Genre Guide: Cosmic Horror

Cosmic horror, also referred to as Lovecraftian horror, is horror that explores the fear of the unknown. Check out these cosmic horror titles now available in the library!

Updated April 7, 2025
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Little heaven : a novel
Cutter, Nick
Paper Book
An all-new epic tale of terror and redemption set in the hinterlands of midcentury New Mexico from the acclaimed author of The Troop--which Stephen King raved "scared the hell out of me and I couldn't put it down...old-school horror at its best." From electrifying horror author...
Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves
Danielewski, Mark Z.
Paper Book
THE MIND-BENDING CULT CLASSIC ABOUT A HOUSE THAT'S LARGER ON THE INSIDE THAN ON THE OUTSIDE * A masterpiece of horror and an astonishingly immersive, maze-like reading experience that redefines the boundaries of a novel. ''Simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a...
It : a novel
King, Stephen
Paper Book
It: Chapter Two¿now a major motion picture! Stephen King¿s terrifying, classic #1 New York Times bestseller, ¿a landmark in American literature¿ (Chicago Sun-Times)¿about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on as teenagers¿an evil without a name...
Annihilation
VanderMeer, Jeff.
Paper Book
Eleven secret government expeditions and few have returned unscathed-the first book in VanderMeer's exciting new Southern Reach Trilogy and soon to be a major motion picture Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of...

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