Sinister Carnival Books | Summaries & Audio

The Pilo Family Circus

by Will Elliott • 2009

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

3.81

4k+

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Fantasy

The Pilo Family Circus 90%

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

by Will Elliott 2009

3.81

4k+ ratings

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Fantasy

The Faire

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

Bound to a hungry circus, she loves its beautiful monster. The ringmaster wants them dead.

4.34

3k+

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 👑 Morally Grey Heroine

The Faire 90%

Bound to a hungry circus, she loves its beautiful monster. The ringmaster wants them dead.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

4.34

3k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 👑 Morally Grey Heroine

Joyland

by Stephen King • 2013

A heartbroken student's carnival summer job unearths a ghost story that masks an unsolved murder.

3.93

181k+

🎪 Carnival Noir 🔍 Cold Case Murder 🎭 Villainous Mentor 👻 Psychic Child 🤝 Found Family

Joyland 90%

A heartbroken student's carnival summer job unearths a ghost story that masks an unsolved murder.

by Stephen King 2013

3.93

181k+ ratings

🎪 Carnival Noir 🔍 Cold Case Murder 🎭 Villainous Mentor 👻 Psychic Child 🤝 Found Family

Pay the Piper

by George A. Romero • 2024

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

3.58

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

Pay the Piper 89%

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

by George A. Romero 2024

3.58

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

The Contortionist

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

A carnival erased her pain. Now its puppeteer will never let her go.

3.89

6k+

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💊 Chronic Pain 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Sentient Setting

The Contortionist 89%

A carnival erased her pain. Now its puppeteer will never let her go.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

3.89

6k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💊 Chronic Pain 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Sentient Setting

The Clown

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

A living circus steals Cora's pain. The puppeteer who rules it wants her soul.

4.24

4k+

🎪 Hungry Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🎭 Found Family

The Clown 89%

A living circus steals Cora's pain. The puppeteer who rules it wants her soul.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

4.24

4k+ ratings

🎪 Hungry Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🎭 Found Family

The Friend of the Family

by Dean Koontz • 2026

Bought as a toddler for a carnival freak show, she is freed by filmmakers who want a daughter.

4.27

12k+

🏠 Found Family 🎪 Carnival Freak Show 💫 Supernatural Healing 🌿 Outsider Protagonist 🖤 Quiet Horror

The Friend of the Family 88%

Bought as a toddler for a carnival freak show, she is freed by filmmakers who want a daughter.

by Dean Koontz 2026

4.27

12k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🎪 Carnival Freak Show 💫 Supernatural Healing 🌿 Outsider Protagonist 🖤 Quiet Horror

Caraval

by Stephanie Garber • 2016

To rescue her sister, Scarlett enters Caraval, a game of illusions where nothing is real.

3.97

906k+

🎪 Magical Carnival ❤️ Allies To Lovers 👯 Sister Rescue 🌀 Unreliable Reality 🎭 Dark Whimsy

Caraval 88%

To rescue her sister, Scarlett enters Caraval, a game of illusions where nothing is real.

by Stephanie Garber 2016

3.97

906k+ ratings

🎪 Magical Carnival ❤️ Allies To Lovers 👯 Sister Rescue 🌀 Unreliable Reality 🎭 Dark Whimsy

Hollow Wrath

by Jodie King • 2025

A woman left for dead wakes in a nightmare carnival and becomes a mute killer's possession.

4.44

3k+

🎪 Dark Carnival Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Vengeful Heroine 🎭 Carnival Horror

Hollow Wrath 88%

A woman left for dead wakes in a nightmare carnival and becomes a mute killer's possession.

by Jodie King 2025

4.44

3k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Carnival Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Vengeful Heroine 🎭 Carnival Horror

Cirque Obscurum

by K.A. Knight • 2024

Bleeding in the attic, a wife's circus card summons four monstrous men offering love and vengeance.

3.97

3k+

🖤 Dark Carnival Romance 🎪 Supernatural Circus 💕 Why Choose Romance 💪 Survivor Heroine 🫂 Found Family

Cirque Obscurum 88%

Bleeding in the attic, a wife's circus card summons four monstrous men offering love and vengeance.

by K.A. Knight 2024

3.97

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Carnival Romance 🎪 Supernatural Circus 💕 Why Choose Romance 💪 Survivor Heroine 🫂 Found Family

Bacchanal

by Veronica G. Henry • 2021

A young outcast who speaks with animals finds refuge in a traveling carnival that devours children.

