Modern Horror

In the sultry, shadow-drenched streets of New Orleans, a fertility clinic whispers promises of miracles. But beneath its guise of hope, two vampire doctors play a sinister game. Their dark secret? Impregnating clients with a bloodline never meant to see the light of day. A bloodline blending human and vampire, birthing children with terrifying, untamed powers. But secrets in the vampire world don't stay hidden for long. The overlord, a figure of nightmarish authority, uncovers their treachery. His verdict is swift and brutal – extermination. Yet, the deed is done. The city now blessed ...

Victor Frankenstein learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger and more powerful than the average man. Frankenstein rejects the creature, and lives to regret his desire to create life, after it kills his brother William. Frankenstein is a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus.

It's a period of turmoil in Britain, with the country's politicians electing to remove the UK from the European Union, despite ever-increasing evidence that the public no longer supports it. And the small town of Lychford is suffering. But what can three rural witches do to guard against the unknown? And why are unwary hikers being led over the magical borders by their smartphones' mapping software? And is the immigration question really important enough to kill for?

“Call me Frankenstein.” 1 mad scientist. 2 nemeses. 3 manly intimate friendships. Forbidden secrets of life, death, and reanimation. Hiding under the alias Ishmael, young Ernest secretly is the lost forgotten brother of the infamous Doctor Victor Frankenstein. He flees to the sea to escape the nemesis his sibling created from the graveyards of men. Yet unbeknownst to him, his closest sailing companion is the very creature assembled and abandoned, posing as the pagan cannibal harpooner Queequeg. Together they join the crew of the whaling ship Pequod and find themselves trapped under the ...

Doing the right thing can land you in a whole heap of trouble, or so Natalie Swift discovers on her Florence vacation. When she interferes with the soul collection of a child, she inadvertently opens the gates to Heaven and Hell and finds herself in the midst of a struggle between good and evil that she could never have foreseen. Now she is a target for those from the dark side, it seems the only way for her to survive is to form an alliance with the man she has been trying to avoid since everything went so horribly wrong. Drawn in is a thrilling and unsettling adventure for readers with a ...

Today we have ghosts that haunted our ancestors, as well as our own modern revenants, and there appears to be no earthly use trying to banish or exorcise them by such a simple strategy as refusing to believe in them. Since man knows that whether or not he has seen a ghost, presently he will become one, and thus he has become fascinated with the subject. Therefore he creates ghosts, not merely in his own image, but according to his dreams of power.

A dangerous wave of madness is sweeping across a city. A young girl becomes the conduit for a haunted house. An abandoned theater is the gateway to a darker world. Do you believe in ghosts? You will. This collection of the best stories from award-winning NoSleep horror author Kyle Harrison will have you questioning your sanity while you keep the light on while listening to the book.

This is the story of a modern man named Laoch who is driven to find truth in his life. He has a passion to know spiritual truth and happiness too. His curiosity is a passion, and he doesn't want to be held back by a conventional lifestyle or beliefs. Life can be an exciting journey with many adventures along the way. He has many adventures in his process of discovery. The journey can be more important than the destination.

An excellent collection of creepy ghost stories from some of the most notable names of early horror fiction, including: “The Willows” by Algernon Blackwood, “The Shadows On The Wall” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, “The Messenger” by Robert W.Chambers, “Lazarus” by Leonid Andreyev, “The Beast With Five Fingers” by W.F. Harvey, “The Mass Of Shadows” by Anatole France, “What Was It” by Fitz-James O’brien, “The Middle Toe Of The Right Foot” by Ambrose Bierce, “The Shell Of Sense” by Olivia Howard Dunbar, and more!

Rohan Evans can't live in a world without his wife, so he turns to magic—even opening himself up to a man with access to the ancient, forbidden art of necromancy. Now the only thing standing between Rohan and being reunited with his true love is a dangerous expedition to ancient temples and underground mysteries—and a crazy old man with strange ambitions. The fate of the world, both ours and the afterlife, rests on what Rohan does next.

Ares, god of war, is leading the other dying gods into battle. Which is just fine with Athena. She's ready to wage a war of her own, and she's never liked him anyway. If Athena is lucky, the winning gods will have their immortality restored. If not, at least she'll have killed the bloody lot of them, and she and Hermes can die in peace. Cassandra Weaver is a weapon of fate. The girl who kills gods. But all she wants is for the god she loved and lost to return to life. If she can't have that, then the other gods will burn, starting with his murderer, Aphrodite.

