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• Bury Your Gays

  Tingle, Chuck

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  Based around the "bury your gays" media trope in which gay characters are treated as more expendable, Chuck Tingle's second horror novel is a super-meta takedown of corporate greed and queer erasure, and it's entertaining as hell. Misha is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Reformatory

  Due, Tananarive, 1966-

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  At almost 600 pages, this tome is quite the challenging read, especially with its subject matter, but if you're up for it, you'll be rewarded with one of the most revered horror novels of recent years. Inspired by the horrific true events…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Creeper

  Shine, A. M.

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  This truly creepy horror draws on urban legends to craft a tale that is guaranteed to make you scared to look out your windows at night. Two historical researchers are enlisted by a renowned academic to investigate a remote Irish village…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dead of Winter

  Coates, Darcy

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  Have you ever wished Agatha Christie's mysteries were just a lot...bloodier? Well you're in luck, because "Dead of Winter" is like if "And Then There Were None" had a lot more beheadings. Christa and her boyfriend are on their way to a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Heart Is a Chainsaw

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  This is one for the slasher movie fans. Jade, a half-Native teen, lives near Indian Lake in Idaho, the site of the Camp Blood massacre from 50 years ago. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of 80's slasher movies, so when a tourist is found…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last House on Needless Street

  Ward, Catriona

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  'The Last House on Needless Street' made some serious waves when it emerged in the horror scene, and the hype is justified. This is one that you want to know as little about as you can, so let's just say that it follows Ted, a reclusive…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Thing Between Us

  a Novel

  Moreno, Gus, 1985-

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  An exploration of grief and loneliness combined with the unknown terrors of modern technology, 'This Thing Between Us' is a literary, character-driven horror that is more eerie than scary. When Vera and Thiago decide to buy the Itza, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Plain Bad Heroines

  Danforth, Emily M.

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  A story within a story within a story, Emily M. Danforth's debut blends horror, mystery, comedy and romance to spin a queer Gothic tale that builds its historical and contemporary settings with finesse. The narrative crosses two timelines…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Her Body & Other Parties

  Machado, Carmen Maria

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  Creepy, compelling and thought-provoking, the characters in this set of stories include girls with bells where their eyes should be, a girl whose head is attached to her body by a ribbon, and a woman who suffers a surprise body distortion…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Terror

  a Novel

  Simmons, Dan, 1948-

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  A suspenseful piece of survival horror with a monster twist. Trapped on a ship in the endlessly cold, dark arctic circle, the men aboard the HMS Terror fight to stave off starvation and cold in the face of a seemingly eternal winter. But…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Head Full of Ghosts

  Tremblay, Paul

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  Let's mash together some demonic possession, supernatural horror themes, and the American reality television phenomenon - what could possibly go wrong!? A normal family experiencing horror when their teenage daughter shows worrying signs…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bird Box

  Malerman, Josh

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  A real page turner full of terror! The story centres on a young woman and alternates between the time of an unnamed event and five years after. She's living in an abandoned house by the river and something is following her and her young…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Let Me in

  Ajvide Lindqvist, John, 1968-

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  Prepare to sleep with the lights on and the curtains drawn tightly - this read is not for the faint-hearted. A 200-year-old vampire in a 12-year-old girl's body befriends a 12-year-old boy who stays with her until he's in his late 60's.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• World War Z

  An Oral History of the Zombie War

  Brooks, Max, 1972-

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  A boy is bitten by a creature in China and from there a virus spreads cue a pandemic that almost wipes out civilisation. What sets Max Brook's work apart from other zombie horror is that rather than following the actions of one set of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hellbound Heart

  Barker, Clive, 1952-

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  Transgressive and genre-bending, Clive Barker's 'The Hellbound Heart' follows Frank Cotton, a selfish hedonist committed to an unending pursuit of more extreme pleasure - at any cost. This leads him to a strange realm of unhinged…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Night Shift

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  This collection of short stories by horror genius Stephen King demonstrates the range of his imagination through stories both eerie and spine-chilling. Through the twenty stories King reflects on an array of horror traditions and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Haunting of Hill House

  Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965

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  If you prefer to get your thrills from tales of ghosts and possessions, Amityville style, this will be up your alley, it is THE classic haunted house story. Set in an isolated mansion, the terror lies in the paranormal occurrences…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dracula

  Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912

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  Bram Stoker’s classic novel conjures the inimitable Count Dracula in all his horror and throws in all the staple ingredients of a good gothic horror; ancient stone castles, terrorized young maidens, supernatural beings and an eerie,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Frankenstein

  Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

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  This classic contains elements of monster horror, science fiction and gothic romance. It is a foreboding tale of a science experiment gone awry - having crafted a creature from stolen body parts, Frankenstein is horrified by the…Read moreRead more of this annotation