Scary Horror

Dare to venture into the shadows this Halloween with eight bone-chilling stories that will keep you up long after the jack-o'-lanterns have flickered out. From the haunted farmlands of America's heartland to the witch-whispered streets of Salem, each tale in this anthology weaves a unique tapestry of horror. You'll meet desperate farmers making deals with ancient evils, teenagers unleashing century-old curses, and ordinary people thrust into extraordinary battles against the forces of darkness. "Halloween Haunts" offers a delicious blend of supernatural thrills, folk horror, and ...

Monkey BrainsA collection of four disturbing stories featuring Tony, Hester, Ted, and Polly. All the creatures are uniquely depraved. Be warned as they don't play well with others.

Barry Wigmore is chasing a white rabbit. He is a writer desperately trying to recapture his past success but it eludes him. Barry finds himself falling victim to carnal demons and his wife gives him an ultimatum. They move away from their home of torment to start anew. Their new home is Venice, Florida where Barry quickly befriends an elderly woman with captivating eyes. She's also chasing a white rabbit and everything in this new town isn't as it seems. The white rabbit is fast and everyone is after him. Can you catch the white rabbit?

Jared Phillips is a locksmith and he has left the frantic city of Atlanta, Georgia to start his own business in Aiken, South Carolina. Mandie Dorries is an Operations Manager for the travel agency, Round The World and they are in need of a new locksmith contractor. It seems like a business match made in heaven but Mandie doesn't know her new contractor has a secret. Jared Phillips is a damned good locksmith but there is more to the man than just unlocking doors and picking locks. Jared's compulsions are getting the better of him. Be wary of the man that holds the key. Find out Jared's ...

16 stories to light your fright. Ghostly counselors collect something stolen and Brian needs to give it back. In the Summer job Night Watch, a cold river killer is still on the loose and it's up to the employees at the city fair to stop him. Supernatural stories that can't be explained. Secrets untold and strange lights unfold, short stories that go bump in the night.This book includes: Knocking in the Dark, The Tech Ghost • Summer Camp Nightmare • Night Hike • Accidental Betrayal • The Backwoods Eater • A Camping Trip Gone Wrong And more! A start to the summer night series. ...

Where Ghosts Linger, Terror Thrives Step into shadowed halls and cursed lands, where the restless dead linger and secrets wait to be unearthed. From crumbling mansions to desolate battlefields, these prompts guide you into the world of ghosts, ghouls, and everything in between. Inside, you’ll find inspiration for: Old Mansions & Estates: Stories of haunted manors and their forgotten pasts. Ghostly Revenge: Spirits who refuse to rest until justice is served. Cursed Locations: Places where the land itself pulses with malevolence. Unfinished Business: Souls trapped between realms, desperate ...

Darren Shan, Vampire Prince and "vampaneze" killer, faces his worst nightmare yet - school. But homework is the least of Darren's problems. Bodies are piling up, time is running out, and the past is catching up with the hunters fast. Darren must forge new alliances and try to unravel the mystery behind the malevolent forces that have been set in motion against him. In this second part of the Hunters trilogy, the stakes are raised and the pace quickens to keep listeners on the edge of their seats.

Darren is going back to where it all started, back to where he was reborn as a child of the night. But like Darren, the town has changed a lot over the years. Back home, old enemies await. Scores must be settled. Destiny looks certain to destroy him, and the world is doomed to fall to the Ruler of the Night. Travel home with Darren in this, the penultimate book in the saga.

"A MUST READ FOR FANS OF MYSTERIES AND FOLK HORROR." - NP CUNNIFFE, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF "THE WEEJEE MAN". "...IT'S A WELL WRITTEN HORROR STORY WITH FANTASTIC CHARACTERS, BLOODY KILLS, AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT" - HORROR READS, 5 STAR AMAZON/GOODREADS REVIEW. "IT'S LIKE STEPHEN KINGS VERSION OF GREMLINS" - THE DANSE MACABRE Detectives Ryan and O'Connell turn their investigative eyes toward the local garda of Enniskregg township. Tasked to protect and serve the township and its people, as the first to discover the brutalized bodies of the ill fated research team at the druid henge in the ...

