#bram stoker's dracula is a romcom

[spooky-something]

AH, DUDE ,THIS IS SO SILLY, I LOVE THIS DEEPLY

Jon he's really trying here cut him a break

(tumblr crunched the resolution of this comic a lot rip)

[arc-tu-rus]

You know what I want?

I want 'fantasy' (not necessarily "medieval fantasy") media for adults.

I'm watching the second season of arcane right now to keep up with my friends, but I don't think I'm the target audience for it; despite having a diversity of ages, Jinx's plot, one of the main ones, feels a bit too teenage-y for me. Not even in account of her actual age in the events of the series, but the style of the plot.

As an adult I don't want to consume only "real world" fiction though, I still want to have fun. I'm not always in the mood for romcoms and, damn, I can't stand biopics anymore.

I was a kid back then, but 00s (and 90s, when I wasn't even born) fiction hits such a sweet spot. Stuff with the tones of Mummy, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Van Helsing and Bram Stoker's Dracula (despite all the bad stuff surrounding the latter two) seems to be abandoned and I just don't know why.

At least we'll always have VtM, though >:)

[isabeauwolf]

I just wanna drag Kai and Touya onto the couch and have a movie marathon with them.

What would you pick?

My musical line up is: Repo! The Genetic Opera, Moulin Rouge, Phantom of the Opera, and Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Classics: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, The Mummy, Bram Stoker's Dracula

Revenge: V for Vendetta, and The Crow

RomComs: 50 First Dates

Adventure Comedy: Six Nights, Seven Days

B-movies: Subspecies trilogy and The Gingerdead Man

Disney movies: Beauty and the Beast, and Hunchback of Notre Dame

Action/Sci-fi: The Fifth Element  

@angelblueflame @doumadono @fairymama624 @lucyblue101

[yandere-romanticaa]

hi ana! back in your inbox again for some advice... i honestly feel like you're like my distant mentor or something hehe 😅

i feel like i've been losing the gothic touch to my writing ever since i've been writing too many romcom-esque scenarios. i want to get back into it, but my brain's at a loss for how to do it. is there any books you can reccomend that i can take inspiration from?

While it is super cute to me how you view me as a mentor, save yourself. Find a better mentor because almost all of my advice is beyond basic. Just like the one I'm going to give you now.

This isn't a book but when I want to get into the proper mood to write something I usually have a playlist going on in the background and this gothic one is one of my favorites. It's a simple playlist but it gets the job done + it's not too fast paced which allows me to focus better.

The books I'd recommend you take a peak at would be Dracula by Bram Stoker, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson. All three books contain very vivid and beautiful imagery which sucks me in absolutely every time I read and the first two are just really good gothic literature and I'll never fucking shut up about them and please go read them both novels are unironically good, especially Dracula. Some people have called me boring and basic for liking classic literature but sue me™, I can't help it. Going back to the basics really is the key to everything, at least for me.

As for a Dowry of Blood, that one is a retelling of the Dracula story from the perspective of his wives but it's incredibly interesting. You can try taking inspiration from it how a darling might act towards her captor. It's also just overall really good and I think you'll just flat out like it.

[bisexualcell]

van helsing insults dracula by calling him a swan in the original homophobic bram stoker book -> dracula with bela lugosi opens with the music from swan lake -> obscure gay romcom where a van helsing type falls in love with a dracula type and have a love scene to the swan lake theme before he tragically dies

full circle babes

[giantkillerjack]

Half my feed is suddenly Dracula-related so I am guessing Stoker has announced the release date for a sequel? What is happening?? Is it gay? I hope it's gay.

[marzipanandminutiae]

Thomas/Edith and The Phantom/Christine for the ship game

Thomas/Edith

I love this ship, but not as most people seem to read it. I don't see it as Pure and Perfect, or Edith as the Sweet Innocent Angel who redeems Thomas with her love. For one thing, it has to be at least half an act at the beginning, because Thomas is still onboard enough with the plan when they get home to make and serve the poisoned tea himself. At least once. For another...that's kind of a reductive way to view Edith in a narrative explicitly intended to center female characters, isn't it? Especially considering that, when everything comes out, she's fully prepared to stab Thomas with the same pen she used against Lucille. She's nobody's manic pixie dream girl, and this is nobody's fairytale.

I ship it as a fall for Edith, rather than an uplifting for Thomas. I ship it as that line from Bram Stoker's Dracula: "I love you- god forgive me, but I do." I ship it as the affection neither of them wants to feel, once all is revealed, but which neither can erase. I ship it in an OT3 way, never exclusively, because I don't think the siblings can be untangled from each other by anything but death.

I also ship it as Two Big Nerds In Love. Because they are.

Erik/Christine

I've gone through a bit of a progression with this one- from "so romantic!" as a kid to "so creepy!" as a college student to "eh...but that's not always a bad thing" as a somewhat adultier adult.

I think at this point I can enjoy it from the same perspective as my CPeak ships- it's messed-up and engaging and narratively fascinating. Not all shipping has to be aspirational, as I thought in my more purity-minded university days. You can like something that's absolutely not what you'd ever want or approve of in reality.

That being said, for just pure emotional appeal, I prefer Raoul/Christine. Just a romcom lead in love with a Gothic heroine, doing his best to keep up with all the absolutely bonkers shit she gets herself into. With the added bonus of actually being 100% canon.

[goodomensficrecommendations]

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#i find a lot of short au fics refer to the characters by their job or hair color a lot and it is very distracting to me

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#5

Is there any fic about azi or crow being a single struggling parent

Oh man so many! Anyone else want to leave some suggestions? Here’s a few that I can think of right now:

I have been working with @charlottemadison42 on formatting her amazing fic Shotgun Wedding, so that jumps to mind immediately. It is so good. Crowley isn’t struggling as a parent, exactly, because he’s an amazing guardian for Adam, but he struggles with enough that I need to recommend it first. 😉 Plus it’s one of my all time favorites.

