Vengeful Entities Books | Summaries & Audio

The Undrowned

by K.R. Alexander • 2020

A bully pushes her friend into a cursed lake. She returns, and a vengeful haunting follows.

3.89

2k+

🧟 Supernatural Revenge 👊 Bully Protagonist 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌊 Cursed Lake 😨 Creeping Dread

The Undrowned 90%

A bully pushes her friend into a cursed lake. She returns, and a vengeful haunting follows.

by K.R. Alexander 2020

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧟 Supernatural Revenge 👊 Bully Protagonist 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌊 Cursed Lake 😨 Creeping Dread

Molka

by Monika Kim • 2026

Hidden cameras watch her office bathroom, but her drowned sister's ghost has sharper ideas.

3.70

16k+

👻 Vengeful Ghost 🩸 Feminist Horror 🔪 Female Rage ⚡ Revenge Thriller 📹 Surveillance Horror

Molka 90%

Hidden cameras watch her office bathroom, but her drowned sister's ghost has sharper ideas.

by Monika Kim 2026

3.70

16k+ ratings

👻 Vengeful Ghost 🩸 Feminist Horror 🔪 Female Rage ⚡ Revenge Thriller 📹 Surveillance Horror

The Only Good Indians

by Stephen Graham Jones • 2020

A decade after an illegal elk hunt, four Blackfeet men discover something is stalking them back.

3.68

118k+

🦌 Revenge Spirit 📖 Literary Horror 👨‍👧 Sins Of The Father 🏹 Cultural Reckoning 🏘️ Modern Reservation Life

The Only Good Indians 89%

A decade after an illegal elk hunt, four Blackfeet men discover something is stalking them back.

by Stephen Graham Jones 2020

3.68

118k+ ratings

🦌 Revenge Spirit 📖 Literary Horror 👨‍👧 Sins Of The Father 🏹 Cultural Reckoning 🏘️ Modern Reservation Life

Heart-Shaped Box

by Joe Hill • 2007

A rock star buys a haunted suit online; the ghost blames him for a woman's death.

3.84

155k+

📦 Haunted Object 🧠 Psychological Haunting 🏚️ Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

Heart-Shaped Box 89%

A rock star buys a haunted suit online; the ghost blames him for a woman's death.

by Joe Hill 2007

3.84

155k+ ratings

📦 Haunted Object 🧠 Psychological Haunting 🏚️ Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

Cold Moon Over Babylon

by Michael McDowell • 1980

A girl vanishes from a bridge. Her family's grief awakens the drowned dead of the Styx.

3.97

7k+

🖤 Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🕯️ Family Curse 🏚️ Small-Town Corruption 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Cold Moon Over Babylon 89%

A girl vanishes from a bridge. Her family's grief awakens the drowned dead of the Styx.

by Michael McDowell 1980

3.97

7k+ ratings

🖤 Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🕯️ Family Curse 🏚️ Small-Town Corruption 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch

by Codie Crowley • 2024

A murdered teen claws from a river into a mansion where ghosts know who killed her.

3.65

8k+

👻 Ghost Revenge Story 🫂 Ghostly Found Family 🔥 Feminist Rage 🏔️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Darkly Humorous

Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch 89%

A murdered teen claws from a river into a mansion where ghosts know who killed her.

by Codie Crowley 2024

3.65

8k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Revenge Story 🫂 Ghostly Found Family 🔥 Feminist Rage 🏔️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Darkly Humorous

Yellow

by Aron Beauregard • 2021

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

3.77

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🪶 Unlikely Avenger 👮 Corrupt Cops

Yellow 89%

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

by Aron Beauregard 2021

3.77

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🪶 Unlikely Avenger 👮 Corrupt Cops

Ask for Andrea

by Noelle W. Ihli • 2022

Murdered by one man, three women find each other as ghosts and haunt him together.

