Horror

The headlines are vicious--philandering husband murdered by mistress, who commits suicide. But the haunting is worse: Camilla Carthan, the widow, can't even grieve. Her husband betrayed her at every opportunity; now that he's dead, he won't leave her alone. Each night Tim returns in nightmares, with his dead mistress, looking even worse than he did on the morgue table and promising to stay with her forever. Though others knew him as vindictive and unfaithful, Camilla never saw the side of her hu... more info>>

What if half the world's population (the female half) practiced witchcraft and kept it a secret from men? Norman Saylor, a professor of ethnology, discovers his wife Tansy has put his research in the field of "Negro Conjure Magic" into practice for the sake of protecting him from other spell-casting faculty wives who wish to further their own husbands careers. A man of science, Norman has only an academic interest in the subject of magic and superstition and forces Tansy to cease all her workin... more info>>

A boy searching for absolution finds terror and torment? Driven by guilt of his father's death and fear of his newfound visionary abilities, Jonathan runs away from home only to befriend pure evil. A mother haunted by dreams avenges her son's death? When nightmares of Miriam James' missing son's death invade her sleep, she decides to go with her deceased husband's friend in search of her son's murderer. A man driven by love sacrifices everything? Alex Thompson has loved Miriam for so long, ... more info>>

Be careful what you wish for. Young men in search of adventure... explorers driven to investigate the ends of the earth... a girl trying to find the perfect hiding place... a curiosity-seeker drawn to an abandoned amusement park. All of them are looking for something - and unfortunately, they usually find it. For the very unlucky, it sometimes finds them! In these ten spellbinding stories by World Fantasy Award winner Barbara Roden, very little is as innocent as it seems; but much is haunting, e... more info>>

When someone dies in outrage, a curse is born. In 1576 Venice, during the second and worst outbreak of the plague, a dying child is shown no mercy. Her death spawns a curse, one which has endured for more than four centuries. In 1927, the curse manifested in acts of madness and murder in a newly constructed asylum, events which, almost a century later, have not quite been laid to rest. Now, in a rendezvous with fate, architect Anna LaServa has arrived in Venice, opening the door to the next f... more info>>

Hector Brightblade, the diabolical wight lord, has wrested control of Drakenhof Castle from the embittered humans. Hector has his long favored prize? but how long can he regain control with the Lich Master Vanis Loman's power unleashed, threatening to undo all the undead lords have accomplished?

wZack McCormick has a lot to be thankful for. He has a great career and people who love him.  He believes he's finally moved past the childhood trauma of finding his mother's mutilated body. He is wrong. A numbing winter storm has gripped Greenwood Lake, New York and no one is safe.  He knows they're here to feed. Bloody bodies litter the streets. Screams are lost inside the wind.  He thinks this evil has been here before. He hopes he's wrong. Zack plans an escape with a handful of survi... more info>>

Jeff Taylor was an ordinary boy growing up in the small town of Babble Creek, North Carolina, until one night his life was changed forever when a sasquatch brutally murdered his family. Taylor fled the town, hoping to leave the painful memory behind. Years later, after two tours of duty in the Iraq War, he's back in Babble Creek seeking vengeance. Taylor's lust for the blood of the monster that slew his family sets in motion a series of events that soon has the entire town fighting for its li... more info>>

Joseph Amator is a ceramic artist putting the pieces of his life back together. He is preparing for his first one-man-show, while cleaning up after a disastrous love affair, and now, after meeting his ex-girlfriend's lover, Joseph's recurring nightmares are coming true. The monsters and horrors in his dreams have awoken and connect Joseph to a man once loved by the same woman he is trying to forget. A man with deep green eyes and deep dark secrets. A man whose power can leave anyone's flesh as c... more info>>

Animal Behavior and Other Tales of Lycanthropy Delivers Eleven Startling Tales of Werewolf Terror!An excommunicated priest who hides a dark secret, one not even the dead will be able to keep.The grisly death of a high profile doctor leads to an investigation into one man's psyche, and poses the question if he is a man at all.A lone wolf whose only wish is to be a mother, but how far will she go?After losing his beloved daughter, a man hunts the beast responsible, but soon realizes things aren't ... more info>>

Black Static is the new horror magazine from TTA Press, the publisher of Interzone, Crimewave and The Fix Online. It publishes groundbreaking dark fiction by some of the world's best writers and most talented newcomers, plus hard-hitting features and innovative artwork, combined in a package that one reader recently called "Mean, moody and magnificent."FICTIONS: EIGHT SMALL MEN - James Cooper      Illustrator: Ben Baldwin THE KNITTED CHILD - Simon Kurt Unsworth      Illustrator: Jim Burns MAXIMU... more info>>

"Sex is magic. It is the oldest, most powerful kind of magic there is. It binds us to creation. But creation is nothing without destruction. Life and death feed on each other -- the eternal serpent devouring its own tail. Since the dawn of time the most primitive cultures understood this. They personified the elements they feared and worshiped, offering sacrifices to appease them. And so they created gods."

