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10001) Bedfellow
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From Jeremy C. Shipp comes a tense dark fantasy novel of psychological horror in Bedfellow. It broke into their home and set up residence in their minds. When the... thing first insinuated itself into the Lund family household, they were bemused. Vaguely human-shaped, its constantly-changing cravings seemed disturbing, at first, but time and pressure have a way of normalizing the extreme. Wasn't it always part of their lives? As the family make more...
10002) Mahal
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A ghostly woman threatens the new owner of a haunted palace that he must marry her reincarnation or else he will die.
10006) Creatures of passage
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"Nephthys Kinwell is a taxi driver of sorts in Washington, DC, ferrying passengers in a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere with a ghost in the trunk. Endless rides and alcohol help her manage her grief over the death of her twin brother, Osiris, who was murdered and dumped in the Anacostia River. Unknown to Nephthys when the novel opens in 1977, her estranged great-nephew, ten-year-old Dash, is finding himself drawn to the banks of that very same river. It is...
10007) 1921
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Hindi feature film. "When Ayush arrives in England to learn music, he is shocked and scared when the manor he is living in, becomes haunted by spirits. To exorcise them, he seeks the help of Rose, a woman who can see and speak with them"--From Worldcat.org.
10008) The core
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Demon Cycle volume 5
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"For time out of mind, bloodthirsty demons have stalked the night, culling the human race to scattered remnants dependent on half-forgotten magics to protect them. Then two heroes arose--men as close as brothers, yet divided by bitter betrayal. Arlen Bales became known as the Warded Man, tattooed head to toe with powerful magic symbols that enable him to fight demons in hand-to-hand combat--and emerge victorious. Jardir, armed with magically warded...
10009) Abraham Lincoln vs. zombies
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During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln discovers that he must also wage a battle against zombies.
10010) It
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"A group of bullied kids band together when a shapeshifting monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children"--www.imdb.com.
10012) Ayesha, The Return of She
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This is a story about the beautiful and immortal Ayesha. The expedition is sent to an unexplored part of Africa, where the group finds Ayesha, who claims the expedition's leader is the reincarnation of her long-dead beloved. Ayesha became ageless and absolutely beautiful over 2 thousand years ago, plunging into a magical fire. Her only desire is to reunite with her beloved man. She makes the expedition leader to immerse himself as well.
10013) A Dark Night's Work
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A writer of remarkably diverse talents, Elizabeth Gaskell produced fiction and non-fiction ranging from short stories that offered detailed cross-sections of Victorian life and society to a well-regarded biography of author Charlotte Bronte. The novel A Dark Night's Work is the engrossing apogee of Gaskell's foray into Gothic ghost stories and tales of horror. Fans of these genres won't be disappointed. As part of our mission to publish great works...
10014) The Alchemist
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This early work by H. P. Lovecraft was originally published in 1916. Born in 1890 in Rhode Island, USA, Lovecraft began writing at a very young age, quickly developing a deep and abiding interest in science. In 1913, Lovecraft joined the UAPA (United Amateur Press Association) but it was four years later, in 1917, that he began to focus on fiction, producing such well-known early stories as 'Dagon' and 'A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson'. However,...
10015) The Witch's Head
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"The Witch's Head" is a novel by H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1885. The story takes place in England and revolves around a young man named Leonard Outram, who inherits a large estate from his uncle. The estate includes an ancient castle, which is rumored to be haunted by a witch's ghost. Leonard becomes obsessed with the legend of the witch and begins to investigate her story. He discovers that the witch was a woman named Lady Arabella who...
10016) The Lake
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In the third and final book of this exciting horror trilogy, Laura and Anne find themselves back in Haven. In a last attempt to right the wrongs of the town, does Laura end up finishing off the monster? Or does it take her and Anne out before continuing to loom over the town for the rest of eternity? Find out in part three of The Lake. But be sure to look under your bed before you go to bed tonight.As soon as I see her lips turn a dark shade of blue,...
10017) At night comes wolves
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"After being objectified by her husband, Leah Shaffer abandons her marriage and falls in to a destined kinship with a small cult bent on ending misogynistic culture and transcending to a place beyond the stars"--www.imdb.com.
10019) The Vampyre, A Tale
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The Vampyre is a short work of prose fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori taken from the story Lord Byron told as part of a contest among Polidori, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and Percy Shelley. The same contest produced the novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The Vampyre is often viewed as the progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The work is described by Christopher Frayling as "the first story successfully...
10020) The Campfire Cult
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It was the last summer night at Amble Park for the Campfire Club-an outcast group of pre-teens fueled by s'mores and ghost stories-when Marcy discovered the perfectly-intact skull of a whitetail buck. It was the same night that she saw Him, a formidable, antlered form, that watched her from the windows of an abandoned building in the trees. Since that night, Marcy has been running from that unknowable darkness, traumatized by night terrors, panic...
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