Horror Collection

Le tombeau est une nouvelle écrite en juin 1917 et publiée pour la première fois dans le numéro de mars 1922 de The Vagrant . Elle raconte l'histoire de Jervas Dudley, qui devient obsédé par un mausolée près de sa maison d'enfance. Alors qu'il est encore enfant, il découvre l'entrée cadenassée d'un mausolée appartenant à la famille Hyde, dont le manoir voisin avait brûlé de nombreuses années auparavant. Jervas tente de casser le cadenas, mais en est incapable. Découragé, il se met à dormir à côté du tombeau.

Le Festival (The Festival) est une nouvelle de Howard Phillips Lovecraft, publiée pour la première fois en janvier 1925 dans le magazine Weird Tales. Le narrateur revient dans la vieille maison familiale, à Kingsport dans le Massachusetts pour la fête familiale traditionnelle de Yule. Là, il voit le Necronomicon parmi un certain nombre de grimoires. Le narrateur commence à le lire jusqu'au moment de la cérémonie qui clôt le festival. Durant celle-ci, l'ouvrage est utilisé et adoré par les participants. Le narrateur devient fou et est interné à l'hôpital de l'université Miskatonic à Arkham.

L'histoire commence par un narrateur expliquant qu'il est sur son lit de mort et ressent le besoin de partager une histoire particulière avant de mourir. Il raconte l'histoire d'un vieil homme calme et légèrement fou qui vit dans le Gray's Inn avec son chat de compagnie. Le fou est hagard et hanté, paraissant plus âgé que son âge et terrifié par les cloches des églises. Un jeune homme nommé Williams (le narrateur) emménage dans l'auberge et essaie de se lier d'amitié avec le vieil homme et de lui faire partager ses connaissances. Il est révélé que l'homme est Lord Northam d'Angleterre.

Ignore the tapping on the window. Don't leave the guardhouse after 3 AM. If you hear your shift partner calling out for help - run. These are only some of the rules the security guards that work for The Company need to follow in order to survive their shifts. A veteran guard recounts the grim experiences on his job that he narrowly survived - and those of the other guards who weren't as lucky.

The Collection, Volume 2 contains the following 17 terrifying stories from Bentley Little's The Collection: "Monteith", "Paperwork", "Pillow Talk", "Roommates", "Skin", "The Baby", "The Idol", "The Mailman", "The Man in the Passenger Seat", "The Murmurous Haunt of Files", "The Phonebook Man", "The Pond", "The Potato", "The Sanctuary", "The Show", "The Washingtonians", "The Woods Be Dark".

They say there’s nothing in the dark that isn’t there in the light… but have they ever been alone in a big house during a thunderstorm when the power goes out? Have they ever tried to figure out what that strange noise was just then? Author Scott W. Cook has compiled for you a collection of short stories lovingly crafted to help you while away the evening hours… and put a few goose pimples on your skin, too.

A terrified man descends into madness, convinced something is making his fingers disappear one by one. A hiker becomes trapped in a surreal empty town in the woods. A man becomes convinced creatures are living inside his blood… and they just want out. As the masks fall away in these and other disturbing tales, are you brave enough to see what lies beneath?

A provocative collection of literary horror stories by one of America’s most acclaimed and inventive writers whose unique prose “can be soul-shaking” (New Yorker).

The unifying factor of this collection is that, without exception, every author included here was in some way or another involved with or interested in the occult. In some cases, they were members of an occult organization, such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Theosophical Society, or similar such groups. Others simply had a strong personal interest in the subject matter or practiced some form of the esoteric sciences in private.

Prepare to scream forever! Howie Payne and Nick Enlow work the midnight shift at Big Carl’s Video Transfer and Media Services. An odd AVI clip begins to appear in their public drive on a nightly basis. At first Howie and Nick think it’s a serialized art house horror film someone on the day shift is sending them in secret. As the clips progress, however, the now obsessed duo discover something deeper and darker in the videos. Horror author Terry M. West would like to introduce you to the Green Room and its primary occupant, The Screamer.

For best friends with vastly different fortunes, what’s left to hash out other than a forced confession at gunpoint? All that the destitute, sickly, and grieving Will demands is that monstrously successful Barry admit to draining all the luck right out of him. Like blood. As the standoff escalates, the truth is not the only thing ready to come out.

The Collection, Volume One contains 14 terrifying stories from Bentley Little.

Shania's dreams are put on hold when her teacher awakens an ancient evil. Does she have what it takes to break the Mummy's Curse? Peggy wished her dad dated an actual human woman and not one of the creepy sex dolls that are appearing all over town. But Peggy's domestic problems might be the least of her worries as the patented Real Companions begin to get a little too real. Judy longs to follow in her father's footsteps as a scientist, but she learns a hard lesson when she accidentally releases a horde of demon pigs upon the town.

1. The Depths of Despair: In the remote coastal town of Shorecrest, a group of friends embarks on a weekend diving trip to explore a sunken shipwreck. As they descend into the depths, they uncover a long-forgotten evil lurking beneath the waves.

When her husband dies unexpectedly, Maggie Royal is struck with sinister visions that foretell danger for her and for her five-year-old daughter. Her mother and grandmother were said to have “the sight,” but it was never like this. With no one alive to turn to, Maggie must move quickly to uncover the meaning of her visions before her candle is snuffed out.

A pyramid predating all known cultures appears without warning. Its discovery throws into question everything we know about the origins of mankind. Inside lies incredible technology, proof of a culture far more advanced than our own. Something dark lurks within, eager to resume a war as old as mankind. When it is unleashed, it heralds the end of our species' reign.

In a small town rests an old lodge with a big secret. Maxine Finch and Simon York, a recently married couple with little money, use their limited honeymoon funds to buy a foreclosed inn in the tiny snowy town of Silver Ridge, Colorado, but when strange things start happening in the middle of the night, Maxine and Simon wonder if their investment is a dangerous mistake.

L'Arbre est une nouvelle macabre écrite en 1920 et publié en octobre 1921 dans The Tryout . Sur un versant du mont Maenalus en Arcadie se trouve une oliveraie qui pousse autour d'un tombeau en marbre et des ruines d'une ancienne villa. Là, un arbre gigantesque ressemble à un homme effroyablement déformé, et les racines de l'arbre ont déplacé les blocs de la tombe. Le narrateur explique que l'apiculteur qui habite à côté lui a raconté une histoire à propos de l'arbre : Deux sculpteurs de renom, Kalos et Musides, vivaient dans la villa à colonnades, qui était " resplendissante " à son époque.

Roman court de science-fiction initialement publié dans les numéros de février, mars et avril 1936 du magazine Astounding Stories. Rédigé par Lovecraft en février et mars 1931, ce roman a connu de nombreuses rééditions depuis la mort de l'auteur. Écrit à la première personne par le personnage narrateur de William Dyer, professeur et géologue de la prestigieuse Université de Miskatonic, le récit relate de terrifiants secrets relatifs à une expédition scientifique en Antarctique, dans l'espoir de dissuader l'envoi d'une prochaine équipe qui se risquerait à une mort certaine.

A collection of nine horror stories created by New York Times best-selling novelist Scott Sigler. This audiobook brings you more of Scott's thought-provoking short stories from his five years of weekly storytelling, as well as a brand-new "Hunter Hunterson & Sons" story and a brand-new "Kissyman" tale.