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first person narrative frank's very strange altar/retreat dark, disturbing and original dark and disturbingThe polarizing literary debut by Scottish author Ian Banks, The Wasp Factory is the bizarre, imaginative, disturbing, and darkly comic look into the mind of a child psychopath.
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What do readers say about The Troop?
disgusting and freaky interesting and intriguing scary and gross old-school stephen king"The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn't put it down. This is old-school horror at its best." -Stephen King
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What do readers say about American Psycho?
an unreliable narrator well written and compelling sick torture pornography tongue and cheek styleINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
In this modern classic, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other.
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What do readers say about Exquisite Corpse?
tightly written and suspenseful wet and diseased a horrific car crash essentially gay serial-killer eroticaFrom the author of Lost Souls, Drawing Blood, and Wormwood comes a thrilling and chilling novel that bestselling author Peter Straub says serves as a "guidebook to hell."
To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After... More details on Exquisite Corpse
Sometimes a man grows tired of carrying everything the world heaps upon his head. The shoulders sag, the spine bows cruelly, the muscles tremble with weariness. Hope of relief begins to die. And the m...
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What do readers say about Bunny?
loneliness and struggle female friendship and love a train wreck college and post-grad loneliness"We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?"
Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Wa... More details on Bunny
And then they hug each other so hard I think their chests are going to implode. I would even secretly hope for it from where I sat, stood, leaned, in the opposite corner of the lecture hall, departmen...
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What do readers say about The Girl Next Door?
terse and suspenseful disturbing, but powerful torture and abuse flat out horrorA teenage girl is held captive and brutally tortured by neighborhood children. Based on a true story, this shocking novel reveals the depravity of which we are all capable.
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She is driving down a rain-slick highway on a hot summer morning in a rented Volvo, her lover by her side, driving slowly and carefully because she knows how treacherous new rain on hot streets can be...
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What do readers say about The Only Good Indians?
creepy horror and suspense beautifully written prose a fantastic novel it was circularA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From USA TODAY bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a "masterpiece" (Locus Magazine) of a novel about revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition. Labeled "one of 2020's buzziest horror nov... More details on The Only Good Indians
So far it only comes on with its thready glow at completely random times. Maybe in relation to some arcane and unlikely combination of light switches in the house, or maybe from the iron being plugged...
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What do readers say about Meat?
amazing and disturbing strange and properly grim not the goriest especially most disturbingAbyrne is a decaying town, trapped by an advancing wilderness. Its people depend on meat for survival. Meat is sanctified and precious, eaten with devout solemnity by everyone.
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Step after crushing step, his breath falling in and out of strange rhythms with the pounding of his feet. Mucus building at the back of his throat – the only moisture left in his body. His legs altern...
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What do readers say about Gone to See the River Man?
atmospheric, creepy and brutal depth and intent southern gothic horror lori’s back storySuper fans. Groupies. Stalkers.
These people will give anything for the idols they worship, be they rock stars, actor, or authors. Or even serial killers.
Lori's obsession is with Edmund Cox, who was convicted of butchering more than twenty women. Sh... More details on Gone to See the River Man
Edmund was almost poetic when he wanted to be, despite his poor grammar and spelling. Lori was actually surprised he’d gotten this sentence right. His musings always held some grim underlining, like a...
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What do readers say about Earthlings?
a far darker novel thought provoking and disturbing creative, socially conscious storytelling deeply disturbing and pointlessFrom the beloved author of cult sensation Convenience Store Woman, which has now sold more than one million copies worldwide and has been translated into thirty-three languages, comes a spellbinding and otherworldly novel about a woman who believes s... More details on Earthlings
As we wound our way up steep hairpin bends, I gazed out the window at the swaying trees, at the undersides of the leaves so swollen they looked as though they would burst. That was where the pitch-bla...
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