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Horror for Weenies
- Book 1 -
- The Outsider's Guides
2024
EN
**2024 Bram Stoker Award®️ Nominee for Superior Achievement in Long NonfictionA smart, funny crash course in 25 iconic horror movies, from Psycho to Hereditary, for people who love getting the reference but hate being scared.**You don't have to miss out just because you don't like to be frightened! Stop trying to read nonsensical Wikipedia plot summaries (we know you’re doing it), and let an expert tell you everything you need to know about the most influe...
Horror for Weenies
- Book 1 -
- The Outsider's Guides
2024
EN
**2024 Bram Stoker Award®️ Nominee for Superior Achievement in Long NonfictionA smart, funny crash course in 25 iconic horror movies, from Psycho to Hereditary, for people who love getting the reference but hate being scared.**You don't have to miss out just because you don't like to be frightened! Stop trying to read nonsensical Wikipedia plot summaries (we know you’re doing it), and let an expert tell you everything you need to know about the most influe...
We Sold Our Souls
4 out of 5 stars based on 83 reviews
2018
EN
“A gloriously over-the-top scare fest that has hidden depths. Readers will root for Kris all the way to the explosive, poignant finale.”—Publishers WeeklyFrom the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires.Only a girl with a guitar can save us all.Every morning, Kris Pulaski wakes up in hell. In the 1990s she was lead guitarist...
$9.99 USD
We Sold Our Souls
4 out of 5 stars based on 83 reviews
2018
EN
“A gloriously over-the-top scare fest that has hidden depths. Readers will root for Kris all the way to the explosive, poignant finale.”—Publishers WeeklyFrom the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires.Only a girl with a guitar can save us all.Every morning, Kris Pulaski wakes up in hell. In the 1990s she was lead guitarist...
$9.99 USD
Paperback Crush
4 out of 5 stars based on 10 reviews
2018
EN
For fans of vintage YA, a humorous and in-depth history of beloved teen literature from the 1980s and 1990s, full of trivia and pop culture fun.Those pink covers. That flimsy paper. The nonstop series installments that hooked readers throughout their entire adolescence. These were not the serious-issue novels of the 1970s, nor the blockbuster YA trilogies that arrived in the 2000s. Nestled in between were the girl-centric teen books of the ’80s and ’90s—short, chea...
Paperback Crush
4 out of 5 stars based on 10 reviews
2018
EN
For fans of vintage YA, a humorous and in-depth history of beloved teen literature from the 1980s and 1990s, full of trivia and pop culture fun.Those pink covers. That flimsy paper. The nonstop series installments that hooked readers throughout their entire adolescence. These were not the serious-issue novels of the 1970s, nor the blockbuster YA trilogies that arrived in the 2000s. Nestled in between were the girl-centric teen books of the ’80s and ’90s—short, chea...
Stars, Hide Your Fires
5 out of 5 stars based on 5 reviews
2023
EN
**“A delightfully mischievous adventure full of intrigue, betrayal, and a touch of romance. Get ready to join your new favorite rebel crew.”—Dahlia Adler, author of Cool for the SummerA sapphic sci-fi mystery for fans of Iron Widow and The Darkness Outside Us**As an expert thief from a minor moon, Cass knows a good mark when she sees one. The emperor’s ball is her chance to steal a fortune for herself, her ailing father, and her scrappy crew of th...
$11.99 USD
Stars, Hide Your Fires
5 out of 5 stars based on 5 reviews
2023
EN
**“A delightfully mischievous adventure full of intrigue, betrayal, and a touch of romance. Get ready to join your new favorite rebel crew.”—Dahlia Adler, author of Cool for the SummerA sapphic sci-fi mystery for fans of Iron Widow and The Darkness Outside Us**As an expert thief from a minor moon, Cass knows a good mark when she sees one. The emperor’s ball is her chance to steal a fortune for herself, her ailing father, and her scrappy crew of th...
$11.99 USD
Paperbacks from Hell
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 20 reviews
2017
EN
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires comes a nostalgic and unflinchingly funny celebration of the horror fiction boom of the 1970s and ’80s.Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of two iconic decades . . . if you dare. Page through dozens and dozens of amazing book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, and knife-wielding killer crabs! Read shocking plot summaries...
Paperbacks from Hell
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 20 reviews
2017
EN
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires comes a nostalgic and unflinchingly funny celebration of the horror fiction boom of the 1970s and ’80s.Take a tour through the horror paperback novels of two iconic decades . . . if you dare. Page through dozens and dozens of amazing book covers featuring well-dressed skeletons, evil dolls, and knife-wielding killer crabs! Read shocking plot summaries...
Death in the Downline
4 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2025
EN
**“Death in the Downline is entertaining, funny, and page-turning.”—Emily Lynn Paulson, author of Hey, HunIt's multi-level murder in this darkly funny mystery novel about the glamorous world of MLM "huns"—and the dangerous secrets at the top of the pyramid.**Drew thought she was destined to become a star journalist in New York City. But now she's back in New Jersey, pushing thirty, newly single, and living with her father.After a chance encounter, ...
$11.99 USD
Death in the Downline
4 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2025
EN
**“Death in the Downline is entertaining, funny, and page-turning.”—Emily Lynn Paulson, author of Hey, HunIt's multi-level murder in this darkly funny mystery novel about the glamorous world of MLM "huns"—and the dangerous secrets at the top of the pyramid.**Drew thought she was destined to become a star journalist in New York City. But now she's back in New Jersey, pushing thirty, newly single, and living with her father.After a chance encounter, ...
