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| Ghost Station by S.A. BarnesWhat it is: Tagging along for an exploration mission to a creepy abandoned planet, psychologist Ophelia Bray tries to make in-roads with the tight-knit crew who seem to be hiding something from her.
For fans of: classic sci-fi/horror film Alien; The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling. |
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| Diavola by Jennifer ThorneWhat it is: A family vacation at an Italian villa triggers an escalating series of paranormal phenomena in this darkly humorous latest from Jennifer Thorne (Lute).
For fans of: The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden. |
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| Indian Burial Ground by Nick MedinaWhat it's about: Following the mysterious death of her boyfriend on a Louisiana reservation, Noemi Broussard investigates just who -- or what -- is menacing her tribal lands.
For fans of: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones; Bad Cree by Jessica Johns. |
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| The Garden by Clare BeamsWhat it's about: In late 1940s Massachusetts, Irene Willard is pregnant again after several miscarriages. Desperate for a child, she goes to a private Berkshires hospital where a husband-and-wife doctor duo specialize in helping people like her. She clashes with the wife, but also makes friends and finds a strange garden where she makes a surprising discovery.
Try this next: The Book of Thorns by Hester Fox. |
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| The Gathering by C.J. TudorWhat it's about: In rural Deadheart, Alaska, detective Barbara Atkins investigates the death of a teenager who was found with all the blood drained from his body. Could members of the Colony, an ostracized community of (mostly harmless) vampyres, be at fault?
For fans of: Red Moon by Benjamin Percy. |
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| The Spite House by Johnny ComptonWhat it is: Cash-strapped and on the run, Eric Ross accepts an offer to move into Masson House, a haunted property in Texas, along with his two daughters. Tasked with recording any supernatural goings-on in exchange for a big payout, Eric's family discovers secrets about the house that could destroy their safety...and their sanity.
For fans of: haunted house classic The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons. |
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| How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady HendrixWhat happens: Following the mysterious deaths of their parents, estranged 30-something siblings Louise and Mark Joyner have a tense reunion in their South Carolina family home, where their mother's prized puppets and dolls seem to have taken on a life of their own.
Try this next: The September House by Carissa Orlando. |
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| Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham JonesWhat it is: Four years after surviving the Indian Lake massacre, final girl Jade Daniels returns to her Idaho hometown to square off against escaped serial killer Dark Mill South.
Sequel alert: The Angel of Indian Lake, the conclusion to Stephen Graham Jones' Indian Lake trilogy, is out now. |
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| The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra KhawWhat it's about: Two refugees, a mermaid and a plague doctor, seek safety in the forest but instead encounter greater danger in this dark and often disturbing homage to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid."
You might also like: Aimee Ogden's Sun-Daughters, Sea Daughters; T. Kingfisher's Sworn Soldier series; Jade Song's Chlorine. |
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| She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh TranWhat it is: Weaving true horrors from Vietnamese history into an eerie haunted house tale, this young adult debut stars teenage Jade Nguyen, who's in Vietnam helping her father restore a French colonial home when she decides to inspire a fake haunting in hopes of sending her family away.
Try this next: And Don't Look Back by Rebecca Barrow. |
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