Dark Horror

I'm looking after my sick mother... but am I the only one? For the past two years, fifteen year old Hannah has been overburdened since her mother Caroline's nervous breakdown. Hannah's brother is gone, her father has remarried, and the family friends have abandoned them. There's no one left. No one but Hannah. While Hannah dreams of a day where her mother wakes up feeling better... the worst is yet to come. Behind the scenes, a dark presence has been taking shape in Caroline's mind. She comes to believe that a strange girl has been visiting the house while Hannah's at school. This girl ...

A murderous ghoul darkens the local woods in “The Shadow of Helheim”. A traveler from a ruined future visits the present to thin the herd in “The Angel of the Abyss”. A man struggles desperately to avoid learning the ultimate knowledge, which by mere exposure has stripped the soul from everyone in the world in “Enlightenment”. A woman gradually regains her memory to realize her true terrifying self in “Beneath the Sycamore Tree”. A leader in primitive times must make a heart-wrenching decision about an aged man for the sake of the tribe in “The Will of Olgotha”. A being ...

Vitus Adamson is falling apart. As a pre-deceased private investigator, he takes the prescription Atroxipine hourly to keep his undead body upright and functioning. Whenever he is injured, he seeks Niko, a bombshell mortician with bedroom eyes and a way with corpses, to piece him back together. Decomposition, however, is the least of his worries when two clients posing his most dangerous job yet appear at his door looking for their lost son.

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE From the author of "Asylum - 13 Tales of Terror" an Amazon Horror/Anthology Chart #1, "Gated" & "Abra-Cadaver" comes volume two of a new horror anthology, 10 full length short stories of horror, murder, mystery and the macabre. Zombies, Vampires and monsters of a more human variety. Every story with a twist in the tail and a dagger to the heart. Here are 10 new tales to read with the lights on. TALE #1 - "Safe House" TALE #2 - "Love Bites" TALE #3 - "Commission" TALE #4 - "...

This novel collects all three books of the Crawl Trilogy. Trapped underground, the seven survivors of a bomb blast find themselves fleeing from a faceless enemy down large, dark tunnels carved through the damp earth, their only source of light from their cell phones. As their numbers begin to dwindle, they begin to realize that maybe nobody is coming to save them. And maybe they aren't where they think they are. Crawl is a sci-fi horror novel. Enjoy. :)

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.

Escape Plans is a collection of 19 mind-bending and adrenaline-fueled stories from the award-winning author of THE PHAROS OBJECTIVE, BLINDSPOTS and CRESCENT LAKE. Ranging from dark fantasy and horror to mystery, science fiction and suspense, in these tales you’ll encounter a chilling cure for cancer, a demonic GPS device and a ghost marriage to a jealous and deadly bride; here you’ll find alternate quantum histories, underwater zombies and a basement serving as a time portal; you’ll experience environmental disasters on a galactic scale, meet a man who can erase lives with the stroke ...

From the author of Black Tears and Mrs. Fields' Journal comes six tales of horror and suspense. 1. The Last Flight Out tells the story of a young lady and elderly man on a plane ride to nowhere. 2. The Monster's Not real follows two ladies filming a documentary on Big Cats in the African flat-lands. What they find, or what finds them, turns into a fight for survival. 3. The Final Yes centers around a young girl and her blood thirsty friend. A creepy vampire tale. 4. What happens when a serial killer gets trapped by the mother and brother of one of his victims? Find out in Going In Circles. ...

Book Two of The Hellcat Saga — a trilogy of creeping horror, broken families, and ancient gods. Ten years after the Sweetwater disaster, Jefferson County remains sealed by military blockade. The government says it’s empty. The survivors know better. Fran Berney’s children share the same nightmare — visions of fire, rot, and an orange-eyed god. When they vanish, Fran joins her ex-husband’s old friend Buck and a mysterious man named Ahab to find a way back inside. But the exclusion zone holds more than ruins. Ferys, the being once mistaken for a cat, is waiting — fractured, buried...

Twelve-year-old Leslie Adams is found covered in blood, standing over the lifeless body of a boy named Tommy. Everyone said she did it—after all, she was the only one there when he died. The most terrifying part? Leslie doesn’t remember a thing. Years later, she still can’t escape the shadow of that day. Now in college, Leslie is desperate for a fresh start... until the blackouts return. Night after night, she wakes from these fugue states with fresh bruises and unexplained cuts on her skin. Doctors insist she’s self-harming—coping with repressed trauma. But deep down, Leslie ...

