Urban Myths

Every city has a story. Some will chill you long after the last page. From the neon glow of Las Vegas to the haunted tunnels beneath New York, America hides dark secrets in every skyline. This gripping anthology dives into 50 terrifying urban legends, each rooted in real locations, whispered folklore, and chilling mysteries that refuse to stay buried. 👻 Inside, you’ll discover: • Ghostly apparitions roaming iconic landmarks • Cursed objects and sinister doppelgängers • Unexplainable creatures lurking in lakes and alleyways • Vanished souls who demand to be remembered • ...

Beneath the glow of streetlights and the hum of the city, shadows remember what people try to forget. From haunted subways to cursed apartment mirrors, Concrete Curses: Urban Legends Reimagined resurrects the chilling myths that hide in every urban corner. Each story breathes new life—and new terror—into the legends you thought you knew: the phantom hitchhiker, the vengeful spirit in the high-rise, the ghostly figure in the reflection of your phone screen. In this gripping anthology, the familiar becomes frighteningly strange. Technology blends with folklore, and modern fears collide ...

One mystery, one romance, and a possessed raven. In the corridors of Singsong's Magical College, Gabriela the janitor's flesh began turning to stone. Why didn't anybody say that kissing gargoyles is a bad idea? Things are rocky enough, but then someone summons a malevolent demon on her shift in the school's library, and now he's stalking her. Gabby embarks on a desperate quest to locate her elusive father to save her from turning to stone while avoiding the demon, but she can't do it alone. She'll need the help of Percival Marigold, her arch nemesis, to navigate the balls and tea parties ...

THE SHADOW DETECTIVE SAGA CONTINUES! My Name is Mike Raven. I hunt creatures of the night. Vampires, ghosts, demons--I faced them all. But how do you keep fighting monsters without becoming one? The Shadow Detective Boxed Set 2 collects books 4-6 of the supernatural action chiller/urban fantasy horror series in one place for one great price. You get: Demon Dawn, Skull Master and Ghoul Night. Experience a series readers are describing as a fast-paced mix of "Supernatural, Constantine and the Dresden Files." DEMON DAWN Over the years, I’ve racked up a pretty interesting resume. Monster ...

From ghosts hiding in parking structures to the stranger who sits behind you on empty buses, Urban Myths People Wish Were Fake dives into the nightmares hiding between modern lights and concrete walls. This chilling anthology transforms brand-new, original urban legends into terrifying short stories—each inspired by the strange rumors we hear but hope never come true. Inside these pages, you’ll encounter: • Apps that reveal things you were never meant to see • Shadows that follow you home from grocery stores • Elevators that stop on “secret floors” • Roads that don’t exist...

A scholarly, atmospheric tour of real urban legends and modern folklore, told with care, context, and curiosity so you finally understand why brightly lit cities still keep unquiet stories. Urban Legends Around the World is a nonfiction, city by city guide that explains where famous stories began, how newspapers, radio, television, forums, and tourism amplified them, and why they endure in places you can still visit today. Nathaniel Hargrove blends cultural history, folklore studies, psychology, and place based narrative so readers who enjoy intelligent ghost stories, haunted places, and ...

Everyone knows the Demon Lord is a villain, but what kind of villain he becomes depends on how his story ends. With a writing contest to finish his series underway, he refuses to leave that ending to chance. He's going to choose his own writer, one who will make his final act unforgettable. But Willow is definitely not interested. Her last book was rejected by the story gods, and that failure still stings. It's easier to bury herself in the family business than face disappointment again. She's an apothecary, not a writer.

This academy's gone to the gods. I'm Penelope DeLuna, and I'm a demigod. I didn't think half bloods were real, until a sexy-as-sin guy showed up with a three-headed dog and kidnapped me to a world of magic. After my powers emerged, I discovered I'm the daughter of a goddess. To join my family, I'll have to prove my worth at an academy for preppy mythological heroes and fight my way up Mount Olympus. If I'm lucky, no one will find out I had a naughty hook-up with the totally off-limits son of Hades...

Hey, did you hear the one about the man who dropped a lit cigarette into the toilet with some gasoline-soaked rags? Of course you did, it happened to your gym teacher's cousin. Or was it your cousin's gym teacher?

With Satan back in hell, Alex hoped to keep a low profile and enjoy some downtime with his girls. But then angel's begin to die. The threat of all out war between the two races is closer than ever before. But Alex has more pressing matters, apparently. A rebellion has broken out in hell. The demons are intent on toppling Satani and freeing her older, more evil brother, Satan. So, Alex is on his way to hell to stop the rebellion. Some shocking truths are revealed, and once more, Alex is forced to question his role in all of this. The Devil's Apprentice: Descent to Hell follows a similar ...

