Reading Horror

The multi million copy bestseller that has enthralled generations of readers. A haunting tale of obsessive love. A mesmerizing psychological thriller. In Monte Carlo, our unnamed heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned...

The iconic, “extraordinary” (The Washington Post) collaboration between bestselling authors Stephen King and Peter Straub—an epic #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy thriller about a young boy’s quest to save his mother’s life. Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most...

2020 THRILLER/SUSPENSE AUDIE AWARD WINNER! Now an MGM+ Original Series! From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It. “This is King at his best” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). In the middle of the night, in a...

Terrifying Tales: The Complete Set gathers all 28 stories from Samuel Brower’s four acclaimed horror collections into one definitive omnibus—spanning supernatural terror, psychological dread, folk horror, and Lovecraftian unease. This omnibus includes “Patricia Lendrum, Exorcist for Hire,” introducing a hard-edged occult investigator who confronts possessions and entities that refuse to play by the rules. In “Apparitions in the Railyard,” a stretch of track becomes the site of a haunting rooted in tragedy and unfinished business. The chilling novella “Something in the Walls”...

Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, “his highest Fahrenheit reading yet” (Time)—now featuring a stunning vintage cover! Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra cash, volunteering as test...

"[A] huge and sprawling tale of horror." —The New York Times Book Review Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of four centuries of witches—a family given to poetry and incest, murder and philosophy, a family that over...

THE PLAINS ARE HAUNTED BY A NEW MONSTER—AND THE CARNIVAL MUST FACE IT BEFORE NIGHTFALL. 1952, South Dakota. The Thunder & Shield Traveling Carnival arrives on the prairie expecting ticket sales, not a war. But when Sheriff Peter Hahkota calls on Atlas, Saul, and Carny for help, they discover something far worse than crooked lawmen or Klansmen waiting in the dark. A wendigo is loose on the reservation—an ancient man-eater born of hunger and human flesh. Mangled bodies litter the plains, and every night the killings spread. No rifle, no fire, no ordinary weapon can stop it. To fight the ...

San Bernardino, California. Halloween, 1984. “Berdoo” Betty has a show to put on and a houseful of punks to keep out of trouble. Between hostile skinheads and a venue threatening to cancel, she’s already fighting to keep the night from falling apart. Then a new drug makes its way through the scene, and those who take it start eating people. When the zombie outbreak turns her show into a bloodbath, Betty and a handful of survivors escape into streets that offer little shelter. Armed strangers are claiming whatever they can take, the infected are multiplying, and the friends who have ...

From the internationally bestselling author of 56 Days, a page-turning thriller about two women whose shattered lives come crashing together around a house whose secrets could bury them both. If these walls could talk, they’d scream... When Ellie moves to 1 Delaney Row, she hopes to find a...

Bloomsbury presents Grace by A.M. Shine, read by Deidre O'Connell A haunting, atmospheric modern Gothic horror tale based on traditional Irish mythology, from the author of smash hit The Watchers. Ancient evil is awakened on a lonely isle off the coast of Ireland. TO LEARN THE TRUTH WOULD YOU...

Not every hero wears capes. Some carry a hatchet. Some tell impossible lies. Some become monsters. Some simply refuse to stop asking questions. Inside this collection are four complete novels featuring unforgettable outsiders forced to confront corruption, conspiracy, madness, and evil on their own terms. A mysterious vigilante wages a one-man war against the Cleveland mob. A scientist uncovers a horrifying secret hidden beneath the surface of an isolated Appalachian town. Florida's most infamous troublemaker stumbles into a cryptid conspiracy that may be either the greatest discovery in ...

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-...

Jeffrey Combs gives an electrifying performance in “Nevermore, An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe”. Recorded before a live audience in Boston, Poe, with all of his passions, foibles, aspirations, and demons, comes vividly to life in this bravura, one-person play. Playwright Dennis Paoli...

"RICE IS A FORMIDABLE TALENT...[Taltos] is a curious amalgam of gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history and high soap opera." --The Washington Post Book World "CAPTIVATING...TALTOS IS A WONDERFUL OFFERING...THE BEST SHE'S DONE....There is a new member of Anne Rice's macabre family of monsters...

Detroit was already dying. Then people started turning feral. When a citywide curse unleashes chaos in the streets—turning ordinary citizens into red-eyed killers—only two people know the truth behind it. Frank Xavier, an ex-con with a knack for getting punched in the face, and Raina Whatley, a funeral director who happens to be a powerful witch. The enemy wears plague doctor masks. Their magic spreads like a disease. And the body count is climbing fast. As rival witch families, outlaw bikers, and the city's citizens are dragged into the fallout, Frank and Raina race against time to ...

Listen closely… the whispers are getting louder. In Wicked Whispers, author Silas Toombs returns with ten more spine-tingling stories of terror, madness, and the uncanny—each tale more twisted than the last. From the eerie silence of an empty classroom where a missing child’s desk never gathers dust, to the shadowed fields of a quiet farm watched over by a scarecrow that sometimes moves when no one’s looking, these stories don’t just creep under your skin—they stay there. This is the horror collection you’ll regret reading after dark… but won’t be able to put down. Inside,...

From the author of the cult hit phenomenon Playground comes a diabolical new novel where all you have to do in order to have everything you ever wanted is stand in line. But once you're in this line, you might never be able to get out... WHAT'S YOUR LINE? Wade doesn't know why he's having fever...

From the day her first Vampire Chronicle was published, critics and readers--readers by the hundreds of thousands--have been mesmerized by the writings of Anne Rice. And with the publication of The Witching Hour, she created for us yet another world and legend, and both the chorus of praise...

A star-studded cast of readers present unabridged tales of horror and suspense from Stephen King’s classic bestselling short story collection. Stories include: -Chattery Teeth -The Moving Finger -Home Delivery -Sneakers and more…...

One hundred and one masterpieces of the short story, from Aesop to Lovecraft, each author introduced, and an essay on what the form actually is. Poe defined the prose tale as a narrative “requiring from a half-hour to one or two hours in its perusal.” At 250 words a minute, the two longest stories in this book take nearly three hours each. They are here anyway, and the afterword asks what a short story can be if the clock cannot measure it. Six parts, in broadly chronological order Fables, Myths and Marvels: all eighty-two fables of Joseph Jacobs’s Aesop, three tales from Ovid, ...