Unseen Thresholds: Urban Legends of the Middle East

Unseen Thresholds gathers stories of demons, spirits, and intruders tied to sleep, childbirth, possession, illness, temptation, and revenge—tales rooted in real places, told as warnings about what happens when you stay out too late, take the wrong turn, or let the wrong presence inside.

Across cities, homes, roads, ruins, and ritual spaces, these legends describe fear as something immediate and practical. The danger does not announce itself. It enters quietly, through ordinary moments and familiar spaces.

The horror here is not a spectacle.
It is an interruption.

You are safe—until you aren’t.