Creepy Thrillers

Fifteen-year-old Lynn Marie Sugrue is doing her best to make it through a difficult summer. Her mother works long hours as a nurse, and Lynn suspects that her mother's pill-popping boyfriend has enlisted her in his petty criminal enterprises. Lynn finds refuge in online flirtations, eventually meeting up with a troubled young soldier, Logan Loy, and inviting him home. When he's forced to stay over in a storage space accessible through her closet, and the Army subsequently lists him as AWOL, she realizes that he's the one thing in her life that she can control.

The final movie has been shelved, the register closed. For Jake, working the late shift at the Video Vault in the quiet, isolated New England town of Ashworth Creek, midnight means one thing: the freedom to catch the 12:45 AM train and leave the unsettling stillness of the town behind. But tonight, Ashworth Creek isn't just quiet. It's unnervingly silent. As an unnatural hush blankets the fog-choked streets, and fleeting, misshapen figures flicker at the edge of vision, Jake's ordinary walk to the station transforms into a desperate race against time. What begins with subtle dread quickly ...

Monty and Ellen Drew find themselves hunting ghosts in New Orleans. As it should be. There, a New Orleans businessman make the Drews an offer that's too good to refuse; indeed, it's plain to see the new owner and operator of La Madame LaRue is desperate to have their help. Immediately upon their arrival, the presence of supernatural entities in the historic New Orleans mansion becomes as real as the swamp that surrounds the property. Let the ghost hunting begin... As the rich and twisted history of the house and the family that built it unravels, Ellen and Monty are confronted by some of ...

Poppyridge inn is in chaos when Abby discovers the body of a strange man in a guest room. But he isn't a stranger to everyone. When detectives suspect her father, she doesn't know what to believe. Cassandra has just arrived back at the inn after a much-needed Caribbean cruise, and caution tape was the last thing she expected to run into. When she learns that Abby's father is about to take the blame for the murder, she's determined to help. After all, she can sense things about people and has no doubt Briggs is innocent.

"Leave the Light On" by Martha Perez is an interesting exploration of the human psyche through a series of captivating tales. With characters driven by their darkest desires, nightmares, and fears, these stories will keep you on the edge of your seat. As you journey through this anthology, you'll experience a surge of adrenaline and a surprising sense of connection to the characters. Perez's storytelling will leave you eagerly anticipating the unpredictable conclusions. And when you close the book... you may find yourself leaving the light on, haunted by the lingering echoes of these ...

Enter a world of darkness and desolation, of delusion and destruction, of daring and death. Enter the personal hell of Christopher Irving in the thrilling novel, "This Side of Midnight" by David Halk. Christopher, a recluse and a failure, collects corpses for company and the dead become better friends for him than the living. But a mysterious voice threatening his own death puts Christopher on a mission of violence and murder as the only way to save himself. The line between the living and the dead becomes blurred with deadly consequences in this dark psychological thriller.

Some things nest where the light can’t reach. When a meteorite crashes into the woods outside Hollow’s Edge, no one in Black Veil County expects what comes next. People vanish. Others change. And the red fog rolls in thicker every night. At the heart of it all walks Ma Barnett, barefoot and smiling, her gray shawl stitched with silk and secrets. As Hollow’s Edge falls quiet, and the ground pulses with new life, one truth becomes clear: They're hungry...

The tape records both the truth and the lies… “Amelia, I am Doctor Gabriel Paul. You may be wondering: how did Amelia Larkin come to be in a place like this? It is entirely in your hands how far you are willing to go to remember.” What is this strange place? What has she done to end up here, cut off from the rest of the world? All Amelia knows is that whatever happened was so bad, her shaken mind has buried all traces of it. And she is determined to go back there, whatever the cost. But something feels off. As Amelia responds obediently to the benevolent psychiatrist’s questions, ...

Fleeting Chills is a series of 33 weird, creepy, short, and scary horror stories by authors Joseph C. Gioconda, Grace Elizabeth, Amy Yun Yu, Isabel Rincón, Petar Vrbich and others.

Whispers in the Ash A chilling supernatural thriller that blends psychological horror, buried secrets, and the terrifying cost of guilt. When Daniel Reeve buys an abandoned house deep in the snow-covered forest, he wants only one thing: to disappear. Hiding from his past—and the memory of the wife he lost under violent, secretive circumstances—he seeks peace in solitude. But the silence in the house is not empty. Something waits in the basement. Something that remembers. As the nights stretch on, Daniel begins to hear his dead wife's voice. Objects move. Mirrors reflect more than they ...

