Spider Horror

The Black-Vein Mine has been sealed for generations, a tomb holding the dark memory of a 1947 disaster that claimed an entire crew—including Cole’s great-uncle. Now, armed with a legendary map and a team of explorers, Cole is breaking the seal, determined to uncover the truth buried deep in the mountain. But the mine has not been empty. The moment the welded door is cut open, a foul air of decay escapes, and the silence within is ancient and predatory. When the door slams shut behind them, they are plunged into a labyrinth of absolute darkness. They are not just trapped; they are being ...

Giant arachnids, killer snowmen, ravenous sharks, ghostly motorcades, and the mother of all lobsters—it’s all in here, including a new Samantha Moon story! Included in this collection: Vampire Widow (A Samantha Moon Short Story) When Samantha’s daughter hears a psychic distress call from the Mojave Desert, mother and daughter set out on a midnight rescue mission. But nothing prepares them for what they find: a dying giant spider goddess and her unborn brood, buried alive beneath the desert sands. Now, with time running out, Samantha must overcome her fear—and her claustrophobia—to...

She came for data. She became the prey. Dr. Maren Reid has one chance to salvage her ruined career: prove that the "Exclusion Zone" isn't a geological disaster, but a habitat for a species the world has forgotten. She expects radiation, treacherous terrain, and silence. She doesn't expect the silk. When Maren triggers a trap in the deep woods, she is dragged into the subterranean lair of Tcklick—a creature of chitin, shadow, and terrifying intelligence. He is the Weaver, the Warden of the Labyrinth, and he has a simple rule: No one leaves. Maren tries to use logic to negotiate her release...

An inherited farm was their last hope. For Mark and Angela, moving their family to a remote property in rural Pennsylvania is a desperate, last-ditch effort to escape financial ruin. It’s a chance to start over, to breathe again, a gift from a dead relative Mark barely remembers. But the gift is a tomb. The fields are choked with a strange, pale weed, and the silence is absolute—no birds, no insects, nothing. The locals are wary, their warnings vague and chilling. The farm isn't just secluded; it's sterile, a place scrubbed clean of all familiar life. They are not alone. When they break...

A winter storm has buried North Dakota in snow and ice. With accidents being reported across the region, Deputy Ron Weller must patrol along the main road through a normally tranquil forest in Beeman County. The night grows menacing as he discovers vehicles that have been run off the road, their drivers mysteriously missing. Strange tracks lead through a region of thick forest known as Devil's Rock. There, Weller makes a horrifying discovery. A monster has awakened. Its hunger is insatiable, and its ferocity has no limits.

The jungle doesn't just hide its secrets. It hunts with them. Deep within the uncharted heart of the rainforest, a scientific expedition seeking a biological marvel pushes past the point of no return. The mission, led by an ambitious researcher, is to document a world untouched by humanity. But the crew discovers that something has been waiting for them. Something ancient, intelligent, and fiercely territorial. When their boat's engine mysteriously dies, they are stranded in a realm shrouded by an unnatural fog. The silence is the first warning. The colossal, silk-like strands webbing the ...

Deep down, everyone has a few spiders inside them... Jane returns to her therapist after more than a year away. Her husband has left. Her children have been taken. But that's not why she's here. She needs to tell someone what happened on the camping trip. About the cabin they found across the river. About the thing that was waiting inside. As Jane speaks, the past and present begin to blur. The forest outside the window seems to be listening. And some confessions, once spoken, can never be taken back

A remote Appalachian trail. A ranger investigating a missing hiker. A nest that was never meant to be found. Ranger Clay Rourke thinks he’s looking for a lost tourist. But when he finds a bizarre, silken cocoon, he realizes the truth is far worse. The woods are crawling with something ancient, intelligent, and insatiably hungry. Trapped in a remote valley with a small group of survivors, Clay must descend into the suffocating darkness of a subterranean lair to confront the grotesque matriarch of the swarm. It's a desperate, brutal fight for survival against a relentless horde of creatures...

A small-town farmer needs $500 cash after a devastating divorce, so he takes a miserable overnight job cleaning out the town's colossal, derelict grain silos. What he uncovers beneath the concrete floor is not sludge, but a vast, living, subterranean network. The Nest Is Awake. A swarm of alien arachnids—intelligent, coordinated, and using corrosive venom—is emerging from the earth's depths. They communicate with rhythmic clicks and travel undetected through the valley's drainage and irrigation pipes. The annual Harvest Feast has just begun, drawing the entire population into a single, ...