It Was Always You by mltrefry is probably a bit more like what you’re looking for in your ask. Crowley and Aziraphale reconnect after years, they’re both single dads.

Going Overboard by Fyre @amuseoffyre is absolutely amazing. It’s one I downloaded/made a cover for already. Single dad Crowley and memory loss in this fun romcom.

The Stars Walk Backward by Beckers522 is also so good. It takes place in 1926, tutor Aziraphale and (married) dad Crowley. Highly recommend this one, it’s really well done.

Barriers, and the Breaking Thereof by Cardinal_Daughter is actually one of the early ones I downloaded and made a cover for, but it wasn’t very good (the cover, not the fic!) so I haven’t posted it here yet. I definitely should though, it’s amazing. Single dad Crowley comes into the library with a crying baby and asks Aziraphale for help.

This one is definitely not a traditional parenting fic, because they’re cats. But it was so sweet and I loved it. Aziraphale’s definitely struggling to take care of his kids. Aristocats' Class and a Street Cat's Style by skimmingthesurface and SylWritesStuff

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#4

Published: 2021-02-11 Words: 9550 Chapters: 1 Rated: E

Nothing compares to you

@nieded

Summary:

Written for the GO VDay Exchange 2021 for @ladybugcaptor on tumblr.

In which Aziraphale, a lonely bookseller, falls in love with the interim priest at St Edmund's.

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Just read this, so sweet! 🥰

44 notes • Posted 2021-02-12 04:14:56 GMT

#3

Published: 2021-01-29 Words: 758 Rated: T

For A Sheep As A Lamb

Atalan

Summary:

Aziraphale may have over-egged his latest report, to Crowley's delight and Heaven's consternation.

Another crack prompt offering for the theme "reports".

52 notes • Posted 2021-01-31 05:14:02 GMT

#2

Published: 2020-10-31 Completed: 2020-11-01 Words: 36427 Chapters: 7 Rated: E

Silent as the Grave

miraworos ( @miraworos )

Summary:

Aziraphale Ange, a location scout for Gray Productions, has found the perfect castle for his boss's new moving picture--an adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The trick will be convincing the dark, mysterious, and gorgeous Count Crowley to let them film there. Little does Aziraphale know, though, that getting in the door is the easy part.

Haunted castles, centuries-old mysteries, and a love affair that defies the grave...

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Just stumbled on this one today, it’s great! Love the mystery and spooky fun. Definitely check it out!

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54 notes • Posted 2021-05-01 03:04:43 GMT

#1

Published: 2021-03-08 Completed: 2021-03-13 Words: 20624 Chapters: 6 Rated: E

The Uninvited Guest

entanglednow ( @entanglednow )

Summary:

Aziraphale is used to spending long nights battling insomnia and repairing old and damaged books. But he's unprepared for his new neighbour to be quite so attractive, or to develop a habit for sleepwalking into his flat during the night.

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This was so adorable. They were so lovable and their interactions were great, and they took time to get to know each other without rushing into things or tons of miscommunication. Super sweet and highly recommended! 🥰

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[twoofcups]

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Honestly any! I’m always particularly hungry for ghosts and monsters but I like pretty much anything except shock torture stuff (like saw or audition)

honestly i Hate torture porn so much like...it sucks and it’s boring but i can break down a list! most, if not all, of these have very few jump scares because i fucking hate jump scares.  sadly i don’t have a lot of “the classics” on here because i JUST started being able to stomach gore, and a lot of classic horror movies are like ... incredibly gory so i still need to watch them. 

COMEDIES - horror comedies are honestly one of my favorite genres. most of these aren’t too scary, but they’re all very good. 

jennifer’s body- peak 2000s culture. we weren’t ready for this movie then, but we sure as hell are now. monster: demons. 

shaun of the dead - a STAPLE in british comedy and in british horror. monster: zombies.

little evil - a really heartwarming story about a real estate agent trying to bond with his new stepson, who is the spawn of satan. 1000/10 the most pure movie i’ve ever seen. monster: demons and cults. 

what we do in the shadows: aka queer eye for the vampire guy. it’s not really scary, but obviously it has spooky themes!!! monster: vampires. 

tucker and dale vs. evil: a classic story of misunderstandings, where classic horror stereotypes are analyzed from the other end. monster: some dumbass college kids. 

zombieland - an american CLASSIC. definitely a must-see for new horror fans. monster: zombies

housebound - very witty and creepy. makes you laugh but also feel a sense of unease. monster: ???? 

the addams family & addams family values - not scary, but definitely spooky and zany. i think this was really like...my intro to horror. i used to watch these movies over and over again in like...first grade and they’re v dear to my heart. i was wednesday addams for halloween in 4th grade and everyone thought i was a pilgrim and i was Enraged. morticia and gomez adopt me challenge. monster: DEBBIE. 

practical magic - because who doesn’t love cute little witchy romcoms???? we need more of them. where are they. monster: some dick ex boyfriend and witchphobia. 

HISTORICAL - period horror movies really butter my eggroll. they’re just really fun and they always have an added sense of creepiness depending on the era 

the conjuring series (the conjuring, the conjuring 2, annabelle, annabelle: origins, and the nun) - these films go balls to the wall because they’re based on the true accounts of ed and lorraine warren, a demonologist couple who performed exorcisms in the 50s-60s. obviously things are dramatized, but knowing that they supposedly happened adds an extra flair of creepiness. monster: demons and ghosts. era: 50s and 60s. 

bram stoker’s dracula - apparently, keanu reeves and wynona rider accidentally got married filming this and have just like been married for 25 years without realizing it. monster: vampires. era: 1800s? i think??? 

crimson peak - this movie is like the DEFINITION of slow burn horror. its attention to little details creates such an amazing build up, and then it goes balls to the fucking wall at the end. ALSO guillermo del toro’s ghost designs are so innovative and creepy. monster: ghosts. era: 1910s. 

