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• Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

  a Novel

  Chapman, Clay McLeod,

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  Having failed to reach his parents by phone, Noah Fairchild sets out for Richmond, VA, from Brooklyn. He finds their house in disarray and his parents in a trance, eyes glued to the TV. Noah's efforts to help them end when he is savagely attacked by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

  Hendrix, Grady,

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  Set in Florida in the 1970s, Grady Hendrix's newest novel follows five young women in a home for unwed mothers who find a guide to witchcraft.

• Horror Movie

  a Novel

  Tremblay, Paul,

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  In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing, art-house horror flick. The weird part? Only three of the film's scenes were ever released to the public, but Horror Movie has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  Etsy Beaucarne is a professor under pressure to publish more, thereby securing tenure. When a dayworker finds a 1912 manuscript written by Arthur Beaucarne, an unknown relative, she may have found a way. Arthur's journal tells of his life as a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bewitching

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multi-generational gothic horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.

• The Black Girl Survives in This One

  Horror Stories

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  A collection of fifteen horror stories centering on Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, face down death, and survive.

• I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

  Shea, Jamison,

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  Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing field,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• These Vengeful Wishes

  Montalban, Vanessa,

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  When her stepfather is arrested, aspiring artist Ceci moves back to her mother's hometown of Santa Aguas, an eccentric small town steeped in the legend of La Cegua, the specter of a wronged witch who appears on lonely roads at night, luring…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• They Bloom at Night

  Tran, Trang Thanh,

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  In Mercy, Louisiana, a town plagued by red algae and vanishing residents, Noon finds a reluctant ally in Covey and the two join forces to hunt a deadly creature in the dark waters as a storm looms.

• Something Kindred

  Burch, Ciera,

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  Jericka Walker had planned to spend the summer before senior year soaking up the sun with her best friend on the Jersey Shore. Instead she finds herself in Coldwater, Maryland, a small town with a dark and complicated past where her estranged…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay

  Averling, Mary,

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  Twelve-year-old ghost Maudie teams up with the living girl she has been haunting in order to defeat a monster from her nightmares and save her little brother.

• It's Watching

  Currie, Lindsay,

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  After attempting to prove the existence of a famous ghost for their school newspaper, Josie, Jackson, and Alison begin to receive sinister memes on their phones and must uncover the truth behind the terrifying messages before time runs out.

• Gloam

  Mackay, Jack,

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  After moving into their late grandmother's eerie house on a small island, thirteen-year-old Gwen must protect her family from their monstrous babysitter, Esme, which forces her to confront her deepest fears as she fights back against terrifying…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Visitors

  Mendez, Yamile Saied,

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  Few campers at Camp Apple Hill Farm have found the mysterious cabin rumored to be hidden deep in the woods--but those who have whisper of a mysterious woman who tells tales of horrors beyond imagination. Are you brave enough to visit Cabin 23? When…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blood in the Water

  Jackson, Tiffany D,

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  Twelve-year-old Kaylani would rather spend the summer in Brooklyn honing her detective skills by working to prove her incarcerated father's innocence than visit family friends the Watsons at their Martha's Vineyard home. Despite her protests,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stitch

  Reimaging Frankenstein

  Kenny, Padraig,

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  Stitch and his friend Henry Oaf were brought to life by the genius Professor Hardacre. But when his wicked nephew takes over the laboratory, they soon discover that the new professor's sights are set on Henry as his next experiment. Can Stitch and…Read moreRead more of this annotation