Psychological Horror

It’s the house of their dreams. Former marine Harry and his wife, Sasha, have packed up their life and their golden retriever, Dash, and fled the corporate rat race to live off the land in rural Idaho. Their breathtaking new home sits on more than forty acres of meadow, aspen trees, and pine forest in the Teton Valley. Even if their friends and family think it’s a strange choice for an up-and-coming pair of urban professionals, Harry and Sasha couldn’t be happier about the future they’re building, all by their lonesome.

The legend never died. It evolved. In the near future, the digital world hums with invisible hunger. Beneath layers of encrypted code and forgotten networks, something ancient stirs—a consciousness that once drank blood… and now feeds on data. Jonathan Harker, a cyber-intelligence auditor for one of the world’s top tech firms, is assigned a mysterious case deep in the Carpathian Mountains. His target: a reclusive client known only as “D,” and a castle outfitted with bleeding-edge artificial intelligence. But what begins as a routine digital audit soon spirals into a nightmare far ...

Filmmaker Tessa Shepherd helped free a man she believed was wrongly imprisoned for murder. When he kills again, Tessa’s life is upended. She’s reeling with guilt, her reputation destroyed. Worse, Tessa’s mother has unexpectedly passed away, and her sister, Margot, turns on her after tensions from their past escalate. Hounded by a bullying press, Tessa needs an escape. That’s when she learns of a strange inheritance bequeathed by her mother: a derelict and isolated estate known as Fallbrook. It seems like the perfect refuge.

In the quiet shadows of her seemingly perfect life, Lily’s world begins to unravel. When she stumbles upon a hidden diary in the house she shares with her husband, Tom, Lily is plunged into a past she didn’t know existed—one that belonged to Emily, a woman who lived her life in the same house and died under mysterious circumstances. As Lily reads deeper into Emily’s words, eerie parallels begin to emerge: the isolation, the strange noises, the feeling of being watched. Soon, Lily can’t shake the suspicion that her life is mirroring Emily’s—and that Tom may be hiding dark ...

After witnessing the horrific and brutal murder of her best friend, Helen finds herself in a potentially futile fight to survive the depravity of Jose and his hired thugs. Following on from part 1 of the story, the club has continued to go from strength to strength, no end in sight for the poor, innocent victims who fell prey to the vile, sadistic monsters with nothing but torture and torment on their minds. Orders continue to pile in, each one more sickening and depraved than the last. Already at breaking point, Helen is faced with Jose's latest plan, a future so horrifying that death ...

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 ...

Alice shouldn’t have opened this book, but she did. Some novels want to be read. THE BOOK demands it. Hidden in a dusty box for years, a plain, green book is mailed to the library of a psychiatric hospital. It is sentient. It watches. It listens and manipulates. Dr Alice Grant is understaffed. One patient away from burnout, THE BOOK wants her. She’s special, but she’s not the only one. Her patients—especially a fragmented Dissociative Identity Disorder collective—fixate on the book, each headmate experiencing devastating horrors. In this fusion of horror and psychological intrigue...

"Great story, excellent characterization, lots of action..." The town I grew up in is dying, and I know who’s killing it. At least I think I do. But he’s a master manipulator and nobody will believe me. It’s up to me to prove that he’s the serial killer who has been stalking the streets. I have to stop him before he targets me, or worse, my family. Kill Cycle - a psychological thriller that leaves you guessing until the final page. "There are monsters all around us. We do not always see them for who they are."

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 ...

Trapped in a mansion. Watched by an AI. Tested beyond reason. Only one will be chosen to survive. When tech visionary Eliot Vance invites six of his closest friends to an exclusive retreat in the mountains, they expect luxury, secrets, and maybe a few mind games. What they get instead is something else entirely. A glass-walled house that observes them. A mysterious system that forces confessions. Simulations that expose their darkest choices. And a voice that whispers: Choose… or be chosen. As the walls begin to shift and reality bends, the group realizes they are no longer guests. They ...

