Horror

Horror fiction is fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience. Historically, the cause of the "horror" experience has often been the intrusion of a supernatural element into everyday human experience. Since the 1960s, any work of fiction with a morbid, gruesome, surreal, or exceptionally suspenseful or frightening theme has come to be called "horror". Horror fiction often overlaps science fiction or fantasy, all three of which categories are sometimes placed under the umbrella classification speculative fiction. ...more

  • The Deading by Nicholas Belardes
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    Release date: Jul 23, 2024
    "Darkly beautiful and chilling, THE DEADING will linger long after the read ends.”—Lucy A. Snyder, Bram Stoker Award-winning author
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  • In the Lonely Hours by Shannon  Morgan
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    Release date: Jul 23, 2024
    "A captivating mix of dark family tragedy, haunting atmosphere, and very lively ghosts." —Kelsey James, author of The Woman in the Castello
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  • The House by the Cemetery by Lisa Childs
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    Release date: Aug 20, 2024
    "Lisa Childs' hauntingly dark story will keep you turning the pages until the very end. Deliciously addictive." —Alexandra Ivy, bestselling author
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