| 2018-09-18 |
NOVEL |
English |
Hallowdene |
George Mann |
|
|
contemporary (1), Detectve (1), supernatural (1), fantasy (1), Folk Tales (1), horror (1), legends (1), murder (1), mystery (1), mythology (1)
|
| 2018-10-29 |
NOVEL |
English |
Murderworld |
Allen White |
|
|
science fiction (1), near future (1), GameLit (1), martial arts (1), strong female characters (1), social commentary (1), action (1), murder (1), video games (1), cyberpunk (1), virtual reality (1), artificial intelligence (1), korea (1), Tokyo (1)
|
| 2017-09-12 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wychwood |
George Mann |
|
|
horror (2), paranormal mystery (1), abandonment (1), contemporary (1), crime (1), england (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), murder (1), mystery (1), mythology (1), paganism (1), revenge (1), child abuse (1)
|
| 2016-11-29 |
CHAPBOOK |
English |
Ghost Girl in the Corner |
Daniel José Older |
|
|
action (1), Brooklyn (1), contemporary (1), diversity (1), fantasy (1), friendship (1), ghost (1), Hispanic (1), Latino (1), magic (1), Multicultural (1), murder (1), United States (1)
|
| 2014-09-09 |
NOVEL |
English |
City of Stairs |
Robert Jackson Bennett |
|
|
gods (2), fantasy (1), espionage (1), murder (1), secrets (1)
|
| 2012-11-27 |
ESSAY |
English |
Afterword (The Professor's Assassin) |
Matthew Pearl |
|
|
University of Virginia (1), 1840 (1), murder (1), history (1)
|
| 2012-02-07 |
NOVEL |
English |
Throne of the Crescent Moon |
Saladin Ahmed |
|
|
fantasy (1), politics (1), shapeshifter (1), murder (1), wizards (1), magic (1), physician (1), revenge (1), monsters (1), intrigue (1)
|
| 2012-06-19 |
NOVEL |
English |
Wicked Business |
Janet Evanovich |
|
|
fantasy (1), romance (1), murder (1), quest (1), occult relic (1), boston (1), female protagonist (1)
|
| 2011-01-10 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rivers of London |
Ben Aaronovitch |
|
|
ghosts (2), urban fantasy (1), fantasy (1), detective (1), murder (1), police (1), wizards (1)
|
| 2011-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Professor's Assassin |
Matthew Pearl |
|
|
murder (1), 1840 (1), slavery (1), fictionalized historical event (1), University of Virginia (1)
|
| 2010-11-09 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
1922 |
Stephen King |
|
|
matricide (1), first person point of view (1), farm (1), depression era (1), murder (1), son (1), Uxoricide (1), secrets (1), premarital pregnancy (1), ghosts (1), horror (1), rats (1), crime spree (1), into-movie (1)
|
| 2010-03-04 |
NOVEL |
English |
City of Dreams & Nightmare |
Ian Whates |
|
|
steampunk (1), urban fantasy (1), assassins (1), city life (1), murder (1), secrets (1), social class (1)
|
| 2010-03-05 |
NOVEL |
English |
Farlander |
Col Buchanan |
|
|
fantasy (2), apprentices (1), assassins (1), cults (1), murder (1), revenge (1)
|
| 2009-09-29 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Maniac |
Chad Case |
|
|
murder (1), horror (1), insanity (1)
|
| 2009-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Resurrectionist |
Wrath James White |
|
|
horror (1), murder (1)
|
| 2009-09-29 |
ANTHOLOGY |
English |
Toe Tags: 21 Spine-Tingling Tales from the Best New Authors of Horror |
Brian Barnett and William Pauley, III |
|
|
horror (2), succubus (1), vampires (1), zombies (1), living tattoo (1), Fear (1), slasher (1), murder (1), cannibalism (1), demon (1), post apocalypse (1), survival (1), suicide (1), ghosts (1)
|
| 2009-08-04 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Undead Man's Hand |
Erin McCarthy |
|
|
serial killer (1), vampires (1), contemporary (1), Las Vegas (1), female protagonist (1), murder (1), mystery (1), romance (1), bodyguard (1)
|
| 2007-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Loss |
Tom Piccirilli |
|
|
missing person (1), trained chimp (1), author (1), rivalry (1), romance (1), apartment building (1), murder (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), fantasy (1), author protagonist (1)
|
| 2007-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Lucifer's Ark |
Simon Clark |
|
|
thriller (1), insanity (1), murder (1)
|
| 2006-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Scar Night |
Alan Campbell |
|
|
fantasy (1), airships (1), angels (1), assassins (1), betrayal (1), fate (1), ghosts (1), gods (1), murder (1), quest (1), undead (1)
|
| 2006-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Tiger, Burning |
Alastair Reynolds |
|
|
parallel universes (2), alien artifact (1), parallel universe (1), branes (1), quickening (1), time travel (1), Fantastic Voyage (1), The Tempest (1), far future (1), murder (1), teleportation device (1)
|
| 2006-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Touch the Dark |
Karen Chance |
|
|
urban fantasy (1), alliances (1), Clairvoyance (1), deception (1), murder (1), vampires (1), secret societies (1)
|
| 2005-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Anansi Boys |
Neil Gaiman |
|
|
fantasy (1), 2-award-winner (1), police (1), Caribbean (1), embezzlement (1), murder (1), magic (1), engagements (1), karaoke (1), humor (1), father (1), brothers (1), Anansi (1), mythology (1), Florida (1), songs (1)
