Found Horror

Johnny awakes. A puppet looms over his bed. He recognizes the furry monster: Grandpa was its puppeteer on the children’s television show R-City Street. But Grandpa went missing a year ago. He disappeared from this very apartment building, which was converted from the old R-City Street studio.

Lisa finds her senile old coworker, Saswin, lost in an abandoned mall hallway. He's talking to a circle of mannequins, their limbs twisted and fused in unnatural ways. When Lisa looks away, she swears the mannequins have moved, and that this abandoned hallway has grown longer. After Saswin disappears down the impossible hallway, Lisa goes to find him, but she’s unprepared for the horrors that await her in the mall's forgotten depths.

Dave and his four-year-old, Jacob, find a circus tent in the woods behind their house. A strange voice invites them through the dark doorway. When they refuse, the tent swallows them.

Rachel's parents have a simple rule: five hours of sleep. No more, no less. But after six months of this "simple" schedule, Rachel's exhausted mind plays tricks on her. She sees things that can't be real. Like the Boogeyman in her little brother's room. When no one believes her, Rachel takes matters into her own hands. But her sleep-deprived state blurs the line between reality and nightmare. Is the grotesque figure with too many teeth just a hallucination? Or is there something sinister lurking in the shadows?

It’s the annual hunt for Sloane and her vigilante family of serial killers. Track the most cold-blooded psychos imaginable and take them down. This summer’s prey is Allan Munster, a churchgoing chicken farmer who slaughters more than fowl. The rules of the game: Divide into teams, devise a strategy, and make a move—the more cutthroat the better. May the best team win. The players are closing in. All eyes are on Munster. But there’s a hitch in the family sport this year. Someone might be watching them.

A quirky local legend about a monster and a steak dinner challenge is the perfect story for Cole Henrikson’s podcast. He arrives in the sleepy town of Monroe, Michigan, a professional skeptic ready to document a classic American farce. But the deeper he digs, the more the laughter fades. He uncovers a secret history of terrifying encounters, chilling disappearances, and a conspiracy of silence that has gripped the town for centuries. The stories of a silent, intelligent giant in the woods aren’t just folklore — they’re a warning. When Cole’s investigation leads him to a haunted ...

Something festive is growing in the sewer... After last year’s tragedy, Douglas’ parents are ignoring Christmas. But when Douglas finds an eerie strand of lights slithering through the sewer, he unwittingly unleashes merry terror upon his neighborhood’s tacky lights contest. String lights spread like invasive kudzu, turning festive decorations into surreal, predatory nightmares.

Found footage has divided horror fans and critics. Some find it to be a refreshing departure from the predicable slashers and torture horror films that had dominated the market for so long. Others found them to be so at one time, but feel that the market is flooded with these films, and that quality is declining. Whatever one might think of them, there are plenty of found footage horror films to sort through out there, and it’s useful to have a guide. That’s what Cheap Scares: The Essential Found Footage Horror seeks to deliver. The book gives an overview of the genre. Though it ...

They wanted a weekend escape. The forest wanted something else. Jenna sought a quiet retreat in the dense woods of a remote state park, a break from the noise of the city. Her partner, Mark, saw it as another objective to conquer—a master of logistics in a world he believed he understood. But the ancient forest has its own rules. And it has a keeper. It begins with a strange orb of light on a photo, an anomaly Mark dismisses as a technical glitch. Then comes the sharp crack of a branch in the dead of night, followed by the soft thud of a pebble against their tent. Mark’s relentless ...

Tonight, Riverview Theaters is closing forever, the last remaining business in a defunct shopping mall. The moviegoers have left, and Jo and her six coworkers have the final shift, a shift that quickly takes a dark turn. First a stranger arrives with a chilling accusation. Then the power goes out and their manager disappears, along with the keys to the lobby doors and the theater safe, where the crew's phones are locked each shift. The crew's tension turns to terror when Jo discovers the dead body of one of her co-workers.

Markham’s paranormal web series is failing. Desperate for a hit, he travels to the isolated towns bordering Pennsylvania's Chestnut Ridge to document a 50-year-old cryptid legend. He expects to find quirky local folklore. He finds a communal trauma, a wound that has never healed. The residents whisper stories of a hairy giant, of impossible strength and animal cunning. But they also speak of things that don't fit the myth: silent, orange lights that dance in the sky, of livestock slaughtered with surgical precision, and of tracks that lead to the middle of an open field and simply vanish....

