Modern Ghost Anthology

The Big Book of Scary Stories 2 is a massive collection of horror short stories built for readers who want fast, brutal chills with zero filler. Open to any page and you’re dropped straight into a fresh nightmare - the kind that starts with a normal moment (a ferry ride home, a hospital corridor, a quiet street) and then tilts sideways into something wrong. This volume delivers creepy tales, ghost stories, and supernatural horror with a sharp edge of modern dread — the feeling that the world is still the world… but something is watching from just outside the light. You’ll find ...

Every city has a story. Some will chill you long after the last page. From the neon glow of Las Vegas to the haunted tunnels beneath New York, America hides dark secrets in every skyline. This gripping anthology dives into 50 terrifying urban legends, each rooted in real locations, whispered folklore, and chilling mysteries that refuse to stay buried. 👻 Inside, you’ll discover: • Ghostly apparitions roaming iconic landmarks • Cursed objects and sinister doppelgängers • Unexplainable creatures lurking in lakes and alleyways • Vanished souls who demand to be remembered • ...

Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room - haunting and mysterious tales that move at the breathless pace of a thriller.

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies… Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enríquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart, Ainslie Hogarth, Robert Lautner, Adorah Nworah, Irenosen Okojie, Lucy...

A dazzling debut, a blazingly original voice: the ten stories in St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves introduce a radiant new talent. In the collection’s title story, a pack of girls raised by wolves are painstakingly reeducated by nuns. In “Haunting Olivia,” two young boys make...

In every city, behind every locked door, and beneath every streetlight, something watches. Concrete Curses: Urban Legends Reimagined is a chilling anthology of 50 modern horror stories inspired by the myths that thrive in the cracks of civilization. From haunted subways and cursed elevators to viral digital rituals and forgotten city gods, these stories breathe new life—and death—into the legends we thought we outgrew. Each tale peels back the layers of ordinary life to reveal the supernatural truths lurking beneath. A phantom jogger keeps pace on empty streets. A live-streamed ritual ...

When the boundary between the living and the dead dissolves, technology offers no protection—and sometimes, it becomes the doorway. Echoes in the Static delivers twenty spine-tingling tales where modern life collides with ancient terrors. From smart homes that remember the dead to mirrors that reflect something other than reality, these stories prove that ghosts have evolved for the digital age. Experience hauntings that will make you question every notification on your phone, think twice before checking your security camera footage, wonder what's really watching through your baby monitor...

Ten stories. One thin line between what happened, and what followed you home. Near Enough to Kill Me is a chilling collection of first-person supernatural encounters that feel too real to dismiss, but just strange enough to doubt. Told with confessional honesty and raw psychological detail, each tale slips quietly from reality into something far darker. From haunted motel rooms and vanishing children to phone calls from the dead and the thing that waits beneath your bed, these “true-ish” stories draw from urban legends, addiction recovery, liminal horror, and the quiet dread of being ...

Some truths hide in plain sight. Others whisper from locked doors, static-filled frequencies, and pages that were never printed. Things I Wasn’t Supposed to Know is a haunting anthology of modern supernatural horror, each story a first-person account of knowledge that should’ve stayed buried. From cursed livestreams to echoing tunnels, from unlisted hospital wings to languages that think back, this collection explores what happens when the veil of reality wears thin… and you peer through. They warned you not to look. You did anyway. And now it knows your name.

Ten nights. Ten legends. Ten reasons you’ll never sleep easy again. Urban legends aren’t just stories whispered around the fire—they’re warnings. And in this chilling collection, those warnings come to life. From the shadowed ruins of Staten Island where Cropsey waits for the brave, to the isolated woodland cabin stalked by The Rake, to the fog-choked streets where Spring-Heeled Jack leaps into nightmares—these are the tales we swore were only make-believe. Until they started answering back. Inside Campfire Lies: 10 Urban Legends That Won’t Stay Dead, you’ll discover: Hook-...

Unlock the door to a world where myths breathe, mysteries fester, and fiction blends with reality. The Horror Files brings together an enthralling collection of short stories that merge the eerie beauty of legends with gripping mysteries, unsettling horrors, paranormal activity and mystery. From cursed relics, ghostly enigmas, modern day vampires, and real life fight for survival stories, these tales transport readers into dark corners where the boundaries of imagination dissolve. For fans of spellbinding horror and stories that linger in your mind long after the last page, The Horror Files...

