Cursed Ship Books | Summaries & Audio

The Last One

by Will Dean • 2023

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

3.55

41k+

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌊 Horror At Sea 📺 Deadly Game Show

The Last One 89%

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

by Will Dean 2023

3.55

41k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌊 Horror At Sea 📺 Deadly Game Show

The Scar

by China Miéville • 2002

Pirates capture a linguist and take her to a floating city chasing a tear in reality.

4.19

35k+

🏴‍☠️ Floating City 🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🦴 Body Horror 🧠 Cerebral Horror 🕯️ Baroque Atmosphere

The Scar 88%

Pirates capture a linguist and take her to a floating city chasing a tear in reality.

by China Miéville 2002

4.19

35k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Floating City 🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🦴 Body Horror 🧠 Cerebral Horror 🕯️ Baroque Atmosphere

Hemlock Island

by Kelley Armstrong • 2023

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

3.44

13k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

Hemlock Island 88%

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

by Kelley Armstrong 2023

3.44

13k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

And the Sea Called Her Name

by Joe Hart • 2015

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

3.73

429

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

And the Sea Called Her Name 88%

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

by Joe Hart 2015

3.73

429 ratings

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

The Drowning House

by Cherie Priest • 2024

A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.

3.39

2k+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🪄 Norse Folklore 🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Generational Curse 👁️ Psychic Medium

The Drowning House 88%

A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.

by Cherie Priest 2024

3.39

2k+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🪄 Norse Folklore 🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Generational Curse 👁️ Psychic Medium

The William Hope Hodgson Megapack

by William Hope Hodgson • 2014

Before Lovecraft, one writer filled the sea with cosmic terrors and the dark with ritual wards.

4.18

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Maritime Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 🌀 Dimensional Rifts 🧫 Biological Horror

The William Hope Hodgson Megapack Summary

The William Hope Hodgson Megapack 88%

Before Lovecraft, one writer filled the sea with cosmic terrors and the dark with ritual wards.

by William Hope Hodgson 2014

4.18

72 ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Maritime Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 🌀 Dimensional Rifts 🧫 Biological Horror

Rolling in the Deep

by Mira Grant • 2015

A mockumentary crew hunts for mermaids in the Mariana Trench. Beneath them, the real ones hunt.

3.94

12k+

🐋 Deep Sea Horror 📹 Found Footage Horror 🚢 Doomed Expedition 🎬 Science Vs Spectacle 📺 Media Satire

Rolling in the Deep 88%

A mockumentary crew hunts for mermaids in the Mariana Trench. Beneath them, the real ones hunt.

by Mira Grant 2015

3.94

12k+ ratings

🐋 Deep Sea Horror 📹 Found Footage Horror 🚢 Doomed Expedition 🎬 Science Vs Spectacle 📺 Media Satire

Schrader's Chord

by Scott Leeds • 2023

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

4.02

3k+

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

Schrader's Chord 87%

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

by Scott Leeds 2023

4.02

3k+ ratings

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

Of Dawn and Darkness

by Will Wight • 2015

He never wanted the throne. It bends reality, breaks minds, and lets ancient horrors through.

4.18

4k+

🐙 Cosmic Horror Fantasy 🏛️ Political Intrigue ⛵ Nautical Fantasy 🤝 Eldritch Bargains 👑 Reluctant Ruler

Of Dawn and Darkness 87%

He never wanted the throne. It bends reality, breaks minds, and lets ancient horrors through.

by Will Wight 2015

4.18

4k+ ratings

🐙 Cosmic Horror Fantasy 🏛️ Political Intrigue ⛵ Nautical Fantasy 🤝 Eldritch Bargains 👑 Reluctant Ruler

Revelation Space

by Alastair Reynolds • 2000

A disgraced archaeologist unearths an alien genocide as a plague ship arrives to claim his mind.

3.99

62k+

🪐 Xenoarchaeology 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🚀 Gothic Spaceship 👾 Rogue Ai 🦠 Plague Ship

Revelation Space 87%

A disgraced archaeologist unearths an alien genocide as a plague ship arrives to claim his mind.

by Alastair Reynolds 2000

3.99

62k+ ratings

🪐 Xenoarchaeology 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🚀 Gothic Spaceship 👾 Rogue Ai 🦠 Plague Ship

Shipwreck Island

by Struan Murray • 2021

A girl carrying a destructive god washes onto an island whose queen's power is failing.

