Horror Thriller

A car plows through the crowd at a July 4th parade. The driver climbs out, sick and stumbling, reaching out, and everyone he touches drops dead within seconds. Maeve Sinclair watches in horror as people she loves begin to die, and she knows she must take action. But in the aftermath of this terror, it's Maeve who possesses that killing touch. Fleeing into the mountains, struggling with her own grief and confusion, Maeve faces the dawning realization that she will never be able to touch another human being again.

A Russian Drama best seller now in its second edition! In February, 1959 nine young hikers on a cross country ski trip mysteriously died under horrific circumstances. It is one of the great mysteries of our times. They would be found with missing eyes, even a missing tongue, crushed bones, and stripped of their clothes (later found radioactive) in minus 50 degree temperatures. Theories range from their being murdered by the CIA to space aliens, to even "Abominable Snowmen". This book explores this famous incident using a technique known as "Higher criticism" to explain their terrifying ...

With all the ghosts that haunt her at this time of year, Carly doesn't exactly rush to celebrate Halloween. Even a costume ball organized by her boyfriend Dylan's mother, Patricia Davis Jackson, holds little allure. But to please Dylan, who wants peace between the two women, Carly reluctantly agrees to go.

"Dunn delivers a brisk page-turner that chills and thrills." --Scott Nicholson, Liquid Fear "Thaw is an action-packed, heart-pumping thrill ride that keeps readers on the edge of their seats" -- Will Plyler, Mania.com Arctic bush pilot Harry McNills is minding his own business and dreaming of retiring to the Caribbean--when two scientists from Cryolabs Corporation charter his plane for a scientific expedition. The beautiful young biologist Amy Tyler and her boss, the avaricious Hayden Lockwood, want to explore for freeze-tolerant organisms. Harry gets more than he bargained for when he ...

Ever since he was a kid, Xavier Marshall lived in fear at his grandparent’s desolated home. His life consisted of chores, being abused by his grandfather, and communicating with spirits from the dead. Being raised around evil had lasting effects on Xavier, and it turned his mind so dark he grew up to become evil too. But when karma goes on the prowl, Xavier isn’t the only one hunting the innocent around Savannah. He too becomes a victim after a gruesome accident, which makes him wish he hadn’t given karma a reason to come around. In this chilling tale we see just how horrific karma ...

Scary Stories-Volume 2 is for readers who love horror and appreciate a good scare. If you are fans of Twilight Zone, Tales From the Crypt, Night Gallery, Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, and horror stories with a plot and a twist ending, look no further. Billy Wells Horror is your ticket to a journey into the macabre. The average Amazon review rating on all 22 books of Billy Wells Horror is 4.3!! Table of Contents: Forbidden Fruit: A father buys purple fruit at a roadside stand that turns his youngest son into a ravenous ghoul. Drool: The city is swarming with zombies as Jerry and Maggie ...

Ethan Dove’s family has moved to a new home in a safe community, and it’s exactly the fresh start they need. Not only is his marriage to Emma hanging by a thread, but his son, Dylan, and twelve-year-old daughter, Rose, deserve to have a happy childhood. After Rose is bullied by the boys across the road, Ethan is relieved when the woman who lives next door steps in. Fiona Smith has come into their lives at just the right moment, and when she offers to look after Rose during the school holidays, Ethan and Emma can’t believe their luck.

Some cases shouldn't be solved. Some doors shouldn't be opened. Private investigator Alex Morgan has always seen things others can't—ghosts, visions, whispers from nowhere. The pills help. Usually. But when a wealthy client hires him to investigate her sister's suspicious death, the medication stops working. The visions intensify. And the ghosts start talking back. The dead woman's spirit leads Alex to a mysterious bookshop where he discovers an unsettling truth: he's not crazy. He's inherited a rare ability to see beyond the veil between worlds—an ability that makes him the target of ...

They said she needed help. But the real help she needed was escaping this place with her life. Niyah Smith thought her biggest problem was her parents’ crumbling marriage. But when she’s framed by a crooked cop and sentenced to Bordeaux Behavioral Hospital, she finds herself trapped in a living nightmare. At first, the hospital seems like a place of healing. But Niyah soon discovers the horrific truth: it’s an underground chamber of torture, experimentation and death, all concealed behind a gleaming facade. Ruled with sinister precision by the corrupt Dr. Jackyl and her sister Officer...

