50 Books like It Sleeps Below

The Caretaker

by Marcus Kliewer

A broke housesitter follows a dead man's rules to keep out whatever knocks at night.

3.60

42k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🔮 Unreliable Reality 💔 Grief As Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

The Caretaker 93%

A broke housesitter follows a dead man's rules to keep out whatever knocks at night.

by Marcus Kliewer 2026

3.60

42k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🔮 Unreliable Reality 💔 Grief As Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

Amid the Sinking Dark

by Abe Moss • 2021

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

4.36

565

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

Amid the Sinking Dark 96%

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.36

565 ratings

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead

by Eric LaRocca • 2025

After a massacre a boy patrols unburied corpses in a town where grief becomes ritual

3.30

2k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🐦‍⬛ Cursed Town 🩸 Body Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🔪 Small Town Cruelty

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead Summary

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead 96%

After a massacre a boy patrols unburied corpses in a town where grief becomes ritual

by Eric LaRocca 2025

3.30

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🐦‍⬛ Cursed Town 🩸 Body Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🔪 Small Town Cruelty

At Dark, I Become Loathsome

by Eric LaRocca • 2025

After his son vanished, he started burying strangers alive. His last client knows what happened.

3.20

5k+

🪦 Grief Horror 🩸 Transgressive Horror 🦴 Queer Body Horror 🪞 Self-Loathing Narrator 🔩 Body Modification

At Dark, I Become Loathsome 95%

After his son vanished, he started burying strangers alive. His last client knows what happened.

by Eric LaRocca 2025

3.20

5k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Horror 🩸 Transgressive Horror 🦴 Queer Body Horror 🪞 Self-Loathing Narrator 🔩 Body Modification

Lost in the Garden

by Adam S. Leslie • 2024

The dead walk a scorched English village. When her friend vanishes into Almanby, Heather follows.

3.50

4k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌀 Surreal Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🌿 Feral Youth 🕯️ Quiet Dread

Lost in the Garden 95%

The dead walk a scorched English village. When her friend vanishes into Almanby, Heather follows.

by Adam S. Leslie 2024

3.50

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌀 Surreal Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🌿 Feral Youth 🕯️ Quiet Dread

The Three-Candle Prayer

by Abe Moss • 2024

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

4.02

723

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

The Three-Candle Prayer 95%

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

by Abe Moss 2024

4.02

723 ratings

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

Nowhere Burning

by Catriona Ward • 2026

Fleeing abuse, a girl and her brother reach a mountain sanctuary where safety costs blood.

3.63

5k+

🕍 Gothic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🕯️ Cult Dynamics 🏕️ Survival Horror 👥 Found Family

Nowhere Burning 94%

Fleeing abuse, a girl and her brother reach a mountain sanctuary where safety costs blood.

by Catriona Ward 2026

3.63

5k+ ratings

🕍 Gothic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🕯️ Cult Dynamics 🏕️ Survival Horror 👥 Found Family

Wretch

by Eric LaRocca • 2026

After his husband dies, a man joins a grief group whose rituals conjure a soul-hungry spirit.

3.35

2k+

🖤 Grief Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🍖 Emotional Cannibalism 🪲 Insect Horror

Wretch 94%

After his husband dies, a man joins a grief group whose rituals conjure a soul-hungry spirit.

by Eric LaRocca 2026

3.35

2k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🍖 Emotional Cannibalism 🪲 Insect Horror

Floating Dragon

by Peter Straub • 2003

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

3.82

13k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

Floating Dragon 94%

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

by Peter Straub 2003

3.82

13k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

Morsel

by Carter Keane • 2026

A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.

3.56

3k+

🫀 Body Horror 🌲 Folk Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 💼 Corporate Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist

Morsel 94%

A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.

by Carter Keane 2026

3.56

3k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🌲 Folk Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 💼 Corporate Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist

Our Wives Under the Sea

by Julia Armfield • 2022

Her wife made it back from the ocean floor, but something else surfaced with her.

3.68

134k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 💧 Grief As Horror 💔 Doomed Lovers 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Our Wives Under the Sea 94%

Her wife made it back from the ocean floor, but something else surfaced with her.

by Julia Armfield 2022

3.68

134k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 💧 Grief As Horror 💔 Doomed Lovers 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Honeys

by Ryan La Sala • 2022

When his twin attacks him and dies, Mars infiltrates the camp clique that claimed her.

