In Depression-era Arkansas, something wicked has come to a haunted mountain town in a novel of uncanny suspense by the author of Parting the Veil.Blood and power bind three generations of women in the Ozark Mountains. So does an evil that’s followed them across the decades.1931. Gracelynn Doherty lives peacefully on Tin Mountain, helping her adoptive granny work her cures. Despite whispers that the women are witches, the superstitious locals still seek them out, whether to remedy arthritis or a broken heart. But when evangelist Josiah Bellflower comes to town promising miracle healing, full bellies, and prosperity, his revivals soon hold Tin Mountain in thrall—and Granny in abject fear.Granny recognizes Josiah. Fifty years ago, in a dark and desperate moment, she made a terrible promise. Now Josiah, an enemy, has returned to collect his due.As Granny sickens and the drought-ridden countryside falls under a curse, Gracelynn must choose: flee Tin Mountain and the only family she knows, or confront the vengeful preacher whose unholy mission is to destroy her. Read more

Something sinister is happening inside the New Leaf Building.Olivia wakes on her bedroom floor in a pool of vomit, head spinning. The power is off and her husband is missing. A vicious storm assaults the building, but it is nothing compared to the storm raging outside her apartment door. A parasite has begun invading--possessing--the residents. Transforming them into twisted, murderous versions of their former selves with one thing on their mind. To kill.Screams echo from the darkened hallways as Olivia, desperate to find her husband, ventures unknowingly into a world of violence and mayhem. Trapped within the New Leaf’s endless corridors, she must face her fears and discover the dark, ancient secret behind the insanity. She must face the Infested.**Fans of Resident Evil and Walking Dead series will love this fast-paced visceral horror**REVIEWS ARE RAVING!"A claustrophobic chamber piece set inside a modern apartment tower, C.M. Forest's Infested has the gritty feel of early Cronenberg and Romero. The wild, fast-moving plot and gruesome set pieces will delight readers with a taste for the strong stuff." —Nick Cutter author of The Troop and The Deep"Swiftly moving between grisly encounters, action set pieces and peeled away reveals, C.M. Forest's Infested holds nothing back. This is pacy, gory, relentless fun graduated from the old school with honors." —Andrew Pyper, author of The Residence and The Demonologist“From the outset, this breakneck horror tale never lets up. Fans of 70s James Herbert and David Cronenberg are going to love this well written, skin crawling splatterfest!” - Dave Jeffery, author of the A QUIET APOCALYPSE series."Forest's 'Infested' is a claustrophobic nightmare! This book had me racing to see just what will happen, while squirming the entire time. Loved it!" - Steve Stred, Splatterpunk Nominated author of 'Sacrament' and 'Mastodon.'“C.M. Forest has created an image-induced nightmare of skittering little legs and creepy crawly carnage resulting in one heck of a traumatizing good time... Infested is a full-tilt 10 out of 10 on the heebie-jeebies scale, and a 5 out of 5 stars on the Horror Bookworm Recommendation scale"- Mike Horror Bookworm*moments of extreme violence - death - gore - child death Read more

"Pop your favorite Agatha Christie whodunnit into a blender with a scoop of Downton Abbey, a dash of Quantum Leap, and a liberal sprinkling of Groundhog Day and you'll get this unique murder mystery." —Harper's BazaarThe 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a breathlessly addictive mystery that follows one man's race to find a killer, with an astonishing time-turning twist that means nothing and no one are quite what they seem.Aiden Bishop knows the rules. Evelyn Hardcastle will die every day until he can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest at Blackheath Manor. And some of his hosts are more helpful than others. With a locked-room mystery that Agatha Christie would envy, Stuart Turton unfurls a breakneck novel of intrigue and suspense.International bestselling author Stuart Turton delivers inventive twists in a thriller of such unexpected creativity it will leave readers guessing until the very last page.The Sunday Times Bestseller!Costa First Novel Award WinnerHarper's Bazaar's 10 Must-Read Books of 2018The Guardian's Best Books of 2018Buzzfeed's 17 Mystery Books You Won't Be Able to Put DownCountry Living's 27 Murder Mystery Books You Won't Be Able To Put DownTown & Country's 35 Best Books About Time TravelDistractify's Best Books Like Knives OutTor.com's 7 Thrilling Murder Mysteries With SFF FlairBookRiot's 10 Mystery and Thriller Authors like Agatha ChristieBookRiot's 10 Best Time Loop Books Read more

