Horror

Out Of The Darkness takes the reader through fourteen well-crafted, darkly disturbing tales of horror. Whether it's about a haunted highway in New Jersey, a grandfather clock that tells more than just the time, a post-apocalyptic world where the lone survivor must make a terrible choice, or a classic "monster in the basement" tale, there is sure to be a story for every horror fan in this collection. Each individual tale explores the universal truth--that regions of darkness not only exist in the... more info>>

The latest from E. F. Watkins, author of Dance With The Dragon, the 2004 EPPIE Award Winner for Best Horror!... Homely Louise Bauer makes a deal with a mysterious "bag lady"--if Lu will perform a ceremony using a sculpture of her ideal man, he'll come into her life and love her as she is. Soon afterward, Lu meets Eric Troy, a handsome, charming and talented actor who lights up her days and heats up her nights. Then Lu notices that anyone who crosses Eric suffers a violent punishment--yet Eric hi... more info>>

A collection of horrific short stories, collaborative works, poetry and interviews by 'Partners in Slime" Mike McCarthy and Mark McLaughlin. Introduction by Gregory L. Hall. Excerpt: "Intriguing," the Major said. "Killer insects, but tiny. Much better than those killer cockroaches we were working on. Those things were as big as puppies--couldn't sneak 'em over enemy lines. So what's the hold-up?" "The biggest problem I have is this: after the dust mites eat a substantial amount of flesh, they w... more info>>

Not unlike a multi-layered puzzlebox, Hell has many varied levels, each infinitely worse than the last. Horrid images of horned demons and fiery rivers of damnation are the most common, though an unfortunate few have felt the searing flames within the mundane confines of their everyday existence. Ultimately, only death may provide potential relief to those decayed souls whose guilty conscience threatens to cannibalize their very sanity, only to awake and discover that the sins of one's past come... more info>>

Bound by misery. Marked by sin. Set free by death. Barely into their teens, without homes, they dwell in neon shadows, the violent eddies of urban America. They trade their innocence for money, abuse their hopes, and then a monster comes... A monster without fangs or claws, but more deadly. Because of them, he has lost everything: his wife, his family. And he vows to clean the streets of Chicago...for good. One of the street kids and a man of the cloth form a desperate pact. Together, they wi... more info>>

Four erotic horror tales from author Nancy Jackson.

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>>

No ax murderers hunting sexy teens . . . no brutal torture for torture's sake . . . because PHANTOM goes beyond the scare: Paul Tremblay and Sean Wallace have collected fourteen stories by today's most thoughtful writers of horror, each asking the questions beyond what is frightening? This is just the beginning, however, with stories from Steve Rasnic Tem, Lavie Tidhar, F. Brett Cox, Stephen Graham Jones, Steve Berman, Nick Mamatas, Michael Cisco, among other fresh voices in horror. From paran... more info>>

Formed by a self-made billionaire, Thomas Weiss, and a British Import, Zachary Cane, The Office of Paranormal Research (OPR) has investigated literally thousands of cases from Ghosts, Cults, vampires, and much more. Comprised mostly of clinical researchers and former law enforcement, OPR employs unique investigation meathods. They have on occasion lent their talents to local law enforcement, but mostly they work independently to prove, or disprove, paranormal phenomenon. After the grisly murder ... more info>>

A collection of nine stories: --A Gift From Above --Choices --Pieces --Cat Hater --Bad Blood --Ophilia Raphaeldo --The Devil's Music --Bait --God's Work

Explore the dangerous domain of a madman--Johnny Walker is a FBI agent on a personal crusade to catch a killer. One year ago, his little sister was brutally murdered and the police still don't have a suspect. Mary Marshall founded a watchdog group to rid the world of online predators after her sister fell victim to a charismatic stranger she met on the popular networking website, HiyaSpace. As the similarities surrounding their losses draw these two together, they soon embark on a desperate ques... 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>>

Angels. Demons. Giant Zombies. Things have changed. Ever since returning through the Storm of Skulls to the present day, Joe, Billie and August have discovered the world they now inhabit, is not the world they left behind. The zombie threat has evolved to gargantuan proportions. Now aided by giant undead--massive monsters with phenomenal strength and power, with deadly appetites just as vast--the zombie population moves to devour any and all life. Separated from his friends, Joe learns that... more info>>

