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• The Midnight Timetable

  A Novel in Ghost Stories

  Chung, Bora/ Hur, Anton (TRN)

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  From the author and translator of the National Book Award finalist and Booker Prize shortlisted Cursed Bunny, comes a novel-in-ghost-stories, set in a mysterious research center that houses cursed objects, where those who open the wrong door might…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Whistle at Night

  An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

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  "A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and gritty crime by both new and established Indigenous authors that dares to ask the question: "Are you ready to be un-settled?" Many Indigenous people believe…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Night Guest

  Hildur Knútsdóttir, 1984-

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  "Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest is an eerie and ensnaring story set in contemporary Reykjavík that's sure to keep you awake at night. Iðunn is in yet another doctor's office. She knows her constant fatigue is a sign that something's not right,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Monstrilio

  Córdova, Gerardo Sámano,

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  A "genuinely scary" horror debut written in " prose so beautiful you won't want to rush" about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man, and the people who love him in every form he takes (Ana Reyes) Grieving mother Magos…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bunny

  Awad, Mona,

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  "Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Meddling Kids

  a Novel

  Cantero, Edgar, 1981-

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  SUMMER 1977. The Blyton Summer Detective Club (of Blyton Hills, a small mining town in Oregon's Zoinx River Valley) solved their final mystery and unmasked the elusive Sleepy Lake monster--another low-life fortune hunter trying to get his dirty…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Return

  Harrison, Rachel, 1989-

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  "Julie is missing, and the missing don't often return. But Elise knows Julie better than anyone, and she feels in her bones that her best friend is out there, and that one day she'll come back. She's right. Two years to the day that Julie went…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Houseguest and Other Stories

  Dávila, Amparo,

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  With acute psychological insight, Dávila follows her characters to the limits of desire, paranoia, insomnia, and fear. She is a writer obsessed with obsession, who makes nightmares come to life through the everyday: loneliness sinks in easily like a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• But Not Too Bold

  Pueyo, H.,

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  "The old keeper of the keys is dead, and the creature who ate her is the volatile Lady of the Capricious House - Anatema, an enormous humanoid spider with a taste for laudanum and human brides. Dalia, the old keeper's protegee, must take up her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

  Stories

  Bazterrica, Agustina María, 1974-

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  A collection of nineteen dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winning TikTok sensation Tender Is the Flesh. From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica, this collection of nineteen brutal, darkly funny short stories…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A House With Good Bones

  Kingfisher, T.,

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  "T. Kingfisher's A House With Good Bones is a contemporary Southern Gothic from a master of modern horror that explores the deep, dark roots of family and in which grandma's ghost haunting your house may be the least of your worries. In this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Cosmology of Monsters

  a Novel

  Hamill, Shaun,

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  Monsters both figurative and very literal stalk the Turner family. The youngest child, Noah, narrates the family history: how in the late '60s, his bookish mother Margaret marries Lovecraft-lover Harry against her better judgment. The couple has two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eat the Ones You Love

  Griffin, Sarah Maria,

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  "A twisted, tangled story about workplace love-affairs, and plants with a taste for human flesh. During a grocery run to her local shopping center, Shell Pine sees a 'HELP NEEDED' sign in a flower shop window. She's just left her fiancé, lost her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Your Utopia

  Chŏng, Po-ra, 1976-

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  "Bora Chung's inimitable blend of horror, absurdity, and dark humor reaches its peak in these tales of loss and discovery, dystopia and idealism, death and immortality. In a thrilling translation by the acclaimed Anton Hur, readers will experience a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Things Get Dark

  Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson

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  A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by, and in tribute to, Shirley Jackson. Chilling, human, poignant and strange, her stories have inspired a generation of writers and readers. This anthology, edited by legendary horror editor…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Dirty Job

  Moore, Christopher, 1957-

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  Charlie Asher, a neurotic and anxious hypochondriac who hates change, confronts the challenges of being a widower and a single parent when his wife dies of a freak medical condition on the day his new daughter, Sophie, is born.

• The Strange Library

  Murakami, Haruki, 1949-

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  In a fantastical illustrated short novel, three people imprisoned in a nightmarish library plot their escape.

• Mister Magic

  a Novel

  White, Kiersten,

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  "Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the classic children's program Mister Magic, the five surviving cast members have done their best to move on. But just as generations of cultishly devoted fans still cling to the lessons…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Saturday Night Ghost Club

  Davidson, Craig, 1976-

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  "A short, irresistible, and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of Stranger Things and Stand by Me about a group of misfit kids who spend an unforgettable summer investigating local ghost stories and urban legends"