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💔 Bleak And Tender

Stories that find unexpected gentleness within devastation — small acts of care and connection that glow all the brighter against the dark.
The Name of the World
by Denis Johnson • 2000
A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.
3.55
3k+
🏛️ Campus Novel💔 Widower Protagonist🌧️ Quiet Melancholy
The Name of the World Summary
The Name of the World 87%
A grieving professor perfects the art of being unseen, until a bold young cellist demands otherwise.
by Denis Johnson 2000
3.55
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Campus Novel💔 Widower Protagonist🌧️ Quiet Melancholy
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy • 1895
A stonemason dreams of Oxford, but love for his cousin and a cruel marriage ruin him.
3.84
76k+
❤️ Forbidden Love🎓 Thwarted Ambition💍 Marriage Critique
Jude the Obscure Summary
Jude the Obscure 86%
A stonemason dreams of Oxford, but love for his cousin and a cruel marriage ruin him.
by Thomas Hardy 1895
3.84
76k+ ratings
❤️ Forbidden Love🎓 Thwarted Ambition💍 Marriage Critique
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
by Cormac McCarthy • 1985
A runaway joins scalp hunters in the desert, where a hairless judge preaches war as the only truth.
4.15
227k+
🤠 Literary Western🕴️ Enigmatic Villain✝️ Fallen Priest
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Summary
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 86%
A runaway joins scalp hunters in the desert, where a hairless judge preaches war as the only truth.
by Cormac McCarthy 1985
4.15
227k+ ratings
🤠 Literary Western🕴️ Enigmatic Villain✝️ Fallen Priest
Mr Salary
by Sally Rooney • 2016
For her dying father, she returns to Dublin and the older man she has never left.
3.73
43k+
📚 Literary Romance🕰️ Age Gap💭 Unspoken Attraction
Mr Salary Summary
Mr Salary 86%
For her dying father, she returns to Dublin and the older man she has never left.
by Sally Rooney 2016
3.73
43k+ ratings
📚 Literary Romance🕰️ Age Gap💭 Unspoken Attraction
I Am Behind You
by John Ajvide Lindqvist • 2014
Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.
3.36
5k+
🚪 Liminal Space🧠 Psychological Horror🌌 Cosmic Horror
I Am Behind You Summary
I Am Behind You 86%
Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.
by John Ajvide Lindqvist 2014
3.36
5k+ ratings
🚪 Liminal Space🧠 Psychological Horror🌌 Cosmic Horror
The Night Always Comes
by Willy Vlautin • 2021
A Portland waitress has one night to make a down payment or her family loses everything.
3.83
7k+
🪙 Economic Desperation🫂 Sibling Caretaker👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters
The Night Always Comes Summary
The Night Always Comes 86%
A Portland waitress has one night to make a down payment or her family loses everything.
by Willy Vlautin 2021
3.83
7k+ ratings
🪙 Economic Desperation🫂 Sibling Caretaker👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters
Love Is a Dog from Hell
by Charles Bukowski • 1977
What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.
3.95
39k+
🖊️ Confessional Poetry🏚️ Dirty Realism🍺 Alcoholism
Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary
Love Is a Dog from Hell 86%
What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.
by Charles Bukowski 1977
3.95
39k+ ratings
🖊️ Confessional Poetry🏚️ Dirty Realism🍺 Alcoholism
Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami • 1987
Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.
3.99
739k+
🖤 Melancholy Romance💔 Survivor'S Guilt🕯️ Grief And Intimacy
Norwegian Wood Summary
Norwegian Wood 86%
Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.
by Haruki Murakami 1987
3.99
739k+ ratings
🖤 Melancholy Romance💔 Survivor'S Guilt🕯️ Grief And Intimacy
The Sea of Tranquility
by Katja Millay • 2012
A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.
