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The Gatekeeper
By Heather Graham. 2012
Rediscover this urban paranormal romance from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.After finding a gnawed body in a tourist…
attraction, Elven detective Saxon Kirby is leading the investigation to find out who took a bite from Las Vegas tourism, and he already has a suspect in mind: a werewolf. The Keeper of the Vegas werewolves is supposed to control his charges, just as Keepers have kept vampires, shifters and other paranormal races in check for over a century. But the local Keeper is weak and there is nothing to stop the murderous wolf—except Saxon.Saxon&’s investigation leads him to work closely with Calleigh McGowan, a half-werewolf, half-Elven dancer. She&’s an enticing distraction Saxon doesn&’t need—even if Calleigh has her own reasons for hunting down the rogue werewolf. But in order to catch the killer, they&’ll have to put their lives—and hearts—on the line.Previously published.The Keepers: L.A.The GatekeeperKeeper of the NightKeeper of the MoonKeeper of the ShadowsKeeper of the Dawn
Night Shift: Nothing Is Ever Quite As It Seems
By Stephen King. 1978
#1 BESTSELLER • A collection of bone-chilling, nail-biting tales from the undisputed master of horror that showcases the darkest depths of his…
brilliant imagination and will "chill the cockles of many a heart" (Chicago Tribune).• INCLUDES THE STORY &“THE BOOGEYMAN&” – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM 20th CENTURY STUDIOS Originally published in 1978, Night Shift is the inspiration for over a dozen acclaimed horror movies and television series, including Children of the Corn, Chapelwaite, and Lawnmower Man.Night Shift is Stephen King's first collection of short stories--a perfect showcase of just how far King's dark imagination can go. Here we see mutated rats gone bad ("Graveyard Shift"); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity ("Night Surf," the basis for The Stand); a possessed, evil lawnmower ("The Lawnmower Man"); unsettling children from the heartland ("Children of the Corn"); a smoker who will try anything to stop ("Quitters, Inc."); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation ("Gray Matter"); and many more. This is Stephen King at his horrifying best.
Helga: a Frankenstein retelling
By Catherine Yu. 2024
"Helga is not the obedient science experiment her father intended. And though she has only just awoken, he leaves her…
in the care of his lab assistant Penny to go on a business trip. Bursting with curiosity, Helga quickly escapes from the well-meaning Penny and heads into Amaris City. There Helga finds she is as untamable as the invasive blackberry vines overtaking the island. And because of the misdeeds of her fathers scientific community, the natural world grows more volatile. Helga soon discovers the night market, rowdy clubs, delicious food, and cute boys. Enamored with city life, she'll do anything to find love--but she has only two weeks until her father gets back, and besides there are ominous rumblings from the volcanic island that could put her dating schemes, and even her own life, in grave peril."-- Provided by publisher
Just stay away
By Tony Wirt. 2023
When a mysterious neighborhood boy befriends his young daughter, stay-at-home dad Craig considers him a godsend until it becomes clear…
that there's nothing angelic about him at all. Adult. Strong language
Attack of the killer Tomatoes
By Jeff Strand. 2023
"UFOs! Bigfoot! Communists! The government has swiftly dealt with many a crisis... But can it survive the diabolical ATTACK OF…
THE KILLER TOMATOES? After a series of bizarre and increasingly horrific attacks from pulpy, red, seeded fruit, Mason Dixon finds himself leading a "crack" team of specialists to save the planet. But will they be quick enough to save everyone? To save you? You can't run! You can't swim! There's nowhere to hide! THE KILLER TOMATOES ARE EVERYWHERE!"-- Cover
Betrayal
By R. L Stine. 2002
Collects the first three titles in the Fear Street saga which tell how the feud between the Goode and Fier…
families, begun during the witch hunts in Massachusetts in the late seventeenth century, made Fear Street the evil place it is today." -- WorldCat
Love, lies, and hocus pocus: Odyssey
By Lydia Sherrer. 2024
"THE JOURNEY MAKES THE MAN...IF IT DOESN'T KILL YOU FIRST. Lily, Sebastian, and Sir Kipling's next adventure starts off with…
a bang as they regroup from their crippling battle with Nergal and search for the fabled city of the ancients. Only they know the threat Nergal poses, and they must race across the world to find the city and warn the inhabitants before this prince of demons destroys it all. But they can't do it alone. Thrown together once again with the fae of Melthalin and Lily's own murderous, conniving father, they'll have to navigate waters so treacherous that one misstep could kill them all. Long-held secrets are coming to light, secrets that could destroy everything they hold dear. Including each other.With 2000+ five star ratings on Amazon and Goodreads and over half a million copies sold, this urban fantasy series full of adventure and snarky humor is guaranteed to cause loud snorts of laughter, tea cravings, and sleep loss. Don't start reading at night or you'll never go to bed! Great for fans of urban fantasy from Harry Potter to Harry Dresden. Pick up Book 8 and race with our heroes against their impending doom." -- WorldCat
Creature
By Hunter Shea. 2018
"The monsters live inside of Kate Woodson. Chronic pain and a host of autoimmune diseases have robbed her of a…
normal, happy life. Her husband Andrew's surprise of their dream Maine lake cottage for the summer is the gift of a lifetime. It's beautiful, remote, idyllic, a place to heal. But they are not alone. Something is in the woods." -- WorldCat
Pay the piper
By George A Romero. 2024
"In 2019, while sifting through University of Pittsburgh Library's System's George A. Romero Archival Collection, novelist Daniel Kraus turned up…
