Scary Horror

Aaron Saylor's acclaimed first novel SEWERVILLE introduced the world to Seward County. Now, ADVENTURES IN TERROR: MOSTLY THE 1980s takes a nostalgic journey into the shadowy corners at the other end of the county - the magical end. The end where the real monsters live. The Whistle Mill end, where young Grady Claremont and Jasper Bohanon forge a lifelong friendship while battling the ghosts and demons that haunt the woods around their tiny home town. Chock full of Reagan-era pop culture and already hailed as "pure joy for those who grew up with the likes of Stephen King, Fangoria magazine, ...

👣 They Thought It Was Just a Legend… Until It Was Too Late. Something massive is lurking in the woods. It watches. It waits. It leaves behind enormous footprints and eerie howls in the night. Bigfoot Stories is a pulse-pounding collection of terrifying short fiction exploring the most chilling encounters with the legendary creature. From isolated cabins deep in the forest to unsuspecting hikers on lonely trails, each tale drags you into a world where the line between myth and reality vanishes—and survival is anything but guaranteed. If you think Bigfoot is just a campfire tale, think...

Tiny Terrors is a collection of 9 flash fiction pieces. Perfect for readers on the go! Each story is under 1,000 words, making for some super fast, and super creepy reads. There are stories about ghosts, monsters, and human horrors. A little something for everyone. Includes: The Pretend Friend The Hungry Hiker Can You See Them? And 6 other spooky little tales. Make sure you read with the lights on!

The dead speak, and one man hears their harrowing cries.... Dan Tate survived a heartbreaking tragedy and is plagued by nightmares of his terrifying ordeal. Withdrawing into an emotionless shell, he has driven away everyone who cared about him. Dan is lost, and utterly alone. Until he hears the voices.... In Coffin Cemetery, the anguished spirits cry out, seeking a way to move on. But Dan isn’t the only one who speaks with the dead. Janet Ladd, a greedy and corrupt medium, also hears their call. She intends to use these tormented souls to fulfill her own petty desires.

I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out...and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late. But I reassure myself: The Winchesters don’t know who I really am. They don’t know what I’m capable of....

Ghosts, Vampires, Cannibals, Mad Killers, Zombies, Creepy Crawly Bugs, Monsters in the basement, and tons of other things that go bump in the night. Dive into a terrifying collection of 100 word horror stories. These stories might be small in word count, but they're big in fright. This book contains: The Human's Dinner Lunch With Friends The Thing in the Attic The Cats And many other stories!

When the Gable family relocates to the remote village of Dunlowe, they hope to find peace in the ancient halls of their ancestral home. But the past is not at rest, and Dunlowe is not all it seems. The villagers are cold and secretive. The local librarian tells strange tales of a ghostly girl, long since dead. Disturbing visions plague their son. What was meant to be a quiet escape, soon descends into a centuries-old nightmare. As long-buried secrets rise to the surface, the Gable’s uncover an ancient betrayal and a hunger that refuses to die. With the help of a weary detective, the ...

When Darkness Falls: Terrifying True Stories: Volume 4 continues the journey into the abyss, presenting a curated selection of encounters that challenge the boundaries of the known. The stories range from a tales of terror encountering a wendigo and Sasquatch to even evil clowns. Through and through you'll read the darkest paranormal tales available.

The Gravediggers made short work of the goblins, but something else is coming up from below to give them hell. Hell’s bells indeed! It’s getting awfully hot in New Orleans, and not only from the weather. Those infernal forces of evil just won’t let up, and it’s really burning through the gang’s patience. When an ancient Middle Eastern demon shows up ready for trouble, the band of misfits must find salvation, and fast. A weird cult preacher arrives on the scene, and the Gravediggers end up in India. Paul’s whisky is not the only fiery thing in his life, and when the human ...

A billionaire with dubious intentions. An expedition gone wrong. And a terrifying discovery 100,000 years in the making. Never wake a sleeping giant.