3.79

21k+

🏕️ Camp Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror ✨ Genderfluid Lead 💔 Twin Grief 🐝 Secretive Clique

The Honeys 94%

When his twin attacks him and dies, Mars infiltrates the camp clique that claimed her.

by Ryan La Sala 2022

3.79

21k+ ratings

🏕️ Camp Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror ✨ Genderfluid Lead 💔 Twin Grief 🐝 Secretive Clique

Silverskin

by Caitee Cooper • 2023

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

4.26

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding

Silverskin 94%

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

by Caitee Cooper 2023

4.26

97 ratings

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding

Los elementales

by Michael McDowell • 1981

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

3.98

24k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Generational Curse 🧿 Folk Magic

Los elementales 94%

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

by Michael McDowell 1981

3.98

24k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Generational Curse 🧿 Folk Magic

The Beast You Are

by Paul Tremblay • 2023

An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.

3.33

3k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🐾 Dark Fable 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

The Beast You Are 94%

An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.

by Paul Tremblay 2023

3.33

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🐾 Dark Fable 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

Hide

by Kiersten White • 2022

Fourteen strangers play hide-and-seek in a derelict amusement park. The park is the seeker.

3.31

44k+

🎮 Death Game 🐺 Creature Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Horror 💕 Found Family 🔮 Generational Curse

Hide 94%

Fourteen strangers play hide-and-seek in a derelict amusement park. The park is the seeker.

by Kiersten White 2022

3.31

44k+ ratings

🎮 Death Game 🐺 Creature Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Horror 💕 Found Family 🔮 Generational Curse

Widow's Point

by Richard Chizmar • 2025

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

3.74

6k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Widow's Point 94%

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

by Richard Chizmar 2025

3.74

6k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Pine

by Francine Toon • 2020

A woman in white haunts the pines, and a grieving girl hopes the dead return.

3.37

17k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👻 Grief And Ghosts 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔮 Protective Rituals

Pine 94%

A woman in white haunts the pines, and a grieving girl hopes the dead return.

by Francine Toon 2020

3.37

17k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👻 Grief And Ghosts 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔮 Protective Rituals

Violet

by Scott Thomas • 2019

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

3.54

3k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Violet 94%

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

by Scott Thomas 2019

3.54

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Kill Creek

by Scott Thomas • 2017

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

3.75

24k+

🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril 🌀 Blurred Reality 🔄 Cyclical Evil

Kill Creek 94%

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

by Scott Thomas 2017

3.75

24k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril 🌀 Blurred Reality 🔄 Cyclical Evil

On the Bitter Horizon

by Abe Moss • 2022

A teenage healer kidnapped to a cursed mountain discovers the expedition's real prize is her.

4.57

345

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🫂 Found Family ⛰️ Expedition Gone Wrong 🩸 Hidden Lineage

On the Bitter Horizon 94%

A teenage healer kidnapped to a cursed mountain discovers the expedition's real prize is her.

by Abe Moss 2022

4.57

345 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🫂 Found Family ⛰️ Expedition Gone Wrong 🩸 Hidden Lineage

Haunted

by James Herbert • 1988

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

3.78

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Haunted 94%

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

by James Herbert 1988

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

The Ghost Woods

by C.J. Cooke • 2022

A decaying Scottish manor hides unwed mothers and a curse of living rot that consumes them all.

3.91

9k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏰 Gothic Manor 🍄 Fungal Body Horror 👥 Found Family 🌈 Queer Love Story

The Ghost Woods 93%

A decaying Scottish manor hides unwed mothers and a curse of living rot that consumes them all.

by C.J. Cooke 2022

3.91

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏰 Gothic Manor 🍄 Fungal Body Horror 👥 Found Family 🌈 Queer Love Story

Let Him In

by William Friend • 2022

Twin girls describe a sinister friend after their mother dies. Their father begins to believe.

3.25

9k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Gothic Family Drama 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Grieving Widower 👯 Twin Dynamics

Let Him In 93%

Twin girls describe a sinister friend after their mother dies. Their father begins to believe.

by William Friend 2022

3.25

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Gothic Family Drama 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Grieving Widower 👯 Twin Dynamics

A Spell to Wake the Dead

by Nicole Lesperance • 2025

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

3.66

1k+

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

A Spell to Wake the Dead 93%

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

by Nicole Lesperance 2025

3.66

1k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

A Cosmology of Monsters

by Shaun Hamill • 2019

The monster at his window becomes his friend, his love, and the family's undoing.

3.73

11k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🖤 Monster As Lover 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy

A Cosmology of Monsters 95%

The monster at his window becomes his friend, his love, and the family's undoing.

by Shaun Hamill 2019

3.73

11k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🖤 Monster As Lover 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy

Beyond the Phantom Glow

by Abe Moss • 2021

A psychic teen must destroy the cursed suitcase that returns the dead before her town vanishes.