a surprise: a half-finished novel called Pay the Piper, a project few had ever heard of. In the years since, Kraus has worked with Romero's estate to bring this unfinished masterwork to light. Alligator Point, Louisiana, population 141: Young Renée Pontiac has heard stories of "the Piper" -- a murderous swamp entity haunting the bayou -- her entire life. But now the legend feels horrifically real: children are being taken and gruesomely slain. To resist, Pontiac and the town's desperate denizens will need to acknowledge the sins of their ancestors -- the infamous slave traders, the Pirates Lafitte. If they don't... it's time to pay the piper. -- OCLC
Spellbound solstice
By Alexandria Rogers. 2024
'This year, Alice Ambrose has secretly invited her dad in hopes that her parents will realize they re happier together…
than apart. With her parents together, Alice will finally feel whole. But when Alice's parents lock eyes¬hing happens" -- OCLC
The sky vault (Comet cycle #03)
By Benjamin Percy. 2023
The comet, Cain, came from beyond our solar system, its debris containing elements unknown. Now, in the isolated region of…
Fairbanks, Alaska, the skies shift and stretch as an interstellar dust cloud seeds the atmosphere. When a plane shudders its way through pulpy, swirling, bruise-shaped clouds, lit with sudden cracks of lightning, the sky opens and the aircraft vanishes but only for a minute. When the flight lands, everyone on board and in the community will be changed forever. Chuck Bridges, a local DJ and conspiracy theorist, was on board and later reported dead to his family, but not before proclaiming that something inside the clouds was speaking to him. Now his son, Theo, must chase down answers to the mystery his father unlocked. He'll find himself at odds with Sophie Chen, an agent with a shadowy employer desperate to secure the black box from the airplane, as well as Rolf Wagner, a widowed sheriff investigating a series of increasingly strange and unsettling reports. And then there is Joanna Straub, a contractor reconstructing a top-secret government lab active during WWII and shuttered deep within the nearby White Mountains. The answer to the comet's origin is about to be unveiled, and its impact on Earth is more treacherous and sublime than humanity could imagine. Adult. Strong language
Touch of death
By Taylor Munsell. 2024
"Death is permanent. Even if it hasn't happened yet. With just a touch, George experiences a person's future death. High…
school is hard enough, but sixteen-year-old death witch Georgiana "George" Colburn can't seem to catch a break. Even Jen's ghost, the recently deceased popular girl who ignored George in life, won't leave her alone. George is convinced her life can't get any worse. That is until she bumps into the new student and experiences his death at her hand. When a coven mate, Trixie, offers to help her with her magic, George finds herself with a new friend and crush, but she knows even if she found the courage to ask her out, a relationship is impossible: she'd never be able to touch her. With the help of her friends, George must face her fears and learn to embrace her powers to unlock the secrets of her magic before blood stains her hands." -- OCLC
A family of killers
By Bryce Moore. 2024
"Plagued by a sinister voice urging him to commit violent acts, seventeen-year-old Warren tries to overcome these urges by investigating…
a string of disappearances, but when he faces unsettling encounters at an inn run by the Benders, he must confront his darkest impulses in order to survive." -- WorldCat
Hush-a-bye
By Jody Lee Mott. 2021

Bound in Blood: stories of cursed books, damned libraries and unearthly authors
By Johnny Mains. 2024
"A chilling anthology of over 20 stories of cursed and haunted books; featuring malevolent second-hand books, cursed novelizations, unsettling journals…
and the end of the world. You find it hidden in the dark corner of the bookstore; tucked away in a box in the attic, desperate to be read; lurking on your bookshelf, never seen before. Crack the spine, feel the ancient pages. Read it aloud, if you dare. From award-winning authors including Eric LaRocca, Charlie Higson, Kim Newman and A.G. Slatter, this anthology brings together horror's best and brightest to delve into the pages of cursed books, Eldtritch tomes and haunted bookstores, perfect for fans of When Things Get Dark."-- Goodreads
All nightmare long
By Tim Lebbon. 2022
"Urban hauntings, dark rural myths, bizarre superheroes, mysterious hotels, quiet apocalypses and violent dystopias, disturbing futures and blood-drenched histories .…
. .all these nightmares and more provide the contents of All Nightmare Long, Tim Lebbon's brand new collection of short fiction.So close your eyes, calm your breathing, and don't be afraid.It's only a dream." -- WorldCat
Love at Second Sight
By F. T. Lukens. 2025
When a teen has an unexpected vision about a future murder, he must juggle newfound interest from the supernatural community…
with trying to prevent the murder from happening in this &“riveting&” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) New York Times bestselling romantic fantasy from F.T. Lukens.Fifteen-year-old Cam Reynolds wants to spend his sophomore year flying under the radar. That shouldn&’t be too hard, considering he&’s a human going to school with kids who have paranormal powers, like his best friend and witch, Al, and his longtime werewolf crush, Mateo. Then Cam has a psychic glimpse of the future in front of most of the student body, seeing a gruesomely murdered teen girl from the point of view of the killer. When Cam comes to, he knows two things: someone he goes to school with is a future murderer, and his life is about to change. No longer a mere human but a clairvoyant, one of the rarest of supernatural beings, Cam finds himself at the center of attention for the first time. As the most powerful supernatural factions in the city court Cam and his gift, he&’ll have to work with his friends, both old and new, to figure out who he can trust and who might be a werewolf in sheep&’s clothing. Because the clock is ticking, and Cam and his friends must identify the girl in the vision, find her potential killer, and prevent the murder from happening. Or the next murder Cam sees might be his own.
