Body Horror

Against all odds, former geneticist Benny White has survived the first Wave of the Game of Souls. But the rewards have come at a cost, and the games are far from over. New enemies have been introduced with eyes set on those calling the Blackstone Keep home. Not only do the contestants have to struggle against the Arketh-Takshi—a group of intergalactic vampiric pirates residing within scattered portals—but also with private outworlder factions whose motivations are anything but clear. Not to mention some threats that originate a little closer to home.

When Earth went silent, humanity did not die cleanly. It changed. In the ruins of orbit, a salvage crew boards a dead nursery station and finds the descendants of children abandoned in the dark. On a starving colony world, a buried alien signal begins repairing machines, organs, and broken bodies—but every miracle asks what must be surrendered in return. Beneath the red dust of Rath-9, a recovery team sent to certify a failed settlement discovers a living colony the company would rather erase than recognize. After Earth Went Silent collects three dark science fiction horror stories: The ...

Whether for entertainment, under the guise of medicine, or to propel consumerism, heinous acts are perpetrated daily on women’s bodies. In Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes, award-winning journalist Anne Elizabeth Moore catalogs the global toll of capitalism on our physical autonomy. Weaving together unflinching research and surprising humor, these essays range from investigative—probing the Cambodian garment industry, the history of menstrual products, or the gender biases of patent law—to uncomfortably intimate.

The History of Body Horror Films: From Grotesque Origins to Modern Mutation is the ultimate guide for horror lovers, film students, and pop culture enthusiasts who want to dive deep into one of cinema’s most disturbing and thought-provoking subgenres. This comprehensive, 6000-word book explores the evolution of body horror movies from their eerie beginnings in early cinema to their grotesque peaks during the golden age of gore, all the way to their reemergence in today’s era of prestige horror. Discover how visionary directors like David Cronenberg, Shinya Tsukamoto, and Julia Ducournau...

Max Baker, a 31-year-old accountant, finds himself in a desperate situation after killing a prostitute in his hotel room. ‘I lost control of myself,’ he says. ‘I couldn’t get the thought out of my head!’ Panicking and unable to dispose of the evidence by himself, he calls on his long-time friend John Kasper for help. Kasper is horrified and hesitant to help at first, but he can’t abandon his friend during his time of need. Max’s family and future are at stake. Together, they devise and execute one plan after another, hopelessly trying to hide Max’s crime...

The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem! WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Over 1 million copies sold in North America “A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal “Fascinating.”—TIME ...

In a small town suffocating under the oppressive heat of late summer, a single tick bite is the start of a terrifying change. When seventeen-year-old Leo develops a strange "summer flu," his mother assumes it's a passing illness . But as the fever smolders and the antibiotics fail, Leo’s energy bleeds away, replaced by a profound, unnatural stillness . He begins to watch the woods behind their house with a silent, patient focus, as if waiting for a curtain to rise. Soon, the whispers begin. A farmer sees a man missing for a year standing silently among a herd of deer at dusk . Teenagers ...

Some towns bury their secrets. Cypress Hollow planted its. Lana Gray knows every locked case, warped floorboard, and forgotten rumor inside the Civil War museum where she works. But when a grieving widow begins speaking to the river, roots creep through floor vents, and something impossible appears beneath the town, Lana realizes the past is not staying buried. Something under Cypress Hollow is waking. It moves through spores, soil, old buildings, and bad memories. It speaks in voices the living should not hear. It leaves spirals in glass, vines in blood, and seeds where secrets should have...

What if the worst thing in your life… was feeding on your time? Ben has always thought of himself as forgettable. Not a failure exactly—just someone drifting through life, surviving one distracted moment at a time. When a strange swelling appears on his lip, the doctor isn’t concerned. Probably nothing. But something is wrong. Ben keeps losing time. Minutes slip into hours. Memories blur. Thoughts appear that don’t feel like his own. And always—lurking just beneath awareness—there’s something else. A spider. He only remembers it when it wants him to. A disturbing blend of ...

Alien visitors devastate a remote farm in Lovecraft’s first and best venture into science fiction.

"[Nesta] Cooper's narration is deliberately restrained... [Bethany C.] Morrow’s novel on the page is already intimate, but in audio it becomes something almost confessional." — Booklist The Body is a pulse-pounding supernatural horror story from bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow, where...

