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An emotionally devastating supernatural horror novel in which a grieving woman takes a mysterious drug that allows her to see the dead—only to unleash terrifying forces that haunt every corner of her life.“A Gothic-punk graveyard tale about what haunts history and what haunts the human soul. An addicting read that draws you into its descent from the first page.”—Chuck Wendig, New York Times best-selling author of The Book of AccidentsOne of Vulture's Best Horror Novels of 2022.When Erin's former boyfriend Silas dies from an overdose, she's left carrying years of heartbreak, regret, and unanswered questions. Then she discovers Ghost, an underground drug rumored to let users see and communicate with the dead. Hoping for one final conversation with the man she couldn't save, Erin takes the drug—and discovers that some doors should never be opened.Each encounter with Silas pulls Erin deeper into a terrifying world where restless spirits refuse to stay buried and horrifying entities lurk just beyond the edge of reality. As the boundary between the living and the dead collapses, Erin must confront not only supernatural evil but also the devastating consequences of obsession, trauma, and refusing to let go.Blending psychological horror, ghost story, Southern Gothic atmosphere, and deeply human emotion, Ghost Eaters is an unforgettable exploration of love, addiction, and loss, perfect for readers who crave character-driven horror with chilling scares and emotional resonance that lingers long after the final page.

Richard doesn’t have a past. For him, there is only the present: a new marriage, a first chance at fatherhood, and a quiet life as an art teacher in Virginia. Then the body of a ritualistically murdered rabbit appears on his school’s playground, along with a birthday card for him. But Richard hasn’t celebrated his birthday since he was known as Sean . . .In the 1980s, Sean was five years old when his mother unwittingly led him to tell a lie about his teacher. When school administrators, cops, and therapists questioned him, he told another. And another. And another. Each was more outlandish than the last—and fueled a moral panic that engulfed the nation and destroyed the lives of everyone around him.Now, thirty years later, someone is here to tell Richard that they know what Sean did. But who would even know that these two are one and the same? Whisper Down the Lane is a tense and compulsively readable exploration of a world primed by paranoia to believe the unbelievable.

From Clay McLeod Chapman, “the twenty-first century’s Richard Matheson” (Richard Chizmar), comes an “original and chilling” (Buzzfeed) ghost story that follows the legend of the Witch Girl of Pilot’s Creek as it evolves every twenty years—with haunting results.In the 1930s, Ella Louise and her daughter Jessica are dragged from their home at the outskirts of Pilot’s Creek, Virginia. Ella Louise is accused of witchcraft, and both are burned at the stake. Ella Louise’s burial site is never found, but the little girl has the most famous grave in the South: a steel-reinforced coffin surrounded by a fence of interconnected white crosses.But if the mother was the witch, why was the little girl’s grave so tightly sealed? This question fuels a legend told around a campfire in the 1950s by a man forever marked by his encounters with Jessica. Twenty years later, a boy at that campfire will cast Amber Pendleton as Jessica in a ’70s horror movie inspired by the ghost story. Amber’s experiences on the set and its ’90s remake will ripple through pop culture, ruining her life and career after she becomes the target of a witch hunt.Now, Amber’s best chance to break the cycle of horror comes when a popular true-crime investigator tracks her down for an interview. But will this final act of storytelling redeem her—or will it bring the story full circle, ready to be told once again?