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| Bad Man by Dathan AuerbachWhat it's about: Five years after losing his three-year-old brother at a grocery store in their small Florida town, guilt-stricken 20-year-old Ben takes a job at the same store, becoming obsessed by the possibility that his creepy co-workers may have had a hand in the tot's mysterious disappearance.
For fans of: Southern Gothic literature, unreliable narrators, and the early works of Stephen King.
Author alert: Dathan Auerbach is the author of Penpal and is a frequent contributor to Reddit's popular NoSleep forum. |
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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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Brooklyn Blood
by Paul Levitz and Tim Hamilton
What it's about: A serial killer on the loose in Brooklyn's trendiest neighborhoods, leading to a mystery connecting these crimes with a ghostly presence from long past accidents. The New York Post calls it "part police procedural, part Lovecraftian horror story."
What sets it apart: Billy is a veteran from Afghanistan, and his PTSD causes him to suffer severe hallucinations. Once he begins to work on a gruesome homicide case, he has difficult sorting out what's real.
Author alert: Paul Levitz has written for Batman, Superman, and other famous comic series and wrote 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Myth-Making. Tim Hamilton is an illustrator who previously brought to life Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation.
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The Anomaly
by Michael Rutger
What it's about: When minor YouTube personality and paranormal investigator Nolan Moore receives sponsorship for a filmed expedition to a mysterious cavern, he jumps at the chance for a shot at stardom, realizing all too late that the fate of his show--and the fate of his team--hangs in the balance.
What sets it apart: This claustrophobic and engrossing adventure counts famed horror author R.L. Stine among its early fans and is being touted by its publisher as "Indiana Jones meets The X-Files."
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200 Years of Frankenstein
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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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| 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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| Teen Frankenstein by Chandler BakerWhat it's about: Texas high schooler Victoria "Tor" Frankenstein's Nobel Prize aspirations are put to the test when she accidentally kills--and subsequently reanimates--a teenage boy.
Series alert: Teen Frankenstein is the 1st in the young adult series High School Horror, followed by Teen Hyde and Teen Phantom.
Reviewers say: "a bleak, grisly story with a healthy dose of atmospheric horror" (Publishers Weekly). |
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The New Annotated Frankenstein
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
What's inside: Just in time for its bicentenary, this annotated edition of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's novel arrives, complete with an introduction, afterword, notes, and illustrations.
Is it for you? Modern fans of Frankenstein's monster will find this volume compelling and satisfying, while those new to the story can read the original and learn about its history.
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| The Only Child by Andrew PyperWhat 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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