It is officially spooky season: the leaves are falling, the days are getting shorter, and there's a chill in the air that feels like more than just the weather. Why not set the mood with some of the best horror writing the library has to offer? These award-winning tales will provide just the right amount of atmosphere, mystery, and occasional nightmare fuel to put you in the Halloween spirit all month long.
"The Only Good Indians" follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their l...Show more
"The Only Good Indians" follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Tracked by an entity bent on revenge, these childhood friends are helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way. (Bram Stoker Award, Ray Bradbury Award, Locus Award, Shirley Jackson Award)
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"The Only Good Indians" follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their l...Show more
"The Only Good Indians" follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Tracked by an entity bent on revenge, these childhood friends are helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way. (Bram Stoker Award, Ray Bradbury Award, Locus Award, Shirley Jackson Award)
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A young woman is determined to investigate an ancestral curse and generations of mysterious deaths in a brooding and ghostly British mansion. (British Fantasy Award)
A young woman is determined to investigate an ancestral curse and generations of mysterious deaths in a brooding and ghostly British mansion. (British Fantasy Award)
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A young woman is determined to investigate an ancestral curse and generations of mysterious deaths in a brooding and ghostly British mansion. (British Fantasy Award)
A young woman is determined to investigate an ancestral curse and generations of mysterious deaths in a brooding and ghostly British mansion. (British Fantasy Award)
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A socialite in 1950s Mexico follows her cousin into the treacherous secrets of an isolated mansion, where the walls seem to move on their own, and the family within hide sinister intentions. (Locus Award, Aurora Award)
A socialite in 1950s Mexico follows her cousin into the treacherous secrets of an isolated mansion, where the walls seem to move on their own, and the family within hide sinister intentions. (Locus Award, Aurora Award)
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A socialite in 1950s Mexico follows her cousin into the treacherous secrets of an isolated mansion, where the walls seem to move on their own, and the family within hide sinister intentions. (Locus Award, Aurora Award)
A socialite in 1950s Mexico follows her cousin into the treacherous secrets of an isolated mansion, where the walls seem to move on their own, and the family within hide sinister intentions. (Locus Award, Aurora Award)
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Plagued by vivid nightmares of the summer house he had shared with his late wife, a grieving widower returns to his former Maine getaway only to find a to...Show more
Plagued by vivid nightmares of the summer house he had shared with his late wife, a grieving widower returns to his former Maine getaway only to find a town in the grip of a ruthless millionaire and tormented by a series of ghostly visitations. (Bram Stoker Award, Locus Award)
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Plagued by vivid nightmares of the summer house he had shared with his late wife, a grieving widower returns to his former Maine getaway only to find a to...Show more
Plagued by vivid nightmares of the summer house he had shared with his late wife, a grieving widower returns to his former Maine getaway only to find a town in the grip of a ruthless millionaire and tormented by a series of ghostly visitations. (Bram Stoker Award, Locus Award)
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A man learns that his wife has been killed in an accident days before his release from prison. On the plane ride back home for the funeral, he meets Mr. W...Show more
A man learns that his wife has been killed in an accident days before his release from prison. On the plane ride back home for the funeral, he meets Mr. Wednesday, who offers him a job—one far more dangerous than he could ever have imagined. (Bram Stoker Award, Locus Award, Hugo Award, Nebula Award)
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A man learns that his wife has been killed in an accident days before his release from prison. On the plane ride back home for the funeral, he meets Mr. W...Show more
A man learns that his wife has been killed in an accident days before his release from prison. On the plane ride back home for the funeral, he meets Mr. Wednesday, who offers him a job—one far more dangerous than he could ever have imagined. (Bram Stoker Award, Locus Award, Hugo Award, Nebula Award)
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A family vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake face a home invasion by four strangers carrying menacing but unidentifiable objects who claim to be acting to save the world. (Bram Stoker Award, Locus Award)
A family vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake face a home invasion by four strangers carrying menacing but unidentifiable objects who claim to be acting to save the world. (Bram Stoker Award, Locus Award)