4.08

242k+

🪦 Vengeful Ghosts 👻 Dead Protagonists 🔪 Serial Predator 🏔️ Mountain Wilderness 📋 True Crime Energy

Ask for Andrea 89%

Murdered by one man, three women find each other as ghosts and haunt him together.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2022

4.08

242k+ ratings

🪦 Vengeful Ghosts 👻 Dead Protagonists 🔪 Serial Predator 🏔️ Mountain Wilderness 📋 True Crime Energy

80s Ghosts

by V.S. Lawrence • 2024

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

3.73

2k+

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

80s Ghosts 89%

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

by V.S. Lawrence 2024

3.73

2k+ ratings

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

The Silver Eyes

by Scott Cawthon • 2016

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

4.04

7k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

The Silver Eyes 89%

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

by Scott Cawthon 2016

4.04

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

Murder Road

by Simone St. James • 2024

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

3.68

60k+

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Murder Road 89%

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

by Simone St. James 2024

3.68

60k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

The Amulet

by Michael McDowell • 1979

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

3.92

3k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

The Amulet 89%

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

by Michael McDowell 1979

3.92

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

by Stephen Graham Jones • 2021

A horror-obsessed teen outcast sees a slasher cycle devour her Idaho town while adults look away.

3.50

54k+

🪓 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎬 Meta Horror

My Heart Is a Chainsaw 89%

A horror-obsessed teen outcast sees a slasher cycle devour her Idaho town while adults look away.

by Stephen Graham Jones 2021

3.50

54k+ ratings

🪓 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎬 Meta Horror

Woodworm

by Layla Martínez • 2021

A granddaughter returns to a house that breathes, devours, and holds every grudge.

4.08

31k+

🏚️ Rural Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🪬 Family Curse 🔥 Female Rage 💣 Class Revenge

Woodworm 88%

A granddaughter returns to a house that breathes, devours, and holds every grudge.

by Layla Martínez 2021

4.08

31k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🪬 Family Curse 🔥 Female Rage 💣 Class Revenge

The Haunting of Room 904

by Erika T. Wurth • 2025

A clairvoyant investigator links a dybbuk box to the hotel curse that took her sister's life.

3.07

4k+

👻 Paranormal Investigation 🪶 Indigenous Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

The Haunting of Room 904 88%

A clairvoyant investigator links a dybbuk box to the hotel curse that took her sister's life.

by Erika T. Wurth 2025

3.07

4k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Investigation 🪶 Indigenous Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

Nevermore

by Keith R.A. DeCandido • 2007

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

3.84

8k+

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🎓 Academic Villain

Nevermore 88%

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

by Keith R.A. DeCandido 2007

3.84

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🎓 Academic Villain

Mean Spirited

by Nick Roberts • 2024

A teacher adopts a stray Labrador. The dog carries vengeful spirits, and his son is next.

4.23

9k+

🧟 Possession Horror 🏔️ Appalachian Horror 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🍺 Addiction Horror 🦴 Body Horror

Mean Spirited 88%

A teacher adopts a stray Labrador. The dog carries vengeful spirits, and his son is next.

by Nick Roberts 2024

4.23

9k+ ratings

🧟 Possession Horror 🏔️ Appalachian Horror 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🍺 Addiction Horror 🦴 Body Horror

Slewfoot

by Brom • 2021

A widow's pact with a horned spirit brings prosperity. Then the Puritans come with a noose.

4.20

112k+

🐐 Folk Horror 📜 Colonial Witch Trials 🔥 Vengeful Witch 🌳 Forest Spirit 🩸 Blood Pact

Slewfoot 88%

A widow's pact with a horned spirit brings prosperity. Then the Puritans come with a noose.

by Brom 2021

4.20

112k+ ratings

🐐 Folk Horror 📜 Colonial Witch Trials 🔥 Vengeful Witch 🌳 Forest Spirit 🩸 Blood Pact

No One Rides For Free

by Judith Sonnet • 2022

When a killer hides in her backseat, a mother must drive her children into the desert.