3.83

11k+

🌍 African Mythology 🎪 Traveling Carnival 🖤 Found Family 🦁 Animal Communication 😈 Demonic Bargain

Bacchanal 88%

A young outcast who speaks with animals finds refuge in a traveling carnival that devours children.

by Veronica G. Henry 2021

3.83

11k+ ratings

🌍 African Mythology 🎪 Traveling Carnival 🖤 Found Family 🦁 Animal Communication 😈 Demonic Bargain

Satan's Affair

by H.D. Carlton • 2021

A traveling haunted house hides a woman who executes predators. Her only friends may not exist.

3.71

156k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 💀 Extreme Horror ⛪ Cult Trauma 👧 Female Killer

Satan's Affair 87%

A traveling haunted house hides a woman who executes predators. Her only friends may not exist.

by H.D. Carlton 2021

3.71

156k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 💀 Extreme Horror ⛪ Cult Trauma 👧 Female Killer

The Midnight Carousel

by Fiza Saeed McLynn • 2025

An orphan, a carousel, and its finest horse: children who ride it vanish without a trace.

3.72

2k+

🎠 Cursed Object 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🔍 Obsessed Detective 🎪 Dark Carnival

The Midnight Carousel 87%

An orphan, a carousel, and its finest horse: children who ride it vanish without a trace.

by Fiza Saeed McLynn 2025

3.72

2k+ ratings

🎠 Cursed Object 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🔍 Obsessed Detective 🎪 Dark Carnival

The Damsel and the Daggerman

by Delilah S. Dawson • 2014

To expose a traveling carnival, a journalist takes a knife thrower's dare and becomes his undoing.

3.95

310

🎪 Carnival Setting 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Virgin Hero 🔮 Fated Mates 🎭 Dark Carnival

The Damsel and the Daggerman 87%

To expose a traveling carnival, a journalist takes a knife thrower's dare and becomes his undoing.

by Delilah S. Dawson 2014

3.95

310 ratings

🎪 Carnival Setting 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Virgin Hero 🔮 Fated Mates 🎭 Dark Carnival

The Puppeteer

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

Bound to the puppeteer who remade her, she is trapped in his dark circus by his obsession.

4.16

5k+

🎪 Dark Circus Romance 🪢 Captor-Captive Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Damaged Hero 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Puppeteer 87%

Bound to the puppeteer who remade her, she is trapped in his dark circus by his obsession.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

4.16

5k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Circus Romance 🪢 Captor-Captive Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Damaged Hero 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Hollow Hellion

by Jodie King • 2024

A scarred dancer joins a dark carnival where the deadliest performer makes her his obsession.

4.19

9k+

🖤 Dark BDSM Romance 🎪 Dark Carnival 🔪 Obsessed Antihero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Scarred Survivor

Hollow Hellion 87%

A scarred dancer joins a dark carnival where the deadliest performer makes her his obsession.

by Jodie King 2024

4.19

9k+ ratings

🖤 Dark BDSM Romance 🎪 Dark Carnival 🔪 Obsessed Antihero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Scarred Survivor

The Ringmaster

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

A woman. A living circus. A murderous choice. And the puppeteer who claims her dark heart.

4.15

3k+

🎪 Dark Circus 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💀 Touch Her And Die 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Morally Grey Hero

The Ringmaster 87%

A woman. A living circus. A murderous choice. And the puppeteer who claims her dark heart.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

4.15

3k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Circus 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💀 Touch Her And Die 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Morally Grey Hero

Come Knocking

by Mike Bockoven • 2025

An immersive theater show about hell becomes a massacre when online trolls infiltrate the audience.

3.76

975

🎙️ Oral History Horror 🎭 Theater Horror 💻 Internet Radicalization 🎬 Behind The Curtain 😰 Mounting Dread

Come Knocking 87%

An immersive theater show about hell becomes a massacre when online trolls infiltrate the audience.

by Mike Bockoven 2025

3.76

975 ratings

🎙️ Oral History Horror 🎭 Theater Horror 💻 Internet Radicalization 🎬 Behind The Curtain 😰 Mounting Dread

All Hallows

by Christopher Golden • 2023

When lost children beg for help on Halloween, a neighborhood learns what hides in the dark.

3.52

13k+

🌲 Suburban Folk Horror 🎃 Halloween Horror 🏘️ Haunted Neighborhood 😱 Children In Peril 🔒 Family Secrets

All Hallows 87%

When lost children beg for help on Halloween, a neighborhood learns what hides in the dark.

by Christopher Golden 2023

3.52

13k+ ratings

🌲 Suburban Folk Horror 🎃 Halloween Horror 🏘️ Haunted Neighborhood 😱 Children In Peril 🔒 Family Secrets

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 87%

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

The Silver Eyes

by Scott Cawthon • 2016

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

4.04

7k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

The Silver Eyes 87%

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

by Scott Cawthon 2016

4.04

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

Wonderland

by Jennifer Hillier • 2015

The new deputy chief's daughter works at the amusement park where young men keep vanishing.

