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Lawrence Picks: "That's Sick!"

Some very disturbing, very depraved book recommendations (only) for seasoned horror/ dark fiction readers who can stomach some very upsetting, dark narratives. You've been warned!

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  • Traumatized survivors seek vengeance on a cannibalistic serial killer family.
    Book, 2012[Place of publication not identified] : Createspace, 2012. — HORROR BURKE K
  • Two individuals, sick in both mind and body, become "virus chasers" to the point of obsession.
    Book, 2024Troy, NY : Clash Books, [2024]. — HORROR SEIDLING
  • Set in Barcelona, six neighbors create and test a bizarre video game that grows a cult following on the dark web.
    Book, 2023Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2023. — HORROR OJEDA M
  • Frankie's life is blown to smithereens when a transphobic individual performs and act of terror. Then Frankie meets the mysterious and beautiful Vanya and a relationship blooms. But Vanya is hiding secrets and Frankie starts to wonder if she is…
    Book, 2023New York : Nightfire, Tor Publishing Group, 2023. — HORROR RUMFITT
  • A collection of four, intense, gritty, disturbing and incredibly horrifying short stories from the author of "Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke".
    Book, 2024London : Titan Books, 2024. — HORROR LAROCCA
  • A dysfunctional family finds themselves trapped in the bathroom they’ve taken shelter in during a tornado warning. What happens next is bonkers!
    Book, 2020Cibolo, TX : Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, [2020] — HORROR BOOTH M
  • Two people form an obsession with a large, fathomlessly deep hole discovered in the basement.
    Book, 2020Atlanta : Meerkat Press, [2020] — HORROR KOJA K
  • Something hungry and monstrous awakens in a young woman when her best friend's "hot" brother moves to town.
    Book, 2023New York : Tor Publishing Group, 2023. — HORROR LEEDE C
  • The leader of clique of teenage girls invents a god and gets her friends to “play along” in her strange rituals of worship.
    Book, 2022Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2022. — HORROR OJEDA M