Haunted House Stories

At the outskirts of Maple City sits the Crossroads Motel, a throwback to the days when the motor lodge was king. Two years ago, the motel was the site of an act so brutal that its buildings were left to rot. Jessie Voss, however, sees promise in the Crossroad's bare bones and buys it up, determined to breathe new life into the place. When the Larson family shows up on her doorstep, road-weary and desperate for a break, Jessie offers them lodging, even though her grand opening is still a week away. But the arrival of guests awakens the motel....

Imogene is young, beautiful . . . and dead, waiting in the Rosebud Theater one afternoon in 1945. . . . Francis was human once, but now he's an eight-foot-tall locust, and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . . John is locked in a basement stained with the blood of half a dozen murdered children, and an antique telephone, long since disconnected, rings at night with calls from the dead.

Live the Magic. Love the Adventure. Emma's house is haunted. When she goes to sleep at night, she hears thumps and bumps and the sound of feet running across her wall. Terrified, she asks her sister, Ivy, for help. Ivy enlists the help of her friends. Together they try to solve the mystery, but the creature they're dealing with isn't a ghost, and Emma is in grave peril. Can Ivy save her sister before it is too late? Coming soon!!! Look for two new series: Otter Tales & The Princess Penny Pocket Adventures Dusky Hollows Series: Book 1: Fierce Winds & Fiery Dragons Book 2: The Curse of the ...

A Spooky Halloween Short Story - The Perfect Treat. Being eleven has its perks. Jimmy is more than ready to head out of his first solo Halloween trick-or-treating adventure. But his mom and dad have laid down three inviolable rules: 1. Stay close to home. 2. Don't go into anyone's house if invited. 3. If you see mean older kids causing trouble, run home and don't get caught. On a perfect Halloween night, Jimmy sets out after an unbeatable prize: full-size candy bars from the rich neighborhood of his Michigan suburb. But along the way he will learn a valuable lesson: maybe Mom and Dad's ...

Agnes Leeland groaned when her mother pulled up in front of the abandoned home, they were going to rent for who knew how long! "Oh Mom, this house looks like a witch's house! It's bad enough that you and I are witches, but now people will automatically assume it's true! Why did you have to pick this house?" Agnes and her mother were constantly on the move after it was discovered that they each possessed magical powers. Agnes especially had a difficult time fitting in at school, and without meaning to, would sometimes let her peers have it with her magic when their taunting would go too far....

SECOND EDITION ~Newly edited & a little more heat added..... Calvin It was that time of year again. I just knew Steve, my bestie, was going to drag me out to another Halloween Party, all loud music and a crush of bodies, same as last year and the year before that. How did I know for sure that it was going to happen again this year? Easy, October 31st is Steve’s birthday, and he loves to party. I hated parties; I hated large groups of strange drunk people trying to make a pass at me. Why couldn’t Steve just party at home with beer, pizza and Netflix, alone - the way I preferred to spend ...

Dive into an enthralling tale of bravery, friendship, and unexplained phenomena with "Mystery of the Haunted Lighthouse in San Diego: Two Junior Sleuths on the Case." In the bustling streets and shadowy corners of Old Town San Diego, a story unfolds that will captivate the hearts and minds of young adventurers everywhere. Meet Jack Dixon and Scott Thompson, two daring friends with an insatiable appetite for adventure and mystery. When rumors of a haunted lighthouse reach their ears, they know they've stumbled upon their biggest case yet. Determined to uncover the truth, Jack, the thoughtful...

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.

A haunted house. A buried secret. A love that could cost everything. Restoration architect Josie Fagan takes on a project with lawyer and senator’s son, Patrick Pullman. It’s the perfect match. She needs his endorsement to save her business, and he wants to restore his ancestral Chicago home. Love wasn’t part of her plan. Neither was being asked to stay at his home, haunted by ghosts, or discovering she has a claim to his home - which she adores. When she finds out his family may be responsible for her aunt’s disappearance fifty years ago, it’s a race to unearth the truth before ...

Shane Ryan returns to his hometown of Nashua, and the childhood memories that have haunted him throughout his life. Something sinister prowls the shadows of his family home. And a darkness threatens to destroy all he holds dear.

