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A ghost story shared among team members of the high school basketball team reignites old terrors when a name that's not supposed to be spoken — much less thought — suddenly becomes the top of everyone's mind.

As much about surviving an undefeatable killer as it is coping with the real-life perils of anxiety, "Daphne" will stick in your mind long after the pages are finished.

Immersive, adrenaline-racing and darkly meditative, this Southern horror twists together real and imagined horrors in a terrifying page-turner that tickles the raw nerves of the grieving process and substance abuse.

"Ghost Eaters" leaves a lot to think about once you've finished reading.

Set in an alternate reality that updates mythology to near-modern day, "No Gods for Drowning" is written by one of the brightest new voices in horror.

Visceral, sharp and powerful, Piper's latest is an excellent follow-up to her Bram Stoker Award-winning novel, "Queen of Teeth."

Knit together by three dark-and-disturbing horror stories — including the viral titular story — about the power of connection, "Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke" is a horror connoisseur's delight.

Twisted and grotesque, this collection is brilliantly gross and utterly delightful.

Quick, chilling and brutal.

Caitlin Marceau masters her portrayal of toxic narcissism in a bone-chilling tale of a mother-daughter relationship gone horribly wrong.

A Southern Gothic masterpiece.

After being sent away at a young age, a daughter returns to a home she barely remembers — and a winery she knows nothing of — after the death of her parents.

When Springville residents are questioned about prom night horrors, they point to Maddy.

In a nod to Stephen King's "Carrie," this culturally relevant story about bullying and racial injustice, "The Weight of Blood," pulls back the curtain to show what happens when a girl is terrorized into discovering her telekinetic powers.

Hiron Ennes' debut is everything strange and unusual should be.

A strange death in a remote, snow-covered village, a curious doctor and an unearthly presence "Leech" the warmth out of you in this bone-chilling body horror that Mary Shelley would be proud of.

A former horror movie actor returns to the set of her most iconic film only to discover strange circumstances that resemble the plot of her most famous film.

What begins as a grief-stricken guilt journey quietly morphs into a dark unraveling of the female psych.

Campy, bizarre and fiercely female, "Motherthing" is too relatable to be entirely comfortable, and that's what makes it such delicious reading.