2.71

16k+

🩸 Splatterpunk ⚔️ Rape Revenge 🚗 Road Trip Horror 🏚️ Survival Horror 🌑 Bleak

No One Rides For Free 88%

When a killer hides in her backseat, a mother must drive her children into the desert.

by Judith Sonnet 2022

2.71

16k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk ⚔️ Rape Revenge 🚗 Road Trip Horror 🏚️ Survival Horror 🌑 Bleak

Diavola

by Jennifer Marie Thorne • 2024

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

3.80

43k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

Diavola 88%

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

by Jennifer Marie Thorne 2024

3.80

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

It Was Her House First

by Cherie Priest • 2025

She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.

3.69

1k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Contemporary Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Vengeful Female Ghost 🔥 Female Rage

It Was Her House First 88%

She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.

by Cherie Priest 2025

3.69

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Contemporary Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Vengeful Female Ghost 🔥 Female Rage

Legacy of Blood

by Richard A. Knaak • 2001

His cursed armor murdered his friends. He must break free before a demon claims his soul.

3.75

3k+

🗡️ Cursed Artifact 👹 Demonic Possession 🧙 Dark Sorcery 👻 Vengeful Spirits 😒 Reluctant Antihero

Legacy of Blood 88%

His cursed armor murdered his friends. He must break free before a demon claims his soul.

by Richard A. Knaak 2001

3.75

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Cursed Artifact 👹 Demonic Possession 🧙 Dark Sorcery 👻 Vengeful Spirits 😒 Reluctant Antihero

Haunted

by James Herbert • 1988

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

3.78

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Haunted 88%

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

by James Herbert 1988

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Sweet Heart

by Peter James • 1991

A London wife's new home in Sussex remembers her from a past life. And her murder.

3.72

2k+

🌀 Past Life Regression 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Marital Infidelity 🌫️ Slow Burn Dread

Sweet Heart 88%

A London wife's new home in Sussex remembers her from a past life. And her murder.

by Peter James 1991

3.72

2k+ ratings

🌀 Past Life Regression 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Marital Infidelity 🌫️ Slow Burn Dread

The Restless Ones

by Abe Moss • 2024

A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.

3.97

2k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🎬 Documentary Horror 🖤 Toxic Sisterhood 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🌊 Gothic Seaside

The Restless Ones 88%

A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.

by Abe Moss 2024

3.97

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🎬 Documentary Horror 🖤 Toxic Sisterhood 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🌊 Gothic Seaside

Lyla, In The Flesh

by Nick Roberts • 2026

An Italian castle writing retreat. The ghost needs a body. She's the final draft.

4.08

1k+

🧟 Supernatural Possession 🖋️ Deadly Writing Retreat 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💭 Literary Ambition 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

Lyla, In The Flesh 88%

An Italian castle writing retreat. The ghost needs a body. She's the final draft.

by Nick Roberts 2026

4.08

1k+ ratings

🧟 Supernatural Possession 🖋️ Deadly Writing Retreat 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💭 Literary Ambition 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

The Three-Candle Prayer

by Abe Moss • 2024

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

4.02

723

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

The Three-Candle Prayer 88%

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

by Abe Moss 2024

4.02

723 ratings

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

Intercepts

by T.J. Payne • 2019

Joe's job is keeping psychic spies in sensory deprivation. Now one lives inside his daughter's head.

4.09

40k+

🩸 Body Horror 🔬 Government Experiment 🧠 Hive Mind Horror 🏢 Institutional Horror 🕳️ Sensory Deprivation

Intercepts 88%

Joe's job is keeping psychic spies in sensory deprivation. Now one lives inside his daughter's head.

by T.J. Payne 2019

4.09

40k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🔬 Government Experiment 🧠 Hive Mind Horror 🏢 Institutional Horror 🕳️ Sensory Deprivation

Thirteen Storeys

by Jonathan Sims • 2020

A dead billionaire's tower haunts its residents. Then he invites them to dinner.

