🌌 Cosmic Horror

Stories in which the universe is vast, indifferent, and populated by forces that dwarf human comprehension. Rooted in the Lovecraftian tradition, these works trade jump scares for existential dread.

The Gone World

by Tom Sweterlitsch

An NCIS agent hunts a missing girl through time, but every future is already ending.

3.91

30k+

🔍 Time Travel Detective ⏳ Alternate Timelines 🕯️ Cult And Conspiracy 👥 Mirror Selves 🌲 Rural Appalachia

The Gone World

An NCIS agent hunts a missing girl through time, but every future is already ending.

by Tom Sweterlitsch 2018

3.91

30k+ ratings

🔍 Time Travel Detective ⏳ Alternate Timelines 🕯️ Cult And Conspiracy 👥 Mirror Selves 🌲 Rural Appalachia

The Mind Parasites

by Colin Wilson • 1967

An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.

3.72

2k+

🐙 Lovecraftian 🧠 Philosophical Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👁️ Mental Invasion 📜 Secret History

The Mind Parasites

An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.

by Colin Wilson 1967

3.72

2k+ ratings

🐙 Lovecraftian 🧠 Philosophical Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👁️ Mental Invasion 📜 Secret History

The Redemption of Time

by Baoshu • 2011

A disembodied brain teaches aliens to lie, his love spanning the death and rebirth of all things.

3.63

11k+

🌌 Metaphysical Sci-Fi 🧠 Brain In A Jar 💞 Cosmic Love Story 🌍 Last Survivors 🌅 Melancholic Hope

The Redemption of Time

A disembodied brain teaches aliens to lie, his love spanning the death and rebirth of all things.

by Baoshu 2011

3.63

11k+ ratings

🌌 Metaphysical Sci-Fi 🧠 Brain In A Jar 💞 Cosmic Love Story 🌍 Last Survivors 🌅 Melancholic Hope

Frozen Hell

by John W. Campbell Jr. • 2019

At the bottom of the world, researchers thaw a creature that mimics the men it kills.

3.73

2k+

🧬 Body Horror ❄️ Arctic Isolation 👾 Shape-Shifting Alien 👥 Impostor Horror 🔥 Survival Horror

Frozen Hell

At the bottom of the world, researchers thaw a creature that mimics the men it kills.

by John W. Campbell Jr. 2019

3.73

2k+ ratings

🧬 Body Horror ❄️ Arctic Isolation 👾 Shape-Shifting Alien 👥 Impostor Horror 🔥 Survival Horror

American Supernatural Tales

by S.T. Joshi • 2007

A journey through two centuries of American supernatural fiction: Gothic shadows to cosmic dread.

4.01

1k+

🏚️ American Gothic 👁️ Weird Fiction ✍️ Literary Horror 🏠 Haunted House 📖 Forbidden Knowledge

American Supernatural Tales

A journey through two centuries of American supernatural fiction: Gothic shadows to cosmic dread.

by S.T. Joshi 2007

4.01

1k+ ratings

🏚️ American Gothic 👁️ Weird Fiction ✍️ Literary Horror 🏠 Haunted House 📖 Forbidden Knowledge

Absolution

by Jeff Vandermeer • 2024

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

3.57

13k+

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 👥 Doppelgangers

Absolution

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

by Jeff Vandermeer 2024

3.57

13k+ ratings

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 👥 Doppelgangers

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 🏠 Sentient House 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart

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 🏠 Sentient House 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

The Solar War

by John French • 2019

The traitor fleet surrounds Earth, but a forbidden ritual threatens to unleash hell.

4.02

4k+

💀 Grimdark Future 🚀 Space Fleet Warfare 🦾 Super Soldier Legions 🏰 Siege Warfare 👹 Daemonic Incursion

The Solar War

The traitor fleet surrounds Earth, but a forbidden ritual threatens to unleash hell.

by John French 2019

4.02

4k+ ratings

💀 Grimdark Future 🚀 Space Fleet Warfare 🦾 Super Soldier Legions 🏰 Siege Warfare 👹 Daemonic Incursion

Song of Susannah

by Stephen King • 2004

Trapped inside her own body, Susannah fights a possessing spirit racing toward a monstrous birth.

4.00

177k+

🏜️ Weird Western 📖 Metafictional Fantasy 🌑 Dark Epic Fantasy 👁️ Demonic Possession 🤰 Monstrous Pregnancy

Song of Susannah

Trapped inside her own body, Susannah fights a possessing spirit racing toward a monstrous birth.

by Stephen King 2004

4.00

177k+ ratings

🏜️ Weird Western 📖 Metafictional Fantasy 🌑 Dark Epic Fantasy 👁️ Demonic Possession 🤰 Monstrous Pregnancy

Ashes of Man

by Christopher Ruocchio

His Emperor is buried alive. The rescue will cost him everything he has left to lose.

