Psychological Horror

What starts as a lucrative hunt for a legendary creature in a remote, protected wilderness turns into a desperate battle for survival. For three men, the promise of fame and fortune is too great to ignore. But when their monstrous steel trap snaps shut, the prize is not a simple beast. They haven’t trapped a monster; they've started a war with a vengeful, intelligent entity that knows the woods like the back of its hand. Stranded by a ferocious blizzard and cut off from the outside world, their gear is systematically destroyed with chilling precision. The hunter has become the hunted. Led...

A house with no furniture. Seven bodies posed like performance art. No signs of forced entry. No screams. No sounds. No fingerprints. Only a spiral. When former detective turned reluctant consultant is called to a chilling new crime scene, it feels less like a discovery and more like a message—one composed with precision, soaked in silence, and dripping with intention. The killer didn’t just commit murder; he designed it. Each room a stage, each body a symbol, and at the center of it all: a presence she thought she’d buried long ago. Helix is a mind-bending psychological horror ...

Just your average father-son story. But with abduction, torture, and murder. Out of nowhere, a retired 60-year old handyman goes on a murder-spree, abducting healthy young people and torturing them with hand-tools. After he's caught, a media fascination in The Handyman swells. People want to know why he snapped. They want to hear all the grisly details. But he'll only tell his gruesome story to one person - his estranged son.

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...

This Easter, six-year-old Mary Chan is going to have an old fashioned Easter Egg hunt with her Aunt Gerry...oh, the horror! You see, Aunt Gerry is a lonely spinster who lives all by herself on an enormous farm in downstate Illinois. Not to mention that she keeps quite a collection of steamer trunks in her dark, dusty attic. Timothy Kirby's short story, taken from his book, THE SIREN OF SINGAPORE (2010), is one that won't soon be forgotten. So fasten your Easter bonnets,it's going to be a bumpy night!

The most terrifying sound on the Appalachian Trail isn't a predator's howl. It's the sound of your own footsteps being mimicked behind you. From the misty peaks of the Great Smoky Mountains to the remote forests of Maine, a primal intelligence is stirring. This is not the clumsy, shy creature of folklore. This is something that hunts, something that thinks, and something that hates. In this collection of fifteen standalone tales of survival horror, you will follow seasoned hikers, determined scientists, and arrogant thrill-seekers as they are stalked by the true terror of the woods. They ...

Leah was unemployed, broke, and desperate. A few years earlier, a fatal car crash took the lives of Leah’s beloved husband and their two babies, leaving her disabled. Life looked bleak. Then she met Mason. He was charming, charismatic, persuasive, and a successful businessman, well respected in the community. His teenage daughter did nothing to welcome Leah into the family, but life is never perfect. And the nightmares began the day the dog died… Two years into her second marriage, Leah Brand’s world is turned upside down. Inanimate objects move, her clothes are left out for the ...

Claudia Shephard’s husband died in a fire. Everyone says it was tragic. Accidental. She doesn't remember much—just smoke, panic, the way her lungs burned as she ran. But three weeks after the funeral, a manuscript arrives on her doorstep. A book she didn’t write. A book that describes, in disturbingly intimate detail, her husband’s affair… and the precise steps she took to murder him. It’s written in her voice. With her quirks. Her phrases. Her secrets. And page by page, Claudia feels her grip on reality begin to unravel. As whispers swirl through their coastal town and friends ...

From the twisted mind of horror master Thomas M. Malafarina comes the eleventh short story collection in his Malaformed Realities series, appropriately entitled Malaformed Realities Volume 11. With thirteen terrifying tales of horror such as War Pigs, The Path, Scary Monsters, and many more, Thomas takes you into the deepest and darkest recesses of his bizarre imagination. Stories included in this volume: The Witch’s Tree War Pigs Be Careful What You Wish For The Death Patrol Seeing is Believing Jury Duty Hair of the Doll that Kills You The Staring Boy Grundies Scary Monsters Christmas ...

For Fans of Hereditary, Paranormal Activity, and The Empty Man The more that I try to forget, the more my mind insists that I remember That night changed everything... Whatever found us, whatever came into that house wasn't human. No one should be able to do that to another person. I've hidden, changed my name, who I am, I can't be that girl anymore, associated with somthing so horrific, the girl that survived the Angel Massacre Except, somehow, my past can't seem to leave me alone There's something that wants me back He's come to me to make sure I find my way back, and I don't know if I ...

