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She’s Always Hungry

Eliza Clark

Visceral, speculative body horror from Eliza Clark, author of Boy Parts and Penance - the first collection from this major voice in British fiction.

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Thirst

Marina Yuszczuk, Heather Cleary (trans.)

Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting yearning that will not let them rest. A breakout, genre-blurring novel from one of the most…

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A Sunny Place for Shady People

Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (trans.)

A delicious, diabolical collection of short stories, from the International Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed and Our Share of Night

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The Hotel

Daisy Johnson

A triumph of contemporary horror from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author, this collection of short stories will haunt you long after you turn the final page

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Graveyard Shift

M. L. Rio

The bestselling author of international BookTok sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story of a group of misfits who meet in the local cemetery each night to unearth…

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The Eerie Book

Margaret Armour (ed.), W.B. Macdougall (illus.), Kirsty Logan (intro.)

A haunting anthology of supernatural stories and the macabre by well-known authors of gothic novels, folklore and fairy tales, each featuring a chillingly striking black-and-white illustration.

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The Only One Left

Riley Sager

Bestselling author Riley Sager returns with a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for a woman accused of a massacre decades earlier.

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I Was a Teenage Slasher

Stephen Graham Jones

From the New York Times bestselling horror writer comes a classic slasher story with a twist-perfect for fans of Riley Sager and Grady Hendrix.

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Our Share of Night

Mariana Enriquez

A damaged father battles to save his son from the sinister cult he is destined to serve - from cult sensation Mariana Enriquez, author of the International Booker Prize-shortlisted The…

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Horror Movie

Paul Tremblay

The monster at the heart of a cult 90s cursed horror film tells his shocking and bloody secret history. Slow burn terror meets high-stakes showdowns, from the bestselling author of…

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Woodworm

Layla Martinez, Sophie Hughes (trans.), Annie McDermott (trans.)

A dazzling horror-tinged debut novel from Spain set in a house haunted by shadows of the dead, for fans of Mariana Enriquez, Fernanda Melchor and Ottessa Moshfegh

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Youthjuice

E.K. Sathue

A bloodthirsty copywriter realises that beauty is possible - at a terrible cost - in this surreal, satirical send-up of NYC It-girl culture.

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The Snow Ghost and Other Tales

Various

A spine-tinglingly beautiful hardback collection of some of Japan's scariest yet still compelling classic ghost stories

Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales…

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The Underhistory

Kaaron Warren

A dark and magnificently inventive upmarket thriller about the lengths a lone woman will go to protect her home, and the family history it hides within its walls.

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A Certain Hunger

Chelsea G. Summers

Eat, Pray, Love meets American Psycho in this riotously funny and deliciously gory novel.

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The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales

H. P. Lovecraft

Lets you find things that lurk, things that scurry in the walls, things that move unseen, things that have learnt to walk that ought to crawl, unfathomable blackness, unconquerable evil…

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The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephen Jones as he's sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he…

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Night Side of the River

Jeanette Winterson

A masterful and modern collection of ghost stories from Sunday Times bestselling author Jeanette Winterson

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Cursed Bunny

Bora Chung, Anton Hur (trans.)

A woman is haunted by her own bodily waste. A pregnant woman is told she must find a father for her unborn baby or face horrific consequences. A young monster…

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Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Cassandra Khaw

Khaw’s got a sterling premise, enduring lore, and the fresh talent to voice it. Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box

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Rouge

Mona Awad

From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother’s unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in…

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The Woman in Black and Other Ghost Stories

Susan Hill

A beautiful hardback edition of one of the scariest and most ingenious novels ever written.

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Bluebeard’s Castle

Anna Biller

Bluebeard gets a feminist Gothic makeover in this subversive take on the famous French fairy tale-from the acclaimed director of The Love Witch, and for fans of Jane Eyre

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The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

Seamlessly blending classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary, The Only Good Indians follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them…

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Our Wives Under The Sea

Julia Armfield

A haunting and moving debut novel about love, loss and grief - about what life there is the deep ocean and what happens when we go looking for it.