4.28
89k+
🖤 Trauma Romance💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl🔥 Slow Burn Romance
The Sea of Tranquility Summary
The Sea of Tranquility 86%
A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.
by Katja Millay 2012
4.28
89k+ ratings
🖤 Trauma Romance💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl🔥 Slow Burn Romance
Nocturnes
by Kazuo Ishiguro • 2009
Five stories of music at dusk: fading stars, borrowed dreams, and the quiet grace of letting go.
3.51
33k+
🖇️ Linked Short Stories🌟 Fading Celebrity💔 Marriage In Decline
Nocturnes Summary
Nocturnes 86%
Five stories of music at dusk: fading stars, borrowed dreams, and the quiet grace of letting go.
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2009
3.51
33k+ ratings
🖇️ Linked Short Stories🌟 Fading Celebrity💔 Marriage In Decline
The Fabric of Our Souls
by K.M. Moronova • 2023
She's suicidal. He's addicted to pain. Their rehab pact: keep each other alive, or burn together.
4.09
55k+
🖤 Dark Romance🤝 Found Family🩹 Hurt Comfort
The Fabric of Our Souls Summary
The Fabric of Our Souls 85%
She's suicidal. He's addicted to pain. Their rehab pact: keep each other alive, or burn together.
by K.M. Moronova 2023
4.09
55k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Romance🤝 Found Family🩹 Hurt Comfort
The Beast You Are
by Paul Tremblay • 2023
An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.
3.33
3k+
🖋️ Literary Horror🌾 Folk Horror🌌 Cosmic Dread
The Beast You Are Summary
The Beast You Are 85%
An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.
by Paul Tremblay 2023
3.33
3k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Horror🌾 Folk Horror🌌 Cosmic Dread
The Morning Star
by Karl Ove Knausgård • 2020
A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.
3.96
19k+
🖤 Literary Horror🌑 Cosmic Dread💔 Fraying Marriage
The Morning Star Summary
The Morning Star 85%
A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.
by Karl Ove Knausgård 2020
3.96
19k+ ratings
🖤 Literary Horror🌑 Cosmic Dread💔 Fraying Marriage
When the Wolf Comes Home
by Nat Cassidy • 2025
A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.
4.06
37k+
📚 Literary Horror👹 Fear Made Flesh🛡️ Reluctant Guardian
When the Wolf Comes Home Summary
When the Wolf Comes Home 85%
A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.
by Nat Cassidy 2025
4.06
37k+ ratings
📚 Literary Horror👹 Fear Made Flesh🛡️ Reluctant Guardian
On Drinking
by Charles Bukowski • 2019
The poetry and prose of a man who traded sobriety for stories and never looked back.
3.87
2k+
🍺 Drunken Confessional📓 Autobiographical Poetry🚪 Literary Outsider
On Drinking Summary
On Drinking 85%
The poetry and prose of a man who traded sobriety for stories and never looked back.
by Charles Bukowski 2019
3.87
2k+ ratings
🍺 Drunken Confessional📓 Autobiographical Poetry🚪 Literary Outsider
The Black Phone
by Joe Hill • 2005
Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.
3.89
50k+
🖤 Literary Horror📚 Short Story Collection👻 Haunted By The Past
The Black Phone Summary
The Black Phone 85%
Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.
by Joe Hill 2005
3.89
50k+ ratings
🖤 Literary Horror📚 Short Story Collection👻 Haunted By The Past
Walk the Blue Fields
by Claire Keegan • 2007
A priest marries off his love, then finds release in the hands of a stranger.
3.99
14k+
🌾 Rural Ireland🔒 Family Secrets💔 Repressed Desire
Walk the Blue Fields Summary
Walk the Blue Fields 85%
A priest marries off his love, then finds release in the hands of a stranger.
by Claire Keegan 2007
3.99
14k+ ratings
🌾 Rural Ireland🔒 Family Secrets💔 Repressed Desire
My Phantoms
by Gwendoline Riley • 2021
A daughter traces her mother's rituals and evasions, searching for the connection that never came.
