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| We Sold Our Souls by Grady HendrixGetting the band back together: In this pulpy Faustian fable with a heavy metal twist, washed-up guitarist Kris embarks on a redemptive road trip to reconnect with her old bandmates and stop their former frontman from unleashing hell on earth.
What sets it apart: complex heroine Kris, whose grit and verve make her a worthy successor to the "final girls" of slasher horror films.
Want a taste? "A girl with a guitar never has to apologize for anything." |
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| Flight or Fright by Stephen King (editor) and Bev Vincent (editor)What it is: a nail-biting anthology about air travel that will have even the most grounded of readers searching for the nearest emergency exit.
Contributors include: Arthur Conan Doyle, Ray Bradbury, Dan Simmons, and co-editor Stephen King (who has a lifelong fear of flying).
Don't miss: In E. Michael Lewis's "Cargo," a crew transporting dead bodies after the Jonestown massacre begins hearing noises coming from the cargo bay. |
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200 Years of Frankenstein
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The dark descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
by Kiersten White
The events of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein unfold from the perspective of Elizabeth Lavenza, who is adopted as a child by the Frankensteins as a companion for their volatile son Victor
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The Only Child
by Andrew Pyper
What it is: a tense, gripping homage to classic monster tales; a globetrotting cat-and-mouse thriller.
Starring: driven forensic psychiatrist Lily Dominick (who's no stranger to violence) and her new patient Michael, who claims to be 200 years old and the inspiration for Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and Mr. Hyde.
Author alert: Andrew Pyper is the bestselling author of The Demonologist.
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| Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed SaadawiWhat it's about: In an effort to honor the dead in U.S.-occupied Baghdad, scavenger Hadi collects body parts from bombing victims, stitching them together to form a new body. But then the body disappears and begins wreaking terrifying vengeance upon the city.
Is it for you? If you like your horror to skew more literary, this visceral allegory offers a moving exploration of life in war-torn Iraq.
Book buzz: Frankenstein in Baghdad is the winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction and a Man Booker International Prize finalist. |
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| Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary ShelleyWhat it is: Mary Shelley's classic parable of mad scientist Victor Frankenstein and the creature he brings to grotesque and dangerously intelligent life, presented in its original edition.
Why it matters: A formative work of Gothic horror, Frankenstein is also widely regarded as one of the earliest works of science fiction.
Did you know? The result of a "ghost story" writing competition between Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Lord Byron, Frankenstein was published anonymously when Shelley was only 20 years old. |
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