- A desperate father, on the run with his daughter reveals a terrifying truth about his child...- Who is the bogeyman, really? Hear the real story – directlyfrom the monster himself...- A tiny burger joint along a desert highway – it appears to be a refreshing oasis for a traveling family... or is it?- A psychic investigates an apparition of a little girl and uncovers a shocking tale...Enjoy these chilling stories and more inCreepies: Twisted Tales...

From the masters of horror at Writers, Poets and Deviants:Prepare for terror…- An exterminator meets his match in a family's attic…- A cuddly toy with a disturbing origin is all the rage…- A boy's survival of a deadly accident turns out to be more curse than miracle…- A man asks a vampire for a favor and gets more than he wished for…- A strange device collects and stores the rage from people bent on revenge…- An exquisite chess set in an old...

The warped minds of WPaD are proud to present this tribute to the bizarre:- People who eat Tide Pods turn into detergent-craving zombies- A gift of a fishing bobber turns deadly- A woman lost in the desert befriends an ancient creature- A hole inside a closet holds unknown mysteries- A grieving father consults a psychic to solve his daughter's murder- Two friends embark on a fantastic adventure during a game of Dungeons and Dragons- A call ...

Nightmares come in many forms. Some rend the veil of sleep with heart-stopping madness. Others defy sanity to leave a helpless corner of your mind twitching for release. Sometimes, hours after waking, a nightmare drifts across your memory, tainting your day with wisps of discomfort. NIGHTMARES UNHINGED reveals horror in all its mutable forms—abject to absurd—through twenty tales of terror.Contributors include Mario Acevedo, Edward Bryant, Dustin Carpenter, Sean Eads, Keith Ferrell,...

Bright lights, big city . . . magic spells, witchcraft, wizardry, fairies, devilry, and more. Urban living, at least in fantasy fiction, is full of both magical wonder and dark enchantment. Street kids may have supernatural beings to protect them or have such powers themselves. Brujeria may be part of your way of life. Crimes can be caused (and solved) with occult arts and even a losing sports team's "curse" can be lifted with wizardry. And be careful of what cab you call—it might take you...

Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror is the ultimate collection of extreme horror from award winning masters and up-and-coming authors of macabre fiction.EDITORIAL REVIEWS"This book is a definite for any extreme horror fan. Full of terror, sex, and gore, I don't recommend this for the faint of heart." --FANGORIA"Simply put, Vile Things is every deviant horror fan's wet dream." --RUE MORGUE...

There's holy hell to pay for Charley Davidson in Eighth Grave After Dark, the New York Times bestseller from Darynda Jones.With twelve hellhounds after her, pregnant Charley Davidson takes refuge at the only place she thinks they can't get to her: the grounds of an abandoned convent. But after months of being cooped up there, Charley is ready to pop. Both metaphorically and literally since she is now roughly the size of a beached whale. Fortunatel...

Shartrael Padina is no ordinary Inari. Bound in a symbiosis to the entities of the Starfire crystal, she can access their energy for healing or hurting. That power is sought by the small but growing Shirat Empire seeking control of the homeworld. When the elite Shirukan soldiers attack, her mate is killed protecting her escape through a portal to Earth, where she can hide her wings and blend in with humans.But Earth is no joyride. After fighting off the Shirukan soldier who follows...

"Includes something for every kind of King fan.” —PeopleFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the iconic, spine-tingling story collection that includes winners of an O. Henry Prize and other awards, and “Riding the Bullet,” which attracted over half a million online readers, as well as stories first published in The New Yorker, “1408,” made into a movie starring John Cusack.“Riding the B...

This sophisticated, scary anthology collects the best horror fiction published between 1984 and 2005, one of horror’s most innovative eras. These exceptionally diverse stories, hand-picked by horror-expert editor Ellen Datlow, are tales of the subtly psychological, the unpredictably mischievous, and the disturbingly visceral.Here are classics, such as horror master Stephen King’s Chattery Teeth,” the tautly drawn account of a traveling salesman who unwisely picks up yet another hi...

From Bram Stoker Awards® Nominee Nate Southard, eighteen of his best horror stories selected by the author, published from 2005 to 2015.It contains: “His Start,” “Why I Do It,” Working the Bag,” “In the Clearing Beneath the Firs,” and “Yellow Triangles” previously published in Broken Skin (2009); “Insomnia Is My Only Friend” previously published in Horror Literature Quarterly no. 1 (2007); “Silent Corners” previously published in Trunk Stories no. 3 (2007); “Señorita” previously pub...

You can't kill the dead!Like any good monster, the zombie has proven to be ever-evolving, monumentally mutable, and open to seemingly endless imaginative interpretations: the thralls of voodoo sorcerers, George Romero's living dead, societal symbols, dancing thrillers, viral victims, reanimated ramblers, video gaming targets, post-apocalyptic permutations, shuffling sidekicks, literary mash-ups, the comedic, and, yes, even the romantic. Evidently, we have an enduring hunger for thi...