The third book in a supernatural mystery series by the author of Thrown Away, Diary of the Displaced, Arisen, and Dustfall. When Jake discovers a set of old tapes in one of the attics and plays the first tape, something ancient and dangerous is awakened. This is where the lost go. There are hidden places in our world where both the strange and the evil lurk. Few discover them, and even fewer escape with their lives. Some turn the wrong corner or walk through the wrong door and are never seen again.

Step into a twisty, time-bending mystery where small-town secrets collide with supernatural intrigue! Quinn Harper never asked to see auras, but when glowing colors start swirling around people in Pine Harbor, she realizes her sleepy town is anything but ordinary. A creepy new teacher, a shadowy diver appearing in the mist, and a lighthouse that seems to reset reality—something isn’t right. As Quinn unravels the town’s hidden past, she discovers that Pine Harbor is trapped in a time loop, orchestrated by an ancient entity that feeds on sorrow. With the help of her sharp-witted ...

Dusty's ghost hunting team plans to investigate Sloss Furnaces. The idea of going with them gives me the heebie-jeebies. Chase brings a friend to the house to restore a '76 Vette. I can't sleep. If you saw Chase's friend, you would understand. I bump into my frenemy. Her life is going just as planned, unlike my train wreck of a career. She's getting too big for her britches. My clueless client is determined to sue his neighbor for invasion of privacy. I'm procrastinating, breaking the truth to him about his wife's "extracurricular activities." Granny Snow has a secret gift for me. It just ...

Set in Central New Jersey, these three tingling tales will keep you up at night no matter where you’re from.

Why You Should Read This Book Based on events similar to “The Blair Witch Project”… Bone Head is Real. Step into the eerie, haunting woods of Burkittsville, Maryland, where legends come alive and nightmares refuse to stay buried. From the dark, twisted tales that inspired “The Blair Witch Project” comes “Bone Head”, a novel that will grip you with its chilling narrative and relentless suspense. During the filming of “The Blair Witch Project,” three filmmakers vanish without a trace while investigating the legend. In “Bone Head,” college student Daniel Knight slips a ...

You never know what kind of psycho is living next door. New York City is home to eight million strangers, and for twenty-five-year-old Buddy Smith, who cherishes his privacy, it's the only place he could ever call home. But his quiet life is thrown into chaos when a new neighbor moves in next door. She’s young, beautiful, a little too curious—and possibly a cold-blooded killer. Against his better judgment, Buddy spends the night with her—a decision that will become the biggest mistake of his life.

Anisa Ellahi dreams of being a translator of 'great works of literature,' but instead mostly spends her days subtitling Bollywood movies, living off her parents’ generous allowance, and discussing the 'underside of life' with her best friend, Naima. Anisa’s mediocre white boyfriend, Adam, only adds to her growing sense of inadequacy with his savant-level aptitude for languages, successfully leveraging his expansive knowledge into an enviable career. But when Adam learns to speak Urdu with native fluency practically overnight, Anisa forces him to reveal his secret.

In her aunt’s dusty Victorian mansion, Robin Wurmwood discovers an heirloom with an appetite—a dollhouse that doesn’t just collect dust but souls. When architectural scholar Robin inherits the pink monstrosity on Elm Street, the exquisite dollhouse inside seems like a quaint curiosity—until its porcelain occupants start rearranging themselves to mimic her every move. At night, childish voices whisper from empty rooms: “Play with us, Robin,” and “Won’t you join us for storytime?” These tiny terrors have already claimed two sets of sisters in this house, always leaving one ...

A cemetery guard becomes the romantic obsession of a lonely corpse. A cuddly teddy bear savagely protects its young owner. A disturbing clown proves that terror is no laughing matter. And a sinister elevator carries its passengers to new heights of horror. Scare Street returns with a beastly new tome, guaranteed to make your skin crawl. Prepare to lose yourself in the shadows, as you devour each of these 12 ghastly tales with morbid anticipation.

It’s Colette’s birthday and the friends are spending an evening at Neon Perch – an epic entertainment spot where they can eat pizza, play mini golf and – best of all – take part in Project Z – an epic new escape room experience. It’s going to be the best night ever! Or is it...? Somehow, the escape room somehow seems to know each player’s greatest fears. And worst of all, there are creatures locked up with them. Creatures from their darkest nightmares...giant, poisonous RATS!