Psychological Thriller Short Stories

From literary icon Joyce Carol Oates comes a brand-new collection of haunting and, at times, darkly humorous mystery and suspense stories. These are tales of psyches pushed to their limits by the expectations of everyday life - from a woman who gets lost on her drive home to her plush suburban home and ends up breaking into a stranger's house, to a first-person account of a cloned 1940s magazine pinup girl being sold at auction and embodying America's ideals of beauty and womanhood.

It’s dreaded news for actress Lyla McCord and her husband, Nolan. Their eight-year-old daughter has vanished. To find her, Nolan reaches out to a psychic gifted with uncanny visions about the lost girl. But Lyla thinks she sees right through him. Is he a con artist or the real thing? Either way, he might be telling the truth. And that’s too frightening for Lyla to bear.

Amid a landscaped dotted with farms, trailers, and genteel homes, there lives a talented baker who desperately needs to win a cooking contest but must team up with a down-on-her-heels society matron to do it...the Bramble sisters, whose husbands tend to be short-lived and wealthy but whose latest prospect arrives with complications...a widow who becomes dangerously obsessed with a snake-charming televangelist...and a lonely florist who will do anything for the sake of a ruthless local mechanic.

Vampires have long held a place of fascination in the realms of literature, film, and popular culture. From Bram Stoker's iconic Dracula to the modern-day appeal of series like Twilight and The Vampire Diaries, these supernatural beings captivate audiences with their mystique, allure, and depth. But what is it about stories involving vampires that ensnares us so thoroughly? Is it the thrill of the unknown, or is there something deeper at play..? At the heart of vampire mythology lies the concept of immortality. The idea of living forever, free from the constraints of aging and mortality, is...

Between life and death lies obsession. Some nurses hold more than just medicine in their hands. Jillian walks the sterile corridors of the ER with a secret in her scrubs pocket—a laminated photograph of Jason, her first love, forever frozen at twenty-two. Perfect. Unchanging. And buried somewhere on the property at 1001 Magnolia. Through three failed marriages and a nursing career where the chaos of trauma medicine helps mask her own internal turmoil, Jillian wields the subtle power that comes with deciding who receives care, and how quickly. Every relationship is measured against the ...

Four carefully selected short stories from C. Y. Stewart with the author's first-hand recount of how each of the stories were developed, providing you with a behind-the-scenes peek into the author's creative process as well as her personal life. Have You Seen Jeffrey? It has been a month since it happened. At first, Steve and I talked about it every day. In the mornings, while sitting on our balcony, drinking coffee and looking down at the lush green valley below, our thoughts and discussion would manage to drift back to the mystery of what happened to Jeffrey. I checked the news every day....

Clea McAllister returns to the Newport haven of her childhood, a gilded mansion by the sea once owned by her beloved grandmother. Now she is a paying guest at her own ancestral home, and Clea’s vacation hides a darker intention: to confront the estate lawyer who stole her rightful inheritance. But wicked games are still being played at Belle Mer, and Clea uncovers more than she ever intended.

A thrilling horror story from #1 bestselling Kindle author, J.R. Rain! A man buying a state-of-the-art refrigerator gets much more than he bargained for. Much, much more. Click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE!

There are no zombies here! But lurking within the pages of this creepy anthology is every other type of ghoulish creature a horror enthusiast could want. Do you love monsters? We have plenty. Are demons your thing? You have your choice of the amusing type or the kind that will make you go insane. Men in Black? Check. Cannibals? Yep. Serial killers? We got ‘em. There’s even a witch thrown in for good measure. The settings in this collection range from a decaying urban city to a sinister lighthouse island...from an isolated forest to a decrepit gas station in the Arizona desert…from a ...

Brace yourself for a heart-stopping journey as Dr. Allison Hayes battles an ancient evil disguised in the most innocent of melodies. Your pulse will race. Your skin will crawl. Reality itself will warp around you as you plunge headfirst into a world where every whispered note could spell doom. This cosmic horror will infect your mind, leaving you breathless, exhilarated, and forever changed. Forget everything you thought you knew about the power of music.