Small town secrets are the most disturbing... and the most deadly. In 1983, four teens got together in the forest surrounding Scab Wood, North Dakota, and did something terrible. Something so horrific, it's haunted them to the present day. But when children begin to emerge from the woods—kids presumed missing and dead for years—the four are reunited one last time against their will to set things right and keep that secret buried. WARNING - this novella contains strong language and violent situations. I'm guessing you got that figured out already.

Beneath the serene facade of Twin Pines, an ancient evil waits in the shadows. For Emma Flowers, a troubled teenager grappling with her father's mysterious disappearance and her mother's overbearing nature, life has become a labyrinth of bad moods and unanswered questions. Then, after a night of bad storms, Emma finds her neighbor’s dog dead in the middle of the street. As the mystery intensifies, teenagers around town begin falling into coma-like, nightmare states. As the creature moves in on Emma, she begins to uncover the evil’s origins, discovering dark parts of her own past in the ...

After an altercation with a clown, I get lost in the woods and find a strange town. When the librarian of the town dies in front of me, I try on his ring. It fits. I’m declared the new librarian by the mayor and townspeople. I get to live in a houseful of books. But I soon learn the job involves more than just tomes and information. In fact, my first assignment is to discover who murdered my predecessor.

When one man's scheme to create the Greatest Freak Show on Earth leads to an insane obsession that can only end in devastating tragedy. The ghoulish proprietor of a Victorian arcade specifically designed to showcase the myriad of freaks, outcasts, and oddities that abound in old London town is a man driven by his own dark desires. Rodney Thompson is an emotionless, sadistic person who craves glory above all else - at least until the beautiful Violet wafts into his world. From the very day when Violet first takes a dainty step inside the arcade, Rodney is determined to make her his own. A ...

Fear is a funny thing. It creeps in when you least expect it, lurking in the dark corners of your mind, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. It thrives in the unknown, in the things that go bump in the night, in the shadows that seem to move when you’re not looking. Fear has a way of turning the familiar into something terrifying—an ordinary house into a haunted nightmare, a harmless toy into something sinister, a friendly smile into a mask hiding something unspeakable. Scary Stories That Will Make You Shit Yourself is not for the faint of heart. Within these pages, you’ll find ...

Unlock the gates to a world of fear with Short Horror Stories Vol. 1-27. Perfect for both horror aficionados and newcomers to the genre, this collection of over 80 meticulously crafted short stories promises an intense experience of pure, unrelenting fear. Each story is a journey that will take you to a maelstrom of dread and suspense. From sinister urban legends and eerie encounters to unsettling tales of psychological horror, this anthology delivers an array of nightmares that will grip your imagination and refuse to let go.

“I fear not the dark ... but what may lurk within it” From the author of the bestselling series, Encounters in the Woods and What Lurks Beyond, comes a new series focused exclusively on the creepy, scary, and dangerous things that lurk in the deep forests. Ethan Hayes has been collecting firsthand encounters from people all over the world for years and in Fear in the Forest, he has saved some of his best stories for the pages ahead. From terrifying face to face encounters with Bigfoot and Sasquatch, to horrifying instances of being stalked by a Wendigo and Black Eyed Children; Ethan ...

This poem is short but not a lark, suddenly it hit me like a spark, I am the scary thing outside in the park, the haunting figure lurking in the dark.

Don’t Share This Link: Creepypastas You’ll Wish You Never Read You clicked. You shouldn’t have. From haunted apps and cursed livestreams to group chats that resurrect the dead, this collection of digital-age horror stories will make you double-check every notification—and regret every click. Inside these thirteen terrifying tales, you’ll meet: A gamer whose face begins showing up in other people’s videos—smiling in places he’s never been. A girl who dreams of her favorite sleep streamer’s bedroom—until he starts dreaming of her too. A friend group haunted by an AI ...

"When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you.” - Friedrich Nietzsche From Ethan Hayes, the bestselling author of WHAT LURKS BEYOND and ENCOUNTERS IN THE WOODS comes a new series which focuses on the darkest and most gruesome stories he has collected. These stories detail strange and mysterious accounts from the people who encountered them and survived to tell their tale. From violent encounters with Bigfoot and Sasquatch to demons and spirits who haunt and torture their victims. The stories in the pages ahead will most certainly strike fear and leave you keeping the light ...