Small Horrors

A horrific monster has robbed Asadi of what he loves most, forcing him to make a decision that will change his life forever. Will he make the right choice? Discover the truth in Still Water Bay's episode two, A Call to Action.

Due to an error made by Li, the Guild is split while on a monster hunt. Jonathan and Sam wind up at the Guild's cemetery, while Asadi and John make their way back to the library. Here they learn the true identity of the monsters and what they need to trap them. Unfortunately for John, the materials can only be found at the bait shop owned by his estranged wife, Gladys.

Frank Whelan is the seventh son of a seventh son, so by now, he should have inherited his father’s legendary healing power but still hasn’t managed to graduate beyond small-time skin afflictions. He already feels adrift when his twin, Bernie, reveals a life-changing decision that calls into question everything Frank thought he knew about his place in the family. And then he discovers his father had been keeping secrets of his own. And so Frank turns to an unlikely source for guidance and finds himself on a quest for answers...from this world and the next.

Alexander Grin is known for his strange and chilling tales, and this one is certainly one of the oddest of them all. The author would like us to consider what would happen if a creation not only outsmarted its creator but became truly dangerous.

Nothing can harm them - or can it? There's a house on a hill at the very edge of the small town of Warren's End, a house that no one had any business in building up there. It's been said many times before now, but there's nothing quite like hindsight to bring everything into focus. Morris Stumper never was too good at taking advice, even when that advice could save a person a bushel load of heartache. Unfortunately, this hill was once the site of a cemetery with a ghastly history. Morris, anxious to pay as little money as possible for a home with a view, heedlessly sat his house on the ...

Five years ago, the demon Azazel tricked Ben Spencer into giving him possession of his body. After countless frustrating and heartbreaking dead ends, Ben’s family and his girlfriend Katy Ruskin have finally located him. Will their daring rescue attempt work, and will they be able to free Ben from the demon? And with Ben free, is everything truly over…or is it only just beginning? A Pattern of Shadows brings the Small Things trilogy to a stunning conclusion that pits Ben and Katy and their families against the very forces of heaven and hell itself.

Ghost hunters on a mission, mysterious flying gavels, and down home southern cooking When flying gavels and a levitating judge cause upheaval in a small rural town, it's up to Eden Patterson with her husband Luke and a team of ghost hunters to uncover the cause for the disruptions. But secrets hide within the walls and beyond the courthouse. What or who is this mysterious presence that wants to tear down the walls of justice? Find out in this new series filled with smell visions of fried chicken, green beans and chunks of ham, and double crusted apple pie.

A Haunted Village, Rattling Chains and Ominous Moans Eden Patterson and her ghost team are called to investigate disturbances in a small town filled with craft shops, antiques, and a rich history. Rattling chains, yelling and moaning are causing the town's shopkeepers nightmares as tourists and customers turn tail and run. But are these disturbances evil, angry or sad? Find out as Eden faces a spirit unlike any she has before.

Shipwrecks are part of life in the remote village of Porthmorvoren, Cornwall. And as the sea washes the bodies of the drowned onto the beach, it also brings treasures: barrels of liquor, exotic fruit, the chance to lift a fine pair of boots from a corpse, maybe even a jewel or two. When, after a fierce storm, Mary Blight rescues a man half dead from the sea, she ignores the whispers of her neighbours and carries him home to nurse better. Gideon Stone is a Methodist minister from Newlyn, a married man.

You feed your fish daily. You love them, one and all, and met most first as eggs. You provide dutifully for their care, minding the water temperature, the pH, the pump. Some fish are destined to remain small, whereas others grow naturally larger. These larger ones need their own space - more room to swim, spawn, grow - because their pond is small and thick with other, comparatively diminutive fish.

Sheriff Peter Holbrook leads a simple life watching over the residents of Nowhere, Kansas, where the most noteworthy crimes are dognappings and brawls at the local tavern. He’s always had an inherent fear of the gray - the yearly spring storms that plague the area. As the gray descends on Nowhere, a mysterious woman crashes her car just outside city limits. The tattooed stranger may not remember who she is, but Peter instantly feels a connection with her. But, the girl’s appearance isn’t the oddest event.

A glimpse of eight-year-old Ivor in a pretty market town inspires young artist Gemma Palmer to write and illustrate a children’s book. Gemma next meets Ivor when she is 29 and he 16. They become lovers, to the consternation of Gemma’s friends…for the real Ivor is quite different from the sunny character she turned him into in her much-loved books. Lurking in the secret places of his heart are impulses that are dangerous and malign. It can only be a matter of time before they are released, ready to strike. But when? Where? At whom?

In the Suds & Duds, the scent of fabric softener masks the perfume of desire—and the whispers of something far more sinister. Mark Jensen thought he’d found a fresh start when he bought an old laundromat in the sleepy town of Pine Grove. But as whispers of a succubus spread and his nights become filled with strange encounters, Mark discovers that desire can be deadly. As his passion for the enigmatic Jenny spirals into obsession, Mark must confront a dark secret lurking in the shadows—one that could consume him and the entire town.

Un grupo de personas se reúne en una casa rural para escribir un conjunto de relatos de terror. Mientras permanecen allí, y según van pasando los días, el tiempo empeora y se inicia una tormenta de nieve que los aísla del resto del mundo. Los huéspedes de la cabaña pasan el tiempo escribiendo y compartiendo sus relatos, pero no parecen darse cuenta de que hay una terrorífica historia que se está haciendo realidad.

One day, a courier who deems himself quite the romantic hero, decides to follow a beautiful stranger...only to be plunged into a nightmare vortex in space and time.

There is a harvest moon over Toulouse, but it’s going to be a very dark night. Eleven-year-old Micah Stevens intends to free the dogs from a puppy mill in the woods outside of town. Teenager Jenny Allard and her boyfriend Michael Kennedy have come up with a plan to get even with two of the school’s most notorious thugs. Gloria Downing is coming home after a decade running from her past. On this Indian summer evening in October of 1981, the little town is about to add several chapters to its long and bizarre history. Come along as award winning novelist, Chris Morrow, gives you the grand...

Hotaru torna nel paese natale, un piccolo borgo tranquillo attraversato da un fiume, per dimenticare le sue pene d'amore. Era andata ad abitare a Tokyo dove per otto anni aveva vissuto una relazione sentimentale con un uomo sposato, un fotografo sempre impegnato nel lavoro che inaspettatamente l'abbandona. Il ritorno di Hotaru è un ritorno all'infanzia, un modo per ritrovare pace e serenità tra gli amici e l'affetto della nonna. La madre è morta e il padre, un famoso psicologo, è in viaggio in California.

There can be no light without darkness.The sun cannot rise without night preceding it, and the setting sun of the day must inevitably fade to black. If life were all sunshine and roses, there would be no contrast. Perpetual sunshine would be both blinding and devastating. We need the darkness. It is an integral part of the whole. Part of us. Horror stories are a reflection of our darker side.

Small Bites is a collection of 14 short stories of the paranormal, horror, science fiction and fantasy. Each a tale of curiosity, hunger, longing, fear and love.

Un condannato trascorre i suoi ultimi minuti narrando le terribili vicende che hanno sconvolto la sua esistenza e quella degli umili abitanti di Caresana...