Surreal Horror

The Bachman Files, Book 5 The fifth volume of The Bachman Files delivers pure horror and grotesque imagination with four chilling stories. A sinister scarecrow feeds on secrets and souls (The Scarecrow), a monstrous worm turns a superstore into a nightmare (Clean Up on Aisle 7), a haunted forest becomes a deadly trap (The Dead Forest), and alien abduction takes a terrifying twist of body horror (The Abduction). Perfect for fans of atmospheric, spine-chilling fiction, this collection blends psychological terror, cosmic dread, and visceral thrills that will keep you turning the pages.

What if you found a doorway to another reality, only to discover it was a one-way ticket to an infinite nightmare? Nate is obsessed with escaping his suffocatingly mundane life. He’s tried every method to "shift" his consciousness, and on the brink of madness, he finally finds the key: a mental gateway to a place that shouldn't exist. At first, the hotel seems like the ultimate escape. But this is no ordinary building. It's a sentient equation, a trap of impossible geometry designed to break its guests. The sterile halls stretch into eternity, the clock ticks toward insanity, and every ...

THE RUNAWAY NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND INTERNATIONAL SENSATION Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about...

Murasaki Shikibu, born into the middle ranks of the aristocracy during the Heian period (794-1185 CE), wrote The Tale of Genji, widely considered the world's first novel, during the early years of the 11th century. Expansive, compelling, and sophisticated in its representation of ethical concerns and aesthetic ideals, Murasaki's tale came to occupy a central place in Japan's remarkable history of artistic achievement and is now recognized as a masterpiece of world literature.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Something hasn’t been right at the roadside Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls. Upstate New York, 1982. Viv...

The Spaces Between is a haunting collection of twenty chilling tales that explore the quiet terror of in-between places — the corridors we hurry through, the waiting rooms we sit in, the platforms where nothing arrives. An empty underground station where the last train never comes. A house that shifts each time you leave the room. An airport terminal where no planes take off — and no one can leave. A motorway service station frozen at 3:17 a.m. In these liminal spaces — neither here nor there, neither past nor present — something is waiting. Blending psychological horror with ...

Jonah Rourke is a railroad man, and railroad men don’t believe in miracles. So when his sister, Nell, disappears into a town that shouldn’t exist—one that won’t let anyone in, and won’t let anyone out, Jonah follows her anyway. Past the last streetlamp. Past the last honest mile. Onto a road that counts down like an execution and charges for every step. On this road, you don’t pay in money. You pay in pieces of yourself. Because something is coming. Something hungry. Something that doesn’t care who you are, only what you’re willing to surrender to keep moving. Jonah isn’t ...

The Bachman Files, Book 2 The second volume of The Bachman Files delivers seven haunting and provocative short stories that blur the line between humanity and horror. From the surreal, dream-like mystery of a gun’s violent legacy (Chekhov’s Gun), to a town’s descent into madness as it becomes a feeding ground for unspeakable horrors (The Journal of John Doe), to a tech worker’s terrifying fusion of flesh and machine (Flesh and Silicon), and a factory consumed by an insatiable, otherworldly hunger (The Factory), this collection pushes the boundaries of fear and imagination. Also ...

"Some nightmares don’t end when you wake up…" Alex thought the nightmare was over. He thought the carnival — with its broken rides, twisted shadows, and whispers of guilt — was behind him. But reality keeps slipping, warping at the edges. Streets repeat, shadows stretch, and the sense of being trapped tightens like a noose. As Alex spirals deeper into confusion, he faces a terrifying question: Is escape even possible, or is the real nightmare his own mind? A chilling psychological horror that blurs the line between reality and delusion, The Carnival Effect pulls you into a maze of ...

Seven tales. One unraveling world. This is horror for those who’ve looked too long into reflective glass, who’ve heard their name whispered from empty rooms, who’ve sensed something watching from the cracks in routine. In this anthology of cosmic and post-Lovecraftian horror, everyday settings become the staging ground for reality’s slow undoing. Roadside diners, coworking spaces, nursery monitors, and forgotten hospital wings, all bend under the weight of something unknowable, ancient, and still evolving. Inside, you’ll find: “Late Night at The Mother’s Way Diner” – A ...

In a town that shouldn’t exist, faith doesn’t save you...it feeds. Slaughterhouse Cross is a literary horror novel about belief, control, memory, and the violence we disguise as devotion. Hidden somewhere between forgotten highways and broken radio signals, Slaughterhouse Cross was once a church, then a slaughterhouse, and now something far more dangerous. When Gabriel Austin Malphas arrives, he doesn’t bring salvation; he brings a new language for hunger. His followers come seeking meaning, escape, or purpose. What they find is a living scripture written in blood, ritual, and ...

