Ghost Horror

The woods looked dark and ominous. Between the trees, where the darkness was blacker than black, dozens of slanted yellow eyes flicked open and stared back towards the house. They weren't the eyes of anything human. When Paul and Christy purchase Croft House, they are both looking forward to a new start. Christy's abusive father is dying and she is ready to put the past well and truly behind her. But the house has other ideas. They soon realise there is something in the house, something that's trying to communicate with them. In their fear, they ask a local psychic to remove this entity. ...

Some houses are haunted by the past. This one is haunted by everything. When investigative tech journalist Jason Vell receives an encrypted audio file from a dead colleague, he expects another deep-web conspiracy. Instead, he hears his name whispered in static—and a location tag pointing to the infamous Lizzie Borden House, where his mother vanished without a trace seventeen years ago. Desperate for answers, Jason checks into the Victorian bed-and-breakfast turned paranormal attraction. But the creaking floors and flickering lights hide more than ghost stories. Beneath the wallpaper and ...

A Husband's Secrets, A Ghost's Whispers. A Treacherous Moor. Madeline Ignored the Chilling Signs. She shouldn't have done that. In a desperate bid to escape the chaos of New York City and save a crumbling marriage, famed novelist Madeline and her actor husband, Jason, retreat to the alluring but isolated landscapes of the English moors. But as Madeline seeks inspiration for her writing, she finds herself ensnared in the haunting legends and hidden perils of the house on the moor. From the mysterious gardener Emil, to the enigmatic local, Liam, who seems almost spectral in his comings and ...

At first glance, Father Michael McGhee appears to be a churchman on the rise, a brilliant Jesuit theologian working in the top doctrinal office of the Vatican and a world-renowned scholar. Beneath the glossy surface lies the broken heart and the shattered soul of a man who long ago stopped believing in the God he claims to serve. Sent to a quiet, unassuming coastal village for a solitary retreat, Father Michael is asked to informally investigate a purported miracle and comes face-to-face with the cosmic collision of grace and evil. In a single week leading up to Easter, Father Michael seeks...

Does evil walk freely among us? Can it actually manifest into our world and destroy the lives of those it chooses at will? Or is evil merely a word used to describe the appalling acts of humanity? The residents of Cumberland Springs are discovering the answers to these questions with grim consequences. Six months ago, an emaciated body was discovered in a backyard garden shed, causing unimaginable torment for those who came in contact with it. Their lives were forever changed at that moment, and no one has been able to erase the horrible mark left by the presence surrounding this man. But ...

Don't look in the shadows. A banshee wails for her victim. A phone app with unusual powers traps an unwary man. A housewife discovers that one can never be too clean. A fair comes to town, bringing death along for a ride. These and other macabre tales await as Anthony M. Strong takes you on a joyride to a dark place where anything is possible, and fear is never far away.

In the tourist town of Ciudad de Tres Hermanas, in the aftermath of their mother's passing, two siblings spend a final weekend together in their childhood home. Seeing her brother, Rafa, careening toward a place of no return, Rufina devises a bet: if they can make enough money performing for privileged tourists in the plaza over the course of the weekend to afford a plane ticket out, Rafa must commit to living. If not, Rufina will make her peace with Rafa's own plan for the future, however terrifying it may be.

Brace yourself for a chilling journey into the heart of darkness in Donna Burgess's spine-tingling novella, The Ghosts of Chernobyl. Set against the eerie backdrop of the 1986 nuclear disaster, this haunting tale follows twin siblings Anton and Elena as they confront the terrifying specters of their past. When a mysterious vial promising eternal life resurfaces after 25 years, Anton must embark on a perilous odyssey back to the ghostly ruins of Pripyat. But as he navigates the twisted labyrinths of the abandoned city, he discovers that the true horror lies not in the ghosts that haunt ...

When serial killer Derek Kelly met his end in the basement of number 45 Becton Road North London, the population breathed a huge sigh of relief. His brutal crimes had both shocked and horrified the population of the capital. Few cared about the strange events surrounding his death, they were only glad that he was gone. His victims were finally laid to rest, and the local community tried to move on from his evil deeds. But some things are easier said than done, for it seems at the now infamous murder house the dead are most certainly not at peace. Something is stirring within the basement of...

There are secrets hidden in the town of Coven Grove, and the mysterious markings on the walls of the Seven Caves tourist attraction is only the tip of the iceberg. Join Bailey as she learns that she's a witch and her birth mother is among a coven of witches hidden in plain site within the town. Dark forces threaten to rip a hole through the cave walls and into the town itself. And can Bailey resist the temptation she feels for Aiden, a Wizard, and whose heritage makes him untrustworthy to the coven. Find out how old enemies must join together to fight against an evil tide that could swallow...

