Horror Legends

Ten Fantasy Stories by Ten Authors. Of all paranormal creatures, demons are the most dangerous. Intelligent and deceitful, they are masters of disguise and crafty manipulation. They stir evil desires, exploit moral weaknesses, disguise the boundaries between right and wrong, plant convictions in the victim's mind, and persuade humans that they want the thing the demon aims to bring about. Every culture in the world has demons, but their shape, nature and purpose varies so much that it would be impossible to give a single definition. In this anthology, ten authors share their vision of ...

For years, the legend of Beacon Swamp was dismissed as a mere ghost story, a cautionary tale told to scare children from venturing too far into the marshy wilderness. But that all changed the night Mrs. Hernshaw emerged from the depths, her eyes fixed on a new target... Whispers began to circulate in the small town of Beacon Hills, warning children to stay away from the swamp and to never speak Mrs. Hernshaw's name. But as summer approached and boredom set in, Misty and her friends couldn't resist the lure of adventure. They set out to test the legend, unaware of the other worldly danger ...

The Legend of Damian Bloodstone is the first novelette written by Erna J. Weissman. The story is narrated by Damian Bloodstone, a vengeful spirit long forgotten by the city of London. He will recollect the chain of events that resulted in him the ghostly defender of Paganism.

Castalia and Bobbi find an old, deserted house in the form of the Carnovasch Estate. Upon looking it over, the girls ultimately end up hosting a Halloween party there, inviting everyone from both Strickfield High and Strickfield Academy to come. After one of Castalia’s friends from Strickfield Academy finds a secret passage into an ancient basement, the girls can’t help but investigate.

En la tranquila aldea de Sleepy Hollow, un misterioso jinete sin cabeza atemoriza a los lugareños cada noche. Entre ellos se encuentra Ichabod Crane, un excéntrico maestro escolar de Connecticut, quien se enamora de la bella Katrina Van Tassel. Sin embargo, su rival, Brom Bones, también aspira al corazón de Katrina y no dudará en usar la leyenda del espectro para atemorizar a Ichabod. Una noche, después de una fiesta en la granja Van Tassel, Ichabod se enfrenta al terrorífico fantasma en su camino a casa.

Collection of short stories that contain myth, magic, fantasy, mystery, and dark tales that will keep you up after night falls.

Everyone has heard of Ichabod Crane; few have read the real story of his adventures in Sleepy Hollow. The tale is set in the village of Terry Town, New York, where the commoners are beset by superstitions and wild visions. Ichabod, the priggish schoolmaster, when competing for the hand of the Hollow's fair damsel, is pursued by the village specter, the Headless Horseman.

Hannah is shaken to the core after the mysterious death of her husband, Captain Hovey. A man that was as cruel as he was loved. Shunned by her neighbors and the town, Hannah is lonely and desperate. Some believe she was a witch. Others believe she was an outcast.

On a secluded farm, dozens of wild, exotic animals from all around the world are helplessly trapped in cages. They are prisoners of a monster who is a legend to the animal world. What does he have in store for each of them? In a moment of crazed confusion, four of the the animals manage to get through the fence. Their perilous journey into the unknown reveals there are more than just one monster out there.

Somewhere out in the woods an otherworldly creature born of fire and hate lurks. When the beast emerges, lusting for blood, all that stands between it and the nearby town is a grief-stricken farmer. Supernatural ferocity meets backwoods ingenuity in a horror fable of good versus evil.

A legend in a small town says that the large tree on the outskirts of town would bleed when someone was going to die. But that was over a century ago. Now, that tree is bleeding again...

Deep in the woods on top of a desolated hilltop stood the most haunted cemetery ever known, called Haunted Hills Cemetery. Legend has it that in 1855, a man by the name of Jester Flats was the new Sheriff in town. One thing the townspeople had no idea about was when Jester Flats was appointed the new Sheriff in the town of Deadsville. The Sheriff had his own idea of how he wanted to bring law and order in the town of Deadsville. His way would be by way of an axe. He was the most feared Sheriff the town has ever known.

El libro contiene una recopilación de relatos, historias y leyendas mágicas recogidas de la tradición oral de diversas partes del mundo.

Rodney’s seen a dead girl, and not her body but her ghost, and as he explains it to Mr. Luff and the rest of the students in his seventh grade English class, the story has a ring of truth. A girl murdered. Her boyfriend murdered. All of it decades ago. Nonetheless, the class and Mr. Luff find themselves transfixed and unable to disbelieve. Whatever secrets the small town holds, the story of Ashley’s ghost might be the biggest of all.

During a late-night horse ride, the lovelorn schoolteacher Ichabod Crane passes through the sites of familiar ghost stories. It is dark and the forest is full of spooky sounds. He thinks his imagination is getting the best of him, but suddenly he finds himself being pursued by a shadowy figure. To his horror, Ichabod realizes that the figure has no head on his shoulders, but instead holds his head in front of him on the saddle. Ichabod races to safety at the other side of the bridge, only to turn around and see the horseman’s head hurled directly at him.

A chilling legend clings to the weathered walls and overgrown paths of the old Hermitage Plantation, a tale whispered in hushed tones by the locals. It is said that the restless spirit of Alice Flagg, a woman whose life was tragically cut short, roams the grounds even now. Not in gentle peace, but in a desperate, unending search.

A family hunting trip. An unseen evil. A weekend gone horribly wrong. A father plans a hunting trip for his son, Benjamin, on his birthday. Along for the ride are his dad's two best friends and regular hunting mates. With Benjamin excited to take his first hunting trip, he jumps in with the three men he has looked up to in his young life. They hit the road to hunt elk in a remote location deep in the wintery Arizona forest. After they arrive, they settle in and set their plans for the hunt. Soon after, one of them discovers an old abandoned shack deep in the woods…one with a hellish evil ...

Set in the remote snows of contemporary Norway, The Twisted Tree is a ghost story that twists and turns - and never takes you quite where you'd expect. Martha can tell things about a person just by touching their clothes, as if their emotions and memories have been absorbed into the material. It started the day she fell from the tree at her grandma's cabin and became blind in one eye. Determined to understand her strange ability, Martha sets off to visit her grandmother, Mormor - only to discover Mormor is dead....

Washington Irving was an 18th century American short story writer, historian, and diplomat. He was born into a merchant family of Scottish/English descent and was the youngest of 11 children. Irving was one of the first American writers to become popular in Europe. He was admired by some of the best-known British writers, including Charles Dickens, Lord Byron, and Walter Scott.

The superstitious Ichabod Crane, schoolmaster of Tarrytown, joins in rivalry for the hand of the delectable Katrina Van Tassel, the country belle. But will the powers that lurk in the dark hollow allow him to pursue his quarry unhindered? Or does the infamously renowned Galloping Hessian of the Hollow have another judgment to lay upon Ichabod?