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• Bury Your Gays

  Tingle, Chuck,

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  Misha is a jaded scriptwriter who has been working in Hollywood for years, and has just been nominated for his first Oscar. But when he's pressured by his producers to kill off a gay character in the upcoming season finale―"for the algorithm"―Misha…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Craft

  Stories I Wrote for the Devil

  Lima, Ananda,

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  At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughout her life and she writes stories for him about things that are both impossible and true. Lima lures readers into surreal pockets of the United…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cuckoo

  Felker-Martin, Gretchen,

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  Something evil is buried deep in the desert. It wants your body. It wears your skin. In the summer of 1995, seven queer kids abandoned by their parents at a remote conversion camp came face to face with it. They survived―but at Camp Resolution,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Diavola

  Thorne, Jennifer, 1980-

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  Anna has two rules for the annual Pace family destination vacations: Tread lightly and survive. It isn’t easy when she’s the only one in the family who doesn’t quite fit in. Her twin brother, Benny, goes with the flow so much he’s practically…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Drowning House

  Priest, Cherie,

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  Houses fall into the Pacific Ocean all the time. Not one has ever come back. Until today. A violent storm washes a mysterious house onto a rural Pacific Northwest beach, stopping the heart of the only woman who knows what it means. Her grandson,…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

• Ghost Station

  Barnes, S. A.,

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  An abandoned planet. A hidden past. A deadly danger. Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of Eckhart-Reiser syndrome (ERS)―the most famous case of which resulted in the brutal murders of twenty-nine…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Haunting of Velkwood

  Kiste, Gwendolyn,

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  The Velkwood Vicinity was the topic of occult theorists, tabloid one-hour documentaries, and even some pseudo-scientific investigations as the block of homes disappeared behind a near-impenetrable veil that only three survivors could enter—and only…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Horror Movie

  a Novel

  Tremblay, Paul,

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  A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and The Cabin at the End of the World. In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing,…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

• The House of Last Resort

  a Novel

  Golden, Christopher,

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  Across Italy there are many half-empty towns, nearly abandoned by those who migrate to the coast or to cities. The beautiful, crumbling hilltop town of Becchina is among them, but its mayor has taken drastic measures to rebuild―selling abandoned…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive

  DiLouie, Craig, 1967-

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  Horror isn't horror unless it's real. Max Maurey should be on top of the world. He's a famous horror director. Actors love him. Hollywood needs him. He's making money hand over fist. But it's the 80s, and he's directing cheap slashers for audiences…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 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

• I Was a Teenage Slasher

  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

• King Nyx

  a Novel

  Bakis, Kirsten,

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  Anna Fort wants to be a supportive wife, even if that means accompanying her husband for the winter of 1918 to a remote, frozen island estate so he can finish his book as the guest of an eccentric millionaire. When she learns three girls are missing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lost Man's Lane

  a Novel

  Carson, Scott, 1982-

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  Marshall Miller would’ve remembered her face even if he hadn’t seen it on a MISSING poster. When a young woman disappears in his small town, the investigation hinges on Marshall’s haunted sighting of her, crying in the back seat of a police car…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Midnight Rooms

  a Novel

  Coles, Donyae,

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  England, 1840. Orabella Mumthrope spies an unexpected visitor in her uncle’s parlor. Scruffy in appearance yet claiming to be the scion of a fabulously wealthy family, Elias Blakersby declares a deep desire to make Orabella his wife. The orphaned…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

• The Queen

  a Novel

  Cutter, Nick,

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  On a sunny morning in June, Margaret Carpenter wakes up to find a new iPhone on her doorstep. She switches it on to find a text from her best friend, Charity Atwater. The problem is, Charity’s been missing for over a month. Most people in town—even…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