4.48

16k+

🏰 Feudal Galactic Empire ⚔️ Military Space Opera 💔 Doomed Love 🗡️ Fallen Hero 🌑 Grimdark

Ashes of Man

His Emperor is buried alive. The rescue will cost him everything he has left to lose.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2022

4.48

16k+ ratings

🏰 Feudal Galactic Empire ⚔️ Military Space Opera 💔 Doomed Love 🗡️ Fallen Hero 🌑 Grimdark

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+

📖 Literary Horror 🖤 Monster As Lover 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy 🎪 Haunted Attraction

A Cosmology of Monsters

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

by Shaun Hamill 2019

3.73

11k+ ratings

📖 Literary Horror 🖤 Monster As Lover 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy 🎪 Haunted Attraction

Going Home in the Dark

by Dean Koontz • 2025

Four friends, amnesia-plagued, return home after a coma, only to find utopia built on horror.

3.48

9k+

🏘️ Small-Town Horror 🧠 Repressed Memories 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😈 Dark Humor 🕳️ Subterranean Horror

Going Home in the Dark

Four friends, amnesia-plagued, return home after a coma, only to find utopia built on horror.

by Dean Koontz 2025

3.48

9k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Horror 🧠 Repressed Memories 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😈 Dark Humor 🕳️ Subterranean Horror

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

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

Hunger

by Michael Grant • 2009

Hunger, mutant worms, and a demagogue push a community of trapped children toward civil war.

4.02

92k+

🖤 Trapped In A Dome 🧬 Superpowered Kids 🍞 Resource War 😔 Reluctant Leader ⚡ Mutant Prejudice

Hunger

Hunger, mutant worms, and a demagogue push a community of trapped children toward civil war.

by Michael Grant 2009

4.02

92k+ ratings

🖤 Trapped In A Dome 🧬 Superpowered Kids 🍞 Resource War 😔 Reluctant Leader ⚡ Mutant Prejudice

Sour Candy

by Kealan Patrick Burke

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

3.59

26k+

🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father 🏡 Suburban Decay

Sour Candy

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

by Kealan Patrick Burke 2015

3.59

26k+ ratings

🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father 🏡 Suburban Decay

The Scarlet Gospels

by Clive Barker • 2015

A haunted detective follows his kidnapped friend into Hell as a rogue demon overthrows the Devil.

3.50

11k+

🔍 Occult Detective 🔥 Infernal Journey 👥 Found Family 😈 Rebellion In Hell 🩸 Body Horror

The Scarlet Gospels

A haunted detective follows his kidnapped friend into Hell as a rogue demon overthrows the Devil.

by Clive Barker 2015

3.50

11k+ ratings

🔍 Occult Detective 🔥 Infernal Journey 👥 Found Family 😈 Rebellion In Hell 🩸 Body Horror

The Unseen

by Ania Ahlborn • 2025

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

3.36

4k+

👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma 🧠 Unreliable Narrator

The Unseen

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

by Ania Ahlborn 2025

3.36

4k+ ratings

👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma 🧠 Unreliable Narrator

Nona the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir • 2022

An amnesiac child with a borrowed body has six months before the apocalypse inside her wakes.

4.33

57k+

🚀 Science Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 👥 Body Sharing 🥀 Tender Horror

Nona the Ninth

An amnesiac child with a borrowed body has six months before the apocalypse inside her wakes.

by Tamsyn Muir 2022

4.33

57k+ ratings

🚀 Science Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 👥 Body Sharing 🥀 Tender Horror

John Dies at the End

by David Wong • 2007

A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.

3.86

85k+

🩸 Comedy Horror 🤝 Buddy Comedy 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Surreal Horror 🏚️ Small Town Horror

John Dies at the End

A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.

by David Wong 2007

3.86

85k+ ratings

🩸 Comedy Horror 🤝 Buddy Comedy 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Surreal Horror 🏚️ Small Town Horror

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1999

A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.

3.5

15k+

🚢 Gothic Seafaring ⚓ Mutiny At Sea 🍖 Survival Cannibalism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🧊 Antarctic Mystery

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1999

3.5

15k+ ratings

🚢 Gothic Seafaring ⚓ Mutiny At Sea 🍖 Survival Cannibalism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🧊 Antarctic Mystery

Halo

by William C. Dietz • 2003

Crash-landed on a ringworld, a super-soldier must destroy it to stop a parasite from reaching Earth.

3.74

20k+

🪖 Military Sci-Fi 🦾 Super-Soldier 🤖 AI Companion 🧬 Alien Parasite ⛪ Religious Zealotry

Halo

Crash-landed on a ringworld, a super-soldier must destroy it to stop a parasite from reaching Earth.

by William C. Dietz 2003

3.74

20k+ ratings

🪖 Military Sci-Fi 🦾 Super-Soldier 🤖 AI Companion 🧬 Alien Parasite ⛪ Religious Zealotry

The Deep

by Nick Cutter

Eight miles down, a veterinarian finds his brother's station. The crew is no longer human.

