One of the oldest and strongest emotions is fear - and horror is one way we deal with it in a safe way.  Exploring scary things through fiction can help you learn how to handle scary things in your actual life.  Sure, you might not ever be chased by an axe murderer, but having read about someone else getting chased by an axe murderer can definitely help you to better handle the scary things in your night-to-night life.

Always

Psychological

Bell lost most of her family to necrosis years ago.  Their older brother, Rys, was burned alive for it, but managed to come back as a kipitin.  The two live with their Aunt Evy, who took them in after their family died, and are generally all ostracized by the small village in the Swamplands where they live.  Bell feels some dangerous change is coming, but before they can tell Rys of it, their cousin Soren arrives…  Always leaves you guessing and wondering, and after you finish it, you’ll find yourself rereading it again to find the hints that were there from the very first page.

Blackened Plains

Fantasy

In Blackened Plains, the Blighted Wilds are reimagined as a vibrant grasslands populated by an ancient kingdom.  Princess Marren, a powerful mage, expects to one day take over from her father as the ruler of this beautiful nation - until he dies, and her sister is declared his heir instead.  Bitter and heartbroken by her father’s betrayal, she sets to work to create a curse that will lay waste to her sister and allow her to reclaim her rightful place.  A curse without proper bounds is a dangerous curse however, and soon, not even Marren can save her nation or herself from what she has wrought…

Silent Planet

Science Fiction

A group of lockettes discover a new area of Maquette - and an uncontacted planet beneath it.  When they venture onto the planet, they find houses and businesses - but no people or animals.  There are no signs of struggle, no bodies, and almost nothing to indicate how an entire planet’s population could have simply vanished.  When the first of the group vanishes, solving the mystery becomes more than a curiosity - it is now vital to their survival, and perhaps to the survival of Maquette itself.