Twisted Horror

In early 2018, Larry Nassar, the former doctor for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, was sentenced to serve out the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to a variety of sex crimes. New York Times best-selling author Mary Pilon and Carla Correa chronicle the scandal from its inception, tracking the institutions that Nassar hid behind, the athletic culture that he benefited from, and the women who eventually brought him to justice.

How do you stop a serial killer who can escape from any prison? On December 11, fifteen-year-old Helen Hinton is brutally murdered in an abandoned house. Her killer, Edward Phillips, is caught and sentenced to death. Helen's blood was on Edward's clothes and shoes, the murder weapon has his fingerprints on it. Edward claims he's innocent. He's telling the truth. Two months after Edward Phillips is transferred to death row, a murder similar to Helen's occurs in another city. The victim is eighteen-year-old Laura Sumner. On an October morning, Mark Hinton, Helen's father, visits Edward in ...

The 11-year-old school bully has gone missing- seemingly vanished into thin air. Everyone says that they know nothing about her mysterious disappearance... ...everyone is lying. Nelly Chester gave a lot of people a lot of reasons to dislike her. She had no respect for authority; was a burden on her poverty-stricken parents; routinely broke all the rules and, worst of all, was a nasty, vicious and merciless bully. So when Nelly disappears from school one Friday afternoon, at first all fingers are pointed at the mother of one of her weakest victims... until the police discover that the ...

705 A chilling psychological thriller where the next guest is you. There’s a motel on the edge of a forgotten road. The staff don’t age. The guestbook never fills. And everyone who checks in wakes up changed—or doesn’t wake up at all. Welcome to Sanctuary Edge. Room 705 is waiting. EARLY RECEPTION 4.71/5 average on Goodreads (21 ratings; 4 Nov 2025) WHAT READERS ARE SAYING — “Eerie, cinematic, relentless.” — “Quiet, claustrophobic horror that lingers.” — “A haunted room that feels alive—and it remembers you.” When a string of troubled strangers arrive at the ...

Twenty years ago a deadly virus swept the globe, ravaging the population. People died and came back as monsters, and through the tragedy that rocked the world, survivors were born.

Be careful what you wish for... you just might get it. Pandora Rockwell desperately wants a child. But after a devastating miscarriage, that dream seems further than ever from her grasp. The loss has shattered her, leaving her withdrawn and distant. As Adrian grapples with his own grief, Pandora’s demeanor shifts—a sudden, unsettling return to normalcy that leaves him more confused than comforted. Then comes the unexpected news: Pandora is pregnant again. Adrian is thrilled at first, but that joy is short-lived. Adrian begins to notice disturbing changes in his wife. Adrian begins to ...

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LIED? The first lie: MONSTERS DON’T EXIST. When the body of a man is discovered in the Boston Common, Martina finds herself entering a horrific nightmare. She discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of ancient methods of persecution being carried out by a Puritan-indoctrinated serial killer who believes the devil walks among us. The second lie: YOU WOULD KNOW A MONSTER IF YOU SAW ONE. After the first victim is dismissed as gang-related, Martina fears there is more to the murder than meets the eye. Her instincts are soon proven correct when another...

Step back into the stories you thought you knew... and discover the darkness beneath. In Dark Fairy Tales Reimagined: 20 Twisted Versions of Classic Tales, beloved fairy tales are transformed into haunting, unsettling stories where magic comes at a price—and happy endings are never guaranteed. A glass slipper binds its wearer to a cursed fate. A hidden kingdom dances to keep an ancient evil asleep. A simple lie twists a boy into something no longer human. These are not the fairy tales of childhood. Each story drags familiar characters into shadowy worlds filled with betrayal, horror, and ...

They kidnapped her family. The ransom: 400 tons of gold. On July 21, Jane Shepard's eight-year-old daughter and husband are abducted from her car while she's shopping at a grocery store. Days later, she's shocked to learn that according to state records, her family died in a motorcycle crash on July 17. The police believe that the kidnapping is just a figment of her imagination, but Jane knows it's not true and begs the detectives to keep the investigation open. When she becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, Jane grows convinced that she's been framed by her family's kidnappers. As ...

Gabriel has spent the last decade trying to forget his best friend, the first boy he ever loved: Jacob. Ripped away from each other in the midst of a family tragedy, Gabriel grieved for Jacob alone, surviving in their small religious town before finally breaking free to attend college, where they found new friends and relationships to pursue. To Gabriel, Jacob became a distant memory. Until one fateful Halloween night, when the two are reunited.