Mary Shelley´s FRANKENSTEIN oder: Der moderne Prometheus, gelesen von Ingolf Kloss. Mary Shelleys Frankenstein ist eine erschreckende Vision des wissenschaftlichen Fortschritts ohne moralische Grenzen und führt den Zuhörer auf eine gefährliche Reise von der erhabenen Schönheit der Schweizer Alpen in die trostlose Einöde des Polarkreises. Besessen von der Idee, das Leben selbst zu erschaffen, plündert Victor Frankenstein Friedhöfe und Schlachtereien.

Jag såg henne i receptionen är en rysande berättelse som spänner över tid, rum och dimensioner men som hela tiden står stadigt i ett realistiskt, modernt Sverige. Cornelia Karlsson blev som liten flicka övergiven av sin familj och lever nu sitt vuxna liv som fotomodell och partyknarkare i Stockholm. Men bakom den skinande fasaden som kändisbarn och festens stjärna, slåss hon mot både inre och yttre demoner. I sin egen spegelbild ser Cornelia märkliga saker och i vinden är det röster som talar till henne.

"A failed ritual annihilates modern life." Manhattan, NY: The E-Train slams into James Bixby, a strapping young artist on the rise, after a life-saving rescue attempt goes awry. Belfast, Ireland: A bullet severs Olivia Young's spinal cord while she defends a doctor colleague--the second bullet pierces her heart. Then they awaken--unharmed. "Selected" and thrust into a deadly ritual, James' and Olivia's lives--along with the lives of five others--will decide humanity's fate: surrender to the old Gods' rule or live on in blissful ignorance. Follow their frantic struggle as Magnus--a secret ...

Victor Frankenstein is a driven man. His single-minded scientific drive has controlled his life from childhood. It has driven him to do the unthinkable, to carry out fiendish, craven tasks, to do that which only God has done before. His goal of creating life - a living, thinking being, a man - has come to pass. Little did he expect that his zeal would forge a monster, an intelligent being set upon Victor's complete destruction.

New York, 1938. The German consulate has been attacked, leaving all but one of the Nazi diplomatic corps brutally murdered. Only Jethro Dumont, the Green Lama, and his associates, Jean Farrell, Ken Clayton, and Lieutenant Caraway, can find out who's behind this horrible crime. But as the Green Lama's investigations deepen, he discovers a crime far greater than any ever committed by man and learns a secret that will define the course of his destiny.

"I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~ Multiple Fans "ALICE CROWLEY IS ONE OF OUR BEST LIVING WRITERS!" ~ G. Taylor Married college professor Roxanne Harder has a creepy stalker lurking among her student body -- only he ain't no human. On her way back to her car from a lecture one night, Roxanne finds out just how hungry and desirous this beast-man can be. Right when she is about to be seized and taken, though, a second man-wolf arrives to engage in battle over mating rights and Roxanne's fertile flesh. Now the professor decides to give the victor...

Samlingen svenska kulter består av skräcknoveller som skildrar en tillvaro ganska lik vår egen. Fast ändå inte. I Anders Fagers Sverige vandrar fasor mitt ibland oss lyckligt ovetande och andra världar med andra regler och härskare, existerar parallellt. Novellerna i "Du kan inte leva" för läsaren in i ett spegelland. Saker är bekanta, men samtidigt skruvade. Personalen på ett äldreboende dör, en efter en, under mystiska omständigheter. Under en ung kvinnas vackra och välpolerade yttre döljer sig en hänsynslös mördare.

When a meteor explodes over a snow-covered Russian industrial metropolis spreading a deadly virus that turns thousands of the city dwellers into the walking dead, Ramses Campbell—an African American martial arts instructor, and a rising HBO Sports star, who has come to Russia to teach seminars—must fight to survive. In this deathtrap of a city, Ramses joins a group of survivors of various nationalities: a Russian interpreter, an English hotel manager, a Serbian executive chef, a Swedish sex tourist, a German Catholic priest, a Turkish engineer, and a blind Chinese teenage girl. They ...

Frankenstein ou le Prométhée moderne est un roman fantastique de Mary Shelley. Il relate la création par un jeune savant suisse, Victor Frankenstein, d'un être vivant assemblé avec des parties de chairs mortes. Horrifié par l'aspect hideux de l'être auquel il a donné la vie, Frankenstein abandonne son "monstre". Mais ce dernier, doué d'intelligence, se venge par la suite d'avoir été rejeté par son créateur et persécuté par la société.