No man would ever own me again.A simple promise I’d made to myself after escaping a brutal childhood of abuse and being trained to enact violence on unblessed witches. Since that moment, I had managed to survive on the streets by successfully pickpocketing.Unfortunately, after years of hiding, the monster who starred in all of my nightmares was closer than ever and I was faced with only one option - seeking refuge at the Dark Imaginarium Academy.Filled with the elite witches of our society, I should have expected to run into some of my previous targets and that normally wouldn’t have been a problem. It wasn’t like they’d known I’d stolen from them.Except for my last hit. What I stole from him was something I would never forget because it was literally embedded in my chest. Yeah, he was a bit upset about that one... as in acting absolutely psychotic. Except he's not the only one...A blood witch who has an addiction to my taste. A lunar witch who takes pleasure in trying to scare me into submission. An unblessed that wants to dissect me, literally. A shadow witch that relishes in marking up my body to show ownership. These men want to claim me, own me, and the treasure that I now possess, but I would never break the promise I made to myself.But when my past follows me right into the place I considered a safe haven, I find that these psychos may be the exact key to getting rid of my problem forever. The only problem? These men are convinced that I've never experienced the type of horror that would be required for that to happen, that they have to protect me from it. What they don’t realize?Killing left a stain on the soul and mine was pitch black.Lunar Witch features characters that are all 18+. This is not a high school academy book and the contents are intended for mature audiences. This book includes violence, mature content, PTSD, flashbacks of abuse, and sex. There is no bullying from the harem, just psychotic men trying to claim their girl.Lunar Witch is book one in the Phases of the Moon series, which is set within the shared universe of Dark Imaginarium Academy. All series can be read independently, but characters have crossovers and it is highly encouraged to read all within the universe to understand the world in its entirety.Series within the universe:Phases of the Moon by M. SinclairThe Storm Dragons’ Mate by M. SinclairThe Creatures We Crave by R.L. CaulderBlood Oath by R.L. Caulder Read more

Monsters exist. The only problem is… I'm the only one that can see them. I always thought I would outgrow it. That one day, I would magically wake up, and the nightmares that haunt my life would suddenly be gone. Unfortunately, that hasn't been my luck.Avoidance is key. Don't look at them. Pretend they aren't lurking in the shadows, and never make eye contact. But what happens when the events of my life spiral out of control, plunging me into a new world full of magic, death, and chaos?All I want to do is live a quiet life. Alone, where the monsters can't hurt anyone else, but fate has another plan for me. A Shadow of Betrayal is book 1 in the Umbra Hunters series and DOES end of a cliffhanger. This is a Paranormal RH romance, which means there will be no choosing between love interests at the end of the story.A Shadow of Betrayal has darker elements that readers should be aware of such as strong language, assault, adult content, and violence. Read more

A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a nightmarish short story about fatherhood dreams by New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill.Willy and Marianne’s farmhouse in Maine has acres of meadow and fresh air, and a lonesome bridle path in the forest along which Willy daydreams and ambles. When he’s loaned a decrepit old baby stroller to cart his groceries home, the rickety squeak of the wheels comforts him. So do the sweet coos of a baby Willy knows can’t be real. Can it? In this twisted thicket, wishes come true—with a price.Joe Hill’s The Pram is part of Creature Feature, a collection of devilishly creepy stories that tingle the spine and twist the mind. They can be read or listened to in one petrifying sitting. Read more

Diana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself—and her family history—in the highly anticipated fifth novel of the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls series.   Deborah Harkness first introduced the world to Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and witch, and vampire geneticist Matthew de Clairmont in A Discovery of Witches. Drawn to each other despite long-standing taboos, these two otherworldly beings found themselves at the center of a battle for a lost, enchanted manuscript known as Ashmole 782. Since then, they have fallen in love, traveled to Elizabethan England, dissolved the Covenant between the three species, and awoken the dark powers within Diana’s family line.    Now, Diana and Matthew receive a formal demand from the Congregation: They must test the magic of their seven-year-old twins, Pip and Rebecca. Concerned with their safety and desperate to avoid the same fate that led her parents to spellbind her, Diana decides to forge a different path for her family’s future and answers a message from a great-aunt she never knew existed, Gwyneth Proctor, whose invitation simply reads: It’s time you came home, Diana. On the hallowed ground of Ravenswood, the Proctor family home, and under the tutelage of Gwyneth, a talented witch grounded in higher magic, a new era begins for Diana: a confrontation with her family’s dark past, and a reckoning for her own desire for even greater power—if she can let go, finally, of her fear of wielding it. Read more

Joe works at a facility that performs human experimentation.His work just followed him home.The government wanted to unlock hidden abilities in the human mind.They put subjects in extreme sensory deprivation.All the test subjects went violently insane.But the research continued.Today it has been perfected.Almost perfected.From the author of In My Father's Basement comes another chilling novel that's a must-read for fans of horror. "Gruesome, gripping, and terrifyingly real!"REVIEWS:"A sick, fresh twist on the usual thriller/horror genre""Like watching a horror film""Refreshingly original""A page turner you won't want to put down""No book has ever made goosebumps run down my spine this much." Read more