A simple road trip turned into a ghostly adventure for author, Victoria Mundae. When driving through Texas, she found herself in a small town, located in the upper corner of northeast Texas. She was far away from the life she knew and about to experience something which would change her life forever. Following her intuition, Victoria decided to spend the night in the Jefferson Hotel, a historic and renowned haunted location. When checked in, she was listed as the only guest, but it wouldn’t take long for her to discover, she was the only living guest.

When Elias Kane inherits a crumbling seaside mansion, all he wants is peace. Instead, he finds a house haunted by memories—and a man named Theo who only appears in the dark. As their bond deepens, Elias uncovers a tragic love story buried in his bloodline… and a choice that could cost him everything. Whispers in the Walls is a gothic gay romance of longing, betrayal, and a love that refuses to die.

They say that the human brain can remain active up to ten minutes after the heart stops. Maybe that was why Annabelle Aldridge could remember watching herself die… Having been brought back from the brink of death after surviving a horrific attack, Annabelle Aldridge seeks to make a new start in a home she inherited from her beloved great aunt. However, almost from the moment she sets foot in Sweetwater, South Carolina, things begin to go awry for Annabelle. Briarleaf Hall, the house purchased by her aunt sight unseen, has a dark history in the sleepy southern town. Not least among her ...

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 ...

A haunting, gripping mystery you won't want to put down “…Scott Welker's writing is incredibly vivid and atmospheric. His detailed descriptions of the characters and scenes bring the town of Edith's Hollow to life, pulling readers into its eerie embrace..." Most people said the ghost stories were only rumors; but there were things about the stories that nobody knew… The tiny, secluded town encircled by forest and shadows was eerie and unsettling. Jaime and his mom were newcomers and it was clear that they were not welcome. But, when Jaime discovers an old, mysterious house hidden deep...

This volume of When Darkness Falls: Terrifying True Stories ventures further into the abyss, presenting a curated selection of encounters that challenge the boundaries of the known. The stories range from a harrowing night in a secluded cabin where a group encounters a malevolent spirit that refuses to let them leave, to the desolate roads where travelers come across the phantom hitchhiker, a figure that vanishes as mysteriously as it appears, leaving behind a cold trail of dread. Volume 2 concludes with an encounter in an ancient, fog-laden cemetery, where the line between the living and ...

A chilling new novella in the bestselling Lance Brody supernatural suspense series! On Halloween night of Lance Brody’s freshman year of high school, sixteen-year-old Chrissy Steel sneaked out her bedroom window and was never seen again. Now, nearly a decade later, as Lance and Leah are adjusting to life back in Lance’s hometown of Hillston, Virginia, the tragic history of Chrissy’s disappearance resurfaces in the most unexpected way. And this time, Lance will get the answers the town has always sought. He’ll track down the source of the Evil that struck the night Chrissy went ...

If something seems too good to be true, it probably is... When Lucy and Jack purchase a run-down terraced house, they're thrilled at the prospect of turning it into a fast profit. Leaving his wife and daughter living in their nearby flat, Jack moves in to begin work. But excitement soon turns to horror when he makes a chilling discovery beneath the floorboards. Strange occurrences plague every renovation step, from mysterious whispers to inexplicable shadows lurking in the empty house. Even with the discovery of something horrific, Jack moves his family in and rents their flat as soon as ...

Some secrets are best left, buried deep within the earth… I am thrilled to put together this collection of creepy short stories set in different parts of the world!! Whether it is a small non-descript village in India, the magnificent monasteries in Tibet, the numerous alleys of Kathmandu, the terraced rice fields of Japan, or the Serengeti plains of Tanzania— the locations are as beautiful as the horrifying events which unravel in them! This volume contains 5 horror stories that will have you feverishly turning pages, wanting more— Whether it is a village which is terrorized by an ...

Kathy must crack the quilt code of the Underground Railroad or die trying! In the wake of a scandal within the New York City Police Department, Kathy Marconi leaves her career as a homicide detective. Wary of the political climate surrounding her departure from the Police Department she places and wins a bid on a dilapidated plantation in rural southern Louisiana. She allows her spirits to lift at the thought of leaving New York and the scandal behind. However, upon her arrival, she immediately discovers that the house has secrets, centuries of them. It doesn't take long to realize that ...