Young Andrew Perry has what he calls "The Power of Resurrection," and he wields it like a toy wand, reanimating animals and people as he sees fit, primarily for his own amusement. But when this strange power begins to amplify, he decides he must be destined for more than merely roadside parlor tricks. In another part of the country, a girl named Lindy possesses a power of her own, a power that threatens both her health and her sanity. The ability to hear and speak to birds, at first terrifying,... more info>>

Con artists Wendy Markland and Jacob Iverson have spent the past several years making a living by pretending to be vampire hunters. They fleece people with tall tales, folkloric trivia and low-budget props. Neither believe that the undead, demon-possessed corpses they pretend to hunt are truly real. But now, while working their latest job, they learn the staggering truth--vampires are real. They find their worldview turned upside-down and their lives forever shattered as they go on the run, figh... more info>>

THOMAS USHER HAS A MOST TERRIBLE TALENT. Following a car crash in which his wife and daughter are killed, he can see the recently departed, and it's not usually a pretty sight. When he is called to investigate the violent death of the daughter of a prominent local gangster, Usher's world is torn apart once more. For the barriers between this world and the next are not as immutable as once he believed. Mashing together the grittiest British police procedural with dark supernatural terror, a... more info>>

The seizure stopped. Hoisting Sadie into his arms, Jackson stumbled to the bathroom. He laid her limp form onto the cold tile. The dog nipped the bottom of his pant leg, growling. "Get off, King!" Turning on the shower, lukewarm, like his mother had done a thousand times for him in his eighteen years, he eased Sadie into the tub. "How do you do this, Mom?" he whispered. "Living with the fear all the time? I'm never having kids." King growled low in his throat. He sniffed at Jackson and his... more info>>

Some people search their whole lives for proof in the existence of something beyond this world. What would you do if you had proof? Are you really ready for it?

In order to save its own skin, a devious pumpkin plays an evil mind game with the person who bought it. A short story from our Spectres horror line.

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>>

Mark Conner wants to be a pianist, but when he transfers to Southeastern Louisiana University, he is told he doesn't have the talent. Mark's obsession with Sergei Rachmaninoff, the great Russian composer, and his fascination with the Occult lead to a horrific tale of desire, fame, and revenge. "...Korn has fed upon Poe, Lovecraft and Richly Sinewed Music, but above all upon himself! I thought the first two-thirds of Rachmaninoff's Ghost splendid, but its last third of Jungian nightmare literally... more info>>

The house seemed to beckon her. Welcome her. As if it knew her. The light had faded, and dark, bilious clouds had taken its place. In the three short weeks I'd spent in Cornwall, I'd learned two things: that the weather was not to be trusted, and that the wind never ceased to blow. Fair weather or foul, it whistled and murmured and moaned, like a living, breathing, tortured being. It had risen since it played innocently among the foxglove blooms earlier stirring the mists along the graveyard gat... more info>>

When Emily Crane's car breaks down on a dark, lonely road at night, she is attacked and raped by a man she kills in self defense. That night, the dead rapist walks out of the morgue. Later, Emily begins to experience strange cravings and her body undergoes terrifying changes. When brutal killings leave victims partially eaten in the northern California coastal town of Big Rock, Sheriff Arlin Hurley scoffs at the talk of werewolves...until a tuft of wolf's fur is found on a victim. It soon be... more info>>

Corey has about had it with his coworker Duncan. No matter what Duncan says or does, it gets on Corey's last nerve. When a mysterious figure points Corey towards ammunition to use against his adversary, is it really a stroke of luck or something far more evil? A short piece of horror from the author of ONE MISTAKE and OFF FLESH.

Alyce just can't seem to escape the demonic. On their way home from helping Sebastian out of a jam, Alyce and Ross make a quick stop into the clinic, but instead are plunged into further trouble. A woman from Ross's past needs their help. Her son is sick, and of course Alyce agrees to help. But when she takes a look at the child, she finds that what's wrong with him is a lot darker than an illness. Alyce once again finds herself dealing with the demonic... but with a woman filled with secrets... more info>>