Macabre Anthology

"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," "...

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...

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, ...

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.

They were doctors. They were community leaders. They were the family next door. When we think of threats, we picture shadowy figures lurking in the dark. But the most terrifying predators are often the ones we invite into our homes, trust with our health, and see every day. This chilling collection explores twenty deeply researched cases of individuals who used a veneer of extreme normalcy, professional prestige, or suburban charm to mask unimaginable darkness. These are the manipulators who weaponized society's trust to evade detection—sometimes for decades. Delve into the psychological ...

NOTE: THIS IS A REVISED EDITION OF SIGN OF FEAR which has been unpublished. The Story FOOTLOOSE has been replaced due to its publication in a magazine, and has been replaced by the true story of THE MIRANDA EXORCISM MURDER. Other than that change, the contents remain the same as the original SIGN OF FEAR. In this anthology... NOBODY'S VAULT-Crime doesn't pay when the long arm of the law is helped by a hand of glory. OLD SEA AND THE MAN-It's hard to keep a good extra-dimensional monster down. THE MIRANDA EXORCISM MURDER-A true story of how faith turned a family into killers. If horror is ...

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....

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.

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.

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!

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...

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 ...

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.

Weird Tales: Strange Stories from Egypt Embark on an extraordinary journey with "Strange Stories from Egypt," a collection of horror short stories that transcends clichés. Immerse yourself in authentic Egypt, where legends come to life, and the line between reality and fantasy blurs. The networks are buzzing: "A collection that takes us on a journey and gives us chills!" – Évasions Littéraires. "A captivating, magical, and chilling short story collection." – Lire Imaginaire. "A fantastically horrific short story collection, brilliantly written." – Books Feed Me More. "A collection ...

Death is an industry on Sepulcra. Across a vast funeral planet of neon cemeteries, skeletal steam trains, ash deserts, and gothic graveyards stretching beyond the horizon, entire cities survive by serving the dead. Professional mourners perform for the wealthy. Corpse sculptors are celebrities. Synthetic ghosts speak to grieving families. Priests read forgotten names into the night sky while ash couriers cross the stars delivering the remains of strangers. But beneath the ritual and spectacle, something older is stirring. A gravedigger hears the planet whisper beneath the soil. A ...

These two fascinating pieces about the Mistress of the Copper Mountain come from Pavel Patrovich Bazhov's much larger collection of stories collected over many years and based on the lore of the Ural Mountains.