the awakening - one of my FAVORITE historical thrillers of like...all fucking time. a woman who makes a living off of debunking spiritualists is asked to investigate a boy’s boarding school that’s dealing with a ghost problem. shit gets VERY real. monster: ghosts???? era: 1920s. 

the woman in black - oof this has EVERYTHING you want from a gothic horror movie. she has the vibe. she has the range. she’s a little slow moving, but not any more so than any other period drama. monster: ghosts. era: 1800s. 

pride and prejudice and zombies - the bitch goes OFF. literally just a retelling of pride and prejudice, but better, because there’s zombies. lena heady once again takes on her most famous role as That Petty Bitch. era: regency england (1770s ish?). monster: zombies. 

the witch - WIG !! this bitch goes off!! another historical slow burn, but this one really isolates you with its use of olde english. you feel unsettled by the vibe, but also because you feel like you’re in a different world and you don’t belong. monster: you’ll see. era: early colonial america like the 1600s 

FOREIGN - these movies left me SNATCHED from across the fucking globe. i need to watch more tbh 

train to busan - one of the best and most claustrophobic zombie movies i’ve ever seen. i highly, highly recommend it!! it just goes balls to the wall. monster: zombies.  language: korean 

the orphanage - up there with little evil on my list of pure horror movies. the ending made me cry happy tears. a very intriguing ghost-kid story done right. monster: ghosts. language: spanish. 

dead snow - love zombies??? hate nazis??? this is the movie for you. just like 2 hours or smth like that of good old fashioned nazi killing. also has a comedic edge to it. monster: zombie nazis. language: norwegian

les diaboliques - a black and white CLASSIC, and a mind-bending story of psychological manipulation and murder. so good that hitchcock himself said he wished he’d made it. language: french. era: released in 1955

PSYCHOLOGICAL - they just...fuck with your brain and really make you think 

the purge series - the purge series gets a lot of shit because it APPEARS as a hobbsian “people are naturally evil without order” fantasy, but it’s actually the complete opposite. the purge series is about a malicious government that creates a system of state-sponsored violence, where the wealthy + white are usually the ones perpetuating the violence, while poor people, people of color, and other minorities have to stick together to survive. basically the moral is that capitalism and wealth result in a lack of empathy. it’s VERY politically driven. monster: rich white people. 

get out - THE most innovative, mind-bending thriller of this fucking ERA. a fascinating, gut-churning investigation of racism in the modern age. . it’s just jaw-dropping. phenomenal. incredible. monster: rich white people (again). 

gerald’s game - HEAVY trigger warning for CSA, i’m gonna be up front with that. a woman is taken to a cabin by her husband on a romantic getaway. they attempt to do some freaky bdsm bullshit, and he dies of a heart attack while she’s handcuffed to the bed. she has to use her trauma, her hallucinations, and mental illness in order to save herself. monster: inner demons . 

MORE FAVORITES: 

world war z - just like...the most inventive and well-researched zombie movie i’ve ever seen. they hired real contortionists and dancers to play the zombies, and researched a virus found among ants that creates a zombie like effect. a very interesting and fast-paced take on the zombie narrative. also, those fuckers can RUN. monster: zombies. 

the babadook - gay icon. need i say more? (warning: a dog does die :( ) monster: depression. 

TV

the walking dead -admittedly i watched the first five seasons in a month and haven’t watched it since, but it’s phenomenal. monster: zombies and the governer. PEAK southern gothic. alignment: edgy bastard. 

ash vs evil dead - the goriest, crudest, and most disgusting thing i’ve ever seen, BUT if you can handle a ton of blood, guts, and other fluids, it’s really enjoyable. recommend watching the evil dead trilogy first, but you don’t have to as long as you know the premise. alignment: dumbass bastard. monster: zombie demons i guess? 

lucifer - not particularly horror, but still a paranormal show that’s here for a good time. the devil gets bored of being the devil and decides to solve crimes in LA. monster: i mean the devil i guess. alignment: edgy thot 

american horror story: oof this was where my real passion for horror started in high school!!! each season is different, but i highly reccommend the odd numbered seasons: murder house (season 1), coven (season 2), and hotel (season 5). asylum (season 2) is good too, but you don’t need to waste your time on seasons 4 or 6. i couldn’t get through season 7 because there was too much stuff about my phobia. alignment: edgy bitch. monster: EVERYONE. 

AND THERE IT IS !! a full, comprehensive guide for starter horror fans!!! i’m sorry this is so long kdjglkfdj i just really love this stuff. 

[brunt-f-c-a]

So I'm reading bram stokers Dracula. My friend just so happened to have a copy. And I've had an idea

So the plot of Dracula so far for the first few chapters Jonathan harker who's kinda like a real estate lawyer is sent from some westside city in Britain to Transylvania to meet Dracula and finalize property papers because Dracula is moving to London. And like the count seems like this charming old man but shit gets sketchy and now Jonathan realizes he's being held prisoner and can't escape.

I propose a modern au

So the novel idea I have is a modern Dracula where Jonathan is like some awkward fresh out of law school newb sent by his boss to meet his bosses foreign friend who just bought beach side property in California. And in the og book Dracula has done obsessive research on London and has a whole library on info about it And in the au when he gets there Dracula is this 50 year old dude in khaki shorts and a Hawaiian shirt wearing crystals and he greets him like "shaaaaaaa braaaaaaa how's it hanging??" And like all the books he collected are new age crystal chakra books and he's watched teen beach movie like 20 times

It's a romcom

[aion-rsa]

Top New Horror Books in October 2020

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Top New Horror Books in October 2020

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

Type: Sequel Novel Publisher: Gallery/Saga Release date: 10/6/2020

Den of Geek says: Did you ever wish The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe had a bit more horror in it? You might want to try T. Kingfisher The Hollow Places, which follows a recent divorcée who, penniless and depressed, moves in with her uncle only to find a portal to countless, often nightmare-inducing realities in his wall. The Hollow Places is a character-driven romp that combines a romcom setup with genuine horror for a tale that is as unexpected as it is creepy.

