Body Horror

Thirteen terrifying tales from the master of horror who created the nationally bestselling Necroscope series. The title story, "Fruiting Bodies," in which a small village slowly disappears, won the British Fantasy Award.

From Savage Realms Press comes a dark and twisted tome with over 400 pages of skin-crawling, spine-tingling horror that is sure to make you sleep with the lights on! This eclectic mix of the macabre and the maniacal features 27 tales of terror: A man purchases a painting by the notorious serial killer, John Wayne Gacy A night of seemingly harmless flirtation brings a woman much more than she bargained for A journalist's interview for a human-interest story quickly evolves into a living, breathing nightmare A man's dream of making contact with extraterrestrials has unforeseen consequences ...

The History of Body Horror Films: From Grotesque Origins to Modern Mutation is the ultimate guide for horror lovers, film students, and pop culture enthusiasts who want to dive deep into one of cinema’s most disturbing and thought-provoking subgenres. This comprehensive, 6000-word book explores the evolution of body horror movies from their eerie beginnings in early cinema to their grotesque peaks during the golden age of gore, all the way to their reemergence in today’s era of prestige horror. Discover how visionary directors like David Cronenberg, Shinya Tsukamoto, and Julia Ducournau...

When Elara's husband vanishes in the Panamanian jungle, she's forced to trust their enigmatic guide, Miguel, to find him. But as Miguel disappears into the wild, Elara's worry turns to terror. Desperate, she ventures into the heart of darkness alone, stumbling upon ancient ruins hiding a malevolent presence. Trapped in a nightmare, Elara must confront the unspeakable evil lurking there if she hopes to uncover the truth behind her husband's disappearance and escape alive. In this pulse-pounding thriller, one woman's search for her missing husband becomes a fight for survival against the ...

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent more than three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.

R is a young man with an existential crisis—he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he has dreams. His ability to connect with the outside world is limited to a few grunted syllables, but his inner life is deep, full of wonder and longing. After experiencing a teenage boy’s memories while consuming his brain, R makes an unexpected choice that begins a tense, awkward, and strangely sweet relationship with the victim’s human girlfriend, Julie.

She took the job to save her family. Now she has to survive the night. Leah, a desperate registered nurse on the verge of losing her family home, accepts a high-paying, last-minute assignment that seems too good to be true. The job: provide round-the-clock care for a reclusive, elderly man in a decaying Gothic mansion miles from civilization. The rules are simple. Stay inside after dusk. Never unlock the cellar. And never, ever miss a dose of the patient’s "medication." But as the full moon approaches, Leah realizes her patient isn't just sick. His affliction is older, darker, and more ...

Step into the shadows where the line between flesh and nightmare blurs, where the body becomes both canvas and cage. In this chilling anthology, darkness reigns supreme as twisted minds explore the depths of human agony and transformation. From the grotesque to the surreal, each story delves deeper into the macabre, weaving tales of torment that will leave you breathless and disturbed.

Joyce Carol Oates assembles an outstanding cast of authors—including Margaret Atwood, Tananarive Due, and Megan Abbott—to explore, subvert, and reinvent one of the most vital subgenres of horror.

From the twisted and tormented mind of artist, author, and musician, Matt Martinek, comes a truly disturbing tapestry of horror that will continue to haunt readers long after they've turned the last page. This eclectic mix of the macabre and the maniacal features 23 diabolically gripping tales of terror: A man purchases a sex robot promising the ultimate in human realism Two friends working at a chocolate factory find new and interesting ways to pass the time A bus ride takes an unexpected detour into the gruesome and the macabre A man buys a painting by the notorious serial killer, John ...