4.38

567

🖤 Dark Middle Grade 🌊 Drowned World ⚡ Mythic Fantasy ⛵ Nautical Fantasy ⚠️ Cursed Power

Shipwreck Island 87%

A girl carrying a destructive god washes onto an island whose queen's power is failing.

by Struan Murray 2021

4.38

567 ratings

🖤 Dark Middle Grade 🌊 Drowned World ⚡ Mythic Fantasy ⛵ Nautical Fantasy ⚠️ Cursed Power

The Terror

by Dan Simmons • 2007

A doomed Arctic expedition. A predator on the ice. The long, dark winter has only begun.

4.09

75k+

🧊 Arctic Horror ⚓ Historical Horror 🩸 Survival Horror 💀 Doomed Expedition 👹 Monster In The Ice

The Terror 87%

A doomed Arctic expedition. A predator on the ice. The long, dark winter has only begun.

by Dan Simmons 2007

4.09

75k+ ratings

🧊 Arctic Horror ⚓ Historical Horror 🩸 Survival Horror 💀 Doomed Expedition 👹 Monster In The Ice

Something I Keep Upstairs

by J.D. Barker • 2025

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

3.85

3k+

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse 🕯️ Occult Rituals 🤝 Teen Death Pact

Something I Keep Upstairs 87%

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

by J.D. Barker 2025

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse 🕯️ Occult Rituals 🤝 Teen Death Pact

Dead Silence

by S.A. Barnes • 2022

A salvage leader boards a ghost ship whose passengers slaughtered themselves; now her crew is next.

3.78

39k+

🛸 Haunted Spaceship 🌌 Space Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🛠️ Salvage Crew

Dead Silence 87%

A salvage leader boards a ghost ship whose passengers slaughtered themselves; now her crew is next.

by S.A. Barnes 2022

3.78

39k+ ratings

🛸 Haunted Spaceship 🌌 Space Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🛠️ Salvage Crew

H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth

by Gou Tanabe • 2022

When an antiquarian visits a decaying seaport, the locals' stares turn to pursuit after dark.

4.45

2k+

🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth Summary

H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth 87%

When an antiquarian visits a decaying seaport, the locals' stares turn to pursuit after dark.

by Gou Tanabe 2022

4.45

2k+ ratings

🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Of Sea and Shadow

by Will Wight • 2014

A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.

4.13

6k+

🚢 Nautical Fantasy 🩷 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities ⚖️ Forbidden Bargains 💔 Grief And Loss

Of Sea and Shadow 87%

A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.

by Will Wight 2014

4.13

6k+ ratings

🚢 Nautical Fantasy 🩷 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities ⚖️ Forbidden Bargains 💔 Grief And Loss

The Pilot

by Will Wight • 2025

A mage captain leads his crew against the planets themselves. His curse could doom them all.

4.40

3k+

🌌 Space Fantasy 🕸️ Galactic Conspiracy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🚀 Sentient Ships ⚔️ Cursed Hero

The Pilot 87%

A mage captain leads his crew against the planets themselves. His curse could doom them all.

by Will Wight 2025

4.40

3k+ ratings

🌌 Space Fantasy 🕸️ Galactic Conspiracy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🚀 Sentient Ships ⚔️ Cursed Hero

Los elementales

by Michael McDowell • 1981

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

3.98

24k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Generational Curse 🧿 Folk Magic

Los elementales 87%

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

by Michael McDowell 1981

3.98

24k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Generational Curse 🧿 Folk Magic

Night Lords

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden • 2014

A doomed Night Lord seer fights to unite his traitor legion, hunted by aliens who foretold his rise.

4.67

2k+

🚀 Military Sci-Fi 👿 Villain Protagonists 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy 👻 Gothic Space Horror ☠️ Traitor Legion

Night Lords 87%

A doomed Night Lord seer fights to unite his traitor legion, hunted by aliens who foretold his rise.

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2014

4.67

2k+ ratings

🚀 Military Sci-Fi 👿 Villain Protagonists 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy 👻 Gothic Space Horror ☠️ Traitor Legion

The Amulet

by Michael McDowell • 1979

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

3.92

3k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

The Amulet 87%

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

by Michael McDowell 1979

3.92

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

Widow's Point

by Richard Chizmar • 2025

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

3.76

5k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Widow's Point 87%

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

by Richard Chizmar 2025

3.76

5k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Horror Movie

by Paul Tremblay • 2024

The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.