Publisher’s Summary: A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel from the author of the “innovative, unexpected, and absolutely chilling” (Mira Grant, Nebula Award–winning author) The Twisted Ones.

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

Type: Novella Publisher: Tor.com Release date: 10/13/2020

Den of Geek says: What if, in addition to your garden-variety human racists (known as “Klans”), the Ku Klux Klan also included literal monsters, demonic carnivores (known as “Ku Kluxes”). This is the premise for Ring Shout, a supernatural horror that follows three Black woman—a sharpshooter, a soldier, and a master swordswoman with the ability to talk to spirits—as they hunt down Ku Kluxes. Their job turns even higher-stake when the discover that the Klans and Ku Kluxes are gathering for a large-scale attack. If you’re bemoaning the end of Lovecraft Country season one, this is the story for you.

Publisher’s summary: Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns with Ring Shout, a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan’s reign of terror.

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Type: Novel Publisher: HarperCollins Release date: 10/20/2020

Den of Geek says: This horror-comedy begins in 1902 when two friends at The Brookhants School for Girls start a private club called The Plain Bad Heroine Society that will shortly lead to their deaths. More than a century later, the bestselling book about the queer, feminist history of the school is being adapted into a film, but when the three actresses arrive at Brookhants to begin filming, horror strikes again.

Publisher’s summary: The award-winning author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post makes her adult debut with this highly imaginative and original horror-comedy centered around a cursed New England boarding school for girls—a wickedly whimsical celebration of the art of storytelling, sapphic love, and the rebellious female spirit.

Top New Horror Books in September 2020

Night Of The Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

Type: Novella Publisher: Tor.com Release date: 09/01/2020

Den of Geek says: The second book by Stephen Graham Jones this year after The Only Good Indians, this zippy horror sees a bunch of teens pull a prank in a movie theater involving a dressed up mannequin which turns tragic. Now our protagonist Sawyer needs to put things right. Funny, camp and gory, this is a quick read, a coming of age story with a b-movie feel that’s full of surprises.

Publisher’s summary: Award-winning author Stephen Graham Jones returns with Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen prank goes very wrong and all hell breaks loose: is there a supernatural cause, a psychopath on the loose, or both?

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare 

Type: Novel Publisher: HarperCollins Release date: 09/17/2020

Den of Geek says: You might be tempted in by the title alone (or indeed the cover art which is pleasingly cheeky) but this YA novel from author and horror nut Adam Cesare sounds like it should be also be a fun romp as a clown mascot goes nuts and starts offing the kids of a run down town. This is Cesare’s first foray into YA, though he has a rich background in genre.

Publisher’s summary: In Adam Cesare’s terrifying young adult debut, Quinn Maybrook finds herself caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress—that just may cost her life.

Quinn Maybrook and her father have moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs, to find a fresh start. But what they don’t know is that ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half. 

On one side are the adults, who are desperate to make Kettle Springs great again, and on the other are the kids, who want to have fun, make prank videos, and get out of Kettle Springs as quick as they can.

Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress. It’s a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown in a pork-pie hat, goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there now. 

The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson

Type: Novel Publisher: Gallery / Saga Press  Release date: 09/29/2020

Den of Geek says: An evil corporation conducting nefarious experiments on unsuspecting teenagers in a small town, a violent outbreak which sounds zombie-adjacent and a group of plucky outsiders trying to survive and even save the day, this should be a sci-fi horror page turner for lovers of this particular sub-genre. Despite the slightly generic sounding plot, Johnson is known for his ‘bizarro’ work so we’d expect this to have hidden flair.

Publisher’s summary: Stranger Things meets World War Z in this heart-racing conspiracy thriller as a lonely young woman teams up with a group of fellow outcasts to survive the night in a town overcome by a science experiment gone wrong.

Turner Falls is a small tourist town nestled in the hills of western Oregon, the kind of town you escape to for a vacation. When an inexplicable outbreak rapidly develops, this idyllic town becomes the epicenter of an epidemic of violence as the teenaged children of several executives from the local biotech firm become ill and aggressively murderous. Suddenly the town is on edge, and Lucy and her friends must do everything it takes just to fight through the night.

The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry

Type: Novel Publisher: Titan Books/Ace Berkeley Release date: 09/08/2020

Den of Geek says: A very dark coming of age tale from Christina Henry whose novels Alice and Lost Boys were reimagining of classic tales. The Ghost Tree is a standalone story which sees a teenage girl become her own hero in the face of terrible circumstances. Though it’s about young adults, this isn’t a YA novel, more, says Henry, it’s “an homage to all the coming-of-age horror novels I read when I was younger – except all those books featured boys as the protagonists when I longed for more stories about girls.”

Publisher’s summary: A brand-new chilling horror novel from the bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boy

When the bodies of two girls are found torn apart in her hometown, Lauren is surprised, but she also expects that the police won’t find the killer. After all, the year before her father’s body was found with his heart missing, and since then everyone has moved on. Even her best friend, Miranda, has become more interested in boys than in spending time at the old ghost tree, the way they used to when they were kids. So when Lauren has a vision of a monster dragging the remains of the girls through the woods, she knows she can’t just do nothing. Not like the rest of her town.

But as she draws closer to answers, she realizes that the foundation of her seemingly normal town might be rotten at the centre. And that if nobody else stands for the missing, she will.

Dracula’s Child by J. S. Barnes

Type: Novel Publisher: Titan Books Release Date: 09/22/2020

Den of Geek says: A long and thorough tribute to Bram Stoker’s original, written in the style of Stoker’s prose and imagining a continuation of the story this is a must-read for Dracula fans. It follows on directly from the original novel and imagines the Harkers’ lives some years after their ordeal at the hands of the Count.

Publisher’s summary: Evil never truly dies… and some legends live forever. In Dracula’s Child, the dark heart of Bram Stoker’s classic is reborn. Capturing the voice, tone, style and characters of the original yet with a modern sensibility this novel is perfect for fans of Dracula and contemporary horror.