How far would you go to survive a game you don’t remember playing? Locked in a psychiatric facility after surviving a brutal trauma she won’t speak about, a woman is forced to confront her past through a series of journal entries written under sedation. The staff call it therapy. She calls it a trap. With her memories splintered and her body still healing from wounds she inflicted on herself — or so they say — she begins to piece together a chilling truth that refuses to stay buried. Each entry pulls her deeper into a web of whispers, missing time, and a man who may still be ...

In the title story, a young boy becomes obsessed with his cousin's doll after she tragically passes away from leukemia. As he grows older, he begins to collect "found dolls" from the surrounding neighborhoods and stores his treasures in the abandoned carriage house on his family's estate. But just what kind of dolls are they?In The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror, Joyce Carol Oates evokes the “fascination of the abomination” that is at the core of the most profound, the most unsettling, and the most memorable of dark mystery fiction.

Meg wants a normal life. Her new artistic style, born in the depression of her mother's death, is poised to take the art world by storm, if she could just overcome the debilitating anxiety caused by the car accident that scarred her boyfriend, Austin. Encouraged by her therapist, Meg pushes outside her comfort zone to befriend Haley, a guest instructor at the university. Haley is everything Meg wants to be: charismatic, confident, and perfect, but when Austin expresses his worry that Haley is changing Meg too fast, Meg kicks him out of her life. Or at least, she tries.

The final game is here...A decade has passed. The Lambert family is thriving...Or so they wish. Nothing could be further from the truth...Two fledgling killers who happen to idolize the infamous serial killers Arty and Jim Fannelli have been paying attention - and these two killers are eager to show the Lamberts just how much they truly admire their idols...with the help of Arty and Jim themselves?

In the small, sun-soaked town of Lewisville, Florida, a series of brutal, ritualistic murders has shattered the community’s sense of safety. Detective Jack Rhodes and Officer Grady Reynolds, two unlikely partners, are tasked with unearthing the truth behind these terrifying acts. As they dive deeper into the investigation, their pursuit of the killer pulls them into a shadowy world where nothing is as it seems. For Willow Sullivan, a nurse haunted by visions of a dark presence stalking her, the nightmare is becoming all too real. Her days blur into sleepless nights filled with strange ...

Are you ready to experience terror at its finest? "Nightmares" is a collection of horror stories that will take you on a journey through the deepest fears of the human psyche. From supernatural entities to psychological terrors, these stories will leave you questioning the very nature of reality. "Nightmares: A Collection of Terrifying Tales" reflects our innate fascination with fear and the unknown, an exploration of the fears that bind us as human beings and make us question reality itself. By sharing these stories, my desire was to provide you with a unique and unforgettable experience, ...

In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.

Chandler Hendricks hates his life. Socially awkward and a near shut-in, Chandler spends his time caring for his ailing mother and watching the neighbors from his window. His favorite person to watch is his next-door neighbor Samantha. Young and beautiful, she would be the woman of any man’s dreams. Chandler knows he will make Samantha happy, if she just gave him a chance. Chandler’s finally ready to make a change and live the life he always wanted…even if it already belongs to someone else.

Demented tales of horror and suspense! There's nothing more terrifying than the things people are capable of doing to one another. Forget vampires, werewolves, and zombies (though there are a few here). The real scary stuff is happening all around us, every day, every night. Twisted Tales is a glimpse into some of our more depraved moments.

For 30 years, a secret agency called the Southern Reach has monitored expeditions into Area X - a remote and mysterious place that's sequestered from civilization. After the twelfth expedition, the Southern Reach is in disarray, and John Rodriguez (a.k.a. "Control") is the team's newly appointed head. From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, and more than 200 hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the secrets of Area X begin to reveal themselves - and what they expose pushes Control to confront truths about both himself and the agency he's promised to serve.