4.45

389

👽 Cosmic Horror 💔 Grief Horror 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Cursed Object 🏘️ Small-Town Horror

Beyond the Phantom Glow 95%

A psychic teen must destroy the cursed suitcase that returns the dead before her town vanishes.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.45

389 ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 💔 Grief Horror 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Cursed Object 🏘️ Small-Town Horror

The Bewitching

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A grad student researching a forgotten horror writer wakes a witch, and she's the next course.

3.81

46k+

🕯️ Academic Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 💔 Saphic Yearning 📜 Found Manuscript 🔮 Generational Curse

The Bewitching 93%

A grad student researching a forgotten horror writer wakes a witch, and she's the next course.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025

3.81

46k+ ratings

🕯️ Academic Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 💔 Saphic Yearning 📜 Found Manuscript 🔮 Generational Curse

Old Country

by Matt Query • 2022

A veteran and his wife must follow cruel seasonal rituals to survive their new Idaho ranch.

3.67

9k+

🍂 Seasonal Horror 💔 Unresolved Guilt 🏚️ Haunted Land ⚡ Strained Marriage 🧠 Psychological Horror

Old Country 93%

A veteran and his wife must follow cruel seasonal rituals to survive their new Idaho ranch.

by Matt Query 2022

3.67

9k+ ratings

🍂 Seasonal Horror 💔 Unresolved Guilt 🏚️ Haunted Land ⚡ Strained Marriage 🧠 Psychological Horror

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart

by Christina Henry • 2025

Her dare sends her brother into the abandoned house. He vanishes, and the house is hungry.

3.85

5k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 👁️ Cosmic Horror 🏠 Sentient House 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart Summary

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart 93%

Her dare sends her brother into the abandoned house. He vanishes, and the house is hungry.

by Christina Henry 2025

3.85

5k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 👁️ Cosmic Horror 🏠 Sentient House 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror

Kill Creatures

by Rory Power • 2025

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

3.49

5k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Kill Creatures 93%

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

by Rory Power 2025

3.49

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Itch!

by Gemma Amor • 2025

An ant infestation after finding a corpse forces her to confront her family's secrets and a ritual.

3.71

3k+

🌾 Folk Horror 🤢 Body Horror 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Horror 🔥 Feminine Rage 🔄 Unreliable Narrator

Itch! 93%

An ant infestation after finding a corpse forces her to confront her family's secrets and a ritual.

by Gemma Amor 2025

3.71

3k+ ratings

🌾 Folk Horror 🤢 Body Horror 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Horror 🔥 Feminine Rage 🔄 Unreliable Narrator

These Familiar Walls

by C.J. Dotson • 2026

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

3.59

550

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

These Familiar Walls 93%

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

by C.J. Dotson 2026

3.59

550 ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

The Midnight Knock

by John Fram • 2025

Stranded at a desert motel, guests relive the same night until they solve a murder.

3.34

2k+

🔄 Supernatural Time Loop 🌌 Cosmic Horror Dread 🖤 Queer Antihero 💔 Doomed Lovers 🚗 Stranded Travelers

The Midnight Knock 93%

Stranded at a desert motel, guests relive the same night until they solve a murder.

by John Fram 2025

3.34

2k+ ratings

🔄 Supernatural Time Loop 🌌 Cosmic Horror Dread 🖤 Queer Antihero 💔 Doomed Lovers 🚗 Stranded Travelers

The Library at Hellebore

by Cassandra Khaw • 2025

A magic school devours its students. Locked in the library, survivors learn only one leaves alive.

3.07

7k+

📚 Dark Academia 🩸 Body Horror 🫂 Found Family 💔 Sapphic Longing 🕯️ Gothic Dread

The Library at Hellebore 93%

A magic school devours its students. Locked in the library, survivors learn only one leaves alive.

by Cassandra Khaw 2025

3.07

7k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🩸 Body Horror 🫂 Found Family 💔 Sapphic Longing 🕯️ Gothic Dread

Our Share of Night

by Mariana Enriquez • 2019

A death cult pursues a father and his psychic son across Argentina for the boy's body.

4.25

65k+

🕯️ Occult Secret Society 🕸️ Gothic Family Curse 👻 Mediums And Spirits 🇦🇷 Argentine Dictatorship 🩸 Generational Trauma

Our Share of Night 93%

A death cult pursues a father and his psychic son across Argentina for the boy's body.

by Mariana Enriquez 2019

4.25

65k+ ratings

🕯️ Occult Secret Society 🕸️ Gothic Family Curse 👻 Mediums And Spirits 🇦🇷 Argentine Dictatorship 🩸 Generational Trauma

Boy in the Box

by Marc E. Fitch • 2020

Four friends buried a boy in the Adirondacks. A decade later, the wilderness demands they return.