Winner of the Literary Titan Book Award “We’re talking government-funded psychic training, astral projection as espionage, spirit dogs quoting hip-hop, and an actual demon with a libido and a vengeance. And yet…it works.” —Literary Titan Winner of the Readers' Favorite Five-Star Seal “Author Christopher Chater knows how to fill a story with suspense, and this fast-paced, wildly original twist on supernatural thrillers and astral projection takes readers on a ride they’re not likely to forget.” —K.C. Finn Readers’ Favorite He lost his body to the Devil. Now he has to ...

The end of the world didn't happen overnight. After years of war, societal breakdown, freak storms, and rising tides, humanity already hovered near the edge. Then came the most unexpected threat of all: the world's corpses rising up to deliver the final blow.

Full body transplants on sale here: the more you pay, the better the body. But can an expensive upgrade really fulfil the life-changing expectations of demoralised mortician Caroline McAleese? Caroline is desperate to be promoted to the sales team - but she's overweight and over 40, and in a world where attractiveness is prioritised ahead of intelligence, her prospects are slim. Then she hits the jackpot in the Citizens' Lottery, and gets the chance to trade up to the perfect new body: one that's young, lithe and beautiful.

The Fourth of July in Red Hollow is a celebration of heat, noise, and tradition. But this year, the celebration is just camouflage. Photographer Owen sees it first—a glitch in his camera showing a man's smile stretching into an impossible, grotesque crescent . Hot dog vendor Al serves the same blank-faced man the same exact order twice in ten minutes, a film skipping on repeat . Then, in front of the entire town, Mayor Thompson collapses during his speech, only to rise again—unnaturally smooth, his eyes glassy, and wearing a perfect, hollow smile . When a silent, pristine ambulance ...

The Reduction When she took the Zella Laboratories case, private investigator Jade Rice thought she was hunting another corporate scandal. She was wrong. When Jade disappears without a trace, former Marine and ex-cop Shaw Deighton follows her trail into the belly of a nightmare—straight to a dying scientist whose impossible technology has shattered every law of nature. While Shaw fights for survival in a twisted laboratory where humanity hangs in the balance, his best friend and private investigator, Crew Morgan, races against the clock on the outside, tracking a pattern of vanished souls...

A terrifying mosaic of transformation and terror, "Eyes Like Mirrors, Flesh Like Ash" collects twenty macabre tales by Kevin Lintner that claw beneath the skin of reality. From a solo escape room session that unlocks an ancient evil, to haunted photographs that predict one's grotesque demise, each story delivers its own brand of psychological and cosmic horror. Enter cursed houses, twisted minds, eldritch forests, and nightmarish realities where flesh remembers, shadows whisper, and dreams consume. These stories are not for the faint of heart—they are for those who seek the forbidden, the...

It was a blind date to a lonely cabin, but Ash got more than we bargained for when a psychological manipulator swapped bodies with him. Will Ash get his body back, and escape her clutches?

Juan was a data analyst at a company that did some bizarre work; the research institute claimed that it was keeping their realm from existential threats known as the nexus lords, but it never went into detail and it kept those who didn't need to know in the dark. For a while that was him, but when a sudden and unexpected promotion thrust him in the middle of the everything that was happening he was forced to learn about the ongoing battle between the nexus realm and the founder of the facility. He finds out what the foundation is actually researching and meets one of the lab specimens that ...

Since the publication of his first novel 30 years ago, Don DeLillo has lived in the skin of our times. He has found a voice for the forgotten souls who haunt the fringes of our culture and for its larger-than-life real figures. The Body Artist is DeLillo's haunting and profoundly moving new novel.

There are stories that burrow. Inside this volume lie twenty grotesque tales of body horror, cosmic dread, and splatterpunk depravity. From hollow-eyed dolls that stitch children into the walls, to corridors that breathe and birth spider gods, to astronauts rewritten by cosmic hunger—each story drags you deeper into decay. Featured in this collection: • The Rag Girl – A malformed doll-child stalks abandoned homes, sewing her victims into wallpaper or peeling them into new playmates. • The Eighth Corridor – A hallway that stretches into unreality, where spider-human hybrids prepare...