Dark Horror

Blaise is a shifter collared from birth to keep her from her abilities. It's been her dream to get the collar off and vanish into the countryside. Working as a highly paid whore has gotten her close - she can almost taste it. Until her Mistress dies, and the new Master burns her contract. Now everything is gone, and Blaise has to fight just to keep herself out of his hands. Keepers are charged with keeping the peace amongst shifters, mages, and humans. The Six Horsemen are an elite, high ranking, team, but to those who rule the kingdom, these six men are little more than ...

18-year-old Jana has always been a good girl. Despite being blonde and beautiful, she has always been shy and devoted to her studies, and always resisted temptation. But one day everything changes, as Jana finds herself thrust into a world of domination and submission, of lust and blackmail, of discipline and bondage. As Jana struggles to find her way in a new world which alternately thrills and horrifies her, she is forced to confront the worst and strongest urges of herself and others in a high-stakes game of blackmail and retribution. But Jana proves to be more difficult to control than ...

Have you recently turned 18? Have you been bullied, no friends, no family, no future? Fear not. We have the perfect job for you! Pervis had a tough life growing up. Always thought of as a sissy and a wimp, he was ridiculed and lonely with a bleak future ahead of him when suddenly things began to change. A major corporation came calling and wanted to hire him specifically, and a new friend appeared out of nowhere. Bullies no longer bothered him, girls that shunned him would smile and say hello, and he finally had the opportunity to learn about sex for the very first time! Little did he know ...

Alchemy, they never knew what it was truly capable of. What wonders and horror one could conjure up with enough of a rotten heart. Humans have taken enough from me. They’ve taken enough from everyone. I will show them what I “Bring”. In the frigid depths of the glacier Korigara, a small blue Alerez with no name is torn from his home and sold into slavery in the city of Yalor—a metropolis operated entirely by the enslaved and charged with conjuring in the Golden Dawn, the legendary age of prosperity.

Hasty for the Dark is the second short story collection from the award-winning and widely appreciated British writer of horror fiction, Adam L. G. Nevill. The author's best horror stories from 2009 to 2015 are collected here for the first time.

The flyer catches my eye. The words “Earn Easy Money – take part in Medical Study", stare at me. I feel a tiny little bit of hope. I know it won't be pleasant and most likely humiliating, but I need the money. Sitting here on this cold synthetic material of the gynecological chair, I feel entirely exposed in the short paper gown. I’m just waiting for the doctors to arrive. The room is chilly, and my slender form shivers a bit. But even though I’m excited about the money, the thought of being examined by two strangers keeps my nerves on edge. The money is extremely generous, I'm ...

Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and even follow you home. These shiver-inducing tales introduce listeners to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge.

Kit Gordy sees Blackwood Hall towering over black iron gates, and she can't help thinking, This place is evil. The imposing mansion sends a shiver of fear through her. But Kit settles into a routine, trying to ignore the rumors that the highly exclusive boarding school is haunted. Then her classmates begin to show extraordinary and unknown talents. The strange dreams, the voices, the lost letters to family and friends, all become overshadowed by the magic around them.

Dive back into the chilling world of childhood fears with "Scary Stories To Give You Nightmares 2." This spine-tingling collection amplifies the eerie tales that haunt the corners of every young imagination. Feel the terror of a boy left home alone, witness a little girl's nightmarish fate in the haunted house of a Halloween store, and join two boys as they stumble upon a spine-chilling stranger while using their radio. Each short story in this collection is crafted to resonate with the deepest, darkest fears of children. Dare to read, but remember: some stories have a way of sticking with ...

Reuben has been cast into a sinkhole for the terrible things he did. Which would be bad enough, but he's also Immortal and the ones who put him there have no intention of letting him out. Ever. They may not even try to take care of him while he's down there. And why should they? He wouldn't. He would toss them and leave... except to maybe return for a bit of torture. Oh, yes. That's why they imprisoned him. Those naughty, yet delightful, things that he loves to do. The one positive: they've given him time to plan. And plan he has. Big plans. Wonderful and terrible plans. And he will get out...

I’m trapped by the devil. What started as an innocent mistake turned into actual hell. In my defense, I didn’t mean to get involved with a mafia prince. But he barged through my defenses anyway. He stalked me from the shadows and stole me from the life I know. Jeremy Volkov might appear charming, but a true predator lurks inside. He’s out to possess, own, and keep me. But I have no plans to stick around in his blood-soaked world. Or so I think.

