Psychological Horror

Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of four centuries of witches - a family given to poetry and incest, murder and philosophy, a family that over the ages is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being called Lasher who haunts the Mayfair women. Moving in time from today's New Orleans and San Francisco to long-ago Amsterdam and the France of Louis XIV, from the coffee plantations of Port-au-Prince to Civil War New Orleans and back to today, Anne Rice has spun a mesmerizing tale.

I Died Yesterday, But I’m Still Here by G.J. Fene What happens when death doesn't stick? In this chilling anthology of near-deaths, glitches, and second chances that shouldn’t exist, people return from the brink—but not all of them come back whole. A photographer finds a stranger in every image he takes—one who was never there before. A transcriber hears her name whispered in captions that haven’t aired. A teen girl breathes underwater—only when no one is looking. And in a quiet tunnel beneath the city, a voice echoes warnings it never spoke aloud. Each story is told in raw, ...

New York Times best-selling author Ian McEwan has won the Booker Prize, Whitbread Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for his masterfully accomplished fiction. The Comfort of Strangers is an exquisitely crafted gothic novella. On holiday, Colin and Maria wander the ancient streets of Venice and frequently lose their way. When they are accosted by a man with a strange and alluring story to tell, they soon become entwined in a fantasy of violence and erotic obsession.

When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency, hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly Gibney is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just passed away. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny’s desperate voice makes it impossible to turn her down. Meanwhile, mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. But they are also harboring a shocking, unholy secret.

A collection of six new ghost stories woven from the fabric of England’s dark dreaming. The Orangery Wooed by a Georgian gentleman of taste, a young bride-to-be finds that all is not as it appears at her fiancé’s elegant Gaddesbury estate. There is a whiff of corruption at its heart which, for all his acid wit and fashionable acquaintance, grows ever stronger, until . . . Her Master’s Call Temesforde. Such a peaceful Shropshire parish. And yet, what a pity about the vicar. What did he know? How could he have known? The Reverend Ruth More knows nothing of it when she arrives to start ...

Aidan Thomas is a hard-working family man and a somewhat beloved figure in the small upstate New York town where he lives. He’s the kind of man who always lends a hand and has a good word for everyone. But Aidan has a dark secret he’s been keeping from everyone in town and those closest to him. He’s a kidnapper and serial killer. Aidan has murdered eight women and there’s a ninth he has earmarked for death: Rachel, imprisoned in a backyard shed, fearing for her life.

Be careful where you share your secrets. You don’t know who’s listening. Charlie Ray has a bit of a sleep disorder. She sleeps like the dead. When it’s time to get up, she’s up. But when she’s asleep, she’s completely unaware of the world. It’s been a big joke to her family and friends for years. Sleepovers were wrought with pranks. She’s learned to laugh it off. It’s never been a problem…until someone finds out and decides it’s something to have fun with. Someone dark. Someone dangerous. When she is at her most vulnerable, they come out to play. What starts out ...

A dark history lingers in Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, local Protestant martyrs were betrayed - then burned. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And a few weeks ago, the vicar of the local parish hanged himself in the nave of the church. Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping for a fresh start. Instead, Jack finds a town rife with conspiracies and secrets, and is greeted with a strange welcome package.

Prepare to have your beliefs about life and death turned upside down... With his acknowledged individual storytelling expertise, D. M. Mitchell pens yet another taut psychological thriller with a difference that twists and turns to its deliciously devious and unexpected conclusion. Discover for yourself why D. M. Mitchell is being hailed as one of the most exciting new writers of thriller and supernatural tales in the UK. From reviews of The King of Terrors: 'Artfully written to keep the reader wanting more...' 'This book is the best yet, having all the twists and turns expected now of this...

A Zombie Apocalypse An Epistolary novel; Joseph Kales writes about his day to day dangerous life, before and during the zombie apocalypse. He is going about his ordinary life when suddenly the infection hits. His ultimate goal is to reunite with his girlfriend, Stacy. As the story progresses the danger of the zombies becomes clear.

In the title story, a young boy becomes obsessed with his cousin's doll after she tragically passes away from leukemia. As he grows older, he begins to collect "found dolls" from the surrounding neighborhoods and stores his treasures in the abandoned carriage house on his family's estate. But just what kind of dolls are they?In The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror, Joyce Carol Oates evokes the “fascination of the abomination” that is at the core of the most profound, the most unsettling, and the most memorable of dark mystery fiction.