It has been some years since Jonathan and Mina Harker survived their ordeal in Transylvania and, vanquishing Count Dracula, returned to England to try and live ordinary lives.

But shadows linger long in this world of blood feud and superstition – and, the older their son Quincey gets, the deeper the shadows that lengthen at the heart of the Harkers’ marriage. Jonathan has turned back to drink; Mina finds herself isolated inside the confines of her own family; Quincey himself struggles to live up to a family of such high renown.

And when a gathering of old friends leads to unexpected tragedy, the very particular wounds in the heart of the Harkers’ marriage are about to be exposed…

There is darkness both within the marriage and without – for new evil is arising on the Continent. A naturalist is bringing a new species of bat back to London; two English gentlemen, on their separate tours of the continent, find a strange quixotic love for each other, and stumble into a calamity far worse than either has imagined; and the vestiges of something forgotten long ago is finally beginning to stir…

Top New Horror Books in August 2020

The Hollow Ones by Chuck Hogan and Guillermo del Toro

Type: Novel Publisher: Del Rey Release Date: 08/04/2020

Den Of Geek says: Master of horror Guillermo del Toro reunites with Chuck Hogan, who collaborated with del Toro on The Strain for the start of a new horror series. It’s a paranormal tale that begins in the world of crime as a young FBI agent experiences an otherworld evil on the job. Del Toro is a master of world building and Hogan is a well respected literary voice so this should be a corker.

Publisher summary: A horrific crime that defies explanation, a rookie FBI agent in uncharted, otherworldly territory, and an extraordinary hero for the ages.                                                                                                                              

Rookie FBI agent Odessa Hardwicke’s life is derailed when she’s forced to turn her gun on her partner, who turns suddenly, inexplicably violent while apprehending a rampaging murderer.

The shooting, justified by self-defence, shakes Odessa to her core and she is placed on desk leave pending a full investigation. But what haunts Odessa is the shadowy presence she saw fleeing her partner’s body after his death. 

Determined to uncover the secrets of her partner’s death, Hardwicke finds herself on the trail of a mysterious figure named John Silence: a man of enormous means who claims to have been alive for centuries, and who is either an unhinged lunatic, or humanity’s best and only defence against an unspeakable evil.

Night Train by David Quantick

Type: Novel Publisher: Titan Books Release date: 08/25/2020

Den of Geek says: Quantick is a former journalist and screenwriter for shows including Veep, The Thick of It and The Day Today. His latest novel is a high concept horror with an intriguing premise – a woman wakes up on a mysterious train full of the dead with no idea of where she is or how she got there. His books have been likened to David Wong and M.R. Carey which is incentive enough for us to pick this up. 

Publisher’s summary: A woman wakes up, frightened and alone – with no idea where she is. She’s in a room but it’s shaking and jumping like it’s alive. Stumbling through a door, she realizes she is in a train carriage. A carriage full of the dead. This is the Night Train. A bizarre ride on a terrifying locomotive, heading somewhere into the endless night. How did the woman get here? Who is she? And who are the dead? As she struggles to reach the front of the train, through strange and horrifying creatures with stranger stories, each step takes her closer to finding out the train’s hideous secret. Next stop: unknown. 

In Night Train David Quantick takes his readers on a twisting, turning ride through his own brand of horror, both terrifying and darkly funny. With echoes of Chuck Palahniuk, David Wong and M.R. Carey, Quantick’s unique and highly entertaining voice sings out in a page-turning adventure through a hellscape only he could imagine. If you haven’t discovered this rising star of the genre it’s time to step on board and have your mind melted. 

Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen by Helen Mullane, Dom Reardon, Matthew Dow Smith and Jock

Type: Graphic Novel Publisher:  Humanoids Inc. Release date: 08/20/2020

Den of Geek says: This is a great looking new graphic novel written by film distributor and documentarian turned sled dog racer Helen Mullane. It’s a British folk horror in the classic tradition with a modern twist, featuring a young female protagonist and gorgeous art. A proper page turner from an exciting new voice, illustrated by industry heavyweights. 

Publisher’s summary: Something strange has been unleashed in the north of England. A modern-day druid commits a series of ghastly murders in an attempt to unleash the awesome power of the ancient gods of Great Britain. But all hell really breaks loose when his latest would-be victim, Nicnevin ‘Nissy’ Oswald, turns out to be more than she seems. A British tale mixing black magic and horror, godfathered by Jock, one of the new masters of comic book suspense.

The Living Dead by George A Romero and Daniel Kraus

Type: Novel Publisher: Tor Books Release date: 08/04/2020

Den of Geek says: This is the book that zombie king George A Romero left unfinished when he passed away in 2017. It’s now been finished by Kraus who collaborated on the books of The Shape Of Water with Guillermo del Toro – this an multi-threaded origin story charting the start of the dead walking the Earth from the man who created the modern zombie genre this is pretty essential reading.

Publisher’s summary: It begins with one body. A pair of medical examiners find themselves facing a dead man who won’t stay dead.

It spreads quickly. In a Midwestern trailer park, an African American teenage girl and a Muslim immigrant battle newly-risen friends and family.

On a US aircraft carrier, living sailors hide from dead ones while a fanatic preaches the gospel of a new religion of death.

At a cable news station, a surviving anchor keeps broadcasting, not knowing if anyone is watching, while his undead colleagues try to devour him.

In DC, an autistic federal employee charts the outbreak, preserving data for a future that may never come.

Everywhere, people are targeted by both the living and the dead.

We think we know how this story ends. We. Are. Wrong.

Top New Horror Books In July 2020

Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay 

Type: Novel Publisher: William Morrow/Titan Books Release Date: July 7

Den of Geek says: The latest from the master of sad horror Paul Tremblay is one of his best yet. It is however, disturbingly prescient. Following an outbreak of fast acting rabies, hospitals are short of PPE and citizens are on lockdown. But when Doctor Ramola’s heavily pregnant best friend Natalie is bitten, the two must go on a perilous journey to save her unborn child. It’s gorgeously written, very moving and a little bit disturbing during a pandemic.

