Twisted Horror

In the sleepy town shrouded by an unrelenting snowstorm, Victoria Ashburn's fascination with forbidden knowledge unleashes a terrifying force. A snowman, born from the darkness of winter folklore, stalks the streets, claiming lives and souls. As Victoria's nightmares become reality, she must unravel the secrets of the ancient texts and stop the snowman's deadly reign before the entire town is consumed by the abyss of winter.

So what do we have? A husband who glimpses his sinister future; a man haunted by his vivid nightmares; homicidal maniacs; creatures from the deep depths of the ocean, and a bullied child who fights back. We also drop in on an auditor on the brink of insanity; a young girl haunted by her dead best friend; a surgeon on a bloody, vengeful mission; a tale of the undead, and a vengeful clown.

The Brothers Grimm are trying to unleash twisted fairy tale beings into Wonderland. 15-year-old Queen Malice doesn’t want to deal with them. She vows to vanquish them in a whirlwind of fury and vitriol! Ahem. Anyway, then Malice’s dear friend, the Mad Hatter, is kidnapped. So to save him, Malice is forced to work with Cinderella, and ends up getting sucked into Fairy Tale Land. But she also has to deal with troublesome romantic feelings, and a malfunctioning heart that leads to murderous rage. She'll try not to kill too many creatures and people, though. Not-quite-right versions of ...

Some legends never dieIn the beginning, before creating Eve, God created Lilith. The night hag herself. Having turned her back on Adam and God, Lilith left Eden, only to disappear from history as time forgot her. Now in the present day, Lilith returns, bursting into Greg’s life and kidnapping his five-year-old son, Zach, only to disappear without a trace. Desperate to get Zach back, Greg embarks on a dangerous journey to retrieve his son with the help of his coworker, Charlie. As he searches for Lilith, Greg uncovers long-buried secrets, which force him to question everything he knows ...

On a night out, four friends witness a stranger in trouble. They decide to do nothing to help. Later, a body washes up on the banks of the Thames - and the group realises that ignoring the woman has left blood on their hands. But why did each of them refuse to step in? Why did none of them want to be noticed that night? Who is really responsible? And is it possible that the victim was not really a stranger at all?

In this collection of short stories, you’ll meet vampires, zombies, elves, and aliens. You’ll step into an old haunted house. You’ll even witness a trial of the Kafkaesque sort, set in the distant year 2668. But you’ll never guess how any of these stories are going to end. Twisted Tales from the Northwest are chilling, subtle stories of latent horror. There’s not much blood spilt, but still, maybe you should refrain from listening to this one at night.

Whisper was living a normal life among humans until a group of witch hunters show up in the city and begin killing off her kind. Now they have their eyes on her, and she finds that magic alone is not enough to keep her alive this time. She needs help, and the only person that can help her survive is a human. Ben Bauer was living a normal human life until Whisper stepped in and turned it upside down. Whisper throws him into a world hidden deep within his own, where the impossible is possible, where nothing is what it seems, and where danger lurks in every shadow. Together they work to stop a...

When seventeen-year-old Femi and his brother accompany their father on a top-secret business trip to a remote and mysterious island, they are looking forward to a summer they'll never forget. Filled with spectacular species of animal and out-of-this-world technology, the island resort welcomes them with open arms, as does its impressive curator Richard Jenkins. But beneath the sparkle and the wonder, the island is hiding a terrible secret - and it's biding its time.

A collection of thrillingly gory and violent horror themed short stories, flash fiction, and poems. The perfect scary listen when alone in the dark. In this volume, we both continue previous tales and add new ones.

This volume is a continuation of gory and ghoulish all-original tales, as well as new tales yet to be discovered.