3.25

52k+

🎬 Metafictional Horror 🎥 Cursed Film 🎭 Cursed Object 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🦴 Body Horror

Horror Movie 87%

The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.

by Paul Tremblay 2024

3.25

52k+ ratings

🎬 Metafictional Horror 🎥 Cursed Film 🎭 Cursed Object 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🦴 Body Horror

Uzumaki

by Junji Ito • 1998

Her seaside town unravels as spirals warp bodies, break minds, and seal every road out.

4.44

43k+

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Cursed Small Town 🔥 Slow Burn Horror 🌊 Coastal Town Horror

Uzumaki 87%

Her seaside town unravels as spirals warp bodies, break minds, and seal every road out.

by Junji Ito 1998

4.44

43k+ ratings

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Cursed Small Town 🔥 Slow Burn Horror 🌊 Coastal Town Horror

The Silence Factory

by Bridget Collins • 2024

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

3.42

4k+

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

The Silence Factory 87%

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

by Bridget Collins 2024

3.42

4k+ ratings

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

To Those Willing to Drown

by Mark Matthews • 2025

A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.

4.08

108

🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

To Those Willing to Drown 87%

A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.

by Mark Matthews 2025

4.08

108 ratings

🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

In Bloom

by Paul Tremblay • 2023

Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.

3.04

14k+

🦠 Ecological Horror 👁️ Cryptid Encounter 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Grief Horror 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

In Bloom 87%

Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.

by Paul Tremblay 2023

3.04

14k+ ratings

🦠 Ecological Horror 👁️ Cryptid Encounter 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Grief Horror 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Revelations in Black

by Carl Jacobi • 1947

A book bound in black, a carved cane: Jacobi's antiques carry horrors that won't stay buried.

3.78

129

🌀 Weird Fiction 🏺 Cursed Objects 📚 Forbidden Knowledge 🕯️ Ancestral Curses 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

Revelations in Black 87%

A book bound in black, a carved cane: Jacobi's antiques carry horrors that won't stay buried.

by Carl Jacobi 1947

3.78

129 ratings

🌀 Weird Fiction 🏺 Cursed Objects 📚 Forbidden Knowledge 🕯️ Ancestral Curses 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

13 Months Haunted

by Jimmy Juliano • 2025

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

3.63

3k+

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

13 Months Haunted 87%

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

by Jimmy Juliano 2025

3.63

3k+ ratings

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

The Deep

by Nick Cutter • 2015

Summoned to a trench station, a veterinarian discovers the abyss is sentient and feeds on memory.

3.41

43k+

🦑 Deep Sea Horror 🧬 Cosmic Body Horror 🥀 Estranged Brothers 🎭 Cosmic Tricksters 🖤 Grieving Father

The Deep 87%

Summoned to a trench station, a veterinarian discovers the abyss is sentient and feeds on memory.

by Nick Cutter 2015

3.41

43k+ ratings

🦑 Deep Sea Horror 🧬 Cosmic Body Horror 🥀 Estranged Brothers 🎭 Cosmic Tricksters 🖤 Grieving Father

Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools

by G.P. Taylor • 2009

A teen agent boards a doomed steamship, hunted by assassins and haunted by the dead.

3.92

118

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🎪 Circus Of Horrors 👻 Supernatural Suspense 🗡️ Assassin Aboard

Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools Summary

Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools 87%

A teen agent boards a doomed steamship, hunted by assassins and haunted by the dead.

by G.P. Taylor 2009

3.92

118 ratings

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🎪 Circus Of Horrors 👻 Supernatural Suspense 🗡️ Assassin Aboard

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1999

A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.

3.5

15k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚢 Gothic Seafaring ⚓ Mutiny At Sea 🍖 Survival Cannibalism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Summary

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket 87%

A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1999

3.5

15k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚢 Gothic Seafaring ⚓ Mutiny At Sea 🍖 Survival Cannibalism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Black Sun

by Rebecca Roanhorse • 2020

A blind sacrifice sails toward a holy city to unleash a god's vengeance at the eclipse.