4.06

44k+

🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎡 Dark Amusement Park 👮‍♂️🔪 Killer In Law Enforcement 👩‍👧⚡ Mother Daughter Tension

Wonderland 87%

The new deputy chief's daughter works at the amusement park where young men keep vanishing.

by Jennifer Hillier 2015

4.06

44k+ ratings

🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎡 Dark Amusement Park 👮‍♂️🔪 Killer In Law Enforcement 👩‍👧⚡ Mother Daughter Tension

Aliss

by Patrick Senécal • 2000

She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.

4.33

11k+

🌀 Wonderland Retelling 🔪 Extreme Horror ⚡ Transgressive Fiction 💀 Nihilistic Horror 🏚️ Urban Nightmare

Aliss 87%

She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.

by Patrick Senécal 2000

4.33

11k+ ratings

🌀 Wonderland Retelling 🔪 Extreme Horror ⚡ Transgressive Fiction 💀 Nihilistic Horror 🏚️ Urban Nightmare

Caraval

by Stephanie Garber • 2016

Inside a magical carnival, Scarlett's sister is the prize and every clue demands a sacrifice.

4.23

990

🎪 Magical Carnival 🧩 Game Of Riddles 👯 Sisterly Bond 🎭 Hidden Identities 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

Caraval 87%

Inside a magical carnival, Scarlett's sister is the prize and every clue demands a sacrifice.

by Stephanie Garber 2016

4.23

990 ratings

🎪 Magical Carnival 🧩 Game Of Riddles 👯 Sisterly Bond 🎭 Hidden Identities 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

Legendary

by Stephanie Garber • 2018

She enters a magical game to unmask its master, but a cursed prince wants more.

4.09

474k+

🎪 Dark Carnival Fantasy 🎭 Deadly Magical Game 💍 Fake Engagement 🖤 Villain Love Interest ✨ Fated Mates

Legendary 87%

She enters a magical game to unmask its master, but a cursed prince wants more.

by Stephanie Garber 2018

4.09

474k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Carnival Fantasy 🎭 Deadly Magical Game 💍 Fake Engagement 🖤 Villain Love Interest ✨ Fated Mates

Lost in the Garden

by Adam S. Leslie • 2024

The dead walk a scorched English village. When her friend vanishes into Almanby, Heather follows.

3.51

4k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌀 Surreal Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🌿 Feral Youth 🕯️ Quiet Dread

Lost in the Garden 87%

The dead walk a scorched English village. When her friend vanishes into Almanby, Heather follows.

by Adam S. Leslie 2024

3.51

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌀 Surreal Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🌿 Feral Youth 🕯️ Quiet Dread

Night of the Living Dummy

by R.L. Stine • 1993

Kris's dummy speaks on its own, destroys her reputation, and threatens to hurt everyone she loves.

3.85

35k+

🧒 Children's Horror 🧸 Evil Doll 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 😰 Mistaken Blame 🔀 Twist Ending

Night of the Living Dummy 87%

Kris's dummy speaks on its own, destroys her reputation, and threatens to hurt everyone she loves.

by R.L. Stine 1993

3.85

35k+ ratings

🧒 Children's Horror 🧸 Evil Doll 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 😰 Mistaken Blame 🔀 Twist Ending

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 87%

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

House of Thorns

by Lee Mountford • 2025

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

4.00

788

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

House of Thorns 86%

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

by Lee Mountford 2025

4.00

788 ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Sick Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

3.54

4k+

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Incestuous Family 🧪 Government Experiment

Sick Bastards 86%

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.54

4k+ ratings

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Incestuous Family 🧪 Government Experiment

Amid the Sinking Dark

by Abe Moss • 2021

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

4.36

565

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

Amid the Sinking Dark 86%

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.36

565 ratings

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

Dexter in the Dark

by Jeff Lindsay • 2006

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

3.57

41k+

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship 😈 Possession And Control 👨‍👧‍👦 Stepfather Found Family

Dexter in the Dark 86%

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

by Jeff Lindsay 2006

3.57

41k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship 😈 Possession And Control 👨‍👧‍👦 Stepfather Found Family

Reliquary

by Douglas Preston • 1997

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

4.04

51k+

🧬 Genetic Horror 🏚️ Underground Society 🦴 Body Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Reliquary 86%

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

by Douglas Preston 1997

4.04

51k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Horror 🏚️ Underground Society 🦴 Body Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

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 Beast You Are

by Paul Tremblay • 2023

An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.

3.33

3k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🐾 Dark Fable 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

The Beast You Are 86%

An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.

by Paul Tremblay 2023

3.33

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🐾 Dark Fable 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

The Devil Rides Out

by Dennis Wheatley • 1934

An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.

