Horror Macabre

The world has two faces. The natural and the supernatural. The faces we see every day. The faces of hose filing past us in an almost zombie-like stupor, numb to the horrors of everyday life or driven to madness by the pain and agony of modern-day existence - and those are the people who aren't zombies or monsters! Cal McDonald is a detective with one foot in the real world, and one in the world of magic.

Every tale of terror, every poem of unearthly beauty, every essay of dark philosophy — collected in one definitive volume. This is the complete and unabridged collection of Edgar Allan Poe's works: the gothic horror tales that invented a genre, the poems that still haunt the English language, the mystery stories that created the detective novel, and the critical essays that changed how we think about literature. Includes all tales of horror and suspense: "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Black Cat," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "...

From award-winning and USA Today bestselling author Kosoko Jackson comes his adult speculative debut, a stand-alone novel blending time travel and globe-hopping adventure, art history, and dark fantasy about magical paintings and the lengths people will go to collect them, destroy them…or be...

The rural town of Old Hickory. Tennessee was a quiet, picturesque community...until the O'Sheas came to town. Becoming the new proprietors of the town's only funeral parlor, with the help of their charming patriarch, Square McManus, the Irish family was wholeheartedly accepted by the local town folk. The thing began to happen. Strange things...horrible, unspeakable things...in the dead of night. The sighting of wolfish beasts congregating around an open grave in the town cemetery.

An absolute rollercoaster of a horror novel! "If you're a fan of horror with a touch of psychological thriller, this book should be at the top of your reading list!" ★★★★★ Netgalley Reviewer "Buckle up, folks! Bully Me - I Dare You is a spine-tingling, nail-biting horror story that will grip you from the very first page." ★★★★★ Netgalley Reviewer "This definitely had the shock and wow factor." ★★★★ Netgalley Reviewer A psychological slice of revenge horror for fans of Adam Nevill and Andrew Michael Hurley Lily dreads each day at school, where she faces constant ...

Some inherit wealth. Callie Mercer inherited a cage. When Edith Mercer dies, she leaves behind an isolated cabin deep in the mountains, a locked chest of journals, and a family legacy that her niece Callie never wanted. Returning to the remote, off-the-grid property to settle the estate, Callie expects a quick sale and a permanent escape. Instead, she finds a land steeped in isolation and a growing, suffocating dread. There is no cell service. The silence of the ancient trees feels like a physical weight. And something massive is moving in the timberline, scratching at the heavy wooden ...

H. P. Lovecraft is arguably the most important horror writer of the 20th century. Culled from his 1927 essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature”, Lovecraft acknowledges those authors and stories that he feels are the very finest the horror field has to offer, including Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle. This chilling collection includes 20 works, each prefaced by Lovecraft's own opinions and insights in each author’s work.

NOW AVAILABLE ON AUDIO! Before he gave us the “one of a kind classic” (The Wall Street Journal) memoir On Writing, Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, “one of the best books on American popular culture” (Philadelphia Inquirer). From the author of dozens of #1...

A horrifying collection that will linger in your mind... while you're alone at night. For ages 18 and over. These 10 terrifying tales by Richard Van Gramberg will leave a lasting impression on you, well after the last page. They are fast-paced, mysterious, and end with creepy revelations. Includes: 9 short horror stories from Richard Van Gramberg's Paranormal Suspense Collection Volumes 1-3 Plus: Soul Match. A vampire story. Volume 1: A doorbell that won't stop ringing at 3 a.m. - who could it be? An art project in an ancient woodland uncovers a dark and disturbing secret, and a six-year-...

A collection of 28 spine-tingling horror and thriller tales. If you love creepy horror stories with quick shocks and twist endings, this one will leave you shaken and satisfied. Inside, you’ll find: NO PLACE ON EARTH: After awakening alone in an abandoned prison, a convicted murderer discovers the freedom he always wanted no longer exists. ICEBORNE: A research team in Antarctica investigating a mysterious signal emanating from deep in the ice. THE PASSAGE: When an art restorer steps inside a mysterious painting, he discovers nightmarish creatures that want to enter his world, THE ...

