Macabre Anthology

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.

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" - READERS' FAVORITE From the best selling and multi award winning author of "Gated" "Asylum" and "Abra-Cadaver" comes the third installment of the anthology series "After Darkness Falls". These are stories with a horrifying beat, a black heart and a vicious twist in the tale. Here are 10 more tales to read with the lights on. TALE #1 - "Ride Like the Wind" TALE #2 - "One Hell of a Knockout" TALE #3 - "Healing Hands" TALE #4 - "The Price of Fame" TALE #5 - "Return to Sender" TALE #6 - "Heist of a...

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," "...

DROWNED HISTORY. RESTLESS SPIRITS. THE LAKES REMEMBER. Beneath the freezing, fathomless depths of Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario lies a dark history that refuses to stay buried. In this chilling collection of 30 short stories, the water itself is a looming, indifferent predator—collecting debts, trapping the unwary, and harboring the restless dead. A grieving father hears his late wife's final words echoing from beneath the ice. A mysterious lighthouse twelve miles inland illuminates the lost. A phantom passenger ferry offers a one-way trip to those whose time has run out, ...

THIRD EDITION — Fully Revised, Fact-Checked and Updated to September 2026 The most current edition of Britain's strangest true crime collection — rewritten line by line, with three brand-new cases and every investigation brought up to date. In this expanded Third Edition of 50 Bizarre True Crime Cases That Shocked Britain, Julian Maddox returns to the darkest corners of British criminal history: the killers nobody stopped, the victims nobody believed, and the cold cases that refuse to close. From Dennis Nilsen's drains in Muswell Hill to a Victorian skull unearthed in a Richmond garden ...

Get ready to be spellbound by "Curse of the Hallow Moon," a spine-chilling Halloween horror anthology that will haunt your dreams long after the last page is turned. Delve into the darkness with thirteen tales of terror, where ancient curses, sinister creatures, and malevolent spirits lurk in the shadows, waiting to ensnare unsuspecting souls. From the eerie depths of the forest to the desolate corners of forgotten towns, each story in this collection is crafted to send shivers down your spine and quicken your pulse with every twist and turn. Whether you're drawn to the macabre or the ...

🎪 Night Terrors: The Devil’s Big Top A Carnival Horror Anthology Presented by Lucien Vale Tagline: The show goes on... even in Hell. Step right up, dear reader, and take your seat beneath the bleeding velvet tent. The lights are dim, the crowd is hushed, and the Ringmaster is waiting with a smile too wide to be human. Welcome to The Devil’s Big Top—a collection of thirteen twisted tales from the haunted midway where laughter dies in the throat and every encore demands a soul. From the moment the calliope begins its cursed song, the carnival awakens. Mirrors breathe. Fire eats back....

When a mysterious monolith hungers for blood…when a boy who’s treated monstrously is drawn to monsters…when cold children eaten by the streets want to make a young junkie their next meal…when Little Red Riding Hood is vengeful and full of rage…when a disembodied hitchhiker will do anything to get home…when the Gurgash are out to get you…when a sister pushes her sibling too far…when a family’s afternoon sail turns into a hellish nightmare. Eight bite-size pieces of eerie horror in one slim volume, the perfect little dark companion for lovers of horror to curl up with. Pour ...

THE ENGLISH VILLAGE IS A MYTH BUILT TO CONSOLE. In the cosy world of golden-age detective fiction, murder is a puzzle solved before supper, leaving the social order untouched. The reality of provincial Britain between 1855 and 1953 operated by a considerably harder set of rules. Behind the walled gardens and respectable brick facades lay sealed environments of profound isolation. Here, a reputation could mean the difference between survival and ruin, and grievances were left to fester behind closed doors until they reached a brutal breaking point. Fifteen real, documented cases that shocked...

Here Is A Book Where Every Story Ends with a Twist. In this captivating anthology of 50 short stories, the familiar landscapes of the UK are transformed into scenes of suspense, mystery, and unexpected turns. From chilling murders to perplexing kidnappings, each tale is meticulously crafted to draw you into its web and leave you breathless with an unforeseen twist. Whether you find solace in the warmth of a cosy mystery or thrill in the darkness of the unknown, this collection has something for every reader. These stories will keep you guessing until the final sentence, delivering the kind ...

