Monster Horror

Giant arachnids, killer snowmen, ravenous sharks, ghostly motorcades, and the mother of all lobsters—it’s all in here, including a new Samantha Moon story! Included in this collection: "Vampire Widow" - Tammy Moon hears a distant, telepathic cry for help... and convinces her mother, Samantha Moon, to go on a road trip deep into the heart of the Mojave desert to help something ancient... and massive. "Little Snowmen Everywhere" - They are new to town, trying to fit in. All is going well until the first snowfall. That's when their neighbors frantically start building little snowmen. Now, ...

Monster Hunter International may have had its roots in the United States of America, but there are plenty of monsters in the big old world. And wherever there are monsters, humans will need monster hunters. Here then, stories of the things that go bump in the night and the men and women who bump back—focusing on the myths, legends, and folklore of Czechia, by Czech authors. Includes a new short story by Larry Correia.

The Monster in Room 4 is hiding behind the door and needs to be fed, it's brutally twisted inside the head, careful where you tread, pretty soon you'll be dead.

Oliver was always a jerk. Now that he’s dead, he’s downright terrifying. Augie Doyle eats, sleeps, and breathes horror. Vampires? Real. Werewolves? Absolutely. Zombies? Don’t get him started. His best friend, Ethan, thinks it’s all nonsense—until Oliver Hackl shows up to school. Five days ago, Oliver fell off the Old Mill Bridge and broke his neck. The paramedics pronounced him dead. Now he’s back. Pale. Slow. Wrong. Augie’s convinced it’s the zombie apocalypse. Ethan’s sure there’s a logical explanation. Then Oliver’s friends start dropping like flies. One vanishes, ...

My only thought was that I was about to die. I was going to die tonight, alone, on the muddy shore of this godforsaken lake in the middle of the woods. Billy Bane awakens every night in a cold sweat, his dreams plagued by terrifying visions of Dark Lake. It’s an old, dead lake deep in the woods. Nothing lives in or around it and it has a long history of mysterious disappearances and gruesome deaths. Though everyone tells him he’s never been there, Billy suspects that a terrible secret is being kept from him. Determined to get to the truth behind his nightmares, Billy talks his two best ...

It is the 1980s and Imogene and Christopher seek the help of an ex-Jesuit named Benedetto Francesco Colombina to help them destroy a vampire that stalks the city of Manhattan. Unknown to them, there is also a werewolf lurking in the dark shadows of night-time Manhattan.

"I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~ Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~ Multiple Fans "ALICE CROWLEY IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST LIVING WRITERS!" ~ Author G. Taylor In this sensual short, a married woman learns that a powerful supernatural force yearns to make her his own. Fiona and Jason just rented a small farmhouse to get away from the stress of the city. Soon the couple learns they are being haunted by a paranormal entity that is determined to get Jason out of the way so it can mate with Fiona!

"I wasn't just wet, but the wettest I'd EVER been…" Grace is your average nice girl, working long hours at a job she hates with the weekends being her only escape. While attempting to relax one fateful Friday night, her otherwise lonely apartment is soon filled with a mysterious, ghostly presence. This paranormal, multi-tentacled being has visited her before, but never quite like this. He's here to tease her to the breaking point, then STUFF HER EVERY ORIFICE with one of his many MONSTROUS tendrils until she's filled with his IMPREGNATING LOAD! "I was red at the very thought of the ...

From psychologist, researcher, and horror film enthusiast Brian A. Sharpless comes Monsters on the Couch, an exploration into the real-life psychological disorders behind famous horror movies. Accounts of clinical syndromes every bit as dramatic as those on the silver screen are juxtaposed with fascinating forays into the science and folklore behind our favorite movie monsters.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “...Terrific thriller” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “An amazing enjoyable read, you won’t be disappointed” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Like the good old disaster movies of Irwin Allen... funny... action packed... highly recommend it” NIGHTMARES CAN'T BE CAGED... Ghosts, wraiths, phantoms… science has just proved they are real animals from another dimension. So what better way to exploit the discovery…? Las Vegas’ new glittering jewel is a zoo with a difference. Come face-to-face with specters; watch phantoms soar through their enclosures; or dare to walk through the banshee ...