3.77
6k+
💔 Difficult Mother🌫️ Emotional Distance🪞 Parental Narcissism
My Phantoms Summary
My Phantoms 85%
A daughter traces her mother's rituals and evasions, searching for the connection that never came.
by Gwendoline Riley 2021
3.77
6k+ ratings
💔 Difficult Mother🌫️ Emotional Distance🪞 Parental Narcissism
Broken April by Ismail Kadare
by Ismail Kadare • 1978
After a blood killing, a mountaineer has thirty days before the ancient code demands his life.
4.00
9k+
🩸 Blood Feud⚰️ Doomed Protagonist🥀 Impossible Longing
Broken April by Ismail Kadare Summary
Broken April by Ismail Kadare 85%
After a blood killing, a mountaineer has thirty days before the ancient code demands his life.
by Ismail Kadare 1978
4.00
9k+ ratings
🩸 Blood Feud⚰️ Doomed Protagonist🥀 Impossible Longing
In the Dust of This Planet
by Eugene Thacker • 2011
The world is indifferent to us. Only horror and black metal can think that thought.
3.68
3k+
📚 Critical Theory🎥 Philosophy Of Horror🌑 Cosmic Pessimism
In the Dust of This Planet Summary
In the Dust of This Planet 85%
The world is indifferent to us. Only horror and black metal can think that thought.
by Eugene Thacker 2011
3.68
3k+ ratings
📚 Critical Theory🎥 Philosophy Of Horror🌑 Cosmic Pessimism
The Wind Through the Keyhole
by Stephen King • 2012
Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.
4.13
95k+
🖤 Dark Fairy Tale🤠 Weird West🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt
The Wind Through the Keyhole Summary
The Wind Through the Keyhole 85%
Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.
by Stephen King 2012
4.13
95k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Fairy Tale🤠 Weird West🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt
North American Lake Monsters
by Nathan Ballingrud • 2013
Werewolves on a construction site, an angel in a broken home: the supernatural mirrors human grief.
3.95
7k+
🖤 Literary Horror👁️ Weird Fiction🔧 Working Class Horror
North American Lake Monsters Summary
North American Lake Monsters 85%
Werewolves on a construction site, an angel in a broken home: the supernatural mirrors human grief.
by Nathan Ballingrud 2013
3.95
7k+ ratings
🖤 Literary Horror👁️ Weird Fiction🔧 Working Class Horror
Good Morning, Midnight
by Lily Brooks-Dalton • 2016
An Arctic astronomer and a deep-space crew both reach for a voice in the silence.
3.90
24k+
🖤 Literary Apocalypse❄️ Arctic Isolation🚀 Deep Space
Good Morning, Midnight Summary
Good Morning, Midnight 85%
An Arctic astronomer and a deep-space crew both reach for a voice in the silence.
by Lily Brooks-Dalton 2016
3.90
24k+ ratings
🖤 Literary Apocalypse❄️ Arctic Isolation🚀 Deep Space
Adelaide
by Genevieve Wheeler • 2023
An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.
3.93
49k+
🖤 Sad Girl Fiction🥀 Toxic Relationship💔 Emotionally Unavailable
Adelaide Summary
Adelaide 85%
An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.
by Genevieve Wheeler 2023
3.93
49k+ ratings
🖤 Sad Girl Fiction🥀 Toxic Relationship💔 Emotionally Unavailable
Toda la felicidad del universo
by César Brandon Ndjocu • 2018
A son pieces together a childhood of violence, searching poetry for the words his family buried.
3.82
411
🖋️ Prose Poetry🔀 Fragmentary Narrative💔 Family Trauma
Toda la felicidad del universo Summary
Toda la felicidad del universo 85%
A son pieces together a childhood of violence, searching poetry for the words his family buried.
by César Brandon Ndjocu 2018
3.82
411 ratings
🖋️ Prose Poetry🔀 Fragmentary Narrative💔 Family Trauma
Sick Bastards
by Matt Shaw • 2014
A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.
