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| Hunger & Thirst by Claire FullerIn 1987 England, 16-year-old foster kid and aspiring artist Ursula Major's coworkers Vince and Sue invite her to squat with them in the Underwood, a creepy abandoned mansion whose owners were murdered ...and then Sue mysteriously disappears. Decades later, Ursula, now a sculptor, finds herself hounded by a true crime documentarian who wants to make a film about Sue. But some things in the past should stay buried. For fans of: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai. |
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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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Trad Wife
by Saratoga Schaefer
Every #tradwife needs a baby. She'll get one at any cost. When Camille Deming isn't cooking, cleaning, or homesteading in her picture-perfect country farmhouse, she's posting about her tradwife lifestyle for her online followers. She takes inspiration from other tradwives on social media, aspiring to be like them, but Camille's missing a key component: a baby. And contrary to what she posts online, things with her husband, Graham, have been strained. Pressured by her eager followers, Camille fears that without a baby, her relationship will suffer and her social media will never grow out of its infancy. When Camille discovers a mysterious, decrepit well in the wheat field behind her house, she makes a wish for a baby. Afterward, she has unsettling experiences that she convinces herself are angelic in nature, and when she's visited one night by a strange creature, her wish comes true. Camille's pregnancy announcement gets more engagement than anything she's ever posted--so what if Graham's reaction is lukewarm? Camille's life is finally falling into place. Never mind that her pregnancy is developing freakishly rapidly and she's suddenly craving raw meat. Being a traditional wife is worth it.
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| Headlights by CJ LeedeFBI Agent Daniel Stanfield is nearing retirement when he's called in to work an unsolved case he couldn't crack four years ago -- people are waking up wearing a stranger's skin, with no memory of how it happened. This time around, the crimes are eerily connected to Daniel's own past. Will he be able to confront his demons and solve the case before it's too late? Stephen King fans will want to check out this gruesome latest from the author of Maeve Fly. |
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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 Dorians
by Nick Cutter
On a remote island in the Canadian wilderness, five elderly volunteers from different walks of life are given a tantalizing offer: to stall their biological clocks or even reverse them, restoring their lost youth. The chance to put death on pause--forever, perhaps. The remarkable secret lies in the high-tech harnessing of an ancient and extraordinary biological agent...one with no conscience, yet possessed with a single-minded purpose that has helped it persist for eons: the will to survive. The dark heart of unbridled human ambition finds its apex in an unholy experiment that now tests the limits of both creator and subject, eclipsing all bounds of morality and sanity.
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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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You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom: A Modern Gothic Horror
by Vincent Tirado
Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing imaginable: family.When Papi Ramon, the patriarch of the wealthy Abreu family dies, he gives the family one last message in the will: One of you is el bacà, the demon that I made a deal with. Get rid of them or you will be damned. Xiomara, the uncontested favorite of Papi Ramon (and therefore the least liked in the family), watches as everyone dismisses this as the joke of a senile old man and demands the lawyer obtain the previous will Papi wrote.While the lawyer drives back to his office, a storm breaks out, forcing the entire family--Xiomara's aunts and uncles and cousins--to remain in the house. And the words of Papi's will hangs over their heads even heavier than the rain clouds. Over the course of the night, scandal after scandal is revealed to the public about the family. Suddenly a tense few hours of surviving her family turns into a vicious night of recrimination, violence, accusations...and murder.Xiomara is faced with an impossible task: uproot a demon and somehow kill it or excise the ghosts that linger within her own family.And the clock is ticking...
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