Monster Horror

David Reed is struggling. He's working two jobs to make ends meet, trying not to resent the fact his wife makes so much more than he does, and to top it all off, he's just totaled his car after swerving to avoid hitting a very large animal in the middle of the road. But an empty bank account and no car soon turn out to be the least of David's worries, when he begins to think the animal he almost hit might be stalking him.

A voodoo swamp creature battles for his way of life. An explorer battles for the swamp creature's treasure.

John Coal war der typische Sonderling im Ort - ein alter, schrulliger Eigenbrötler, aber ansonsten harmlos. Zumindest war es das, was die Nachbarn von ihm dachten. Bis eines Nachts ein Junge sein dreißig Jahre lang sorgfältig gehütetes Geheimnis enthüllte... Nun ist er auf der Flucht. Die Polizei, die Armee und sogar die Zoos machen Jagd auf ihn. Aber John ist ein alter Hase, wenn es darum geht, den Menschen zu entkommen, und so begibt er sich zusammen mit seiner Vampir-Ziehtochter Rachel in die Wildnis der schottischen Highlands.

Scare Street is proud to present the best in skin-crawling supernatural horror. This volume contains three macabre tales of monstrous creatures, foul fiends, and mysterious beasts that go bump in the night. As a child, you learned to fear the monster in the closet and be wary of the creatures hiding under your bed. But somehow, as the years went by, you forgot those simple lessons in survival. Now, the monsters are back to remind you. And this time, there’s no escape....

Xander Stryker has faced a lot in the past few years: an abusive, misery-hungry stepfather; a psychotic rogue with a vendetta against Xander’s bloodline; super-powered hunters; miles and miles of blood-thirsty rogues; and, of course, a slew of enemies who revered themselves as gods. Yet, all of their boasts and all of their claims meant little when Xander was finished with them. Until now….

These six high school seniors wanted to experience a spooky Halloween night that they could tell their grandchildren about. But, first, they had to live through it. The Hot Wells Monster would decide who would live and who would die.

Where does your rage come from? Karl knows; he stares at it every night from his back patio. The heart of the monster. It calls to him, and for 15 years, Karl has resisted its pull. But to confront the monster he is becoming, he must go back and confront the ghosts of his past and those he left behind.

Es gibt ihn in jeder Kleinstadt: Den verrückten alten Sonderling, der allein in einem unheimlichen Haus lebt, das fast so heruntergekommen ist wie er selbst. In dem englischen Städtchen Thetford ist sein Name John Coal. Aber als die Jungen aus der Nachbarschaft anfangen, dem eigenbrötlerischen Alten immer dreistere Streiche zu spielen, müssen sie feststellen, dass sie sich mit dem Falschen angelegt haben. Denn John Coal hat mehr als eine Leiche im Keller. Zu den dunklen Geheimnissen, die er bewahrt, zählen seine Abenteuer mit Serienmördern, Werwölfen, Dämonen, Geistern und manisch-depressiven Vampiren.

Mayhem explodes when monsters mix with guns, rednecks and beer. Craig Nybo's second novel, Small Town Monsters, visits the town of DePalma Beach, Montana, a peaceful lake community with a five-star rating in any tour travel guide. Monster hunter isn't in the job description when Kurt McCammus, a Los Angeles homicide detective, leaves the big city and all its violence behind to take a job as chief of police in DePalma Beach. He falls in love with the clean air and peaceful community. That is until a local rancher finds 50 head of sheep mutilated on his spread.

A group of freakish outsiders strive to take the next step in human evolution. A vicious serial murderer finds himself stepping on the toes of some very powerful beings. A journalist gets caught in the middle of a battle between rival zombie cults. A hapless woman causes bloody carnage with an uncontrollable killer mind virus. These are just a few of the monsters on offer in this collection of macabre tales - monsters who hope to either shed their monstrosity...or revel in it.

Can a village be inherently evil? Welcome to Brunswick, New York, population 4,941. On the surface, this sleepy hamlet comes alive in the autumn with picturesque apple orchards, haunted corn mazes, laden pumpkin patches, and holiday hay rides. During a snowy Halloween, a young William Willowsby must battle evil forces that have been shielded by the locals for generations. On the outskirts of the town is the abandoned Forest Park Cemetery. All things wicked seem to revolve around the old graveyard. A rarely seen homunculus serves an evil task master. Together, they weave a wicked web.

When Akutak, a Greenlandic Shaman Eskimo, decides to take action against the things that are destroying his country, he uses the ancient arts and creates a tupilak and with it and conjures a curse. Designed in the form of an octopus, this Goliath is going to become Greenland's guardian and do everything within its power to stop the erosion of the ice sheet. But not everyone sees the Tupilak Octopus as a champion and they seek to destroy it. But the only way to destroy it is to conjure something more powerful, and Akutak may be Greenland's most powerful shaman.

Seraphim has the superhuman ability to control his own brain. Or at least, he used to, before his government-mandated brain surgery. The surgery killed him, but life isn't over yet. He's just woken up, shivering and alone, in the rain-soaked alleyway of a city he doesn't recognize. Fiend is a childhood monster. Dreamed up by Seraphim's friend, Wish, he was imprisoned in Wish's subconscious until the birth of Wish City, a place for people with superhuman abilities to take refuge after death. Now Fiend is free - and in charge.

In 2008, the cult novelette 12:00 a.m. Live introduced readers to the sick world of Andy Crow and Charles Green. Joe Carter is a shady security guard with a shameful past. When, in boredom, he tunes into a mysterious shock radio show, he finds himself caught up in a horrifying game. In 2009, The Avian presented the tragic story of Jove. They Call Us Monsters, a brand new novella and the final book of this amazing fantasy-horror trilogy, brings these characters together - and all hell breaks loose. This collection includes all three books!

Alex awoke to the cool night's breeze, knowing that he had to press onward in his journey to meet with the Demon of Hearts. Soon, Alex stumbles upon a garden of flowers. While seemingly innocent, there's a predator lurking within who is hungry for the pleasures of his body.

This is your unique opportunity to join the murderous spree of an escalating serial killer who is hell-bent on achieving his sick goal of killing in each and every state of the USA. Through the killer's increasingly unhinged diary entries, gain an insight into his thoughts, imaginings, and internal struggles, as he fights against his primal urge to satisfy the growing bloodlust, and to justify his nefarious actions to a rapidly crumbling mind.

“The Gateway of the Monster” is a story featuring Thomas Carnacki, a detective who investigates cases of an occult or supernatural nature. It is one of five tales of Carnacki's ghost-hunting exploits that first appeared serially in The Idler magazine in 1910 and were published together with one more as the collection Carnacki the Ghost-Finder in 1913. After a good dinner, Mr. Carnacki relates his experiences of ghost finding to his limited circle of four friends whom he has summoned to his home in Chelsea.

Horror author C. Dennis Moore returns to the short story form with this latest collection, The Dichotomy of Monsters, 15 terrifying tales of things that aren't what they seem. Moore's reality will leave you questioning your own senses and doubting the proof right in front of your eyes.

A woman faces a terrible disease... and the monster within.

I always thought my demons came out in the day, rather than at night. I've never been scared of the dark. I've only ever been scared of real things: getting ill, having injections, physical pain...death. Those are my monsters, not ghosts or vampires or whatever else can hide under your bed at night.