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Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies", which consists of an essay each on ants, butterflies and mosquitos. According to the author, most of the folk tales and ghost stories in the first part were translated from old Japanese texts. The themes encompass resurrection, sacrifice, magic, and the realm of dreams.

Masques Macabre is “a juicy collection of stories, with some great character development and a lot of original ideas. Recommended!” [Horror After Dark]. “This collection consists of four unique stories. Bruns handles plot, setting, and characterization exceptionally well in all four. The horror creeps slowly under your skin until you suddenly realize you’re in the midst of madness.” [Quiet Fury]. “Bruns creates realistic settings for his well-imagined, lively characters.” [Kirkus Reviews].

Dark Tracks: 4 Horror Stories is a chilling collection of short horror tales where isolation, guilt, and the unknown collide. Each story pulls you into a different nightmare — from abandoned places that shouldn’t be entered, to ordinary moments that spiral into something deeply wrong. As the tension builds, reality begins to fracture, and what waits in the darkness refuses to stay hidden. These are not tales of cheap jump scares. They are slow-burning, unsettling stories that linger long after the final word — the kind of horror that creeps in quietly and stays with you.

A dark and enchanting collection of tales about cunning, wicked, and magical old women. These stories reveal the power, cleverness, and sometimes terrifying influence of hags, crones, and witches, blending suspense, enchantment, and grim humor.

Imagine a Victorian house where every room is cursed with a frightful existence. Are monsters in the halls? Ghosts left to fester in the library? Or are the rooms themselves enchanted with malevolent energy? What was summoned long ago and what doorways were left open? Manor of Frights is a collection of tales all set in different rooms of the same house.

Since their inception in 2006, Ghost has entertained millions of fans throughout the world. Their style of heavy metal combined with eccentric stage performances have made them a brand all their own. In Tales from the Clergy, seventeen masters of horror share their love of Ghost with a chilling tale inspired by their favorite song. A girl is granted the power to save or kill. A corrupt priest gets what he deserves. A man plunders the sewers and finds something else is after him. A woman has a baby by any means necessary, and then must pay the price.

Scarlet’s shift at The Burger Box was supposed to be like any other. But something is off about the night. A road block leaves the diner feeling eerie and desolate. The few customers are acting weird, and someone is lurking around in the shadows. Then the first body turns up. Someone is ready to place their Final Order.

A man, a woman, and a road trip through the sun-blasted highways of West Texas that descends into chaos, blood, and screams. Bleak, cinematic, and unrelenting, Scratch is a fever dream of American horror. A collision of Nick Cutter’s raw realism, Edward Lee’s extremity, and Cormac McCarthy’s apocalyptic poetry, Scratch delivers a quick, brutal, and bloody fix that lingers long after the final tick.

An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband. Elsewhere, an accomplished surgeon is approached by a cabaret singer, whose beautiful appearance belies the grotesque condition of her heart. And while the surgeon's jealous lover vows to kill him, a violent envy also stirs in the soul of a lonely craftsman. Desire meets with impulse and erupts, attracting the attention of the surgeon's neighbor - who is drawn to a decaying residence that is now home to instruments of human torture.

Based on Japanese literature and foldlore, Kwaidan contains 17 stories. The story of Loichi, the blind biwa player who was called to perform for the dead; of Muso, the journeying priest who encountered a man eating goblin; of the samurai who outwitted the ghost of a dead man. All these plus 14 other spooly tales are included in this collection.

Edgar Allen Poe is regarded as one of the greatest American writers and a pioneer of the horror genre, and this collection brings together some of his most celebrated tales. Themes of guilt, fear and revenge abound as the master of gothic horror transports audiences to mysterious worlds, carries them on dangerous sea voyages, and investigates gruesome murders. Exploring the hidden depths of the human mind, these are tales full of thrills and intrigue.

Short Horror Stories Collection: 3 Terrifying Tales for Sleepless Nights will drag you deep into a vortex of PSYCHOLOGICAL TERROR that linger long after the final word.

All of Edgar Allan Poe’s great short stories in one 16-hour collection.

Revenge, death, and destruction abound in this early short story by H.P. Lovecraft. The story follows Antoine, a count who is last in line to die at the age of 32 due to a curse put on his family hundreds of years prior. His ancestor, being responsible for the death, brought about the curse, and Antoine was left to watch all his family, including his manservant, die an early death. But when his time comes and he is exploring the castle in wait, he manages to successfully end the curse by deflecting the fatal blow of Charles - the son of the man who was killed so many years ago.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Eleanor Matsuura, known for AMC's The Walking Dead and Spooks. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Paul Murray. In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs...

At the heart of these stories, as with all the best of Lovecraft’s work, is the belief that the Earth was once inhabited by powerful and evil gods, just waiting for the chance to recolonise their planet. Cthulhu is one such god, lurking deep beneath the sea until called into being by cult followers who – like all humans – know not what they do.

This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates his intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. The Fall of the House of Usher is a slow-burning Gothic horror, describing the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past.

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.

A group of mountain climbers, caught in the dark, fight to survive their descent; in the British countryside, hundreds of magpies ascend into the sky, higher and higher, until they seem to vanish into the heavens; a professor and his student track a zombie horde in order to research zombie behavior; an all-girl riding school has sinister secrets; a town rails in vain against a curse inflicted upon it by its founders; and much more.