4.17

56k+

🌺 Mesoamerican Fantasy 👤 Godly Vessel 💔 Doomed Lovers ⛪ Religious Conspiracy ⌛ Inevitable Doom

Black Sun 87%

A blind sacrifice sails toward a holy city to unleash a god's vengeance at the eclipse.

by Rebecca Roanhorse 2020

4.17

56k+ ratings

🌺 Mesoamerican Fantasy 👤 Godly Vessel 💔 Doomed Lovers ⛪ Religious Conspiracy ⌛ Inevitable Doom

Legacy of Blood

by Richard A. Knaak • 2001

His cursed armor murdered his friends. He must break free before a demon claims his soul.

3.75

3k+

🗡️ Cursed Artifact 👹 Demonic Possession 🧙 Dark Sorcery 👻 Vengeful Spirits 😒 Reluctant Antihero

Legacy of Blood 87%

His cursed armor murdered his friends. He must break free before a demon claims his soul.

by Richard A. Knaak 2001

3.75

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Cursed Artifact 👹 Demonic Possession 🧙 Dark Sorcery 👻 Vengeful Spirits 😒 Reluctant Antihero

Experimental Film

by Gemma Files • 2015

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

3.52

4k+

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

Experimental Film 86%

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

by Gemma Files 2015

3.52

4k+ ratings

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

The Boy Who Couldn't Die

by William Sleator • 2005

A teen buys invulnerability from a bokor and discovers his dreams are real murders.

3.66

2k+

🧿 Voodoo Magic ⏳ Cursed Immortality 👹 Reluctant Monster 🕯️ Dark Ritual 🩸 Body Horror

The Boy Who Couldn't Die 86%

A teen buys invulnerability from a bokor and discovers his dreams are real murders.

by William Sleator 2005

3.66

2k+ ratings

🧿 Voodoo Magic ⏳ Cursed Immortality 👹 Reluctant Monster 🕯️ Dark Ritual 🩸 Body Horror

Bloody Black

by Rhiannon Hargadon • 2025

Left for dead, a princess makes a demon's bargain for revenge, rising as the pirate Blackbeard.

4.01

9k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 💔 Betrayal By Lover 😈 Demon Pact 🏴‍☠️ Woman Pirate Captain 🩹 Trauma Healing Romance

Bloody Black 86%

Left for dead, a princess makes a demon's bargain for revenge, rising as the pirate Blackbeard.

by Rhiannon Hargadon 2025

4.01

9k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 💔 Betrayal By Lover 😈 Demon Pact 🏴‍☠️ Woman Pirate Captain 🩹 Trauma Healing Romance

Grace

by A.M. Shine • 2026

Grace inherits a house on an Irish island whose children vanished decades ago. Now she hears them.

3.74

1k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🍀 Irish Gothic 🏝️ Haunted Island 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🩸 Generational Guilt

Grace 86%

Grace inherits a house on an Irish island whose children vanished decades ago. Now she hears them.

by A.M. Shine 2026

3.74

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🍀 Irish Gothic 🏝️ Haunted Island 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🩸 Generational Guilt

Arm of the Sphinx

by Josiah Bancroft • 2014

A captain turned pirate scours a tower for his lost wife while addiction summons her ghost.

4.31

18k+

🏴‍☠️ Airship Pirates 💛 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 🖤 Guilt And Obsession ⚓ Women In Command

Arm of the Sphinx 86%

A captain turned pirate scours a tower for his lost wife while addiction summons her ghost.

by Josiah Bancroft 2014

4.31

18k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Airship Pirates 💛 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 🖤 Guilt And Obsession ⚓ Women In Command

The Haar

by David Sodergren • 2022

Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.

4.02

36k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🦑 Eldritch Horror 👻 Supernatural Revenge 🖤 Monstrous Protector

The Haar 86%

Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.

by David Sodergren 2022

4.02

36k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🦑 Eldritch Horror 👻 Supernatural Revenge 🖤 Monstrous Protector

Whistle

by Linwood Barclay • 2025

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

3.91

10k+

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Whistle 86%

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

by Linwood Barclay 2025

3.91

10k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Apartment 16

by Adam L.G. Nevill • 2010

An American inherits a London flat where something behind a locked door has waited for decades.

