True Horror

This anthology details encounters with ghosts, loved ones that have passed, evil spirits, lost entities, devious spectors, and haunting encounters that’ll send a chill of dread tickling up your spine. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. There’s almost certainly a ghost or two reading over your shoulder now. This anthology makes a great gift for the horror fan in your life, perfect for the storyteller that loves to scare others around a campfire, or for anyone who thinks ghosts aren’t real!

It is said that Halloween is the night where spirits roam and feel free to be among the living. Only thing is...you have no idea where they will be. Will they choose your house? Your work? Or the other side of your bed to watch you while you sleep?

D’Rick, Bruiser, Dazer and Red are back! Undead and Republished!A group of clowns, murdered 25 years earlier, returned as grotesque zombies. These Zombie Clowns made their way into the city of Youngstown, Ohio causing unimaginable havoc, all while masturbating in plain sight. Although most of the public record has been wiped clean of the incident, this is the complete story "THEY" don't want you to know about!" This book combines all three out of print Masturbating Zombie Clown stories, re-edited and repackaged, to give you all the information on the 100% true story “THEY” don’t ...

This Christmas, he’s making a list… and slaying everyone on it. From John A. Russo, co-writer of Night of the Living Dead, comes a chilling holiday horror novel that will haunt your nightmares. Albert Kinney isn’t your typical holiday enthusiast. He doesn’t deck the halls—he drenches them in blood. A cold, calculating serial killer, Albert has turned murder into an art, recording his gruesome crimes for a hidden audience on the Dark Web. This Christmas, he’s hunting fresh victims… and leaving a trail of horror across the snowy streets. When Marie Connor, a woman escaping an ...

Headed for some well-deserved shore leave, Shepard is gunned down in the streets of Seattle, a victim of "a mugging gone stupid." He awakens, not in a hospital bed, but in the surreal world of Purgatory. Within seconds of his arrival, he is saved from a gruesome and painful end by his new best friend, Horace. That's Quintus Horatius Flaccus the philosopher, to you Roman history buffs. Horace explains to Shepard the cold, hard rules for surviving in Purgatory. More than just the walls have ears, and he's not sure how long Shepard will last.

This collection includes the frightening real-life accounts of a family whose chance for a new beginning would pit them against a force not of this world; a creature of unknown origin that terrorized a farming community in the 1950s; an unidentified presence captured on video; a woman who claimed to be the target of a systematic poltergeist attack; a stubborn family pet that refused to accept the finality of death; hotels where guests check-in for eternity; the victim of a horrific crime whose spirit reached out to her loved ones in her final moments; innocent looking objects that were not ...

The Vampire of The Villas (a short but true story). Bram Stoker’s novel ‘Dracula’ first saw the light of day - or the dead of night - in 1897, but vampire mythology had frightened the wits out of people for centuries before then. Almost all vampire stories are fictional and even the ones which claim to be genuine are so lacking in factual detail that they are viewed ‘tongue in cheek’. ‘The Vampire of The Villas’ on the other hand, is absolutely true – I know because I was there. This short story is my account of what took place on the evening of Friday 24th November 1972 ...

Explore deeper inside the dark mind of Sea Caummisar. Inspired by true events, even though some names have been changed. A blur of reality and fiction. In my experience, it wasn't the fan that became obsessed with me. I became obsessed with her. Despite this book being inspired by true events, it is still a tale of blood of gore. Listener beware: Don't let the title fool you. This is extreme horror.

Whether you are a skeptic or a believer, at one point or another in our lives we are bound to experience something we cannot quite explain.... There are times where spirits can attach themselves to something whether it be an object, person, or location. It could be an entity, energy, residue, or just something far sinister. Coming into contact with the paranormal can be both terrifying and life-changing. R. Harrell brings you a deep, somewhat disturbing dive into the minds of those afflicted by paranormal activity.

J.R. Hamantaschen, a name synonymous with groundbreaking underground horror, returns with his latest collection. Channeling the essence of horror legends like H.P. Lovecraft, Thomas Ligotti, Clive Barker, T.E.D. Klein, and Dennis Etchison, this collection cements his status as a master storyteller in the realm of dark fiction, blending nihilism, the grotesque, and the philosophical in a way that only he can.

If you love a good scary story, you've come to the right place. Included in this book are real-life accounts of haunted houses, cemeteries where the dead cannot rest, vengeful spirits who are doomed to walk the Earth for eternity, entities that adopt human form even though they are anything but, hotels that cater to an unlikely assortment of spectral guests, a church that may have been more than it seemed and much, much more. Now that you know a bit of what is in store, you need wait no more. Your journey into a world of truly frightening tales is only a page away.

Daniel Marlowe built a cross between heaven and hell in his mansion. Atop the manse, in the room on the 13th floor, say a demonic being charged with the protection of the mansion, its inhabitants, and the town that grew around it. The 12 remaining floors were a cross between the Elysian Fields and Olympus...a vision of paradise on Earth. Below, lay Tartarus. This, he built for his beloved. When his beloved is murdered and her sister takes her place, Daniel knew that evil was afoot.

From invasion to liberation, September 1939 to April 1945, as Renee was marched from ghetto to camp, there was one constant. One hand that clutched hers—her mother's. Every day for nearly six years, mother and daughter were bound together in hell. From Auschwitz-Birkenau to Bergen-Belsen, they were a powerful source of solace and hope for one another. A Mother's Promise is a love letter to a mother eighty years in the making.

When he vowed that he'd love her forever, this isn't what he meant. William returns from overseas and discovers that a mysterious illness has taken away the wife he knew forever, but that doesn't mean he can stop loving her.

Serial killers have shocked communities across the world with their gruesome crimes against humanity. While many killers are eventually brought to justice, some have eluded police capture and vanished without a trace. Their identities remain unknown and their cases were never solved. But who were these mysterious killers, and how did they get away with murder?

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 ...

Young couple Harriet and David Fisher started their family with their sweet Dorothy. A barely uneventful birth was followed by normal first years of the child’s life despite her mother’s struggles, until Harriet and her husband begin to notice things about their once dolly little girl that keep them awake at night. They are convinced at first that there are reasonable explanations to all of the mysterious things that begin to manifest as their daughter grows. They make excuses and rationalize her behavior; she is nothing but their baby.

In Jonathan Kellerman’s gripping novels, the city of Los Angeles is as much a living, breathing character as the heroes and villains who roam its labyrinthine streets. Sunny on the surface but shadowy beneath, this world of privilege and pleasure has a dark core and a dangerous edge. In True Detectives, Kellerman skillfully brings his renowned gifts for breathless suspense and sharp psychological insight to a tale that resonates on every level and satisfies at every turn.

This anthology of spooky tales will challenge your understanding of the supernatural. Spanning two decades of meticulous investigations, Lee Brickley provides chilling narratives that delve into the unexplained phenomena occurring around Halloween. These are not mere scary stories; they are based on haunted histories and real-life supernatural events that defy explanation.

Elsabet or Elizabeth Bathory's life is notorious and, for the most part, known to history. What she's done since is another story altogether. Haunted by the crimes of her life and by her bloodfather, Vlad Dracula, Elsa seeks a life of her own in the New World. But her past will always catch up to her and she must face her demon.