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How Bad Things Can Get Summary

How Bad Things Can Get

by Darcy Coates 2025 416 pages

Mystery Thriller

Departure 37 Summary

by Scott Carson 2025 389 pages

Historical Fiction

Sinners Retreat Summary

Sinners Retreat

by Lauren Biel 2024 366 pages

All Hallows Summary

by Christopher Golden 2023 325 pages

by Blake Crouch 2012 307 pages

Science Fiction

Sour Candy Summary

by Kealan Patrick Burke 2015 84 pages

Unexplained Summary

Based on the 'world's spookiest podcast'

by Richard MacLean Smith 2018 352 pages

Fanged Noumena Summary

Collected Writings, 1987–2007

by Nick Land 2011 666 pages

Greatest Hits Summary

by Harlan Ellison 2024 468 pages

Science Fiction

North American Lake Monsters Summary

North American Lake Monsters

by Nathan Ballingrud 2013 205 pages

Chasing Ghosts Summary

A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural

by Marc Hartzman 2021 272 pages

The Sentinel Summary

by Jeffrey Konvitz 1974 278 pages

Starling House Summary

by Alix E. Harrow 2023 320 pages

The Case Against Satan Summary

The Case Against Satan

by Ray Russell 1962 140 pages

Sweet Heart Summary

by Peter James 1991 335 pages

Hauntings Summary

True Stories of Unquiet Spirits

by Paul Roland 2008 208 pages

Hearthstone Cottage Summary

Hearthstone Cottage

by Frazer Lee 2019 240 pages

A Natural History: 500 Years of Searching for Proof

by Roger Clarke 2012 359 pages

The Dead House Summary

by Dawn Kurtagich 2015 440 pages

The Tale of the Vampire Bride Summary

The Tale of the Vampire Bride

by Rhiannon Frater 2009 334 pages

172 Hours on the Moon Summary

172 Hours on the Moon

by Johan Harstad 2008 368 pages

Science Fiction

The Tangleroot Palace Summary

The Tangleroot Palace

by Marjorie M. Liu 2021 239 pages

How to Survive a Horror Story Summary

How to Survive a Horror Story

by Mallory Arnold 2025 368 pages

Let's Split Up Summary

by Bill Wood 2024 339 pages

I'm Thinking of Ending Things Summary

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

by Iain Reid 2016 241 pages

Pay the Piper Summary

by George A. Romero 2024 328 pages

The Once and Future Me Summary

The Once and Future Me

by Melissa Pace 2025 384 pages

Science Fiction

Empire of the Dawn Summary

Empire of the Dawn

by Jay Kristoff 2025 800 pages

The Farmhouse Summary

by Chelsea Conradt 2025 432 pages

The House of Last Resort Summary

The House of Last Resort

by Christopher Golden 2024 292 pages

Senseless Summary

by Ronald Malfi 2025 432 pages

by Emma van Straaten 2025 256 pages

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2025 436 pages

Science Fiction

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes Summary

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

by Clay McLeod Chapman 2025 384 pages

The Haunting of Room 904 Summary

The Haunting of Room 904

by Erika T. Wurth 2025 306 pages

This Cursed House Summary

This Cursed House

by Del Sandeen 2024 384 pages

Historical Fiction

Sleep Tight Summary

by J.H. Markert 2024 336 pages

The Contortionist Summary

The Contortionist

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 280 pages

Someone You Can Build a Nest In Summary

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

by John Wiswell 2024 310 pages

The Fifth to Die Summary

The Fifth to Die

by J.D. Barker 2018 543 pages

To Kill a Shadow Summary

To Kill a Shadow

by Katherine Quinn 2023 448 pages

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart Summary

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart

by Christina Henry 2025 320 pages

The Staircase in the Woods Summary

The Staircase in the Woods

by Chuck Wendig 2025 388 pages

Lovely Bad Things Summary

Lovely Bad Things

by Trisha Wolfe 2022 334 pages

by Rachel Harrison 2021 291 pages

Don't Look Now and Other Stories Summary

Don't Look Now and Other Stories

by Daphne du Maurier 2013 214 pages

At Dark, I Become Loathsome Summary

At Dark, I Become Loathsome

by Eric LaRocca 2025 178 pages

Blood Like Mine Summary

Blood Like Mine

by Stuart Neville 2024 375 pages

Grotesque Summary

by Natsuo Kirino 2007 480 pages

Japanese Literature

Small Favors Summary

by Erin A. Craig 2021 466 pages

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