New Horror

When you hear the howls, don't go near the swamp Paranormal investigator Wyatt deals with a heinous death on an island resort for actors, artists, and writers. Strange monks, Cajun werewolves, and people in a fishing village who practice voodoo populate the island. An old voodoo woman tells Wyatt, "There are creatures on this island that only walk at night." Will Wyatt solve the murder mystery and uncover the island's dark secret, or become a victim to the swamp's horrid creatures?

Taste a new horror. Which foul flavor amongst these 10 tales of torment and otherworldly strangeness will please your palate? An imbecilic man is taken advantage of for decades before finally considering an act of sweet revenge. A single, soon to be mother experiences a bizarre sequence of events triggered by her artificial insemination. Choose from all these and more. Step into the shoes of the disturbed fringe of society and explore the potential for evil in humanity. Your misery awaits…

In Jonathan True's "The Demoticus," Tim Cage finds himself ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a malevolent entity from the depths of the abyss. As a relentless demon sets its sights on him, Tim's once-normal life in St. Louis transforms into a waking nightmare of terror and despair. Unbeknownst to Tim, he unwittingly becomes the possessor of a cursed artifact—the Demoticus—a relic of unimaginable power from the dawn of time. With the ability to manipulate reality itself, the Demoticus becomes both a coveted prize and a curse, drawing the attention of dark forces that will ...

On the streets of the French Quarter a young woman appears seemingly out of no where, she makes her way down town to a familiar Curio Shoppe, one that draws her attention she enters, and from there the story begins. Who is this strange young woman who seems so familiar to some of the town folk, but yet a stranger non the less it would seem. Why has she arrived here as if on some kind of mission. If indeed she did once live in the city, what has caused her to return after so many years? The mystery unfolds soon after, and who this young woman truly is becomes more and more apparent. What ...

🔥 BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD meets BLADE & UNDERWORLD 🔥 The explosive conclusion to the dark fantasy saga by New York Times Bestseller, Tamara Rose Blodgett Cyrn's tribe lies in ruins—slaughtered by a mad First Species alpha. Now Reflected with Jack Caldera to the home world of the Reflectives, Cyrn must confront the ghosts of his past and forge a new path forward... or die trying. As Beth grapples with fractured memories of soulmates lost across time, Nina, daughter of Drest, risks everything to escape her father's horrific plan to repopulate a dying tribe. Love, blood, and vengeance...

🔥 BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD meets BLADE & UNDERWORLD 🔥 A Dark Fantasy Sci-Fi Antihero Romance by New York Times Bestseller, Tamara Rose Blodgett The continuum is breaking. The sectors are collapsing. And her choices could destroy them all. As Reflectives Lance Ryan and Jeb Merrick battle to undo the chaos of forbidden jumps, Beth Jasper awakens in a fractured timeline where Jeb doesn't know her. Stranded and hunted in Sector One, Beth must fight her way back to Papilio—before her future is erased. While Beth navigates enemies and allies she barely remembers, Cyrn is tasked with ...

Christchurch, New Zealand. September 2010. A city sleeps. In the early hours of the morning came the noise of a freight train and a ferocious shaking the likes of which this South Island city had never before experienced. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake came without warning or prejudice and transformed a city forever, setting off a string of devastating events that were to have a lifelong impact on all who experienced them. This is a personal account of the lasting effects of that day and the effects of all the earthquakes that were to follow. This is the story of how the fury of Mother Nature ...

From the incomparable master of horror and suspense comes an electrifying collection of contemporary literary horror, with stories from 25 writers representing today’s most talented voices in the genre. Horror writing is usually associated with formulaic gore, but New Wave horror writers have more in common with the wildly inventive, evocative spookiness of Edgar Allan Poe than with the sometimes-predictable hallmarks of their peers. Showcasing this cutting-edge talent, Poe’s Children now brings the best of the genre’s stories to a wider audience.

In the days before the Civil War, there lived in New Orleans the gens de couleur libre - copper-skinned half-castes, liberated by their "owners," but confined by their color to a life of political non-existence and social subordination. Here is a compelling and richly textured tale of a people forever caught in the shadows between black and white.

