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• Hex House

  Stewart, Amy Jane,

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  Elly is running. Pregnant and still in her wedding dress, she flees the cottage that her new husband has rented for their wedding night. Because he's not what people think he is - and she knows that, one day, he'll hurt her in a way she can't fix.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gifts

  a Novel

  Hyder, Liz,

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  A young woman staggers alone through a forest in the English countryside as a huge pair of impossible wings rip themselves from her shoulders. In London, rumors of a "fallen angel" cause a frenzy across the city, and a surgeon desperate for fame and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus

  Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851,

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  The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of Frankenstein. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Dark and Wild Wood

  a Novel

  Lemon, Sarah Nicole,

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  Ever since she was a child, Salom̌ has been plagued by visions of spirits and dangerous powers she can't control. After watching her foster mother burn as a witch, she and her beloved sister Rochelle are raised together in a convent, a grim and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wolf Worm

  Kingfisher, T.,

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  Sonia Wilson is a talented scientific illustrator--but she is only able to follow her dream because of her father's reputation as a renowned scientist. Such is the lot in life for a woman in science in 1899. And after his death, she is left without…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Honeysuckle

  a Novel

  Fridman-Tell, Bar,

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  Once upon a time, on the edge between meadow and forest, there was a lonely child with only his older sister for company. In exchange for being left in peace, his sister made him a playmate-Daye, a girl woven from flowers and words. And for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On Sundays She Picked Flowers

  Scholfield, Yah Yah,

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  Judith Rice leaves her childhood home to escape an abusive family environment and settles in a remote wooded area of southern Georgia. She takes refuge in an isolated, deteriorating house associated with a violent past and local supernatural…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hemlock

  a Novel

  Faliveno, Melissa, 1983-

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  Sam, finally sober and stable with a cat and a long-term boyfriend in Brooklyn, returns alone to Hemlock, her family's deteriorating cabin deep in the Wisconsin Northwoods. But a quick, practical trip takes a turn for the worse when the rot and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dreamland

  Blake, Olivie,

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  The headlines are calling it the "summer of exsanguination" in LA-girls are being murdered, the Santa Ana winds are blowing a strange energy into the city, and all signs point to fire season. More pressing for Anya Morris, though, is the drudgery of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Grave Birds

  a Novel

  Elmendorf, Dana,

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  Hollis Sutherland has an uncanny gift that allows her to see grave birds, manifestations of the dead's unfinished business; and when a mysterious bachelor wanders into her small town, bizarre events begin to plague its wealthiest citizens and Hollis…Read moreRead more of this annotation