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Keep the lights on tonight. James Colton delivers another 20 tales of creeping dread guaranteed to ruin your sleep. There's a hidden crawlspace behind my toddler's closet. Something in the dark has been building a nest. We thought it was just an unmapped cave. Then an icy hand out of the darkness grabbed my girlfriend. I work security at an abandoned school. The cameras just detected movement in an empty room. My son refuses to enter the parlor. He says one face in the floral wallpaper has a bad smile.

This is a story from the Classic Ghost Stories collection.

“In Amundsen's Tent" is short horror fiction inspired in part by various expeditions to the South Pole, beginning in the late 1890s. These culminated in the famous effort led by Roald Amundsen, who was the first to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911. "In Amundsen’s Tent" is about a three-man expedition to Antarctica arriving at the deserted camp of an earlier trio of explorers. In the tent is the journal of Robert Drumgold, who with two other men, perished mysteriously near the South Pole....

Winner of the 2025 Audie Award for Short Stories/Collections Includes an afterword written by Stephen King and read by Sean Patrick Hopkins Includes a bonus story, “The Music Room” NAMED A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 HORROR BOOK OF 2024 WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR HORROR...

As with most stories by Poe, there are far deeper meanings as the narrator takes us through his madness. Pluto his cat becomes a symbol of what is wrong in his, the narrator's, life. He tortures Pluto in a drunken stupor by cutting out his eye. He feels guilt for hurting a creature he once loved that also once loved him. The narrator continues to spiral into his web of self-destruction until he is penning his story the night before he will meet the same fate he imposed upon Pluto.

Twenty-four short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion - ghostly, spooky, to be listened to in the dark, perhaps with a light, crackling fire burning dimly in the background. Stories of ghosts, apparitions, and strange, inexplicable occurrences are prevalent in these tales, some of which occur on or near Civil War fields of battle, some in country cottages, and some within urban areas. Can Such Things Be? implies and relates that anything is possible, at any time.

With tales from Laird Barron, Stephen King, John Langan, Peter Straub, and many others, and featuring Datlow’s comprehensive overview of the year in horror, now, more than ever, The Best Horror of the Year provides the petrifying horror fiction readers have come to expect - and enjoy.

The supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real . . . tales of the dark. Such stories have always fascinated us, and modern authors carry on the disquieting traditions of the past while inventing imaginative new ways to unsettle us. Chosen from a wide variety of venues, these stories are as...

The Camp Before Dawn: The Vanished CaravanDaniel Mercer came to the desert looking for history. As an archaeologist investigating the remains of an ancient caravan route, he expects to find buried artifacts, forgotten settlements, and clues left behind by travelers from centuries ago. What he doesn't expect is to encounter something that seems to have survived the passage of time. One night, stranded on a lonely desert road, Daniel discovers a camp glowing beyond the dunes. There are tents beneath the stars. Camels resting beside the fire. Lanterns swaying in the darkness.

Linda hated “nice guys.” She also hated elevator rides. And you would, too, if elevators in your neighborhood were randomly plummeting to the bottom floor and crashing. So, when Linda found herself stuck in an elevator with John, she didn’t know what to expect. John seemed okay, but could Linda really trust him?

We found a recording from the future… 2126 to be exact. An unidentified woman tries to warn us to be vigilant. The authoritarian government established a curfew, a curfew that they say will keep people safe, but in fact, does the opposite. She narrates her harrowing walk home late at night as it happens. Will she make it home? Will we learn the lesson she’s trying to teach us?

Waitresses salaciously serve savory dishes at a hellacious eatery while a murderous window adornment seeks vengeance! We have a phallus-obsessed fellow descending into madness, an avaricious doctor collecting bizarre specimens, and an egolomaniac venturing into snuff filmography! This anthology of splatterful shorts follows the theme of the Seven Deadly Sins, with each tale focused on one of the famous vices, uniquely exploring their iniquity with dark humor and plenty of gory goodness!

Secrets hide in the forests of the south. A murder victim resurrected. Woodland cults. Earthen magic. Explore the secret lives of shamans, cultists and killers in: The Judas GoatSecrets of PerseusThe Sect of the HookAlabama ShamanThe Last Disciple of Kylie ChildersThe Good Thief

A night of wild luck becomes a fight for breath in this nerve-tightening gothic chiller from Wilkie Collins. After breaking the bank at a seedy Palais Royal gambling den, young Englishman Faulkner is flattered, feted—and gently steered toward a room upstairs to sleep off his winnings. Lying...

The pandemic changed the way a lot of people lived for a period. But for Blake Hamilton, it provided a safety and security that he found very comforting. When a random package full of hair appeared on his doorstep, Blake feared that his stalker was back. He decides to take extreme measures to protect himself, but will it be enough?

Four authors. Four terrifying visions. One unforgettable descent into darkness. Enter a world of demons, possession, forbidden occult practices, and bloodthirsty werewolves in this chilling horror anthology featuring stories from four talented authors. Brought to life with dramatic narration...

A finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award, Thin Places is a gothic and atmospheric collection from the national bestselling author of The Bog Wife. This beautiful reissue includes four additional stories. A not-quite-human proprietor menaces guests at a hotel on the edge of a swamp. A composer...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to be un-settled?” Featuring stories by: Norris Black Amber Blaeser-Wardzala Phoenix Boudreau Cherie Dimaline Carson Faust Kelli Jo Ford Kate Hart ...

For the first time in one volume, a collection of Shirley Jackson’s scariest stories, with a foreword by PEN/Hemingway Award winner Ottessa Moshfegh After the publication of her short story “The Lottery” in the New Yorker in 1948 received an unprecedented amount of attention, Shirley...

22 histoires pour explorer des territoires connus seulement de Stephen King et rencontrer ses créatures les plus inquiétantes, les plus bizarres ou les plus monstrueuses. 22 histoires qui vous prendront à la gorge, vous glaceront le sang ou vous procureront la désagréable impression que quelqu'un vous attend, dans l'ombre. 22 histoires pour empoisonner vos rêves et blanchir vos nuits, signées par le grand maître de vos cauchemars... J'ai réuni ici mes meilleures histoires. Vous êtes prêts à me suivre ? On y va. Je connais le chemin... Stephen King.