Horror Time

Grant McAllister, a professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked all the rules out – and wrote seven perfect detective stories to demonstrate. But that was 30 years ago. Now Grant lives in seclusion on a remote Mediterranean island, counting the rest of his days. Until Julia Hart, a brilliant, ambitious editor knocks on his door. Julia wishes to republish his book, and together they must revisit those old stories: An author hiding from his past and an editor keen to understand it.

Artifact At last, Casey’s fortune changes for the better. A timely inheritance gives him a home and even a mine, but instead of wealth, he uncovers something so controversial it would surely put his life at risk and throw the world into turmoil. Perfect Escape After years of pain from a horrifying and cruel attack, Alice is left scarred and without a voice. She focuses her life of scientific research into developing a way to travel through time to a future where she can be healed. But the lure of revenge is strong, too strong for her to ignore. The Ship Grace felt privileged to be chosen ...

What if the greatest mystery of your childhood came back to find you? In the summer of 1989, six kids from a small upstate New York town discovered something impossible in the abandoned quarry caves. Metal detectors in hand, Iron Maiden t-shirts faded from countless washes, they stumbled upon a secret that would change everything they thought they knew about the world. Then they vanished without a trace. For thirty years, Detective Carmen Santamaría has carried the weight of that unsolved case—the one that destroyed her career, shattered her family, and left her drowning in whiskey and ...

A cursed mansion puts a curious house sitter’s free will to the ultimate test. An old polaroid camera holds a monster that yearns to be released. And two brothers encounter a demonic force in the caverns just beyond town. Enter a dreamscape of supernatural terror with Scare Street’s latest collection. This diabolical volume contains 15 terrifying tales of fear and horror. And each story pulls you deeper into the realm of perpetual night.

Welcome to Curdle Creek, a place just dying to make you feel at home. Osira, a forty-five-year-old widow, is an obedient follower of the strict conventions of Curdle Creek, an all-Black town in rural America stuck in the past and governed by a tradition of ominous rituals. Osira is considered blessed, but her luck changes when her children flee, she comes second to last in the Running of the Widows and her father flees when his name is called in the annual Moving On ceremony.

Beneath the shimmering surface of the Venetian lagoon lies a world where secrets lie buried and shadows whisper tales of the past. The moon hung low that fateful night, casting an ethereal glow over the crumbling remains of an ancient nunnery, a place long forgotten and marked by a 19th-century papal decree. It stood as a silent guardian of dark histories, echoing with the footsteps of those who once tread its halls and cloistered in mysteries now cloaked in dust. As the clock struck three, a witching hour when the veil between the living and the dead grows perilously thin, three daring ...

Cassandra Collins is forced to make a choice. She can do what she's told and have a safe, protected life. Or she can strike out on her own and make her own way. Cassandra chooses the easy path and regrets it her whole life. Until she dies and wakes up in her 18-year-old body, on the cusp of that same decision.

Winter 1862, London. Adelaide McKee, a former prostitute, arrives on the doorstep of veterinarian John Crawford, a man she met once seven years earlier. Their brief meeting produced a child who, until now, had been presumed dead. McKee has learned that the girl lives - but that her life and soul are in mortal peril from a vampiric ghost. But this is no ordinary spirit; the bloodthirsty wraith is none other than John Polidori, the onetime physician to the mad, bad, and dangerous Romantic poet Lord Byron.

In a few short days, 37-year-old Emma Rossi's hard work will finally pay off. She will don her cap and gown and graduate with a degree in nursing, but not before she loses her first patient and is confronted with a new reality. In Cape Coral, Florida, a storm approaches. The dead are coming back to life. And they're hungry.

Archeologist Michael Rempart finds himself pitted against ancient demons and modern conspirators when a dying priest gives him a powerful artifact - a pearl said to have granted Genghis Khan the power, eight centuries ago, to lead his Mongol warriors across the steppes to the gates of Vienna. The artifact has set off centuries of war and destruction as it conjures demons to play upon men’s strongest ambitions and cruelest desires. Michael realizes the so-called pearl is a philosopher's stone, the prime agent of alchemy.

