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- The Hungry Moon
Ramsey Campbellstandalone novel1986
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The Hungry Moon is a novel by Ramsey Campbell published in 1986.
- Revival
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2014
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The protagonist details how his life keeps intersecting with that of the man he first met as the pastor of his church in childhood, whose experiments with electricity lead to mastery of a cosmic power which he uses to help people, until his obsession leads to physical and spiritual disaster for all.
- Song of Kali
Dan Simmonsstandalone novel1985
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Song of Kali is a horror novel by American writer Dan Simmons, published in 1985. The story deals with an American intellectual who travels to Calcutta, India, where he becomes embroiled in mysterious and horrific events at the centre of which lies a cult of Kapalikas that worships Kali.
- Moon
James Herbertstandalone novel1985
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Jon Childes is considered with suspicion by the inhabitants of the island he moved to. Yet, he has a respectable job in the local school; he misses the daughter, remained with the mother, but he feels free from the past nightmares... Suddenly everything restarts: visions, at first blurred and then clear. Sequences of atrocity and blood go through his mind as he sees the "slaughtering thing" in action, and cannot prevent it. [translated from back cover]
- Dead Lines
Greg Bearstandalone novel2004
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From the flaps of the Ballantine first edition: "For the last two years, Peter Russell has mourned the death of one of his twin daughters - who was just ten when she was murdered. Recent news of his best friend's fatal heart attack has now come as another devastating blow. Divorced, despondent, and going nowhere in his career, Peter fears his life is circling the drain. Then Trans comes along. The brainchild of an upstart telecom company, Trans is (as its name suggests) a transcendent marvel, a sleek, handheld interpersonal communication device capable of flawless operation anywhere in the world, at any time. "A cell phone, but not" - transmitting with crystal clarity across a newly discovered, never-utilized bandwidth... and poised to spark a new-technology revolution. When its creators offer Peter a position on their team, it should be a golden opportunity for him. If only he wasn't seemingly going mad. Everywhere Peter turns, inexplicable apparitions are walking before him or reaching out in torment. After a chilling encounter with his own lost child he begins to grasp the terrifying truth: Trans is a Pandora's box that has tapped into a frequency not of this world... but of the next. And now, via this open channel to oblivion, the dead have gained access to the living. For Peter, and for humankind, a long shadowy night of the soul has descended, bringing with it the stuff of a horrifying nightmare from which they may never awaken."
- The Influence
Ramsey Campbellstandalone novel1988
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A young girl begins to take on the characteristics of her departed grandmother, an evil and oppressive woman.
- Hell House
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1971
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A dying millionaire wants proof, once and for all, of what happens after death, and hires physicist-turned-parapsychologist Dr. Lionel Barrett to spend a week investigating the Belasco House in Maine -- a mansion so thoroughly associated with atrocity that it's known simply as Hell House, where every previous investigation has ended in death or madness. Barrett brings his wife Edith along with two mediums, the spiritualist Florence Tanner and Benjamin Franklin Fischer, survivor of an earlier disastrous visit, whose scientific skepticism and spiritualist convictions clash from the first night inside. Richard Matheson's haunted-house novel, later filmed as The Legend of Hell House.
- Enoch Coffin
series13 books2013
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- Spawn
Shaun Hutsonstandalone novel1983
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A burn victim, who accidentally caused the death by fire of his infant brother, begins work at a hospital where his assignments include disposing of aborted fetuses. His subsequent deterioration coincides with the escape of a homicidal maniac from a nearby prison.
- The Dark
James Herbertstandalone novel1980
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WorldCat: It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power. And somewhere in the night, a small girl smiled as her mother burned. Asylum inmates slaughtered their attendants. In slimy tunnels, once-human creatures gathered. Madness raged as the lights began to fade and humanity was attacked by an ancient, unstoppable evil.
- A Haunting on the Hill
Elizabeth Handstandalone novel2023
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A Haunting on the Hill is a Gothic horror novel by Elizabeth Hand. The story is an authorized sequel to Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House.
