Horror Fairy Tales

Un manoir hanté, le fantôme d'un homme qui a tué sa femme et une tâche de sang qui apparaît de façon récurrente. Pourtant, Mr Otis n'a pas peur et ne croit pas aux revenants. "Le Fantôme de Canterville" est une nouvelle dont l'écriture se prête à différentes grilles de lecture. Ainsi, les plus jeunes en apprécieront sans nul doute les traits d'humour, alors que d'autres y trouveront une forme particulièrement intelligente de critique sociale.

Inside Mario Robertson’s Cat Mystery, you’ll discover a wealth of wisdom about our favorite animal - Felis catus! From cat history to feline behavior to the magic of cats, this audiobook has it all. Snuggle up in your favorite chair, turn on this audiobook, and a special little friend is sure to jump up in your lap!

Jada, Jake, and their two children, Cody and Emma, were living in the mountains of the Appalachians. The things that were happening around their farmhouse were getting out of control and Jada was scared to be left alone at the house with the two children when Jake had to go to work in the city. If you haven't read the first book Sharing the Mountain with Bigfoot: The First Year, please do so for this book is a continuation of that book.

In this universe, many different realities exist simultaneously. You have to be careful when it comes to what you think about, wish for, and especially what you say. Thoughts and words have more power than you know, and you can turn your sense of reality into one you may not like. We were given the ability to create... so make sure your creation is as positive as you know how to be. If it is not, then be very mindful of what needs to change, because eventually, your own creation could end up being your own worst nightmare. This is The Scary.

Treasure hunting has never been so dangerous! Joe and Dom are lifelong friends who share the love of hunting treasure. One day- one hunt, changes everything. The guys find the one thing that this world has tried to forget - Dracula.

Nobody knew where the still-living decapitated head came from. But when the head bites Police Chief Rawger, he becomes a zombie with an insatiable appetite for human flesh, revenge, and power. But, unlike Hollywood-depicted zombies, he can think, speak, and strategize. He's also deranged, sexually perverted, and takes absolute pleasure in his evil acts. As the zombie cop feasts on his family, neighbors, and out-of-town visitors, the only one who can stop him is Azriel Creed -- a 16-year-old bullied boy who becomes nearly paralyzed with pain whenever he gets angry or even thinks of violence.

The Countess Elizabeth Bathory Living in exile, has never given up on her struggle for eternal youth. So with the aid of the gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin, the brilliant Professor Moriarty, the invisible man, and the Phantom of the opera, she is able to summon the headless horseman to retrieve, the sarcophagus of one of the greatest emperors ever to rule Egypt, the Frankenstein monster, and the ashes of Count Dracula to achieve her lifelong goal of eternal life. What could possibly stand in her way?

Andrej und Abu Dun treffen auf Ansen, einen blonden Riesen, der ein geheimnisvolles Drachenboot und dessen hünenhafte Besatzung befehligt. Ansen bietet den beiden einen Platz auf seinem Boot an. Froh, einen Weg aus der Eishölle gefunden zu haben, willigen Andrej und Abu Dun ein. Doch auf der Reise machen sie eine grausige Entdeckung...

Privatdetektiv Raven wird vom Millionär Pendrose beauftragt, ihn für drei Tage zu beschützen. Der Mann ist halb wahnsinnig vor Angst. Er erzählt Raven von einem Pakt, den er und sein Freund Candley vor zwei Jahren mit einem dämonischen Reiter geschlossen haben - einen Pakt um Geld und Macht. Der Preis ist das Leben zweier Menschen...

Das Unglaubliche ist passiert: Abu Dun ist schwer verwundet und droht zu sterben. Um ihn zu retten, macht sich Andrej auf den Weg - begleitet vom Zwerg Fiala, der ihn zur Hexe Gryla bringen soll, der einzigen, die Abu Dun retten kann. Doch dafür verlangt sie einen Preis - einen sehr hohen Preis...

You know how stuffy those English men's clubs are: "right sort of chap, and all that rot." Now imagine that the very worst sort of interloper forced his way into the exclusive club - a ghost who refuses to leave. And even worse, a ghost who was a failure in life and a failure in his haunting. David Ian Davies offers an enchanting one-man performance of this otherworldly tale.

What lies behind the forbidden door of the great Taxidermist? When her servant decides to find out, a great and terrible surprise awaits her.

In this short story by bestselling author Myla Goldberg (originally published in Harper's magazine), an unemployed artist lands a freelance job that gives him a strange brand of influence over the population of a distant island nation and places him in an equally strange relationship with the...

ലകതതവടയമളള യകഷകകഥകളല പരധന കഥപതരങങളണ മനതരവദകള മനതരവദനകള. അവരട കടടകരയ കടടചചതതനമര പശചകകള യകഷകള ഉണടവ.

Dos impresionantes historias de suspense y misterio están a punto de revelarse ante tus ojos. En esta segunda entrega de dos historias inéditas del aclamado escritor Stephen Howard que te adentrará al mismo suspense y terror cuando conozcas la primera historia llamada: El juguete diabólico y la segunda: terror mundial contadas de una manera sencilla y fluida que te atrapará desde las primeras líneas.

This lovely and nevertheless rather spooky tale by Nikolai Gogol is rooted in Ukrainian lore. It starts quite ordinary - a young man is in love with a beautiful young girl, but other people and unforeseen circumstances stand in the way of their happiness. Quite unexpectedly, our young hero receives an offer of help from a very unlikely source.

You can smell that long-dying aroma of Autumn in the air. Kids are talking trick or treat and the leaves are already screaming at you in red and yellow and deep golden rust as they prepare for one final parachute down into the dirt. The tombstones are talking amongst themselves and winter is hiding just around the corner. It is the time of the year when people draw around the wood stove and the campfire and whisper stories of death and omens and ghosts and things that don't even have a name.

The Black Goat is a short story that takes on a contemporary approach of the legend of Van Hunks and the devil. Jan van Hunks is down and out, a functioning alcoholic who is battling a divorce from his wife. One wintry night, he decides to escape the clutches of his studio apartment in the heart of Cape Town and venture out to find the darkest bar he can. He meets a mysterious character along the way who advises him against his journey.

While everyone is busy preparing for the coming winter, two girls wander away from their camp, following a path of strange, beautiful stones. Each stone is lovelier than the last, and the trail leads them farther and farther away from camp. But what starts out as a peaceful afternoon on the land, quickly turns dangerous when the girls find themselves trapped in the cave of Mangittatuarjuk—the Gnawer of Rocks! Based on a traditional Inuit legend, this novel introduces listeners to a dark and twisted creature that haunts the Northern landscape and preys on unsuspecting children.

This is a collection of 10 short stories from 31 Horrifying Tales From The Dead, Volume 4.