|
| 2005-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Flight of the Nighthawks |
Raymond E. Feist |
|
|
fantasy (1), wizards (1), dreams (1), Nobility (1), murder (1), magicians (1), apprentices (1), magic (1), secret societies (1)
|
| 2004-00-00 |
COVERART |
English |
The Crooked Letter |
Greg Bridges |
|
|
crime (1), murder (1), mythology (1), religion (1), twins (1)
|
| 2003-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Jennifer Government |
Max Barry |
|
|
government (1), police (1), USA (1), New Zealand (1), Australia (1), ExxonMobil (1), Nike (1), NRA (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), strong female characters (1), consumer loyalty programs (1), murder (1), corporate dystopia (1), satire (1), near future (1), london (1), assassination (1), kidnapping (1)
|
| 2002-07-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Hunted Past Reason |
Richard Matheson |
|
|
murder (1), Suspense (1), survival (1)
|
| 2002-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sisters of the Raven |
Barbara Hambly |
|
|
friendship (1), jealousy (1), magic (1), murder (1), wizards (1)
|
| 2001-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Kate Culhane: A Ghost Story |
Michael Hague |
|
|
female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), ireland (1), folktale (1), horror (1), fantasy (1), ghost (1), battle of wits (1), murder (1), treasure (1), happy ending (1)
|
| 2000-04-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Storm Front |
Jim Butcher |
|
|
dark fantasy (1), mystery (1), urban fantasy (1), into-tv (1), strong female character (1), contemporary (1), Chicago (1), private eye (1), first person point of view (1), mystical Underworld (1), illegal drugs (1), murder (1), vengeance (1), sorcery (1), vampires (1)
|
| 1999-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ghostwritten |
David Mitchell |
|
|
artificial intelligence (1), Japan (1), Radio disk jockey (1), subway (1), New York City (1), Advanced military technology (1), Killer satellites (1), quantum computing (1), ireland (1), Clear Island (1), terrorism (1), cult (1), Tokyo (1), art forgery (1), murder (1), Mental symbiote (1), Saint Petersburg (1), Mongolia (1), london (1), Holy Mountain (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1), Hong Kong (1), ghosts (1), China (1), Chinese Cultural Revolution (1), Okinawa (1), only Earth (1)
|
| 1998-06-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Last Voice They Hear |
Ramsey Campbell |
|
|
murder (1)
|
| 1997-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Sins of the Fathers |
Jane Jensen |
|
|
bookstores (1), murder (1), voodoo (1)
|
| 1996-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef |
Barbara Hambly |
|
|
murder (1), star wars (1), Jaba the Hutt (1), chef (1), poisoning (1), Porcellus (1), Phlegmin (1)
|
| 1995-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story |
Christopher Moore |
|
|
vampires (3), satire (1), horror (1), humorous (1), friendship (1), interpersonal relations (1), misadventures (1), murder (1), police (1), teenagers (1)
|
| 1995-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Intensity |
Dean R. Koontz |
|
|
insanity (1), murder (1), Suspense (1), horror (1)
|
| 1995-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rider at the Gate |
C. J. Cherryh |
|
|
fantasy (1), aliens (1), grief (1), horses (1), telepathy (1), murder (1), psychic ability (1), revenge (1)
|
| 1993-09-09 |
NOVEL |
English |
Mr. Murder |
Dean R. Koontz |
|
|
Suspense (1), murder (1)
|
| 1993-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rouse a Sleeping Cat |
Dan Crawford |
|
|
fantasy (1), murder (1), intrigue (1), politics (1)
|
| 1993-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Throat |
Peter Straub |
|
|
murder (1), mystery (1), horror (1), detective (1)
|
| 1992-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Dolores Claiborne |
Stephen King |
|
|
murder (1), strong female characters (1), horror (1), into-movie (1)
|
| 1992-11-00 |
ESSAY |
English |
Postscript (The Recent "Witch Burning" at Clonmel) |
Richard Dalby |
|
|
Nineteenth century (1), ireland (1), murder (1), exorcism (1)
|
| 1991-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
American Psycho |
Bret Easton Ellis |
|
|
horror (1), into-movie (1), murder (1), insanity (1), serial killer (1)
|
| 1991-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Boy's Life |
Robert R. McCammon |
|
|
murder (1), magic (1)
|
| 1991-08-02 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
It's Him! |
Alvin Schwartz |
|
|
folklore (1), horror (1), fantasy (1), murder (1), ghosts (1)
|
| 1990-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Psycho House |
Robert Bloch |
|
|
horror (1), insanity (1), murder (1), slasher (1)
|
| 1988-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Cabal |
Clive Barker |
|
|
horror (1), hidden society (1), secret lair (1), into-movie (1), psychopath (1), monsters (1), murder (1), lycanthropy (1)
|
| 1988-10-00 |
OMNIBUS |
English |
Cabal |
Clive Barker |
