Dark Horror

Long ago, a village made a bargain with the devil: To ensure their prosperity, when the Slaughter Moon rises, the village must sacrifice a young man into the depths of the Devil's Forest. Only this year, the Slaughter Moon has risen early. Bound by duty, secrets, and the love they share for one another, a spirited witch, the expected saint, and a restless outcast will each have a role to play as the devil demands a body to fill the bargain. But the devil these friends find is not the one they expect, and the lies they uncover will turn their town - and their hearts - inside out.

Jake Carter took the the job aboard the transport class vessel Fenrir, in order to escape. But little did he know, that three quarters into the trip to Ceres-12, an asteroid colony a solar system away, the ship's AI would malfunction, and the entire crew of maintenance synths aboard would start killing people. Now, freshly awoken from cryo, he finds that nearly all of the crew has been slaughtered, and he is now headlong in a fight for survival. Alongside a young, cybernetic data analyst named Kara, he must do exactly what he was trying to do in the beginning. Escape.Derivative is a fast ...

How cold is cold? How deep is despair? At what temperature does your heart finally… shatter? Minus. Two. Hundred. Degrees. Cryonics. The practice of freezing the human body in the hope of bringing it back to life. It’s a voluntary procedure. Usually. Stefan Anderson thought selling immortality for Scarrax BioCryptz would be a scream. He was right. Just not in the way he expected. When a client dies after a car crash, the freezing process doesn’t go quite to plan. Stefan’s about to discover a horrifying truth. The cold, hard way. Bodyfreeze invites you on a gripping journey through a...

In the quiet shadows of her family’s past, Vivienne discovers a power she never knew existed—and a darkness that may consume her. When a desperate attempt to heal her aunt Carolyn unleashes forbidden magick, Vivienne opens a door to an ancient and primal force, one that has lain dormant for centuries. The entity she summons is more than a demon—it's a living, breathing hunger that feeds on her fear, her soul, and her very essence. As the shadows grow, Vivienne finds herself caught between the faith that once anchored her and the magick that now threatens to tear her apart. With every ...

"TRUE BLOOD meets BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD, anyone?" 🔥PLOW, Book 6 of the spellbinding Druid Series, delivers dark paranormal romance and suspense with heart-stopping twists, written by New York Times, USA TODAY, and #1 Dark Fantasy bestseller Marata Eros. Prepare to be enthralled by a gritty tale of passion, loyalty, and survival in a world where nothing is as it seems🔥 What Readers are Saying: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A Phenomenal Dark Story..." ~ PurpleHaze ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Yet again Marata delivers a deliciously dark, deep, and riveting story..." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Consistently fantastic......

The Black Swamp is eternal...or is it? Shade Channing, the Game Warden, is trapped in the Black Swamp, but it’s not the Black Swamp he knows. He learns the hard way that the Black Swamp isn’t limited by space or time, as he finds himself in a dangerous place that is both familiar and foreign. Elsewhere, Shade’s mentor, Waya Firehat, and Waya’s daughter, Willow, attempt to track Shade down to bring him back to his own world. But there’s a new evil standing in their way; a Game Warden that doesn’t want to contain the Black Swamp, but wants to control it. This is Black Swamp ...

Shadows of Bigfoot Something watches from the trees. Something ancient. Something that knows you're there. For centuries, legends of Bigfoot have whispered through the forests—stories of shadowy figures, eerie howls, and things that disappear without a trace. But what if the legends are true? And what if the truth is far worse than we ever imagined? In this chilling collection of Bigfoot horror stories, you’ll uncover: A lone camper who realizes he’s not alone in the woods… and never was. A government experiment that was meant to control the beast—but failed. A missing hiker’s ...

Horror Road Book 4 - A Supernatural Thriller is a story of ancient spirits, ghosts, psychics, and killers, by Robert Boren, author of the Bug Out! Series. In Horror Road Book 3, Herb, Sandy, and their friends at the Kansas RV Park play cat and mouse with The Other, risking their very souls in the process. They make gains, reducing the evil spirit's power. In Horror Road Book 4, the psychics start with the upper hand, but run into problems quickly. Two new minions are created in the Klamath Forest. Sweeney and Danielle make the ultimate sacrifice for each other, but is it just a trick? What ...

A Love So Deep There's No Escape.... In a world where love and obsession blur into one, Chiara finds herself trapped in a seductive nightmare of her own making. James, a man of unrelenting will and dark desire, offers her a life unlike any she could ever imagine—a life of intoxicating pleasure, a love that consumes, and a reality where escape is impossible. What begins as an alluring invitation soon becomes an inescapable prison of intimacy. James knows no boundaries, his touch both tender and possessive, his promises both haunting and irresistible. He pulls Chiara deeper into his world, ...

