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• Incidents Around the House

  a Novel

  Malerman, Josh,

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  To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: “Can I go inside your heart?” When horrifying incidents around the house signal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Used to Live Here

  Kliewer, Marcus,

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  As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they’re working in the house one day, there’s a knock on the door. A man stands there with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bored Gay Werewolf

  Santorella, Tony,

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  Brian, an aimless slacker, works doubles at his shift job, forgets to clean his room and lays about with his friends Nik and Darby. He's been struggling to manage his transition to adulthood almost as much as his monthly transitions to a werewolf.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• House of Bone and Rain

  a Barrio Noir

  Iglesias, Gabino,

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  For childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul, and Bimbo, death has always been close. Hurricanes. Car accidents. Gang violence. Suicide. Estamos rodeados de fantasmas was Gabe’s grandmother’s refrain. We are surrounded by ghosts. But this time is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pay the Piper

  Romero, George A.,

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  In 2019, while sifting through University of Pittsburgh Library System’s George A. Romero Archival Collection, novelist Daniel Kraus turned up a surprise: a half-finished novel called Pay the Piper, a project few had ever heard of. In the years…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• So Thirsty

  Harrison, Rachel, 1989-

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  Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday. She doesn’t need a reminder she’s getting older, or that she’s feeling indifferent about her own life. Her husband surprises her with a birthday-weekend getaway—not with him, but with Sloane’s longtime best…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Youthjuice

  Sathue, E. K.,

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  From Sophia Bannion’s first day on the Storytelling team at HEBE (hee-bee), a luxury skincare/wellness company based in New York’s trendy SoHo neighborhood and named after the Greek goddess of youth, it’s clear something is deeply amiss. But Sophia,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Eyes Are the Best Part

  Kim, Monika,

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  Ji-won’s life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her Appa’s extramarital affair and subsequent departure. Her mother, distraught. Her younger sister, hurt and confused. Her college freshman grades, failing. Her dreams, horrifying . . . yet…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pink Slime

  a Novel

  Trías, Fernanda, 1976-

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  In a city ravaged by a mysterious plague, a woman tries to understand why her world is falling apart. An algae bloom has poisoned the previously pristine air that blows in from the sea. Inland, a secretive corporation churns out the only food…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Middle of the Night

  a Novel

  Sager, Riley,

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  The worst thing to ever happen on Hemlock Circle occurred in Ethan Marsh’s backyard. One July night, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend and neighbor, Billy, fell asleep in a tent set up on a manicured lawn in a quiet, quaint New Jersey…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rouge

  a Novel

  Awad, Mona,

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  For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother’s considerable debts…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One by One

  McFadden, Freida,

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  One by one, they will get what they deserve... Claire Matchett needs this trip. It will be a break from work and raising children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubbing with friends at a luxurious hotel in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Like It Darker

  Stories

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Confessions of the Dead

  Patterson, James, 1947-

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  Hollows Bend, New Hampshire, is a picture-perfect New England town where weekend tourists flock to see fall leaves and eat breakfast at the Stairway Diner. The crime rate—zero--is a point of pride for Sheriff Ellie Pritchett. The day the stranger…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Was a Teenage Slasher

  a Novel

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small west Texas town driven by oil and cotton—and a place where everyone knows everyone else’s business. So it goes for Tolly Driver, a good kid with more potential than application, seventeen, and about to be cursed to kill…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bellevue

  a Novel

  Cook, Robin, 1940-

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  A new tale of suspense-horror about a first-year resident whose life-shattering visions reveal the truth behind some of the greatest medical advances in the history of medicine. Twenty-three-year-old Michael “Mitt” Fuller starts his surgical…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Angel of Indian Lake

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  It’s been four years in prison since Jade Daniels last saw her hometown of Proofrock, Idaho, the day she took the fall, protecting her friend Letha and her family from incrimination. Since then, her reputation, and the town, have changed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'll Be Waiting

  a Novel

  Armstrong, Kelley,

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  Nicola Laughton never expected to see adulthood, being diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis as a child. Then medical advances let her live into her thirties and she met Anton, who taught her to dream of a future… together. Months after they married, Anton…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Out There Screaming

  An Anthology of New Black Horror

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  A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• William

  a Novel

  Coile, Mason, 1968-

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  Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read—a haunted house story in which the haunting is by AI. Henry is a brilliant engineer who, after untold hours spent in his home lab, has achieved the breakthrough of his…Read moreRead more of this annotation