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Books are listed by author's surname.
The Case of the Deadly Doppelganger
by
Lucy Banks
ISBN: 9781944995478
Publication Date: 2018
Sharp Teeth
by
Toby Barlow
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780061843471
Publication Date: 2009
Dracula's Child
by
J. S. Barnes
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781789093414
Publication Date: 2020
The Dark Beneath the Ice
by
Amelinda Bérubé
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781492657088
Publication Date: 2018
Carnivorous Lunar Activities
by
Max Booth III
ISBN: 9781946487148
Publication Date: 2019
Hekla's Children
by
James Brogden
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781785654398
Publication Date: 2017
Fledgling
by
Octavia E. Butler
ISBN: 9781583226902
Publication Date: 2005
The Queen of the Cicadas
by
V. Castro
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781787586048
Publication Date: 2021
Ghost Eaters
by
Clay McLeod Chapman
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781683692188
Publication Date: 2022
These Bones
by
Kayla Chenault
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781941360569
Publication Date: 2021
The Ghost Bride
by
Yangsze Choo
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062227386
Publication Date: 2013
Desert Creatures
by
Kay Chronister
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781645660545
Publication Date: 2022
The Scapegracers
by
Hannah Abigail Clarke
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781645660057
Publication Date: 2020
My Dearest Darkest
by
Kayla Cottingham
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781728236421
Publication Date: 2022
Love Bites: Tales from Southern Gothic
by
Magen Cubed
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781393248354
Publication Date: 2020
The Sense of Death
by
Matty Dalrymple
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780615919775
Publication Date: 2013
Plain Bad Heroines
by
emily m. danforth; Sara Lautman
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062942876
Publication Date: 2020
Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror
by
Ellen Datlow (Editor)
Call Number: EBSCO
ISBN: 9781616962326
Publication Date: 2016
Teeth: Vampire Tales
by
Ellen Datlow; Terri Windling (Editors)
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062084606
Publication Date: 2011
Sodom Road Exit
by
Amber Dawn
ISBN: 9781551527161
Publication Date: 2018
Ghost Summer: Stories
by
Tananarive Due
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781607014539
Publication Date: 2015
Imperfect Commentaries
by
Ruthanna Emrys
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781590217023
Publication Date: 2019
The Sentence
by
Louise Erdrich
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062671141
Publication Date: 2021
The Dream Weavers
by
Barbara Erskine
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780008195885
Publication Date: 2021
Song for the Unraveling of the World
by
Brian Evenson
ISBN: 9781566895484
Publication Date: 2019
The Upstairs House
by
Julia Fine
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062975843
Publication Date: 2021
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 2
by
Paula Guran (ed.)
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781645060338
Publication Date: 2021
Briardark
by
S. A. Harian
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781959500001
Publication Date: 2023
Dead Witch Walking
by
Kim Harrison
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780061742095
Publication Date: 2004
Till We Become Monsters
by
Amanda Headlee
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781949116489
Publication Date: 2021
The Final Girl Support Group
by
Grady Hendrix
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780593201251
Publication Date: 2021
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
by
Grady Hendrix
ISBN: 9781683691433
Publication Date: 2020
Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones
by
Micah Dean Hicks
ISBN: 9781328566454
Publication Date: 2019
Zombiefied: An Anthology of All Things Zombie
by
Carol Hightshoe (Editor)
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780615910277
Publication Date: 2013
Peril in the Old Country
by
Sam Hooker
ISBN: 9780999742303
Publication Date: 2018
Dread Nation
by
Justina Ireland
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062570628
Publication Date: 2018
The Weight of Blood
by
Tiffany D. Jackson
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780063029163
Publication Date: 2022
A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror
by
John Hornor Jacobs
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062880840
Publication Date: 2019
Ghostly Tales of Michigan
by
Ryan Jacobson
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781591933304
Publication Date: 2010
Grave Secrets
by
Alice James
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781781088616
Publication Date: 2020
The House on Cold Hill
by
Peter James
ISBN: 1447255941
Publication Date: 2016
My Heart Is a Chainsaw
by
Stephen Graham Jones
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781982137656
Publication Date: 2021
The Thirty Names of Night
by
Zeyn Joukhadar
ISBN: 9781982121495
Publication Date: 2020
The Very Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan
by
Caitlín R. Kiernan
ISBN: 9781616963026
Publication Date: 2019
Later
by
Stephen King
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781789096507
Publication Date: 2021
Lisey's Story
by
Stephen King
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780743293730
Publication Date: 2006
Woman, Eating
by
Claire Kohda
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780063140905
Publication Date: 2022
Velocities: Stories
by
Kathe Koja
ISBN: 9781946154231
Publication Date: 2020
The Honeys
by
Ryan La Sala
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781338745320
Publication Date: 2022
Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies
by
John Langan
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781956252019
Publication Date: 2022
Queer Ghost Stories, Volume One: 4 Tales of the Paranormal
by
Foxglove Lee
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781386545316
Publication Date: 2019
A Lesson in Vengeance
by
Victoria Lee
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780593305836
Publication Date: 2021
Sawkill Girls
by
Claire Legrand
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062696625
Publication Date: 2018
Campus Chills
by
Mark Leslie (Editor)
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780973568813
Publication Date: 2015
The Undead Truth of Us
by
