Gemma Amor's 'Full Immersion' is a tricky one to describe. A woman suffering from severe postpartum depression checks into a clinic using virtual reality to confront her trauma. The VR simulation becomes a haunted house of her own mind, but something else—a sinister, possessive entity—seems to have invaded the program. The entity stalks her through the simulations, and the mystery involves whether it's a glitch, a part of her psyche, or an external supernatural force. It's a serial haunting within a digital space.
Brian Evenson's 'Last Days' is a brutal, minimalist cult thriller about a detective forced to investigate a mutilation within a sect that believes amputation brings one closer to God. While the violence is human, the fanatical belief system gives it a surreal, almost supernatural logic. The systematic, ritualized nature of the violence and the detective's descent into the sect's nightmare logic might appeal to those looking for horror that feels both methodical and transcendently grim.
Laird Barron's short story 'The Imago Sequence' follows a man investigating a series of bizarre, linked murders connected to a set of strange photographs. The murders are grotesque and seem to follow a pattern pointing to an encounter with something utterly alien. Barron's work often features cosmic horrors that leave a trail of human wreckage in their wake, and his protagonists often play detective in the face of the inexplicable.
2026-07-24 17:18:13
1
Alle Antworten anzeigen
Code scannen, um die App herunterzuladen
Verwandte Bücher
FREAKY AFTER DARK : Paranormal collection
Jojo Kay
10
2.3K
Forget everything paranormal romance taught you about playing it safe. The vampires here don't sparkle and the werewolves don't apologize for their nature, here the demons are surprisingly good at negotiation.
Freaky After Dark is a collection of steamy paranormal stories where supernatural creatures get to be exactly what they are; powerful, possessive, and irresistibly magnetic.
These aren't just about pretty faces with fangs. Every creature has their own nature, their own needs, their own way of loving that's deliciously different from anything human.
From vampires whose bites promise pleasure to werewolves who claim their mates under the full moon and demons who seduce with words as much as touch, Nagas who wrap around you, Dragons whose warmth becomes addictive. And yes, a few beings with creative anatomy.
There's an actual story here with conflict, emotion and characters who probably want more than just a quick hook-up. But when desire takes over, these creatures don't hold back, they are intense, devoted, and they know exactly how to make you forget your own name.
Expect claiming marks, protective possession, fated mates, size differences, primal need, reverse harem and pleasures that borders on overwhelming, and supernatural stamina that doesn't quit.
️Not for you if: you prefer things slow and gentle, or if the idea of non-human lovers doesn't appeal.
Perfect for you if: you've always wondered what it would be like to be wanted by something powerful, to be claimed by someone who'll never let go, to find out if monsters really are better in bed.
Are you ready to find out what you've been missing?
Five years ago, Sera Blackwood walked away from the only man she ever loved—and the pack that wanted her dead.
Now she's back in Crimson Hollow, and Dante Silverclaw, the alpha who let her go, isn't the same broken wolf she left behind. He's harder. Colder. And he has exactly thirty days to find a mate before the pack council forces him to marry someone else.
Someone who isn't his true mate.
When a series of brutal murders rocks the supernatural community, Sera finds herself working alongside the man who still owns her heart. But the killer isn't just targeting random victims—they're hunting wolves who know the truth about why Sera really ran.
As the blood moon rises, Sera must choose between protecting the secret that could destroy Dante's pack or claiming the second chance at love that might cost them both their lives.
Detective Quinn Hale has seen her share of clean murders. But the moment she steps into Victor Blackwood’s study, she knows this case is different.
Because this one is meant for her.
As more bodies surface across different cities, the pattern becomes impossible to ignore. The victims have nothing in common until Quinn digs deeper and finds the one connection that changes everything.
Now, with a chaotic but brilliant profiler, Damian, constantly pushing her limits, and her composed, unreadable boss Mark watching every move, Quinn is forced to confront a truth she’s been avoiding.
This isn’t just a case she’s solving, it’s a message.
And as the past begins to resurface piece by piece, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear-
The killer isn’t just watching her, they’re waiting for her.
In a city full of crime and secrets, Detective Evelyn Cross is given a dangerous case—brutal murders that only happen on full moon nights. As she investigates, she makes a shocking discovery: werewolves are real, and someone is using them to kill.
Her search leads her to Damian Voss, a rich and powerful businessman who secretly runs the city’s criminal underworld. The werewolves work for him, but when a new and even deadlier threat appears, Damian gives Evelyn a choice—work with him, or watch the city fall apart.
Now, Evelyn must decide if she can trust the man she was trying to take down. As they race against time, the line between right and wrong begins to blur. And with the next full moon coming, she realizes something even more dangerous—Damian isn’t just controlling the werewolves. He might be one himself.
Detective Casie Blackwood thought she'd left her supernatural past behind when she joined the police force ten years ago, fleeing the shame of public mate rejection and family abandonment. Now, ritualistic murders are forcing her back into a world she desperately wanted to forget.
Three human victims have been discovered with surgical precision wounds and ancient symbols carved into their palms—markings that point to forbidden blood magic from before the supernatural communities established peaceful coexistence. When Casie finds a note written in the old pack language reading "The Hunt Begins," she realizes someone is deliberately targeting humans to harvest their primal fear, threatening to expose the entire supernatural world.
Partnered with Detective Rick O'Connor, who remains unaware of her true nature, Casie must navigate the investigation while concealing her enhanced senses and knowledge of the supernatural. The wounds aren't from blades—they're fang marks. The positioning isn't random—it's ritualistic. And the killer's scent carries a terror that suggests they're being hunted by something even more dangerous.
Forced to break ten years of silence, Casie contacts her estranged brother Elias, learning the symbols are ancient binding marks used to channel supernatural energy across factional boundaries. The killer needs seven sacrifices total to complete a ritual that will shatter the barriers between the human and supernatural worlds. With three victims already claimed and only four days until the next lunar cycle, time is running out.
As federal agents circle and media attention intensifies, Casie must choose between maintaining her carefully constructed human life and embracing the supernatural heritage she rejected. The investigation isn't just about stopping a killer—it's about preventing an all-out war that could destroy both worlds she's sworn to protect.
Hayden is a perfect husband for Riz. He's sweet, self-orientated and a successful doctor. They are living happily until a crime happened in their city.
A crime of the past.
Suddenly, their peaceful life will be fully be entangled into the world of serial killing.
It will confuse their life, their marriage and trust especially when Riz started to doubt her own husband's personality.
It doesn't make sense.
Is her husband the serial killer?
Don't sleep on 'Broken Monsters' by Lauren Beukes. A Detroit detective is trying to solve a series of murders where the victims' bodies are fused with animal parts in impossible, artistically grotesque ways. The investigation is gritty, procedural, and grounded in the decay of the city. The supernatural terror seeps in at the edges through a blurred reality online, a potential portal, and the question of whether the killer is a madman or a conduit for something trying to break into our world. It's less about ghosts and more about the horror of artistic obsession bleeding into reality, with the police work serving as the anchor to a world that's steadily coming unglued.