Do you like a touch of creepiness in your thrillers? If you’re looking for thrills and chills that include supernatural elements to add that extra level of terror, these stories are guaranteed to give you goosebumps that will make it hard to fall asleep at night. reader beware, these stories include scares!
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the motel at dusk by simone st. james
In 1982, Viv takes a job at a sunset motel to earn some extra money so she can move to New York City, only to realize the motel is haunted. Shortly after she begins, Viv mysteriously disappears. In 2017, Viv’s niece Carly visits the motel where her aunt disappeared years ago in hopes of getting the answers to what really happened to her. After getting a job at the motel, Carly finds herself in the same situation Viv was in just before she disappeared. Will Carly find out what really happened to Viv before she’s the next to go?
zakiya delilah harris’s other black girl
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nella rogers is a young editorial assistant who is fed up with the microaggressions that come with being the only black employee at wagner books. But all that and more is about to change when Hazel starts working alongside Nella. Soon, a series of strange events make Hazel the star of the office, and Nella begins receiving notes telling her to quit her job immediately. Nella doesn’t want to believe that Hazel could be responsible for these notes, but she soon discovers that it’s more than her job that’s in jeopardy.
layla by colleen hoover
after meeting layla, leeds knows he wants to spend the rest of his life with her. After an attack nearly kills Layla, the two escape to a bed and breakfast for Layla to recover, but Layla starts acting strange once the two arrive. Feeling lost at her strange behavior, Leeds begins to trust a stranger named Willow and soon finds himself in a deadly love triangle that could ruin all three of their lives if Leeds doesn’t choose the right woman.
the winter people by jennifer mcmahon
In 1908, the town of West Hall, Vermont was shocked when Sara Harrison Shea was found dead in a field months after her daughter’s death. Now, in the present day, nineteen-year-old Ruthie calls Sara’s farm home with her mother and her sister, since the family lives off the grid. When Ruthie’s mother, Alice, goes missing, Ruthie is desperate to find out what happened to her mother, and in her search she finds Sara’s old diary. As Ruthie delves into Sara’s past and the events leading up to her mysterious death, Ruthie fears that if she doesn’t find her mother quickly, history may repeat itself.
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the whisper man by alex north
tom kennedy and his son jake have just moved to featherbank after the sudden death of tom’s wife in hopes of a fresh start. Upon arrival, Tom learns that this town has a dark history, in which a serial killer named Frank Carter kidnapped and murdered five people from Featherbank twenty years ago. Nicknamed “The Whispering Man,” Carter lured his victims out of their homes by whispering at their windows at night. When a young boy disappears from town, rumors spread that Carter had an accomplice, and soon enough, Jake starts hearing whispers at Carter’s window.
the return of rachel harrison
julie, elise’s best friend, has been missing for almost two years, but elise still believes that she will come back. When Ella Julie returns two years to the day she disappeared, with no memory of what happened to her, Elise and two other friends, Molly and Mae, decide to reunite at a remote inn. Upon arrival, Elise realizes that Julie is nothing like the woman she used to be and begins to wonder if the Julie who is with them now is someone, or something, entirely different.
christopher rice bone music
charlotte rowe was raised by a pair of serial killers for the first seven years of her life after the two murdered her mother and were determined to turn charlotte into a monster. Even though she was rescued, Ella Charlotte withstood the pressure when her real father exploited her story, until Ella Charlotte was able to run away and live the life she wanted, leaving her past behind. When a corporation secretly doses Charlotte with an experimental drug, she is experiencing a superpower that is amplified by anger and fear. Using her newfound power, Charlotte makes the decision to fight against the forces of evil that once shattered her life by avenging a serial killer.
the only good indians by stephen graham jones
The aftermath of a deadly event that took place in their youth is returning in a haunting and terrifying way for four Native American men and their families. Believing the past is behind them, they now find themselves being attacked by an entity with nothing but revenge on its mind that mixes with the culture and traditions they thought they had left behind and erupts into violence.
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