Book Three of The Hellcat Saga — a relentless cosmic horror finale of collapsing worlds, buried secrets, and one last battle. Jaime Berney survived. Cast into a burning dream-realm beyond reality, he and the ancient god Ferys must navigate a landscape of fire and memory to escape—before it consumes them both. Back on Earth, Fran and Helen Berney are being hunted. The forces they fled in Steeple Pass are closing in, and something monstrous has escaped the vaults beneath the Monmith Collective’s base. As containment fails and reality begins to fracture, all paths lead to a final battle...

Come with me on a journey into the dark distance. What will we find waiting? A wooden soldier that is much more than the toy it appears to be... A father who wants nothing more than the forgiveness of his abused son... The most tragic automobile accident in history... A trip to Mexico that is anything but a relaxing vacation... A tower with a valuable jewel that turns out to be not what's expected... A vampire who finds faith can come in many forms... An interplanetary outpost haunted by a rogue alien... A serial killing shaman who takes refuge in the most dangerous swamp on the planet, ...

One man stands against the forces of darkness! After his fiancée is slain by a murderous cult, Delta Force Operator Mark Talon dedicates himself to a new mission - hunting down twisted occultists around the globe and stopping them before they can unleash the forces of darkness upon an unsuspecting world. The Occult Assassin saga continues with a series of thrilling and terrifying new dark missions. This second boxset collects the next three books in the Occult Assassin supernatural action thriller series and includes a bonus short story. Titles included in the set: Spirit Breaker, Soul ...

Stories by: Glynn Owen Barrass, Andrew Coulthard, Richard Alan Scott, Sarah Walker, J. Edwin Buja, David Agranoff, Anthony Trevino, Michael Housel, John Chadwick, David Voyles, Nora Peevy, B.E. Dantalion. Second volume by Eighth Tower Publications, in a series of anthologies revolving around genre writers and artists who set the parameters and frameworks of the kind of tales that we prefer to read (the first volume was dedicated to HP Lovecraft). Here you will find another varied selection of interpretations inspired by the Gates of Hell film trilogy by the Italian legendary director Lucio ...

Unity waits. Unity is there to help people like you and me. Do not betray Unity. A house on the beach that no one ever visits. A house with a history. It craves company. A killer. The other side of the mirror. A seaside town, remote and fearsomely private. The fragments of a family, ancient and invulnerable. A Scottish town gripped by cold. A lone creature, isolated and far away. The ignored, the unwelcome, the denied. Solace comes from an unearthly, mysterious place. It comes at a price. * This is a collection of horror stories, birthed up and presented in all their grim glory. “We never...

The empire of Aratania continues its shadow of tyranny across the western realm of Auropia. Following an attack on the peaceful city of Caelshara, warrior exile and former commander to the kingdom of Leongard, Valengetrix becomes embroiled once more in the conflict raging like wildfire over the world. Charged with the retrieval of a timeless artifact that could turn the tide of war in their favor, Val sets out from the southern lands of Atlameria with his sentient blade, and an expedition force to tread the uncharted wilds of that ancient and mysterious realm. Joined by familiar and ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The creepers include: BLOOD: Dan receives a letter from a woman claiming to be his half-sister from their father's illicit affair while married to his stepmother. He's not interested in meeting her, but reluctantly agrees. THE SPIDER WOMAN: Evelyn is homeless when she inherits her mother's house, which has been abandoned for years. Her mother was an entomologist whose obsession with spiders ruined her life. DEAD PEOPLE: Jesse's father wants him to go with him to a wake to see his first ...

Ever since her mother's death, Gabriella "Gutsy" Gomez has spent her days flying under the radar. But when her mother's undead body is returned to her doorstep from the grave and Gutsy witnesses a pack of ravagers digging up Los Muertos - her mother's name for the undead - she realizes that life finds you no matter how hard you try to hide from it. Meanwhile, Benny Imura and his gang set out on a journey to find a cure. As they venture into new and unexplored territory, they soon learn that the zombies they fought before were nothing compared to what they'll face in the wild.

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...

A demon called Damaris has escaped from hell and is now killing humans on earth. She is trying to pull Cadence Mage out of hiding, unaware he is trapped inside the three-headed dagger. While she waits, she gathers a small demon army getting ready for a battle. When Cadence’s soul is freed from the dagger, he learns his niece is in trouble, and she needs his help to free her from the dark dream world. The demon hunter will assemble his friends along with new ones to help battle Damaris and her demons, but the demon hunter underestimates her powers and realizes he has faced none like her. ...