Terrifying Suspense

Have you ever felt the chill of unseen eyes upon you, the prickle of ancient fear when the woods fall silent? When the full moon swells and casts its pale, eerie glow, the world you know recedes. The boundary between man and monster blurs, and the oldest, most terrifying legends step out from the shadows. Prepare to be gripped by Werewolves: Horror Stories, a harrowing collection of FIFTEEN original tales designed to sink their teeth into your deepest anxieties. This isn't just about fangs and fur; it's about the crushing weight of isolation, the heart-stopping terror of the hunt, and the ...

23 STEPS TO EVIL Twenty-three stories. Twenty-three steps. One dark descent you will not climb back from. Evil always finds a way to challenge the good. Humans are weak by comparison, and that weakness leaves the doorway open for darkness to emerge. In this chilling collection of supernatural short stories, master of dark fiction Roger David Francis invites you to take twenty-three steps into the shadows. Each Step is a story all of its own. Some will shock you. Some will make you think. Every one of them will leave a chill you simply cannot shake. A mother and daughter check into the wrong...

A spine-tingling collection of supernatural thrillers from the talented author, Carl Alves. Brace yourself for three gripping tales that will leave you on the edge of your seat and begging for more. In The Invocation, ten-year-old Kenna Trigg thought playing with a Ouija board would be harmless fun. But when she accidentally unleashes a malevolent specter, she must turn to her recently paroled brother for help. Will they be able to stop the evil entity before it's too late? Next, in Battle of the Soul, Andy Lorenzo is the greatest exorcist the world has ever known. But when eight-year-old ...

Welcome to the Blackwater Fossil Preserve. The apex hunters of the past are no longer history and the containment grid just failed. Paleobiologist Tessa Harlan knew resurrecting the ancient beast was a catastrophic mistake. The thousand pound reptile is not a slow river dweller. It is an armored and fully terrestrial pursuit hunter with interlocking tusks and terrifying speed. When a massive Gulf Coast storm floods the preserve and kills the power the grand opening turns into a slaughter. Trapped behind high concrete walls with a sinking escape route Tessa and a small group of tourists must...

In this eerie thriller, a late night radio host receives a disturbing call that triggers a memory of her childhood escape from a serial killer—and the fear that he's come back to finish what he started. "Chilling and atmospheric." —Jeneva Rose, New York Times bestselling author of The...

The silver didn’t kill him. But the cold might. Caleb is a ghost, walking the dark edges of America to keep the beast inside him hidden. But his last fight left him broken. Poisoned by toxic buckshot and stripped of his healing, Caleb needs a place to recover. He takes an off-the-books job at Ironridge, an isolated, high-altitude mining outpost shutting down for the season. The grueling work and absolute isolation are exactly what he needs. Then the storm of the century hits. Trapped in a historic blizzard miles from civilization, the skeleton crew loses radio contact, power, and their ...

He will find the truth. Even if it kills him. Five months ago, DCI Robert Kett’s wife Billie was snatched from a London street. Five months of no leads, no evidence, and no suspects. Until now. When a routine police search uncovers a chamber of horrors beneath one of the city’s most expensive houses, detectives find a clue that points to Billie’s fate, and to the identity of her kidnapper - an enigmatic killer known as the Pig Man.

The rain has been falling for three days in Mercy Falls. The river has crested six feet above the record, turning the valley into a bowl of dark, freezing water. First responder Cole Mercer and his team are in a desperate race against time to evacuate the remaining stranded citizens. The rising waters are the least of their problems. A massive chemosynthetic sinkhole has opened deep beneath the town, breaching an isolated ecosystem that has remained untouched for millennia. The flooding has flushed something ancient out of the darkness. Small, fast pack-hunting predators are stalking the ...

The rain washes away the evidence, but the timber never forgets. In the dark, isolated corners of the upper left coast, the landscape is more than just a backdrop—it is an active accomplice. Murder Land - Pacific Northwest unearths twenty of the most brutal, deeply unsettling, and heavily obscured cases to ever plague the region. From the transient, mud-soaked waterfronts of 1910s Aberdeen where itinerant workers vanished without a trace, to the shocking 2009 ambush of four police officers in a Lakewood coffee shop, this meticulously researched volume strips away the idyllic veneer of the...

It's always the knives you don't expect that carve the deepest wounds... Viktor was a fool to think that his witch problem would be dealt with so easily or that any straightforward solution would be effective in matters involving such insidious magic and such perfidious treachery. Now his challenges have multiplied. The dread howl of a white werewolf tears its way through the city and the beast seems to desire nothing more than the executioner's death. Adelstrad is teetering on the very edge and its citizens are actively looking for excuses to wipe one another out. The Baron is reacting in ...