Britney S. Lewis
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781368075831
Publication Date: 2022
Ghostlove
by
Dennis Mahoney
ISBN: 9781632461063
Publication Date: 2020
Bird Box
by
Josh Malerman
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062259677
Publication Date: 2014
Black Mouth
by
Ronald Malfi
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781789098662
Publication Date: 2022
Come With Me
by
Ronald Malfi
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781789097382
Publication Date: 2021
Ghost Virus
by
Graham Masterson
ISBN: 9781788545013
Publication Date: 2018
Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror
by
Mark Matthews (editor)
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781736695050
Publication Date: 2022
Usher's Passing
by
Robert McCammon
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781453231517
Publication Date: 2011
Howls from the Dark Ages
by
P. L. McMillan; Solomon Forse (Editors)
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781736780053
Publication Date: 2022
When the Reckoning Comes
by
LaTanya McQueen
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780063035058
Publication Date: 2021
Midnight Sun
by
Stephenie Meyer
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780316592260
Publication Date: 2020
Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Stories of Horror
by
Lincoln Michel; Nadxieli Nieto (Editors)
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781948226639
Publication Date: 2020
Tokyo Ueno Station
by
Yu Miri
ISBN: 9780593088029
Publication Date: 2020
They Drown Our Daughters
by
Katrina Monroe
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781728248202
Publication Date: 2022
Mexican Gothic
by
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
ISBN: 9780525620785
Publication Date: 2020
Mexican Gothic
by
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780525620792
Publication Date: 2020
She Walks in Shadows
by
Silvia Moreno-Garcia; Paula R. Stiles (Editors)
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781927990162
Publication Date: 2015
Finches
by
A. M. Muffaz
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781952283161
Publication Date: 2021
There's Someone Inside Your House
by
Stephanie Perkins
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781101590027
Publication Date: 2017
The Woman Who Climbed Trees
by
Smriti Ravindra
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780063240506
Publication Date: 2023
The Chosen Ones
by
Veronica Roth
ISBN: 9780358164081
Publication Date: 2020
Lovecraft Country
by
Matt Ruff
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062292087
Publication Date: 2016
The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away
by
Ronald L. Smith
ISBN: 9781328841605
Publication Date: 2019
Wonderland: A Novel
by
Zoje Stage
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780316537568
Publication Date: 2020
Yellow Jessamine
by
Caitlin Starling
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781952086038
Publication Date: 2020
Rattling Chains
by
T. Strange
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781839439872
Publication Date: 2021
The Shining Sea
by
Koji Suzuki
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781647291990
Publication Date: 2022
Creatures of Charm and Hunger
by
Molly Tanzer
ISBN: 9780358065210
Publication Date: 2020
A Head Full of Ghosts
by
Paul Tremblay
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062363251
Publication Date: 2015
Cemetery Boys
by
Aiden Thomas
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781250250513
Publication Date: 2020
The Fire Doll
by
James Ulmer
ISBN: 9781680031270
Publication Date: 2017
The Immortal Conquistador
by
Carrie Vaughn
ISBN: 9781616963217
Publication Date: 2020
Holt House
by
L.G. Vey
ISBN: 9781911585428
Publication Date: 2018
Ghost Wood Song
by
Erica Waters
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062894243
Publication Date: 2020
The Black Magic Series Starter
by
Dennis Wheatley
ISBN: 9781448216543
Publication Date: 2016
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
by
Kiersten White
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780525577959
Publication Date: 2018
Tidepool
by
Nicole Willson
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781736981986
Publication Date: 2021
In the Shadow of Blackbirds
by
Cat Winters
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781419710230
Publication Date: 2014
Darling
by
Mercedes M. Yardley
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781645481201
Publication Date: 2022
Ashthorne
by
April Yates
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781739996864
Publication Date: 2022
Classic Horror & Ghost Stories
The Green Man
by
Kingsley Amis
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781590176368
Publication Date: 1969
I Am Dracula
by
C. Dean Andersson
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781951510336
Publication Date: 1993
Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories
by
Algernon Blackwood
ISBN: 9780142180150
Publication Date: 2002
The Exorcist
by
William Peter Blatty
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780062094377
Publication Date: 1971
The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult
by
Lon Milo DuQuette (Editor)
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781609259709
Publication Date: 2014
Black Ambrosia
by
Elizabeth Engstrom
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781948405508
Publication Date: 1986
When Darkness Loves Us
by
Elizabeth Engstrom
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781948405317
Publication Date: 1985
Of One Blood; or, The Hidden Self
by
Pauline E. Hopkins
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781513296784
Publication Date: 1902
Undertaker's Moon
by
Ronald Kelly
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781951510800
Publication Date: 1991
Carrie, 'Salem's Lot, The Shining
by
Stephen King
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780593082225
Publication Date: 2019
The Shining
by
Stephen King
ISBN: 9780385121675
Publication Date: 1977
Conjure Wife
by
Fritz Leiber
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781497616547
Publication Date: 1944
The Case Against Satan
by
Ray Russell
ISBN: 9780143107279
Publication Date: 1962
Frankenstein
by
Mary Shelley
ISBN: 9781783338634
Publication Date: 1831
A Nest of Nightmares
by
Lisa Tuttle
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781948405515
Publication Date: 1986
Progeny of the Adder
by
Leslie H. Whitten
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781954321601
Publication Date: 1965
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