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The Raven Summary

by Edgar Allan Poe 1845 64 pages

Hell House Summary

by Richard Matheson 1971 301 pages

The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver Summary

The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver

by Shawn Inmon 2015 320 pages

Science Fiction

The Dead Take the A Train Summary

The Dead Take the A Train

by Cassandra Khaw 2023 391 pages

Paperbacks from Hell Summary

Paperbacks from Hell

The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

by Grady Hendrix 2017 254 pages

Books About Books

The Bone Houses Summary

The Bone Houses

by Emily Lloyd-Jones 2019 335 pages

Suicide Forest Summary

by Jeremy Bates 2014 440 pages

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires Summary

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

by Grady Hendrix 2020 410 pages

The Killing Dance Summary

The Killing Dance

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1997 368 pages

On Writing Horror Summary

On Writing Horror

A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association

by Horror Writers Association 1997 272 pages

The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 Summary

The Walking Dead, Vol. 1

by Robert Kirkman 2004 144 pages

The Shadow Out of Time Summary

The Shadow Out of Time

by H.P. Lovecraft 1936 140 pages

Science Fiction

Sanctuary Summary

by Caryn Lix 2018 480 pages

Science Fiction

by Duncan Ralston 2016 131 pages

Wilder Girls Summary

by Rory Power 2019 357 pages

The Clinic Summary

by Cate Quinn 2024 448 pages

Mystery Thriller

Monster Hunter International Summary

Monster Hunter International

by Larry Correia 2009 557 pages

by Douglas Preston 1995 480 pages

All's Well Summary

by Mona Awad 2021 352 pages

Magical Realism

Obsidian Butterfly Summary

Obsidian Butterfly

by Laurell K. Hamilton 2000 596 pages

The Final Scene Summary

The Final Scene

by Steph Nelson 2024 248 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories Summary

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

by Franz Kafka 1996 88 pages

Hemlock & Silver Summary

Hemlock & Silver

by T. Kingfisher 2025 368 pages

Come Closer Summary

by Sara Gran 2003 194 pages

Unspeakable Things Summary

Unspeakable Things

by Jess Lourey 2020 296 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Grownup Summary

by Gillian Flynn 2014 64 pages

Guilty Pleasures Summary

Guilty Pleasures

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1993 355 pages

The Lunatic Cafe Summary

The Lunatic Cafe

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1996 352 pages

The Hollow Places Summary

The Hollow Places

by T. Kingfisher 2020 341 pages

Revenge of the Witch Summary

Revenge of the Witch

by Joseph Delaney 2004 344 pages

Nevermore Summary

by Keith R.A. DeCandido 2007 315 pages

by Dacre Stoker 2018 497 pages

Historical Fiction

My Best Friend's Exorcism Summary

My Best Friend's Exorcism

by Grady Hendrix 2016 337 pages

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Summary

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe 1838 288 pages

Nightmare Fuel Summary

The Science of Horror Films

by Nina Nesseth 2022 304 pages

The Dead Husband Cookbook Summary

The Dead Husband Cookbook

by Danielle Valentine 2025 352 pages

Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 Summary

Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1

by Kentaro Miura 2019 689 pages

The Sheep Look Up Summary

The Sheep Look Up

by John Brunner 1972 352 pages

Science Fiction

Post Apocalyptic

Circus of the Damned Summary

Circus of the Damned

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1995 336 pages

A Touch of Jen Summary

by Beth Morgan 2021 320 pages

Literary Fiction

The Ghost Woods Summary

The Ghost Woods

by C.J. Cooke 2022 408 pages

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories Summary

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories

by Oscar Wilde 1891 320 pages

What Big Teeth Summary

by Rose Szabo 2021 394 pages

by Cyn Balog 2017 277 pages

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Summary

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 304 pages

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017 288 pages

Science Fiction

Post Apocalyptic

Scritch Scratch Summary

Scritch Scratch

by Lindsay Currie 2020 277 pages

The Sun Down Motel Summary

The Sun Down Motel

by Simone St. James 2020 327 pages

The Ballad of Black Tom Summary

The Ballad of Black Tom

by Victor LaValle 2016 149 pages

It's Behind You Summary

It's Behind You

by Kathryn Foxfield 2021 352 pages

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