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Goodreads Editor’s Pick * Town & Country Best Book of Fall * Ms. Magazine Best Book * Most Anticipated: Autostraddle & Literary Hub "A favorite read of the year. The Salvage is a journey both eerie and inspiring to embark on.” —Chicago Review of Books It is 1962, and Marta Khoury, a...

Erlebe die Klassiker des kosmischen Horrors, die Arkham und seine dunklen Geheimnisse unvergesslich machen. Von unheimlichen Landschaften und abgelegenen Dörfern bis zu kosmischen Bedrohungen jenseits von Raum und Zeit – jede Geschichte steigert Spannung, Schrecken und das Staunen über das Unbekannte. Perfekt für Fans von unheimlicher Atmosphäre, cleveren Plot-Twists und grenzenlosem Horror.

Die junge Hexe Coco Zamis wird von ihrem Vater nach Trinidad geschickt, wo sie bei dem Hexer Makemake in die Lehre gehen soll. Auf der Insel angekommen, muss Coco jedoch schnell erfahren, dass Makemake nicht der mächtige Dämon ist, der er zu sein vorgibt. Tatsächlich ist Makemakes Leben bedroht und Coco die Einzige, die ihm noch helfen kann.

You've heard of the Little Mermaid: a naive mermaid, a bargain with the sea-witch, and a happily ever after with a charming prince. This is not that story... On the night of her Emergence ceremony, Delphine ascends to the surface world for the first time, ready to claim her first victim. But instead of luring a man to his death with her siren song, Delphine saves Prince Elian.

A child's bones, a lost girl, a mind adrift - sometimes what is lost comes back to haunt you...from an award-winning author comes a contemporary gothic tale of guilt, grief and redemption. In the village of Kiln Creek in the Victorian Highlands, a ghost gum falls in a storm. Tangled in its roots...

I died, briefly. Then I came back. Now I’m determined to make the most of every minute I have left. Only problem is I’ve been saddled with supervision. Kane Deveraux is handsome, smug, and cold as a tombstone. So why does he make me feel something more powerful than death?

In a crumbling mansion on the edge of nowhere, the Merrye children live a secret life, watched over by their devoted caretaker Bruno and cursed by a rare genetic condition that causes them to regress into violent, childlike states while retaining the strength and appetites of adults. Virginia catches flies in her imaginary web—then slashes them to pieces with butcher knives. Elizabeth sulks and plots. And Ralph… well, Ralph scuttles in the shadows, twitching, grinning, watching. When distant relatives arrive to claim the family estate, Bruno can only hope the “children” remember their manners.

A seductively gothic reimagining of the original femme fatale, about an adrift American journalist who accepts an alluring stranger's invitation to stay at her home in a small French town, only to uncover a dangerous family history that could alter the course of humanity. Don’t open your eyes...

Die Verzweiflung führte mich in die Hände eines Wilden. Ich hätte nie erwägen sollen, meine Jungfräulichkeit zu versteigern. Die Art von Männern, die bieten könnten, sind die Art, die man nie treffen will. Dunkel, verdreht und gefährlich. Malachy ist da keine Ausnahme. Er kaufte mich auf der Auktion. Er nahm mich mit nach Hause und sperrte mich weg. Es stellt sich heraus, dass das Verkaufen deiner Jungfräulichkeit eine ganz andere Bedeutung hat, als ich dachte. Ich erwartete eine Nacht, und dann bin ich frei. Nicht, wenn es um Malachy McCarthy geht.

The haunting new novel from New York Times bestselling author Melissa Albert, in which the estranged adult children of a legendary author, written into their dead mother’s beloved fantasy series, must contend with the vine-like creep of legacy, memory, and magic Guinevere Sharpe has two...

Set in 2040, where mega-corporations dictate global affairs, the Zaragoza Consultancy Agency (ZCA) stands at the pinnacle of power. Their annual Zaragoza New Beginnings Scholarship (ZNBS) is a beacon of hope for two underprivileged scholars from each country, offering unparalleled education and career prospects. Yet, beneath this facade lies a web of secrets, and past scholars are eerily silent about their experiences.

The steamy mythology of Neon Gods meets the dark academia of The Coven in this dark contemporary romance from USA Today bestselling author S.A. Barnes. Jocasta’s carved out a normal life for herself—well, as normal as she can get with a name like Jocasta and being the one and only child of...

Sloan tried to escape her family and their business as the nefarious mafia witches of Evrose Bay, and after five years of thinking she got away, one text changed everything—her twin brother found trouble. To make matters worse, it's with the most bloodthirsty vampires in the city. The Malbec coven will stop at nothing until a debt is paid. Sloan quickly finds herself in a situation from her twin's bad deeds. She was ready to pay the price, but when she realizes who is now in charge, her fears become something more. It's not money they want—it’s her.

A god amongst his race, and a tyrant to others, Kaius Voroninov has only one desire in the world: Mortality. When whispers in the dark begin to speak of Kaius holding the cursebreaker prisoner in his Obsidian Palace, discontent festers within his once loyal subjects. Dark forces control his fate, and his mortality is not the only thing Adelasia LeMasters unknowingly hides within her soul.

In der kleinen Küstenstadt Kingsport planen drei Kriminelle einen Coup: Sie wollen den alten Seekapitän berauben, der in seinem Haus einen Schatz von Gold- und Silbermünzen versteckt. Was zunächst nach einer einfachen Aufgabe klingt, nimmt einen unerwarteten Verlauf – und führt zu einem schrecklichen Ende.

