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The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Summary

The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 688 pages

Powers of Darkness Summary

Powers of Darkness

The Lost Version of Dracula

by Valdimar Ásmundsson 1901 309 pages

Frozen Hell Summary

by John W. Campbell Jr. 2019 149 pages

Science Fiction

The Loop Summary

by Ben Oliver 2020 368 pages

Science Fiction

The Only One Left Summary

The Only One Left

by Riley Sager 2023 383 pages

Mystery Thriller

In the Shadow of Blackbirds Summary

In the Shadow of Blackbirds

by Cat Winters 2013 387 pages

Historical Fiction

The Scarlet Gospels Summary

The Scarlet Gospels

by Clive Barker 2015 361 pages

by Hans Holzer 1997 761 pages

Unexplained Summary

Based on the 'world's spookiest podcast'

by Richard MacLean Smith 2018 352 pages

We Are Watching Summary

We Are Watching

by Alison Gaylin 2025 325 pages

Mystery Thriller

Midnight Howl Summary

by Clare Hutton 2011 192 pages

Lucas on the Line Summary

Lucas on the Line

by Suyi Davies 2022 310 pages

Science Fiction

Tales From the Hinterland Summary

Tales From the Hinterland

by Melissa Albert 2021 240 pages

All-Night Party Summary

All-Night Party

by R.L. Stine 1997 160 pages

Dracula the Un-Dead Summary

Dracula the Un-Dead

by Dacre Stoker 2009 424 pages

Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus - Illustrated Summary

Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus - Illustrated

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1818 310 pages

Science Fiction

Run on Red Summary

by Noelle W. Ihli 2022 291 pages

Mystery Thriller

Delicious Monsters Summary

Delicious Monsters

by Liselle Sambury 2023 512 pages

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings Summary

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings

by Peter Haining 2008 512 pages

The Bog Wife Summary

by Kay Chronister 2024 336 pages

Chasing Ghosts Summary

A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural

by Marc Hartzman 2021 272 pages

Earthlings Summary

by Sayaka Murata 2018 247 pages

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Summary

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood

by James Malcolm Rymer 1845 809 pages

The Butcher Summary

by Jennifer Hillier 2014 352 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Tangleroot Palace Summary

The Tangleroot Palace

by Marjorie M. Liu 2021 239 pages

The Case Against Satan Summary

The Case Against Satan

by Ray Russell 1962 140 pages

Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 5 Summary

Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 5

by Gege Akutami 2019 192 pages

Something from the Nightside Summary

Something from the Nightside

by Simon R. Green 2003 230 pages

A Natural History: 500 Years of Searching for Proof

by Roger Clarke 2012 359 pages

Hauntings Summary

True Stories of Unquiet Spirits

by Paul Roland 2008 208 pages

by Edith Wharton 1937 288 pages

A Cosmology of Monsters Summary

A Cosmology of Monsters

by Shaun Hamill 2019 336 pages

Hannibal Summary

by Thomas Harris 1999 564 pages

Sweet Heart Summary

by Peter James 1991 335 pages

The Tale of the Vampire Bride Summary

The Tale of the Vampire Bride

by Rhiannon Frater 2009 334 pages

One Was Lost Summary

by Natalie D. Richards 2016 308 pages

The Sentinel Summary

by Jeffrey Konvitz 1974 278 pages

The Party Summary

by Natasha Preston 2024 352 pages

The Stupidest Angel Summary

The Stupidest Angel

A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror

by Christopher Moore 2004 306 pages

We Live Here Now Summary

We Live Here Now

by Sarah Pinborough 2025 291 pages

The Ritual Summary

by Adam L.G. Nevill 2011 418 pages

by Kiersten White 2022 240 pages

Hearthstone Cottage Summary

Hearthstone Cottage

by Frazer Lee 2019 240 pages

172 Hours on the Moon Summary

172 Hours on the Moon

by Johan Harstad 2008 368 pages

Science Fiction

The Library at Mount Char Summary

The Library at Mount Char

by Scott Hawkins 2015 390 pages

Science Fiction

Suicidas Summary

by Raphael Montes 2012 488 pages

North American Lake Monsters Summary

North American Lake Monsters

by Nathan Ballingrud 2013 205 pages

Dread Nation Summary

by Justina Ireland 2018 455 pages

Historical Fiction

The Lottery and Other Stories Summary

The Lottery and Other Stories

by Shirley Jackson 1949 302 pages

Girl in a Rabbit Hole Summary

Girl in a Rabbit Hole

by R.J. Law 2021

Mystery Thriller

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