3.79

10k+

🏢 Haunted Building 🖤 Modern Gothic ⚖️ Social Horror 🏗️ Gentrification Horror 👻 Trapped Spirits

Thirteen Storeys 88%

A dead billionaire's tower haunts its residents. Then he invites them to dinner.

by Jonathan Sims 2020

3.79

10k+ ratings

🏢 Haunted Building 🖤 Modern Gothic ⚖️ Social Horror 🏗️ Gentrification Horror 👻 Trapped Spirits

House of Thorns

by Lee Mountford • 2025

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

4.00

788

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

House of Thorns 88%

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

by Lee Mountford 2025

4.00

788 ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Blood Like Mine

by Stuart Neville • 2024

To feed her vampire daughter, a mother hunts predators across backroads as the FBI closes in.

3.61

4k+

🧛 Vampire Thriller 👧 Child Vampire 🔍 Supernatural Crime ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ FBI Manhunt

Blood Like Mine 88%

To feed her vampire daughter, a mother hunts predators across backroads as the FBI closes in.

by Stuart Neville 2024

3.61

4k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Thriller 👧 Child Vampire 🔍 Supernatural Crime ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ FBI Manhunt

The Gathering Dark

by Tori Bovalino • 2022

Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.

3.53

4k+

🌒 Folk Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌲 Vengeful Nature 🔥 Female Rage

The Gathering Dark 88%

Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.

by Tori Bovalino 2022

3.53

4k+ ratings

🌒 Folk Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌲 Vengeful Nature 🔥 Female Rage

Historias de fantasmas de Japón

by Lafcadio Hearn • 2011

A collection of Japanese ghost stories: love, vengeance, and the dead who refuse to stay buried.

4.20

2k+

🦊 Japanese Folklore 👻 Asian Ghost Stories 💔 Self-Sacrifice 🕊️ Love Beyond Death 👹 Vengeful Spirits

Historias de fantasmas de Japón 88%

A collection of Japanese ghost stories: love, vengeance, and the dead who refuse to stay buried.

by Lafcadio Hearn 2011

4.20

2k+ ratings

🦊 Japanese Folklore 👻 Asian Ghost Stories 💔 Self-Sacrifice 🕊️ Love Beyond Death 👹 Vengeful Spirits

Ghost Story

by Peter Straub • 1979

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

3.92

84k+

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Ghost Story 88%

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

by Peter Straub 1979

3.92

84k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Schrader's Chord

by Scott Leeds • 2023

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

4.02

3k+

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

Schrader's Chord 87%

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

by Scott Leeds 2023

4.02

3k+ ratings

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

Whistle

by Linwood Barclay • 2025

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

3.91

10k+

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Whistle 87%

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

by Linwood Barclay 2025

3.91

10k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Old Country

by Matt Query • 2022

A veteran and his wife must follow cruel seasonal rituals to survive their new Idaho ranch.

3.67

9k+

🍂 Seasonal Horror 💔 Unresolved Guilt 🏚️ Haunted Land ⚡ Strained Marriage 🧠 Psychological Horror

Old Country 87%

A veteran and his wife must follow cruel seasonal rituals to survive their new Idaho ranch.

by Matt Query 2022

3.67

9k+ ratings

🍂 Seasonal Horror 💔 Unresolved Guilt 🏚️ Haunted Land ⚡ Strained Marriage 🧠 Psychological Horror

You Must Not Miss

by Katrina Leno • 2019

A teenage outcast's imaginary world becomes real. She uses it to make people disappear.

3.39

3k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔥 Revenge Fantasy ⚠️ Magic With A Cost 💔 Toxic Friendship 🖤 Psychological Horror

You Must Not Miss 87%

A teenage outcast's imaginary world becomes real. She uses it to make people disappear.

by Katrina Leno 2019

3.39

3k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔥 Revenge Fantasy ⚠️ Magic With A Cost 💔 Toxic Friendship 🖤 Psychological Horror

Sweetheart, Sweetheart

by Bernard Taylor • 1977

His dead twin left him a beautiful cottage. The ghost inside has killed for love before.

3.74

965

👻 Gothic Ghost Story 🌿 Pastoral Horror 🖤 Possessive Ghost 🌹 Deadly Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Sweetheart, Sweetheart 87%

His dead twin left him a beautiful cottage. The ghost inside has killed for love before.

by Bernard Taylor 1977

3.74

965 ratings

👻 Gothic Ghost Story 🌿 Pastoral Horror 🖤 Possessive Ghost 🌹 Deadly Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Haar

by David Sodergren • 2022

Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.