3.77

2k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult 🌑 Occult Initiation 🔮 Ritual Magic 🏃 Supernatural Pursuit

The Devil Rides Out 86%

An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.

by Dennis Wheatley 1934

3.77

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult 🌑 Occult Initiation 🔮 Ritual Magic 🏃 Supernatural Pursuit

The Honeys

by Ryan La Sala • 2022

When his twin attacks him and dies, Mars infiltrates the camp clique that claimed her.

3.79

21k+

🏕️ Camp Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror ✨ Genderfluid Lead 💔 Twin Grief 🐝 Secretive Clique

The Honeys 86%

When his twin attacks him and dies, Mars infiltrates the camp clique that claimed her.

by Ryan La Sala 2022

3.79

21k+ ratings

🏕️ Camp Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror ✨ Genderfluid Lead 💔 Twin Grief 🐝 Secretive Clique

Lapvona

by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2022

After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.

3.54

104k+

🏰 Medieval Horror 🤢 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🎭 Dark Fable 🏡 Gothic Manor

Lapvona 86%

After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.

by Ottessa Moshfegh 2022

3.54

104k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror 🤢 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🎭 Dark Fable 🏡 Gothic Manor

The Silver Eyes

by Scott Cawthon • 2016

A memorial brings Charlie home, but the derelict pizzeria's mechanical mascots are still alive.

4.07

24k+

🕰️ Nostalgic Horror 🤖 Haunted Machines 👥 Childhood Friends Reunite 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🧒 Missing Children

The Silver Eyes 86%

A memorial brings Charlie home, but the derelict pizzeria's mechanical mascots are still alive.

by Scott Cawthon 2016

4.07

24k+ ratings

🕰️ Nostalgic Horror 🤖 Haunted Machines 👥 Childhood Friends Reunite 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🧒 Missing Children

Cold Days

by Jim Butcher • 2012

The Winter Queen orders her new knight to assassinate her own immortal daughter by Halloween's end.

4.47

107k+

🧝‍♀️ Fae Court Politics 👊 Reluctant Enforcer 🫂 Found Family 😈 Mental Corruption 🎭 Master Manipulator

Cold Days 86%

The Winter Queen orders her new knight to assassinate her own immortal daughter by Halloween's end.

by Jim Butcher 2012

4.47

107k+ ratings

🧝‍♀️ Fae Court Politics 👊 Reluctant Enforcer 🫂 Found Family 😈 Mental Corruption 🎭 Master Manipulator

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 86%

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

In Peace Lies Havoc

by Amo Jones • 2019

Abducted into a dark traveling show, a dancer's captor becomes the obsession she can't escape.

4.06

14k+

💔 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

In Peace Lies Havoc 86%

Abducted into a dark traveling show, a dancer's captor becomes the obsession she can't escape.

by Amo Jones 2019

4.06

14k+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

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 86%

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

Gloria

by Bentley Little • 2021

Her mother returns from the dead, unchanged since the 80s, but only Gloria recognizes her.

3.59

523

🖤 Supernatural Grief 🌐 Alternate Realities 👤 Malevolent Mother ⚰️ Unholy Resurrection 🛐 Cult Worship

Gloria 86%

Her mother returns from the dead, unchanged since the 80s, but only Gloria recognizes her.

by Bentley Little 2021

3.59

523 ratings

🖤 Supernatural Grief 🌐 Alternate Realities 👤 Malevolent Mother ⚰️ Unholy Resurrection 🛐 Cult Worship

Say Cheese and Die!

by R.L. Stine • 1992

Greg finds a camera in a haunted house, but its photos show disasters that come true.

3.79

30k+

📸 Cursed Object 🏚️ Abandoned House 😱 Kids In Peril 📷 Photograph Horror 🔄 Twist Ending

Say Cheese and Die! 86%

Greg finds a camera in a haunted house, but its photos show disasters that come true.

by R.L. Stine 1992

3.79

30k+ ratings

📸 Cursed Object 🏚️ Abandoned House 😱 Kids In Peril 📷 Photograph Horror 🔄 Twist Ending

Beneath the Rising

by Premee Mohamed • 2020

Her reactor awakens ancient cosmic entities. Only her best friend believes the world is ending.

3.44

1k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 💔 Doomed Friendship 🌑 Atmospheric Horror 🌍 Global Adventure

Beneath the Rising 86%

Her reactor awakens ancient cosmic entities. Only her best friend believes the world is ending.

by Premee Mohamed 2020

3.44

1k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 💔 Doomed Friendship 🌑 Atmospheric Horror 🌍 Global Adventure

My Ex, the Antichrist

by Craig DiLouie • 2025

She loved him before she knew he's the Antichrist. Now their bands duel for the world.

3.52

2k+

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