Publisher’s summary: A riveting novel of suspense and terror from the Bram Stoker award-winning author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.

When it happens, it happens quickly.

New England is locked down, a strict curfew the only way to stem the wildfire spread of a rabies-like virus. The hospitals cannot cope with the infected, as the pathogen’s ferociously quick incubation period overwhelms the state. The veneer of civilization is breaking down as people live in fear of everyone around them. Staying inside is the only way to keep safe.

But paediatrician Ramola Sherman can’t stay safe, when her friend Natalie calls, her husband is dead, she’s eight months pregnant, and she’s been bitten. She is thrust into a desperate race to bring Natalie and her unborn child to a hospital, to try and save both their lives.

Their once familiar home has become a violent and strange place, twisted into a barely recognisable landscape. What should have been a simple, joyous journey becomes a brutal trial.

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Type: Novel Publisher: Gallery/Titan Books Release date: July 21

Den of Geek says: Stephen Graham Jones is being touted as the next big thing in horror circles and while he’s had more than 20 books published it’s likely this will be his big breakout hit. The Only Good Indians follows a group of Blackfeet Native Americans who are paying the price for an incident during an Elk hunt a decade ago. Social commentary, a supernatural revenge plot and an intimate character study mix in this literary horror with something to say which brings genuine chills.

Publisher’s summary: Adam Nevill’s The Ritual meets Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies in this atmospheric gothic literary horror.

Ricky, Gabe, Lewis and Cassidy are men bound to their heritage, bound by society, and trapped in the endless expanses of the landscape. Now, ten years after a fateful elk hunt, which remains a closely guarded secret between them, these men and their children must face a ferocious spirit that is coming for them, one at a time. A spirit which wears the faces of the ones they love, tearing a path into their homes, their families and their most sacred moments of faith.

The Only Good Indians, charts Nature’s revenge on a lost generation that maybe never had a chance. Cleaved to their heritage, these parents, husbands, sons and Indians, these men must fight their demons on the fringes of a society that has no place for them.

Malorie by Josh Malerman

Type: Novel Publisher: Del Rey/Orion Release date: July 21

Den of Geek says: This is the sequel to Bird Box, the brilliant horror-thriller which spawned a not-that-great Netflix movie that was nonetheless extraordinarily successful. The original imagines a world populated by monsters – if you look at them you instantly lose your mind and harm yourself or others. The sequel finds Malorie and the two children years later – the kids are now teens who’ve never known a world other than the one behind the blindfold while Malorie still remembers the world before it went mad. A character study as well as a tense, paranoid horror story, this is one of the most anticipated horrors of the year.

Publisher’s summary: The much-anticipated Bird Box sequel

In the seventeen years since the ‘creatures’ appeared, many people have broken that rule. Many have looked. Many have lost their minds, their lives, their loved ones.

In that time, Malorie has raised her two children – Olympia and Tom – on the run or in hiding. Now nearly teenagers, survival is no longer enough. They want freedom.

When a census-taker stops by their refuge, he is not welcome. But he leaves a list of names – of survivors building a future beyond the darkness – and on that list are two names Malorie knows.

Two names for whom she’ll break every rule, and take her children across the wilderness, in the hope of becoming a family again.

Top New Horror Books In June 2020

Devolution by Max Brooks 

Type: Novel Publisher: Century  Release date: 06/16/2020

Den of Geek says: If anyone’s going to make a book about Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) not only genuinely very scary but also entirely believable it’s Max Brooks. The author of widely acclaimed World War Z weaves a found journal, snippets of interviews and the odd real life example together to tell the story of the remote eco-community of Greenloop who is isolated after a volcanic eruption and faces a deadly new threat brought on by changes in the ecosystem. It’s a cautionary tale, and a sometimes satirical fable of the dangers of underestimating nature.

Publisher’s summary: As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined . . . until now.

But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing – and too earth-shattering in its implications – to be forgotten.

In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the beasts behind it, once thought legendary but now known to be terrifyingly real.

Kate’s is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity’s defiance in the face of a terrible predator’s gaze, and inevitably, of savagery and death.

Yet it is also far more than that.

Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us – and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity.

Part survival narrative, part bloody horror tale, part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction, this is a Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it – and like none you’ve ever read before.

The Secret of Cold Hill by Peter James  

Type: Novel (paperback) Publisher: Pan; Main Market edition Release date: 06/25/2020

Den of Geek says: This is the follow up to 2015’s The House on Cold Hill, a supernatural thriller from multi-award winning British crime writer Peter James. It’s a modern take on a classic ghost story set in the Sussex countryside – the sequel sees the haunted Georgian mansion of the first book destroyed and new houses built in its place, where new families face malevolent forces from the past. 

Publisher’s summary: From the number one bestselling author, Peter James, comes The Secret of Cold Hill. The spine-chilling follow-up to The House on Cold Hill. Now a smash-hit stage play.

Cold Hill House has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of ultra-modern homes. Gone with the flames are the violent memories of the house’s history, and a new era has begun.

Although much of Cold Hill Park is still a construction site, the first two families move into their new houses. For Jason and Emily Danes, this is their forever home, and for Maurice and Claudette Penze-Weedell, it’s the perfect place to live out retirement. Despite the ever present rumble of cement mixers and diggers, Cold Hill Park appears to be the ideal place to live. But looks are deceptive and it’s only a matter of days before both couples start to feel they are not alone in their new homes.

There is one thing that never appears in the estate agent brochures: nobody has ever survived beyond forty in Cold Hill House and no one has ever truly left…

Top New Horror Books In April 2020

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires

Type: Novel Publisher: Quirk Books Release Date: 04/07/2020

Den Of Geek says: The latest novel from Grady Hendrix is set in the same world as his masterful horror My Best Friend’s Exorcism, this time focusing on the wives and mothers of Charleston, South Carolina. Occupied with looking after their families and keeping up appearances, one group of women have to step up and fight when a charismatic stranger comes to town. A modern vampire novel packed with heart (and gore) this is another hit from one of the most exciting horror writers around.