|
|
secret lair (1), hidden society (1), into-movie (1), horror (1), psychopathy (1), monsters (1), murder (1), disease (1), curse (1), lycanthropy (1), Alberta (1)
|
| 1988-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Silence of the Lambs |
Thomas Harris |
|
|
into-movie (2), cannibalism (2), serial killer (2), murder (1)
|
| 1987-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
My Name Is Dolly |
William F. Nolan |
|
|
female main character (1), child protagonist (1), witches (1), magic (1), murder (1), revenge (1), horror (1)
|
| 1987-11-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Watchmen |
Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore |
|
|
graphic novel (2), mystery (1), murder (1), superhero (1), tentacles (1), list NPR Top100 (2011) (1)
|
| 1986-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Witness |
Avram Davidson |
|
|
murder (1)
|
| 1985-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mercurial |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
|
|
art (1), murder (1), mystery (1), Mercury (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1984-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Das geteilte Ich |
Michael K. Iwoleit |
|
|
matter transmission (1), murder (1), guilt (1)
|
| 1984-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Ein Mord im Weltraum |
Thomas R. P. Mielke |
|
|
murder (1)
|
| 1984-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Einen Herzschlag lang |
Reinmar Cunis |
|
|
murder (1), telepathy (1)
|
| 1982-05-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Psycho II |
Robert Bloch |
|
|
murder (1), insanity (1), slasher (1)
|
| 1981-11-23 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
With Thimbles, with Forks, and Hope |
Kate Wilhelm |
|
|
only Earth (1), malevolent humanoid (1), private eyes (1), contemporary (1), married couple (1), boat (1), Suspense (1), murder (1)
|
| 1979-12-00 |
POEM |
English |
The Death of Augusta |
Emily Brontë and Joanna Russ |
|
|
vengeance (1), murder (1), regicide (1), female protasgonists (1), poem (1), epic (1)
|
| 1978-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Barbie Murders |
John Varley |
|
|
murder (1), mystery (1), moon (1)
|
| 1977-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Extenuating Circumstances |
Ann Orhelein |
|
|
space travel (1), cyborg (1), murder (1), robots (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1977-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Prince Alcouz and the Magician |
Clark Ashton Smith |
|
|
murder (1), magic (1)
|
| 1977-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Rage |
Stephen King |
|
|
murder (1), disowned by its author (1)
|
| 1977-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Disguise |
Kim Stanley Robinson |
|
|
drama (1), murder (1), mystery (1), Jacobean (1), theatre (1), memory implant (1)
|
| 1976-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Night Chills |
Dean R. Koontz |
|
|
horror (1), mind control (1), psychopath (1), murder (1), rape (1)
|
| 1961-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Home Away from Home |
Robert Bloch |
|
|
insanity (1), murder (1), horror (1)
|
| 1961-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Haunted Woodshed |
Harold R. Daniels |
|
|
murder (1), mystery (1), female protagonist (1), contemporary (1), haunting (1), new england (1), woodshed (1)
|
| 1959-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Disappearance |
Joseph Payne Brennan |
|
|
murder (1)
|
| 1959-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Psycho |
Robert Bloch |
|
|
slasher (1), insanity (1), into-movie (1), murder (1), horror (1), Horror: 100 Best Books (1)
|
| 1959-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Impulse to Kill |
Joseph Payne Brennan |
|
|
murder (1)
|
| 1959-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Pavilion |
Joseph Payne Brennan |
|
|
murder (1)
|
| 1954-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Fondly Fahrenheit |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
transference (1), android (1), horror (1), psychological (1), into-tv (1), interstellar travel (1), murder (1), first person point of view (1), androids (1)
|
| 1953-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Gloves |
Garnett Radcliffe |
|
|
horror (1), retribution (1), murder (1), secondhand store (1), gloves (1), contemporary (1), first person point of view (1)
|
| 1953-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Ultra Spectrum |
John Russell Fearn |
|
|
murder (1), cold light (1)
|
| 1950-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Illustrated Man |
Ray Bradbury |
|
|
murder (1), tattoos (1), carnies (1), contemporary (1), horror (1), fantasy (1), witchcraft (1)
|
| 1949-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Country House |
Ewen Whyte |
|
|
contemporary (1), country house (1), pursuit (1), murder (1), twist ending (1)
|
| 1949-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Murder Man |
Ewen Whyte |
|
|
murder (1), twist ending (1), psychopath (1), contemporary (1), straight razor (1)
|
