Psychological Horror

When a recurring nightmare from his abusive childhood comes back to plague him thirty years later, a man is forced to reconcile his personal demons and confront a past that had been all but forgotten. Soon, the line between waking and sleep becomes blurred, and he is forced to decipher which reality holds the truth.

Jodi Taylor reads the long-awaited prequel in her Chronicles of St Mary’s series, as Dr Bairstow struggles to set up St Mary’s as we know it in a world still scarred by the ravages of civil war. Ever wondered how it all began? It’s two years since the final victory at the Battersea Barricades. The fighting might be finished, but for Dr Bairstow, just now setting up St Mary's, the struggle is only beginning. How will he assemble his team? From where will his funding come?

How do you stop a serial killer who can escape from any prison? On December 11, fifteen-year-old Helen Hinton is brutally murdered in an abandoned house. Her killer, Edward Phillips, is caught and sentenced to death. Helen's blood was on Edward's clothes and shoes, the murder weapon has his fingerprints on it. Edward claims he's innocent. He's telling the truth. Two months after Edward Phillips is transferred to death row, a murder similar to Helen's occurs in another city. The victim is eighteen-year-old Laura Sumner. On an October morning, Mark Hinton, Helen's father, visits Edward in ...

She only wanted to make people feel better- and a little bit of money. Then the voices told her what to say. Marilyn is a Long Island grandmother in her fifties trying to quit her job and make ends meet while caring for her autistic grandson. She starts a YouTube channel where she reads daily Virgo horoscopes — funny, down-to-earth, and wildly relatable. She never really believed in astrology. But others do. Her channel goes viral. She starts making money. And then the dreams begin. Now Marilyn wakes with lines already written. She hears faint music. She says things she doesn’t remember...

In 1972, The Night Stalker took America by storm, becoming the highest-rated TV movie at the time and spawning a second movie and a cult series, all starring Darren McGavin. The story of a blood-sucking psycho on the loose in Sin City started with a then-unpublished novel by Las Vegas reporter Jeff Rice. Now, after years of being out of print, Monstrous Books presents this restored version of the book that launched one of the most beloved and influential characters in TV history.

Four years after escaping England, Nick is no longer able to fight the irresistible urge to return home and claim his prize. Amy, the one that got away, the one he is convinced can heal his tortured and damaged soul. All he needs to do is find her, snatch her and prepare her for a slow, lavish feast that only he would enjoy. The not so simple issue of the witness protection program was likely to be his hardest barrier to overcome. Utilising contacts from his dark and depraved past, he finds himself in a strenuous battle to control his demons whilst he awaits his salvation. A terrifying ...

‘An enthralling, chilling novel by a master storyteller… You won't be able to put this book down!’ Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ben is a single father struggling to protect his daughter from a threat he cannot see or understand. Ten months after the mysterious disappearance of his wife, Ben is overwhelmed by his responsibilities to eight-year-old Imogen. But now, unsettling events are pushing him to the brink: a mysterious girl appears in the park, seeming to live in an abandoned house; strange noises echo from his basement; and Imogen starts receiving eerie messages ...

When a body is discovered posed beneath the high school floodlights, Sheriff Jenna Graves knows it’s not a crime scene — it’s a message. The girl’s expression is too calm. Her placement too precise. And tucked beneath her wrist is a note with Jenna’s name on it. As more victims surface, each one eerily familiar, Jenna begins to unravel a chilling truth: the murders aren’t random, they’re intimate. Every spiral carved into bone, every whisper scrawled in ash, points back to a past she has tried—and failed—to forget. But the Hollow remembers. And it's not just the town ...

When the promise of healing becomes a golden cage. Benjamin Wilson, exhausted by life's failures, accepts a mysterious invitation to Beehaven Retreat—a secluded sanctuary promising rest and renewal through unconventional therapy. But as days pass in the honey-scented halls, he discovers that some transformations can't be undone. Lucas, the retreat's young helper, harbors dark secrets about the true nature of their "treatment." As Benjamin's body and mind begin to change in impossible ways, an unlikely bond forms between them—one that will test the meaning of family, identity, and what ...

