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• Her Body and Other Parties

  Stories

  Machado, Carmen Maria,

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  A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague slowly consumes humanity. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying discovery within the seams of the store's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Twisted Ones

  Kingfisher, T.,

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  "When Mouse's dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's house, she says yes. After all, how bad could it be? Answer: pretty bad. Grandma was a hoarder, and her house is packed to the gills with useless garbage. That would be horrors enough,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Weren't Meant to Be Human

  White, Andrew Joseph,

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  "Festering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia. In exchange for unwavering loyalty and fresh corpses, these hives offer a few struggling humans salvation. A fresh start. It's an offer that none refuse. Crane…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Did Nothing Wrong

  a Novel

  Drews, C. G.,

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  "Single mother Elodie's life has become a fairy tale. She's met Bren, equal parts Golden-retriever-devoted and sinfully handsome. He's whisked her and her autistic son, Jude, to the crumbling family house he's renovating. She has a new husband, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Possession of Alba Díaz

  Cañas, Isabel,

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  "When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn't trust...from bestselling author Isabel Cañas. In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Dowry of Blood

  Gibson, S. T.,

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  "Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rosemary's Baby

  Levin, Ira, 1929-2007

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  Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor husband Guy move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and mostly elderly residents. Neighbors Roman and Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Haunting of Hill House

  Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965

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  The story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting;" Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Silver Nitrate

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  "Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico City. And she's all but invisible to her best friend, Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Monstrilio

  a Novel

  Sámano Córdova, Gerardo,

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  "Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago's lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Woodworm

  Martínez, Layla, 1987-

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  "A granddaughter and grandmother, alienated from their community, live among various sombras, shadows of the dead with whom they alone can pray and commune. When the mysterious disappearance of a young boy draws the unwanted attention of locals, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Play Nice

  Harrison, Rachel, 1989-

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  "Clio Louise Barnes leads a picture-perfect life as a stylist and influencer, but beneath the glossy veneer she harbors a not-so-glamorous secret: she grew up in a haunted house. Well, not haunted. Possessed. After Clio's parent's messy divorce, her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Troop

  Cutter, Nick

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  Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip – a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. The boys are a tight-knit crew. There’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Grip of It

  a Novel

  Jemc, Jac, 1983-

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  "Touring their prospective suburban home, Julie and James are stopped by a noise. Deep and vibrating, like throat singing. Ancient, husky, and rasping, but underwater. "That's just the house settling," the real estate agent assures them with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The October Film Haunt

  a Novel

  Wehunt, Michael, 1952-

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  Ten years ago, Jorie Stroud was the rising star of the October Film Haunt - a trio of horror enthusiasts who camped out at the filming locations of their favorite scary movies, sharing their love through their popular blog. But after a night in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Nightmare Man

  a Novel

  Markert, James, 1974-

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  "Blackwood mansion looms, surrounded by nightmare pines, atop the hill over the small town of Crooked Tree. Ben Bookman, bestselling novelist and heir to the Blackwood estate, spent a weekend at the ancestral home to finish writing his latest horror…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Victorian Psycho

  a Novel

  Feito, Virginia,

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  Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to play the perfect governess—she’ll dutifully tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell them bedtime stories, and only joke about eating children. But long, listless days spent within the estate’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• She's a Lamb!

  a Novel

  Hambrock, Meredith,

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  "Jessamyn St. Germain is meant to be a star. Not an actor who occasionally books yogurt commercials and certainly not a lowly usher at one of Vancouver's smallest regional theaters. No, she is bound for greatness, and that's why the part of Maria in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Sunny Place for Shady People

  Stories

  Enriquez, Mariana,

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  "On the shores of this river, all the birds that fly, drink, perch on branches, and disturb siestas with the demonic squawking of the possessed--all those birds were once women. Welcome to Argentina and the fascinating, frightening, fantastical…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Spite House

  Compton, Johnny,

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  Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife, his house, his whole life behind in Maryland, he's desperate for money—it's not easy to find steady, safe work when you can't provide references, you…Read moreRead more of this annotation