Ghost Anthology

Great Horror Stories is a vintage collection of some of the finest ghost tales, horror stories, and supernatural legends ever written, by the best writers the genre has to offer.

I'm alone on Valentine's day. I proposed to my boyfriend recently. He broke up with me five days later. Apparently, he was dating someone else all that time. Sounds about right for my luck. Despite the powers I wield, I didn’t see that coming. I lost him. It’s not an exact science, being a seer and witch. I do my best with that I know. Karlath, however, sees a use for me. My hot alpha boss has finally seen me for who I am. Beyond helping solve cases in the precinct and our cop work – he sees I can help him out in other ways. I have no boyfriend, no reason to decline his offer to see ...

¿Existen las brujas, los fantasmas, los aparecidos o las almas en pena? En Colombia dicen que «no hay que creer en brujas pero que las hay, las hay» y lo mismo puede decirse de los fantasmas, los aparecidos y las almas en pena.

Eight flash fiction pieces that will transport you across a landscape of time, space, and emotion, from Bergen-Belsen, to Faeryland, to the belly of a whale and back.

Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist Edith Wharton was most well known for her novels that illuminated privileged life in the 19th century, such as The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth. In addition to her award-winning novels, she also wrote poetry and short stories. Collected here are some of her best works of short fiction, including: "The Eyes", a famous ghost story; "The Daunt Diana", which tells about the love of art; "The Moving Finger", an eerie story about a man clinging to his wife's memory; and "The Debt", a story of loyalty.

Read at your own risk. Every horrific short story in this book is based on a real nightmare. These stories may keep you up at night or make you have nightmares yourself. Author Blake Arledge became interested in horror at an early age. He has followed the movies and read the short stories. In fact, he dreams in horror stories. Some would call such dreams nightmares and become upset having them. Blake on the other hand, writes them down, knowing someday those dreams might inspire a good story. Blake relishes the opportunity to hear of other people's nightmares. Not because he enjoys their ...

On Valentine's Day, a young vampire learns that love isn't always easy. Even as the love between her and the boy she likes grows, she learns that the darkness inside of her can't be controlled. This is a short story prequel to, Valley Vampire.

She has marked you for death. Pari Tibba, the land of fairies is home to an ancient legend. Deep in the belly of its oak and pine forest lurks an evil, waiting to be unleashed. Andrew Garrison is desperate. Driven with sorrow, he sets out to Pari Tibba to seek the very evil whose name must not be spoken of. Disclaimer: This revenge horror story is marked explicit for its violent and gruesome nature. The story contains mentions of rape and non-consensual sexual acts, strong mature language and graphic violence.

A young girl in the 1930s traveling across from L.A. to New York on the 20th Century Limited train to Grand Central Station is abandoned by her drunken father, makes friends with a kindly porter, and then the train has a fateful accident.

Today we have ghosts that haunted our ancestors, as well as our own modern revenants, and there appears to be no earthly use trying to banish or exorcise them by such a simple strategy as refusing to believe in them. Since man knows that whether or not he has seen a ghost, presently he will become one, and thus he has become fascinated with the subject. Therefore he creates ghosts, not merely in his own image, but according to his dreams of power.

This is the unabridged recording of M R James' excellent story "Canon Alberic's Scrap-book". Read by David Collings it is sure to scare and delight in equal measure!

Los Angeles, 1985. Never was the motto sex, drugs, and rock n' roll more apt than the scene on the legendary Sunset Strip with the arrival of the underground Hollywood glam bands. While Mick Freeman, a record executive with a major label, works tirelessly to sign five toxic rockers whom he believes might flip the entire music world on its head, his wife, Jade, spends her days bored and alone at home, struggling with a midlife crisis that threatens to topple their 20-year marriage.

A grisly spirit turns travelling companion for the unwitting passenger of a London bus; a repulsive neighbour returns from the grave, rejected by the very earth; an innocuous back garden becomes the stage for a nightmare encounter with druidic sacrifice. From deep in the British Library vaults emerges a new selection of E.F. Benson's most innovative, spine-tingling and satisfyingly dark 'spook stories'. Complete with an introduction exploring the fascinating story of Benson's life, and including the never-before-republished story 'Billy Comes Through'.

I’ve always had my own opinions about marriage. For example, with the right reward, I could be convinced to agree to a loveless marriage. As long as the guy knew that it was on my terms. Then I met Lucas, a wild alpha male shifter. He sees love as a game that is only won through escaping commitment. His lean shifter body shouldn’t be so desirable. But the more time we spent together, the more I knew I was losing his game. Could I possibly change his mind? Could he be rescued by my love? Or am I just another in a long line of his conquests? Author's Note: This is a steamy standalone with...

Jack's mother is a storyteller, a game-player. On an impulsive trip out to the family lake house, she spins a macabre tale for Jack and his father - a tale that, as the weekend progresses, Jack finds more and more difficult to untangle from his family's real life.

Stranded in the center of Grand Central Station, a pretentious nightmare of a woman who makes everyone else's life hell finds she has a first class compartment on a very special train....

Presenting an audio anthology of Victorian ghost stories to chill you to the bone this holiday season.

Ever since Ignacio left my life, I have found myself just going through the motions. I'm not pining for him. I just don’t feel the need to replace the love I still feel for him. Until Porfirio shows up. Tall, dark, and handsome, there is something so familiar about him. But like Ignacio, he only sees me as a poor, helpless princess. This time, I refuse to just let him slip from my life. He has changed me, and now I don’t know how to let him go. Author's Note: This is a steamy stand alone series romance with a HEA. It is intended for 18+

Can you handle this chilling feast of fear...? A romantic getaway turns to a horrific ordeal when evil falls from the stars. A terrified young woman is stalked by a grim specter in the form of man’s best friend. A beleaguered wage slave discovers that playing with toys at work can have deadly consequences.... Scare Street’s team of horror authors brings you 12 delightedly macabre morsels of terror in this new, spine-tingling collection. Indulge yourself in a delicious feast of chilling nightmares and dark fantasies.

I shouldn’t be attracted to him. He has a reputation for bad things. He’s a rebel, often in detention. He also has a dark family history. I know all of these things. But the man that turned up at my detentions is nothing like I thought he would be. For a start, he doesn’t strike me as someone on the verge of being expelled. He does the work I tell him to do, without question. Sure, he’s a little broody about it, but something in his manner makes me wonder. He’s not some wild, untamed werewolf. He intrigues me. Maybe he’s not the criminal other people think he is. Maybe he’s ...