CITY OF CHAINS: THE COMPLETE SAGA All the heroes are dead. In the monster-infested, blood-soaked city of Adelstrad, the weak are crushed, the wicked thrive, and even the dead aren’t allowed to rest. For centuries the Nameless Barons have ruled with iron fists and black alchemy, keeping the northern hordes and their dark gods at bay. But when a condemned executioner named Viktor takes up his axe, Adelstrad’s delicate balance of power begins to shatter. Once a criminal in service to tyranny, Viktor is offered one impossible chance at freedom — stop a plot that could destroy the city. ...

The coastal Maine town of Whalebone is rotting from inside its walls. The Ashford family came here to heal. Hallin, their only son, is losing his blood to an illness no doctor can name. His mother, Mary, carries the weight of a dozen sleepless nights. His father, Stew, is already pretending the floor is softening beneath his boots. In a dusty curiosity shop, Mary finds Barnaby - an antique mohair bear with glass eyes. Hallin is fading. She buys it. That night, the house changes. The wallpaper weeps. The walls groan like something heavy is breathing on the other side. The bear is no longer ...

Your body is supposed to be yours. Until it isn't. Twenty tales of flesh that betrays, bones that remember, and skin that holds secrets too terrible to speak. In these pages, the human form becomes the ultimate battleground between self and something far more sinister. A woman's reflection grows more real while she fades away. A fitness tracker begins optimizing its wearer without permission. A heart transplant recipient discovers the donor isn't quite dead. A mother's body produces nourishment that isn't meant for feeding. From medical procedures gone wrong to parasites that rewrite your ...

The hospital was supposed to heal you. It had other plans. Twenty tales of surgeries that take more than they remove, donors who refuse to stay dead, and medical records that write themselves into flesh. In these pages, the operating room becomes a site of violation, and every procedure leaves something behind that wasn't in the consent forms. A burn survivor's grafted skin begins remembering a life she never lived. A surgeon's transplanted hands practice procedures while she sleeps. A transcriptionist discovers that typing a surgery makes it real. A patient's body produces something every ...

Single gay mom Brigid always thought that cutting ties with her extremist Catholic family was the best thing she could have done for her daughter, Dylan—and for herself. But when Dylan starts having terrifying fits of unnatural violence, Brigid can’t shake her memories of a girl from her childhood who behaved the same way … until Brigid’s uncle, Father Angus, performed an exorcism. Convinced that her daughter is suffering from demonic possession, Brigid does the thing she told herself she’d never do: she goes home. 

I woke on a metal table with stitches around my throat and a man leaning over me, calling me a name that didn't fit. My husband said there had been an accident. He said the grafts were necessary, that the scars would heal, that I should rest and take my medicine and stop asking questions about the locked rooms and the servants who wouldn't meet my eyes. But my body knew things I didn't. My right hand played piano with thirty years of muscle memory that wasn't mine. My legs stretched into ballet positions while I slept. My throat opened at night and sang in languages I had never studied. I ...

In 2059, two vastly different groups of people portrayed by the compelling trio of Brendan Fraser (Academy Award winner), Luke Kirby (Emmy Award winner), and Vanessa Sears (Dora Award winner) undergo cryonic suspension. While their bodies are frozen, their minds, still active and awake, are uploaded into a massive quantum computer. The first group are all astronauts, about to leave Earth on a one-way interstellar colonization mission. The second group consists of convicted murderers and volunteers who elect to serve their sentences in a virtual-reality prison.

Christian Hale went to the clinic for a routine dental procedure. He woke up with a shadow living behind his teeth. At first it is just a slight delay in his reflection. A second breath originating from deep within his own lungs. But the symptoms are escalating. The parasite is growing, learning, and mimicking his voice with absolute perfection. Worse still, the clinic has no record of his visit, internet forums discussing similar symptoms are being systematically scrubbed, and the files tracking his physical takeover prove they have been watching him the entire time. Trapped inside a ...

I wasn't hired for my résumé. I was hired for my bones. Three hundred forty-two thousand dollars in debt. Forty-eight hours before the collectors took everything — including my sister's house. Then the contract slid across the mahogany desk. Vaughn Mercer didn't want a wife. He wanted a user interface. A woman who could wear his missing wife's clothes, sign her name, and stand in the floor-to-ceiling windows of his forty-story penthouse so the world would believe Daphne Mercer hadn't vanished. Six months. Total debt elimination. A two-hundred-thousand-dollar bonus. All I had to do was ...