They look like you. They move like you. But they don’t stop when you do. In the polished surfaces of Los Angeles apartments, hotel lobbies, phone screens, and bathroom mirrors, something ancient is waking up — and learning to imitate us. The Mirror People is a chilling anthology of 40 short horror stories about reflections, digital doubles, and the glass that remembers every secret we try to hide. From haunted vanity mirrors and cursed livestreams to cloned reflections and AI filters that refuse to turn off, each story reveals another way the mirror world bleeds into ours. You’ll meet...

What if the whispers you hear on the wind are real? In the shadows of modern Mexico, ancient legends are not dead. They wait on lonely highways, they cry from the riverbanks, and they watch with unblinking eyes from a haunted island. This is a land where a deal with a handsome stranger in black can cost you your soul, where the starched uniform of a ghostly nurse still rustles in hospital hallways, and where the thing that hunts your livestock is not from this world. Urban Legends from Mexico is a curated collection of thirteen of the country's most terrifying folk tales, masterfully retold...

What if the real horror isn’t the ghost… but the truth it reveals? In this chilling collection, ghosts don’t just haunt—they unravel mysteries, distort reality, and change lives forever. From eerie whispers that hide sinister secrets to spectral encounters that shift the fabric of existence, each story will keep you guessing until the final, haunting twist. Inside, you’ll find: A forgotten house that never existed… or did it? A reflection that moves just a little too slowly. A babysitter who realizes her job might last forever. A missing roommate who was never supposed to be ...

In this sequel to Dream of Me, Josie Litton pursues the romantic and political affiliations between the Saxons and the Norse at the end of the ninth century. When the Saxon lord Hawk agrees to take a Norse bride, he finds an unexpected affection for his enigmatic and fiery fiancée, Lady Krysta...

Beneath the glow of streetlights and the hum of the city, shadows remember what people try to forget. From haunted subways to cursed apartment mirrors, Concrete Curses: Urban Legends Reimagined resurrects the chilling myths that hide in every urban corner. Each story breathes new life—and new terror—into the legends you thought you knew: the phantom hitchhiker, the vengeful spirit in the high-rise, the ghostly figure in the reflection of your phone screen. In this gripping anthology, the familiar becomes frighteningly strange. Technology blends with folklore, and modern fears collide ...

An excellent collection of creepy ghost stories from some of the most notable names of early horror fiction, including: “The Willows” by Algernon Blackwood, “The Shadows On The Wall” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, “The Messenger” by Robert W.Chambers, “Lazarus” by Leonid Andreyev, “The Beast With Five Fingers” by W.F. Harvey, “The Mass Of Shadows” by Anatole France, “What Was It” by Fitz-James O’brien, “The Middle Toe Of The Right Foot” by Ambrose Bierce, “The Shell Of Sense” by Olivia Howard Dunbar, and more!

Today we have ghosts that haunted our ancestors, as well as our own modern revenants, and there appears to be no earthly use trying to banish or exorcise them by such a simple strategy as refusing to believe in them. Since man knows that whether or not he has seen a ghost, presently he will become one, and thus he has become fascinated with the subject. Therefore he creates ghosts, not merely in his own image, but according to his dreams of power.

When Dawg Mackay made his four half-sisters part of his family, he vowed that he would care for and protect them with everything he had. But what happens now that the girls are all grown up? The Mackay girls are on the loose, and Somerset County will never be the same… Lyrica Mackay has wanted...

Make your way through the contemporary world with Lise Spence-Parsons in this collection of seventeen short stories. From ghostly tales to futuristic worlds, you'll be questioning everything by the time it's over! Clean & Sterile - Shows how gentrification can have a negative impact. Spaced Out! - Provides insight into the difficulty of managing someone with dementia. A Natural Remedy? - Exposes you to the moral dilemmas of an imaginary epidemic. Clause 8 - A futuristic story of self-indulgence and self-seeking ambition. All the stories offered here hold meaning for the author, Lise Spence-...