Halloween Horror

Thirty-three-year-old Todd is playing at the beach with his son, Anthony, when he catches sight of an approaching figure. Instantly, he recognises Jack, his high school tormentor. Radiant, repentant, and overjoyed to have 'run into' Todd, Jack suggests a meal to catch up. And can he spend the night? What follows is a fast-paced story of obsession and suspense, as Jack gaslights his way back into Todd's life, pushing his old 'friend' to the brink.

When Nick O'Reilly is invited to Sherlock Lake by his friend Danny, he is more than apprehensive. Nick is familiar with the ghost story that surrounds that place, and he is not one to meddle with situations like that. However, after Danny pushes him into it, criticizing his confidence, Nick feels like he has no choice. The two wander down to the lake to explore the legend that surrounds it, and when they do, they get more than they bargained for. The Mystery at Sherlock Lake is a short story that will thrill you with its mysterious twists and turns and leave you wondering what will happen ...

Um die Eine zu erobern gibt es viele Möglichkeiten. Weil alle anderen Versuche nicht glücken, will der Student Norbert einen Pakt mit dem Teufel eingehen, um die Frau seiner Träume zu erobern. Dass er das Ritual an Halloween durchführt, soll ihn schützen, denn nur an diesem Tag steht dem Teufel als Gegenleistung nicht seine Seele zu. Zusammen mit seinem besten Kumpel setzt er seinen Plan in die Tat um und tatsächlich scheint es zu funktionieren.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden von Alice gerade genötigt in ihrem Familienalbum zu blättern, als Holmes eine dringliche Depesche erhält. Der Bürgermeister von Bran/Siebenbürgen bittet um Hilfe, da sich in seiner kleinen Stadt unerklärliche Vorfälle ereignen. Es mehren sich blutleere Leichen und schnell spricht man von einem Vampir. Zu Holmes und Watsons Leidwesen lässt sich Alice natürlich nicht davon abbringen, die beiden nach Transsilvanien zu begleiten. Holmes beschließt den Grafen in seinem Schloss aufzusuchen und den Dingen direkt vor Ort auf den Grund zu gehen.

1. The Depths of Despair: In the remote coastal town of Shorecrest, a group of friends embarks on a weekend diving trip to explore a sunken shipwreck. As they descend into the depths, they uncover a long-forgotten evil lurking beneath the waves.

Tasha is the highest paid escort in the streets. She works with her stepdaddy, Nightlane. He is rich and a pimp. She makes a lot of money with him. She's also sleeps with him, but things go crazy when her stepdaddy dies and then comes back.

The Mercer house is the perfect place for Chef Lindsey's restaurant - or so Lindsey thinks. The house's horrific past would make anyone run, but Lindsey is not aware of the gruesome events that occurred there on Halloween many years ago. Lindsey's dreams soon turn into nightmares as strange sounds are heard, cigar smoke makes her choke, and apparitions of a ghastly man and weeping woman appear, threatening her. And when Halloween approaches, Lindsey knows she must fight for what is hers or lose the Mercer house, and her dreams, forever.

In this grab-bag of Halloween shorts, you'll find an assortment of killers and creeps. You may want to log off your Zoom meeting to play with the nice birdies. Perhaps kickback with a premium pizza before you go for a long walk in the dark woods? Or maybe you've wanted to run away to join the circus? Sounds like more fun than keeping a date with Death.

Get ready to puke with joy at these four sweaty, politically incorrect tales of spooky supernatural and psycho-murderer mayhem! Emily, Laurel, and Nicole will have their hands full this witching season, you bet! Will the disgraced former police officer, Mr. Blubbertongue, destroy Halloween in his twisted plan to help his mail order bride lose weight? What is really going on inside that container of low-fat cottage cheese?

Two couples barely contained their excitement as they bounced down a rutted road to an abandoned plantation outside Natchez, Mississippi. This night promised to be the most fantastic Halloween night of their lives. Little did they know that their private reading with the world-famous spiritual reader would take a turn none of them thought possible. This shocking story will have you thinking Stephen King met Alfred Hitchcock to to make you question everything and everyone in your life. Buckle in for the horrifying conclusion.