The RATS were the first sign. If only they would listen. Maggie De Luca recently relocated to New York. Working as a medical detective in her new position, she is called in to investigate a mysterious death. The red rings on the lungs were alarming enough, but then she hears the word plague. Now, the clock is ticking. And the death count is rising. Maggie tries to trace the origin of the disease, but is always one step behind. Then she starts seeing things...the victims...reaching out from the grave. But ghosts aren’t real, right? Meanwhile... Microbiologist Michael Harbinger believes he ...

In the chilling world of eighteen-year-old Zachary Williams, demons lurk in the shadows, tormenting his very existence. For years, he endured unspeakable physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his parents, a malevolent upbringing that transformed an innocent soul into a sadistic killer. But the Williams family holds more than just sinister secrets; they possess an insidious mastery of darkness. This is Zachary's harrowing tale, recounted in his own words to court-appointed criminal psychologist, Dr. Allen Creed. As Dr. Creed delves deeper into Zachary's fractured psyche, he ...

Would You Rather? is a gripping suspense thriller which follows Freya, a beautiful 18-year-old whose charmed life takes an abruptly dark turn when she is fired from her job, after her boss tries to force himself on her. When she returns from a house party later, she finds that her beloved family have been kidnapped. The shocking situation only grows more horrific for Freya when she begins receiving an onslaught of terrifying, threatening messages, each one forcing her to make earth-shattering decisions with ultimately life-changing consequences. Even more shockingly, her attackers start ...

She wanted safety. She found a controlled community instead. Your new neighbors are watching. For your own good. I thought moving to Serenity Heights would fix everything. After my divorce, the manicured lawns, smiling neighbors, and promise of safety felt like a fresh start—exactly what I needed to rebuild a broken life. But insomnia has a way of revealing what daylight hides. While the rest of the neighborhood sleeps, I’m awake—watching residents move through the streets in eerie synchronization. Noticing how questions are quietly discouraged. How people who push too hard suddenly ...

The Big Book of Scary Stories 2 is a massive collection of horror short stories built for readers who want fast, brutal chills with zero filler. Open to any page and you’re dropped straight into a fresh nightmare - the kind that starts with a normal moment (a ferry ride home, a hospital corridor, a quiet street) and then tilts sideways into something wrong. This volume delivers creepy tales, ghost stories, and supernatural horror with a sharp edge of modern dread — the feeling that the world is still the world… but something is watching from just outside the light. You’ll find ...

INTO SATAN’S DEN Some doors are locked for a reason. When Cassie Reynolds discovers a strange connection to an abandoned estate buried beneath decades of disappearances and impossible stories, she expects answers. Instead, she finds a place that shouldn’t exist. Hidden beneath the estate is a chamber older than memory—a place that doesn’t trap bodies. It traps grief. Inside, reality bends. Time fractures. Faces appear where they shouldn’t. Whispers know things they shouldn’t know. And something beneath the darkness doesn’t hunt people… It understands them. The deeper Cassie ...

When fates intertwine amid the madness of Mardi Gras, chaos reigns supreme. In the haunted French Quarter, where Creole spirits drift through Mardi Gras chaos, a malicious voodoo curse sparks mayhem in the Crescent City’s underground world. When a crew boat sinks, releasing sociopathic assassin Jacque Leguerre, the vengeful killer storms into New Orleans, hell-bent on making Catholic priest Father Alphonso pay for past sins in a chilling New Orleans noir story of paranormal crime. N.O.P.D. homicide detective Tony Nicosia hunts the ruthless mob murderer responsible for a brutal killing, ...

Five-year-old Mikey has a history of multiple personality disorders, they run in his family. When he is pushed to his limit Michael comes out to play. You have never met a child so dark and sadistic. Follow Michael through child and adulthood as he wreaks havoc on everything in his path!

Their perfect honeymoon was supposed to be a new beginning. Not their end. Lena and Jake found the perfect escape: a remote, snow-covered cabin promising a week of blissful solitude. But the idyllic quiet of the deep woods soon gives way to a chilling unease. A strange scratching at the door. Unsettling notes in an old guestbook. And a pair of luminous eyes watching from the darkened tree line. Trapped by a raging blizzard and with the power failing, their romantic sanctuary becomes a claustrophobic prison. When a desperate search for answers uncovers a horrifying secret hidden within the ...

A tornado swept her away… But the real nightmare begins when she lands. In this chilling reimagining of the classic tale, twelve-year-old Dorothy Gale finds herself not in a land of wonder—but a broken world of shadows, blood-soaked bricks, and things that whisper in the dark. Her only guide is the silver shimmer of cursed shoes and a loyal dog who won’t leave her side. As she journeys across a twisted Oz, she encounters monstrous versions of old friends: a scarecrow with mushrooms growing from his stitched skull, a tin man leaking black ichor from a door in his chest, and a lion with...