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A family vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake face a home invasion by four strangers carrying menacing but unidentifiable objects who claim to be acting to save the world. (Bram Stoker Award, Locus Award)
A family vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake face a home invasion by four strangers carrying menacing but unidentifiable objects who claim to be acting to save the world. (Bram Stoker Award, Locus Award)
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When a bizarre virulent plague breaks out in the world's major cities, causing victims to spontaneously combust, a dedicated nurse resolves to survive unt...Show more
When a bizarre virulent plague breaks out in the world's major cities, causing victims to spontaneously combust, a dedicated nurse resolves to survive until her baby is born and receives protection from a mysterious infected man who uses his fire symptoms to help others. (Locus Award)
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When a bizarre virulent plague breaks out in the world's major cities, causing victims to spontaneously combust, a dedicated nurse resolves to survive unt...Show more
When a bizarre virulent plague breaks out in the world's major cities, causing victims to spontaneously combust, a dedicated nurse resolves to survive until her baby is born and receives protection from a mysterious infected man who uses his fire symptoms to help others. (Locus Award)
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Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion. From early on, their stay is rife with spooky encounters, inexplicable noises and self-closing ...Show more
Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion. From early on, their stay is rife with spooky encounters, inexplicable noises and self-closing doors, but Hill House is gathering its powers and will soon choose one of them to make its own. Technically, this horror masterpiece was only a finalist (losing to Philip Roth's "Goodbye, Columbus"), but it's hard to find a better haunted house story than this one, written by the woman whose name is now synonymous with psychological suspense and horrific twists. (National Book Award Finalist)
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Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion. From early on, their stay is rife with spooky encounters, inexplicable noises and self-closing ...Show more
Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion. From early on, their stay is rife with spooky encounters, inexplicable noises and self-closing doors, but Hill House is gathering its powers and will soon choose one of them to make its own. Technically, this horror masterpiece was only a finalist (losing to Philip Roth's "Goodbye, Columbus"), but it's hard to find a better haunted house story than this one, written by the woman whose name is now synonymous with psychological suspense and horrific twists. (National Book Award Finalist)
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Louise's parents have passed away, and she's returning to the small Southern town where she grew up to get their house ready to sell. It means she'll have...Show more
Louise's parents have passed away, and she's returning to the small Southern town where she grew up to get their house ready to sell. It means she'll have to spend time with her younger brother, and their old grudges make that a terrifying prospect. But childhood pain pales in comparison to the dangers posed by what still lives inside the house.
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Louise's parents have passed away, and she's returning to the small Southern town where she grew up to get their house ready to sell. It means she'll have...Show more
Louise's parents have passed away, and she's returning to the small Southern town where she grew up to get their house ready to sell. It means she'll have to spend time with her younger brother, and their old grudges make that a terrifying prospect. But childhood pain pales in comparison to the dangers posed by what still lives inside the house.
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Samantha Montgomery pulls into the driveway of her family home to find a massive black vulture perched on the mailbox, staring at the house. Inside, every...Show more
Samantha Montgomery pulls into the driveway of her family home to find a massive black vulture perched on the mailbox, staring at the house. Inside, everything has changed. Gone is the eclectic warmth Sam expects; instead, the walls are a sterile white. Now, it's very important to say grace before dinner, and her mother won't hear a word against Sam's long-dead and little-missed grandmother, who was the first to put down roots in this small Southern town. The longer Sam stays, the stranger things get. And every day, more vultures circle overhead.
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Samantha Montgomery pulls into the driveway of her family home to find a massive black vulture perched on the mailbox, staring at the house. Inside, every...Show more
Samantha Montgomery pulls into the driveway of her family home to find a massive black vulture perched on the mailbox, staring at the house. Inside, everything has changed. Gone is the eclectic warmth Sam expects; instead, the walls are a sterile white. Now, it's very important to say grace before dinner, and her mother won't hear a word against Sam's long-dead and little-missed grandmother, who was the first to put down roots in this small Southern town. The longer Sam stays, the stranger things get. And every day, more vultures circle overhead.