Black Static is the new horror magazine from TTA Press, the publisher of Interzone, Crimewave and The Fix Online. It publishes groundbreaking dark fiction by some of the world's best writers and most talented newcomers, plus hard-hitting features and innovative artwork, combined in a package that one reader recently called "Mean, moody and magnificent." FICTIONS: WE, WHO LIVE IN THE WOOD - Paul Finch      Illustrator: Ben Baldwin THE ELEVENTH DAY - Christopher Fowler      Illustrator: Be... more info>>

Doctor Watson is dispatched to gloomy Dartmoor to investigate the savage murder of Sir Charles Baskerville--but even the great detective Sherlock Holmes could not anticipate the dark secrets they will uncover. A monster haunts the dark countryside that surrounds the Baskerville estate, a creature whose existence will challenge the rational beliefs at Holmes's core.

For nearly a century, Reveka Tomescu consumed the life force of her victims as an astral vampire. She transfers her spirit into her last victim, returning to corporeal form as a flesh and blood master vampire! Now, she's hunted by Seattle police as well as one of the deadliest of hunters-another vampire. Reveka's Return, book one of the series "The Crimson Pursuit," is just the beginning.

An aspiring young writer attending a prestigious university is thrilled when the school's most famous professor--a bestselling author--decides to be his mentor. Although ecstatic to find that some dreams really do come true, the young writer is horrified to learn that so do some nightmares. When his mentor's dark secret is revealed, he realizes there are things worse than even those conjured up by a horror writer's imagination.

From award winning author Brian L Porter comes the thriller sensation of the year. 'Pestilence' leads where others will follow in creating a scare-fest that will terrify, entertain and astound the reader.Pestilence... breathe if you dare!The year is 1958, the place, an idyllic village in the heart of the English countryside. Olney St. Mary has stood in its peaceful rural location for over 900 years. Suddenly however, the peace of the community is shattered when two teenage boys are stricken with... more info>>

There is a new menace about to erupt in the devastated United States. Ben and Joe along with Tony, Jake, Tammy and Chuka are headed for southern California to check out a story of cloned fighting creatures. Lieutenant Jerry Owens is sent south into Louisiana to gather intelligence on the Cannibals and teams up with the mysterious Tonda. The insane leader of the Cannibals is about to destroy a city in California with one of his nuclear bombs. Ben and Joe thought things couldn't get worse, little ... more info>>

Not all is well within the kingdom. Some insidious force is at work in the deepest levels of the castle and surrounding land, corrupting everything the people hold dear. But there are those that would fight the terror, doing all they can to combat not only the forces from without but the internal strife going on within themselves.

Be careful what you wish for ...Lonely, overweight Billy Barton's birthday has come except he has no friends to share it with. So he wishes upon a shooting star for a friend and is almost immediately granted his wish. His friend: a zombie named RIP.Chaos and blood-soaked mayhem ensues as Billy, with RIP's help, seeks to level the playing field between him and the school bullies who make fun of his weight. But all is not what it seems, and when a new girl arrives at the school who piques Billy's ... more info>>

Bob the Zombie managed to escape Detroit (in Motor City Shambler), but now he and his fellow zombies are starving in Flint, Michigan. Inside a former community center, the human residents put up a fearsome resistance and the Zombies--generally a slow-thinking lot--seem doomed to starve rather than enjoy that nice human flesh. Fortunately for them, Bob is one of the rare thinking zombies. He comes up with a plan to use hammers and a chainsaw to gain entrance. For the zombies, any success is tempo... more info>>

It's not the end of the world--it's just zombies. Chris is an ordinary guy with a boring job, a perfect fianc�, and plans for a happy, if predictable, future. But when the dead stop dying and become, instead, simply "changed," ordinary isn't so comforting anymore. Wandering stray animals suddenly develop a taste for flesh and brains, and while most of the human zombies might be harmless, can anyone really be sure? With the help of a morning show shock-jock who has recently turned into a zombie... more info>>

The Macro Mechanic's Manifesto takes you deep into the world of independent publishing with essays pulled from A.P. Fuchs's archives, along with horror fiction, a superhero tale, poetry, photos, a self-publishing Q&A and more.This collection takes a look at the ups and downs of trying to make it in publishing on your own terms and the mentality needed to see it through.Part motivation, part inspiration, and all entertainment, The Macro Mechanic's Manifesto will once more open your eyes to doing ... more info>>

Beware the howls in the darkness and the light of the full moon ...As the ever headstrong Miss Emma Woodhouse schemes and plots as matchmaker, a dark and deadly terror descends upon Highbury. A series of bestial murders fills the residents with fear as the ever mysterious Mr. Knightley leads a secret life, unknown to all, combating evils not of this Earth.Carnage and destruction reign throughout the land, and though the residents of Highbury try to attend to day-to-day matters as civilly as poss... more info>>

Manchester House was built upon secrets and blood. Even the land upon which it was built was considered--bad. ITEM: Native Americans for untold centuries believed that if a bird flew over the property it would die. ITEM: On the forced "Trail of Tears" march to Oklahoma, a rival tribe invaded a campsite of a sworn enemy, resting upon the property, decapitated the women and cooked their heads. No reason was ever given. ITEM: While traveling to Vicksburg, Ulysses S. Grant had an experience that cha... more info>>