Where the Shadows Feed: Short Tales of Horror - Volume I Are you brave enough to confront the darkness that lurks within? Joe Ippolito invites you on a chilling descent into the macabre with Where the Shadows Feed, a collection of short horror stories that will haunt your dreams. More than just jump scares, these tales delve into the psychological landscapes of fear, exploring the lingering echoes of trauma, the corrosive power of guilt, and the terrifying realization that we are not always in control of our own destinies. From the depths of the Amazonian jungle, where a research expedition...

Two terrifying novellas from one of the most chilling and original new voices in horror today! In Drive, a routine trip in a self-driving robotaxi becomes a nightmare when the car imprisons its passenger and embarks on a savage rampage through the streets of Boston. The Last Swim follows the final hours of a broken man who's decided to swim away from his life and seek his end in the dark and lonely depths of the Pacific Ocean. Evil Chose You hits you like a homicidal robot car and drags you into the deepest, darkest depths of human despair. An absolute must-read!

My Peculiar Family is an anthology of Gothic horror and unusual stories like none ever published before! Combining New York Times best-selling authors (Christopher Golden, Tracy Hickman), Amazon best-selling authors (William Meikle, Derrick Belanger, Rob Watts), award-winning authors (James A. Moore, Stacey Longo), and emerging talents, this anthology unites these authors, who have sold millions and million books between them, to come together for a common cause.

While somewhat outdated and steeped in the prejudice of the day, the Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin fable The Lost Conscience is nevertheless a worthy tale to ponder and a great study of a mind seeking to discard its inhibitions (and not in a good way).

Immerse yourself in E. Reyes’ haunting worlds with this spine-chilling collection exploring humanity’s encounters with the eerie and the unknown. A group of friends break into a home and are in for a night of unsuspected terror. A teen discovers a true crime book that no one else remembers. A young girl’s doll becomes a conduit for ancient evil. A pair of clowns turn to the supernatural to save a failing thrill ride.

Yes, the author of Gleefully Macabre Tales, Dead Clown Barbecue, Everything Has Teeth, Candy Coated Madness, and Freaky Briefs isn’t done with you yet. There will be serial killers. There will be cosmic horror. There will be extremely demented cooking competitions. There will be pink fizzy drinks. There will be Santa Claus, hangings in the Old West, body swaps, some light cannibalism, and monsters galore.

When a town is left defenseless and is attacked by the enemy, one woman calls on the powers that be to help her protect her people and save her son's life.

Here are four chilling short stories about cats and witches that have gone over to the dark side. Three young witches investigate paranormal happenings at an old house and discover something far more terrifying. Zombie cats attack a cattery to find recruits for their feline undead army, leaving the owners fighting desperately for survival. Roger’s wife is horrified when her husband recycles her late mother’s eerie garden gnome collection. Finally, follow the tale of the ghost hunter who breaks into a creepy old house in the middle of the woods and interrupts a Satanic ritual, uncloaking...

Step into the shadows of small towns where nothing is as it seems… 🌙 “Twilight Crossings: 21 Sinister Small-Town Horrors with Hidden Malice” by Hully Dusk is a chilling collection of 21 standalone tales that will grip your imagination and refuse to let go. Each story plunges you into a world of quiet dread—fog-choked streets, forgotten forests, isolated villages, and eerie rituals where the ordinary becomes terrifyingly unnatural. Meet haunting characters like grieving widowers drawn to spectral figures, curious strangers lured by forbidden places, and townsfolk bound by ancient,...

DARKNESS AWAITS, DARING LISTENER! Are you brave enough to step into the twisted worlds of Edgar Allan Poe, where shadows whisper, and terror lurks in every corner? "Classic Horror Stories Anthology: 7 Short Tales of Terror" delivers a spine-chilling plunge into the heart of Gothic horror.