Obey the rules. It’s the only way to survive the night in a short story about what hides in the dark by the New York Times bestselling author of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires.Marcus grew up believing his father killed his mother—then blamed it on the boogeyman under the bed. Always leave the lights on, his father warned, or the boogeyman will get you. Marcus still heeds the superstition, especially when he invites his new girlfriend over. Is Marcus haunted by a creature or has he just inherited his father’s murderous delusions? The night will tell.Grady Hendrix’s Ankle Snatcher is part of Creature Feature, a collection of devilishly creepy stories that tingle the spine and twist the mind. They can be read or listened to in one petrifying sitting. Read more

“A new kind of vampire story, and the result is a surprising and spellbinding tale.” —Laura Moriarty, New York Times bestselling author of The Chaperone“Great for fans of Interview with a Vampire and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.” —Library Journal Suspenseful and enchanting, this breathtaking debut spans history, weaving a story of love, family, history, and myth as seen through the eyes of one immortal woman.Collette LeSange has been hiding a dark truth: She is immortal. In 1834, Collette’s grandfather granted her the gift of eternal life and since then, she has endured centuries of turmoil and heartache. Now, almost 150 years later, Collette is a lonely artist running an elite fine art school for children in upstate New York. But her life is suddenly upended by the arrival of a gifted child from a troubled home, the return of a stalking presence from her past, and her own mysteriously growing hunger for blood.Combining brilliant prose with breathtaking suspense, Jacqueline Holland's The God of Endings serves as a larger exploration of the human condition in all its complexity, asking us the most fundamental question: is life in this world a gift or a curse? Read more

"The best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people... Impossible to put down." —Stephen KingThe smash New York Times bestseller from Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite.Goodreads Choice Award WinnerLocus FinalistGalaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living.Don't miss the highly-anticipated sequel, Hell Bent. Read more

Perron Manor—a place evil calls homeSisters Sarah and Chloe inherit a house they could never have previously dreamed of owning. It seems too good to be true.Shortly after they move in, however, the siblings start to notice strange things: horrible smells, sudden drops in temperature, as well as unexplainable sounds and feelings of being watched.All of that is compounded when they find a study upstairs, filled with occult items and a strange book written in Latin.Their experiences grow more frequent and more terrifying, building towards a heart-stopping climax where the sisters come face to face with the evil behind Perron Manor. Will they survive and save their very souls?Buy now and dive into the next great haunted house novel.Haunted: Perron Manor is Book 1 in the Haunted series, which continues with Haunted: Devil's Door Read more

Three Demon Princes. Two Realms. One War. Betrayal.My life has been a lie. Nothing is as it seems, and the world I’ve been thrown into is in shambles. My dreams are darkening, bringing more monsters to the surface, and the men I thought I could trust are the very enemy I’ve been taught to fear.My heart doesn't want to accept the events that brought me here, but I need answers and I refuse to hide anymore. I want vengeance so badly that I can almost taste it.Lennox may have used me, Creed may have lied and broken my heart, and Razar may terrify the absolute crap out of me. But I will show them why that wasn't a good idea. I will remind them that just because they can take over and ruin a person's life doesn't mean it's okay.The Regalis brothers, or whoever the hell they really are, have used me; now it's my turn to use them.A Spark Of Revenge is the second book in the Umbra Hunters Series and DOES end in a cliffhanger. This is a Paranormal Why-Choose romance which means there will be no choosing between love interests at the end of the story.This series has darker elements that readers should be aware of such as, strong language, adult content, and violence. Read more

A straight-laced FBI agent.A psychic PI solving a murder.The spirit who haunts them.Ancestry rooted in the occult sets Hailey Arquette apart in the small town of Hamchet. It also hampers her investigation of a teen’s death. She must navigate the shadowy world where betrayal walks hand in hand with a smile.A threat against family forces Agent Trenton Briner back to Texas where his childhood friend leads him into a mystery steeped in whispers of Vodou and magic. At each turn, he finds the raven-haired woman who haunts his dreams.When an unknown entity saves Hailey’s life, she discovers she’s not the only one holding secrets and is willing to risk everything to learn the truth about the spirit haunting her.Perfect in Death is the first book of a bone-chilling Supernatural mystery series with lovable characters, dogs, and a touch of romance. Read more

