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Wrong place, wrong time. Eighteen voices share their harrowing encounters with the uncanny, the grotesque, and the utterly inexplicable. Stories of old gods and new nightmares, of the evil men do, and of the terrors lingering in the dark.

A young woman wakes in the bed of a stranger; one she can’t recall. While trying to sneak out of his bedroom without waking him, she discovers the body of a dead woman under his bed. While trying to escape this madman’s house, she discovers that not all is as it seems, and that maybe the worst part of her situation is yet to come. Yellow Dog Village, PA, once upon a time was a small mining town. This town was surrounded by thick woods the locals knew should be left alone. No one went into the woods, for fear of being trapped by the ancient evil there.

Edgar Allan Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum plunges listeners into the claustrophobic mind of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, who awakens in utter darkness to face a series of psychological and physical torments. Chained beneath a slowly descending pendulum blade, surrounded by monstrous iron walls and the yawning mouth of a deadly pit, he must summon every ounce of courage, reason, and instinct to survive.

Bordering on extreme horror, Deacon offers a full helping of blood and gore, with a side of psychological and metaphysical elements added for flavor. From a ravaged landscape where the dead roam the Earth to the tortured mind of a man walking a tightrope between insanity and what he believes to be reality, Deacon will leave you guessing until the very end ... and long after.

Spook will do that. Five spooky tales that transcend the barrier between reality and fantasy! Wrap up warm as you'll shiver!

Nyarlathotep, messaggero del caos, giunge sulla Terra diffondendo follia e distruzione tra gli uomini, mentre il mondo scivola in un incubo apocalittico. Le famose storie dell’orrore dello scrittore statunitense Howard Phillips Lovecraft continuano a far discutere gli appassionati, incerti se collocarle nella categoria del fantastico più originale o delle cronache di un possibile domani, di un oggi “laterale” in cui antichi misteri si aprono come crepe nel tessuto della realtà.

J.R. Hamantaschen returns with a collection of his inimitable weird, dark, and imaginative fiction. In these intelligent and haunting stories, Hamantaschen pushes the boundaries of horror, exploring the deepest corners of the human psyche with an unflinching eye.

From Lovecraftian tales such as "The House of the Temple", "Rising With Surtsey", and the title story, to such contemporary horrors as "The Sun, the Sea, and the Silent Scream" and "The Luststone", this new collection has been culled from the writings of a true master of nightmares.

If you like “edge of your seat suspense/horror” this is your audiobook. Beta readers have described Fears Volume 2 as completely immersive, like they have plunged into the stories with the characters. They described feeling panicked, catching themselves hyperventilating or holding their breath as they read it.

Assemble Artifacts: A short story magazine that assembles a thrilling new mix of stories from genres including horror, science-fiction, comedy, and suspense. Buried at the heart of every story in the magazine is a unique artifact, an object that has inspired our storytellers to create a big idea, an irresistible question, a new immersive world, or a sense of wonder. Includes “Nothing Was Already Here” by April Wolfe, “Labyrinth Loop” by Isabel J. Kim, “Divine” by Michael Griffo, “Dismantle” by Joshua Sky, “The Twelve Gates Barber Shop” by K.T. Jayne, and “Refrain” by Gretchen McNeil.

"Erinnerung“ (eng. Original: Memory) ist eine Kurzgeschichte des amerikanischen Horror- und Science-Fiction-Autors H. P. Lovecraft, die 1919 geschrieben und im Mai 1923 in The National Amateur veröffentlicht wurde. "Erinnerung" verwendet viele von Lovecrafts üblichen Bildern und Ideen, wie Relikte der tiefen Vergangenheit und Dinge "ohne Namen". Auch seine Vorliebe für riesige, monolithische Ruinen (ein Favorit vieler anderer Cthulhu- und Horrorautoren) wird in der komplizierten Beschreibung dieser Geschichte deutlich.

The Shadow on the Wall brings together Ruskin Bond’s most chilling works of fright and terror. The 21 stories in this book include classics such as ‘A Face in the Dark’, ‘The Chakrata Cat’ and ‘Susanna’s Seven Husbands’, along with a dose of eerie new tales that have never been published before.

From the haunted hills of Roman Britain to the sewers of occupied Warsaw … in the bloodied streets of Revolutionary Paris, and the anarchy World War II Shanghai … out of the wilds of America, India, Africa and Europe … down the long savage darkness of the centuries, monsters have fed upon us. They are shapeshifters, vampires, sorcerers and spirits—things named only in myth, and things for which we have no name. They are our demons, our reflections, our desires and our nightmares. And all too often, they are … only human.

A broken author tries to get back on his feet by staying at the super-cheap Fairfax Gardens. But the menacing Vagrant outside warns him repeatedly that the place is DAMNED. It all swings from bliss to horror and back, daily and inexplicably, due to the sweet and bubbly Sistine and her marauding demon of a mother. All, as the diabolical Vagrant outside seemingly grows more and more bent on killing them all.

Don't adjust your tracking. Let the static transport you to a world where a first date can end with a cursed snuff film, hitching a ride with a holy man can take a dangerous turn, a hot tub rendezvous can end up stranger than fiction, and other nefarious things can happen.

Eleven dark, twisted, and ghostly tales. What happens when you kidnap the wrong man, what is the fog that rolls into a small coastal village, and do you care who else gets hurt when you look for justice? Some people love so much that it surpasses even death, others seek revenge or justice, and some are bad eggs who deserve their comeuppance.

Detectives investigate a series of disappearances linked to a mysterious prop door marked with cryptic blood-drawn symbols. A vampire adapting to the Covid pandemic is forced to order delivery, but his meal arrives with a sinister surprise that he’d rather forget. A woman on the run discovers her tiny mountain town has secrets of its own, and not all cults are created equal.

The New York Times Bestseller Jordan Peele, the visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us and Nope, curates this anthology of brand new stories of Black horror. Exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but also the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our world. 'A glorious...

Thrilling, creepy, and utterly unforgettable, these five stories of strange voices, haunting passions, and terrifying nightmares will stay with you forever.

Goblin seems like any other ordinary small town. But with the master storyteller Josh Malerman as your tour guide, you'll discover the secrets that hide behind its closed doors. These six novellas tell the story of a place where the rain is always falling, nighttime is always near, and your darkest fears and desires await. Welcome to Goblin.