Publisher’s summary: Steel Magnolias meets Dracula. A haunting, hair-raising, and ultimately heartwarming story set in the 1990s, the novel follows a women’s true-crime book club that takes it upon themselves to protect their community when they detect a monster in their midst. Deftly pitting Dracula against a seemingly prim and proper group of moms, Hendrix delivers his most complex, chilling, and exhilarating novel yet. 

With Grady’s unique comedic timing and adoration of the horror genre, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires is a pure homage to his upbringing, the most famous horror book of all, and something we can all relate to – the joy of reading. 

Eden By Tim Lebbon

Type: Novel Publisher: Titan Books Release Date: 04/07/2020

Den of Geek says: From the author of The Silence (which is basically A Quiet Place, published several years before A Quiet Place came out) comes another eco-horror which sees pollution and climate change force humanity to create locked off zones which are off-limits to people. Eden follows a group of adventurers who break the rules and enter one of the zones where nature has taken hold and begun to rebel. Should appeal to fans of Bird Box and Annihilation.

Publisher’s summary: In a time when Earth’s rising oceans contain enormous islands of refuse, the Amazon rainforest is all-but destroyed, and countless species edge towards extinction, the Virgin Zones were established in an attempt to combat the change. Off-limits to humanity and given back to nature, these thirteen vast areas of land were intended to become the lungs of the world. 

Dylan leads a clandestine team of adventurers into Eden, the oldest of the Zones. Attracted by the challenges and dangers posed by the primal lands, extreme competitors seek to cross them with a minimum of equipment, depending only on their raw skills and courage. Not all survive. 

Also in Dylan’s team is his daughter Jenn, and she carries a secret – Kat, his wife who abandoned them both years ago, has entered Eden ahead of them. Jenn is determined to find her mother, but neither she nor the rest of their tight-knit team are prepared for what confronts them. Nature has returned to Eden in an elemental, primeval way. And here, nature is no longer humanity’s friend. 

Eden is a triumphant return to the genre by one of horror’s most exciting contemporary voices, as Tim Lebbon offers up a page-turning and adrenaline-fuelled race through the deadly world of Eden, poignantly balanced with observations on humanity’s relationship with nature, and each other. Timely and suspenseful, Eden will seed itself in the imagination of the reader and continue to bloom long after the last page. 

The Wise Friend By Ramsey Campbell

Type: Novel Publisher: Flame Tree Press Release date: 04/23/2020

Den Of Geek says: The latest from British horror legend is a mystical tale of the occult which hints at the monstrous. Campbell is regarded by many as one of the most important horror writers of his generation. Influenced by H P Lovecraft and M R James, and influencing many horror writers who came after him, he’s published more than 30 novels. His latest sounds like a treat.

Publisher’s Summary: Patrick Torrington’s aunt Thelma was a successful artist whose late work turned to- wards the occult. While staying with her in his teens he found evidence that she used to visit magical sites. As an adult he discovers her journal of her explorations, and his teenage son Roy becomes fascinated too. 

His experiences at the sites scare Patrick away from them, but Roy carries on the search, together with his new girlfriend. Can Patrick convince his son that his increasingly terrible suspicions are real, or will what they’ve helped to rouse take a new hold on the world?

The Book of Koli – The Rampart Trilogy, Book 1, By M.R. Carey

Type: Novel Publisher: Orbit Release date: 04/14/2020

Den of Geek says: This is the first book in a new trilogy by M.R. Carey who wrote excellent zombie novel The Girl With All The Gifts. This is an eco-horror/sci-fi which sounds like Tim Lebbon’s Eden in reverse – in Carey’s book it’s everything outside a small village that’s a threat – and both books are aimed at fans of Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach trilogy. Little surprise that horror writers are turning their attention to the environment in these frightening times and in Carey’s careful hands (there was an element of nature evolving in Girl With All The Gifts) this should be a new world worth visiting.

Publisher’s summary: EVERYTHING THAT LIVES HATES US . . . Beyond the walls of the small village of Mythen Rood lies an unrecognisable landscape. A place where overgrown forests are filled with choker trees and deadly seeds that will kill you where you stand. And if they don’t get you, the Shunned men will. Koli has lived in Mythen Rood his entire life. He believes the first rule of survival is that you don’t venture too far beyond the walls.

He’s wrong.

The Book of Koli begins a breathtakingly original new trilogy set in a strange and deadly world of our own making.

Top New Horror Books In March 2020

The Deep by Alma Katsu

Type: Novel Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Release date: 03/10/2020

Den Of Geek says: A ghost story set against the backdrop of the sinking of the Titanic is a strong premise to set out with, from a writer who has good form with mixing horror with history after The Hunger which centres around The Donner Party, a group of pioneers in the middle of the 19th century, some of who resorted to cannibalism when their group got stranded. Alma Katsu is an author who “Makes the supernatural seem possible” according to Publishers Weekly, and the weaving in of real people with this creepy sounding tale of a nurse who survives the Titanic only to meet another passenger who couldn’t possibly have made it out is highly appealing.

Publisher’s summary: This is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the passengers of the ship from the moment they set sail: mysterious disappearances, sudden deaths. Now suspended in an eerie, unsettling twilight zone during the four days of the liner’s illustrious maiden voyage, a number of the passengers – including millionaires Madeleine Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim, the maid Annie Hebbley and Mark Fletcher – are convinced that something sinister is going on . . . And then, as the world knows, disaster strikes.