3.20

7k+

🖼️ Haunted Paintings 🏢 Sentient Building 🌀 Descent Into Madness 👻 Ghost Child 🔄 Generational Curse

Apartment 16 86%

An American inherits a London flat where something behind a locked door has waited for decades.

by Adam L.G. Nevill 2010

3.20

7k+ ratings

🖼️ Haunted Paintings 🏢 Sentient Building 🌀 Descent Into Madness 👻 Ghost Child 🔄 Generational Curse

The Silver Tide

by Jen Williams • 2016

An old map. A cursed island. Three outcasts who must stop the gods from being reborn.

4.27

989

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💛 Found Family ⚔️ War Against Gods 🏝️ Cursed Island 🖤 Cosmic Horror

The Silver Tide 86%

An old map. A cursed island. Three outcasts who must stop the gods from being reborn.

by Jen Williams 2016

4.27

989 ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Fantasy 💛 Found Family ⚔️ War Against Gods 🏝️ Cursed Island 🖤 Cosmic Horror

The Ship of Ishtar

by A. Merritt • 1924

A broken veteran opens an ancient stone and tumbles onto a ship trapped between warring gods.

3.56

669

🗡️ Pulp Fantasy 🏛️ Ancient Mythology 🌍 Man Between Worlds 💔 Forbidden Love ⚡ Gods As Characters

The Ship of Ishtar 86%

A broken veteran opens an ancient stone and tumbles onto a ship trapped between warring gods.

by A. Merritt 1924

3.56

669 ratings

🗡️ Pulp Fantasy 🏛️ Ancient Mythology 🌍 Man Between Worlds 💔 Forbidden Love ⚡ Gods As Characters

The Toll

by Cherie Priest • 2019

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

3.41

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Toll 86%

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

by Cherie Priest 2019

3.41

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Nightweaver

by R.M. Gray • 2025

Bound to the Nightweaver who captured her, a pirate must decide which monster to truly fear.

3.88

5k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Heroine 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🩸 Hidden Heritage 🌊 Seafaring Fantasy

Nightweaver 86%

Bound to the Nightweaver who captured her, a pirate must decide which monster to truly fear.

by R.M. Gray 2025

3.88

5k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Heroine 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🩸 Hidden Heritage 🌊 Seafaring Fantasy

Thinner

by Richard Bachman • 1984

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

3.78

229k+

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist 🧙 Folk Horror 📼 1980s Horror

Thinner 86%

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

by Richard Bachman 1984

3.78

229k+ ratings

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist 🧙 Folk Horror 📼 1980s Horror

The Cuck

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.

3.38

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Entity 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House

The Cuck 86%

Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.38

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Entity 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House

Girls of Dark Divine

by E.V. Woods • 2025

Dark magic traps her dance troupe. A boy of shadow claims he can break the curse.

3.57

688

🔮 Cursed Performers 🎭 Gothic Theater 🖤 Shadow Love Interest 🔥 Costly Rebellion 💜 Found Family

Girls of Dark Divine 86%

Dark magic traps her dance troupe. A boy of shadow claims he can break the curse.

by E.V. Woods 2025

3.57

688 ratings

🔮 Cursed Performers 🎭 Gothic Theater 🖤 Shadow Love Interest 🔥 Costly Rebellion 💜 Found Family

Ship of Magic

by Robin Hobb • 1998

Death awakens the family ship; the rightful captain must steal her from a pirate king.

4.24

107k+

🛳️ Nautical Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Betrayal 🎭 Hidden Identity 😈 Villain Protagonist 🤕 Bodily Trauma

Ship of Magic 86%

Death awakens the family ship; the rightful captain must steal her from a pirate king.

by Robin Hobb 1998

4.24

107k+ ratings

🛳️ Nautical Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Betrayal 🎭 Hidden Identity 😈 Villain Protagonist 🤕 Bodily Trauma

On the Bitter Horizon

by Abe Moss • 2022

A teenage healer kidnapped to a cursed mountain discovers the expedition's real prize is her.

4.57

345

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🫂 Found Family ⛰️ Expedition Gone Wrong 🩸 Hidden Lineage

On the Bitter Horizon 86%

A teenage healer kidnapped to a cursed mountain discovers the expedition's real prize is her.

by Abe Moss 2022

4.57

345 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🫂 Found Family ⛰️ Expedition Gone Wrong 🩸 Hidden Lineage

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