Family Horror

Winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, Priyanka Champaneri’s transcendent debut novel brings us inside India’s holy city of Banaras, where the manager of a death hostel shepherds the dying who seek the release of a good death, while his own past refuses to let him go.

Two cousins, Garren hailing from the mountains of West Virginia, and Brodie from the flatlands of Southern Maryland, reunite the Dyer family at a hunting camp in the Potomac Highlands; the dark entity Laris doesn't care where they came from, because he knows them as the descendants of Moll Dyer, his old enemy. Three of the cousins' friends oppose the ancient evil: Anna, a hesitant Native American spiritualist, Lenore, a teenager just discovering her shape-shifting abilities, and Bridget, a teenage girl with too much to lose...and plenty to gain.

Who cares if they're not normal? Neither am I. Life has not been easy for Alex Winters since he used his Pyrokinetic powers to take control of the Russian district. Violence and betrayal have become a way of life, but he's somehow managed to keep the gangsters in line. At barely sixteen, he thinks he's seen it all. He hasn't. Things spiral out of control when the latest double cross takes a turn for the supernatural. The new group muscling in on his territory turn out to be a brutal gang of vampires.

Wade is only nine. He’s had a rough life. In 1944 Mississippi, there is nowhere for him to turn. After years of surviving on his own, a nice, well-dressed man offers young Wade a place to stay for a few days, thinking his wife would be overjoyed. Whatever Wade expected, this isn’t it. Luthor and his wife, Gabrielle, are charming people. At first. But as young Wade soon discovers, people are not always what they seem. Did Wade jump from the frying pan into the fire? And if so, will he survive to tell about it? A Winchester County novella.

Warning: This is an extreme horror novel. There is gore. There is bad language. There are scenes of a sexual nature. But hidden underneath it all is also a chilling story. Please do not purchase this book if you are easily shocked, disgusted, or offended. This book is not for you. Would you give up your child if a stranger asked? No? What if they offered money? Still no? What if they threatened the rest of your family? Give your child up or lose your entire family in the most horrific way possible.

Fourteen-year-old Jenna Samuels is having a very bad eighth-grade year. Her mother spends all day in bed, her father has vanished, and her 16-year-old brother Casey tries to hold the family together. And Jenna is sick. When she collapses one day, Casey crashes driving her to the hospital. Jenna wakes up in the ER to find Casey beside her. But Casey didn’t survive the accident at all. Casey has been sent back to help solve the mystery that not only holds the key to her survival, but also to their mother’s mysterious depression and father’s disappearance

Deryn didn’t realize what she was getting into when she agreed to watch little Iris for three days. When Iris’ grandfather, Red, escapes from death row and comes to Etawah looking for the child, Deryn will have to confront her own dark past to find the strength to keep them both alive.

Asadi's world has ended with the murder of his wife, Taqiya. Yet, even as he buries her, a new tragedy occurs in the small town of Still Water. It seems the sheriff has returned and a member of the Guild has fallen at his hand. As the Guild reels from the blow, Asadi meets a strange being who will challenge the way he sees them. Is the creature telling lies? Or will Asadi learn the Guild is not all it seems?

"A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family" is a Gothic short story by Sheridan Le Fanu focusing on a young woman who marries a Scottish landowner with a dark past. A short story whose haunting and semi-supernatural elements might have influenced Charlotte Bronts "Jane Eyre", Le Fanus tale combines a lot of elements horror, romance, thriller, and drama to create a compelling and sophisticated world from which there is no easy escape.

Facts concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family is a horror short story written by H.P. Lovecraft. As Lovecraft’s both parents died in a mental hospital, it is believed that Lovecraft handled some of his own family issues in this very story.

Lex, a teenage Grim Reaper, has the power to damn souls - and it’s getting out of control. Her boyfriend, Driggs, is dead - sort of. She’s a fugitive, on the run from the maniacal new mayor of Croak and the townspeople who want to see her pay the price for her misdeeds. Uncle Mort rounds up the Junior Grims to flee Croak once again, but this time they’re joined by Grotton, the most powerful Grim of all time. Their new mission is clear: Fix his mistakes, or the Afterlife will cease to exist, along with all the souls in it.

Eunice "Bug" Smoot was 13 years old when her grandfather put her soul up as collateral on his dream car -- a classic 1958 Cadillac Biarritz. Now, five years later, Papa C is dead and buried, and Bug is trying to make it on her own by delivering pizzas and staying one step ahead of her landlord. And then the repo man arrives

Jenna Rosen returns to the place in Alaska where her young son, Bobby, disappeared without a trace two years before. Jenna is determined to lay to rest the aching mystery of his death. But ancient legends may have had a hand in Bobby’s fate, forcing Jenna to sift through her own Native American ancestry to uncover the truth.

Sixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby is a teenage grim reaper with the bizarre ability to Damn souls. That makes her pretty scary, even to fellow Grims. But after inadvertently transferring her ability to Zara, a murderous outlaw, Lex is a pariah in Croak, the little town she calls home. To escape the townspeople’s wrath, she and her friends embark on a wild road trip to DeMyse. Though this sparkling desert oasis is full of luxuries and amusements, it feels like a prison to Lex.

In the end, all that's left is an Echo. Before, Violet's morbid ability to sense the dead led her to uncover dark murders and long-buried secrets in her small town. Now that she's workingwith a special investigative team, Violet hopes she can help even more people - whether by saving a life or catching a killer. Although she's relieved to finally be honest about what she can do, her instant connection with her mysterious partner, Rafe, is both confusing and unsettling, and their unique bond creates tension with her boyfriend, Jay. When she discovers the body of a college student murdered by "the collector," Violet refuses to give upon the case.

Lili St. Crow staked her place among writers of dark fantasy with the release of Strange Angels, the first book featuring night hunter Dru Anderson. Here teen Dru returns, a little wiser but still beset by supernatural terrors that would have most girls her age running for cover. What else would you expect for someone with nonhuman blood coursing through her veins?

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Do you like ghost stories? Immerse yourself in the series Dark Family Tales that features more than one spirit. From soulmates to terrifying reapers, beware of what you can and can not see at Grayson Manor. Who is Justin Finn? After 17 years of being shunned by his family, the new life he’s built on lies begins to unravel upon his grandmother’s death

La novela de terror imperdible de este verano. Horror, mitología y fantasía en un solo libro. Julieta, en un intento por escapar de los fantasmas del pasado y del peso de la venganza, llega al escondido poblado de Santa Rosa, cercano a la Capital. Allí espera encontrar seguridad, paz para ella y su hijo, pero el lugar guarda un oscuro secreto para quien huye buscando esconder los propios.