A group of strangers awake in a massive, mysterious place, with no recollection of how they got there, or who they are. To make matters worse, an unstoppable flesh-craving monster hunts them from the shadows of every corridor. As they explore the confines of their 'cage', memories of their past start to resurface, giving them insight as to their collective purpose for being there, and their own interpersonal relationships. Together, they attempt to unravel the mysteries of their surroundings and avoid the creature, before paranoia and hysteria divide them, and tear them apart. Over 400 ...

EVIL You want to know how many demons are in this world? Thousands- upon millions- upon billions! Everywhere you turn, everywhere you look, behind every door- every window, under every bed... hides a demon, waiting and lurking…for you. Sometimes they are like us... human form... laughing… crying... raising kids... holding down jobs. But other times they are unlike anything we have ever known. They are ugly beasts with snarling mouths and fiery eyes and wretched smelling bodies. They move swiftly in the night unnoticed by the human eye but can take your breath away in an instant. Zombie ...

Whatever you do, do not listen. Ignore that pull, the need to escape from drudgeries of life and find peace and solitude within nature. It is not the cool breeze and the scent of pine that whispers your name. No, these things within the forest will rip out your heart and devour your soul. You will tremble as they revel in your madness, taking everything from you and leaving you with nothing. Delve inside this anthology of what truly lurks within the shadows of the trees. We dare you to take this journey with us and find out what horrors await you.

From Dickens's A Christmas Carol to the ghost stories of M.R. James, the tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. The twelve stories of The Winter Spirits are all centred around Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience. Taking you from a haunted Tuscan villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark secret, and drawing inspiration from festive traditions from all around the globe, these vibrant haunted stories are your ultimate companion for frosty nights.

What is truth when nothing is real Hidden away in the Gulf of Mexico lies an island with a dark past. Once a haven for bootleggers and outlaws, Oyster Island now hosts the renovated Majestic Hotel & Casino. It’s not only the living that calls this place home. Ghosts, ghouls, and creatures of the night roam freely, haunting the island’s residents and visitors. One fateful night, a magical flying unicorn visits Odette Mouton and takes her on a wild ride to the island’s backside, where she discovers a time portal. Guided by a time-walking calico cat, she embarks on a journey that blurs ...

Bryan Pierce is an internationally famous artist whose paintings have dazzled the world. But there's a secret to his success: Every canvas is inspired by an unusually vivid dream. When Bryan wakes, he possesses extraordinary new skills - like the ability to speak obscure languages and an inexplicable genius for chess. All his life he has wondered if his dreams are recollections, if he is reexperiencing other people's lives.

"I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~ Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~ Multiple Fans "ALICE CROWLEY IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST LIVING WRITERS!" ~ Author G. Taylor This is a 10-story, 50,000-word compilation of the latest supernatural and occult stories from author Alice Crowley. This legendary and libidinous tome includes erotic tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, with orcs, extraterrestrials, and probing tentacle mutants. Included in this bulging bundle are the titular titles below: CAPTIVE OF THE BEASTMAN HOT WIFE MONSTER FIST MATED TO THE WOODSMAN MATED TO THE ORCS ...

A hauntingly seductive tale of romance, secrets, and the evil that beckons.Fog coils through the narrow streets of a desolate Maine town, carrying whispers of something long buried—something that should have stayed buried. When podcast host Amelia Ryan unearths the terrifying truth, she realizes the legends were never just stories. A vampire has awakened, and its hunger is only the beginning. Then there’s Jude. A man wrapped in mystery, his presence both a warning and a temptation. He knows things—dark things—things no human should. When their paths collide, Amelia is dragged into a...

Charles Waters has 30 days to live. Those days pass in a blur and he dies a quiet, unnoticed death. He opens his eyes back in the doctor's office as he is told, "I'm sorry to say, but you have 30 days to live." Thus begins The Many Short Lives of Charles Waters, who has to live the same 30 days over and over while he finds out what it is to be alive.

Harlan Ellison’s work shaped the science-fiction, fantasy, and horror genres in the twentieth century, and this collection of his best-known and most-acclaimed stories is a perfect treasury for old Ellison fans as well as listeners discovering this zany, polyphonic writer for the first time.