My wife, Emilie, and I run a detective agency – not your typical kind. We specialize in the otherworldly, the kind that surfaces when magic bleeds into our world. Lately, the bleed has become a gusher. Strange creatures, ripped straight from myth and nightmare, are pouring out of a portal hidden in the city. But they're not just sightseeing – they're leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. And it's clear their target isn't just any innocent citizen, it's the little boy living under our roof – Merlin. Yes, that Merlin. Raising a legendary wizard in the 21st century is no walk in the ...

A witch whose magic is stolen by her family. Three ruthless, possessive, hot-as-sin demons who seek to overthrow their king and claim their mate. They need each other to raise hell. While trying to find a loophole to a spell, I accidentally summon a monster—a powerful, dangerous, dark entity from the shadow world. No worries, I'll just send him back. That was the plan... But one night of chaos and seduction left me powerless and kidnapped by the beast who’ll use me to do anything he commands. Especially once he discovers the power I possess. To fuel my magic, I’ll need massive ...

A small village has been struck by a curse! Villagers are dropping dead for no apparent reason. Holmes and Watson are seeking to discover if there's truth behind the legendary curse, or if there's another force at work...far worse!

In the age of constant connection, some stories refuse to stay buried. Urban Legends from the Internet Age explores modern myths born not in dark alleys or abandoned buildings—but in group chats, vanished profiles, corrupted files, and unexplained messages sent after midnight. These are the stories people swear are real because there’s proof… or at least a screenshot. From eerie emails sent years after a sender’s death to livestreams that continue without a host, these chilling tales reflect our deepest fears about technology, surveillance, and the permanence of digital life. Each ...

The desert remembers. Across the vast landscapes of the American Southwest—where abandoned highways stretch into heat-shimmered horizons and ghost towns crumble under endless sun—stories linger like dust in the wind. Some are whispered in roadside diners. Some are passed down through generations. Others are warned about in hushed voices after dark. In this chilling collection, you’ll encounter: • Vanishing hitchhikers who walk out of the desert night • Cursed mines that swallow more than gold seekers • Phantom lights that hover over empty highways • Abandoned military sites ...

Something Big Lurks Beneath the Surface Mara Kincaid tracks ghosts through the water. As a sonar specialist, her job is to find what hides in the pitch-black silence of the southern ocean. When the research vessel Valkyrie reaches the edge of a frozen trench, she hears a signal that shouldn't exist. It isn't a whale. It isn't a submarine. Something massive is rising through the ice. Trapped in a polar storm and cut off from the world, the crew realizes they are no longer the observers. They are the prey. Beneath the crushing pressure of the shelf, a leviathan from modern folklore has ...

Deep in the North Ridge Valley, some secrets are better left buried. Steve is a Wilderness Response ranger who has seen it all, but an anonymous tip about illegal poaching leads him into a restricted zone where the rules of nature no longer apply. Lena is a determined wildlife photographer chasing the shot of a lifetime, unaware that she is about to become the prey. When a brutal flash flood traps them in a "dead zone" of magnetic interference and impenetrable timber, they realize they aren't just fighting the elements. A team of ruthless mercenaries is hunting a legend, and they won't ...

Wishing for a cozy dystopia? Just add griffins! The Faerene Migration has begun, and with it, the world as she knows it ends for Amy Carlton. But she's no ordinary college student. Amy has skills. Magistrate Istvan is a griffin magician. He signed up for the Faerene Migration knowing that the price for saving Earth would be paid in hellfire and blood. He never expected to bond with a human familiar. No prepper could have anticipated the Faerene. The griffins, dragons, unicorns, werewolves, elves and ogres have forever changed the rules of survival. There's a new game in town, and Amy ...

I'll become bride of monsters but the happy ending I desire will come at a spell-binding cost. My monsters--Altair, Morpheus, and Dominik--have vanished, taken by some evil magic I know will require a great sacrifice to unravel. But I'm prepared to do anything. My sister is still missing. Even worse, I think she's tied up in my cruel fate in some way. The coven hates me for what I took away from them, and some unknown entity has a target on my back. I thought the most challenging obstacle would be figuring out how to break my betrothal to a spiteful shifter prince so I could live happily ...

Some disappearances are never solved. Others are never supposed to be. Urban Legends of Missing People explores chilling stories of individuals who vanished without explanation—only to be spotted again years later, unchanged, out of place, or behaving as if nothing had happened. These are not tales of rescue or reunion. They are sightings that raise more questions than answers. From missing children reportedly seen wandering familiar neighborhoods decades later, to adults who reappear in surveillance footage but never return home, these legends blur the line between coincidence, ...