Dare to enter Harmony House... if you can survive its curse. Nestled in the heart of Brooklyn, New York, Harmony House is a striking estate with an allure that draws people in—only to trap them in a web of terror. Five new owners have crossed its threshold, each unaware of the horrors waiting inside. What starts as a dream home quickly turns into a nightmare as they confront the malevolent spirits that haunt its halls. Each story reveals the twisted history of Harmony House through the eyes of its ill-fated residents. From terrifying apparitions to sinister forces that toy with the mind, ...

When Mara Winters returns to her childhood home after her estranged mother’s death, she expects silence. Instead, she finds it wired—full of tapes, signals, and secrets. The basement is colder than she remembers. The VHS tapes she uncovers aren’t just documenting hauntings; they’re creating them. And the experiments her mother left behind weren’t meant to communicate with the dead—they were meant to train something to wear the living. In HAUNTED WHISPERS, the fourth book in the Haunted Truth series, Mara has gone off the grid, offline and alone, her ghost-hunting vlog abandoned....

This dark psychological fantasy is more than a moral tale. It is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution and criminality, and the secret lives behind Victorian propriety, to create a unique form of urban Gothic.

A suspense novel concerning Lieutenant Frank Mooney's quest to find the killer who has robbed, raped and murdered several New York women. The killer, and his female accomplice, realize someone is copying them and track down a second murderer. Written by the author of City of the Dead.

New York Times best-selling author Ian McEwan has won the Booker Prize, Whitbread Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for his masterfully accomplished fiction. The Comfort of Strangers is an exquisitely crafted gothic novella. On holiday, Colin and Maria wander the ancient streets of Venice and frequently lose their way. When they are accosted by a man with a strange and alluring story to tell, they soon become entwined in a fantasy of violence and erotic obsession.

The beast prowls the ancient forest. Driven to desperation by debt collectors, Caleb invites his childhood friends to a remote cabin, intending to rob them to save his own skin. Little does he know that in the nearby forest, ancient malice festers, awakened by the reckless curiosity of Aline – a brave explorer seeking solace from the ghosts of her past. As darkness descends upon the world, the creature that lay dormant for decades will rise again, and those unfortunate to wander into its domain will find themselves in the greatest nightmare of their lives. With all odds stacked against ...

Humankind’s first mistake was the worst mistake in history. Tom and Katie Preston wind up in the small town of Manchineel while driving up north with their three children for a much-needed family vacation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The town is unlike any other they have seen in real life, photographs, or on screens -- a true paradise unrivaled in its natural beauty and pristine historic structures. Warm hospitality is followed by a lively supper with the church deacons and the town’s reverend discussing the town’s rich history. Having retired to sleep in good spirits, the ...

Johnny Hawk is a successful entrepreneur in the tech field, escaping from his former life after an utter breakdown. During his trip across the country, his route crosses with Wendy Jag, a beautiful woman who works as a dentist in New Mexico. As the attraction between the two lost souls escalates furiously, they engage in a passionate and daring physical affair. For the first time in a while Johnny finds some peace and hope for the future. But he cannot imagine that behind those innocent and deep eyes Wendy is a profoundly disturbed woman, tormented by the demons of her past: a childhood ...

When a serial killer hitches a ride one sunny day in a beautiful California valley, he does not suspect that he may have met his match, who is dead set to take another life. The battle of wits begins and only the most devious mind will survive. ----------- Intoxication, a suspense thriller Are you paranoid if you end up dead? Leslie has a suspicion: someone at work is trying to poison her. Can she prove it? No, and she doesn't care that she can't as she takes the law into her hands. How about those who dismiss her fears and believe she is paranoid? Well, they certainly deserve to be ...

Warrior angels, vampire hunters, and angels gone bad heat up this altogether sizzling paranormal alternate universe. This anthology of novellas features Angels' Wolf, Angels' Judgment, Angels' Pawn, and the never-before-published Angels' Dance.

Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope’s End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred.