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The story involves a mine that uncovers a very deep chasm, too deep for any sounding lines to hit bottom. The night after the discovery of the abyss the narrator and one of the mine's workers, a Mexican called Juan Romero, venture together inside the mine, drawn against their will by a mysterious rhythmical throbbing in the ground. Romero reaches the abyss first and is swallowed by it. The narrator peers over the edge, sees something – "but God, I dare not tell you what I saw!" and loses consciousness. The next morning, the narrator and the deceased Romero are both found in their bunks.

The Tree is a macabre short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in 1920, and published in October 1921 in The Tryout. Set in ancient Greece, the story concerns two sculptors who accept a commission with ironic consequences. Lovecraft wrote The Tree early in his career. He was dismissive of the story in a 1936 letter. Such stories, he said, "if typed on good stock make excellent shelf-paper, but little else." The assessment of Lovecraft authority S. T.

The story begins with the narrator describing the night sky as observed over long sleepless nights from his window, in particular that of the Pole Star, Polaris, which he describes as "winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey". He then describes the night of the aurora over his house in the swamp, and how on this night he first dreamed of a city of marble lying on a plateau between two peaks, with Polaris above in the night sky.

Tragedy strikes twice when an enraged father discovers his son’s death was caused by bullying and sets out for bloody revenge. An adventurer seeking the true meaning of fear learns to be careful with what he wishes for. And a web of mystery leads a group of neighborhood children to investigate and carry the secret of their discovery well into adulthood….

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.

The third audiobook of select horror and thriller stories from author Andrew Allen Smith, Yet Another Slice of Fear takes a deeper dive into the thrill of facing unknowns, including death.

"Die Sphinx" ist eine Erzählung von Edgar Allan Poe, veröffentlicht im Januar 1846. Die Geschichte spielt zur Zeit der Cholera-Epidemie in New York. Der Protagonist folgt einer Einladung eines Verwandten zu dessen Landhaus am Ufer des Hudson River, um dort zwei Wochen zu verweilen. Jeden Tag versterben Freunde der beiden, was diesen per Post mitgeteilt wird. Der Protagonist ist äußerst abergläubisch und wird misstrauisch, nachdem er ein paar Bücher in der Bibliothek seines Freundes gelesen hat. Dann passiert etwas Unheimliches.

Set in Ireland, this SFW collection of short horror stories is recorded in amazing 3D audio technology that engages all of your senses for a truly immersive ASMR listening experience. What makes these short stories even more special is that the listener is placed at the center of all the action. You get to play the lead role as Gaelforce speaks directly to you — up close and personal.

A farmer in old Japan prays to the gods for a wife, someone who is kind, beautiful, and hardworking. What would be even better is if she didn’t eat at all, saving him both money and food. Imagine his surprise when just such a woman shows up at his house one night. But all is not perfect. The gods have quite the sense of humor, and the farmer soon learns what kind of monster he is living with. But is it too late?

Eve does not enjoy making the long drive through the mountains and forests along Ortega Highway 74. In fact, she’s terrified to drive it—especially at night. She’d been warned since childhood of how haunted the road was.

Raymond is trying to enjoy an afternoon at the park with his toddler, Victor. A pastime of his is to categorize all the parents he sees at the playground, based on their appearance and behavior. He proudly considers himself a parent that doesn’t fit into “The Trans-Parent Club” filled with oblivious and often neglectful dads and moms. To his horror, he’s about to meet a few other parents that defy categories and possibly even mother nature.

An intriguing woman knocked on the door to your craptastic new house and offered to sell you some knowledge about it for a small fee, and then she showed you a secret room in your basement where the former owner smoked hallucinogens and performed occult rituals. Would you be curious to explore it with her? If you’re a morose and horny retired professor like Herman Tilling, you sure as hell would! But it might not end up the way you expect....

Thirteen classic stories of horror and the supernatural by some of the greatest writers in the genre. This compilation includes a mix of well-known classics by authors such as Edith Nesbit, J. Sheridan Le Fanu and M. R. James, alongside several tales by less familiar names who were hugely popular and prolific in their day.

Hell hath no fury like a raisin scorned. Hellraisin 3: The Wrath of Grapes!

narra la historia de Walter Gilman, un estudiante de la Universidad de Miskatonic obsesionado con las leyendas de Arkham, y un ávido lector de libros como el Necronomicón, El libro de Eibon y el Unaussprechlichen Kulten. Es así que decide rentar una habitación en la Casa de la Bruja, sitio donde vivió Keziah Mason, una vieja bruja que consiguió escapar de los juicios de Salem gracias a su habilidad para viajar a otras dimensiones.

From the author of Yellowstone Shifters come three frightful tales set in America's renowned parks. A Yellowstone dishwasher catches a grotesque trout, unleashing an insidious catastrophe... A young ranger in the Everglades releases a slinking killer in her shallow waters... And a former pro-wrestler is pitted against a hairy, bipedal creature that isn’t what everyone thinks it is.

Doppelgängers, werewolves, and little tiny diamond grubs that eat their way through your shirt. They're all here and not always looking like you'd expect them to. Fifteen horror stories for Halloween guaranteed to make you look over your shoulder and avoid dark alleys.

Handsome older Claymore Enfield is a renowned high-society interior designer hired by boyishly attractive Travis Worth, a young tech billionaire, to help restore and decorate his newly acquired historic Manhattan townhouse. In addition to working on his home, Claymore takes Travis under his wing to teach him about art and culture and grooming. He also shares stories and secrets of society and the house’s dark past.

Peculiar Monstrosities is packed with 14 exquisitely crafted stories from new and established authors of Bizarro fiction.

A man in an insane asylum believes his handlers are lizard-people wearing human skin.