Anthologies & Short Stories

In Black River, Tennessee, there is a legend hiding in the shadowy trees. The Bell Witch, a vile, vindictive spirit, is said to haunt the dark woods. Driven by rage, she stalks the descendants of four ancient families - cursed bloodlines, doomed to play out her sadistic game for eternity....

The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls....

26 terrifying tales from the bestselling author of Dead Meat and Cadaver. Werewolves. Ghosts. Vampires. Psycho killers. This huge horror collection delivers relentless scares, chilling twists, and a dark imagination you won’t forget.

Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire.

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio....

An all-new Stormlight Archive novella, Edgedancer, is the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first audiobook of short fiction by number New York Times best-selling author....

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...

The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing.....

Horror favorite T.W. Grim invites you to pull up a chair and watch the sun slip past the horizon with this dark and macabre collection of short stories....

Hugo Award-winning editor, and horror legend Ellen Datlow presents a terrifying and chilling horror anthology of original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe....

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of all Fyodor Dostoyevky's greatest works: 15 novels and novellas, 18 short stories, a short study of Dostoyevsky by Virginia Woolf, and two books of non-fiction - his Letters and European travel journal....

Edited by The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, a celebratory selection from one hundred years of short stories in the magazine which has been the most influential and important showcase for the form and has launched dozens of stellar careers in fiction.

Fate challenges a boy to find his place in the world in a powerful short story from Abraham Verghese, the New York Times bestselling author of The Covenant of Water.

In this chilling collection, five acclaimed authors invite you into a world where the supernatural hides in plain sight.

The following books are included: Paingod and Other Delusions, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream, and From the Land of Fear....

Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most prolific authors of his time, eventually gaining recognition for his tales of horror and his uncanny ability to paint a macabre picture with words....

For some fifty years, Jorge Luis Borges returned again and again to his celebrated themes: dreams, duels, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gauchos, knife fighters, tigers, and the elusive nature of identity itself....

The Ultimate Horror Collection is a fully-indexed collection of over 60 classic horror stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators....

From Daphne du Maurier, “a writer of fearless originality” (The Guardian), comes a collection of her thirteen most mesmerizing tales—including iconic stories such as “The Birds” and “Don’t Look Now”—with an introduction by Stephen King.

The first collection of stories Stephen King has published since Nightmares & Dreamscapes nine years ago....

Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.

Ender’s Tribe is special compilation of eight stories from the Ender Universe, including the original short story “Ender’s Game” that would later become the bestselling novel. Each story contains a thread from the multi-series franchise.

From New York Times best-selling author Kendall Ryan comes Forbidden Desires: The Complete Series, containing every title in the sexy and intense best-selling series....

Simone's European hiking excursion is cut short when she is brutally attacked by a wolf-like creature in the Piedmont Mountains of Italy....

An IT whiz at the Babylon Casino is enlisted to upgrade security for the game of keno and its random-number generator. The new quantum computer system is foolproof. But someone on the inside is no fool....

Erin tends bar at the last dive left in gentrified Red Hook, Brooklyn, where old-timers spin tales of the bar’s legacy and the waterfront’s crime-ridden past. Her boss, Jimmy, a real estate magnate responsible for much of the neighborhood’s shiny transformation, also has a story to share. Back when he was a struggling beat cop, two neglected boys introduced him to an ancient creature that made Jimmy’s dreams come true. Nightmares too. Erin doesn’t believe a word. The bar is her life. But this bar at the end of the world is also home to a deadly stowaway. And it’s looking for a new host.

Daphne du Maurier is best known for Rebecca, “one of the most influential novels of the 20th century” (Sarah Waters) and basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic film adaptation. More than thirty-five years after her death, du Maurier is celebrated for her gothic genius and stunning psychological insight by authors such as Ottessa Moshfegh, Maggie O’Farrell, Lucy Foley, Gillian Flynn, Jennifer Egan, and others, including Stephen King and Joe Hill. After Midnight brings together some of du Maurier’s darkest, most haunting stories, ranging from sophisticated literary thriller to twisted love story.

From one of America’s most beloved authors, a posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and previously published essays and magazine pieces, offering a fresh perspective on the remarkable literary mind of Harper Lee. The Land of Sweet Forever combines Lee’s early short fiction and later nonfiction in a volume offering an unprecedented look at the development of her inimitable voice.

