Animal Horror

When the dogs changed, everything did. It started in Marshall, Wisconsin—a quiet town tucked between forests and farmland. Life moved slow there. People left their doors unlocked. Dogs slept at the foot of their owners' beds. Then came the sickness. At first, no one noticed. A strange bark. A sudden growl. A flash of teeth from the family Labrador who’d never harmed a soul. Within days, the town was in chaos. The virus spread like wildfire through the canine population—man’s best friend turning into something wild, something dangerous. Dogs abandoned by their terrified owners formed...

Briar Hollow has kept a bloody secret hidden deep within the Appalachian mountains for eleven years. Deputy Rebecca Slade never believed the local legends until a routine call on a rainswept mountain road brings her face to face with an impossible nightmare. A violent entity is slaughtering residents under the cover of darkness, and the local police force is entirely unequipped to stop it. Peter Rusk knows exactly what is hunting the citizens of his isolated community. He carries the same violent genetic curse in his veins, relying on iron chains and sheer willpower to lock himself away ...

What happens when a normal day turns into a living nightmare? A simple vibration from a lawnmower, a tap on a wall, or a quiet walk in the park—these are the mundane triggers that unleash nature's most efficient and furious collective killers. This book chronicles 20 harrowing, real-life case files of ordinary people who found themselves in the terrifying path of enraged bees, hornets, and wasps. Experience the visceral, second-by-second accounts of these overwhelming assaults, from the first chaotic sting to the desperate fight for life. Beyond the raw horror, discover the incredible ...

The Wild Days are all but over, and the Howling Hunt is nearing... Facing the worst winter in living memory, Brackenhal and Merralea are fleeing south with what's left of their tribe - and their last remaining cub. Plagued by cold, hunger, and opportunistic Flesheaters who are picking off their fellow Foragers one by one, there is still no sign of winter lifting, nor spring returning. Along their path, they discover an abandoned fox cub lying in the snow, yet despite foxes being among the most feared and cruel of all predators, they decide to raise the cub as their own. Meanwhile, another ...

"...the fast pacing and the author’s willingness to not pull punches will make science fiction thriller devotees eager for more of his work." - Publishers WeeklyFinalist in the 2019 Screencraft Cinematic Book CompetitionThe Island of Dr. Moreau meets "The Most Dangerous Game" by way of Michael Crichton in this suspenseful technothriller about the dark potential of genetic engineering.For Sydney Marlowe, getting a coveted research position with enigmatic biotech CEO Billy Sans seems like a dream come true. She and three other interns are flown halfway around the world to a remote private ...

They've been with us forever - prowling the smoky roadhouse dives that are their watering holes and hunting grounds. Predators, lurking amidst the human herd. Changing shape at will. Lusting for blood and meat they are gods in the wild. Gods in disguise. And they feed on the spark inside each of us. Syd was just another lonely working class guy singing the steel-town blues. Then he met Nora. She's sensual, Erotic. Amoral.

A remote camping trip was meant to save their family. Now, it will tear them apart. Ben Hollis promised his family the perfect escape: a secluded spot in a pristine forest, far from the crowds and the stress of their lives. But the idyllic clearing he discovered holds a horrifying secret. A foul, chemical stench taints the air, the creek is choked with dead fish, and an unnatural silence blankets the woods. They are not alone. The creature stalking them is no ordinary animal. Warped by an experimental growth hormone leaking from abandoned barrels, it is a monster of impossible size and ...

From the mind behind the film-optioned debut The Puller comes Michael Hodges’ most ambitious collection yet. THE GLOAMING honors the gritty traditions of post-apocalyptic survival and First Contact suspense through 16 epic tales. ________________________________________ Featured Stories from the Edge Fletcher’s Mountains: In a world drained of oil and scorched by World War III, a lone survivor treks across a fractured America toward the sanctuary of a friend’s Montana cabin. But in the silence of the wilderness, he realizes he isn't just traveling—he’s being hunted. Lost Planes, ...

They look like us. They act like us. Until they don't. We are taught to see our primate relatives as funny, intelligent, and even part of the family. But what happens when that illusion is shattered by brutal, unexpected violence? This gripping collection of meticulously researched, true accounts explores the terrifying moments when our closest animal cousins turn on us with shocking ferocity. Drawn from harrowing 911 calls, official reports, and eyewitness testimony, these twenty stories take you from suburban homes to exotic tourist traps, revealing a disturbing pattern of instinct and ...