3.65

179

🏚️ Folk Horror 💀 Guilt And Atonement 🔪 Cover-Up Goes Wrong 👨‍👦 Sins Of The Father 🌲 Remote Wilderness

Boy in the Box 93%

Four friends buried a boy in the Adirondacks. A decade later, the wilderness demands they return.

by Marc E. Fitch 2020

3.65

179 ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 💀 Guilt And Atonement 🔪 Cover-Up Goes Wrong 👨‍👦 Sins Of The Father 🌲 Remote Wilderness

Daphne

by Josh Malerman • 2022

Think of her, you die. A basketball star with severe anxiety can't control her thoughts.

3.37

6k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌃 Urban Legend 😰 Anxiety As Horror 💀 Fear Made Flesh 🏚️ Small-Town Secrets

Daphne 93%

Think of her, you die. A basketball star with severe anxiety can't control her thoughts.

by Josh Malerman 2022

3.37

6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌃 Urban Legend 😰 Anxiety As Horror 💀 Fear Made Flesh 🏚️ Small-Town Secrets

The Vile Thing We Created

by Robert P. Ottone • 2023

Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.

3.56

760

🫄 Postpartum Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕯️ Occult Pregnancy 👁️ Uncanny Child 💫 Unreliable Reality

The Vile Thing We Created 93%

Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.

by Robert P. Ottone 2023

3.56

760 ratings

🫄 Postpartum Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕯️ Occult Pregnancy 👁️ Uncanny Child 💫 Unreliable Reality

Smothermoss

by Alisa Alering • 2024

Two sisters draw monsters for protection while a killer stalks their Appalachian mountain.

3.43

5k+

🏔️ Appalachian Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👭 Sisters In Peril 👾 Monsters Come Alive 💜 Queer Awakening

Smothermoss 93%

Two sisters draw monsters for protection while a killer stalks their Appalachian mountain.

by Alisa Alering 2024

3.43

5k+ ratings

🏔️ Appalachian Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👭 Sisters In Peril 👾 Monsters Come Alive 💜 Queer Awakening

Something I Keep Upstairs

by J.D. Barker • 2025

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

3.85

3k+

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse 🕯️ Occult Rituals 🤝 Teen Death Pact

Something I Keep Upstairs 93%

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

by J.D. Barker 2025

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse 🕯️ Occult Rituals 🤝 Teen Death Pact

What Moves the Dead

by T. Kingfisher • 2022

A soldier returns to a decaying manor: her friends are dying, and the lake is learning.

3.84

146k+

🍄 Fungal Body Horror 🏚️ Crumbling Gothic Manor 📜 Poe Retelling 🏳️‍⚧️ Non-Binary Protagonist 🔬 Amateur Investigation

What Moves the Dead 93%

A soldier returns to a decaying manor: her friends are dying, and the lake is learning.

by T. Kingfisher 2022

3.84

146k+ ratings

🍄 Fungal Body Horror 🏚️ Crumbling Gothic Manor 📜 Poe Retelling 🏳️‍⚧️ Non-Binary Protagonist 🔬 Amateur Investigation

And the Sea Called Her Name

by Joe Hart • 2015

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

3.73

429

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

And the Sea Called Her Name 93%

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

by Joe Hart 2015

3.73

429 ratings

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

To Those Willing to Drown

by Mark Matthews • 2025

A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.

4.08

108

🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

To Those Willing to Drown 93%

A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.

by Mark Matthews 2025

4.08

108 ratings

🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Reaping

by Bernard Taylor • 1980

An artist's retreat to a crumbling manor becomes a trap when the household's true purpose surfaces.

3.57

915

🐐 Folk Horror 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🕯️ Secret Cult 🕰️ Immortality Ritual 🎭 Hidden Identities

The Reaping 93%

An artist's retreat to a crumbling manor becomes a trap when the household's true purpose surfaces.

by Bernard Taylor 1980

3.57

915 ratings

🐐 Folk Horror 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🕯️ Secret Cult 🕰️ Immortality Ritual 🎭 Hidden Identities

Black Sheep

by Rachel Harrison • 2023

She fled her Satanic family years ago. A wedding invitation won't let her stay gone.

3.58

38k+

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3.99

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3.66

16k+ ratings

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The Morning Star 93%

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3.96

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3.55

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Beneath the Stairs 93%

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3.55

5k+ ratings

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