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Pick Your Poison October 2021 |
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The Haunting of Henderson Close
by Catherine Cavendish
“In this atmospheric novel, Cavendish tells what happens when tour guides go from telling dark and haunting stories to becoming the
haunted ones drawn into the story." - Publishers Weekly
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The Whispering Dead
by Darcy Coates
"Keira awakens in a rainy wood, with no memory of how she got there and no explanation for why she’s being hunted. Seeking refuge in the nearby town of Blighty, she is taken in by a kindly pastor whose house abuts a graveyard. Almost immediately, Keira sees a specter emerge from the cemetery: it’s Emma Carthage, who was murdered by a descendant of the town’s founder in the 1980s and whose ghost is
visible only to Keira. As Keira investigates Emma’s murder, she draws in some new friends and allies—but also incites the ire of a slew of new
enemies.” - Publishers Weekly
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Harrow Lake
by Kat Ellis
"Lola Nox is sent to live with her estranged maternal grandmother in
the mining town where her horror movie director father's most iconic
film was set, when paranormal incidents and whispers of a century-old monster make her question if she'll make it out alive." - Provided by publisher
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The Woman in Black
by Susan Hill
“Arthur Kipps, a young solicitor, travels to the north of England to settle the estate of Alice Drablow, but unexpectedly encounters a series of sinister events.” - from WPL catalog
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The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
“It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor,
a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers--and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.” - from WPL catalog
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It Will Just Be Us : a novel
by Jo Kaplan
"A terrifying new gothic horror novel about two sisters and a haunted house that never sleeps, perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle.” - from WPL catalog
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The Twisted Ones
by T. Kingfisher
"When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother's home
in rural North Carolina, she finds long-hidden secrets about a strange colony of beings in the woods in this chilling novel that reads like The Blair Witch Project meets The Andy Griffith Show.” - from WPL catalog
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The Passage : a Novel
by Justin Cronin
“A security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment that only six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte can stop.” - from WPL catalog
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My Best Friend's Exorcism
by Grady Hendrix
"After witnessing a series of strange incidents combined with her best friend's increasingly bizarre behavior, 1980s high schooler, Abby, comes to the conclusion that Gretchen has become possessed by a demon and embarks on a quest to save her." - Baker & Taylor
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The Hunger
by Alma Katsu
"A retelling of the fate of the Donner Party, with a Walking Dead style twist" - Publisher.
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The Devil in Silver
by Victor D. Lavalle
"Landing in a budget-strapped mental institution after being accused of a crime he does not remember, Pepper is assaulted by a monstrous creature that has been attacking patients but that the hospital staff does not believe exists." - Baker & Taylor
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Let the Right One In
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
“Twelve-year-old Oskar is obsessed by the murder that's taken place in his neighborhood. Then he meets the new girl from next door. She's a bit weird, though. And she only comes out at night.” - Publisher's description
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The Terror : a Novel
by Dan Simmons
“The men on board HMS Terror have every expectation of triumph. As part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage, they are as scientifically supported an enterprise as has ever set forth. As they
enter a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, though,
they are stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness. Endlessly cold, with diminishing rations, 126 men fight to survive with poisonous food, a dwindling supply of coal, and ships buckling in the grip of crushing ice. But their real enemy is far more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness: an unseen predator stalking their ship, a monstrous terror constantly clawing to get in.” - from WPL catalog
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Survivor Song
by Paul Tremblay
"As a virulent strain of rabies spreads in Massachusetts, hospitals are overrun and society is falling apart. Pediatrician Ramola “Rams” Sherman is called into action when her pregnant best friend, Natalie, flees her home after she is bitten and her husband is attacked and
killed by an infected neighbor. Together they embark on a desperate journey to try to save Natalie and her baby.” - Booklist
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Chasing the Boogeyman : a Novel
by Richard T. Chizmar
“In the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls begin to turn up in a small Maryland town. The grisly evidence leads police to the terrifying assumption that a serial killer is on the loose in the quiet suburb. But soon a rumor begins to spread that the evil stalking local teens is not entirely human. Law enforcement, as well as members of the FBI are certain that the killer is a living, breathing madman--and he's playing games with them. For a once peaceful community trapped in the depths of paranoia and suspicion, it feels like a nightmare that will never end.