$11.99 USD
Bride of the Tornado
3.5 out of 5 stars based on 3 reviews
2023
EN
**“A powerfully weird, original tale that combines American folk horror with a surreal coming-of-age nightmare.”—The GuardianStephen King’s The Mist meets David Lynch’s Twin Peaks in this surreal, mind-bending horror-thriller.**In a small town tucked away in the midwestern corn fields, the adults whisper about Tornado Day. Our narrator, a high school sophomore, has never heard this phrase but she soon discovers its terrible meaning: a plague of se...
Bride of the Tornado
3.5 out of 5 stars based on 3 reviews
2023
EN
**“A powerfully weird, original tale that combines American folk horror with a surreal coming-of-age nightmare.”—The GuardianStephen King’s The Mist meets David Lynch’s Twin Peaks in this surreal, mind-bending horror-thriller.**In a small town tucked away in the midwestern corn fields, the adults whisper about Tornado Day. Our narrator, a high school sophomore, has never heard this phrase but she soon discovers its terrible meaning: a plague of se...
Basic Witches
3.5 out of 5 stars based on 15 reviews
2017
EN
A magical lifestyle guide for everything from powering up a stylish crystal to banishing terrible Tinder datesWant to feel terrifyingly beautiful? Wear the right color of eye shadow to project otherworldly glamour. Need to exorcise a toxic friendship? Repeat the proper incantation and make it disappear. Want to increase your energy? Whip up a tasty herbal “potion” to rev up your stamina. DIY projects, rituals, and spells—along with fun historical sidebars—summon th...
Basic Witches
3.5 out of 5 stars based on 15 reviews
2017
EN
A magical lifestyle guide for everything from powering up a stylish crystal to banishing terrible Tinder datesWant to feel terrifyingly beautiful? Wear the right color of eye shadow to project otherworldly glamour. Need to exorcise a toxic friendship? Repeat the proper incantation and make it disappear. Want to increase your energy? Whip up a tasty herbal “potion” to rev up your stamina. DIY projects, rituals, and spells—along with fun historical sidebars—summon th...
Toil and Trouble
5 out of 5 stars based on 2 reviews
2022
EN
A celebration of magical women and nonbinary people in American history, from Salem to WitchTok.Meet the mystical women and nonbinary people from US history who found strength through the supernatural—and those who are still forging the way today. From the celebrity spirit mediums of the nineteenth century to contemporary activist witches hexing the patriarchy, these icons have long used magic and mysticism to seize the power they’re so often denied.Organiz...
$11.99 USD
Toil and Trouble
5 out of 5 stars based on 2 reviews
2022
EN
A celebration of magical women and nonbinary people in American history, from Salem to WitchTok.Meet the mystical women and nonbinary people from US history who found strength through the supernatural—and those who are still forging the way today. From the celebrity spirit mediums of the nineteenth century to contemporary activist witches hexing the patriarchy, these icons have long used magic and mysticism to seize the power they’re so often denied.Organiz...
$11.99 USD
Night of the Living Trekkies
4 out of 5 stars based on 11 reviews
2010
EN
Journey to the final frontier of sci-fi zombie horror!Jim Pike was the world’s biggest Star Trek fan—until two tours of duty in Afghanistan destroyed his faith in the human race. Now he sleepwalks through life as the assistant manager of a small hotel in downtown Houston.But when hundreds of Trekkies arrive in his lobby for a science-fiction convention, Jim finds himself surrounded by costumed Klingons, Vulcans, and Ferengi—plus a strange virus that transforms its carriers ...
Night of the Living Trekkies
4 out of 5 stars based on 11 reviews
2010
EN
Journey to the final frontier of sci-fi zombie horror!Jim Pike was the world’s biggest Star Trek fan—until two tours of duty in Afghanistan destroyed his faith in the human race. Now he sleepwalks through life as the assistant manager of a small hotel in downtown Houston.But when hundreds of Trekkies arrive in his lobby for a science-fiction convention, Jim finds himself surrounded by costumed Klingons, Vulcans, and Ferengi—plus a strange virus that transforms its carriers ...
The Remaking
3.5 out of 5 stars based on 12 reviews
2019
EN
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. Ell...
$9.99 USD
The Remaking
3.5 out of 5 stars based on 12 reviews
2019
EN
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. Ell...
$9.99 USD
Revisionaries
2024
EN
**“A pocket-size book of wonders. . . . Both astute and empathetic.”—Wall Street JournalFind creative inspiration in this fascinating rummage through the wastebaskets, secret diaries, and abandoned files of 20 literary superstars.**If you like to write—whether it’s a pastime, a passion, or a profession—you’ve probably found yourself reading something brilliant and thinking, “I could never do this! I might as well give up.” But if there’s one thing every great author has in ...
Revisionaries
2024
EN
**“A pocket-size book of wonders. . . . Both astute and empathetic.”—Wall Street JournalFind creative inspiration in this fascinating rummage through the wastebaskets, secret diaries, and abandoned files of 20 literary superstars.**If you like to write—whether it’s a pastime, a passion, or a profession—you’ve probably found yourself reading something brilliant and thinking, “I could never do this! I might as well give up.” But if there’s one thing every great author has in ...