Horror and Suspense

Living Dead Girl
by Elizabeth Scott

After being abducted when she was ten and abused for five years by her kidnapper, Ray, Alice's only hope of freedom is in death, but her only way to achieve such an escape is to help Ray find the next girl for his collection.
The Weight of Blood
by Tiffany D. Jackson

When Springville residents—at least the ones still alive—are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation . . . Maddy did it.
They Bloom at Night
by Trang Thanh Tran

When a red algae bloom takes over Mercy, Louisiana, after a devastating hurricane, mutated wildlife lurks in the water, and when Mercy's predatory leader demands Noon and her mom catch a creature that has been drowning residents, Noon must confront the past.
Immortal dark
by Tigest Girma

Infiltrating the elite Uxlay University, where students study to ensure peaceful coexistence between humans and vampires, orphaned heiress Kidan Adane must live with the vampire she suspects killed her family and kidnapped her sister, risking her very soul—and her heart—to save her.
Abduction
by Peg Kehret

Thirteen year old Bonnie has a feeling of foreboding on the very day that her six year old brother Matt and their dog Pookie are abducted, and she becomes involved in a major search effort as well as a frightening adventure.
The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly
by Meredith Tate

When Autumn Casterly goes missing after a drug deal gone wrong, her estranged younger sister, Ivy, searches for her, uncovering dark secrets along the way
Sawkill girls
by Claire Legrand

After girls mysteriously disappear on the island of Sawkill Rock, three unlikely friends come together to destroy the Collector, a monster from another world who grows stronger with each kill
Devils Unto Dust
by Emma Berquist

After her mother's death, Willie must protect her younger siblings from the flesh-eating creatures that surround her town and is forced to enter the dangerous desert to find her father when he steals from the most powerful man in town
Killer House Party
by Lily Anderson

Red Solo cups? Check. Snacks? Check. Abandoned mansion full of countless horrors that won't let you leave? Check. The Deinhart Manor has been a looming shadow over town for as long as anyone can remember, and it's been abandoned for even longer. When the final Deinhart descendent passes, the huge gothic manor is up for sale for the first time ever. Which means Arden can steal the keys from her mom's real estate office...It's time for a graduation party that no one will ever forget. Arden and her friends each have different reasons for wanting to throw the party to end all parties. But when the manor doors bar everyone inside and the walls begin to bleed, all anyone wants to do is make it out alive.
Beholder
by Ryan La Sala

The only survivor of a NYC penthouse party massacre where dead bodies were arranged into disturbingly elegant sculpture, Athan becomes the prime suspect and, desperate to prove his innocence, must confront an ancient evil compelling its victims toward violence, chaos and self-destruction.
Flight 171
by Amy Christine Parker

Devon Marsh is haunted by secrets. Like the identity of the person who killed her twin sister, Emily, in a hit-and-run accident last Halloween, which Devon has vowed to uncover. Like the things Devon said to Emily just before she died. But she's determined to start fresh when she boards a four-hour flight along with her classmates for their senior class ski trip. Devon never could have guessed those secrets would surface in the most terrifying way when a supernatural creature hijacks their flight and gives the students a deadly ultimatum: choose one among them to sacrifice before the end of the flight. Or the plane will crash. As the clock ticks down, the creature slowly unearths the passengers' deepest, darkest secrets--and reveals that one of the teens on the plane is responsible for Emily's death. The students must agree on a sacrifice, or there won't be any survivors. But can Devon find a way to stop the creature, or will she give in to her anger and let revenge take control?
Wrath Becomes Her
by Aden Polydoros

Created as an avenging golem in the image of a man's daughter who was killed by the Nazis, Vera, the Jew the Nazis cannot kill, is made for vengeance but begins to wonder if she's more than the wrath her creator infused within her.
One was Lost
by Natalie D Richards

On a senior class camping trip, four girls find themselves lost in the woods, their supplies destroyed, and hunted by a killer
You'll be the death of me
by Karen M. McManus

Deciding to ditch school together, former friends Ivy, Cal and Mateo, in one chance move, find their day turning from dull to deadly when another student is murdered right in front of them. 
The Honeys
by Ryan La Sala

After his twin sister Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars takes her place at the elite Aspen Conservancy Summer Academy where he finds himself hunted by something toying with his mind that leads him to the Honeys, a group of beautiful—and terrifying—girls.
The gathering dark: An anthology of folk horror
by Tori Bovalino

These are the stories that haunt us. A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A rural, isolated bridge with a terrifying monster waiting for the completion of its summoning ritual. A lake that allows the drowned to return, though they have been changed by the claws of death. These are the shadowed, liminal spaces where the curses and monsters lurk, refusing to be forgotten. Hauntings, and a variety of horrifying secrets, lurk in the places we once called home.
Our wicked histories
by Amy Goldsmith

Spending the weekend at Wren Hall, her last, and only, chance to save her spot at an exclusive British art school and make amends with her former friends, Meg instead must fight for her survival when dark secrets and a tainted legacy come to light.
The last witness
by Claire McFall

While on a camping trip to an isolated beach on the Scottish coast, Heather's friends stuffer the wrath of a malevolent spirit, and a year later, Heather remains imprisoned in a facility, refusing to admit guilt
Dread Nation
by Justina Ireland

When families go missing in Baltimore County, Jane McKeene, who is studying to become an Attendant, finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy that has her fighting for her life against powerful enemies.
Frightmares
by Eva V. Gibson

While working at Frightmares House of Horrors, Dave finds his summer turning into a real-life horror show when he stumbles upon a dead body, which then disappears, making him wonder if he is the killer's next target.
The Black girl survives in this one: Horror stories
by Desiree S. Evans

Featuring contributions from best-selling and acclaimed authors including Monica Brashears, Vincent Tirado and Daka Hermon, this thought-provoking collection of 15 terrifying tales centers around Black girls who are heroes and survivors who slay monsters, battle spirits and face down death.
The getaway
by Lamar Giles

When Karloff Country, one of the world's most famous resorts, suddenly offers the richest and most powerful families a safe haven from the nightmare outside its walls, Jay and his crew learn just how far they'll go to find out the truth and save themselves. 
Go hunt me
by Kelly deVos

While in Romania to film their last epic horror movie before they go their separate ways, Alex must go up against a monster she never thought would be released after her friends are murdered one-by-one. 
Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives
by Adam Cesare

A year after the Kettle Springs massacre, Quinn and her friends Rust and Cole become the focus of online conspiracy theories that recast them as villains rather than victims.
It looks like us
by Alison Ames

After the expedition leader tries to kill her while on a research trip to Antarctica, high school junior Riley Kowalski discovers that they've been infiltrated by something that can change its shape—and could quickly replace any of them. 
Friends like these
by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

"When an incident at an end-of-summer party leads to the death of a fellow student, causing friends to start turning on friends and lies to start piling upon lies, Jessica discovers her boyfriend has a lot to hide. 

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