4.02

36k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🦑 Eldritch Horror 👻 Supernatural Revenge 🖤 Monstrous Protector

The Haar 87%

Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.

by David Sodergren 2022

4.02

36k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🦑 Eldritch Horror 👻 Supernatural Revenge 🖤 Monstrous Protector

These Vengeful Wishes

by Vanessa Montalban • 2025

Family ruin exiles her to a decaying manor where a wishing well grants dreams for blood.

3.89

657

🕸️ Generational Curse 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Mother-Daughter Wounds 🎨 Art And Trauma 🕯️ Atmospheric Gothic

These Vengeful Wishes 87%

Family ruin exiles her to a decaying manor where a wishing well grants dreams for blood.

by Vanessa Montalban 2025

3.89

657 ratings

🕸️ Generational Curse 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Mother-Daughter Wounds 🎨 Art And Trauma 🕯️ Atmospheric Gothic

Resurrection

by Nick Roberts • 2025

The evil a mother escaped was never truly banished: it was born inside her daughter.

4.38

3k+

⛪ Religious Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Possessed Child 🔮 Family Curse 🖤 Bleak Horror

Resurrection 87%

The evil a mother escaped was never truly banished: it was born inside her daughter.

by Nick Roberts 2025

4.38

3k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Possessed Child 🔮 Family Curse 🖤 Bleak Horror

Night of the Living Dummy

by R.L. Stine • 1993

Kris's dummy speaks on its own, destroys her reputation, and threatens to hurt everyone she loves.

3.85

35k+

🧒 Children's Horror 🧸 Evil Doll 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 😰 Mistaken Blame 🔀 Twist Ending

Night of the Living Dummy 87%

Kris's dummy speaks on its own, destroys her reputation, and threatens to hurt everyone she loves.

by R.L. Stine 1993

3.85

35k+ ratings

🧒 Children's Horror 🧸 Evil Doll 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 😰 Mistaken Blame 🔀 Twist Ending

The Change

by Kirsten Miller • 2022

Menopause gave three women uncanny powers. A beach of murdered girls makes them use every one.

4.09

64k+

🗡️ Feminist Revenge Fantasy 🔥 Women's Rage 🌿 Plant Magic 👻 Ghost Visions 👩‍👩‍👧 Found Family

The Change 87%

Menopause gave three women uncanny powers. A beach of murdered girls makes them use every one.

by Kirsten Miller 2022

4.09

64k+ ratings

🗡️ Feminist Revenge Fantasy 🔥 Women's Rage 🌿 Plant Magic 👻 Ghost Visions 👩‍👩‍👧 Found Family

The Near Witch

by Victoria Schwab • 2011

Children vanish on the moor. The stranger is blamed, and Lexi alone believes he is innocent.

3.65

49k+

🖤 Atmospheric Gothic 🧙 Witch Folklore 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Persecuted Outsider 🏘️ Isolated Village

The Near Witch 87%

Children vanish on the moor. The stranger is blamed, and Lexi alone believes he is innocent.

by Victoria Schwab 2011

3.65

49k+ ratings

🖤 Atmospheric Gothic 🧙 Witch Folklore 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Persecuted Outsider 🏘️ Isolated Village

Apartment 16

by Adam L.G. Nevill • 2010

An American inherits a London flat where something behind a locked door has waited for decades.

3.20

7k+

🖼️ Haunted Paintings 🏢 Sentient Building 🌀 Descent Into Madness 👻 Ghost Child 🔄 Generational Curse

Apartment 16 87%

An American inherits a London flat where something behind a locked door has waited for decades.

by Adam L.G. Nevill 2010

3.20

7k+ ratings

🖼️ Haunted Paintings 🏢 Sentient Building 🌀 Descent Into Madness 👻 Ghost Child 🔄 Generational Curse

13 Months Haunted

by Jimmy Juliano • 2025

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

3.63

3k+

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