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 is left paralyzed by a car accident that also took the life of his wife. He spends his days in bed, tended to by his grieving mother-in-law, who sta...Show more
A man is left paralyzed by a car accident that also took the life of his wife. He spends his days in bed, tended to by his grieving mother-in-law, who starts to spend a lot of time in the garden his wife had planted—too much time, in fact. Why is she digging all of those holes? (Shirley Jackson Award)
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A man is left paralyzed by a car accident that also took the life of his wife. He spends his days in bed, tended to by his grieving mother-in-law, who sta...Show more
A man is left paralyzed by a car accident that also took the life of his wife. He spends his days in bed, tended to by his grieving mother-in-law, who starts to spend a lot of time in the garden his wife had planted—too much time, in fact. Why is she digging all of those holes? (Shirley Jackson 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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