This curated collection brings together five iconic works from some of Ireland's greatest writers, each offering a distinct voice and vision that helped shape modern Irish literature. From gothic horror to modernist experimentation, biting satire to fading aristocracy, these novels capture the complexities of identity, society, and imagination across centuries.

The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected—and most popular—of its kind. Celeste Ng—Puschcart Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere—selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published this year.

The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected—and most popular—of its kind. Don Winslow, the Raymond Chandler Award-winning author of City in Ruins, picks the best twenty mystery and suspense stories from the previous year.

In the titular Man, F*ck This House, Sabrina Haskins and her family have just moved into their dream home. At first glance, the house is perfect. But things aren’t what they seem. Sabrina is hearing odd noises, seeing strange visions. Their neighbors are odd or absent. And Sabrina’s already-fraught relationship with her son is about to be tested in a way no parent could ever imagine. Because while the Haskins family might be the newest owners of this house, they’re far from its only residents …

One of Ursula K. Le Guin’s most realistic works, Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand is also among her most inventive. A series of interconnected stories set in a small vacation town off the coast highway in Oregon, this contemporary classic paints a vivid and powerfully evocative portrait of Klatsand’s residents and the community they build over the course of a century. Some have deep roots in the village, while others have come for just a weekend, but all are pilgrims subject to inexpressible longings.

Based on the wildly popular TikTok series, F*cked Up Fairy Tales presents modern retellings of some of the strangest and darkest stories humans have invented. Inspired by sources across the world, “Cosbrarian” Liz Gotauco conjures gossipy animals, homicidal royals, doomed commoners, and shape-shifting beaux—all reckoning with complicated, adult problems that “Disney versions” have sanitized.

From the best-selling author of Heartless Heathens, TGSLLPFTM is a killer rom-com, feel-good, magical short story about fated love blooming in the most unexpected of places.

A heart-stirring collection of short stories about love, loss, and the quiet courage that keeps us going. From P.A. Farrell, author of The Secrets We Keep, comes a second volume of flash fiction that finds beauty in the bittersweet and light in the shadows. Set in small towns filled with memory, longing, and second chances, these stories explore the hidden corners of the human spirit—where healing begins and forgiveness takes root. Each piece is a glimpse into the lives we pass every day but seldom see: a mother waiting for her son to come home, a clockmaker haunted by time, a community ...

Digital box set (eBook bundle) of the complete Hale Mansion SECRETS collection (Books 1–4) from Amazon bestselling author D.K. GREY. Known for cinematic, faith-aware psychological thrillers that blend paranormal, supernatural, and spiritual elements to haunt and heal. This bundle conveniently includes all four novels in a single download at a discounted price. Four books. Spanning nearly two decades. One haunting legacy. From conception to adulthood, Amber Hale’s journey unfolds—at ages six, twelve, and eighteen—as she awakens to rare ESP gifts, including a uniquely fresh power of ...

What if the creatures who share our homes, our habits, and our hearts could finally speak? When Pets Speak Back invites readers into fifty unforgettable short stories told through the eyes—and souls—of animals who have seen humanity at its most honest and unguarded. From the loyal dog who mourns his owner’s depression, to the aging cat who remembers every heartbreak her human ever whispered into the dark, to the parrot who recites the last words of a marriage falling apart—these are not children’s tales, but intimate, adult reflections on love, grief, empathy, and survival. Each ...

A not-quite-human proprietor menaces guests at a hotel on the edge of a swamp. A composer visits a remote Slavic village where villagers perform soundless songs that accompany violent sacrifices. Four reclusive women conjure children out of unconventional materials in an unnerving mansion. The arrival of a lighthouse-keeper's daughter portends disaster for an insular island community with bizarre traditions.

No es solo una colección de historias. Es un universo esperando ser descubierto. Jaycee Andreas presenta Las Cartas y el Viento, una antología de novelas cortas de realismo mágico donde cada página es un portal. En este universo sostenido no por la trama, sino por la emoción, seis historias distintas se hacen eco unas a otras. Descubrirás los secretos de una Carta Olvidada que viaja en la brisa, descifrarás los anhelos perdidos en Cartas en el Viento, sentirás el peso de las palabras a través de una Ventana Abierta, acompañarás a El Guardián de Cenizas en su sagrada misión y ...