When one man's scheme to create the Greatest Freak Show on Earth leads to an insane obsession that can only end in devastating tragedy. The ghoulish proprietor of a Victorian arcade specifically designed to showcase the myriad of freaks, outcasts, and oddities that abound in old London town is a man driven by his own dark desires. Rodney Thompson is an emotionless, sadistic person who craves glory above all else - at least until the beautiful Violet wafts into his world. From the very day when Violet first takes a dainty step inside the arcade, Rodney is determined to make her his own. A ...

The Gravediggers and friends thought that Ushaville had sucked all the horror out of their lives, but it looks like they find themselves in another hairy situation. They decide to buy a punk bar and go into business, but the customers look just a bit too furry. Well, that bites! As the people of New Orleans experience a change of attitude during the full moon, the Gravediggers must find an ancient, evil swamp witch, and convince her to give them the antidote. It's a howl of a scary time as the group of friends try to make the monsters sit, stay, and hopefully, roll over and play dead. Will ...

From Bella Street--Bestselling Amazon Author in Gothic and Sci-Fi Romance-- comes the story of Persephone...in a pink velour track suit. THE Z WORD, Book One of the APOCALYPSE BABES series, follows Seffy Carter and her longtime friends Gareth, Addison, and Lani. The four besties share a past dysfunctional and dark enough to keep them bound together under do-over identities. But like off-brand velour, rends develop in their relationships from the flesh-eating pressures of ending up in 1980, in a Montana desert, surrounded by zombies wearing dated disco duds. "Ms. Street is to be highly ...

A deranged plastic surgeon, his innocent young daughter, and a loyal guardian waiting for the moment to take the ultimate revenge. Rachel is born into a world of privilege and wealth but unfortunately, her perfect world is surrounded by instability and madness. Her successful father is determined that his lovely young daughter will be his greatest masterpiece while reveling in the pain he is able to inflict on her and others. However, Rachel has a secret. She has seen colors around other people since the moment she was born, and she can read others as easily as she can read the pages of a ...

Eddie Carroll is sick to death of editing the collection America's Best New Horror, sick of reading through second-rate stories in order to find the few "best new". But one afternoon he stumbles across a new story so remarkable that he soon embarks on a quixotic quest to find its author - a quest he may not live to regret.

From zombie apocalypse to hard science fiction, urban fantasy to Lovecraftian gothic horror, Chris' writing surely offers you something to enjoy. New Worlds features several short stories; "The Mother in the Lake" (a Lovecraft-inspired tale told by a teenage girl about her family and their lake house), "Roots Grown Deep" (a dark fantasy story about a tree deep in the woods that hungers for far more than water and sun); and more.

Ponder this: Your wife gets the lauds and kudos, and finally a chance to make it big in Washington DC. But you, year after year, get the short end of the stick—and that in the rear-end. Your life is spent crawling in the shadows of your wife's success. What ends will you take to even the score? In this horror story of love, passion, rivalry, body-swapping, and ultimately revenge, we confront the dark side of human existence, at its grizzly worst.

Planes, trains, and an automobile or two. Plenty of ways to get to your final, fright-filled destination. Here are five terrifying tales of travel on boats, buses, and spaceships. Buckle up and hang on tight. The rides are gonna be rocky in these Twisted Tales.

A war averted. Peace is made. The Genoskwa depart their stomping grounds for new lands that are untouched by humans. But Nature abhors a vacuum, and another clan moves into the territory, staking their claim on the mountain. When unsuspecting teens trespass on the Bureau’s crime scene cleanup in the hopes of seeing a living sasquatch in its natural environment, everything that could go wrong does. Concerned parents recruit Hector Ramirez to find their children and the creatures react violently, cutting off their escape.

Max and Holly were trying to leave Phoenix in their rearview mirror but it wasn’t safe to just cruise down the freeway, people could be watching. Things had degenerated so fast as the necrotics spread, having a working vehicle made them a target for anyone trying to escape. How would they make it out of Phoenix, let alone all the way to Flagstaff? With the world on the line, there was a zero percent chance something wouldn’t go wrong.

Elaine Quartermaine’s life was never much to talk about. Growing up in pre-Victorian London had made her a survivor if nothing else. Until she died! Or...thought she had died, and then she woke up somewhere else in someone else’s body.