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| Marion by Leah RowanThis contemporary and darkly humorous twist on Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic Psycho sees Marion Crane turning the tables on her would-be killer, motel owner Norm Billings, in "an amped-up feminist revenge fantasy" (Booklist). Try these next: Molka by Monica Kim; Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito. |
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| Fabulous Bodies by Chuck TingleFashion influencer Poppy Stringer's side hustle as a body snatcher takes an unexpected turn when she's tasked with transporting the corpse of her idol, rockstar Eddie Michaels. Things get even weirder when Eddie reanimates and forces Poppy to drive him around Palm Springs in a series of increasingly gory errands. For fans of: the violence and dark humor of Grady Hendrix's We Sold Our Souls. |
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| Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul TremblayAgreeing to remotely pilot a comatose man (whom she nicknames "Bernie") to Rhode Island, where assisted suicide is legal, disaffected California pro-gamer Julia begins to question the intentions of the tech corporation who hired her for the gig. Meanwhile, "Bernie" struggles to fight back against his programming and remember who he was. Fans of Philip K. Dick and Coen brothers films will enjoy this genre-bending latest from three-time Bram Stoker Award winner Paul Tremblay. |
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| House of Margins by Tlotlo TsamaaseA year after her sister Anaya disappeared at a writing residency at Günter Huis, an eerie Cape Town colonial mansion, Ranewa stumbles upon a true crime podcast focusing on Anaya's disappearance. But she's left with more questions than answers when Miche, the podcast host and Anaya's fellow writing resident, arouses her suspicions. What really happened at Günter Huis? For another evocative gothic exploring the horrors of colonialism, read This House Will Feed by Maria Tureaud, set during Ireland's Great Famine. |
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Slasher Summer by E. L. ChenIn this campy love letter to the slasher films of the 1980s, seven friends reunite for a weekend of fun--only to be hunted down by a cold-blooded killer. But the real horror is not being able to escape who you were in high school. . . .
The sleepy town of Cedar Lake is best known as the shooting location of the campy '80s horror flick Slasher. In high school, preppy Patrick, jock Jason, cheerleader Tiffany, stoner Freddy, goth Jennifer, and nerdy Mikey had played the cast of Slasher during midnight showings, with virginal Carrie as the Final Girl, of course. Years later, the friends reunite at the remote cabin where Slasher was filmed. They've changed since high school--Carrie found a boyfriend, Patrick came out, Mikey bulked up, and, well, Freddy's still stoned--and they're looking forward to a weekend to catch up. But when night falls, and the eponymous masked killer is spotted, the reunion takes a deadly turn. The friends discover their tires deflated and the phone line disconnected, and soon they're being stalked by a mysterious assailant. Is someone trying to make their Slasher experience as authentic as possible? One thing is for sure. Before the night is over, they each will have to take on the role they thought they'd left behind.
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The Dorians
by Nick Cutter
On a remote island in the Canadian wilderness, five elderly volunteers are given the offer possible immortality. The secret lies in the high-tech harnessing of an ancient and extraordinary biological agent. The dark heart of unbridled human ambition finds its apex in an unholy experiment that now tests the limits of both creator and subject, eclipsing all bounds of morality and sanity.
Nick Cutter lives in Toronto, ON.
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I Know a Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours
by Nat Cassidy
The first collection from author Nat Cassidy, featuring his unique blend of gleefully terrifying short fiction, and including a brand-new introduction from the master of horror himself, Stephen King .
"Dripping with unrelenting dread, immersive fear, and existential terror... A singular voice, Cassidy doesn't just know a place, he has planted a flag there, cementing his status with a collection that feels like a conversation about horror (both the feeling and the genre) between author and readers". -- Library Journal
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Hunger
by Choi Jin-Young
A word-of-mouth phenomenon turned best-selling cult classic in Korea, Hunger is a visceral, psychologically daring novel that reveals how love and money shape, wound, and consume us.
Raw, furious, and unflinchingly intimate, Hunger is the Korean underground phenomenon that indicts capitalism, mourns lost love, and pushes the boundaries of what the body can endure for justice and survival. A psychologically and philosophically thrilling novel, it cuts to the core of how we are consumed by the world--and how we might consume it back.
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Bone of My Bone
by Johanna Van Veen
The year is 1635. Sister Ursula, a young nun fleeing the ruins of her convent, and Elsebeth, a sharp-witted peasant, escape a band of marauding soldiers and disappear into the Bavarian forest. War scorches the land, and no one survives it alone. Amid the devastation, they find something in the arms of a dying man: the gilded skull of a saint.It is said that if you reunite the saint's skull with her body, a wish will be granted. Desperate for salvation, and each with secret desires of their own, Ursula and Elsebeth follow a ragged map across the blighted countryside. But darkness follows them. A necromancer, drawn to the relic's power. The saint herself, whispering at night. And as the lines between blessing and curse blur, the women must face a harrowing truth: the magic they seek comes at a cost.At the journey's end, they'll face an impossible choice--one that could tear apart everything they know... or bind them to each other forever.
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Acquired Taste
by Clay McLeod Chapman
Clay McLeod Chapman's (Wake Up and Open Your Eyes) 3rd short story collection features 25 previously published stories and balances the author's signature dark humor with creeping dread. Try this next: A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories by Mariana Enriquez.
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