It’s a day like any other for Eloise Montgomery - until tragedy strikes. While she is recovering from a horrible accident that takes the lives of her husband and oldest daughter, and as she works to help her younger daughter move forward, Eloise experiences her first psychic vision. Though she struggles to understand her newfound gifts, Eloise finds a way use them to save lost women and girls - for whom her help may be the only way out...

Otra vez habían llegado las mismas estaciones mortuorias y aburridas de cada año al pueblo de Tulluc (Francia) de 1800. Todos se perdían en sus interminables rutinas mediocres, los mismos días, los mismos rostros, los mismos excesos sodomitas, toda una copia de la copia del pasado. Para el viejo Turett que había vivido en ese pueblo por 55 años, aquello era pan de cada día, pero no para su hermosa hija Minerve de 16 primaveras, que añoraba viajar a todas las ciudades de Francia, para conocer el amor.

A third suspenseful collection of terrifying short stories! These Twisted Tales cover it all, from zombified raccoons to the horrifying ramifications of social distancing. And of course you'll find enough ghosts, vampires, alien creatures, and other sociopathic monstrosities to leave you fear-filled until the late hours of darkest night.

A fifth collection of Twisted Tales to leave you feeling troubled, unsettled, and terrified... Included this time round: Mining My Own Business (Horror a mile underground), The Thing in the Woods (A nerdish teenager's nightmare worsens as he attempts to flee from a couple of bullies), Halloween Nights (An old man remembers the terror of a Halloween past), The Gamer (Reach that next level and it may kill you), Vaccine (This is one pandemic you definitely want to steer clear of)

The seven houses in these seven stories are empty. Some are devoid of love or life or furniture, of people or the truth or of memories. But in Samanta Schweblin’s tense, visionary tales, something always creeps back in: a ghost, a fight, trespassers, a list of things to do before you die, a child’s first encounter with a dark choice or the fallibility of parents.

"Searingly honest, brilliant and disturbing. Brad Phillips peels back the skin and bone and stares right into the human soul." (Anthony Bourdain) Brad Phillips' collection of short stories adeptly walks a very thin line between taboo and propriety, with rigorous self-awareness and generosity. By confusing ideas around fiction and autobiography, Phillips writes with painful sincerity about shame, addiction, trauma, and the more troubling outreaches of sexual desire, with wit that is at odds with the subject matter. Brad Phillips is a well-known Canadian artist.

He warned me once. If I ever came back, he’d make sure I never left again. I should’ve listened. Zain Finley was my first love. My biggest mistake. The boy who turned obsession into a religion and made sure I’d never forget the way he broke me. Now I’m back in Magnolia Hills, and he’s waiting—like a shadow that never left. Watching. Hunting. Haunting. He doesn’t ask why I came home. He doesn’t care. He only wants one thing. Me. And this time, he’s not giving me the chance to run. Not without reminding me exactly who I belong to. I tell myself I hate him. That I’m ...

This issue of Assemble Artifacts is packed with thrillers, sci-fi, horror, and more. It features Hongfei Liu's brilliant artwork and stories of elite survival, supernatural battles, and eerie mysteries. You'll find haunting twists on a childhood tale, genetic secrets with life-or-death stakes, and unsettling explorations of relationships under pressure.

El narrador intenta convencernos de su salud mental, diciéndonos que lo único que le pasa es que es un poco nervioso porque todos sus sentidos están extremadamente sensibilizados. El anciano con el que vive tiene un ojo azul que está velado, al que nuestro narrador describe como un ojo de buitre. El anciano realmente le cae bien pero odia el ojo de buitre....Hasta tal punto llega a odiar ese ojo que se convierte en una obsesión enfermiza, que le hace imposible no pensar en otra cosa que no sea planificar el asesinato del anciano.

The end is near... This volume of Twisted Tales dives headlong into the end of everything - shortly after the bombs fall and the mushroom clouds have barely settled. Erica's Stepfather (She might very well be the last woman on Earth, but Erica can't get him out of her head), Jacob's Final Days (Life on the farm comes to a fiery end), Waiting it Out (Michael and Amanda are twins hiding in the remains of a shopping mall as a murderous psychopath searches for them)