| 1948-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl |
Ray Bradbury |
|
|
psychology (1), murder (1), contemporary (1), infidelity (1)
|
| 1948-02-14 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Owl Hoots Twice |
Sax Rohmer |
|
|
mystery (1), murder (1)
|
| 1946-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Threshold of Endurance |
Betsy Emmons |
|
|
fantasy (1), murder (1), contemporary (1), female protagonist (1), ghost (1), marital strife (1)
|
| 1939-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Secret of the Sun |
Ray Cummings |
|
|
contemporary (1), laboratory research (1), murder (1), greed (1), poetic justice (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1)
|
| 1939-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Fifth Candle |
George R. Hahn and Richard Levin |
|
|
vengeance (1), murder (1), contemporary (1), candelabrum (1), father and sons (1), first person point of view (1), Kirghiz (1), ghost (1), fantasy (1), fate (1)
|
| 1937-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Anton's Last Dream |
Edwin Baird |
|
|
science fiction (1), contemporary (1), murder (1), revenge (1), invisibility (1), adultery (1), suicide (1)
|
| 1937-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Eric Martin's Nemesis |
J. Wilmer Benjamin |
|
|
prison escape (1), murder (1), guilty conscience (1), ironic justice (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1937-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Murder Mask |
Edgar Daniel Kramer |
|
|
murder (1), mask (1), magic (1), greed (1), justice (1), horror (1), fantasy (1), sibling rivalry (1), irony (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1937-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Man in the Taxi |
Leslie Gordon Barnard |
|
|
contemporary (1), murder (1), guilt (1), taxi (1), ghost (1), fantasy (1), horror (1)
|
| 1937-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Seeds from Outside |
Edmond Hamilton |
|
|
panspermia (1), contemporary (1), plant people (1), jealousy (1), murder (1)
|
| 1936-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Dream of Death |
Andrew Daw |
|
|
contemporary (1), vengeance (1), murder (1), orphan (1), recurring dream (1), uncle (1)
|
| 1936-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Visitor from Far Away |
Loretta Burrough |
|
|
wife (1), ghost (1), solitude (1), vengeance (1), infidelity (1), murder (1), blizzard (1), fantasy (1), connecticut (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1936-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
In the Dark |
Ronal Kayser |
|
|
Librivox (1), twist ending (1), infidelity (1), chemical industry (1), contemporary (1), horror (1), suicide (1), murder (1), blindness (1)
|
| 1935-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
What Waits in Darkness |
Loretta Burrough |
|
|
dead fiance (1), murder (1), female protagonist (1), recurring dreams (1), marriage (1), contemporary (1), Maine (1)
|
| 1934-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dance |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
wasp (1), spider (1), murder (1), love triangle (1), retribution (1), ghost (1), horror (1), playing cat and mouse (1)
|
| 1933-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
On Top |
Ralph Allen Lang |
|
|
burial (1), self-defense (1), revenge (1), murder (1), claim jumping (1), irony (1), US Old West (1)
|
| 1933-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Closed Door |
Harold Ward |
|
|
room (1), murder (1), unhappy marriage (1), contemporary (1), irony (1), justice (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1931-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
His Brother's Keeper |
George Fielding Eliot |
|
|
Iron Maiden (1), murder (1), sibling rivalry (1), horror (1), gothic (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1930-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
James Lamp |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
retribution (1), murder (1), horror (1), ghost (1), england (1), first person point of view (1), housekeepers (1)
|
| 1930-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Haunted Wood of Adoure |
Elliott O'Donnell |
|
|
first person storyteller (1), 1900 (1), France (1), bicycle accident (1), executioner (1), haunted woods (1), New Year's Eve (1), murder (1), prophetic dreams (1), fantasy (1), house in the woods (1), May-December marriage (1)
|
| 1930-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Murderer |
Murray Leinster |
|
|
gothic (1), murder (1), cat (1), nephew (1), contemporary (1), cigarette case (1), horror (1)
|
| 1929-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Bed by the Window |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
first person point of view (1), Time (1), Norfolk (1), precognition (1), murder (1)
|
| 1928-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Black Madonna |
A. W. Wyville |
|
|
justice (1), irony (1), chemists (1), contemporary (1), murder (1), sibling rivalry (1), spider (1), first person storyteller (1)
|
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