With nothing but the clothes on his back—and something horrific snapping at his heels—Jack Winter fled his rural Georgia home when he was still just a boy. Watching the world he knew vanish in a trucker’s rearview mirror, he thought he was leaving an unspeakable nightmare behind forever. But years later, the bright new future he’s built suddenly turns pitch black, as something fiendishly familiar looms dead ahead.When Jack, his wife Aimee, and their two small children survive a violent car crash, it seems like a miracle. But Jack knows what he saw on the road that night, and it wasn’t divine intervention. The profound evil from his past won’t let them die…at least not quickly. It’s back, and it’s hungry; ready to make Jack pay for running, to work its malignant magic on his angelic youngest daughter, and to whisper a chilling promise: I’ve always been here, and I’ll never leave.Country comfort is no match for spine-tingling Southern gothic suspense in Ania Ahlborn’s tale of an ordinary man with a demon on his back. Seed plants its page-turning terror deep in your soul, and lets it grow wild. Read more

Awarded Best of #BookTok #1 Bestseller in Horror, Occult Fiction, Occult Horror, Bisexual Romance, and Holiday Romance.Ash Grove is a fine place to die.AmesI wanted to shake her and scream, “You don’t have to be afraid anymore, you have me.”And then chain her to my bed and yell, “You should be very afraid now that you have me.”I inhabited a form that was what every legend and dark tale warned little girls like her about.I’d slaughtered a thousand times over and I’d do so a thousand more.But the worst thing I’d ever do… would be what I did to her.BlytheIf kept running, I wouldn’t break. If I kept hiding, I wouldn’t cry.If I kept moving he wouldn’t find me.Running from an impossible evil landed me between the claws of something ancient and horrifying. I went to the masquerade as a fox. How ironic, because I didn’t feel clever, sly or brave. I was a wounded rabbit waiting for teeth.And more than one set of fangs found me.The worst part of all?I liked it.The grown-up ghost story for anyone who loves Halloween and is ready to meet and fall in love with their new favorite monster. Tricks and treats lurk around every jack o'lantern and gravestone in this grown-up Halloween-themed paranormal monster romance. Meet witches, vampires, wolves, ghouls, and maybe a few odd birds and pirates too. Sink your teeth into this paranormal urban fantasy romance and get ready for all the Halloween vibes.Come to Ash Grove with an open mind, choose your mask, sit, and stay a spell... if you dare. Ghost: The Halloween Boys is book one in a polyam monster romance series. There will be no choosing between the love interests, though they're each possessive, and it will be a journey to get to their final pairings. HEA with no cliffhanger, only questions leading into book two. Dual POV, spicy, and spooky, intended for ages 18+. This is a dark romance. Please see the detailed list of content information on author’s site before reading. Read more

When the world’s greatest ghost hunter sets out for revenge, there’s going to be hell to pay…Retired Marine, Shane Ryan, knows all about war. He’s fought in the toughest hellholes on the planet, and he has the scars, both physical and mental, to prove it. As the world’s foremost ghost hunter, Shane has defeated supernatural evil beyond imagination. But this time, the fight is personal.After battling his way through the wilderness and defeating an army of bloodthirsty wraiths, Shane is finally at the enemy’s door. Constantine Agios, an insane occultist, has innocent blood on his hands. And Shane is going to make him pay for every last drop.Pitting his mastery of the dead against Constantine’s arcane powers, Shane launches a brutal one-man crusade against this supernatural killer. When the dust settles, only one will be left standing. But in this paranormal war, the stakes are higher than Shane could possibly imagine.And victory comes at a terrible cost… Read more

Some chilling campfire tales ring too true to ignore. For one young woman, an urban legend calls her into the woods in a spine-tingling short story by the bestselling author of Bird Box.The dense Michigan forest. Haunting wails. The clip-clop of demon hooves on a bridge to nowhere. It’s more than a tall tale to Brenda Jennings, whose sister disappeared in those woods one fateful night. Three years later, on a solo stakeout in the dark, Brenda goes in after her. She’s desperate for answers, and terrified to find what lies waiting on the other side of that bridge.Josh Malerman’s It Waits in the Woods is part of Creature Feature, a collection of devilishly creepy stories that tingle the spine and twist the mind. They can be read or listened to in one petrifying sitting. Read more

For a family trying to make an isolated farmhouse into a home, fear and rage are getting harder to control in a primal short story by the New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network and Cutting Teeth.The Strauss family is on knife’s edge. Sam is a resentful stay-at-home dad. Rachel feels the restlessness in her blood returning. Their children are getting out of hand. And a recent mudslide has forced the wolves out of the woods to look for food. As dusk falls and tensions rise, the family must come together to survive the night—from the threats outside and those within.Chandler Baker’s Big Bad is part of Creature Feature, a collection of devilishly creepy stories that tingle the spine and twist the mind. They can be read or listened to in one petrifying sitting. Read more