"Mom seems off." Her brother's words echo in Sam Montgomery's ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina street where their mother lives alone. She brushes the thought away as she climbs the front steps. Sam's excited for this rare extended visit, and looking forward to nights with just the two of them, drinking boxed wine, watching murder mystery shows, and guessing who the killer is long before the characters figure it out. But stepping inside, she quickly realizes home isn’t what it used to be.

There are places where grief settles like fog—thick, permanent, and choking. Blackthorn House is one of those places. Built high in the Appalachian hills, the estate once stood as a monument to power and ambition. Generations of Blackthorns made their fortune carving tunnels into the mountains, pulling darkness from beneath the earth. But some things should stay buried. When Hayden Blackthorn returns home after the sudden death of his father, he finds more than a family unraveling—he finds a presence. One that watches. One that whispers. The house is alive with secrets, and beneath it ...

Psychic photographer Jocelyn Graves is back! From M. L. Bullock, author of the Gulf Coast Paranormal series, comes another gripping tale of supernatural mystery and peril. In this installment of the Jocelyn Graves series, paranormal investigator Jocelyn Graves takes on one of her most dangerous cases yet—a haunted bridge nestled deep within a national park, where strange disappearances have plagued the area for years. Locals report sightings of a mysterious cryptid lurking in the shadows, and some even whisper of a shapeshifter that takes the form of an eerie owl. When a little boy ...

Fifteen years ago the affluent gated-community of Slander Hall was the setting of the largest mass suicide in U.S history, dozens of men and women committing the ultimate sacrifice and embracing the covenant of their leader to shed their bodies for a life in outer space. Now a modern ghost town, it boasts only the decaying and derelict phantoms of a withered populace. Cedar Jarrell, sole survivor of the holocaust that claimed so many, returns to the dark heart of Slander Hall on a final pilgrimage where not all who take the journey will survive …

Almost 200 years ago in the small wooded area in eastern Ohio lies the tale of the shared adventures, love and tragedy of two young women. Creating the mystery of Gretchen's Lock, their story made and shaped a small village called Sprucevale. In the summer of 1981, a chance meeting with a strange red haired girl, tests the resolve and dictates the future of a 14 year old boy. Chris Bowman and his close friends are introduced to a world that may not give them the summer vacation they hoped for. The young teens discover the forgotten truth of the ghosts of Sprucevale’s past. Twenty years ...

Gather around and dim the lights, for what you are about to hear is not for the faint of heart. In the quiet stillness of the night, when shadows grow long and the wind whispers secrets through the trees, the line between reality and the supernatural begins to blur. These 30 scary short stories, drawn from the darkest corners of human imagination and whispered legends, are sure to send shivers down your spine. So, hold your breath, listen closely, and prepare to be haunted by the eerie, the unexplained, and the downright terrifying.

A gloomy, gloomy tale, based on one of the classic versions of the legend will hurl you—in an instant—onto this haunted vessel par excellence in the mind of its lugubrious Captain. Happy reading—to you who accept the challenge! The original edition of this Italian short story was chosen by: “Extravergine d’Autore – Self Publishing of Premium Quality”

A Parent's Worst Nightmare This is a story for anyone that likes a fast-paced thriller, full of emotion and heart-stopping drama, woven with a thread of the supernatural. Twelve-year-old Kyle Connely is devastated by the death of his father; a murder he witnessed. In his grief, he becomes hopelessly lost in Croatan National Forest where terrifying dangers await his every turn. His time is running out. A hurricane is looming, and in its path is the coastal forest he is trying to survive. Jacob Hanson, a reporter assigned to cover the story, has a gift he's kept hidden all his life. And when ...

With his dying breath, Stoddard Gusarov names his killer: Danielle Boatman. Danielle had a score to settle with Stoddard Gusarov, but murder him? Never. Proving to the police she is innocent is the least of her problems. She has an angry spirit to contend with, the ghost of Stoddard Gusarov - and he's out for revenge.

From The Ashes- Book Five in the Psychic Sisters series. Sequel to The Doll. With the destruction of Margaret, her coven and more importantly the doll Queenie was looking forward to a well earned rest but her peace was rudely shattered by a visit from a distraught Paul Goodfellow, the local vicar. Tamar, her arch enemy, had been the victim of a vicious attack shortly after their visit to her cottage and as a result was now in a coma. A reluctant visit to her sick bed leads Queenie and Sybil on an urgent quest to find Tamar’s library of ancient occult manuscripts. They found the answer ...