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1) ascension
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"You can't kill someone who's already dead. That's what Lavinia keeps telling her jailer after--allegedly--killing her mistress, Simone Arceneau. But how could Simone be dead when she was taking callers just a few minutes before? And why was her house always so dark? Lavinia, a recently freed slave, met Simone, a recently undead vampire, by chance on a plantation in post-Civil War Georgia. With nothing remaining for either woman in the South, the...
4) The deading
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In a small fishing town known for its aging birding community and the local oyster farm, a hidden evil emerges from the depths of the ocean. It begins with sea snails washing ashore, attacking whatever they cling to. This mysterious infection starts transforming the wildlife, the seascapes, and finally, the people.
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"Discover over 100 fearsome mythological beasts with Freaky Folklore. Complete with wicked illustrations throughout, this collection includes horrifying yet entertaining tales of both modern and ancient mythological creatures. Learn why humans fear these fantastical beings and the history behind each one. Freaky Folklore includes both modern and ancient beasts from the world's folklore legends, including Dogman, the Leviathan, and more. Dive into...
6) Grey dog
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor
FICTION GISH
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FICTION GISH
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"A subversive literary horror novel that disrupts the tropes of women's historical fiction with delusions, wild beasts, and the uncontainable power of female rage The year is 1901, and Ada Byrd -- spinster, schoolmarm, amateur naturalist -- accepts a teaching post in isolated Lowry Bridge, grateful for the chance to re-establish herself where no one knows her secrets. She develops friendships with her neighbors, explores the woods with her students,...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - THRILLER2
FICTION IGLESIAS
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FICTION IGLESIAS
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult New
FICTION IGLESIAS
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FICTION IGLESIAS
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"For childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul, and Bimbo, death has always been close. Hurricanes. Car accidents. Gang violence. Suicide. Estamos rodeados de fantasmas was Gabe's grandmother's refrain. We are surrounded by ghosts. But this time is different. Bimbo's mom has been shot dead. We're gonna kill the guys who killed her Bimbo swears. And they all agree. Feral with grief, Bimbo has become unrecognizable, taking no prisoners in his search...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor
FICTION MEDINA
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FICTION MEDINA
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Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult Fiction
FICTION MEDINA
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FICTION MEDINA
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Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Fiction
FICTION MEDINA
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FICTION MEDINA
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"A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation. All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on--just like her beloved Uncle Louie before...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor - World Literature
FICTION DONOSO
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FICTION DONOSO
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"Deep in a maze of musty, forgotten hallways, Mudito rummages through piles of old newspapers. The mute caretaker of a crumbling former abbey, he is hounded by a coven of ancient witches who are bent on transforming him, bit by bit, into the terrifying imbunche: a twisted monster with all of its orifices sewn up, buried alive in its own body. Once, Mudito walked upright and spoke clearly; once he was the personal assistant to one of Chile's most powerful...
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"When Hilton was a boy, his grandmother sacrificed her life to save him from drowning. Thirty years later, he begins to suspect that he was never meant to survive that accident, and that dark forces are working to rectify that mistake. When Hilton's wife, the only elected African American judge in Dade County, Florida, begins to receive racist hate mail from a man she once prosecuted, Hilton becomes obsessed with protecting his family. The demons...
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"People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there. Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father's head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse written on his skin that attracts the eye of wealthy white folks and their cops. But when he delivers an occult tome to a reclusive...
12) Summerdale
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor
FICTION COLLINS
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FICTION COLLINS
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Four gay men. Four addictions. One landlord from Hell. Welcome to Summerdale, the beginning of a horror novel series set in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood.
The landlord of Summerdale House is Mr. McGreevy, a charismatic sociopath who enables addiction and isolates his tenants until the only place they feel safe is inside his house. Throughout the series, Summerdale will focus on issues in the gay community including racism, misogyny,
...13) Invaginies
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Floor - New Books
FICTION KOCH
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FICTION KOCH
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"Invaginies is an invasion, it is a perception that is bodily and transcendent creating holes, paths, or pockets of alternate truth--and not always voluntary--enlightenment. Every line sings and strikes like grotesque poetry of the possessed. With 17 disturbing tales exploring plagues, possessions, gender & corruption, set in apocalyptic eras not much unlike our own, Joe Koch brings the terrors of a postmodern world into vivid focus. Haunting and...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Teen
TEEN FICTION BLACK
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TEEN FICTION BLACK
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A collection of fiften horror stories centering on Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, face down death, and survive.
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Teen
TEEN FICTION PARKER
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TEEN FICTION PARKER
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Five years after the disappearance of their friend Mallory and their memories of that fateful night, high school seniors Fern and Jaq encounter a vengeful spirit resembling Mallory, forcing them to confront their true identities and the dark secrets hidden in their past.
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Teen
TEEN FICTION MOORE
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TEEN FICTION MOORE
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Plagued by a sinister voice urging him to commit violent acts, seventeen-year-old Warren tries to overcome these urges by investigating a string of disappearances, but when he faces unsettling encounters at an inn run by the Benders, he must confront his darkest impulses in order to survive.
17) Lockjaw
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Teen
TEEN FICTION CERILLI
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TEEN FICTION CERILLI
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Death is neither the beginning nor the end for the children of Bridlington in this debut trans YA horror book for fans of Rory Power and Danielle Vega. Chuck Warren died tragically at the old abandoned mill, but Paz Espino knows it was no accident -- there's a monster under the town, and she's determined to kill it before anyone else gets hurt. She'll need the help of her crew -- inseparable friends, bound by a childhood pact stronger than diamonds,...
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Teen
TEEN FICTION WHITE
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TEEN FICTION WHITE
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A collection of thirteen scary stories by authors of color.
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Teen
TEEN FICTION CHUPECO
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TEEN FICTION CHUPECO
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Okiku is a lonely soul. She has wandered the world for centuries, freeing the spirits of the murdered-dead. Once a victim herself, she now takes the lives of killers with the vengeance they're due. But releasing innocent ghosts from their ethereal tethers does not bring Okiku peace. Still she drifts on. Such is her existence, until she meets Tark. Evil writhes beneath the moody teen's skin, trapped by a series of intricate tattoos. While his neighbors...
20) The bone houses
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Teen
TEEN FICTION LLOYD
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TEEN FICTION LLOYD
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"When risen corpses called 'bone houses' threaten Ryn's village because of a decades-old curse, she teams up with a mapmaker named Ellis to solve the mystery of the curse and destroy the bone houses forever"-- Provided by publisher.