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Mother Is Watching
by Karma Brown
Mathilde Tilly Crewson, a thirty-nine-year-old mother and art conservator, is tasked with restoring The Mother. The painting, believed to be the work of a female surgeon-turned-artist after a personal tragedy, is the rumored fourth piece in a collection of only three known works. But this newly discovered painting, scarred by fire, holds more than meets the eye. Soon after receiving the painting, Tilly discovers she's unexpectedly pregnant, and strange, inexplicable occurrences begin: terrifying insect swarms, eerie visits from her long-deceased mother, and sinister whispers that invade her mind. As these malevolent forces intensify, Tilly comes to a harrowing realization: the only way to sever the perilous bond she shares with the painting is to destroy it. But The Mother has plans of her own--and they're darker than Tilly could ever imagine. . . .
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Between Two Fires
by Christopher Buehlman
And Lucifer said: Let us rise against Him now in all our numbers, and pull the walls of Heaven down...The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm--that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising in a second war on heaven, and that the world of men has become their battleground. Is it delirium or is it faith? Now she has convinced the faithless Thomas to shepherd her across a depraved landscape to Avignon. There, she tells Thomas, she will fulfill her mission: to confront the evil that has devastated the earth, and give him--blood-stained and wretched as he is--a chance at redemption he long thought lost. As hell unleashes its wrath, and as the true nature of the girl is revealed, Thomas will find himself on a macabre battleground of angels and demons, saints and the risen dead, and in the midst of a desperate struggle for nothing less than the soul of man.
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| Nothing Tastes as Good by Luke DumasDesperate for a change, obese 28-year-old Emmett Truesdale signs up for a clinical trial of Obexity, a new gene therapy treatment designed to help with weight loss. As the weight falls off, Emmett's confidence grows...but he soon discovers there's a dark side to Obexity. This thought-provoking latest from the author of The Paleontologist is "superbly well timed for the current cultural moment" (Kirkus Reviews). Try this next: Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer. |
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| Molka by Monika KimSeoul office worker Dahye is reeling from her boyfriend's betrayal after he's caught up in a hidden camera scandal. Meanwhile, her voyeuristic coworker Junyoung has installed cameras throughout their workplace, which he uses to spy on Dahye and their other women colleagues. As Junyoung's interest in her turns to obsession, Dahye's continued downward spiral becomes a quest for vengeance...with him in the crosshairs. For fans of: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. |
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| The Caretaker by Marcus KliewerCash-strapped Macy Mullins accepts a position as a caretaker for a house on the Oregon Coast, which promises hefty pay for only three days of work. But when she arrives, she's given a list of Rites that must be followed, lest the Visitors from the neighboring woods destroy the world. This menacing cosmic horror novel from the author of We Used to Live Here is "for those who like their thriller stories bowstring taut and their endings pitch black" (Booklist). Try this next: The Spite House by Johnny Compton; The Night That Finds Us All by John Hornor Jacobs. |
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| Wretch: Or, the Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw by Eric LaRoccaGrief-stricken after his husband's death, Simeon finds solace in a mysterious support group called The Wretches, who introduce him to Porcelain Khaw, a man who can give people a last moment with deceased loved ones. But Porcelain Khaw's gift comes at a dangerous price, one Simeon isn't sure he can pay. For fans of: the unflinching transgressive fiction of Hailey Piper, Kathe Koja, and Clive Barker. |
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I Love You Don't Die
by Jade Song
For as far back as she can remember, Vicky has been fascinated and obsessed with death as the only inevitable thing in life. From living above a Chinatown funeral parlor to working at a celebrity start-up for bespoke urns, she has surrounded herself with death--in her home, in her work, and in her ever-growing collection of zhizha, paper creations meant to be burned for the dead, adorning the walls of her apartment. Yet, though living in Manhattan and working her dream job is all she ever wanted, she still struggles to have meaningful connections--or find any meaning at all--in her life. Too often she spends the day in bed, only drawn out from time to time by her best (and only) friend, Jen.That changes when a dating app leads her into a throuple with an artist and a labor organizer, who offer exactly the kind of love she needs. For some time, it's perfect, but no one understands better than Vicky that all things must end. As doubts grow over the love in her life, her friendship with Jen, and her professional success, the oddly comforting abstraction of death starts becoming something else altogether. With everything beginning to feel hollow and temporary, Vicky must decide how to keep moving forward. To try and hold on to what she has, or to once again do what she does best: destroy.
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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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| The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-GarciaA graduate student researching a mysterious horror author uncovers dark family secrets and a haunting past linked to witchcraft and decades-spanning disappearances in this multi-timeline gothic novel rich with folklore, suspense, and supernatural terror. For fans of: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. |
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| Listen to Your Sister by Neena VielTwentysomething Calla has recurring nightmares in which her younger brothers Dre and Jamie violently die. When Jamie runs afoul of a police officer at a protest, the trio flee to a remote cabin, where Calla's nightmares become horrifyingly real. Try this next: Model Home by Rivers Solomon. |
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