Some secrets are best left, buried deep within the earth… I am thrilled to put together this collection of creepy short stories set in different parts of the world!! Whether it is a small non-descript village in India, the magnificent monasteries in Tibet, the numerous alleys of Kathmandu, the terraced rice fields of Japan, or the Serengeti plains of Tanzania— the locations are as beautiful as the horrifying events which unravel in them! This volume contains 5 horror stories that will have you feverishly turning pages, wanting more— Whether it is a village which is terrorized by an ...

Detective Jordan Sumner saved the last victim. He shot and killed Scott McDonough, a serial killer the press dubbed as the Midnight Rider. Jordan was the toast of the Valley but the case took a toll and didn't come without a deep, personal cost. A few years later, the killings started again and the identity of the first victim brought Detective Sumner to his knees. It was a personal message to him that a reckoning was coming and Jordan was going to have to literally face the music. It was a personal war between the detective and the new killer. A killer that reclaimed the moniker of ...

We all have them. Those dreams that leave us shaking. Gasping. Grateful to wake up. But for some, waking doesn’t help. Susan has spent years haunted by unrelenting night terrors. Nothing helps, not therapy, not medication, not even changing her diet. Every time she closes her eyes, it returns: a monstrous presence that feeds on her fear, night after night. Until she finds an old, slender library book. Its battered pages promise a way to fight back. Written by a man long dead, it isn’t just a self-help guide—it’s a manual for confronting the thing that has ruined her life. Because ...

Seamus Flannery is seven-years-old and he plans to celebrate Halloween quite differently than most children his age. To him, it is Samhain, sacred holy night of the ancient Irish Druid priests. And on this night, so long ago, a man named Daigh was humiliated by a woman he loved. Now, the time has come once again for Daigh to roam the earth and extract his timeless revenge. And this time it is within Seamus Flannery, a seemingly innocent child who doesn't really know why he's been hearing voices inside his head. Voices that keep telling him to kill those who don't have any respect for this ...

When Darkness Falls: Terrifying True Stories: Volume 4 continues the journey into the abyss, presenting a curated selection of encounters that challenge the boundaries of the known. The stories range from a tales of terror encountering a wendigo and Sasquatch to even evil clowns. Through and through you'll read the darkest paranormal tales available.

From the author of Sorcerie and Here Lurk Monsters comes a gothic-horror masterpiece. An unemployed nanny running from her past accepts the position of night sitter for a mysterious little girl who only seems to exist between midnight to dawn. You will find the girl in the attic after midnight. You are to be the night sitter, Miss Emily. . . Emily, a woman with nowhere else in this world to go, arrives at the residence of Ms. Vivian Dancemore for a most unusual job interview. The position of night sitter for a peculiar nine year old child by the name of Madelyn Dancemore who only seems to ...

Two friends, a renovation project, and complex layers of history that are destined to repeat. Claire and Roxie team up to purchase an old house in the country in an attempt to leave the trials of their lives behind them. The women are both nursing fresh wounds from recent traumas and an unhurried fix-and-flip project represents an appealing change of direction. Eager to get the renovations underway, they start to peel away decades of wallpaper with the intention of bringing the house back to life. The project has barely begun when Roxie announces that she has invited her new boyfriend to ...

What terrible secret is your grandfather hiding in the basement? If your grandfather is like almost everybody else's, probably nothing all that dangerous. It's likely pretty damn boring down there. But if he's anything like Paul's, it may be something you should avoid at all costs. WARNING: This series of stories contains strong language and graphic scenes. First published in Horror Lover (no longer available)

“A long time ago, there was a priest, a gun, and a vengeance that placed me here.” Juliette, Patient of Emerson Rose Asylum 1978. Juliette must endure a living hell when her inner demons come alive as actual demons named Spike and Scorch. PRAY TELL is Letter #3 excerpt from LETTERS FROM THE LOONEY BIN... In the late 1970s the Emerson Rose Asylum became completely abandoned - all the patients, doctors, staff, vanished and were never seen again. The events circling this mass exodus have been one of the most baffling disappearances in history. Until now. www.ThatcherCNalley.com

This poem is short but not a lark, suddenly it hit me like a spark, I am the scary thing outside in the park, the haunting figure lurking in the dark.

A terrifying tale of horror in the woods. For fans of cryptids and bigfoot. While exploring the long-abandoned Fallow Creek Campground and surrounding mines, Dan Easton makes a terrifying discovery in the pines.