3.41

43k+

🫀 Body Horror 🌊 Deep Sea Horror 😔 Grieving Father 👁️ Ancient Entities 🕳️ Claustrophobic Dread

The Deep

Eight miles down, a veterinarian finds his brother's station. The crew is no longer human.

by Nick Cutter 2015

3.41

43k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🌊 Deep Sea Horror 😔 Grieving Father 👁️ Ancient Entities 🕳️ Claustrophobic Dread

The Best of H.P. Lovecraft

by H.P. Lovecraft • 1963

Forbidden knowledge in New England: scholars learn the universe was never built for human minds.

4.30

30k+

👁️ Weird Fiction 📜 Forbidden Knowledge 🧐 Scholarly Protagonist 🦑 Ancient Evil Awakens 🌀 Descent Into Madness

The Best of H.P. Lovecraft

Forbidden knowledge in New England: scholars learn the universe was never built for human minds.

by H.P. Lovecraft 1963

4.30

30k+ ratings

👁️ Weird Fiction 📜 Forbidden Knowledge 🧐 Scholarly Protagonist 🦑 Ancient Evil Awakens 🌀 Descent Into Madness

Immortal Dawn

by Eve Newton • 2024

Burned by her lovers, a vampire's soul fractures: the dark half wants revenge.

4.02

1k+

🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 👑 Morally Grey Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🔮 Fated Mates

Immortal Dawn

Burned by her lovers, a vampire's soul fractures: the dark half wants revenge.

by Eve Newton 2024

4.02

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 👑 Morally Grey Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🔮 Fated Mates

Weaveworld

by Clive Barker

A Liverpool clerk discovers a magical world inside a carpet as an ancient destroyer closes in.

4.13

34k+

🗺️ Hidden Magical World 🌹 Grotesque Beauty 🌫️ Mythic Melancholy 🤝 Found Family 💭 Imagination As Power

Weaveworld

A Liverpool clerk discovers a magical world inside a carpet as an ancient destroyer closes in.

by Clive Barker 1987

4.13

34k+ ratings

🗺️ Hidden Magical World 🌹 Grotesque Beauty 🌫️ Mythic Melancholy 🤝 Found Family 💭 Imagination As Power

Eyes of the Void

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2022

The Architects return. A haunted navigator must uncover their secret while every faction hunts him.

4.19

21k+

🏛️ Alien Ruins 🤝 Found Family 😟 Reluctant Hero 🎭 Political Intrigue 🚀 Ragtag Crew

Eyes of the Void

The Architects return. A haunted navigator must uncover their secret while every faction hunts him.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2022

4.19

21k+ ratings

🏛️ Alien Ruins 🤝 Found Family 😟 Reluctant Hero 🎭 Political Intrigue 🚀 Ragtag Crew

Critical Role

by Madeleine Roux • 2022

A gutter tiefling steals a journal leading to a sentient city hungry for a new vessel.

4.01

3k+

🦹 Villain Origin Story 💜 Found Family 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Antihero 🏙️ Sentient City

Critical Role

A gutter tiefling steals a journal leading to a sentient city hungry for a new vessel.

by Madeleine Roux 2022

4.01

3k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Origin Story 💜 Found Family 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Antihero 🏙️ Sentient City

The Cut

by C.J. Dotson • 2025

She fled abuse to a hotel where the water breeds monsters and the owner wants her baby.

2.98

937

🏨 Haunted Hotel Horror 🏃‍♀️ Escape From Abuse 👩‍👧 Protective Mother 🌊 Ancient Evil Awakens 🦴 Body Horror

The Cut

She fled abuse to a hotel where the water breeds monsters and the owner wants her baby.

by C.J. Dotson 2025

2.98

937 ratings

🏨 Haunted Hotel Horror 🏃‍♀️ Escape From Abuse 👩‍👧 Protective Mother 🌊 Ancient Evil Awakens 🦴 Body Horror

I Am Behind You

by John Ajvide Lindqvist • 2014

Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.

3.36

5k+

🚪 Liminal Space 🧠 Psychological Horror 👧 Inhuman Child 🩸 Body Horror 🇸🇪 Scandinavian Horror

I Am Behind You

Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.

by John Ajvide Lindqvist 2014

3.36

5k+ ratings

🚪 Liminal Space 🧠 Psychological Horror 👧 Inhuman Child 🩸 Body Horror 🇸🇪 Scandinavian Horror

Phyl-Undhu

by Nick Land • 2014

A daughter's game is a doorway to cosmic extinction. Her parents enter to bring her back.

3.56

284

🧠 Philosophical Horror 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 💻 Simulated Reality 💔 Family Disintegration 🏛️ Doomed Civilization

Phyl-Undhu

A daughter's game is a doorway to cosmic extinction. Her parents enter to bring her back.

by Nick Land 2014

3.56

284 ratings

🧠 Philosophical Horror 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 💻 Simulated Reality 💔 Family Disintegration 🏛️ Doomed Civilization

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