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Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories

Junji Ito

A best-of story selection by the master of horror manga. This volume includes nine of Junji Ito’s best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying…

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The Night House

Jo Nesbo

From the internationally best-selling author comes a twisted, multi-layered spin on the classic horror novel for fans of Stranger Things and IT

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Out There Screaming

Jordan Peele

From Jordan Peele, the director of Get Out, comes an anthology of brand new stories showcasing the best Black talent from across contemporary horror writing.

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Ghost Stories

M. R. James

This title is part of an inexpensive range of classics in the Penguin Popular Classics series. It contains a collection of ghost stories.

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BRAT: A Ghost Story

Gabriel Smith

From a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read.

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Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories

Audrey Niffenegger

Audrey Niffenegger, bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Wife, invites you to creep through haunted houses and commune with the undead in this anthology of all things ghostly. Haunted houses…

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The Graveyard Shift

Maria Lewis

A fast paced, thrilling murder mystery novel, paying homage to slasher films of the 90's, The Graveyard Shift is the perfect Halloween read for fans of Riley Sager and Grady…

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The Complete Tales of H.P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

The perfect gift for the Lovecraft fan, The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft is an elegant edition boasting the entire Lovecraft fiction catalogue.

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The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories: (Penguin Orange Collection)

H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre for the twentieth century. Discarding witches and ghosts, he envisaged mankind as an outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe…

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Haunted

Chuck Palahniuk

And the more desperate the circumstances become, the more desperate the stories they tell - and the more devious their machinations to make themselves the hero of the inevitable play/movie/non-fiction…

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Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare

Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

A stunning collection of stories that weaves Hawaiian mythology with a vivid fabulism and rich sense of place.

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Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by…

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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein is the most celebrated horror story ever written. Ever since its publication it has lived on in countless re-imaginings in literature and film. This Warbler Classics edition uses Shelley’s…

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Ghost Story

Peter Straub

A small-town filled with creeping dread – one of the great classics of modern horror!

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I’ll Be Gone In the Dark

Michelle McNamara

A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer - the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorised California for over a decade - from Michelle McNamara, the gifted…

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Manhunt

Gretchen Felker-Martin

Manhunt is a timely, powerful response to every gender-based apocalypse story that failed to consider the existence of transgender and non-binary people, from a powerful new voice in horror.

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I Am Legend

Richard Matheson

‘It is by turns, scary, thrilling, tragic, witty and - ultimately - uplifting’ - James Lovegrove

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The Island Of Doctor Moreau

H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells' terrifying tale of science run amok, with an introduction by Adam Roberts.

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Poor Things

Alasdair Gray

A life without freedom to choose is not worth having.

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The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories

Henry James

A chilling collection of Henry James’s finest ghost stories, now in a wonderful Clothbound Classics edition

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Cycle of the Werewolf

Stephen King

The classic masterpiece by bestselling author Stephen King, illustrated by the legendary artist Bernie Wrightson

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Carrie

Stephen King

A beautiful edition of King's first published work as it approaches the fiftieth anniversary on 5 April, 2024.

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The Green Mile: The iconic horror masterpiece

Stephen King

A Terror Eight title: dark reads for hot summer nights!

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Stories to keep you awake at night

She’s Always Hungry

Thirst

A Sunny Place for Shady People

The Hotel

Graveyard Shift

The Eerie Book

The Only One Left

I Was a Teenage Slasher

Our Share of Night

Horror Movie

Woodworm

Youthjuice

The Snow Ghost and Other Tales

The Underhistory

A Certain Hunger

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales

The Reformatory

Night Side of the River

Cursed Bunny

Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Rouge

The Woman in Black and Other Ghost Stories

Bluebeard’s Castle

The Only Good Indians

Our Wives Under The Sea

Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories

The Night House

Out There Screaming

Ghost Stories

BRAT: A Ghost Story

Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories

The Graveyard Shift

The Complete Tales of H.P. Lovecraft

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories: (Penguin Orange Collection)

Haunted

Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare

Frankenstein

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Ghost Story

I’ll Be Gone In the Dark

Manhunt

I Am Legend

The Island Of Doctor Moreau

Poor Things

The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories

Cycle of the Werewolf

Carrie

The Green Mile: The iconic horror masterpiece