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| I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200 by Robert BrockwayDowntrodden Maksim "Ivan" Ivanov has the unique ability to see (and kill) other people's imaginary friends, a skill he utilizes to make a quick buck. But when he's pitted against violent prankster Eddie Video, the imaginary friend of 8-year-old Kay Washington, he discovers that Eddie is unlike any foe he's faced before.
For fans of: Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman; Mister Magic by Kiersten White. |
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| Dead First by Johnny ComptonIn this supernatural mystery from Bram Stoker Award-winning author Johnny Compton, Texas PI Shyla Sinclair is tasked by immortal billionaire Saxton Braith to find out why he can't die -- an endeavor that could reveal dangerous secrets, including a few of Shyla's own.
For fans of: The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth and You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom by Vincent Tirado. |
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| She Made Herself a Monster by Anna KovatchevaIn a 19th-century Bulgarian village beset by misfortune, ostracized orphan Anka teams up with Yana, a self-proclaimed vampire slayer, to escape the clutches of her lecherous guardian who intends to marry her.
For fans of: Slavic folklore-inspired novels of Naomi Novik and Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh. |
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| Humboldt Cut by Allison MickBack in her logging hometown for her godmother's funeral, nurse Jasmine discovers her family's connection to the land after her brother James goes missing in the woods and she's forced to confront the terrors within if she hopes to find him.
For fans of: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer and The Overstory by Richard Powers. |
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| On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah ScholfieldAfter escaping the clutches of her abusive mother in the 1965 American South, 41-year-old Judith "Jude" Rice finds solace in the Georgia swamplands. Jude finds shelter in a house as haunted by its violent history as she is by her own. She falls for the mysterious Nemoira, who pushes her to limits she didn't know she had and must confront the calls of violence rooted in her bloodline..
For fans of: Tananarive Due and Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson |
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| The Glowing Hours by Leila SiddiquiIn 1816, British Indian housemaid Mehrunissa Begum accompanies her employers, Percy and Mary Shelley, to Lake Geneva, where Mary begins writing Frankenstein. But as the summer progresses, Mehrunissa notices the supernatural events plaguing not only the villa, but Mary herself.
For fans of: Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Isabel Cañas. |
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| This House Will Feed by Maria TureaudAfter losing her family to the Great Famine in 1848 Ireland, Maggie O'Shaughnessy agrees to pose as Lady Catherine's late daughter to help the noblewoman protect her inheritance. But the rumors that Catherine's estate is haunted prove too difficult to ignore, and Maggie begins to suspect that her employer is behind the malevolence.
For readers of: Katherine Arden's The Warm Hands of Ghosts and The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins |
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| Nowhere Burning by Catriona WardAbused siblings Riley and Oliver flee their home for Nowhere, a refuge for runaway children in the Colorado Rockies. But soon they learn that their newfound sanctuary comes at a terrible price -- one they're not sure they're willing to pay.
Try this next: Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo; One of Us by Dan Chaon. |
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