Step into the eerie and the unexpected with The Bachman Files, Book 1—a spine-tingling collection of short fiction that blends classic horror, speculative twists, and dark satire. From a cursed forest that devours its victims (The Hungry Forest), to a dystopian AI controlling life and death (The Algorithm), and a old Television that unlocks unspeakable terror (Dead Air), these tales will keep you on edge. With five gripping stories, including The Signal and The Gospel According to Dave, this anthology delivers bite-sized doses of fear and intrigue, perfect for fans who enjoy thought-...

Some nightmares are memories. And some memories stay with your every waking moment. Every time Ella thinks about the past, it feels like a dream she's not sure she ever woke from. When she was a child, it was always the two of them: Ella and Michael, Michael and Ella. Twins. Soulmates. Two halves of a single whole. Best friends against the world. Until the day Michael vanished without a trace. Twelve years later, Ella begins dreaming again—of what might have happened back then. Of the black beach with its waves crashing over diamonds of ice. Of Michael’s voice calling from somewhere ...

Step beyond the veil of sleep into a kaleidoscope of terror, wonder, and surreal mystery. In Lucid Dreams, author Mark Lime delivers a vivid anthology of mind-bending, spine-chilling short stories that blend science fiction, horror, and the eerie logic of dreams. Each story takes you deeper into a different dimension—where logic unravels, time twists, and reality fractures. Brimming with atmosphere and surrealism, these stories linger like fragments of a forgotten dream. Haunting, violent, and strangely beautiful—Lucid Dreams is for fans of the uncanny and the unknowable. Dare to fall ...

Strange worlds, dark whispers, and bizarre nightmares. Step into a world where each fleeting moment holds infinite mystery and strangeness, where the natural and the surreal collide in whispers of wind, frost, and starlight. In Miniscule Madness: Weird Poetry Vol 6, every line compresses entire universes of wonder, unease, and cosmic humor into just a few heartbeats. Whether it's stars that melt into fields of forgotten moons, wolves howling with human voices, or leaves that sigh with lost names, these poems capture fragments of reality and spin them into something entirely otherworldly. ...

Strange worlds, dark whispers, and bizarre nightmares. Step beyond the limits of ordinary imagination into something exquisitely bizarre, where the boundaries between reality and the surreal dissolve into an unsettling dreamscape and every line invites you to see the world anew. In Surreal Sevenlings: Weird Poetry Vol 1 Whimsically Grotesque nothing is quite as it seems, and everything is far stranger than you could imagine. Flowers gossip over coffee about their wilting fashion, umbrellas stage debates on the ethics of rain, and skies forget how to shine. This collection is a kaleidoscope ...

A man awakens suspended in a cage—thirty meters above an alien landscape beneath unfamiliar moons. Trapped inside a living prison of flesh and bone, he quickly realizes he is not alone. Hundreds of grotesque beings surround him, each confined to their own biological cells, each screaming in voices no human could comprehend. What follows is a descent—literal and psychological—into a terrifying display of cruelty, science, and something far more disturbing: recognition. As he tries to piece together how he arrived in this nightmare, memories surface, reality bends, and a horrifying ...

Orange Juice for the Human Soul is a surreal dystopian story that spirals from political nightmare into full-blown cosmic absurdity. Told in first person, it follows a fugitive hiding from clone patrols in a future where power has curdled into spectacle and obedience has been industrialized. The world is loud with propaganda, stripped of nuance, and ruled by a grotesque figure who feels less like a leader and more like a corrupted symbol made flesh. The journey begins in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico, where escape from surveillance and pursuit leads to something far stranger than ...

Strange worlds, dark whispers, and bizarre nightmares. Step beyond the limits of ordinary imagination into something exquisitely bizarre, where the boundaries between reality and the surreal dissolve into an unsettling dreamscape and every line invites you to see the world anew. Surreal Sevenlings: Weird Poetry Vol 2 Double Feature Picture Show ventures far beyond the stars into realms both terrifying and uncharted. Here, intergalactic monstrosities, peculiar alien worlds, and monstrous cryptids collide in poetic visions of cosmic horror. From invisible predators stalking the streets to ...

"Michele Gerber Klein—at long last—gives Gala Dalí the close-up she deserves. When Gala met Salvador, they met their destinies. Surreal takes us backstage at the endless performance piece that was the couple’s life’s work and life’s play—a salient ingredient—and reshuffles art...