Halloween Short

Beware the weeping wails of the headless bride Harry Dwight, a broke tech genius, heard the folklore all his life - the headless bride floating over the swell off Cinder Bay, haunting wayward ships in the wee hours of night. But he knew it for what it was. Just another campfire story meant to scare kids. But when his best friend lands him a late-night pitch opportunity offshore, Harry's beliefs are shaken to the core. Her wails are loud, like the incarnated screams of a thousand tormented souls. Her vacant gaze stares wherever he goes. Her taunt is consistent, at the wake of every bleeding ...

"Great short Halloween mystery." ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When a prized award for a local haunted house competition suddenly goes missing, Emma Marsh and her sister Lilly set out on a tantalizing adventure to save her candy shop and keep the competition on schedule. Immerse yourself in the delectable world of Candyland Confections, where sugary delights and spine-tingling mysteries collide! Emma Marsh, the owner of a delightful candy shop, is on a mission to save her sweet business when the prized award for a local haunted house contest vanishes. Teaming up with her trusted sister and confidante...

It's Halloween at the Baker Valley Barkery and Cafe, which means it's time for a pet costume parade. And when Maggie leaves Sam and Jack in charge of finding contestants, the results are definitely...interesting.

It’s Halloween night, and Aggie, Betty, and Roger are invited to a haunted house by a handsome vampire. Little did they know that they were about to encounter something incredibly spooky.

Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the woods, the little old lady heard… CLOMP, CLOMP, SHAKE, SHAKE, CLAP, CLAP. And the little old lady who was not afraid of anything had the scare of her life!

Another Halloween evening has come and gone, and the O'Reilly Clan and friends are ready to gather around the Jack O'Lantern and share tales of actual ghost stories that have happened to them. From mysterious inns to deserted roads, Tales Around the Jack O'Lantern IX will leave you on the edge of your seat and looking over your shoulder. So, turn down the lights, grab a few treats, and enjoy the "tricks" the O'Reillys have in store for you. Happy Halloween.

Here, to treasure, a new story collection from award-winning horror master Al Sarrantonio. In Halloween and Other Seasons there's a neighborhood rivalry that grows to monstrous proportions, a hedgerow with an appetite, the ultimate Charles Fort story, and the end of the world from the beginning. Halloween and Other Seasons contains 18 gems of weirdness, including Al Sarrantonio's very first published story.

White Hollow is a collection of short fiction about autumn, with stories representing a wide range of genres. From a pumpkin farm in Indiana, to a ship in space, White Hollow presents a variety of story settings and flavors for your enjoyment.

Enjoy three years of Halloween ghost stories by the O'Reilly family - originally published as short stories in 2014, 2015 and 2016 - this combo set gives you all the Tales Around the Jack O'Lantern stories in one place. The lights are out, the Jack O'Lantern is lit and the O’Reilly clan is enjoying their family tradition of sharing ghost stories on Halloween night. Set years before Mary moves to Freeport, this combo package offers seventeen unique ghost stories that will leave you checking over your shoulder just to make sure no one “uninvited” is in the room with you. Happy Halloween!

A new volume of exciting stories from 19th- and 20th-century American and British masters and mistresses of the art of story-telling, read by award-winning narrators.

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 ...

Join the O'Reilly family once again as they meet around the Jack O'Lantern on Halloween night and share ghost stories that will make you shiver and have you looking over your shoulder to see if there is "a little something extra" wandering through your home tonight.

In this short story, Benjay’s excitement for Halloween keeps hitting roadblocks. Will he go trick-or-treating or be stuck at home handing out candy? A delightful middle-grade short story that captures the magic and excitement of every child's favorite spooky holiday. An entertaining tale blending humor, adventure, and valuable life lessons about resilience and family bonds.

Another round of horrifying Halloween stories to fill you with delight. The audiobook 31 More Nights of Halloween brings together 31 short stories from today's newest authors. From ghosts to witches, to vampires and possessions, this collection has something for that Halloween kid in all of us. So take off your shoes and light a candle, but be careful what you say, you might end up casting a Halloween spell.

We've all been to haunted house attractions on Halloween that have people made up to be scary-looking to scare us even though it is all fake, and we know it, but we don't care; we just want to be scared. Meet Henry Adams. He loves going to haunted attractions, but was getting bored and not scared anymore, so he decided he was going to make his own Haunted attraction that would be to die for - literally. Henry wanted to be the envy of all Halloween attractions, and he was going to do it in a deadly way.

In the Willows: Volume II is the second collection of short stories and novellas by Billie Dean Shoemate III. He has selected stories from 2017 to 2020, including one out of his personal vault. Ranging from horror, thriller, to science fiction, these seven stories were chosen by the author, who sees them as his personal best at this stage in his writing career. From a haunted lost symphony, a mysterious library where people arrive with no memory of who they are, to the crew of a doomed ghost ship, In the Willows: Volume II was compiled in order to mystify, as well as terrify.

Bigfoot and Steller Jay plan a trip to the city for a night of trick-or-treating. The thought of getting all the yummy candy makes them very happy. But Bigfoot is a little scaref becuase of all the humans in town. But they would have to wait until it was dark before they could go, so they must find something to do until then.

Antique Mirror Short Story inspired The Witches of Hant Hollow Trilogy. Victoria Frost, a Nashville artist yearning for a fresh start, stumbles upon a quaint farmhouse with an unexpected allure. At its heart is an antique mirror above the mantle, a relic that exudes both beauty and mystery. But this mirror is no ordinary heirloom—it holds a secret that will change her life forever. One evening, while talking on the phone with her art dealer and best friend, Max, Victoria glimpses a spectral figure in the mirror’s depths. Emboldened by curiosity and a touch of courage, she places her ...

A Halloween night of mystery, a Monday morning surprise… Chrissy Harper has finally landed her dream job as an executive assistant at a prestigious company. To celebrate, she and her best friend go to a costume party for Halloween where she’s irresistibly drawn to masked man. What Chrissy doesn’t know is that the seductive man behind the mask is Zander Shaw—her new boss. When she shows up for work on Monday morning, both are shocked to discover their identities. While Zander is eager to reignite the flame between them, Chrissy is determined to keep things professional. She’s ...

Call it what you will: All Hallows Eve, Halloween, or All Saints Eve, but if evil comes looking for you, there’s nowhere to hide. Don’t fool yourself into thinking everything will be okay… The only thing you will ever be is dead or dying. Join us for tales of Halloween Horror in this volume of If I Die Before I Wake, but bring your body bags—no one gets out alive.