- Mister Magic
Kiersten Whitestandalone novel2023
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Mister Magic is a 2023 horror novel by American writer Kiersten White. Published by Del Rey, the novel centers upon the five survivors of a children's television series that got cancelled due to a tragic accident.
- The Fog
James Herbertstandalone novel1975
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The Fog is a horror novel by English writer James Herbert, published in 1975. It is about a deadly fog that drives its victims insane when they come into contact with it.
- The Overnight
Ramsey Campbellstandalone novel2004
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The bookstore’s shelves are put in order every night, but every morning, books are found lying all over the floor, many damp and damaged beyond repair. The store’s computers keep acting up, and even when the machines are off, they seem to glow with a spectral gray light. Things soon go from bad to worse. A salesclerk abruptly loses his ability to read. One employee accuses another of making sexual advances. A hit-and-run in the parking lot claims a life. The security monitors display half-seen things crawling between the stacks. Desperate to pass a company inspection, the manager musters his staff for an overnight inventory. When the last customers reluctantly depart, leaving almost-visible trails of slime shining behind them, the doors are locked, sealing the staff inside for a final orgy of shelving. The damp, grey, silent things that have been lurking in the basement and hiding in the fog may move slowly, but they are inexorable. This bookstore is the doorway to a hell unlike any other.
- Burnt Offerings
Robert Marascostandalone novel1973
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Burnt Offerings is a 1973 American horror novel by Robert Marasco. Its plot follows a family who move into a summer home where each member is plagued by unusual experiences and personality changes. Published by Delacorte Press, the novel had originally been conceived as a screenplay before Marasco rewrote it into a novel. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1976. The novel was reprinted in 2015 by Valancourt Press.
- Last Days
Adam Nevillstandalone novel2012
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Last Days is a 2012 horror novel by the British author Adam Nevill. The book was first published in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2012 by Pan Macmillan and was published in the United States on 26 February 2013 through St. Martin's Griffin. It won the 2013 British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel and film rights for Last Days were first optioned by Adam Storke in early 2014. The option has subsequently passed to another film production company.
- The Philosopher's Stone
Colin Wilsonstandalone novel1969
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The Philosopher's Stone is a 1969 horror novel by the English writer Colin Wilson. It tells the story of two researchers who find a way to reach a higher state of consciousness, which leads to frightening revelations about humanity's distant history. Like Wilson's 1967 novel The Mind Parasites, The Philosopher's Stone uses motifs from H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
- Crash
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1973
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Crash is a novel by J. G. Ballard, first published in 1973 with a cover designed by Bill Botten. It follows a group of car-crash fetishists who, inspired by the famous crashes of celebrities, become sexually aroused by staging and participating in car accidents.
- Little Eve
Catriona Wardstandalone novel2018
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Little Eve is a 2018 gothic horror novel by Catriona Ward, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
- The House on the Borderland
William Hope Hodgsonstandalone novel1908
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The House on the Borderland (1908) is a supernatural horror novel by British fantasist William Hope Hodgson. The novel is a hallucinatory account of a recluse's stay at a remote house, and his experiences of supernatural creatures and otherworldly dimensions.
- The Between
Tananarive Duestandalone novel1995
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The Between is a 1995 horror novel by Tananarive Due and her debut novel. It follows a middle-class African-American husband and father who has lived with the belief that he cheated death as a child. When his family becomes the target of racist threats, he suffers a psychological breakdown intertwined with supernatural elements that blur the boundary between reality and death. It was nominated for the 1996 Bram Stoker Award.
- Slights
Kaaron Warrenstandalone novel2009
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Slights is a 2009 horror novel by Australian writer Kaaron Warren. It is her debut novel and is about a woman who withdraws from society and has near-death experiences in which she enters a dark room where she is tormented by people she had previously slighted. It was first published as a paperback original and e-book in the United Kingdom and Australia in July 2009 by Angry Robot, an offshoot of HarperCollins, and in the United States by Angry Robot in September 2010.
- Some of Your Blood
Theodore Sturgeonstandalone novel1961
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Some of Your Blood is a short horror novel in epistolary form by American writer Theodore Sturgeon, first published in 1961.
