![]() Amatka is a beguiling and wholly original novel about freedom, love, and artistic creation by a captivating new voice. These stories focus on bad things happening in "safe" places: podunk towns where nothing exciting, much less murderous, ever happens. In Karin Tidbeck’s world, everyone is suspect, no one is safe, and nothingnot even language, nor the very fabric of realitycan be taken for granted. ![]() It's called "small-town horror," and it's quite possibly the scariest category of them all. There's a certain type of horror that manages to bridge the gap between narratives like The Shining, which is set in a snowed-in hotel, and Rosemary's Baby, which takes place in the heart of New York City. Logistically it makes sense, because where's the terror when you can just run out into the street to get away from the evil entity that's hunting you down? Have you ever noticed that almost no scary stories are set in the big city? Think about it: Dracula, The Island of Doctor Moreau, Rebecca, The Haunting of Hill House - all of these stories isolate their narrators in creepy houses and remote locales before pitting them against dark forces. ![]() These books are scarier than any holiday dinner with your family, so grab your security blanket and a flashlight, and get ready to read past your bedtime. ![]() Loved IT and Stranger Things 2, but now find you're in need of new entertainment? I've got 11 small-town horror novels that will make you think twice about coming home again. ![]()
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