Horror
Death Sentence
Ethel Mavis
Category
Trigger Warnings
Graphic violence and torture.
Death Sentence: Anthony is a murderer. Plain and simple. But why? Because he enjoys the art of killing, and he has an incurable illness which leads him to believe he’ll die before he is caught. But what happens when his death sentence is taken away?
Of Silk and Death
Samanta Luna
Category
Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
It’s the 1920s and Sarah Dullard is a teen whose parents work at the Arlington Hotel in New York City. In the summer of 1928, the arrival of the hotel’s owner’s son shakes the hotel’s tranquil atmosphere, after a party leads to the disappearance of his companion.
Sarah and the young man then decide to try to find him. But as they connect all the strange events happening around the hotel, they soon realize what is behind the disappearance might be much more complicated and terrifying.
Penny Dreadful
Mary Hallberg
Category
Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
When a teen learns she and her crush both have powers, she recruits him to help resurrect her dead mother and sister.
The Haunting of Chateau de Mornay
Blake Edward Andrew
Category
Trigger Warnings
brief SA (one sentence), child death, infidelity, slavery, suicide attempt, graphic sex and violence
An abandoned French Chateau, a site of mass murder during the French Revolution, is purchased by a grief stricken couple hoping to convert it into a hotel to aid in their recovery. However, a powerful spirit resides within that catapults their lives down a path to madness.
Shadow & Flame
Sylvie Helstaff
Category
Trigger Warnings
brief animal death, violence, death, blood/gore, discussion of homophobia, and explicit sexual situations.
Beset by growing rumors in his New England colony, Lazarus resorts to magical measures to ensure his safety. The spell promised invincibility. Maybe he didn’t exactly read all the fine print, but it never mentioned that the demon he summoned would be trapped here. So, Lazarus Graydon was now invincible and also bound to a shadow demon who is as devastatingly beautiful as he is furious. Can he win over the ferocious Tenebrae, or are they doomed to be enemies?
The Widow’s Curse
Sonia Rompoti
Category
Trigger Warnings
Grief, emotional trauma, references to suicide.
Salome never expected widowhood to feel like this—isolating, haunted, and filled with unanswered questions. Returning to her home, Willow’s End, she is forced to confront the stages of grief. But when strange occurrences blur the line between memory and reality, she realizes that moving forward may be the hardest battle yet. Set against a haunting Halloween backdrop, The Widow’s Curse is a gripping story of love, loss, and the strength it takes to begin again.
Sleep Tight
Lauren Stevens
Category
Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
This is the second installment of the psychological thriller with the Dreamdom company. Join Addie, Sara, Bitty, and Kit as the mystery unfolds. The Nightmares Department is in its beginning stages, but Addie and Sara still aren’t safe while they sleep. Someone is still pulling the imaginary strings of their Dreamdom accounts. Read if you dare the new made nightmares the employees create, as you try to connect the invincible dots behind the nightmares forced on the two best friends.
Wide Awake
Lauren Stevens
Category
Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
The story creates a sense of mystery and suspense as employees navigate through their daily lives while dealing with disturbing occurrences. Dreamdom: A company that develops and authorizes the purchase of Dreams in the year 2125 has a new President Kit. As he began expanding his company, he developed a new department that was supposed to be strictly research. Someone has gotten impatient while waiting for approval for cultivating dreams in the Nightmare Department.
Shadow’s Light
Sylvie Helstaff
Category
Trigger Warnings
adult content, explicit sexual situations, stalking, discussion of past domestic violence, description of panic attacks/ptsd, and violence
Ghosts and creatures never scared Zori, not when she’s seen what monsters humans can be. So when she bought a house with a reputation more haunted than her nightmares, she wasn’t worried about who or what came with it. When the strange new human moved into his house, the Shadow wanted her gone, the same as all the rest. But when he sees how haunted she already is, he can’t but want to know why. Two very unlikely housemates who just might hold the keys to setting each other free.
The Keeper-Book 2 of Odeum Series
E.A. Logan
Category
Trigger Warnings
Detailed descriptions of graphic subjects, depictions of violence and abuse, gore, sexism, and other sensitive themes that may be disturbing to readers. The author, E.A. Logan, does not condone or endorse the above subjects or behaviors
Anna wakes up not knowing who she is or why she is sitting in the dark, with a man she doesn’t recognize. Her memories begin to unravel and she realizes she is in a new world. She questions herself to learn about who she is and what her purpose is in this new existence. She is guided by Gerard, or The Keeper. He struggles to balance an investigation while trying to help Anna adjust to her new life. They must navigate through the toxic politics in their world to resolve the case and stay alive.