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

Captain Ray Brunner cherishes the salt-crusted silence of the open water, a sanctuary from the world. But his sanctuary is violated when a group of rowdy, entitled college students step aboard his whale-watching vessel, the Jersey Blue. Their only interest in the ocean is as a backdrop for their drunken escapades, and their disrespect for the sea is a palpable insult. A single, reckless act of drunken arrogance shatters the ocean's peace. A monstrous thud echoes through the hull as the students' carelessness leads to a senseless and unforgivable tragedy—the death of a baby whale. Their ...

A trip to the Yukon Territory in northern Canada turns into a nightmare for three childhood friends. Shortly after being dropped off on a frozen, isolated lake they make a bone chilling discovery. When the initial shock eventually wears off, they realize that the ones responsible are hiding in the woods and keeping a close eye on them. That’s when the terror starts in earnest. The plane that brought them to this vast, isolated wilderness is not scheduled to return for another week, and they have no means of communicating with the outside world. There’s only one option available to the ...

We are the promises we make, the vows we keep, and the oaths we dare not break. When PI Dean Steele received a call from his high school sweetheart Brielle, he never imagined it would lead him to the discovery of her lifeless body. His hunt for her killer takes him on the road to the biggest mystery of his life. Could Brielle have been hiding his child? What secrets was she hiding from Dean and even her own family? While searching for the killer of the woman he once loved. He uncovered more secrets that will change everything he thought he knew. This is the promise that defines us. The last...

When life keeps throwing you grenades. You don’t stop running. From having a criminal mastermind as a father, to losing his mother when he was young. PI Dean Steele has had to overcome many tragedies in life. After leaving the military, he was determined to continue living a life of service. Since then, he has solved many brutal and shocking cases as a private investigator. Called in to investigate a strange case with missing EMTs dispatched to 871 Ridge Port, he never expected to find the many gruesome twists in the case. What happened to the EMTs or the people who lived in 871? Nothing ...

In the quiet shadows of her seemingly perfect life, Lily’s world begins to unravel. When she stumbles upon a hidden diary in the house she shares with her husband, Tom, Lily is plunged into a past she didn’t know existed—one that belonged to Emily, a woman who lived her life in the same house and died under mysterious circumstances. As Lily reads deeper into Emily’s words, eerie parallels begin to emerge: the isolation, the strange noises, the feeling of being watched. Soon, Lily can’t shake the suspicion that her life is mirroring Emily’s—and that Tom may be hiding dark ...

The New York Times best-selling author of the Nightside series, Simon R. Green has won widespread acclaim and an immense following for his Secret Histories novels featuring Eddie “Shaman Bond” Drood. In Green’s action-packed riff on everyone’s favorite superspy, Eddie once again finds himself at the center of supernatural intrigue. And even though protecting humanity from the forces of darkness is nothing new to Eddie, he now faces a threat that’s leaving him both shaken and stirred.

When a star swimmer is found dead, floating face down in a pool. And another one of his teammates goes missing. PI Dean Steele is hired by the parents to investigate the case. It seems the death and disappearance could be connected. Immediately upon arrival at the school, Dean finds evidence that contradicts the official rulings. Upon digging deeper into the cases, he finds a trail of mind blowing corruption. With so much deception, it feels like he is surrounded by a labyrinth of betrayal at every step. Blackmail, hidden intentions, and lies threaten to unravel a dark network within the ...

After a traumatic past she can’t quite piece together, Lena accepts an invitation to stay at her new boyfriend’s isolated coastal estate. The house is beautiful. Quiet. Safe. At first. But as memories slip and dreams return, Lena begins to suspect this is more than just a romantic escape — it’s a place tied to her in ways she can’t explain. And Isaac, the man who promised her comfort, may know more than he lets on. As the walls close in and forgotten truths claw their way to the surface, Lena must confront what really happened here — and what she might have done. The House That ...

In the quiet corridors of a forgotten childhood, Lena’s past begins to resurface. After a series of disturbing dreams, Lena is haunted by the name "Lia"—a name she can’t recall but feels deeply tied to. As she digs deeper into her lost memories, she uncovers a fractured identity buried beneath years of trauma. Driven by an obsession to piece together her past, Lena is drawn to a decaying house that holds more than just forgotten memories—it holds the truth. But as the line between Lena and Lia blurs, hallucinations and forgotten horrors rise to the surface, threatening to consume ...