From the beaches of Orkney to the Welsh mountains, and the Derbyshire peaks to the Cornish moors, Britain is home to many strange creatures of folklore. Some are ancient, as enduring as the forests and mountains they inhabit. Others live among us, in our cities, creating new legends as they scuttle through the shadows. And none of them are to be trusted.

In this companion to Summoning Fables, Linda A Lavid offers twenty tales where story and image intertwine in quiet reflection. Each fable—both ancient in tone and modern in meaning—reveals the hidden light within ordinary lives: a girl who follows a rabbit into a storm, a knight who discovers compassion beyond command, a queen who learns the power of silence. All illustrations were created from the fables themselves, using AI collaboration to transform words into vision. The result is a book to experience rather than analyze—a meditative encounter between imagination and insight. ...

Chris Banner travels to a cabin in the mountains where he plans to commit suicide, but his plans are changed by a mysterious force of energy in The Entity. A lonely man pining away for a lost love and a chance not taken finds a way to change everything in Blair: A Time Travel Story. A drive home from the airport turns into a harrowing, dystopian nightmare in the action-adventure horror episode Wrong Turn. Read these and many more exciting, entertaining works of short speculative fiction in Fantastic Stories 3, a brand-new epic collection of ten fantastical short stories from James J. ...

A drive home from the airport turns into a harrowing, dystopian nightmare in the action adventure horror episode Wrong Turn, a riveting new short story from James J. Caterino the author of Night Skies, The Anti-Matter Girl, Time Travel Stories, Fantastic Stories 3, and much more.

From the award-winning “master of the short story” (The New York Times Book Review)—nine shattering, hilarious tales of men on the outskirts of America, habituating the motels, hot dog stands, and dive bars time forgot, grappling with a world that is swiftly changing, and dreaming of a return to the wooded shores of their youth

What happens when faith, family, and love collide? Tony Mitchell has spent his life leading the choir at Jubilee Center of Faith. Music was his ministry, his anchor, and his legacy. But nothing could prepare him for the day his only daughter, Miracle, announces her engagement to a man of a different faith. Suddenly, Tony is forced to confront questions that run deeper than music: Can love survive when beliefs don’t align? What happens when traditions clash? And is unity possible without compromise? As tensions rise between church members, family, and Amir’s parents, Tony must wrestle ...

In the shadowed heart of New York's Greenwich Village, a ruthless gang of white supremacists stalks the night, targeting the vulnerable LGBTQ community with chilling precision. Their next mark: a cross-dressing former boxer and Army veteran, whose haunted past hides a deadly resilience. As the predators close in, a jaded New York City police sergeant who is prowling the neon-lit bars, chasing a fleeting dream of love, stumbles upon a brutal assault. Outraged that the gang is assaulting a “woman”, his instincts force him to act, saving the male victim but thrusting himself into a ...

The first portion of the book is filled with memories of Christmases past...some of my mother's memories, some of my childhood memories, adolescent and adult memories. The second portion of the book contains fiction Christmas stories I wrote for various publications.

Lena is a thirty-three-year-old copywriter in Washington, D.C.—a woman who spends her days shaping other people’s words and her nights trying not to notice how quiet her own life has become. Deadlines, takeout, insomnia, repeat. She’s careful, contained, invisible—and she’s made peace with that.Then she meets Daniel.He’s confident, magnetic, and utterly certain of her. He looks at her like she’s something rare, something he’s been waiting for. With him, Lena feels seen for the first time in years—known in ways that both thrill and unsettle her.But as their connection ...

My therapist says I'm experiencing postpartum psychosis. The problem? I'm only six months pregnant. I don't remember getting pregnant. I don't remember moving into my mother's apartment. I don't remember breaking up with my boyfriend. Eleanor says I asked for her help. My bank statements say I've been transferring her money for months. The doctors say memory gaps are normal. But I found the photographs in her closet. Pictures of another baby girl. One who drowned thirty years ago while Eleanor sat nearby, reading. My grandmother's journal told the truth: "If Eleanor wakes up, run. What ...