When Arkham Advertiser reporter Andy van Nortwick receives a mysterious film reel in the mail, with a simple note: "Maude Brion is very much alive!", he steps onto a path which will lead him to the brink of madness. Brion, the famous actress and film director, vanished a year ago on an ill-fated expedition into the Amazon rainforest, delving into the legend of the Spider Queen. Thrilled by the prospect of his big break, Nortwick swings the funds to launch a rescue mission. He gathers a team of explorers and a keen folklorist to bring back Brion and cement his reputation. 

Warning: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. This is not a metaphor. You will dismiss this as ridiculous fearmongering. Dismissing things as ridiculous fearmongering is, in fact, the first symptom of parasitic spider infection - the creature secretes a chemical into the brain to stimulate skepticism, in order to prevent you from seeking a cure. That’s just as well, since the “cure” involves learning what a chain saw tastes like. You can’t feel the spider, because it controls your nerve endings.

Who was Jeffrey Epstein? Donald Trump has called the ongoing interest in the details about Epstein’s web of clients and enablers a “hoax.” But in this book, a Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist delivers the most comprehensive account yet of the disgraced financier’s life and death...

A remote mountain town. A brutal storm. And an ancient evil hungry to be awakened. In the isolated valley of Haven’s Gap, a strange, violent storm leaves more than just broken branches in its wake. The town is draped in thick, milky webs, unlike anything seen before. Deputy Miles is the first to feel the wrongness of it, a feeling that solidifies when a beloved pet vanishes, only to be found perfectly cocooned. Then, a seven-year-old girl is taken. The town’s lines of communication are severed. A landslide seals the only road out. Trapped and alone, the residents discover the horrifying...

A virus designed to control the burgeoning spider population causes them to mutate into overgrown, venomous killers. A large horde of the spiders take over the small village of Newtown, killing all but two of its residents. Laurence Johnson and Chloe Jones have only been together one night after Laurence parted ways with his wife. They find themselves trapped in the house with no way of escaping. Their only hope is to try and stay alive long enough for the army to intervene. Lorna Johnson is on the outskirts of town with nowhere to go and the spider invasion taking control. Her only hope of...

It’s bad enough that its venom-dripping chelicerae can slice through flesh like warm butter. Worse? It’s right there under the bunk. It’s a fact now. To make it through the night, the children must obey the rules: don’t get out of bed, stay out of the shadows, and don’t wake the beast. But as the threats multiply, so do the rules of survival. And with the safety of dawn still hours away, the fun is just beginning.

Christopher Webb, the Amazing Spider-Mage, brings his exotic arachnid performers aboard the 1940s-themed Pacific Dream cruise for what should be a week of elegant entertainment. But beneath his stage confidence lies a secret terror—one that makes his career choice both ironic and perilous. When Christopher catches the eye of Cleo Laveau, the ship’s mysterious psychic medium, their attraction ignites something unexpected. Cleo’s theatrical mysticism hides genuine power, and a moment of jealous rage unleashes forces neither of them understands.

They’ve been here longer than us. And they’re still watching. From the shadows of abandoned buildings to the glow of our screens, spiders weave secrets few dare to see. In this gripping horror anthology, Arachnid: True Accounts of the Webbed Unknown, G.J. Fene spins eight chilling tales that expose the hidden threads binding fear, obsession, and the monstrous unknown. A woman discovers human teeth embedded in spider eggs behind her apartment vent. A social media star wakes each morning sewn into living silk. A mother learns every spider she’s ever killed remembers, and wants revenge. ...

America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst this destruction, a father and his young son walk, always toward the coast, but with no real understanding that circumstances will improve once they arrive. Still, they persevere, and their relationship comes to represent goodness in a world of utter devastation.

The journal leads the explorers to the site of the ruined village in the shadow of a mountain—a hollow mountain with a colossal ziggurat inside. It is a temple built to honor one of the Moche religion’s chief deities—a building-sized spider known as The Decapitator. Once revered for its strength and protection, this colossal Spider is now a caged monster driven insane by centuries of isolation. The massive beast stalks the group through the cavernous temple, ready to torture and slay the entire academic expedition.

“Stretch[es] the boundaries of the genre...It’s horrifying, but there’s beauty.” —The New York Times “One of the field’s most accomplished short story writers.” —The Washington Post A gripping collection of six stories of terror—including the novella “The Visible Filth,”...