"Wow, the writing is intense, the plot nothing short of vicious, the characters as flawed as any I've read, the action includes some of the oddest fights ever, and throughout this strange novel I never lost interest." - KOBAM "Good Read. Loved it, different. ... I loved the storyline. Looking for more!" - Ardythe M If you step in the shadows, you die. When Ben Reilly returns to his home town after a bad break-up, all he's hoping for is to live a nice, quiet life and fade into the shadows. But in this town, the shadows are the last place you want to be... And when Ben's high school ...

A giant redneck in Fairyland, what could possibly go wrong? Everything. Absolutely everything. Monsters, Magic, & Mayhem collects four novella chronicling Bubba the Monster Hunter's trip through the lands of the Fae in search of his kidnapped sister.

Encounter an extraordinary world of mystery, magic, and romance with "The Legend of Tarn & Beck" short story collection. Tarn and Beck, armed with intellect and courage, unravel a Sherlock Holmes mystery and confront enigmatic vampires at a dinner party. Amidst the intrigue, Tarn harbors a powerful magical force—the elfin light—yet remains oblivious to its origins. Their journey takes a thrilling turn when Beck is kidnapped and Tarn tries to save him with help from Jobe & Paracleus. Theo discovers a necromancer’s grimoire, fearing the involvement of Garth, an exorcist haunted by ...

Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration, everything she’s dreamed of and worked toward. With retribution on her mind, she surpasses her bitter and privileged peers, leaving broken bodies behind her on her climb to stardom.

“I binged and splurged the entire series.” – J.L. Lux, Author An outpost at the edge of the kingdom. People who harbor a dark secret dating back to their origins. Menataun’s people are being killed by unexplained wild animal attacks as well as by a shambler—one of their own who has become a creature of the night. Calec and Serileen are drawn to Menataun, attempting to track down the Hunter—a suspect in Serileen’s mother’s death. But they find even darker magic already at work, something carried in the blood of these people. With their ancient remedy unavailable, the number ...

Dirt Road Tales of Horror Dirt Road Tales of Horror takes you on a terrifying ride through the Southeastern United States, a place where ghosts, murderers, nightmares, and beasts lurk in the shadows, awaiting anyone brave or unfortunate enough to travel through their nocturnal domain. Prepare to be gripped by fear and fright, should you dare decide to traverse these haunted and unhallowed roads. ©Zombie Media,LLC

The Gravediggers and friends thought that Ushaville had sucked all the horror out of their lives, but it looks like they find themselves in another hairy situation. They decide to buy a punk bar and go into business, but the customers look just a bit too furry. Well, that bites! As the people of New Orleans experience a change of attitude during the full moon, the Gravediggers must find an ancient, evil swamp witch, and convince her to give them the antidote. It's a howl of a scary time as the group of friends try to make the monsters sit, stay, and hopefully, roll over and play dead. Will ...

Wounds is a confounding, strange, and utterly entrancing collection of six stories, including one new novella from Shirley Jackson Award-winning author Nathan Ballingrud. From the eerie dread descending upon a New Orleans dive bartender after a cell phone is left behind in a rollicking bar fight in The Visible Filth to the search for the map of hell in “The Butcher’s Table”, Ballingrud’s beautifully crafted stories are riveting in their quietly terrifying depictions of the murky line between the known and the unknown.

Without the threat of the Witch’s bloody harvest, the family elders have fallen into chaos. Internal squabbling has left them blind to this new enemy in their midst. Local legends have barely begun to fade when a group of tourists go missing. Some say the Witch has returned. But Basheba, Mina, and the others believe it could be something even worse. As the survivors dig deeper, they discover that one of their own may have been corrupted by an ancient evil - a power greater than anything they have faced before. But is the Bell Witch behind all this?

Need a few friends to keep you company in the cold, dead night? We've got a few for you! Find out what evils live in secondhand treasures in "Deals!" Experience someone's darkest secret in a grotesque twist revealed in "Gospel!" See what happens when you mess with the wrong pet in "Bovine!" Humanities' most twisted come to life in "Janitor!" Fight your way through endless "Trenches!" Finally, go Trick-or-Treating in "Halloween!"