Years later and the world is at war. And a survivor of that fateful night, Annie, is working as a nurse on the sixth voyage of the Titanic’s sister ship, the Britannic, now refitted as a hospital ship. Plagued by the demons of her doomed first and near fatal journey across the Atlantic, Annie comes across an unconscious soldier she recognises while doing her rounds. It is the young man Mark. And she is convinced that he did not – could not – have survived the sinking of the Titanic…

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home: A Welcome to Night Vale Novel By Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

Type: Novel Publisher: Harper Perennial Release date: 03/24/2020

Den Of Geek says: The third novel in the Welcome To Night Vale series, which spun-off the wildly popular podcast of the same name promises more eerie, weird, wistful but wonderful musings delving into the enigmatic character of The Faceless Old Woman and exploring Night Vale’s history. It’s written by Fink and Cranor, the creators of the podcast, and has already garnered widespread acclaim. Fans of Twin Peaks should definitely check out Night Vale.

Publisher’s summary: From the New York Times bestselling authors of Welcome to Night Vale and It Devours! and the creators of the #1 podcast, comes a new novel set in the world of Night Vale and beyond.

In the town of Night Vale, there’s a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone’s home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from . . . until now. Told in a series of eerie flashbacks, the story of The Woman is revealed, as she guides, haunts and sabotages an unfortunate Night Vale resident named Craig. In the end, her dealings with Craig and her history in nineteenth century Europe will come together in the most unexpected and horrifying way.

Part The Haunting of Hill House, part The Count of Monte Cristo, and 100% about a faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home.

Cursed: An Anthology edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane

Type: Anthology Publisher: Titan books Release date: 03/03/2020

Den Of Geek says: some of our favourite horror writers assemble for this collection of stories surrounding the concept of the curse. Some are updates of well known fairy tales, some are brand new mythologies and all come together in a magical, mythical, mystical collection that should appeal to fans of dark fables and traditional folk horror. Authors include Neil Gaiman, M R Carey, Christina Henry and Tim Lebbon.

Publisher’s Summary: It’s a prick of blood, the bite of an apple, the evil eye, a wedding ring or a pair of red shoes. Curses come in all shapes and sizes, and they can happen to anyone, not just those of us with unpopular stepparents…

Here you’ll find unique twists on curses, from fairy tale classics to brand-new hexes of the modern world – expect new monsters and mythologies as well as twists on well-loved fables. Stories to shock and stories of warning, stories of monsters and stories of magic. Twenty timeless folktales old and new

Top New Horror Books in February 2020

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

Type: Novel Publisher: Balzer + Bray Release date: 2/4/20

Den of Geek says: Justina Ireland’s Dread Nation was one of the most-talked-about YA debuts of 2018, and for good reason! The story of Black zombie hunters in an alternate Reconstruction-era America is already one of the best premises of all time, and Ireland more than follows through on the promise of kickass, sociopolitically cathartic potential—with Dread Nation, and now with Deathless Divide. (We love this one so much, it’s also on our Top New YA Books of February 2020 list.)

Publisher’s summary: The sequel to the New York Times bestselling epic Dread Nation is an unforgettable journey of revenge and salvation across a divided America.

After the fall of Summerland, Jane McKeene hoped her life would get simpler: Get out of town, stay alive, and head west to California to find her mother.

But nothing is easy when you’re a girl trained in putting down the restless dead, and a devastating loss on the road to a protected village called Nicodemus has Jane questioning everything she thought she knew about surviving in 1880s America.

What’s more, this safe haven is not what it appears—as Jane discovers when she sees familiar faces from Summerland amid this new society. Caught between mysteries and lies, the undead, and her own inner demons, Jane soon finds herself on a dark path of blood and violence that threatens to consume her.

But she won’t be in it alone.

Katherine Deveraux never expected to be allied with Jane McKeene. But after the hell she has endured, she knows friends are hard to come by—and that Jane needs her too, whether Jane wants to admit it or not.

Watching Jane’s back, however, is more than she bargained for, and when they both reach a breaking point, it’s up to Katherine to keep hope alive—even as she begins to fear that there is no happily-ever-after for girls like her.

Buy Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland on Amazon.

The Boatman’s Daughter by Andy Davidson

Type: Novel Publisher: MCD x FSG Release date: 2/11/20

Den of Geek says: If it’s good enough for Paul Tremblay, it’s good enough for us! We love a good atmospheric horror read, and The Boatman’s Daughter sounds like it has more atmosphere in one page than most books do in their entirety.

Publisher’s summary:  A “lush nightmare” (Paul Tremblay) of a supernatural thriller about a young woman facing down ancient forces in the depths of the bayou.

Ever since her father was killed when she was just a child, Miranda Crabtree has kept her head down and her eyes up, ferrying contraband for a mad preacher and his declining band of followers to make ends meet and to protect an old witch and a secret child from harm.

But dark forces are at work in the bayou, both human and supernatural, conspiring to disrupt the rhythms of Miranda’s peculiar and precarious life. And when the preacher makes an unthinkable demand, it sets Miranda on a desperate, dangerous path, forcing her to consider what she is willing to sacrifice to keep her loved ones safe.

With the heady mythmaking of Neil Gaiman and the heartrending pacing of Joe Hill, Andy Davidson spins a thrilling tale of love and duty, of loss and discovery. The Boatman’s Daughter is a gorgeous, horrifying novel, a journey into the dark corners of human nature, drawing our worst fears and temptations out into the light.

Read The Boatman’s Daughter by Andy Davidson on Amazon.

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

Type: Novel Publisher: Berkley Release date: 2/18/20

Den of Geek says: Who doesn’t love a good creepy motel story? From the author who brought us The Broken Girls, comes another female-driven foray into horror mystery. If you’ve been digging Nancy Drew or love Sharp Objects, there’s more where that came from.

Publisher’s summary: Something hasn’t been right at the roadside Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why in this chilling new novel from the USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls.

Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City, and to help pay for it she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel in Fell, New York. But something isnʼt right at the motel, something haunting and scary.

Upstate New York, 2017. Carly Kirk has never been able to let go of the story of her aunt Viv, who mysteriously disappeared from the Sun Down before she was born. She decides to move to Fell and visit the motel, where she quickly learns that nothing has changed since 1982. And she soon finds herself ensnared in the same mysteries that claimed her aunt.

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