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• Parasyte. 1

  Iwaaki, Hitoshi

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  A charmingly weird and creepy body horror, 'Parasyte' features strange alien worms who take over their host by crawling into their ears or nose. High school student, Shinichi, finds himself sharing his body with one of these aliens, who is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Infidel

  Pichetshote, Pornsak

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  When Aisha, a young American Muslim woman, moves into a rundown apartment building, she begins to have strange, unsettling dreams. As she delves into the building's history for answers, grotesque, frightening creatures begin to appear…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Locke & Key. Volume 1, Welcome to Lovecraft

  Hill, Joe, pseud., 1972-

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  A mix of fantasy horror and family drama written by prominent horror author Joe Hill and illustrated by architect-turned- comic-artist Gabriel Rodriguez. After suffering a horrible tragedy, the Locke siblings move across the country to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Harrow County. [1], Countless Haints

  Bunn, Cullen

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  This book manages to be simultaneously charming and horrifying, encapsulating the feeling of the sublime that characterises weird fiction. A horror story set in a small rural community, centered around a tree that was once used to execute…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Vampire. [Volume One]

  Snyder, Scott, 1976-

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  Chronicling the history of a new breed of vampire, 'American Vampire' is a fresh look at an old monster. In 1920s Los Angeles, struggling actress Pearl Jones is brutally attacked by a secret Hollywood vampire coven. Awakening a vampire…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Walking Dead. Volume 1, Days Gone Bye

  Kirkman, Robert, 1978-

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  Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find that his world has been devastated by a zombie plague and immediately sets out to find his family. Facing threats from both the living and the dead, Rick will have to decide how far we will go to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Aliens. Salvation

  Gibbons, Dave, 1949-

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  Forced to abandon the space freighter Nova Maru, religious and god-fearing crewman Selkirk finds himself stranded on a remote world with his insane captain. With no hope of rescue and facing an inhospitable, unforgiving environment,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Uzumaki

  Spiral Into Horror

  Itō, Junji, 1963-

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  Grotesque, bizarre and deliciously dark, Junji Ito has an instantly recognizable and completely engrossing collection of work. In this omnibus series from the king of horror manga, a small Japanese island finds itself cursed by the uzumaki…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tokyo Ghoul. 1

  Ishida, Sui

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  A dark horror manga series where flesh-eating ghouls and humans co-exist, often with grisly consequences. After a first date goes horribly wrong, Ken Kaneki finds himself transformed into a human-ghoul hybrid. Left with an all-consuming…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Joe Quinn's Poltergeist

  Almond, David, 1951-

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  Davie, a young man grieving the death of his infant sister, is unsure what to believe when his friend claims his house is inhabited by a poltergeist. What follows is a story which occupies the space between what is real and what is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am a Hero. Omnibus 1

  Hanazawa, Kengo, 1974-

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  Not your run-of-the-mill zombie story, this series follows a mentally unstable manga artist as he battles both his crippling anxiety and the emerging horrors of a zombie apocalypse in Japan. Beautifully illustrated with lots of creeping…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nameless

  Morrison, Grant, 1960-

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  Buckle in for a terrifying trip into space. When a massive asteroid seems set to collide with Earth, a group of billionaires send an unlikely crew to try and divert our planet's impending doom. Unfortunately, there's more to worry about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Something Is Killing the Children. 1

  Tynion, James, IV

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  Something is killing the children in the sleepy town of Archer's Peak and it's up to a lone monster hunter and her young sidekick to make sure it doesn't kill again. Light on the world-building but heavy on the action, this graphic novel…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Plunge

  Hill, Joe, pseud., 1972-

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  It's been 40 years since anyone heard from the research ship Derleth... so who has suddenly put out a distress signal? This Lovecraftian horror story pays tribute to such classics as The Thing and Aliens. With a diverse cast and a unique…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Faithless. Volume 1

  Azzarello, Brian

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  A more erotically charged horror for all you naughty folk out there! Faith is a modern witch who dabbles in the occult, and has recently become romantically entangled with a fascinating woman, as well as a mysterious older man. To make…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moonshine. Vol. 1

  Azzarello, Brian

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  What pairs well with illegal alcohol production? Correct! The answer is obviously werewolves. This tale of prohibition era crime features a crime family from New York that deals with a family of rural moonshine prodcuers with a dark secret…Read moreRead more of this annotation