Books like Conan — picked by fans

BLOOD RUNS DEEP IN THE HOLLER—AND SOMETHING HUNGRY WAITS IN THE DARK.When the Haint’s Rest Mine caves in, eighteen men are trapped underground. But what crawls out of the dark isn’t human.Sheriff Hunter Gallogly wants answers, but the bodies piling up across Haint’s Hollow tell their own story—throats ripped open, no blood left behind. His cousins, Greg and Bob, run the holler’s drug trade and don’t believe in monsters. But when their crew starts dying, denial isn’t an option.Something ancient is feeding in the mountains. Something tied to the Gallogly family’s past.As lawmen and outlaws clash, blood ties and backwoods… show more.

“Electrifyingly tense and gruesome… Horror fans and cult devotees of the classic horror series will find Coscarelli’s ingenuity a rare treat.” - Kirkus Reviews“You are in for a treat. As with the films, these stories will give you what some people call chicken skin, and others call goosebumps.” - best-selling author Joe R. Lansdale (Hap & Leonard, Cold in July)“It’s magnificent. An impressive collection of remarkable short-story horror fiction that I can proudly display on my bookshelf next to Poe, King, Dahl, Barker, Bradbury, and Lovecraft.” - Nick DiGilio, WGN ChicagoIn 1979, filmmaker Don Coscarelli (Bubba Ho-tep, The Beastmaster) wrote… show more.