Beware of Vagabond's Halloween Issue! Within this spine-tingling collection, darkness stirs and secrets awaken in tales crafted by today's masters of mystery and the macabre. Descend into cursed and haunted realms where the veil between the living and the dead grows thin. Remote villages hold ancient rituals that call to sinister forces, forgotten mansions harbor cursed objects with malevolent powers, and those who seek forbidden knowledge often find damnation rather than wisdom. In these bewitching narratives, oblivious outsiders stumble upon secrets that lure them to the point of no ...

Se le divinità pagane popolano ancora il nostro mondo... Dieci storie quasi di paura che potrebbero essere accadute a casa vostra, nel vostro cortile o a scuola. A ispirare questo libro sono stati i racconti che il padre narrava all'autrice quando era piccola, e alcuni incontri inaspettati con creature misteriose della mitologia lituana. Se, mentre leggete, avete la sensazione che qualcuno si nasconda nel vostro armadio o sul balcone, se sui rami spuntano delle unghiette al posto dei germogli e un'ape esce improvvisamente dalla bocca di un vostro amico, mantenete la calma.

Mysterienschülerin Gerda soll ihr erstes Halloween-Ritual in der Tradition der alten Erdmagie leiten und den Schleier zur Totenwelt öffnen. Doch dieses Jahr fällt Halloween auf einen Vollmond und in der Hexenkunst sagt man, dass zu dieser Zeit alle magischen Kräfte verstärkt werden und außer Kontrolle geraten können. Wie real ist die Gefahr, dass Kreaturen der Anderswelt wie Werwölfe oder andere Unholde durch das Ritual angelockt werden könnten und wie werden Gerda und ihre Gefährten damit umgehen?

“It is an auspicious night, don’t you think?" The spirit gestured out over the mist covered graveyard before them. “Tonight is All Hallows Eve,” he breathed, “Halloween!” Melvin’s eyes widened as he turned his gaze to follow the ghosts’ hand. Distant howling floated back toward them on the chill breeze. “Tonight phantoms rise up from this last plot of hallowed ground. They assume form and substance and walk amongst the living!" A shiver ran down Melvin’s spine.

The trick of accepting redemption is finding something in yourself to redeem. A scary Halloween-themed ghost tale from Michael Lynes in The Trick.

Halloween is a holiday of fright, a time to dress up and go house to house for candy, a time for fun. But what happens when you don’t follow the rules? Nicholas Gray presents five Halloween tales to get you in the spirit and cover your arms in goosebumps. Three friends are in for a trick-or-treat surprise. A surly boy goes trick-or-treating to the wrong house. A grumpy old man gets a special Halloween visitor. A man goes shopping for a Halloween mask. And some bored teenagers go on a vandalism spree.

Madman Jack had murdered 14 women in numerous ways seven years before in a small Indiana farm town. He was what doctors called a missionary killer. He believed all women were evil, and he believed it was his God-given duty to kill them. Tonight, October 30, 2008, Jack would escape his maximum-security prison cell and travel back to the same small town and steal more souls to regain his powers.

Holmes und Watson glauben hinter „Draculas“ Geheimnis gekommen zu sein. Und es scheint, als hätte ausgerechnet Alice Familienalbum sie auf die richtige Spur gebracht. Doch da Alice bereits gebissen wurde, läuft die Zeit unabdingbar.

Stevens Long Walk Home: Steven ventures into Bramble Village in search of his missing sister, Joan, who disappeared during an adventure in the haunted village. As he traverses the eerie streets, Steven becomes ensnared in the village's malevolent grip, encountering supernatural forces beyond his imagination. He fights to escape, haunted by the sinister laughter that echoes through the darkness, vowing never to return to Bramble Village again.

When a mysterious, Halloween-themed attraction comes to the town of Bay's End, everyone is dying to pay a visit in Edward Lorn's The Scare Rows, a short-story selection from Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror.