions.. -
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Night of the Living Dummy II by Carol Ellis, Rick Drew
8 ratingsHe may be used, but he's still alive and kicking. Slappy, the ventriloquist dummy, can walk, talk, and make a lot of trouble on his own. Amy was hoping to get a new dummy, but when her dad brings home Slappy, the horror begins... -
Boot Points by Ann Charles
10 ratingsListening Length: 1 hour, 11 minutesIt’s not really about the boots … or is it?BOOT POINTS is a set of short tales about Violet Parker’s purple boots. It is set in the story time between the third and fourth books in the Deadwood Mystery series. Each tale not only explains more of Violet’s history, but also shows the role each character plays in Violet’s life... -
Monster Blood by Elizabeth Winfrey, Rick Drew
10 ratingsEvan and Andy are in a sticky situation when they buy a can of "Monster Blood" in an old toy store. The green goo is growing... -
Mist at the Beach House by Victoria L.K. Williams
10 ratingsMurder, Mermaids Legends, & a Kitten from the Mist.Morgan Seaver returns to her family home on Pearl Island, expecting a warm welcome. Instead, she finds her aunt has been murdered, and accusing fingers are pointing her way.Soon she finds more than a murder needs to be solved... -
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... -
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
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... -
Fool's Ride by John L. Monk
6 ratingsDan Jenkins is back, body hopping a scumbag at a time in his quest for the perfect ride. He doesn’t need much. Premium cable TV, good books, a well-stocked pantry, and he's set. But the Great Whomever has other plans.After six months waiting in limbo, Dan catches a ride as a horror novelist whose gruesome stories aren’t just fiction. Later, he hunts a man who’s escaped justice for far too long... -
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... -
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... -
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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... -
Go Eat Worms! by Tracey West, Rick Drew
6 ratingsThey're creepy and they're crawly -- they're totally disgusting! Obsessed with worms? That's putting it mildly. Todd is so fascinated with worms, he keeps a worm farm in his basement! Most of all, Todd loves torturing his sister and her best friend with worms. Dropping them in their hair. Down their backs. Until one day, after cutting a worm in half, Todd notices something strange... -
Who Killed the Ghost in the Library? by Teresa Watson
6 ratingsCam Shaw is an out-of-work ghost writer who places an ad in the newspaper looking for a new client. When she gets a reply and meets the client, she gets more than she bargained for. She's thrown into a 60-year-old mystery, but somebody doesn't want the truth to come out, and they are willing to go to any lengths to keep that from happening...even if it means killing Cam... -
Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories by Bev Vincent, Ali Seay
8 ratingsBetween April and August 2021 eighteen horror writers disappeared. Gathered together for the first time, these are the stories they were writing at the time of their disappearances.Reader caution is advised. Advance readers of this anthology have reported nausea, feelings of anxiety, paranoia and hallucinations after reading the texts included... -
Gallows and Ghouls by Katie May
10 ratingsOne’s a liar. One’s arrested for murder. One’s dead. The rest of us? We’re struggling to get out of this mess alive. With new secrets emerging and the Shadow Man more determined than ever to claim me, we must all do something we’ve never done before: embrace our darkness... -
Bubba Ho-Tep by Joe R. Lansdale, Don Coscarelli
12 ratingsThe companion book to the popular movie starring Bruce Campbell as Elvis and Ossie Davis as JFK. Stuck in an East Texas old folks home, they must face off against a redneck mummy... -
Rapture by C.N. Crawford
16 ratingsThe angel of death locked me in one of his castle rooms, surrounded by books and delicious food. Not bad, right? Except for the loneliness, and the lust-fueled dreams that torment me every night. Specifically, dreams of Samael. And did I mention a psychotic ghost keeps trying to kill me? Because no one else believes me about that... -
Pressure by Jeff Strand
14 ratingsAlex stared at the red pocketknife shown to him by his daughter. A pocketknife owned by somebody he hadn't seen in years …CHILDRENThey met first in boarding school at age twelve. Alex Fletcher, shy and scared. Darren Rust, always furiously scribbling away in a private journal... -
The Red Mohawk by Anonymous
12 ratingsThe new book from the anonymous author of the international bestselling Bourbon Kid series. Everything seems peaceful in the small town of B Movie Hell until a mysterious serial killer in a skull mask topped with a red mohawk shows up and starts butchering the locals. Government agents Jack Munson and Milena Fonseca are sent to track down and eliminate the masked psychopath... -
All Seeing Eye by Rob Thurman
10 ratingsPicking up a small pink shoe from the grass forever changed young Jackson Lee’s life. Not only did its presence mean that his sister Tessa was dead—murdered and stuffed in the deep, black water of a narrow well—but the shoe itself told him so... -
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The Chalice: A Glastonbury Ghost Story by Phil Rickman, Dion Fortune
10 ratingsGlastonbury, legendary resting place of the Holy Grail, is a mysterious and haunting town. When Diane Ffitch returns home, it’s with a sense of deep unease. As the town becomes increasingly split by violence and death, Diane and her friends face up to the worst of all possibilities: the existence of an anti-Grail—the Dark Chalice... -
Stalking Shadows by S.A. Hunter
10 ratingsMary’s back, and she has to help Vicky, her nemesis. While on a date, Vicky gets into car wreck that leaves her in a coma. Through dreams, she reaches out to Mary for help. Mary isn’t happy to help her, but she’s willing to do almost anything to get the cheerleader out of her head... -
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead by J.L. Murray
8 ratingsThe worlds are out of balance. The Creator is missing. And the war between Heaven and Hell has begun.Niki Slobodian came back, but there were side effect. She is filled with a strange power no one seems to be able to explain. Not even Sam. She is also plagued with strange visions whenever she touches anyone... -
The Haunter by R.L. Stine
8 ratingsThe infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and after you. Just in time for Halloween, a super special edition!Sammy Baker is a quiet kid who wishes he wasn't so shy and timid. He is frightened but eager to prove he can be brave. On Halloween night, he follows his friends to the Marple House, an abandoned mansion on the other side of town... -
Ghosts: The Complete Series by Amy Cross
6 ratingsFor the first time, the entire Ghosts series is available in one book. Total word count is more than 150,000, approximately 500 pages of a printed book.When Beth Keneally is murdered by her father, her story should be over. Instead, she wakes up on the edge of town. Beth is a ghost, but her father is still on the loose and is determined to kill Beth's little sister Elise... -
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve by Ellen Datlow, Paul Tremblay
6 ratingsFrom Ellen Datlow (“the venerable queen of horror anthologies” (New York Times) comes a new entry in the series that has brought you stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman comes thrilling stories, the best horror stories available. For more than three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror...
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