The Birds & Don't Look Now


Daphne du Maurier - 1997
    These two stories are perhaps even better known as films (The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock and Don't Look Now by Nic Roeg), but here we bring you the full terrifying texts, superbly read by Peter Capaldi, who brings the true dimension of these works to the imagination.

Code Name: Wild Hunt: Curse of the Wendigo


D.A. Roberts - 2020
    

The Haunted Dollhouse (The Ghost Store)


E.R. Rose - 2016
    She can see ghosts and she helps them with any unfinished business. In this first story, Lottie’s dad brings a dollhouse into the family store. A ghost is attached to it. It doesn’t take Lottie long to connect with the ghost, but when she does, her heart fills with sadness. This is going to be a difficult case for Lottie, but she is determined to help the ghost.

It Was a Dark and Creepy Night: Real-Life Encounters with the Strange, Mysterious, and Downright Terrifying


Joshua P. Warren - 2014
    Warren began collecting these stories from around the world: they had to be true, they had to be short, and they had to send a shiver down your spine.It Was a Dark and Creepy Night presents a wide variety of weird and spooky tales about ghosts, UFOs, cryptids, angels, demons, ESP, interdimensional contact and more. Because each tale is short, this eerie little tome is perfect for a subway ride, a plane flight, or a night entertaining guests.An internationally respected investigator of the unknown, Joshua adds his insight to these strange experiences. Some tales are too odd to easily categorize, but each one simple or complex transformed an ordinary person's life, revealing a facet of those uncanny phenomena that still leave us wondering…what if?Imagine if:You met a strange woman who said she remembered Lincoln's funeral, then vanished . . .You dreamed you were being attacked by a demon and woke up to find scratch marks across your body . . .The face of the person in front of you suddenly transformed into that of a reptilian . . .Remember: These and the many other tales in this fascinating book are true, short, and eminently creepy!

Theo: A Novella


Paul Torday - 2012
    Having entered the Church more by default than through any great calling, he struggles to inject some life into his ailing parish. His wife Christine longs for them to escape the endless rounds of coffee mornings and cake sales. Then Theo, a child at her school, starts to exhibit strange marks on his hands and feet that vanish almost as soon as they have appeared. What has produced these marks - is it physical violence or something stranger? And why has the previous vicar of St Joseph's ended up in a psychiatric hospital?

The Last Blog


Rob Blackwell - 2015
    14, 2010, and was never seen again. The only clues to his fate were a series of blog posts he left behind, allegedly recounting his final hours inside one of the most haunted houses in the world. But what started as an investigation into the mysterious occurrences inside Madison Manor also revealed shocking truths about Sean’s own past. “The Last Blog” is a 10,000-word short story that includes Sean’s final blog postings, as well as additional analysis and insight provided by noted supernatural expert Soren Chase. It’s the perfect treat for Halloween!

The Haunting On Park Road: A Memoir Based On Terrifying True Paranormal Events (The Park Road Haunting Book 1)


Andrew Hopkins - 2021
    

Regina Puckett's Short Tales of Horror


Regina Puckett - 2012
    Can anything save them when the spirit decides they belong to him? Crying through Plastic Eyes-A messy divorce, a room filled with creepy dolls, and a missing six-year-old all create the perfect storm for a young mother’s worse nightmare. Will Work for Food- You see them everywhere begging for money or food. When an older couple decides to lend a helping hand to a young man and his son, someone gets more than they bargain for. Pieces-A battered woman confesses to the mutilation and death of her husband, but did she really commit this heinous crime? Paying the Hitchhiker-You see a beautiful young woman on the side of the road with her thumb out, asking for a ride. Who should be the most afraid: the hitchhiker or the person picking her up? Inheritance-A confession from Accalia’s grandmother about a curse and an inheritance are just the prologue to seven days of suffering through a living hell.

Haunted Ohio IV: Restless Spirits (Haunted Ohio Series)


Chris Woodyard - 1997
    You just can't keep a good ghost down and Woodyard has unearthed over 100 more spirited tales from around the state including a ghost who introduces himself as George at the Dayton Masonic Temple; Mistress Suzanne, a murdered bride who showed a honeymooning couple to their room; the pasta-geist, who craved raw macaroni; Bernie, the ghost with an attitude problem; and a phantom train still rushing to its fiery doom. Stories from the following Ohio counties: Adams, Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Auglaize, Belmont, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Columbiana, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Darke, Delaware, Erie, Franklin, Fulton, Gallia, Geauga, Greene, Guernsey, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Henry, Highland, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Lake, Licking, Logan, Madison, Marion, Medina, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Monroe, Ottawa, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Putnam, Ross, Sandusky, Scioto, Seneca, Shelby, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Van Wert, Vinton, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Williams, Wood