3.54
4k+
💀 Extreme Horror🥩 Cannibalism Horror🩸 Body Horror
Sick Bastards Summary
Sick Bastards 85%
A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.
by Matt Shaw 2014
3.54
4k+ ratings
💀 Extreme Horror🥩 Cannibalism Horror🩸 Body Horror
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
by Thomas Ligotti • 2011
Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.
4.01
10k+
🖤 Philosophical Pessimism🚫 Antinatalism🧠 Consciousness Studies
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Summary
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race 85%
Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.
by Thomas Ligotti 2011
4.01
10k+ ratings
🖤 Philosophical Pessimism🚫 Antinatalism🧠 Consciousness Studies
Forbidden
by Tabitha Suzuma • 2010
Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.
3.95
76k+
🚫 Taboo Romance👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Siblings😰 Social Anxiety
Forbidden Summary
Forbidden 85%
Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.
by Tabitha Suzuma 2010
3.95
76k+ ratings
🚫 Taboo Romance👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Siblings😰 Social Anxiety
No One Rides For Free
by Judith Sonnet • 2022
A stranger takes a family hostage on a desert road and feeds on their suffering.
2.71
16k+
🩸 Splatterpunk🦴 Body Horror👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril
No One Rides For Free Summary
No One Rides For Free 85%
A stranger takes a family hostage on a desert road and feeds on their suffering.
by Judith Sonnet 2022
2.71
16k+ ratings
🩸 Splatterpunk🦴 Body Horror👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril
Men Without Women
by Haruki Murakami • 2014
Seven Tokyo men nurse quiet grief with jazz records and the occasional ghost of love.
3.74
128k+
🖤 Male Loneliness🗿 Emotional Repression🌧️ Quiet Melancholy
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women 85%
Seven Tokyo men nurse quiet grief with jazz records and the occasional ghost of love.
by Haruki Murakami 2014
3.74
128k+ ratings
🖤 Male Loneliness🗿 Emotional Repression🌧️ Quiet Melancholy
Aliss
by Patrick Senécal • 2000
She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.
4.33
11k+
🌀 Wonderland Retelling🔪 Extreme Horror⚡ Transgressive Fiction
Aliss Summary
Aliss 85%
She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.
by Patrick Senécal 2000
4.33
11k+ ratings
🌀 Wonderland Retelling🔪 Extreme Horror⚡ Transgressive Fiction
It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over
by Anne de Marcken • 2024
An undead woman keeps a crow inside her chest, forgetting everything but who she loved.
3.61
20k+
🖤 Undead Grief🚪 Liminal Spaces🐦 Metaphor Made Literal
It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over Summary
It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over 85%
An undead woman keeps a crow inside her chest, forgetting everything but who she loved.
by Anne de Marcken 2024
3.61
20k+ ratings
🖤 Undead Grief🚪 Liminal Spaces🐦 Metaphor Made Literal
[The Music of Chance] [By
by Paul Auster • 1990
A poker loss traps a drifter building a stone wall to buy back his freedom.
3.93
14k+
🖤 Existential Fiction🏰 Kafkaesque Nightmare🚗 Aimless Road Trip
[The Music of Chance] [By Summary
[The Music of Chance] [By 85%
A poker loss traps a drifter building a stone wall to buy back his freedom.
by Paul Auster 1990
3.93
14k+ ratings
🖤 Existential Fiction🏰 Kafkaesque Nightmare🚗 Aimless Road Trip
Suffer the Children
by Craig DiLouie • 2014
All children die at once, then return needing blood that only their parents can give.
3.98
12k+
🖤 Parental Horror🧒 Undead Children💔 Parental Desperation
Suffer the Children Summary
Suffer the Children 85%
All children die at once, then return needing blood that only their parents can give.
by Craig DiLouie 2014
3.98
12k+ ratings
🖤 Parental Horror🧒 Undead Children💔 Parental Desperation
The Pleasures of the Damned
by Charles Bukowski • 2007
A hard-drinking poet buries his tenderness in the grit of L.A.'s gutters and bars.