Wolfsgesicht, eine düstere Erzählung von Robert E. Howard, dem Schöpfer von Conan der Cimmerier: Blutige Wälder, flackernde Fackeln – und eine Legende, die Angst und Schrecken verbreitet. Inmitten von Aberglauben, Gewalt und uralten Mythen wird der Kampf zwischen Mensch und Bestie zur grausamen Realität. Mit markanter Stimme gelesen von Alexander Wohnhaas, entfaltet sich eine Geschichte voller Atmosphäre, archaischer Wildheit und der dunklen Magie Howards.

Ein Mann wird von schlaflosen Nächten geplagt, in denen er durch ein Fenster den Nachthimmel betrachtet. Gleichzeitig hat er den Eindruck, dass ihn umgekehrt der Polarstern beobachtet. Bald erfassen den Mann geheimnisvolle Visionen, in deren Gefolge Illusion und Wirklichkeit zu verschwimmen drohen.

Step into a world where beauty conceals corruption and every whispered secret sends ripples through the surface of polite society. Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray stands as one of literature's most brilliant and haunting meditations on vanity, morality, and the eternal struggle between outward appearance and inner reality.

An intimate, contemporary, and visceral Gothic novel about family secrets, unsolved murders, and ill-fated summer love, by multiple-New York Times bestselling sensation Olivie Blake. The headlines are calling it the "summer of exsanguination" in LA—girls are being murdered, the Santa Ana winds...

Shy and reserved, Astrid can’t believe that anyone would want her as their bride, let alone a strong and handsome man like Jørgen. She longs to submit to his seductions, but knows his interest will wane once he’s bedded her. Daring warrior Jørgen has never lacked for female attention, yet the only woman to wholly capture his heart is Astrid. Though she refuses to accept his intentions are true, Jørgen is determined to demonstrate his devotion.

Weyward meets Atonement in a shimmering debut novel of first love, betrayal, and revenge set on a crumbling British estate Suffolk, 1937. As the English countryside swelters in a historic heat wave, preparations for a party at Snare House are in full swing. The Winthers’ only daughter, Joanie...

The marriage between an English Lord and Scottish Lass, fails to bring peace to the border. After years of being mistreated, Bronwyn returns to her beloved highland. Her brother is now the Laird of Clan McNally. The only man she's ever loved is his Chieftain. Is this Lass too scarred to let herself love again? Can Daniel see past the scars, inside and outside?

South Carolina, 1853. Lillian Carmichael, privileged daughter of a disgraced Charleston family, is due to be hanged for the murder of her sister when fate gives her a second chance at life. After a catatonic episode on the long walk to the gallows, Lillian is declared dead and entombed in the family mausoleum. She awakens days later, buried alive, and flees to the Lowcountry marshes to survive on her wits and reinvent herself. All the while, a series of exsanguination murders holds the terrorized city in thrall.

He dared to take her from me. And I have to get her back before it’s too late. I will unleash the monster within. I’ll paint the walls red and burn the world down to reach her, no matter what it costs—even if she can’t love what I’ve become. In the end, I’ll become her nightmare to reclaim what's mine.

Anni dopo, anche grazie al ricordo di quello sguardo, lui decide di andare proprio in America, «assieme ai suoi morti», per tentare di scrivere il romanzo definitivo, quello che, ne è certo, sarà finalmente pubblicato. Laggiù, tra il cielo e l'acqua, lo scrittore incontrerà una vicenda più coinvolgente e pericolosa di qualsiasi romanzo abbia mai immaginato: una storia di erotismo e omicidio, di vivi che non sanno vivere e morti che non vogliono morire.

I own an exclusive BDSM club for Hong Kong’s rich and powerful…And I knew he was trouble the second he walked in. Not just because he was the most handsome man I’d ever seen…But because I could sense a darkness in him. Despite the danger (or maybe because of it), I fell for him…Until I learned the terrible secret he’d kept from me. Now my life is at risk. Everything I’ve built could be destroyed. And worst of all, I’m about to lose him… forever.

I thought I knew who I was, where I came from, but my life is turned upside down when a stranger knocks on my door with promises that seem too good to be true. I should have run like hell and never looked back, but it’s too late now. I’m enrolled at Cadieux College, where secrets and deception line the walls, and the founding families rule without question. They all think I’ll be easy to use, to control, but I’m nobody’s puppet.

Durante un viaggio in canoa sul Danubio, due uomini sono costretti a fermarsi su un'isola a causa della corrente. Quello che doveva essere un tranquillo campeggio temporaneo si trasforma in un'esperienza inquietante e soprannaturale: i salici che ricoprono l'isola sembrano muoversi e bisbigliare, al soffio del vento, dando l'impressione di essere vivi; si percepisce la presenza di entità ostili invisibili e spaventose, che mettono in dubbio ogni capacità di raziocinio.

"O Corvo" é sem dúvida um dos contos mais famosos e perturbadores de Edgar Allan Poe. A história começa em uma noite sombria e tempestuosa, quando um homem solitário, mergulhado em tristeza e saudade, é visitado por um corvo misterioso. Atormentado pela perda de sua amada Leonora, ele começa a conversar com o pássaro, que sempre responde com a mesma frase: "Nunca mais". Essa repetição atormenta ainda mais o homem, evocando sua tristeza e despertando suas piores emoções. Este livro conta ainda com outros dois poemas consagrados de Poe: "Annabel Lee" e "Ulalume".

"Überall im Land raste der rote Tod - nie war eine Pest verheerender gewesen". So beginnt einer der größten Klassiker Edgar Allan Poes - die Geschichte von Prinz Prospero, der sich mit seinem Gefolge in seinem Schloss einschließen lässt, um der Seuche zum Trotz ein gigantisches Fest zu feiern. Doch ein ungebetener, grauenhafter Gast dringt zur Geisterstunde ein.