The Tree of Bones


J. Bryer - 2013
    One part told through extracts from a 1920 Ukrainian teenager’s diary; the other a contemporary American teenage novel. The stories intertwine, as the events documented in the diary have a direct effect on Angeline's life in the present day. After descending a thousand feet underground, into an old Ukrainian salt mine, her life will drastically change. When she returns to Logan Falls, Angeline will have to unwillingly accept that she might not ever be the same again.The Tree of Bones also contains found diary excerpts from 1920, of a Ukrainian teenager named Katarina - who was the victim of a witch hunt.

Resistant 0.5


Perrin Briar - 2017
    Disturbing news footage floods the cable news channels. People are running scared, terrified. Frightened. Dana is oblivious. She’s in her final meeting with Miss Jenkins, her caseworker. Dana’s juvie record is an inch thick, a catalogue of misdemeanors. She’s destined to spend her life behind bars. Stressed out and looking for some much-needed distraction, Max turns up at her boyfriend’s apartment. But something is wrong. Darren is not alone. He’s in bed with another girl. Eating her, and not in a good way. He attacks Dana with savage violence. She puts him down, but not before his blood-stained teeth tear into her arm. This is the first part in a brand-new dystopian post-apocalyptic series, a tour-de-force in thrills and excitement. Resistant 0.5. Download Now FREE.

Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet: Volume One


Tara A. Devlin - 2017
    1 you’ll find over 100 raw Japanese tales of terror. These tales, originally posted anonymously to the internet and translated for the first time right here, paint a picture of Japan that most don’t see, and a horror most have never experienced. These are the ‘true’ terrifying tales told around the internet campfire by everyday people; warts and all. You’ll find tales of vengeful ghosts and yurei, murder and suicide, cursed objects and haunted shrines, abandoned buildings and crowded city trains, yokai and much, much more. Praise for Kowabana “If you are looking for some creepy stories to make you jump at noises in the dark, this is a good book for you!” ★★★★★“Definitely a great read! There's something about this collection that reminded me of how I felt when I read the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series as a kid.” ★★★★★You’ve never experienced horror like this before. Click the buy button to experience the true terror of the East right now.

Real Ghost Stories: Disturbing Paranormal Stories Based On True Events


Eve S. Evans - 2019
    Learn more in The Collector.Some things seem ordinary to the naked eye, but sometimes a camera catches things invisible to the naked eye. This one will give you chills in It's Only A Photo.

Walnut Grove House (Cid Garrett P.I. Book 5)


Alexie Aaron - 2020
    Kiki has been hired to finish a job abandoned by twelve other firms. She has brought with her the best contractors for the job. The contract is very specific; get in, finish the job, and, above all, don’t mess with the ghosts. Cid Garrett arrives with Jesse at Walnut Grove House with hopes of accomplishing his part of the restoration and leaving with a healthy paycheck. No sooner does he enter the grounds of the mansion when he is bowled over. Not by an errant ghost but by Sally Wright, the crews’ chef for the duration of the renovation. The contractors’ first day working on Walnut Grove House is eye opening. They were warned not to expect benign white ladies, but they weren’t expecting over a dozen burly ghosts who seem to want to collect a few dead contractors to join them. Join Cid while he tries to balance a budding romance while trying to keep himself and his team alive. Walnut Grove House is the 5th book of the “Cid Garret P.I.” series (a spin-off of Alexie Aaron’s popular “Haunted Series”).

The Leper House


Andrew Taylor - 2014
    They built it outside the Suffolk town so it would not infect the healthy with its horrors. But the town itself is long gone, washed away by the North Sea. Only the Leper House remains, a shelter for the unwanted. A bereaved man strays there on a stormy night when the bell tolls once again beneath the waves. In a nearby house, a woman waits for history to repeat itself. When time isn’t what it seems, nor is love and nor are ghosts. And nor are we. The Leper House is a 19,000-word novella, written for Kindle Singles and available here for the first time. Andrew Taylor is a British crime and historical novelist whose books include the international bestseller, The American Boy (a Richard-and-Judy selection), and the Roth Trilogy (filmed for TV as Fallen Angel). Among his many awards are the Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Excellence in crime writing. His latest novel is The Scent of Death, winner of the 2013 Historical Dagger.