Every local legend has a sliver of truth. But some truths are hungry. Layla, a driven podcaster searching for America’s forgotten stories, convinces her friends to join her on a camping trip to a remote creek in the Appalachian wilderness—a place the locals call "Crybaby Creek." She hopes to capture the eerie audio phenomena that gave the place its name and turn it into the breakout episode for her show. Armed with her high-end audio recorder, Layla is prepared for anything. Except for the sound no one can ignore: the faint, desperate cry of a baby in the pitch-black woods. The group ...

A sapphic vampire tale bleeding with desire and obsession, ecstasy and agony, a dangerous thirst for vengeance, and a forbidden, slow-burn, femme x femme love story with a shocking conclusion. I slay the beasts that stalk this city of decay, but don't be fooled. None of them are as monstrous as me. One hundred years of blood stains my tongue and the only two things that keep me going are my vows to my sisters and my dark angel, my Aya. I'll do anything to protect her from her demons, but who is going to protect her from me? DELIRIUM NOCTURNUM is a collection of 4 standalone volumes about a ...

EYEFEED A horror short by Z. Clark You don’t remember clicking play. You just looked too long. Now the Eye sees you. When a teenage livestreamer tries to summon a rumored entity trapped in analog static, she disappears mid-stream. But the video keeps going. It spreads. It multiplies. It infects every screen—and every mind. Now it’s on your phone. Your mirror. Your thoughts. You didn’t subscribe. You didn’t agree. But you’re already part of the feed. Do not look at the dead channel. Do not let it look back.

If you're a fan of Pretty Little Liars or The Lying Game by Sara Shepard or any of the RL Stine thrillers then check out this book! Chloe is excited about spending her senior year of high school in California with her friend Jake's family. Even the usual dread of being the new girl can't bring her down. That is, until she stumbles across the dead body of the most popular girl in school, Lora Kelly. Now she's receiving threatening notes...will she be next? Everyone is a suspect. There's her childhood friend Jake, who she's known forever and there's his girlfriend, Kate, who is insanely ...

THE HOWLERVERSE SERIES: STAGE TWO OMNIBUS Includes Redhaven Renegade, Moonridge Madness, The Leftovers: Rune War, and The Leftovers: Resurrection The Creature Cabal has fallen, the Monster's master plan is set in motion and the misfits of Redhaven and Moonridge are about to face a war that laughs at rules—and eats the weak alive. This dark fantasy horror-comedy collection brings together all four novels of Stage Two in the Howlerverse saga, packed with anti-heroes, monster mayhem, and found-family grit that hits harder than ever. Redhaven Renegade The fight spreads into Redhaven, where ...

They weren’t supposed to be real. But they found us anyway. In The Things That Found Us, thirteen ordinary people share their extraordinary—and terrifying—encounters with the unnatural. From haunted mirrors and hunger-thin shadows to time-anchored ghosts and whispering drains, each first-person account is a chilling reminder that some horrors don't hide... they hunt. Told in gripping, intimate detail, these stories feel less like fiction and more like confession. If you've ever wondered what might be waiting just past the edge of what we call real—this book is your invitation to ...

A giant monster is trying to devour the entire universe. And he's winning. In "Cosmic Monsters," elite spaceforce assassins Madison and Kavita must fight all kinds of malevolent creatures. But the Star Beast is the biggest threat anyone has ever seen before. As they embark on their most perilous mission yet, Madison and Kavita encounter isolated outposts, desolate planets, and ancient alien temples, each concealing unspeakable horrors. The mysteries they uncover lead them to the realm of the older gods, where the boundaries of reality are stretched to their limits, and the echoes of ...

An evil book. An unholy power. And unseen enemies. Elizabeth Dee has a lot of unanswered questions in her life. Who wants her to visit Egypt and interpret a newly discovered copy of the Necronomicon? Why do the Knights of St. Germain still seek her life? How can she know the true extent of her magical abilities? Has Porter Rockwell always drunk this much? After the London Working incident that left many dead, Elizabeth fears what other evils may still lurk in the newly discovered world of magic and bizarre technology run amuck. Who can she trust in an ancient land brimming with zealous ...

THE HOWLERVERSE SERIES: STAGE ONE OMNIBUS Includes Half Moon Howler, Warranty Voided & The Leftovers Monsters are real. Heroes are idiots. And survival is always one bad night away. This dark fantasy horror-comedy collection brings together the first three novels of the Howlerverse saga—packed with foul-mouthed anti-heroes, creature-feature chaos, and found-family grit that will keep you reading (or listening) long past midnight. Half Moon Howler When small-town mechanic Gus gets bitten, the curse doesn’t make him a raging werewolf—it makes him the furious, ridiculous WereDwarf. Armed...