Irish Horror

The follow-up to J.A. Cummings's Nightchild finds Tobyn and Araminah Reyes in London, England. After Tobyn takes a keen interest in a young nobleman, Ara tries to keep the Kris family functioning. As Tobyn's obsession takes hold, enemies old and new begin to emerge.

Someone is waging war against corrupt officials... and he won't stop until they're all dead. The new paranormal series from Amazon bestselling crime and thriller writer, Wendy Cartmell. Perfect for fans of horror suspense from John Connolly, Stephen King, Stephen Leather, C J Tudor, Iain Rob Wright and John Bowen. As a bomb detonates inside a popular Italian restaurant, DI Jo Wolfe has to witness the death of the diners. Her traumatic search for the bodies leaves her exhausted, yet resolved to find those behind the barbaric attack. Then she receives a warning from the group responsible. ...

A short story companion to Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, and Frankenstein 2035 by Kev Freeman. The journal written by Victor Frankenstein recording his final experiments leading to the recipe and creation of life. Experimentation and Findings of the Indulgence of Animal Electricity within the Stature of Man. I begin this journal with the anticipation that these records of my endeavors will sometime provide others with a foundation for further experimentation into the remarkability of the human spirit. Victor Frankenstein, September, 1792. Victor Frankenstein studied...

Tourniquet Lane and its cottage enter the thoughts of cousins, Henry and Lucy. Through a series of letters, Henry gets around to asking Lucy if she could come to his estate for a visit. He's been ill of late and suggests the company might do him good. Besides, it will give them the opportunity to learn more regarding the mysterious cottage and what occurred there when they were children. A Retrospective Trip down Tourniquet Lane is an astounding supernatural story from award-winning author, Robert E. Kearns

Ronald Byrne, a teacher in in a 1980s Dublin school is the debating society's founder. He is fastidious in appearance, reliable, and never out sick. He dyes his hair, and almost always looks the same. However, he also possesses the condition of being unmemorable. Everyone knows little-to-nothing about his private life. Plus, they aren't the least bit inquisitive. Fr. Noel O'Loughlin, is an art teacher in the same school. He is cruel and sadistic, and punishes anyone who appears to have blemished the white walls of his classroom, which he paints himself. On the night of the season's opening ...

Enter the vibrant, gas-lit streets of 19th-century Dublin, where camaraderie and temptation collide in this enthralling tale of friendship, desire, and unexpected love. When charismatic London socialite Bertie arrives in Dublin at the behest of his old university friend Charles, the city’s allure promises a week of revelry. But Bertie’s insatiable appetite for adventure leads them to Monto, Dublin’s notorious red-light district, where a chance encounter with Cailín, a captivating Irish beauty with a mysterious past, turns his world upside down. As Bertie’s fleeting fascination ...

Tuck has an obsession with time and an extreme dislike for funerals. Furthermore, he hates winter and wants for nothing more than a return to his cozy bed. Braving the elements Tuck's desire for a speedy service is answered. Still, might there be consequences for wishing his life away? The recipient of a Five-Star review from Readers' Favorite, A Place of Rest is another astounding short story from award-winning author Robert E. Kearns. Now with a Five Star Editorial Review from Readers' Favorite

In rural Ireland, Jeremiah Kildare lives alone in the house he was born in. His is a simple life marked by isolation and loneliness where everyday routines on the farm occupy him from dawn to dusk. Then, while on a break from his usual habits, out recovering an illicit stash of poteen from the bog, he makes a startling discovery. What happens next is the stuff of nightmares. With Five Stars from Readers' Favorite, Jeremiah Kildare is yet another remarkable story from award-winning author, Robert E. Kearns. Now with a Five Star editorial review from Readers' Favorite

He was coming for me. He was going to take what was left of my soul. That’s if his world didn’t take it first. Kinsley Daniel was my everything and then he was gone. Ripped away, leaving me in a world that took on dull shades. Leaving me to my guilt. Guilt that ate a hole through my very soul. Fin was the one person who could make me feel again he was my secret shame. I was running from everything he stood for everything he made me remember. But no matter how hard I ran or how far he always found me. He says I’m his. I shouldn’t want him I shouldn’t need him, he was Daniel’s ...

This is a story from the The Body Snatcher and Other Stories collection.

Reginald Power is a shy and unassuming man. When at the suggestion of a friend he joins the local chess club he meets Delilah; a beautiful woman he fast becomes besotted with. Will Reggie capture this queen of hearts, or will the final move result in checkmate? Another exceptional tale of the macabre from award winning author, Robert E. Kearns. Now with a Five Star editorial review from Readers' Favorite.

At approximately 16:00, this office received a telephonic communication that two journals were recovered near Johnson Village, Colorado, following incident [redacted]. Journal number one contains approximately 200 pages and is leather-bound. Source is a caucasian male: Jack Reynolds, automotive mechanic, 33 years of age. Journal number two contains approximately 200 pages and is hard-bound in red. Source is a caucasian female: Lisa James, doctor of medicine, 31 years of age.

This is a story from the "Great Ghost Stories" collection.

Raised by her mother and Maeve on Slanbeg, an island off the west coast of Ireland, Orpen has a childhood of love, rockpools and stories by the fireside. But the stories grow darker, and the training begins. Ireland has been devoured by a ravening menace known as the skrake, and though Slanbeg is safe for now, the women must always be ready to run, or to fight.

James Hogg was an 19th century Scottish writer. Mary Burnet is a traditional Scottish ghost story which he retold.

A vampire with a thirst for revenge. A witch who doesn’t know she’s a witch. In this small Australian town, darkness is waiting to rise… When Holly Burke’s eccentric aunt dies, she’s drawn to the country town of Dunloe. The small community is haunted by its violent Gold Rush past, where deadly paranormal secrets lay as thick as gold in the hard quartz below their feet. Oblivious to the supernatural world, Holly soon finds herself in the middle of a war for power that’s been raging for almost two centuries. A power, according to legend, her family holds the key to. The catch? She...

Elizabeth Gaskell, famed author of Cranford, is cherished for her incise social observations and portrayals of the changing nature of English life through the Industrial Revolution of the Victorian era. In Cousin Phillis, Paul Manning has only recently left home to work on the railway line for the dashing Mr Holdsworth. Lodging with an Independent Minister on the outskirts of London, he becomes acquainted with his distant cousins, where he is delighted to meet his genial relations, and not least his cousin Phyllis

The Beetle tells the tale of an evil, ancient Egyptian spirit seeking revenge on an up-and-coming British politician, Paul Lessingham. The shape-shifting creature that pursues Lessingham is possessed of hypnotic powers and takes different forms, both male and female, as well as morphing into a beetle - a figure that induces terror in its victims.

With Sherlock out of the city on a case, it is up to Dr. John Watson and his new patient to help Victoria with the investigation—which may build to a fatal confrontation on a foggy Halloween night.

Molly and her grandmother scam a bank to collect insurance money. Mr. Mulhern has published short stories in many literary magazines and received several awards. He was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize.