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37th Mandala
by Laidlaw, Marc

When Derek Crowe attempts to turn the unseen mandalas into guardian spirits to enrich his bank account, the cynical New Age charlatan uncovers the reasons past occult masters have left them alone.

Black Lightning
by Saul, John

In the aftermath of a deranged killer's execution, a similar series of murders picks up where the others left off, suggesting a copycat killer is on the loose, but reporter Anne Jeffers suspects that the wrong man was put to death.

Church of Dead Girls
by Dobyns, Stephen

Suspicion, built on fear, old rumors, and old angers, grows out of control as three girls from the same small town mysteriously vanish.

Ghost Story
by Straub, Peter

Questions arise concerning the connections between a strangely detached young girl's captivity in a seedy Florida motel, a death that occurs at a party for a visiting actress, and a young California instructor's obsession with one of his students.

Hideaway
by Koontz, Dean R.

After Hatch Harrison is brought back to life in an ambulance, his second chance turns into a nightmarish quest to squelch the evil he brought back from the afterlife.

Living Blood
by Due, Tananarive

Struggling to rebuild her life after the disappearance of her husband and the death of her oldest daughter, Jessica discovers that her other daughter has inherited her father's immortality, so she sets out for Africa in search of guidance.

Naomi
by Clegg, Douglas

When Jake Richmond learns that Naomi, his childhood sweetheart, met her death on the subway tracks in New York City, he embarks on a journey to discover the truth behind her untimely death.

Room for the Dead
by Hynd, Noel

Veteran state cop Detective Sergeant Frank O'Hara pursues a crazed serial killer whose crimes bear the grisly signature of Gary Ledbetter, a vicious murderer arrested by O'Hara and executed years earlier.

Winter Haunting
by Simmons, Dan

Returning to the small Illinois town of his childhood to pick up the pieces of his shattered life, and regain his confidence as a writer, Professor Dale Stewart leases an empty farmhouse of a long-dead friend, who had been murdered in the summer of 1960, but instead of finding peace and quiet, he finds that the house is haunted.

You Don't Scare Me
by Farris, John

Ten years after the death of her evil stepfather, Crow Tillman, twenty-four-year-old Chase Emrick remains haunted by the horrors of her past until she meets Adam Cameron, but to beat Crow once and for all they both must confront a netherworld of horror.

Burnt Offerings
by Hamilton, Laurell K.

Feared by vampires as "The Executioner," Anita Blake finds herself not only sharing a bed with Jean-Claude, the Master Vampire of the City, but also defending St. Louis's vampire-owned businesses from an arsonist.

Covenant With the Vampire
by Kalogridis, Jeanne

Honoring a family pact that compels him to return to Transylvania to take part in a secret ceremony, young Arkady Tsepesh of the family Dracul learns a devastating truth about his ancestor, Prince Vlad.

Craven Moon
by Mosiman, Billie Sue

When the Predators, who believe that he is the long-prophesied hunter of vampires, murder his wife and kidnap his child, Malachi, part mortal, part vampire, becomes a dark creature with an insatiable thirst for revenge, a transformation that could lead to the destruction of both mortals and vampires.

Dark Symphony
by Feehan, Christine

Antoinetta Scarletti, a blind musician gifted with psychic abilities, finds her world forever changed by Byron, an immortal and darkly sensual Carpathian, who has come to claim her as his--for all eternity.

Embrace the Twilight
by Shayne, Maggie

Undeniable and insatiable, Sarafina, a beautiful vampire who has tormented humanity for years, finds herself powerfully drawn to mortal Willem Stone, whose defiance rivals her own, when they join forces to save a young girl from a diabolical vampire hunter.

His Father's Son
by Bennett, Nigel

Lord Richard--once known as Lancelot and now a vampire--is called on to rescue a woman whom he had loved and lost as he struggles to save fragile human lives in the face of the Dark Fates that seek to steal his very soul.

Interview With the Vampire
by Rice, Anne

A vampire recounts his tragic two-century life, marked by an endless thirst for human blood.

Lord of the Dead
by Holland, Tom

From the Levant to London's society salons to the canals of Venice, famed poet Lord Byron embarks on a life of adventure as the world's most notable vampire, following a dark trail of long-hidden secrets, ancient black arts, and the depths of evil.

Night Bites: Vampire Stories by Women
by Brownworth, Victoria

An anthology of seventeen original vampire tales by women includes such chilling works as Terri de la Pena's "Refugio," Linda K. Wright's "The Last Train," and "Anita Polish Vampire Holds Forth at the Jewish Cafe of the Dead" by Judith Katz.

Shadows Bite
by Dedman, Stephen

Mage Magistrale, the recipient of a magical key, discovers that the object was taken from a powerful Japanese-American mobster, and when he kills the mobster in a fight, the daughter of the gangster will stop at nothing to destroy Mage.

Traveling With the Dead
by Hambly, Barbara

When the forces of a foreign power decide to harness the power of the undead for their own sinister ends, they offer innocent victims to their vampire co-conspirators, and one man on the side of good plans to stop them aboard the Orient Express.