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The Eyes of the Dragon Summary

The Eyes of the Dragon

by Stephen King 1987 394 pages

Pay the Piper Summary

by George A. Romero 2024 328 pages

H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth Summary

H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth

by Gou Tanabe 2022 450 pages

What the Woods Took Summary

What the Woods Took

by Courtney Gould 2024 336 pages

Midwinterblood Summary

by Marcus Sedgwick 2011 264 pages

House of Hearts Summary

House of Hearts

by Skyla Arndt 2025 288 pages

An Academy for Liars Summary

An Academy for Liars

by Alexis Henderson 2024 464 pages

The Third Parent Summary

The Third Parent

by Elias Witherow 2017 273 pages

Horror Thriller

My Heart Is a Chainsaw Summary

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

by Stephen Graham Jones 2021 405 pages

The Desolations of Devil's Acre Summary

The Desolations of Devil's Acre

by Ransom Riggs 2021 528 pages

Greatest Hits Summary

by Harlan Ellison 2024 468 pages

Science Fiction

Never Whistle at Night Summary

Never Whistle at Night

An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

by Shane Hawk 2023 416 pages

We Have Always Lived in the Castle Summary

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson 1962 152 pages

El evangelio del mal Summary

El evangelio del mal

by Patrick Graham 2007 560 pages

Le sacrilège Summary

by Patrick Isabelle 2018 328 pages

The House of Last Resort Summary

The House of Last Resort

by Christopher Golden 2024 292 pages

Baignade interdite Summary

Baignade interdite

by R.L. Stine 1994 141 pages

Play Nice Summary

by Rachel Harrison 2025 336 pages

Vampires of El Norte Summary

Vampires of El Norte

by Isabel Cañas 2023 371 pages

Historical Fiction

The Starving Saints Summary

The Starving Saints

by Caitlin Starling 2025 352 pages

Historical Fiction

The Hunger Summary

by Alma Katsu 2018 376 pages

Historical Fiction

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes Summary

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

by Clay McLeod Chapman 2025 384 pages

The Nesting Summary

by C.J. Cooke 2020 416 pages

The Blonde Dies First Summary

The Blonde Dies First

by Joelle Wellington 2024 336 pages

Dead Silence Summary

by S.A. Barnes 2022 343 pages

Science Fiction

It Will Just Be Us Summary

It Will Just Be Us

by Jo Kaplan 2020 272 pages

Last to Leave the Room Summary

Last to Leave the Room

by Caitlin Starling 2023 312 pages

Science Fiction

The Three-Candle Prayer Summary

The Three-Candle Prayer

by Abe Moss 2024 284 pages

Horror Thriller

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment Summary

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

by Delilah S. Dawson 2024 368 pages

Bellevue Summary

by Robin Cook 2024 341 pages

All Hallows Summary

by Christopher Golden 2023 325 pages

Departure 37 Summary

by Scott Carson 2025 389 pages

Historical Fiction

Intercepts Summary

by T.J. Payne 2019 327 pages

Science Fiction

The Drowning House Summary

The Drowning House

by Cherie Priest 2024 421 pages

The End of the World As We Know It Summary

The End of the World As We Know It

New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand

by Christopher Golden 2025 779 pages

Neverwhere Summary

by Neil Gaiman 1996 370 pages

Science Fiction Fantasy

A Land So Wide Summary

by Erin A. Craig 2025 368 pages

Historical Fiction

Our Share of Night Summary

Our Share of Night

by Mariana Enriquez 2019 588 pages

Historical Fiction

Candles Burning Summary

Candles Burning

by Tabitha King 2006 432 pages

The Invited Summary

by Jennifer McMahon 2019 353 pages

House of Leaves Summary

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski 2000 710 pages

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