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• Haunt Sweet Home

  Pinsker, Sarah,

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  “Don’t talk to day about what we do at night.” When aimless twenty-something Mara lands a job as the night-shift production assistant on her cousin’s ghost hunting/home makeover reality TV show Haunt Sweet Home, she quickly determines her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Whistle at Night

  An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

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  Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cackle

  Harrison, Rachel, 1989-

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  All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Immortal Pleasures

  Castro, V.,

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  Hundreds of years ago, she was known as La Malinche: a Nahua woman who translated for the conquistador Cortés. In the centuries since, her name has gone down in infamy as a traitor. But no one ever found out what happened to La Malinche…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Witches of Bellinas

  a Novel

  Jones, J. Nicole,

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  A dreamy California Gothic about a woman who moves to the mysterious town of Bellinas to save her marriage, only to be swept up in a hedonistic cult that isn’t what it seems Tansy and her husband Guy are the newest arrivals in Bellinas, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Full Throttle

  Stories

  Hill, Joe,

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  A little door that opens to a world of fairy-tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping ground for a gang of hunters in “Faun.” A grief-stricken librarian climbs behind the wheel of an antique Bookmobile to deliver fresh reads to the…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,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hidden Pictures

  Rekulak, Jason,

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  Mallory Quinn is fresh out of rehab when she takes a job as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy. Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, goes out for nightly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What We Sacrifice for Magic

  a Novel

  DeWerd, Andrea Jo,

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  It’s 1968, and the Watry-Ridder family is feared and respected in equal measure. The local farmers seek out their water charms, and the teenagers, their love spells. The family’s charms and spells, passed down through generations of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Sheep

  Harrison, Rachel, 1989-

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  Nobody has a “normal” family, but Vesper Wright’s is truly...something else. Vesper left home at eighteen and never looked back—mostly because she was told that leaving the staunchly religious community she grew up in meant she couldn’t…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Remember You

  a Ghost Story

  Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

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  In an isolated village in the Icelandic Westfjords, three friends set to work renovating a rundown house. But soon, they realize they are not as alone as they thought. Something wants them to leave, and it's making its presence felt.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Certain Dark Things

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Atl, the descendant of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Boy's Life

  McCammon, Robert R.,

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  Small town boys see weird sights, and Zephyr has provided Cory Jay Mackenson with his fair share of oddities. He knows the bootleggers who lurk in the dark places outside of town. On moonless nights, he’s heard spirits congregate in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Devil in Silver

  a Novel

  LaValle, Victor, 1972-

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  Pepper is the surprised inmate of a mental institution in Queens, New York. In the darkness of his room, on his first night, a terrifying creature with the body of an old man and the head of a bison nearly kills him before being hustled…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Winter People

  McMahon, Jennifer, 1968-

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  West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Camp Damascus

  Tingle, Chuck,

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  Camp Damascus is a searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price of keeping secrets, and finding the courage to burn it all down. Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Beast You Are

  Stories

  Tremblay, Paul,

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  The fifteen pieces in this brilliant collection, The Beast You Are, are all monsters of a kind, ready to loudly (and lovingly) smash through your head and into your heart. In “The Dead Thing,” a middle-schooler struggles to deal with the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Kept Her in the Cellar

  a Novel

  Gorman, W. R. (Fiction writer),

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  There are always two sides to a story. This dark and twisted reimagining of Cinderella, told from her stepsister's POV, is perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher and Naomi Novik. Eunice lives her life by three simple rules: One, always refer…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tiny Threads

  a Novel

  Rivera, Lilliam,

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  Fashion-obsessed Samara finally has the life she’s always dreamed of: A high-powered job with legendary designer Antonio Mota. A new home in sunny California, far away from those drab Jersey winters. And an intriguing love interest,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Piñata

  Gout, Leopoldo,

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  It was supposed to be the perfect summer. Carmen Sanchez is back in Mexico, supervising the renovation of an ancient abbey. Her daughters Izel and Luna, too young to be left alone in New York, join her in what Carmen hopes is a chance…Read moreRead more of this annotation