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| Dreamland by Olivie BlakeLooking for an opportunity to break into the film industry, aspiring actress Anya Morris takes a job working as caretaker for Julian “Jude” de Witt, the epileptic adult son of movie star William de Witt. Drawn into a world of opulence and excess, Anya finds herself falling for mysterious Jude. But secrets plague the de Witt household, and Anya begins to suspect the family may be connected to a rash of murders happening throughout Los Angeles. Fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia will want to check out this menacing modern gothic. |
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The Secret Dinner
by Raphael Montes
Dante, Piglet, Miguel, and Hugo are your average students trying to make ends meet with part-time jobs, excited about the bright futures at their fingertips. So when their rent skyrockets, they struggle to keep their new lives and big dreams afloat. They need to make money however they can. In order to keep their apartment, the friends adopt an unorthodox plan and are soon sucked into a dark world of secret dinner parties catering to the twisted fantasies of Rio's elite.
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The Unknown
by Riley Sager
In 1926, five women vanished from a remote Vermont island without a trace. One hundred years later, actress Marin Keane travels there to research a film about the unsolved mystery, only to find herself trapped on the island as eerie occurrences and new disappearances revive fears that its haunted past is returning. For fans of: The Lost Village by Camilla Sten and The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James.
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| Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel HarrisonShaken after a run-in with her ex-fiancé at a mutual friend’s wedding, Willa Sullivan’s night goes from bad to worse when a masked figure kills everyone at the reception. But then Willa wakes up…and discovers she’s re-living the day of the wedding. Stuck in a time loop in which she is killed in increasingly disturbing ways, Willa alone must fight back to unmask the killer and save herself and her friends. Try this next: Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle. |
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| Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (editors)This creepy and visceral follow-up to bestselling Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology collects 21 horror stories from established and emerging Indigenous authors, including Stephen Graham Jones, Ramona Emerson, and Tommy Orange. It’s “a rare sequel that is better than its predecessor,” says Library Journal. Try this next: Something Followed Us Home: Tales of Latiné Horror edited by Cynthia Pelayo. |
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A Thousand Monstrous Forms
by Saratoga Schaefer
After a whirlwind marriage, artist Poppy Reed moves into her wealthy wife’s isolated manor and soon discovers unsettling secrets. As strange occurrences mount and a blizzard leaves her trapped inside, Poppy must uncover the truth hidden beneath the house before it’s too late. Bluebeard gets a gothic horror and sapphic romance twist in this fairy-tale retelling, perfect for fans of The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas.
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The Last to Drown
by Noelle W. Ihli
What should have been the adventure of a lifetime becomes a nightmare when a remote rafting expedition is plagued by strange incidents that echo a long-ago killing spree. With no easy escape, Kaia suspects someone on the river is hiding deadly secrets. She must uncover the truth before history repeats itself. Try this next: Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams.
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| Stay Buried by Jennifer McMahonOne hundred years after a rabies-like plague destroyed isolated Boone’s Ferry, Vermont and turned the town’s knackerman into a monster, siblings Ashley and Malcolm inherit a property in the area. Still haunted by the spirit of the knackerman, locals perform a series of unusual rituals to appease him, and anyone who fails to do so dies a horrific death. When Ashley discovers the knackerman’s mark on her hotel room door, she and Malcolm must learn the truth about Boone’s Ferry’s traumatic history. For fans of: Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester. |
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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
by Harlan Ellison
The brilliant and scarily relevant short story by Harlan Ellison, an eight-time Hugo Award winner, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and four-time Nebula Award winner In a postapocalyptic world, four men and one woman are all that remain of the human race, brought to near extinction by an artificial intelligence named A.M. Programmed to wage war on behalf of its creators, the AI has become self-aware and has now turned against all humanity. The five survivors struggle for survival in a vast prison created by A.M. in a deeply personal war between hope and despair.
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Mazywood
by Tananarive Due
When filmmaker Johnny brings his family to his late grandmother’s secluded mountain lodge, he uncovers long-buried secrets tied to her life as a pioneering Black Hollywood actress. As he investigates her past, a generations-old evil awakens, placing his family in danger. Try this next: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark or Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
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