Ten tales of terror in the horror genre with surprise endings to scare you! If you are fans of Twilight Zone, Tales From the Crypt, Night Gallery, Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, and horror stories with a plot and a twist ending, look no further. Billy Wells Horror is your ticket to a journey into the macabre if you dare. Hark! Don’t read this book If you don't like to be scared. Heads roll literally in these stories, so why torture yourself? Otherwise, enjoy the horror! The average Amazon review rating on all Billy Wells Horror books 4.3. TABLE OF CONTENTS: NEVERMORE: A billionaire builds...

What if the Vatican’s best exorcist wasn’t even... alive? From the bestselling author of The Paranormalist series comes a terrifying new vision of demonic possession and supernatural horror. Exorcists are dying—murdered mid-ritual, their bodies desecrated. Something is killing the Church’s holy warriors, one by one. To stop it, the Vatican unleashes Michael, a new breed of exorcist immune to possession, forged for spiritual war. A living weapon the Devil may fear. Assigned to monitor him is Father Callum, a grizzled priest who’s seen evil in all its forms. Their mission leads to a...

When the undead plague first arrived, leading scientists thought it was an airborne variant of Rabies. By the time humanity figured out what they were dealing with, it was too late. The Zombies had already won. Two years later, humanity is all but a bittersweet memory in the ebb and flow of the universe. One man, fueled by vengeance, has found a way to survive them, if only for a little while longer. Haunted by the ones he had left behind, he stalks through rural America. Going town to town, searching for supplies and putting down any zombies who stand in his way. In a small town in ...

Seven Rooms. Seven Rules. One Book You Won’t Forget. The Seventh Room and Other Hauntings is a chilling collection of modern horror stories where nothing is as it seems, and the echoes of the past refuse to stay silent. From cursed architecture to sentient towns, haunted seas to fractured reflections, these tales explore the places we aren’t meant to go—and the things that wait for us there. Step aboard a derelict vessel that rewrites the names of its crew. Stand beneath a nesting tree that feeds on grief. Explore a collector’s basement where stories aren’t written in ink. Stare ...

The deadly dimensions over London have been sealed, and the monsters have departed. But word has come to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson of a more terrifying creature still - the great Cthulhu has been sighted off the waters of Innsmouth, Massachusetts. Only Holmes can defeat him. And in the muddy village of Innsmouth, surrounded by villagers who are more sea-monster than human, Holmes meets again his nemesis, Moriarty, and yet greater foes: Amelia Scarcliffe and Maria Fitzgerald, harbingers of Dagon, who have called forth Cthulhu.

An unsolved case in a small town that has gone too far. Ophelia Miller returns to her hometown to work at the historic Belle Caverns, unaware of the dark secrets lurking beneath its surface. When the beloved owner, Ben, mysteriously passes away, Ophelia inherits the caverns, igniting the wrath of his estranged children. As she uncovers the eerie past of the caverns, she must navigate the tangled web of small-town secrets and malevolent forces that threaten her newfound legacy."

Find out what makes some of our smallest fears turn into nightmares in this treasure trove of short stories. Sometimes it feels like we are all on a different planet earth. Sometimes we are!

Black Hollow is a town with a dark secret. For centuries, residents have foretold the return of the Dreamwalker - an ominous figure from local folklore said to lure young women into the woods and possess them. Yet the boundary between fact and fable is blurred by a troubling statistic: Occasionally, women do go missing. And after they return, they almost always end up dead.

Fleeing from a traumatic break-in, Londoners Paul and Tricia Feenan sell up to escape to the isolated Holiwell village where Tricia has inherited a property. Scattered throughout the settlement are centuries-old stones used during the Great Plague as boundary markers. No plague-sufferer was permitted to pass them and enter the village. The plague diminished, and the village survived unscathed, but since then each year the village trustees have insisted on an ancient ceremony to renew the village boundaries.

In the shadowy forests of McCall, Idaho, a nightmare stirs. When a privately funded laboratory captures a legendary Sasquatch for research, they unwittingly unleash a terror that cannot be contained. After the creature escapes, its wrath turns toward the small mountain town, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. But as Sheriff Calvin Yates and his team rally to defend McCall, they discover an even more chilling truth. Amid the snow-covered wilderness, Anna Lowe, a scientist burdened with guilt, and Deputy Wallace, a man driven by duty, must join forces to unravel the deadly mystery. ...

If death is knocking at your door, you have no choice but to accept it. But if evil is knocking at your door, you have no choice but to kill it. It's been decades since Rebecca Underhill and her late twin sister, Molly, were abducted by a madman in the deep woods behind their farmhouse. It's also been many years since that madman was released from prison and went after Rebecca a second time. It's also been years since a copycat killer called The Skinner tried to murder Rebecca and her young son. Now sixty and alone, Rebecca is battling cancer. But soon she will encounter a third monster who...