Horror Town

Hans and Helga face a nasty encounter with bully Johan as the days to Christmas count down. But bullies are not the only threat the village children face. Krampus is long overdue to pay a visit. Chickens and ducks have gone missing, with hoof prints leading away. Good children like Hans and Helga have nothing to fear, or do they? Johan knows he's a target. What plot is he hatching to save himself? Is Krampus smart enough to see through it?

The Addisons - Julia and Tonio, 10-year-old Dewey, and derelict Uncle Robbie - are driving home, cross-country, after collecting Robbie from yet another trip to rehab. When a terrifying blizzard strikes outside the town of Good Night, Idaho, they seek refuge in the town at the Travelers Rest, a formerly opulent but now crumbling and eerie hotel where the physical laws of the universe are bent.

When Ezra Wilson took the job as a census worker, he never imagined it would lead to a place like his latest assignment. From the moment he turns off of the interstate and travels past the village limits, it becomes clear that Heritage isn't just some quaint New England town. A sinister encounter at an automobile graveyard is only the start.

Es una novela de cinco capítulos, escrita por H. P. Lovecraft en 1931 y publicada en abril de 1936 de forma íntegra como novela. Narra el descubrimiento de los seres híbridos mitad humanos mitad peces que lo habitan. Se ubica en el ficticio y decadente pueblo de Innsmouth, en Massachusetts.

Dark and Light Tales of Ripton Town is a collection of three short stories by John Decarteret, set in a strange town where nothing, and no one, is ever quite what it seems.

When life hands Jack Heart lemons, he uses them for target practice. Recently laid off, Jack uses his free time to pursue a lifelong dream: hiking the Appalachian Trail. In winter. After fighting off a sickly black bear in the middle of the night, Jack decides to take time off the trail. However, he finds his problems are much larger than a rogue bear. Stuck in quarantined Marshall, North Carolina, Jack Heart takes on the zombie apocalypse, evades renegade locals, and manages to drum up a love interest in the meantime. The daughter of an infected mountain man, Audrey is Jack's ideal compatriot in the war against the undead.

A carefully crafted collection of short stories derived from the urban legends of small-town America. Each fictional supernatural thriller inside was made to get your heart racing and question whether they were in fact stories or something far more sinister.

Actor and sex worker Nats is experienced at putting on a show. However, her new gig supplying intimate whispers for growgirls takes her to a place darker and lonelier than she could have ever imagined. The lab-grown dolls can respond to pleasure or pain; their synthetic heads contain only the simplest AI to prevent any pesky robo sex doll uprisings. But just because growgirls don’t have a brain, doesn’t mean they don’t have a voice...

In this strange place, only a select few people ever leave the city limits and even then, they leave reluctantly. This is what fifteen and a half year old Benjamin Granault faces as, through a string of amazing events, he finds himself living in a town where he can never talk about modern technology or current events, a place where being an outsider can cost a person his life and being part of the community may very well cost more.

Haunted by the loss of his wife and his best hunting dog, hunter Jari tries to stem the flow of alcohol and grief that threatens to destroy his life. As the darkness and isolation of winter settles around his small hunting community in remote Finland, it brings with it another threat. The encroachment and growing boldness of a pack of wolves endangers the villagers’ way of life. The presence of the wolves opens old feuds and cracks within the community’s makeup. As Jari tries to lead the villagers through their toughest season, it soon becomes clear that not everyone will survive the winter.

Hotaru torna nel paese natale, un piccolo borgo tranquillo attraversato da un fiume, per dimenticare le sue pene d'amore. Era andata ad abitare a Tokyo dove per otto anni aveva vissuto una relazione sentimentale con un uomo sposato, un fotografo sempre impegnato nel lavoro che inaspettatamente l'abbandona. Il ritorno di Hotaru è un ritorno all'infanzia, un modo per ritrovare pace e serenità tra gli amici e l'affetto della nonna. La madre è morta e il padre, un famoso psicologo, è in viaggio in California.

The white wolf King Vladimir Tarquinius is King of the Lycans. He is struggling to get his people safely from the Carpathian mountains to the United States, to avoid the evil Blackthorn who wishes to destroy everyone he cares about. He thinks he shall spend his life in the service of his people, with no regard for his own happiness. He unexpectedly meets Gloria Daniels, a young mother struggling to survive. Her beauty captivates Vladimir - can he win this young woman's love? Can he save his people? Can he avoid Blackthorn?

Kris Kringle has awakened from his yearly slumber. What has passed by for him in the blink of an eye has been a year-long struggle for survival in the world of man as a plague tears through the masses turning everyday people into flesh-eating fiends. Santa has one night: one night to make a difference, one night to help man turn the tide against the undead. Will he succeed?

En una pequeña ciudad minera en el salvaje oeste americano el sheriff Rooster Chance va a tener que enfrentarse a algo más que una banda de forajidos, cuando detiene y mete en el calabozo a su jefe. Y se va a encontrar solo, con la única ayuda de Chico, un delicuente arrepentido del que no se puede fiar demasiado. Pero a medida que va avanzando la noche se va a dar cuenta de que el ambiente del pueblo se está enrareciendo y van a tener que enfrentarse a algo mucho más salvaje y desconocido que una banda de cuatreros...donde está la gente?

In Ireland, in the Spring of 1881, a new pastor by the name of Reverend Gabriel Proctor is appointed to lead the people of the town of Brackley on the path to salvation. However, upon his arrival, he becomes smitten by the beauty of his young housekeeper, Eloise. His devotion to her become a dangerous obsession which brings him into conflict with the local RIC inspector, Abraham Gault.

Haunted by the murderous demons of her past, Kathleen Freeborne rips down her shingle as a paranormal investigator and hammers up a new one as a clairvoyant, hoping to better the lives of her shell-shocked clients. Her dreams of a harmonious life are quickly shattered when she feels a man's terrifying rage coursing through her body. With the help of local police, she investigates disturbing events and learns the shocking truth - a feral animal is infecting locals with a rage virus.

In this short story, Zeke had enough of big city life, but something has followed him to the backwoods. Every predator, natural or unnatural, gets only one chance to learn how dangerous it is to push a country boy in the corner.

Ana, a widowed mother, and her family move to the countryside to find a better life and stumble upon a family that has the whole town helping in hiding their horrific secret. But right when Peter starts to develop feelings for Veronica, he and his mother stumble upon their carnivorous ways. So now the question is, will they stop them or will they try to escape?

Legend has it that the Grey Lady lurks the corridors in the old Tudor manor house, known as the Old Hall, in a small English market town. When curiosity gets the best of five 12-year-old boys after a tragedy in the classroom, they go to investigate. In the dead of night, they creep into the old building to discover if the stories are true and to find out if she really exists.

On the eve of her mother’s death, Althea Pyray’s destiny comes calling. Not even 16, Althy has to make a decision most adults would not want to make - to become a weapon for good or die an early death. For Althy, there is a catch she can’t refuse - if she says yes, then she can see her mother again, and death cannot touch her. She can make sure the spiritual balance is upheld. A demon and archangel will be her eternal guides. Only...they forgot to mention she needs training in paranormal arts and supernatural fighting skills to uphold the balance.