Publisher: WS
"The Descendant" is a story fragment by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in 1927.[1] It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death.
A reminiscence of the Christmas tree tradition and the stories told around them. Maybe some of the tales will sound familiar...A Christmas Tree is taken from the Victorian Anthologies series featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and loved creepy tales as well as those less well-known.Show book
From the author who brought us the distinguished spy thriller Death of a Marionette and The Towering Inferno, one of the most popular films of the '70s, comes Waiting, an intense novel of contemporary menace, in the mode of Robinson's 1950s classic, The Power. There are people living among us, who look just like normal human beings. They've been here for a long time—waiting. But they aren't exactly like us at all. Some of them can read minds, and in subtle ways take over what your are thinking, control you for a while. They can make you love. They can make you die. One ordinary man in San Francisco, Arthur Banks, begins to find them out, and immediately his life and his family are in danger. It's a paranoid's worst nightmare. But that's just where it starts. He may well be fighting for the survival of the entire human race. "I've always maintained that Frank M. Robinson's The Power was one of the best terror tales ever told. Waiting is even better, rich with character, suspense and constant surprise. This is one of the best chillers of the entire decade. It is guaranteed to give you nightmares. Reading this book was a pure pleasure."—Mystery SceneShow book
Jars of Arioch is a fictional tale based on real events its author and her family experienced after the birth of her second daughter. Following a horrific childhood, Tracy is forced to leave the safety of the only home she has ever known in Los Angeles California in search of her missing twin brother. She follows his trail to the tourist town of Gatlinburg Tennessee, where she unintentionally accepts an invitation from a demonic being. As she searches for her brother, Tracy is faced with the reality that she has deeper roots in the south than she ever could have imagined. Jars of Arioch is a terrifying journey into the darkness of humanity and the balance between good and evil.Show book
In the heart of Scranton, where the supernatural lurks just beneath the surface, Kara and her sisters possess a remarkable ancestral gift—the ability to transform into the powerful Kodiak Bear. Their lives are entwined with the legacy of their great, great grandfather, who left them a treasure in the form of honey farms that have sustained their family for generations. All is serene in their world until an ominous threat, one that even the local vampires find unsettling, breaches their tranquil city, endangering one of their own. In the face of danger, the sisters unveil their sharpest claws, and they seek an unlikely ally: the captivating Stephan, a vampire with a penchant for Kara. Yet, in a world governed by ancient rules that forbid the mingling of their kind, Kara finds herself at a crossroads, torn between her instincts and societal norms. As the sisters delve deeper into their family's history, they unearth dark secrets dating back to their great grandfather's time. Kara, in her quest to break a long-standing family curse, discovers that her need for Stephan goes beyond the supernatural. Together, they must confront the past, navigate forbidden desires, and combat an ominous legacy. In doing so, Kara may come to realize that healing her heart is just as essential as breaking the curse, and Stephan might hold the key to both their destinies.Show book
Seven “masterfully told” stories of suspense and nightmarish drama from the National Book Award–winning author of Them (The Guardian). With the novella and six stories collected here, Joyce Carol Oates reaffirms her singular reputation for portraying the dark complexities of the human psyche. The title novella tells the story of Marissa, an eleven-year-old girl with hair the color of corn silk. When she suddenly disappears, mounting evidence points to a local substitute teacher. Meanwhile, an older girl from Melissa’s school is giddy with her power to cause so much havoc unnoticed. And she intends to use that power to enact a terrifying ritual called The Corn Maiden. In “Helping Hands,” published here for the first time, a widow meets an Iraq War veteran in a dingy charity shop, having no idea where the peculiar encounter is about to lead. In “Fossil-Figures,” a pair of twins—an artist and a congressman—never outgrow an ugly sibling rivalry. And in “A Hole in the Head,” a plastic surgeon gives in to an unusual and dangerous request. Together, these seven tales offer “a virtuoso performance” of “probing, unsettling, intelligent” storytelling from one of the world’s greatest writers of suspense (The Guardian). “The seven stories in this stellar collection from the prolific Oates may prompt the reader to turn on all the lights or jump at imagined noises. . . . This volume burnishes [her] reputation as a master of psychological dread.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “For horror stories to be truly horrific, the reader has to care. Oates feels this deeply in her writing, and delivers with style.” —The Independent “Further confirmation of a unique writer’s restless, preternatural brilliance.” —The GuardianShow book
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer, now best remembered for his science fiction novels and often credited as being the father of science fiction. "The Inexperienced Ghost" is a ghost story with a twist. Clayton, overnighting alone at the club, encounters a pathetic ghost who is struggling to remember how to get back to the spirit world. With Clayton's help, he finally works out the precise method for crossing out of our world into the next. But now that Clayton knows the secret of moving between the two worlds, will he be able to resist the temptation to try it out?Show book