Need a thief for hire?No problem, Nicky is an expert. Intelligent, witty, and a bit sarcastic, she excels in what she likes to call commercial warfare, making a living stealing from businesses. But this time, she was hired to take something that the owner did not want human eyes to see, and he wants it back. A group of unhuman men are sent after her, leaving only death in their wake, and now they have their eyes locked on Nicky and her friends. Nicky's only chance of survival is to outsmart them, but everywhere she turns they are waiting for her. Every step she takes, they are already one ...

Fear of Flying is Real. It Gets Even More Real When the Plane is Infested with Killer Tarantulas! Bestselling pulp fiction writer, Tim Dutton and his wife Claire are flying to Rome, Italy, to rekindle their failing marriage. But when the pilots are discovered dead from spider bites, and no one is flying the plane, havoc ensues. That's when it's also discovered thousands of tarantulas have infiltrated the plane. Dutton, along with a stunning female flight attendant, have no choice but to attempt to eradicate them before it's too late. From New York Times bestselling Thriller Award winning ...

Darren was just getting settled into life at college when his world was turned upside down. After he and his research partner stumble upon a network of tunnels beneath the campus, his research partner goes missing. Now the faculty are covering it up. After Audrey steps into his life and into the tunnel with him, the pair try to uncover what they soon realize is bigger than anything they ever expected. Something lies in the darkness of the tunnels. Something that is growing. Something that they must stop at all costs.

A sea curse and dark magic. A family that can’t stay clear of the water… Join Morgan as she sets sail to break a family curse on the Island of Nightmares. Set in the 1850s, Morgan refuses to let her twin brother suffer the same fate as their whale-obsessed father, Captain Ahab. Despite her efforts to keep Nathan on dry land, her brother can’t resist the siren song of the sea and rumors of untold treasures on the Island of Nightmares… Before Nathan can drop anchor and find his bounty, his crew encounters an ominous force. He’s convinced the creature is somehow connected to his ...

She thought she had escaped the past. She was wrong . . .16-year-old Kitty has worked hard to get her life back on track after years of traumatic abuse at the hands of her stepfather. And with the support of her boyfriend Aaron and her best friend Lexi, she really starts to believe she can put the past behind her for good. Until girls at her school start getting assaulted. Someone is stalking and targeting her friends one by one. The local sheriff has no idea who the attacker is or how to find him. Which means Kitty must try to discover the identity of this masked serial rapist herself, ...

Maggie Mackay has been haunted her entire life. No matter what she does, she can’t shake the sense that something is wrong with her. And maybe something is. When she was five years old, without proof, Maggie announced that someone in the remote village of Blairmore in the Outer Hebrides had murdered a local man, sparking a media storm. Now, Maggie is determined to discover what really happened and what the villagers are hiding. But everyone has secrets, and some are deadly. As she gets closer to the horrifying truth, Maggie’s own life is in danger.

With an eclectic mix of dark fiction and horror, BloodLoss is the debut collection of short stories by Leonard Johnson. Experience ten unpublished tales that will explore the dark side of human nature and deal out morbid justice with macabre results. Visit the last living man on Earth in a world ruled by vampires, zombies, and werewolves. Continue your journey with voodoo, a strange well, and the ultimate story of where the hunter becomes the hunted.

From first dates to shipwrecked sailors, encompassing modern horror to gothic tropes, this anthology has something for every listener with one thing in common: They want something to think about when they go to bed.

Discover the terrifying secrets of Pune in Terribly Twisted Tales, a horror novella by Dr Soham Sonis. Deep in the heart of the sprawling metropolis, five strangers converge, bound by an invisible thread of destiny.

Jake will be dead within the month. At five years old, a brain tumor will cut his life short, and while the doctors can prolong the inevitable, they cannot stop it. His father, Rick, cannot accept the news. Why would God let something like that happen to his son? What did his son ever do to deserve this? Everything changes when a mysterious woman steps into their lives, offering them a way to save Jake. But this offer has risks of its own—and not everyone may make it back. Hesitant at first, they accept her offer, only to be whisked away on an unexpected journey into the fantasy world of ...