A clever, terrifying, and heartrending work of metafiction, Chasing the Boogeyman is the ultimate marriage between horror fiction and true crime.” -from WPL catalog
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The Final Girl Support Group
by Grady Hendrix
“In old-school slasher movies, there's always one traumatized, blood-drenched teen who survives the knife-wielding bad guy. Hendrix (The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, 2020) follows up with these so-called Final Girls in this entertaining, fast-paced, and darkly humorous novel that reads like a sequel to a spooky '80s horror flick.” - Booklist
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Mayhem
by Sarah Pinborough
"When a serial killer begins stalking the streets of London's East End, his grisly dealings are overshadowed by the hysteria surrounding Jack the Ripper's Whitechapel crimes, enabling the seemingly supernatural killer's activities to spread unchecked." - Baker & Taylor.
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The Silence : a Novel
by Luca Veste
""Matt Connolly and five of his friends are at a music festival when, in
the dead of night, they are awakened by a bloodcurdling scream. That's when the group discover one of their own being assaulted by a man in the darkness. In the resulting fight, the man ends up dead. Nearby, another body is discovered beheaded in the fields, and the group realize they may have murdered a serial killer at large. Banding together, they decide to cover up the murder, never to speak of it again. But a year later, when one of their own is killed, they realize someone may know their secret, and after all this time they're finally ready to take their revenge.." - Provided by publisher
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The Last House on Needless Street
by Catriona Ward
"This is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street. All these things are
true. And yet they are all lies...You think you know what's inside the last house on Needless Street. You think you've read this story before. That's where you're wrong. In the dark forest at the end of Needless Street, lies something buried. But it's not what you think…” - Summary taken from Goodreads
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Uzumaki : Spiral Into Horror
by Junji Itō
"Collects the complete story of Shuichi Saito, who believes that his town is haunted by the uzumaki, a spiral, hypnotic secret shape of the world that manifests itself in various ways and causes madness among the inhabitants." - Baker & Taylor
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Lovecraft Country : a Novel
by Matt Ruff
"In 1954, young Army veteran Atticus Turner travels to New England with his uncle and childhood friend to search for his missing father, only to encounter human and supernatural terrors at the estate of a descendant of slave owners." - Baker & Taylor
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Annihilation
by Jeff VanderMeer
"Describes the twelfth expedition to Area X, a region cut off from the continent for decades, by a group of intrepid women scientists who try to ignore the high mortality rates of those on the previous eleven missions." - Baker & Taylor
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The Book of Accidents : a Novel
by Chuck Wendig
“Long ago, Nathan Graves lived in a house in the country with his abusive father--and has never told his family what happened in that house. Long ago, Maddie Graves was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn't--and is trying to remember that lost trauma by making haunting sculptures. Long ago, something sinister, something hungry, walked in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of their hometown in rural Pennsylvania. Now Nate and Maddie are married, and they have moved back to their hometown with their son, Oliver. And now what happened long ago is happening again . . . and it is happening to Oliver." - Provided by publisher
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A Little Bit of Everything - Anthologies: :
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The Monstrous
by Ellen Datlow
“These electrifying tales redefine monsters from mere things that go bump in the night to inexplicable, deadly reflections of our day-to-day lives. Whether it's a seemingly devoted teacher, an obsessive devotee of swans, or a diner full of evil creatures simply seeking oblivion, the monstrous is always there--and much closer than it appears.” - from the WPL catalog
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Tiny Nightmares : Very Short Tales of Horror
by Lincoln Michel
"Tiny Nightmares brings to life broken-hearted vampires, Uber-taking serial killers, mind-reading witches, and monsters of all imaging, as well as stories that tackle the horrors of our modern world from global warming and racism to social media addiction and online radicalization. Writers such as Samantha Hunt, Brian Evenson, Jac Jemc, Stephen Graham Jones, Kevin Brockmeier, and Rion Amilcar Scott expand our understanding of horror fiction with inventive and blood-curdling new tales. We suggest reading with the hall light on and the bedroom door open just a crack." - Jacket flap
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