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In the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz's father is executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ign...Show more
In the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz's father is executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife's sudden demise, choosing instead to seize the security his estate in the countryside provides. She will have her own home again, no matter the cost. But Hacienda San Isidro is not the sanctuary she imagined. When Rodolfo returns to work in the capital, visions and voices invade Beatriz's sleep. The weight of invisible eyes follows her every move. Rodolfo's sister, Juana, scoffs at Beatriz's fears—but why does she refuse to enter the house at night? Why does the cook burn copal incense at the edge of the kitchen and mark its doorway with strange symbols? What really happened to the first Doña Solórzano? Beatriz only knows two things for certain. Something is wrong with the hacienda. And no one there will help her. Desperate for help, she clings to the young priest, Padre Andrés, as an ally. No ordinary priest, it will take Andrés's skills as a witch to battle the malevolent presence haunting the hacienda. Far from a refuge, San Isidro may be Beatriz's doom.
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In the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz's father is executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ign...Show more
In the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz's father is executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife's sudden demise, choosing instead to seize the security his estate in the countryside provides. She will have her own home again, no matter the cost. But Hacienda San Isidro is not the sanctuary she imagined. When Rodolfo returns to work in the capital, visions and voices invade Beatriz's sleep. The weight of invisible eyes follows her every move. Rodolfo's sister, Juana, scoffs at Beatriz's fears—but why does she refuse to enter the house at night? Why does the cook burn copal incense at the edge of the kitchen and mark its doorway with strange symbols? What really happened to the first Doña Solórzano? Beatriz only knows two things for certain. Something is wrong with the hacienda. And no one there will help her. Desperate for help, she clings to the young priest, Padre Andrés, as an ally. No ordinary priest, it will take Andrés's skills as a witch to battle the malevolent presence haunting the hacienda. Far from a refuge, San Isidro may be Beatriz's doom.
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Bells that ring themselves. Record players that turn on an play music to empty rooms. Ghosts that can climb out of wardrobes. Maggie Holt doesn't believe ...Show more
Bells that ring themselves. Record players that turn on an play music to empty rooms. Ghosts that can climb out of wardrobes. Maggie Holt doesn't believe in these things, even though they are the details of the story that made her family famous. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved to Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent 20 days there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a horror memoir, House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with the malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity and skepticism. Maggie has lived her life in the shadow of her father's book, so when she inherits Baneberry Hall after his death, she returns to renovate the house to prepare it for sale. However, her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the past, chronicled in the House of Horrors, lurk in the shadows. And locals aren't thrilled that their small town has been made infamous thanks to Maggie's father. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself—a place filled with relics from another era that hint at a history of dark deeds. As Maggie experiences strange occurrences straight out of Ewan's book, she starts to wonder if what he wrote was more fact than fiction.
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Bells that ring themselves. Record players that turn on an play music to empty rooms. Ghosts that can climb out of wardrobes. Maggie Holt doesn't believe ...Show more
Bells that ring themselves. Record players that turn on an play music to empty rooms. Ghosts that can climb out of wardrobes. Maggie Holt doesn't believe in these things, even though they are the details of the story that made her family famous. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved to Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent 20 days there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a horror memoir, House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with the malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity and skepticism. Maggie has lived her life in the shadow of her father's book, so when she inherits Baneberry Hall after his death, she returns to renovate the house to prepare it for sale. However, her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the past, chronicled in the House of Horrors, lurk in the shadows. And locals aren't thrilled that their small town has been made infamous thanks to Maggie's father. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself—a place filled with relics from another era that hint at a history of dark deeds. As Maggie experiences strange occurrences straight out of Ewan's book, she starts to wonder if what he wrote was more fact than fiction.
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