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| The Edge of Sleep by Jake Emanuel and Willie Block with Jason GurleyWhat it is: a creepy cosmic horror novel based on the podcast of the same name.
The premise: When all the residents of a quaint coastal California town die in their sleep, parasomniac night watchman Dave Torres and three others fight to stay awake and figure out what's going on.
Reviewers say: "a wild ride that is equally trippy and jarring" (Library Journal); "a fresh take on the apocalyptic genre" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| Dead Eleven by Jimmy JulianoWelcome to... the mysterious Clifford Island, an isolated Lake Michigan community where residents have a cult-like devotion to living like it's 1994.
Read it for: a slow-burn storyline that unfolds via multiple perspectives and is told through interview transcripts, letters, and newspaper articles.
Book buzz: A People Must-Read for Summer, Dead Eleven is the debut of NoSleep subreddit sensation Jimmy Juliano. |
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| Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-GarciaHow it begins: In 1993 Mexico City, Montserrat Curiel works as a sound editor while her friend Tristán Abascal toils away as a soap opera actor. A chance encounter with Abel Urueta, the pair's favorite cult director, leads to their involvement in helping him finish one of his films.
What happens next: Urueta claims his unfinished film was cursed by a Nazi occultist, and that completing it will finally bring him the success he was promised. But once the trio finish their work, a terrifying magic is reawakened that threatens to consume them all. |
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| Burn the Negative by Joshua WinningWhat it's about: Decades after starring in The Guesthouse, a cult horror film that left eight of its cast and crew members dead during filming, journalist and former child actress Polly Tremaine finds herself drawn to the production of its remake, where people start dying again...
Read it for: a chilling and action-packed homage to 1980s slasher movies.
Try this next: The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman; Mister Magic by Kiersten White. |
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The drift : a novel
by C. J. Tudor
Introducing: Hannah, trapped with a handful of survivors after an accident; Meg, stranded in a cable car high above snowy mountains with five strangers; and Carter, plunged into darkness at an isolated ski chalet, are all faced with something that threatens to consume all of humanity.
Reviewers say: “Each of the nested stories features a murder, but it’s the intricate way the narratives lock together that provides the most satisfying surprise. Tudor may be the queen of British crime fiction, but she’s gunning for the horror throne now.”—Esquire
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A good house for children : a novel
by Kate Collins
In the present: Leaving their city apartment for the promise of more space for their children, Nick and Orla move to an antiquated Georgian mansion on the Dorset cliffs, where strange things start to happen.
Four decades earlier: Lydia moves into the same house as a live-in nanny to a grieving family. Lydia, too, becomes aware of intangible presences in the large house, and she becomes increasingly fearful for the safety of the children in her care.
Reviewers say: "Collins intertwines the tales of Orla and Lydia, who have each lived in the Reeve: a house subject to haunting, but also a place where boundaries blur . . . between different times, but also of the sense of reality and the other, and ultimately, the edge of sanity itself. A beautifully written, creepy tale reminiscent of Shirley Jackson." — Alison Littlewood, author of A Cold Season
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L.E. Smoot Memorial Library 9533 Kings Hwy, King George, Virginia 22485 (540) 775-2147www.smoot.org |
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