The rustle in the reeds isn't the wind. The eyes in the darkness aren't your imagination. In the remote corners of our world, and sometimes disturbingly close to home, nature’s deadliest predators reign – and when humans cross their path, the encounters are swift, brutal, and unforgettable. Prepare for your heart to pound with James Calloway's Animal Attack Stories - Predators-. This harrowing collection plunges you into fifteen terrifying standalone stories where the fragile boundary between human and beast is shattered, and primal survival is the only instinct that matters. Each ...

Beneath the inky black surface of Lake Ness lurks something too monstrous for this world... Gerry Lawson, a washed-up scientist slowly recovering from a life that got out of his control, finds himself saying yes when his cousin Marnie asks him to help her and her partner Jim with an outdoor survival program for disadvantaged kids. Not quite sure what he's let himself in for, he slowly adjusts to the isolated environment of Lake Ness and the challenges of living with a bunch of often erratic and unpredictable teenagers. However, it's not long before their best-laid plans start to unravel. ...

They are the most fearless animals on earth. Now they are bigger, faster, and hunting in a pack. Welcome to Everglow Palms, a retirement community where the days are slow and the nights are quiet. For ex-combat medic Lexie, it’s a peaceful new life as a camp counselor—a way to forget the past. But the tranquility is shattered when a research experiment goes horribly wrong. A swarm of genetically engineered honey badgers, bred for size and extreme aggression, has been unleashed. They are intelligent, relentless, and see humans as a threat to be eliminated. When they descend on the ...

You’re not on top of the food chain. Not out here. Mauled delivers 15 gut-wrenching accounts of humans hunted, cornered, and torn apart by nature’s most savage predators. Bears. Lions. Wolves. Hyenas. These aren’t stories with happy endings—they’re warnings. If you think you're prepared, think again. When it happens, it happens fast.

Crybaby A Gripping Thriller of Survival and Vengeance What happens when a ten-tonne Indian elephant goes rogue in the heart of rural India? Once revered as a sacred temple elephant, Crybaby was stolen, brutalized, and left for dead. But he didn’t die. Now, he’s become something else. Something terrifying. Something unstoppable. Villages lie flattened in his wake. Roads are shattered. Crops trampled. Witnesses speak in hushed voices of an enormous shadow slipping back into the jungle, untouchable, untraceable. To the locals, he is no longer just an elephant. He is a living ghost. A force...

A creature that has already survived for 65 million years is not so easy to forget. Six years have passed since Gerry's extraordinary adventure at Lake Ness, but he hasn't made much of his own life since then. When echoes from his past return to remind him of his multiple inadequacies, Gerry finds a new lease of life at the thought of returning to the lake that made him a hero. Montworth is still a small town but a sense of newness pervades the place these days. It's not long before Gerry reacquaints himself with Barbara and Larry, and a plan is made to take a trip to the lake beyond the ...

A family's grief over a lost pet is replaced by a creeping unease. The new puppy they bring home is not normal. It grows too fast, its eyes are too watchful, and its silence is unnerving. One bite, one moment of panic, and one terrible decision is all it takes to bury a dark secret. Three years later, the town is plagued by a series of savage, unexplainable deaths. A monstrous creature stalks the periphery of their lives, a grotesque mockery of the animal they abandoned. As the bloody truth closes in, they must confront the horrifying consequence of their choice, a monster born from their ...

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

Moo During the early Spring of 1976, outside of the small town of Vine, Alabama, a series of horrific events transpired. A local man by the name of Sherman Marion neglected to properly care for his herd of cattle. The malnourished and starving herd, unnaturally developed carnivorous appetites and freed themselves from captivity. What happened next became the stuff of nightmares.... ©Zombie Media

Now a CW Original Series The Der Spiegel number #1 blockbuster bestseller about an intelligent life force that takes over the oceans and exacts revenge on mankind! Whales begin sinking ships. Toxic eyeless crabs poison Long Island’s water supply. Around the world, countries are beginning to...

A horror novel set in Meirion, Wales, during the summer of 1915. As the world teeters on the brink of destruction in 1915, Meirion, a quiet district in Wales, finds itself gripped by a wave of terror. Amid the chaos of World War I, the town’s residents confront an inexplicable horror as nature itself seems to rise against humanity. With a series of grisly deaths igniting panic and superstition, the chilling question looms—what truly lies beneath the madness? The fabric of the community begins to fray as the death toll rises, starting with a missing child, then escalates to a horrific ...