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Horror

Horror fiction is fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience. Historically, the cause of the "horror" experience has often been the intrusion of a supernatural element into everyday human experience. Since the 1960s, any work of fiction with a morbid, gruesome, surreal, or exceptionally suspenseful or frightening theme has come to be called "horror". Horror fiction often overlaps science fiction or fantasy, all three of which categories are sometimes placed under the umbrella classification speculative fiction. ...more

  • Her Heart Beats for Ancient Beasts by Calvin  Demmer
    Her Heart Beats for Ancient Beasts
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    Release date: Mar 01, 2024
    Ancient beings, merciless monsters, unearthly creatures, and other beasts roam these pages.

    A short story collection.

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    Format: Print book

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    Number of copies: 5

    Giveaway dates: Dec 05 - Dec 31, 2025

    Countries available: U.S.

  • CHOOSE by D.C. Mallery
    CHOOSE
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    Release date: Dec 12, 2025
    "A masterpiece of a psychological thriller, CHOOSE offers a dark internal beast hungering to be set free." – Reader Views Reviews // 100 free eBooks! ...more
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    Format: Kindle book

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    Number of copies: 100

    Giveaway dates: Dec 16 - Jan 01, 2026

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Threads of Fate by Aminah Fox
    Threads of Fate
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    Release date: Nov 20, 2025
    A dark fantasy horror novel where a grad student must confront an ancient evil behind a string of murders on her college campus...or die trying.
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    Format: Kindle book

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    Number of copies: 50

    Giveaway dates: Dec 08 - Jan 02, 2026

    Countries available: U.S.

  • ’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingDracula by Bram StokerInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceDark Lover by J.R. WardThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
    Best Adult Vampire Books
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