Nowhere Burning is a harrowing tale of survival that places the dark fairy tale of Peter Pan and the ruthless dangers of Lord of the Flies into the unforgiving maw of the Colorado Rockies. "[Narrators Christopher] Ragland and [Katherine] Fenton deliver a powerful, emotional performance in this...

Eighteen ways the dark can find you. Turn off the lights and start reading. A man wakes alone in a freezing forest with no memory of how he got there, and the answer waiting at the end of the road is worse than being lost. A greedy handyman pockets two coins from a dead woman's eyes, and that night something blind comes clinking through the storm to collect. A skeptic uncovers her grandmother's mirror under a full moon and meets the sorrowful woman who has been waiting inside it. Rest in Pieces gathers 18 terrifying tales of horror, suspense, and the supernatural: quick, atmospheric scares ...

After the horrors of their last case, DCI Kett and the rest of Norfolk Constabulary’s Extreme Crime Task Force are in need of a break. And that’s just what they think they’re getting when Superintendent Clare takes them on a team building exercise in the middle of a quiet Norfolk village. But what was supposed to be a weekend of recovery and fun soon becomes something much more sinister, when two local men turn up dead—poisoned by a horrific new designer drug nicknamed Jaw Breaker.

It’s like a bad game of Telephone. Grant locates a murdered teen in McMinnville. He calls Jon. Jon locates the girl’s ghost. He calls Mack. Mack talks to the ghost who leads them to more ghosts. Who lead them to even more ghosts. And why are all the murder victims buried under trees? The boys are ready for this game to end, please.

“If you love the novels of Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, and Tana French, here’s your next obsession.” —Kelly Link, author of White Cat, Black Dog From Catriona Ward, author of The Last House on Needless Street, comes a masterful story about friendship and betrayal, dark...

The walls remember everything. And some secrets refuse to stay buried. When Richard, his wife Rose, and their son Timmy move into a new Chicago apartment, they expect a chance to rebuild. Instead, they inherit a nightmare. The building whispers. Handprints appear on windows no one can reach. And a murdered woman named Rosemary begins leaving desperate warnings only Timmy can hear. But the haunting is only the beginning. Their landlord, Khalil, is no ordinary man. His family has ruled the building for generations, feeding on tenants through deals made with dark forces. He knows their fears. ...

Cheap rent, no questions asked. For a desperate musician about to be homeless, the ad for a room in a forgotten part of the city is a miracle. The landlord is strange and the rules are strict, but the price is a lifeline he can't refuse. But the silence in the attic room is unnatural. The acoustics are impossible. At first, it's a gift—the room takes his simple songs and transforms them into flawless, professional masterpieces. Fame, something he's only dreamed of, is suddenly within his grasp. The room, however, wants more than his music. It starts by mimicking his melodies. Then it ...

Dr. Elena Vasquez knew the Prometheus Research Station was hiding secrets, but she never imagined the true scale of the disaster waiting in the containment pens. Deep within the oppressive heat of the Darién Gap, an illegal biological project has achieved horrifying success. The specimens are highly intelligent, systematically learning the weaknesses of their human handlers, and perfectly adapted to hunt in the dense tropical environment. When the primary perimeter fences are deliberately compromised, the isolated facility is instantly transformed into a deadly trap. Captain Cole and his ...

Deep beneath the City of Light, an ancient evil has been awakened. When a tunnel boring machine breaks through a wall it shouldn't have, the crew vanishes. When the elite rescue team sent to find them is torn apart, a horrifying truth begins to dawn. Something has been living in the darkness for centuries. And it is intelligent. A journalist desperate for a real story, Camille Durand follows a lead into the sprawling catacombs, hoping to expose a corporate cover-up. Instead, she finds herself at the heart of a warzone. A coordinated, strategic swarm is rising from below—a horde of ...

The swamp doesn't forgive mistakes. And it never forgets its young. Marcus Weir wanted the ultimate viral video. He ignored the local warnings, bypassed the safety markers, and steered his group of friends deep into the forbidden back channels of the Louisiana bayou. They were looking for the "Queen of the Bayou"—a prehistoric legend the locals refuse to name. They found her. One reckless moment turns a celebratory trip into a blood-soaked struggle for survival. After a catastrophic collision with a massive juvenile alligator leaves their boat sinking and their group stranded, the real ...