Hundreds of thousands of miles away on the dark side of the moon, the Russian lunar base has self-destructed - all personnel are dead, except one. Olga Sobakin, the lone survivor, seeks refuge at the rival American base. Olga tells the Americans her base was attacked by a horrifying and nightmarish creature - the pattern was the same - people vanished, leaving nothing behind but shredded clothing and an unidentifiable waste product. The Americans are sceptical of her story at first, but then people begin to disappear.

Nowhere is safe. Clare and Dorran scramble to secure their temporary sanctuary from the hungry things outside. The hollow ones, ravenous beings unaffected by the violent winter storms, patiently lie in wait. It's not a matter of if Clare and Dorran are attacked, but when. And Clare knows she'll have to venture out into the night soon…Somewhere far away, Clare's sister Beth is trapped, with only hours to live. Hundreds of miles separate the sisters and the land between them is infested with monstrosities.

A child is promised the kingdom of darkness. The promise of complete control of the underworld and all that it possesses will be his. There are rules, he is told. In order to be awarded such a gift, he must bring souls to the table, and before that happens, he must commit one of the most heinous acts imaginable to prove he is a loyal subject to the evil one. It's a battle between good and evil. There are dangers that lurk in every corner for those that try to intervene. This dark, gruesome, and supernatural tale will keep you intrigued until the very last page. On Henry’s eighteenth ...

Not every door stays closed. Not every whisper is the wind. Not every nightmare ends when you wake up... "Scary Stories That Will Make You Sh17 Yourself"* is a darkly twisted, laugh-out-loud horrifying collection of 40 original short stories that will crawl under your skin—and linger. Each tale stands on its own, plunging readers into haunted houses, cursed objects, shadowy figures, twisted games, and creatures that defy explanation. But don’t expect your typical campfire tales. These stories are soaked in atmosphere, fueled by dread, and served with a wicked grin. Perfect for fans of ...

As Above, So Below: Alice’s Demons Are Coming for Us. Alice Persephone had it all. A powerful career. Wealth. Influence. Now, she’s in prison for an unspeakable crime. Desperate for a reduced sentence—Alice agrees to a radical experiment at Johns Hopkins University. A fusion of modern science and ancient ritual, the procedure promises breakthroughs in human consciousness. But something goes wrong. Horribly wrong. Now, Alice is trapped in a waking nightmare, hunted by the demons of her past—both real and imagined. As the darkness spreads, she must fight to escape before it consumes ...

In this short prequel to The Preserve, J. L. Williams reveals the first glimpse into the life and times of young mortician, Jackson Lucid. Just another day and another dead body for Jackson to retrieve from the hospital. He doesn't know it will be the one to turn his entire perspective of death upside down. At this point, he's just following the routine his mentor taught him. But now that Morris has recently passed on, Jackson finds himself alone in the world. He makes friends at the funeral home, but not many worth mentioning except Serena, a girl who's been through her own fair share of ...

Deep within the shadows of Durango, Colorado, lies a dark and ancient power that threatens to consume everything in its path. Nancy Walker knows this all too well, as the sinister force seems to follow her every move, putting her and everyone she loves in grave danger. As a woman with unique and unsettling abilities, Nancy has always struggled to find a place where she belongs. But when she and her mother arrive in Durango, something about the town feels like home, like she might finally find some peace. But her hopes are shattered when her best friend, Emilia, is brutally murdered. As ...

The most powerful man in the world has a secret. It's not political. It's primal. During a state visit to Paris, a bizarre incident in the gardens of Versailles leaves the American President... changed. His appetites become monstrous, his temper inhuman, and his public appearances spiral into chaos. His staff scrambles to spin the terrifying transformation as mere eccentricity, but a lone translator knows the horrifying truth. As the full moon rises over the Seine, a team of unlikely heroes—a disgraced scholar, a grizzled hunter, and a pair of viral influencers—must race to stop the ...

A journey of appraisal. Critiques of dark and speculative fiction spanning a decade. Over one hundred essays that will take you into the dark maw of modern horror in both literature and contemporary cinema.

The mysterious disappearance of a gifted student at Miskatonic University spurs his troubled roommate, Elliot Raslo, into an investigation of his own. But Elliot already struggles against the maddening allure of a ceaseless chant that only he can hear. When Elliot's search converges with that of a Greenland Inuk's hunt for a stolen relic, they are left with yet more questions. Could there be a connection between Elliot's litany and the broken stone stele covered in antediluvian writings that had obsessed his friend?

A cursed palace. A thief who unravels its deadly illusion. A queen trapped in time. For centuries, the Palace of Valrith has hosted a never-ending masquerade, its noble guests frozen in a gilded dream where time does not touch them. No one who enters ever returns. Until now. Master thief Sylvain never believed in ghost stories. When he infiltrates the legendary palace to steal a rare Black Lotus, he expects wealth beyond measure—not an invitation to a world where reality twists, mirrors whisper secrets, and the past refuses to stay buried. At the heart of it all is Queen Lysara, who does ...