There are dark places in the forest.... Cold, sun-starved places where man wasn’t meant to go. But the hunters didn't—couldn’t—know that. They just knew what their leader had told them that the expedition was meant to test their mettle, to separate the men from the boys. Four men went into the forest that day, entering the valley where the ancient evil hid. And when the winds came to collect them, when the animals they slew refused to die, they quickly learned who among them was weakest and strongest.

They went looking for a missing girl. They found something else. Twelve-year-old Lily Mercer vanished into the deep timber of the Pacific Northwest. When a specialized tracking team answers the call, they expect to find a lost child frightened by the dark. Instead, they find a trail of impossible footprints, a campsite torn apart by staggering force, and the crushing realization that they are no longer the hunters. As night falls over the remote mountain ridge, the operation transforms into a desperate fight to stay alive. The isolated timberline hides an intelligent, relentless apex ...

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.

Some secrets are best left, buried deep within the earth… I am thrilled to put together this collection of creepy short stories set in different parts of the world!! Whether it is a small non-descript village in India, the magnificent monasteries in Tibet, the numerous alleys of Kathmandu, the terraced rice fields of Japan, or the Serengeti plains of Tanzania— the locations are as beautiful as the horrifying events which unravel in them! This volume contains 5 horror stories that will have you feverishly turning pages, wanting more— Whether it is a village which is terrorized by an ...

A collection of 31 spine-tingling horror and thriller tales. If you love creepy horror stories with quick shocks and twist endings, this one will leave you shaken and satisfied. Inside, you’ll find: THE VELVET FEED: A showman discovers a one-of-a-kind act that turns his fortunes around. EASY MONEY: A private investigator uncovers a more dangerous truth than he ever imagined. THE SUBSTITUTE: A substitute teacher enters a troubled classroom and quietly turns the students’ cruelty back on them. THE LAST SONG: A physically impaired singer hired for a wedding soon realizes the host has an ...

I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She lost some fingers and toes, but...

Seven Stories. One Dark Ride. A collection of spine-tingling horror and thriller tales for readers who wouldn’t think twice about strolling through a graveyard after midnight. If you love creepy horror stories collections with quick shocks and twist endings, this two-hour horror short story collection will leave you shaken and satisfied. Inside this psychological horror anthology of supernatural horror short reads, you’ll find: NO PLACE ON EARTH: After awakening alone in an abandoned prison, a convicted murderer discovers the freedom he always wanted no longer exists. ICEBORNE: A ...

Terror from the strangest of sources--a simple summer rain. Kate and Daniel, a troubled couple, go to their lover's hideaway in the North Georgia mountains. There, they find not the answer to their troubles, but parasitic creatures who care only about survival. Read this taut story about isolation and unexpected loss of identity. The Rain by author Paul Neuhaus, a scary monster story for adults.

Some things should never be kept. In Ruby, a bicycle shop owner’s ordinary life begins to unravel after a young woman enters his shop. What begins as a harmless fascination slowly becomes something he can’t explain—and may not be able to escape. In A Good Mother, a woman learns that a private investigator has begun asking questions about the husband who abandoned her years ago. At first, the questions seem intrusive. Soon, they become terrifying. In The Missing Page, a night-shift printing manager in 1950s New York discovers that something is wrong inside the press—and some stories ...

Eight Stories. One Dark Ride. A collection of spine-tingling horror and thriller tales for readers who wouldn’t think twice about strolling through a graveyard after midnight. If you love creepy horror story collections with quick shocks and twist endings, this two-hour horror short story collection will leave you shaken and satisfied. Inside this psychological horror anthology of supernatural horror short reads, you’ll find: The Things Grimm Brings — After a strange hike in the woods, a man’s black tomcat starts leaving gifts on the porch that look like animals , but not quite. ...