4.35
7k+
🖋️ Confessional Poetry🍺 Dirty Realism🥃 Hard-Drinking Narrator
The Pleasures of the Damned Summary
The Pleasures of the Damned 85%
A hard-drinking poet buries his tenderness in the grit of L.A.'s gutters and bars.
by Charles Bukowski 2007
4.35
7k+ ratings
🖋️ Confessional Poetry🍺 Dirty Realism🥃 Hard-Drinking Narrator
Toutes blessent, la dernière tue
by Karine Giebel • 2018
Sold into French slavery, a girl survives by reading in secret until violence offers escape.
4.44
3k+
🖋️ Literary Thriller⛓️ Human Trafficking🥀 Tragic Romance
Toutes blessent, la dernière tue Summary
Toutes blessent, la dernière tue 85%
Sold into French slavery, a girl survives by reading in secret until violence offers escape.
by Karine Giebel 2018
4.44
3k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Thriller⛓️ Human Trafficking🥀 Tragic Romance
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro • 2005
A carer's nostalgia for her boarding school is shadowed by its true purpose: to breed organ donors.
3.85
873k+
🌫️ Quiet Dystopia🧬 Clone Fiction💔 Doomed Romance
Never Let Me Go Summary
Never Let Me Go 85%
A carer's nostalgia for her boarding school is shadowed by its true purpose: to breed organ donors.
by Kazuo Ishiguro 2005
3.85
873k+ ratings
🌫️ Quiet Dystopia🧬 Clone Fiction💔 Doomed Romance
Wizard and Glass
by Stephen King • 1997
Amid a frontier conspiracy, a gunslinger falls for the mayor's promised consort as a witch watches.
4.27
223k+
🌵 Western Fantasy💔 Tragic Romance💘 Forbidden Love
Wizard and Glass Summary
Wizard and Glass 85%
Amid a frontier conspiracy, a gunslinger falls for the mayor's promised consort as a witch watches.
by Stephen King 1997
4.27
223k+ ratings
🌵 Western Fantasy💔 Tragic Romance💘 Forbidden Love
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King • 1982
A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.
3.91
669k+
🤠 Weird Western🏜️ Desert Wasteland🎯 Obsessive Quest
The Gunslinger Summary
The Gunslinger 85%
A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.
by Stephen King 1982
3.91
669k+ ratings
🤠 Weird Western🏜️ Desert Wasteland🎯 Obsessive Quest
The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems
by T.S. Eliot • 1922
A man paralyzed by self-doubt walks city streets as a wasteland demands to know what remains.
4.14
12k+
📜 Modernist Poetry🧠 Stream Of Consciousness🏙️ Urban Decay
The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems Summary
The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems 85%
A man paralyzed by self-doubt walks city streets as a wasteland demands to know what remains.
by T.S. Eliot 1922
4.14
12k+ ratings
📜 Modernist Poetry🧠 Stream Of Consciousness🏙️ Urban Decay
Smilla's Sense of Snow
by Peter Høeg • 1992
Reading frozen surfaces reveals a boy's death as murder. She follows a conspiracy into the Arctic.
3.73
53k+
🕵️ Nordic Noir🌍 Colonial Legacy🏢 Corporate Conspiracy
Smilla's Sense of Snow Summary
Smilla's Sense of Snow 85%
Reading frozen surfaces reveals a boy's death as murder. She follows a conspiracy into the Arctic.
by Peter Høeg 1992
3.73
53k+ ratings
🕵️ Nordic Noir🌍 Colonial Legacy🏢 Corporate Conspiracy
Letters To A Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke • 1929
A young officer asked Rilke for writing advice. The poet replied: stop asking. Go inside.
4.27
125k+
🎓 Creative Mentorship🏔️ Solitude And Creativity🌫️ Embracing Uncertainty
Letters To A Young Poet Summary
Letters To A Young Poet 85%
A young officer asked Rilke for writing advice. The poet replied: stop asking. Go inside.
by Rainer Maria Rilke 1929
4.27
125k+ ratings
🎓 Creative Mentorship🏔️ Solitude And Creativity🌫️ Embracing Uncertainty
The Destroyer
by Michael-Scott Earle • 2016
He wakes in a crypt, memory gone; they came for a savior and found a monster.
