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Make Me Better by Sarah GaileyMAKE ME BETTER is an eerily seductive look at the desire for community connection and self-improvement---and the darkest places inside us all. An exclusive invitation. A remote island infamous for its miraculous ecology. A once-in-a-lifetime chance to fix everything that's broken. But sometimes growth requires sacrifice.... WELCOME TO KINDRED COVE.
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| Muñeca by Cynthia GómezIn 1968 Oakland, CA, reluctant witch Natalia "Nati" Fuentes works as a caregiver for spellbound heiress Violeta Miramontes, hoping she can free the young woman for a hefty reward. But when she unexpectedly falls in love with Violeta, she discovers that her powers -- and her heart -- are no match for the forces that keep Violeta trapped. Fans of Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia will enjoy Cynthia Gómez's menacing and atmospheric debut. |
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Dark Is When the Devil Comes by Daisy PearceThe woods are known as the place to avoid. What goes in, doesn't come out. Hazel has been gone from her small hometown of Idless in the English countryside for years. Now, returned in the wake of a traumatic divorce and crumbling personal life, her simple plans are to lay low at her parents' vacated house, reconnect with her prickly sister Cathy, and slowly get back on her feet. Cathy is surprised when Hazel doesn't show. Their relationship strained from a fallout half a decade ago, she didn't expect them to get back into a sisterly rhythm...though she hadn't counted on Hazel bailing, either. But something isn't adding up. Other people in town whisper of a threat that can't be shaken. The woods are known for being restless. And Cathy knows the old saying. If you go looking for trouble, you just might find it.
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Accumulation by Aimee PokwatkaA filmmaker-turned-housewife moves into her dream house and is forced to consider whether it's the house or herself that is haunted. Distracted by the endless details that come with moving into a new town, a new house, and new schools, Tenn doesn't notice when odd things begin happening at home. The faucet that runs at all hours. The creepy doll that seems to show up in every room. The human tooth they found in the floorboards. As the family finds itself increasingly caught in loops, repeating everyday actions with dangerous--and then devastating--effects, Tenn realizes she must find the source of what is haunting her family, before it kills them all.
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| Marion by Leah RowanThis contemporary and darkly humorous twist on Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic Psycho sees Marion Crane turning the tables on her would-be killer, motel owner Norm Billings, in "an amped-up feminist revenge fantasy" (Booklist). Try these next: Molka by Monica Kim; Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito. |
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| Fabulous Bodies by Chuck TingleFashion influencer Poppy Stringer's side hustle as a body snatcher takes an unexpected turn when she's tasked with transporting the corpse of her idol, rockstar Eddie Michaels. Things get even weirder when Eddie reanimates and forces Poppy to drive him around Palm Springs in a series of increasingly gory errands. For fans of: the violence and dark humor of Grady Hendrix's We Sold Our Souls. |
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| Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul TremblayAgreeing to remotely pilot a comatose man (whom she nicknames "Bernie") to Rhode Island, where assisted suicide is legal, disaffected California pro-gamer Julia begins to question the intentions of the tech corporation who hired her for the gig. Meanwhile, "Bernie" struggles to fight back against his programming and remember who he was. Fans of Philip K. Dick and Coen brothers films will enjoy this genre-bending latest from three-time Bram Stoker Award winner Paul Tremblay. |
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The Caretaker by Marcus KliewerFrom Marcus Kliewer, a new titan of the macabre and unsettling, comes an eerie supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences far greater--and more dangerous--than she ever could have imagined. What starts as a peculiar side gig soon becomes a waking nightmare. An incomprehensible evil may dwell on this property--and Macy Mullins might just be the only thing standing between it, and the rest of humanity.
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| I'll Watch Your Baby by Neena VielInspired by real-life "Welfare Queen" Linda Taylor, this haunting dual timeline novel follows Lottie Turner, a scammer in 1974 Chicago who's on the run from the cops, and Bless Stewart, a reluctant thief in 1994 caught in the middle of a robbery gone wrong. The women's paths cross in surprising ways, building to a gruesome and thought-provoking finale. For more on Linda Taylor, check out Josh Levin's award-winning biography The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth. |
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The Summer Fun Massacre by Craig DilouieSurviving the massacre is just the beginning in this razor-sharp summer-camp slasher with a bloody twist from horror master Craig DiLouie. It's 1992, and in the heat of Texas, camp Summer Fun rests by a crystalline lake surrounded by a shady forest. The counselors have set out the kayaks, prepped the kitchens, and refurbished the cabins. Now, on the night before camp begins, a bonfire and the teenage counselors' rites of passage await. But the camp has a horrifying history. In the '80s, there was a massacre that left a sole survivor, a killer on the loose and rumors that the woods are haunted. And that the killer might one day return. Could the real nightmare be just beginning?
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