A novel of Gothic Horror and psychological suspense, "Ghostly Oath" is an artfully composed novel that plunges readers into a haunting labyrinth of mystery, fear, and spectral obsession. Set in the stark isolation of the UK during the darker half of the 19th century, this chilling narrative masterfully intertwines otherworldly terror with the psychological unravelings brought upon by insidious apparitions. The Plot Begun around a cozy fireplace, a group of eager listeners huddled for the tale of their lives - a chilling spectral narrative passed on through a mysterious manuscript. Delivered...

WARNING: The children of Oakhaven are not dreaming. They are rehearsing. Jack Tierney is a ghost haunting his own life, shattered by his wife’s murder two years prior. He seeks refuge in the suffocating silence of decaying Oakhaven. But the silence is about to scream. It starts with Alex, a neighborhood boy plagued by nightmares of "Mr. Murk," a whispering entity that tells terrible secrets. Then the bodies start falling—staged accidents, broken dolls left behind. Jack, a former detective, sees the pattern the police refuse to acknowledge. He sees the symbol—an eye stitched shut—...

Kevin Chamberland fancies himself a "big man," with an expensive car, impressive clothes, and an "important" job to do, but Mr. Chamberland's reality is far different from his fantasies, a fact that he'll become painfully aware of after being asked one simple question: "Paper or Plastic?" From the author of "The Big Men," “309,” "Shards," “The Nemesis Effect,” "Big Man Down," “500,” and “The Spiral and The Threads” comes an all-new tale from The Nod/Wells Timelines that's sure to satisfy fans of horror, thrillers, suspense, and the universe established in those other works. ...

Evie is in the grip of a gambling addiction. She's terrified she'll destroy the lives of her husband and two small daughters, especially with her rising debt. She grabs onto a lifeline - the offer of a program that promises to heal addictions and give her a fresh start. Evie and 27 others from around the world travel to a monastery on a tiny Greek island to begin the program. There are six days and six challenges on the path to healing. Ten thousand dollars per challenge. Sixty thousand on completion. Enough to pay off debts and start anew.

He just wanted to belong. Now, he wants them to scream. Martin Keene is a ghost in his own life, a janitor invisible to the world. His only solace is his obsession with Bigfoot—a creature as misunderstood and isolated as he feels. When a local squatching group offers a fleeting chance at connection, their casual rejection ignites a terrifying spiral of delusion and rage within him. Deep in the remote Adirondack Mountains, Martin’s twisted fantasy takes root. If they hunt for a monster, he will give them one they will never forget. Donning a crude costume and fueled by a lifetime of ...

Meet Ethan Webman—a man living a quiet, unremarkable life until he discovers the body of a missing girl—her face splashed across headlines nationwide—in his basement. With no alibi and suspicion mounting, he must prove his innocence before it’s too late. His quest leads him to James LaRoche, a scientist who believed people could kill within their dreams. As Ethan unravels a global conspiracy, every clue ensnares him deeper, unveiling horrors beyond imagination. Welcome to... The Dream Killer. Recipient of the Literary Titan’s Gold Book Award, 2025

When a string of peaceful deaths begins targeting survivors of domestic violence, prosecutor Elena Marquez is drawn into a case that doesn’t look like murder—until she realizes the killer believes he's saving them. Now, Elena must confront a twisted new gospel of silence, before another woman disappears into its promise of mercy. Silent Ghost is the gripping second book in The Prosecutor’s Journals, a dark and suspenseful new psychological thriller series by bestselling author Blake Pierce. Following the haunting events of Silent Pattern (Book #1), Elena Marquez returns in a chilling ...

Beneath the inky black surface of Lake Ness lurks something too monstrous for this world... Gerry Lawson, a washed-up scientist slowly recovering from a life that got out of his control, finds himself saying yes when his cousin Marnie asks him to help her and her partner Jim with an outdoor survival program for disadvantaged kids. Not quite sure what he's let himself in for, he slowly adjusts to the isolated environment of Lake Ness and the challenges of living with a bunch of often erratic and unpredictable teenagers. However, it's not long before their best-laid plans start to unravel. ...

Dr. Riley North finds comfort in the quantifiable. Her world is one of sterile labs and cold, hard data, a fortress of logic she built to escape the chaotic legacy of her parents—two cryptozoologists who vanished in the Oregon wilderness twenty years ago. She believes that chapter of her life is sealed. But a phone call about an abandoned storage unit changes everything. Inside the dusty locker, Riley discovers her parents weren't just chasing myths. They were methodical scientists on the verge of a world-shattering discovery. Their worn journals, detailed maps, and a final, chilling ...