4.00
4k+
🖤 Grimdark Fantasy⚔️ Military Fantasy🧠 Amnesiac Warrior
The Destroyer Summary
The Destroyer 85%
He wakes in a crypt, memory gone; they came for a savior and found a monster.
by Michael-Scott Earle 2016
4.00
4k+ ratings
🖤 Grimdark Fantasy⚔️ Military Fantasy🧠 Amnesiac Warrior
The Tiger Rising
by Kate DiCamillo • 2001
A grieving boy, a caged tiger, and a fierce girl who believes both should run free.
3.84
33k+
✒️ Lyrical Middle Grade🖤 Childhood Grief🤝 Unlikely Friendship
The Tiger Rising Summary
The Tiger Rising 85%
A grieving boy, a caged tiger, and a fierce girl who believes both should run free.
by Kate DiCamillo 2001
3.84
33k+ ratings
✒️ Lyrical Middle Grade🖤 Childhood Grief🤝 Unlikely Friendship
Ultraluminous
by Katherine Faw • 2017
She returns from Dubai, measures her weeks in heroin and men, and gives herself one year.
3.58
931
🎭 Literary Thriller🖤 Anti-Heroine💋 Sex Worker Protagonist
Ultraluminous Summary
Ultraluminous 85%
She returns from Dubai, measures her weeks in heroin and men, and gives herself one year.
by Katherine Faw 2017
3.58
931 ratings
🎭 Literary Thriller🖤 Anti-Heroine💋 Sex Worker Protagonist
Train Dreams
by Denis Johnson • 2002
A wildfire took his family. The Idaho woods gave back only wolves.
3.89
43k+
🏔️ Literary Western👻 Ghostly Visitation🐺 Feral Child
Train Dreams Summary
Train Dreams 85%
A wildfire took his family. The Idaho woods gave back only wolves.
by Denis Johnson 2002
3.89
43k+ ratings
🏔️ Literary Western👻 Ghostly Visitation🐺 Feral Child
In Bloom
by Paul Tremblay • 2023
Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.
3.04
14k+
🦠 Ecological Horror👁️ Cryptid Encounter🤔 Unreliable Narrator
In Bloom Summary
In Bloom 85%
Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.
by Paul Tremblay 2023
3.04
14k+ ratings
🦠 Ecological Horror👁️ Cryptid Encounter🤔 Unreliable Narrator
The Collected Regrets of Clover
by Mikki Brammer • 2023
A death doula collects the dying's final regrets. A new neighbor asks what hers are.
4.16
126k+
🔒 Emotionally Guarded🫂 Found Family👯 Unlikely Friendship
The Collected Regrets of Clover Summary
The Collected Regrets of Clover 85%
A death doula collects the dying's final regrets. A new neighbor asks what hers are.
by Mikki Brammer 2023
4.16
126k+ ratings
🔒 Emotionally Guarded🫂 Found Family👯 Unlikely Friendship
Woom
by Duncan Ralston • 2016
A motel room. A hired woman. Confessions that turn a body into a doorway.
3.23
38k+
🩸 Extreme Horror🦴 Body Horror⚠️ Transgressive Fiction
Woom Summary
Woom 85%
A motel room. A hired woman. Confessions that turn a body into a doorway.
by Duncan Ralston 2016
3.23
38k+ ratings
🩸 Extreme Horror🦴 Body Horror⚠️ Transgressive Fiction
Silverskin
by Caitee Cooper • 2023
A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.
4.26
97
🌲 Folk Horror🏔️ Wilderness Horror🖤 Grief Horror
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A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.
by Caitee Cooper 2023
4.26
97 ratings
🌲 Folk Horror🏔️ Wilderness Horror🖤 Grief Horror
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