In a world where the boundaries between history and the supernatural blur, Malcolm Renwick finds himself thrust into a web of forbidden rituals, mysterious war prophecies, and ancient cults worshipping the dark entity Mog-Athoth. As the echoes of a long-forgotten conflict reverberate from Sailor's Creek to Sarajevo, Malcolm grapples with the haunting legacies of his family and the dangerous forces vying to reshape reality. With war on the horizon and dark powers awakening, every choice carries the weight of history, and the truth can only be uncovered when blood and destiny collide.

Drake's time is up. Four years of bliss and now it's time to face his doom at the hands of the sovereign, Lilith. But even death is never so simple and no sooner is Drake's neck around the noose than the world turns on its head and Chaos comes calling. To survive and save his new family, Ambrose Drake will need to fend off an ancient sovereign, stay one step ahead of the Midnight Guard, and stand toe to toe with Chaos itself. All in a day's work for the patchwork sorcerer. ---------------- This final installment in The Seven Hungers series sees Ambrose Drake facing off against the ultimate ...

Mature Readers: combat, violence, elements of horror, some sex, some language. She awakens in a windowless room full of lab equipment and spends a minute getting used to the pumping heart, tingly skin, and air filling the lungs of her new healthy body. Her name is Mary, and she has returned from the Ten Sigma Program, a virtual universe designed to produce the greatest fighters the Earth has ever seen through the harshest training methods ever devised. Now stuffed with every type of lethal knowledge and a victor in countless life-and-death struggles, she has one goal: to reunite with her ...

Professor Miranda Ventham is having bad dreams—nothing new in 1920s Arkham—but hers are horrifying glimpses of a dark future. Now seriously ill, she books herself into the new sanatorium, Stroud Home. With luck, the town's eldritch taint won't reach her there. And yet the nightmares worsen. Aided by her friend, Agatha Crane, they delve into the background of the sanatorium's enigmatic director, Donovan Stroud. Plagued by doubts, delusions, and terrifying visions, Miranda must unravel the shrouded history of the Strouds before she is trapped in a labyrinthine nightmare.

The incomparable master of horror and suspense returns with a powerful, brilliantly terrifying novel that redefines the genre in original and unexpected ways. The charismatic and cunning Spenser Mallon is a campus guru in the 1960s, attracting the devotion and demanding sexual favors of his young acolytes. After he invites his most fervent followers to attend a secret ritual in a local meadow, the only thing that remains is a gruesomely dismembered body - and the shattered souls of all who were present.

Some say vampires came to America through New Orleans. Many believe they are still there. When French Quarter private investigator Wyatt Thomas is hired by the Greater Archdiocese of New Orleans to investigate a possible satanic ceremony that may have occurred at the Old Ursuline Convent, he soon learns that more is involved than Satan, The platform where the ceremony allegedly occurred is possibly a satanic altar placed in the convent by a secret society for the specific purpose of devil worship. The Order of the Blood, an offshoot of Freemasonry, has a centuries-old secret guarded by ...

An Insane Thriller Ride Darius Shaw is a security guard working the night shift in the small town of Shadow Bay, New York. When he finds two bodies in the local recreation center pool, he calls 911, but he’s not the only one calling in drowning victims. The operator has received multiple calls for dead people in the past thirty minutes. Within hours, over a dozen bodies are found in pools, bathtubs, and the lake—all apparent victims of violence as the bodies have bite marks and bruising. Then Darius comes across a journal that belonged to one of the victims, which includes startling ...

What happened to James Lockedon? When a man is reported missing, Detective Jain can’t understand why he has to deal with it. Missing people are mundane jobs for uniform officers. However, he quickly realises that he’s in over his head and the investigation takes a dark turn. Going back to crimes from decades before to help him solve this new mystery, Jain wonders how far a man can go in order to stay hidden. A debut novel, mixing genres into an unconventional mystery novel. Independent review quotes (Goodreads): "The best book I've read this year" "What a fantastic read" "I took for ...

The award-winning artist Brom takes us on a haunting look at the true world of Peter Pan, in his first full-length novel. From modern day New York to the dying land of Faerie, The Child Thief reveals the world of Peter Pan through the eyes of an insecure runaway who is seduced by Peter’s charm. But any dreams of a fairy wonderland are quickly replaced by the reality of life and death survival as Peter’s recruits are forced into a lethal battle in which the line between good and evil is blurred.