Books like Dreadful Tales by Richard Laymon

Stephen King’s 1983 horror classic, *Pet Sematary*, explores the perilous intersection of death, resurrection, and the dark forces that linger in rural Maine.

A tense psychological thriller that pits FBI agent Clarice Starling against the notorious cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter as they collaborate to catch a new predator.

Joe Hill’s bestselling novel NOS4A2 is a suspenseful thriller that follows a string of child kidnappings and the clash between good and evil, weaving in psychic powers and a chilling, dark atmosphere.

Two widowers in upstate New York pursue trout in Dutchman's Creek and uncover a dark, ancient secret tied to the Ashokan Reservoir, forcing them to confront loss and the price of reclaiming what they lost.

A French crime thriller where detectives probe murders linked to the motion‑picture industry, exploring the clash of good and evil, and the darker side of cinema.

Falling: Two FBI Agents Hunt the Vanishing of an Infant

A teenage boy witnesses Jack the Ripper’s final murder and pursues the killer across the Atlantic to New York, then through the American West.

Four university friends venture into the Arctic Circle’s Scandinavian wilderness seeking escape, only to confront ancient rituals and deadly forces lurking among untouched forest.

A desperate search for a missing boyfriend plunges a young woman into the clutches of a psychotic killer, blending suspense and horror as danger stalks every step.

After surviving death, Danny Orchard can’t escape his twin sister’s ghost, who stalks him with a murderous intent, leading him to confront a haunting beyond the afterlife for one final chance at peace.

Joe Hill has been hailed as "a major player in 21st-century fantastic fiction" (Washington Post); "a new master in the field of suspense" (James Rollins); "one of the most confident and assured new voices in horror and dark fantasy to emerge in recent years (Publishers Weekly); a writer who "builds character invitingly and plants an otherworldly surprise around every corner" (New York Times).This gifted and brilliantly imaginative author catapulted to bestsellerdom with the chilling Heart-Shaped Box and cemented his reputation with the prizewinning volume of short fiction 20th Century Ghosts. At last, the New York Times bestselling author returns with a relentless supernatural thriller that runs like Hell on wheels. . . .Ignatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things. He woke up the next morning with a thunderous hangover, a raging headache . . . and a pair of horns growing from his temples.At first Ig thought the horns were a hallucination, the product of a mind damaged by rage and grief. He had spent the last year in a lonely, private purgatory, following the death of his beloved, Merrin Williams, who was raped and murdered under inexplicable circumstances. A mental breakdown would have been the most natural thing in the world. But there was nothing natural about the horns, which were all too real.Once the righteous Ig had enjoyed the life of the blessed: born into privilege, the second son of a renowned musician and younger brother of a rising late-night TV star, he had security, wealth, and a place in his community. Ig had it all, and more—he had Merrin and a love founded on shared daydreams, mutual daring, and unlikely midsummer magic.But Merrin's death damned all that. The only suspect in the crime, Ig was never charged or tried. And he was never cleared. In the court of public opinion in Gideon, New Hampshire, Ig is and always will be guilty because his rich and connected parents pulled strings to make the investigation go away. Nothing Ig can do, nothing he can say, matters. Everyone, it seems, including God, has abandoned him. Everyone, that is, but the devil inside. . . .Now Ig is possessed of a terrible new power to go with his terrible new look—a macabre talent he intends to use to find the monster who killed Merrin and destroyed his life. Being good and praying for the best got him nowhere. It's time for a little revenge. . . . It's time the devil had his due. . . .

A young woman in a quiet home battles an intruder armed with a Civil War saber, spiraling into a nightmarish ordeal of horror and murder.

An invisible killer is chasing reporter Lacey Allen across Arizona, and leaving a trail of bodies in his wake.

"What was the worst thing you've ever done? In the sleepy town of Milburn, New York, four old men gather to tell each other stories--some true, some made-up, all of them frightening. A simple pastime to divert themselves from their quiet lives. But one story is coming back to haunt them and their small town. A tale of something they did long ago. A wicked mistake. A horrifying accident. And they are about to learn that no one can bury the past forever ..."--