Holly
By Stephen King. 2023
#1 New York Times Bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of the Year…
Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King&’s most compelling and resourceful characters, returns in this chilling &“exploration of grief and delusion, just pure undistilled evil&” (New York magazine) as she uncovers the truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town.When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency, hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly Gibney is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just passed away. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny&’s desperate voice makes it impossible to turn her down. Meanwhile, mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are also harboring a shocking, unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie&’s disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to…for they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless. Now Holly must summon all of her formidable talents to outthink and outmaneuver these unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries in this chilling and unforgettable masterwork from Stephen King.
The Promise of Lost Things
By Helene Dunbar. 2022
*IPPY Award Silver Medalist Young Adult Fiction - GeneralA medium desperate to save his town, a grieving brother wanting revenge, and…
a girl who's decided to end ghosts once and for all, converge in the town of St. Hilaire, where the spirits of the dead roam the streets and there's no such thing as resting in peace.Russ Griffin has always wanted to be a fantastic medium. Growing up in the town of St. Hilaire, where most residents make their living by speaking to the dead, means there's a lot of competition, and he's always held his own. But Russ knows the town he loves is corrupt, and he's determined to save it before the sinister ruling body, The Guild, ruins all he's ever wanted.Willow Rogers is St. Hilaire royalty. An orphan, raised by The Guild, she's powerful and mysterious. But she has secrets that might change everyone's fate. She's done with St. Hilaire, done with helping spirits move on. She wants to end the cycle for good and rid the town of ghosts, even if that means destroying the only home she's ever known.Asher Mullen lost his sister, and his parents can't get over her death. They sought answers in St. Hilaire and were turned away. Now they want revenge. Asher is tasked with infiltrating the town, and he does that by getting to know Russ. The only problem is, he might be falling for him, which will make betraying him that much harder.Russ, Willow, and Asher all have their own agendas for St. Hilaire, but one thing's for certain, no one will be resting in peace.Perfect for readers looking for:ghost town booksyoung adult lgbt booksatmospheric storiesPraise for Prelude for Lost Souls:"Ghost story, love story, and mystery in equal measure, Helene Dunbar's Prelude for Lost Souls is filled with unforgettable characters who reveal the many ways a life can be haunted. Perfect for fans of The Raven Boys."—Lisa Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Magician series"Dunbar invokes small-town intrigue and plentiful atmosphere with this haunting, romantic tale."—Publishers Weekly"A quietly compelling story."—Kirkus Reviews"Mesmerizing and haunting, Dunbar invites readers into a world of family secrets, anxious ghosts and a society's ruthless grasp for power that will leave you wanting more."—The Nerd Daily"Fantastic elements layered in with poignant, human moments of grief make this ghost story a solid sequel. "— Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (BCCB)
Experience 13 harrowing tales of the mysterious and the macabre!Gather 'round for ominous tales of the paranormal that'll have you…
looking over your shoulder to make sure you're actually alone. This curated collection of hair-raising scary stories from across the world will thrill and ensnare. Read them with the lights off—if you dare.Eerie artwork — This artfully illustrated anthology is sprinkled with sinister black-and-white sketches that will haunt your dreams long after you've put it down.Ghosts around the globe — Find stories that include the jikininki from Japan, supernatural specters from Ireland, the ominous silence in Russia, and other classic horror stories.Spine-chilling stories — These creepy tales feature stories from the 19th and 20th centuries like The Yellow Wallpaper and Lost Hearts that will leave horror fans wanting more.Curl up and get spooked with this haunting ghost stories book.