Horror Theater

From the award-winning author of Amatka and Jagannath—a fantastical tour de force about friendship, interdimensional theater, and a magical place where no one ages, except the young In a world just parallel to ours exists a mystical realm known only as the Gardens. It’s a place where feasts...

Welcome Back to Devil’s Hill, Arizona—a town that never quite lets the dead rest. Every Halloween, horror-loving locals tune in to The Midnight Halloween Horror Show, a late-night horror program that once aired on the local access channel. Hosted by the macabre and beloved Spooky Bones, it was the highlight of October… until Spooky’s sudden death last year. But this Halloween, Spooky Bones is back—broadcasting one final show from beyond the grave. Each “episode” of the night’s program unveils a new nightmare: Demonic Access Television — a Halloween broadcast becomes cursed...

When a riot breaks out at Twin Towers Jail, “life on the inside” takes on a whole new meaning...

From award-winning author Elizabeth Hand comes the first-ever novel authorized to return to the world of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House—a "scary and beautifully written" (Neil Gaiman) new story of isolation and longing perfect for our present time. Open the door . . . . Holly...

The battle has begun. There is no more running away or trying to hide. The survivors confront their attackers head on, both human and otherwise. As the mystery starts to unravel surrounding the man in the pin-striped suit, can our heroes stop him in time? We're Alive: A Story of Survival, the...

"There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand." Pushing the limits of science and morality in his search for acceptance and purpose, Victor Frankenstein unleashes on the world a creation that he cannot control. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Gothic novel, A. S. Peterson (The Battle of Franklin) adapts the tale for the stage and creates an experience that will leave you pondering your own sense of belonging long after the curtain has fallen. Produced with a multi-voice cast in a radio theater style.

Every secret has its encore... Twenty years after a high-school tragedy silenced the Orpheum Theater, failed playwright Alana Quince returns to Marrow’s End, dragged home by a letter signed The Orpheum Players. The once-grand theater is now a husk of velvet and dust, haunted by the memory of seventeen-year-old Tamsin Malin, who died during the 1998 production of Our Town. But the Orpheum isn’t empty. Its cracked mirrors still hum with old applause, and its new master, The Director, hungers for another performance. When Lena reunites with her estranged classmates, the curtain rises on a ...

Grindhouse Cinema History: A Complete Guide to the Rise, Fall, and Legacy of Exploitation Films takes you deep into the world of sleazy theaters, outrageous double features, and the shocking movies that changed cinema forever. From the early exploitation films of the 1930s, through the neon-soaked heyday of Times Square in the 1970s, to the grindhouse revival led by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, this book explores every corner of grindhouse culture. Discover how grindhouse theaters became the home for taboo-breaking films filled with sex, gore, and rebellion. Explore the rise of ...

Step back into the eerie, flickering world of Horror Movies of the 1920s and Earlier, a passionate tour through the earliest years of screen horror, when nightmares first began to move. This book explores the ghostly trick films, silent-era terrors, expressionist shadows, haunted imagery, eerie folklore, strange monsters, and dreamlike nightmare worlds that laid the foundation for everything horror would become. Inside, you’ll find lively commentary, engaging synopses, and sharp reflections on both famous early landmarks and lesser-known curiosities, all written with the enthusiasm of ...

Seven ballerinas. One fallen primadonna. The audition of a lifetime. And a mysterious house that swallows the weakest one by one ... There is no performance art as punishing as ballet—and no top-tier ballerina is as punished as Eden. While others practice their steps over and over, Eden waits...

Leah Ly a driven, exceptionally talented, Chinese-American actress, working her way through Hollywood’s system, determined to make it on her own, involved with an equally driven Jewish man, discovers she has a Chinese fiancé, arranged at her birth when the Hong Kong businessman comes to LA to meet her. Life collides with life and Leah finds herself unhappy, torn, and conflicted between the love of two men she loves dearly and her heart's greatest desire, as she learns that in all things, she's the key to her happiness or unhappiness.

In the isolated town of Hollow Creek, people have started smiling. Not laughing. Not grinning. Smiling. At first, it seems harmless. A cashier holds a smile a little too long. A teacher stands motionless outside her classroom with her lips stretched impossibly wide. Neighbors stop speaking altogether, choosing instead to watch from their windows with the same expression. Then the disappearances begin. When bestselling true-crime journalist Ethan Hale returns to his hometown after twenty years, he discovers something impossible: every victim was last seen smiling. The deeper Ethan digs, the ...

Hollywood Haunted was the definitive book on Hollywood ghosts and an instant hit when it was published in 1994; and its popularity has never waned. Recently Author Laurie Jacobson discovered chapters meant for the original book but cut for length. She has restored these chapters in this volume as well as additional information in original chapters to create the most complete version of the book – the way she and Marc Wanamaker originally envisioned it…Hollywood Haunted – Authors' Cut. HH Authors' Cut covers 100 years of ghostly goings-on in Tinseltown. Fascinating new stories enhance ...

A listening post has gone silent. What PT-247 finds waiting for them is worse than the enemy. November 1943. When a Pacific radio outpost stops transmitting, Lieutenant Commander James Calloway and his crew are sent to investigate. They expect Japanese resistance. What they find is a starving garrison that has been fighting something else entirely — something that comes up out of a cave system at the center of the island, and doesn't care what uniform a man is wearing. The only way off Kaia Island alive is through an alliance neither side wants, and neither side can survive without. ...

Life mirrors art in this tragic tale of terror and revenge. Praise for LOVE'S REFRAIN: A Victorian Ghost Story: "I found (the) story and characters absolutely delicious. — M. Grant Kellermeyer, Founder and Editor, Oldstyle Tales Press

Glen is a sociopath pushed to murder on the basis of religion. Once caught and up for sentencing, he meets a psychologist with a heartbreaking past who is very interested in his story. Faced with an increasing sensation of regret, Glen starts to experience the truth about the wicked deeds he's done...and it's Hell!**SNEAK PEEK**"I found myself in the halls of the institution. They were darkened and dirty, as though the building had been abandoned for years. The silence was unsettling. I started down the hallway, looking for someone to ask about what was going on. The squeak of rubber on the...

En un lugar de la región del Cibao de la República Dominicana mejor conocido como El Sitio, vivía un joven llamado Pedro, al que todos conocían como Pedro Animal. Conoce a Pedro y a sus ocurrentes amigos en esta sabrosa aventura dominicana. Basado en la producción de la compañía de teatro...

Conor Night, the world's only necromancer, has finally learned what it means to be the world's only necromancer. It’s a lesson he wishes he had never received, because thanks to him an ancient wizard with an apocalyptic agenda is back in business, ready to finish cleaning house. Even worse? He’s the only one who can stop it. He’s been living on a roll of the dice for years, but the stakes have never been higher, and the outcome never so clear: To save the world, he has to die.

Want to become a better scare actor without just screaming at guests and hoping it works? Scare Acting 101: A Practical Guide to Haunted House Acting, Character Building, Movement, Timing, Improv, Safety, and Better Scares is a practical performance guide for new scare actors, haunt workers, home haunters, Halloween event performers, and horror fans who want to create stronger, safer, more memorable scares. A good scare is not only about being loud. It is about timing. It is about body language. It is about reading the group. It is about knowing when to move, when to stay still, when to ...

The St. Charles Players present multi-cast dramatizations of some of Edgar Allan Poe's greatest works, including The Black Cat, The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether, The Purloined Letter, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue.