Anthologies & Short Stories

Gathering ten modern masters of the strange and unsettling, Unquiet Guests sets fire to the blueprints and reimagines the haunted house from the foundations up. From dreamlike visions of an abandoned future mansion to a sentient building grown tired of its owners, these rooms echo with whispers of the disenfranchised and the lost.

In a charming Brazilian town where the bakeshop rivalry is as thick as a layer of buttercream, Angela, a dedicated yet financially floundering baker with a penchant for plants, stumbles upon a mysterious, vine-entangled seed at an old antique shop. Meanwhile, Juliana, Angela's arch-nemesis and the suave proprietor of the flashy new bakery in town, is about as subtle as a bull in a China shop in her quest to snatch Angela’s customers and her limelight.

Pleasant Dreams (1960), published just a year after his more famous Psycho, finds Robert Bloch leaving behind his earlier Lovecraftian influences to find his own style and voice in this collection of masterful tales, in which the horror is often laced with an undercurrent of pitch-black humor.

In the titular Man, F*ck This House, Sabrina Haskins and her family have just moved into their dream home. At first glance, the house is perfect. But things aren’t what they seem. Sabrina is hearing odd noises, seeing strange visions. Their neighbors are odd or absent. And Sabrina’s already-fraught relationship with her son is about to be tested in a way no parent could ever imagine. Because while the Haskins family might be the newest owners of this house, they’re far from its only residents …

Step into the twisted geometry of nightmare in H. P. Lovecraft’s The Dreams in the Witch House. When Walter Gilman, a student at Miskatonic University, rents a room in Arkham’s infamous Witch House, he believes its strange angles hide cosmic secrets. Gilman is drawn into a nightmare of black magic, forbidden mathematics, and sacrificial horror.

Dive into the haunting depths of H. P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow over Innsmouth, a chilling masterpiece of cosmic horror and psychological dread. When a curious traveler arrives in the decaying seaport of Innsmouth, he uncovers a terrifying secret lurking beneath the surface—an ancient cult, monstrous sea-spawn, and the horrifying truth about his own bloodline. With its eerie atmosphere, nightmarish revelations, and ties to the legendary Cthulhu Mythos, this tale stands as one of Lovecraft’s most unforgettable works.

Spine Chillers Volumes 11–15 brings another wave of terrifying short stories, each one designed to leave you breathless with dread. In this book, shadows stir in forgotten rooms. Whispers echo from the walls. Doors open on their own, revealing places that should never exist. Ghosts, curses, and things older than time reach out with cold hands, eager to claim the living.

From the beaches of Orkney to the Welsh mountains, and the Derbyshire peaks to the Cornish moors, Britain is home to many strange creatures of folklore. Some are ancient, as enduring as the forests and mountains they inhabit. Others live among us, in our cities, creating new legends as they scuttle through the shadows. And none of them are to be trusted.

A not-quite-human proprietor menaces guests at a hotel on the edge of a swamp. A composer visits a remote Slavic village where villagers perform soundless songs that accompany violent sacrifices. Four reclusive women conjure children out of unconventional materials in an unnerving mansion. The arrival of a lighthouse-keeper's daughter portends disaster for an insular island community with bizarre traditions.

A wealthy man attempts to escape a global plague by hiding in an underground city. Jolly old Saint Nick delivers an unexpected and terrifying present. A loner endures a curse that causes his eyes to bleed. A jealous actor plans for fiery revenge on stage. A woman investigates the urban legend of the murderous “Johnny Blackjack.”

It's her looks that lure them in, predators looking for their next defenseless prey until they meet her. They had never encountered a prey like her, an Apex Prey. Everything goes well until Polly meets him, and she must make a decision. Love, or her youth?

A darkness has found its way to Ash Creek, and it festers in the souls of shifters. Sin Eaters were just a myth, an old legend that had been whispered throughout the centuries. That is until the first taint of evil had been felt in the peaceful town of Ash Creek. A corruption that had awoken a craving that couldn't be ignored.

A sinister children's show leads to unimaginable horror. A mother and daughter fight to survive an island overrun by malfunctioning animatronics. Footprints on the ceiling of an apartment lead a man to the basement where he discovers something out of this world. A researcher's exploration of a mysterious wilderness site reveals an unusual bone and antler totem.

Be prepared to be scared again as we discover a world of werewolves, ghosts and the unknown is this chilling following up to Volume 1.

This chilling anthology resurrects the most iconic tales of horror, reimagined for a modern age. From the creeping dread of Gothic castles to the psychological terrors of the unseen, each story in this collection has been meticulously rewritten to unsettle a new generation. Discover familiar shadows stretched into strange shapes, beloved monsters whispering in fresh voices, and endings that defy their own legends.

Santa Claws by Andie J. Fessey is a blood-soaked holiday thriller to forever change the way you look at Christmas. In a bustling shopping mall, a towering robotic Santa Claus, touted as the cutting-edge centrepiece of holiday cheer, becomes a nightmare when a sinister malfunction turns it into a relentless killing machine. With its glowing red eyes, booming voice, and deadly metal claws, Santa does not just check who is naughty or nice, it punishes.

HellBound Books pays loving homage to the spine-tingling 70’s kids’ anthology Monsters, Monsters, Monsters, without which they would not be around today to delight horror fans with these 17 deliciously gruesome tales. Dig into this slew of unique, terrifying monsters—each one hand-picked for your deplorably horrific delight.

Step into the darkness with Midnight Terrors, a collection of five spine-chilling short horror stories crafted to haunt your imagination and keep you awake at night. Perfect for fans of psychological horror, supernatural thrillers, and suspenseful mysteries, this book delivers relentless terror in every tale.

Something is disturbing Dennis Harkum's sleep. Is it real? Is it only in his head? Will he figure it out in time?

Two party members, Peter and Nick, are canvassing for the upcoming by-election. Peter, the older and less physically fit, takes on the quieter end of Priory Road, with its old Victorian houses. But as Peter advances up the road, the atmosphere becomes more unworldly and unsettling. What awaits Peter at the end house?

In the blood-soaked aftermath of the American Civil War, the ruins of battlefields conceal a horror older than the nation itself. And They Will Suffer unravels the eerie tale of three unlikely survivors as they confront a force far beyond their understanding—a primal evil that festers in the forgotten Ozark mountains, far from the reach of human law.

Shadow Bound Anthology: Tales from the Dark invites you into a realm where the boundaries between reality and nightmare blur. This chilling collection of three unforgettable tales will keep you on the edge of your seat, long after the lights go out.

Meet Mortimer, aka Death himself, your charming Southern host with a taste for the macabre and stories that burrow deep under your skin. He's not here to swing a scythe or rattle chains. He's here to tell you three tales that'll make you check your locks twice and sleep with the lights on. In a yellow house on Ridgewood Lane, newlyweds Tom and Emily think they've found their slice of heaven until something ancient and hungry decides they're trespassing on its domain.

The shadows hold more than just darkness; they hold true terror. Mythos from Beyond the Veil is a collection of stories that explore the darkest corners of the human psyche and the other worldly horrors that lurk just beyond our sight. You'll encounter a relentless supernatural entity in some of the dread-filled tales. But not all is despair. A few fantasy-driven stories offer a glimpse into other realms and the quests they contain. If you're a fan of classic weird fiction and dark fantasy, in the vein of Lovecraft and Howard, prepare to be captivated by a journey into the unknown.

A compilation of short horror stories. Some were accepted for publishing in anthologies or ezines that, for one reason or another, never came to fruition, and others are just nasty little chunks of my brain that fell off over the past several years. Monsters and monstrous people doing devilish things in likely violent and ill-tempered ways.