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Allison Hewitt is Trapped by Madeleine Roux
Horror
F Roux
The zombie breakout has begun and Allison is trapped at a bookstore with her fellow workers and a laptop. A sarcastic blogging journal of survival evolves as Allison shares what is happening with other survivors.
Submitted by Darlene Dineen 6/11
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Blood Lite II: Overbite edited by Kevin J. Anderson
Horror
SC Horror
If a killer uses his basement, would it be a tax write-off under Entertainment?A disgruntled ghost has a bone to pick and other darkly humorous tales.
Submitted by Darlene Dineen 11/10
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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Children, Horror
Call#: JF Gaiman
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts. This juvenile fiction book will delight adults as much as it does children.
Submitted by Darlene Dineen 1/09
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Headstone City by Tom Picirilli
Horror
Call#: F Picirilli
Johnny knew that Angie Monticelli's family blamed him for her death, and that going home would be suicide. But Johnny has unfinished business with his former friend turned mob boss, Vinny Monticelli. Now Johnny has returned to converse with the doomed and the dead--and wait for Vinny to make his move. Survivors of a long-ago freak accident, the two men share access to alternate realities no one else can know-and to a past and present that will all become the same in a city only one of them can leave alive...
Submitted by Darlene Dineen 12/06
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I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells
Horror
F Wells
The teenager, John Cleaver, is obsessed with serial killers and likes dead bodies. Now a serial killer is on the prowl and John swears it isn't him.
Submitted by Darlene Dineen 7/11
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Just After Sunset by Stephen King
Horror
Call#: F King
Stephen King is back with a collection of short stories that blend the unusual with the ordinary. A stationary bike, Stonehedge and a cat are all stories that take you to a disturbing new place.
Submitted by Darleen Dineen 1/09
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The Loveliest Dead by Ray Garton
Horror
Call#: F Garton
A young family moves into their new home only to find they are not alone when they discover the secrets of the past are reaching from beyond the grave. Reminiscent of Stephen King's "The Shining" and a world of psychics, ouija boards, and poltergeists.
Submitted by Darlene Dineen 10/06
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Mote in Andrea's Eye by David Niall Wilson
Horror
Call#: F Wilson
Andrea has dedicated her life to trying to control the storms such as the one that took her family and the man she loved. Nearly thirty years later, she is on the verge of one final attempt to fulfill her dreams. . . until the hurricane inexplicably reappears - exactly where it had vanished three decades before - packing all of its furious destructive power.
Submitted by Darlene Dineen 10/06
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Night's Kiss by Amanda Ashley
Horror
Call#: F Ashley
This is a love story with a bit of a different twist. I believe that love is a magical thing. It is made even more exciting when your love is a vampire, a werewolf or a witch.
Submitted by Darlene Dineen
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Off Season: The Unexpurgated Edition by Jack Ketchum
Horror
Call#: F Ketchum
A bloody, gory no detail spared story of what happens when a group of vacationing friends encounter a group of inbreed cannibals. Kind of a "The Hills Have Eyes" meets "Night of the Living Dead". A great read, but definitely not for the weak-stomached!
Submitted by Steph Tilt 05/07
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Pressure by Jeff Strand
Horror
Call#: F Strand
Alex became friends with Darren, a psychopath in the making, during boarding school. Now Darren is back and looking for a soul mate, someone who enjoys hurting as much as he does and he thinks it is Alex or it will be when he's done. A gruesome look into a friendship that will make you squirm.
Submitted by Darlene Dineen 4/07
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The Reapers Are The Angels by Alden Bell
Horror
F Bell
In a departure from the typical, gory, zombie apocalyptic fiction, The Reapers Are The Angels is a thoughtful work that describes both a physical and philosophical journey of a young girl named Temple through a battered and dead-strewn world.
Submitted by Carrie Rogers-Whitehead 12/10
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Suspense/Horror
Call#: F McCarthy
A father and his young son travel through a post-catastrophic United States in hopes of finding food, warmth and some surviving "good guys". A beautiful tale of hope and love in the midst of desolation.
Submitted by Lee Alexander 12/06
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The Ruins by Scott Smith
Horror
Call#: F Smith
While vacationing in Mexico several young adults decide to set out to visit some ruins in the jungle. Instead they encounter something terrifying. Will they make it out alive? This book is a thrilling read which is hard to put down.
Submitted by Bret Armstrong 10/06
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Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill
Horror
Call#: F Neill
The life of a graduate student wasn't that exciting until Merit gets "saved" and turned into a vampire. Now she must deal with the handsome master vampire who turned her, adjust to her new life and find out who is trying to finish the killing. The first in the "Chicagoland Vampire" series.
Submitted by Darlene Dineen 5/10
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Soulless by Gail Carringer
Horror
F Carringer
Mixing humor, romance, horror, steam punk, and historical fiction, this genre-bender is a funny, sexy piece of brain candy.
Submitted by Jennifer Fay 2/11
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Vamped by David Sosnowski
Horror
Call#: F Sosnowski
In a world ruled by vampires, how does a vampire raise a mortal child without her becoming lunch?
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You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore
Horror
Call#: F Moore
Waking up after a fantastic night unlike any he's ever had, C. Thomas Flood discovers the woman of his dreams is a vampire, and surprise, now he's one too. Making their relationship work is the least of their problems. A dangerous faction of old longteeth is bent on wiping out new vampires.
Submitted by Darlene Dineen 05/07
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Patrons often ask our staff to suggest books to read.The titles on this list were compiled by asking our staff to recommend their favorite books and describe great books they have read and enjoyed. 
