New Horror Fiction

Sozinha no mundo, Eleanor fica encantada ao receber uma carta do dr. Montague convidando-a para passar um tempo na Casa da Colina, um local conhecido por suas manifestações fantasmagóricas. O mesmo convite é feito a Theodora, uma alma artística e sensitiva, e a Luke, o herdeiro da mansão. Porém, o que começa como uma exploração bem-humorada de um mito inocente se transforma em uma viagem para os piores pesadelos de seus hóspedes. Com o tempo, fica cada vez mais claro que a sanidade — e a vida — de todos está em risco.

If you like “edge of your seat suspense/horror” this is your audiobook. Beta readers have described Fears Volume 2 as completely immersive, like they have plunged into the stories with the characters. They described feeling panicked, catching themselves hyperventilating or holding their breath as they read it.

Joyce Carol Oates assembles an outstanding cast of authors—including Margaret Atwood, Tananarive Due, and Megan Abbott—to explore, subvert, and reinvent one of the most vital subgenres of horror.

Up until recently, Freeman has been known primarily as a "feminist" writer, for her classic stories like "A New England Nun", and "The Revolt of Mother". However, she also wrote many well crafted supernatural stories which have only recently begun to attract appreciative critical attention. These stories combine pragmatism and supernaturalism and are very much in the tradition of an "Americanized" Gothic.

1937: The world on the brink of war. But in the city of Riverburgh, NY, 40 miles north of Manhattan, there was a different kind of war brewing. A war against the gangsters and thugs who ruled the streets and against the corrupt politicians who turned a blind eye to the evil that ran rampant. In a city where everyone had given up hope and cried to the heavens for a savior, a savior had arrived. But was he heaven-sent or a monster from hell? A grim, skull-faced being who glowed with a terrible brightness.

Talons is a new restaurant looking for food tasters, and Jordan Carter jumped at the chance to join the focus group. However, the qualifying questions embarrassed him. The first appetizer was a stale piece of bread. And worst of all, Jordan felt sick after the meal. When Talons offers him double the money for a second tasting, he agrees and shrugs off the illness as a coincidence. After the second meal, though, he’s convinced something is wrong. Daily nightmares and concerning voices culminate in Jordan vomiting blood.

A young couple buys an historic New England home with plans to restore it to its original time and beauty. But they have scarcely moved in when strange and frightening things begin to happen. From a child's gravestone in the backyard, to a horrific history discovered about previous owners, there is little time for them to enjoy this home.

The ghost of Ambrose Bierce, American writer and civil war Union soldier, has been displaced from the home he had been haunting. Enlisting the aid of a "haunting agent," he finds a new residence that has the requisite dark history and terrible secret that makes it appropriate for haunting. Here, he meets new spirits who reside in this version of the afterlife, a middle place between life and the ultimate destination. Against his intentions, Bierce becomes caught up in the unsolved mystery of his new haunt, and in the matters of still-living people.

From zombie apocalypse to hard science fiction, urban fantasy to Lovecraftian gothic horror, Chris' writing surely offers you something to enjoy. New Worlds features several short stories; "The Mother in the Lake" (a Lovecraft-inspired tale told by a teenage girl about her family and their lake house), "Roots Grown Deep" (a dark fantasy story about a tree deep in the woods that hungers for far more than water and sun); and more.

In Forestdale, a new girl has arrived. She carries a dark secret. There is a darkness attached to her that follows her wherever she goes. She made a pact, a promise she could not keep. Mark, a town outcast, has taken notice of the mystery girl and is infatuated with her. The locals are fascinated by her for all the wrong reasons. There is a magical magnetism she presents that is unexplainable.

Bran Hatten is big, mean and unpredictable. He'll pound any guy that crosses his path, and he's a complete jerk to girls who spurn his affections. Tess Ryan and her friends are looking for options, even those the mysterious new girl at Pembrook High might offer. Charisse Bienville lives in the old dark house at the edge of town, and she's hinted that she commands powerful magical forces. Tess and her friends join Charisse in a ritual to end Bran's reign of terror, but they don't count on what might come afterward.

"Приемная дочь богатой аристократки - красавица, которую ждет выгодное замужество. Что скрывает ее прошлое? Она жила в приюте, влачила жалкое существование и в минуту отчаяния присвоила себе чужие документы, чужую историю жизни. Но призрак прошлого врывается в настоящую жизнь - обманутая несчастная требует ответа. Хватит ли мужества у Принцессы превратиться в Золушку, пожертвовать любовью и богатством.

This is the story of a young professional woman who leaves Miami to move to New York after the death of her significant other, John. She is excited to start her new life in the city she has always loved, though she misses John immensely. When she moves into her apartment, she finds that he has metaphysically followed her there. She is horribly conflicted, though her professional life is going well. The emotional strain is all-absorbing and she has to do something about it. But what?

With their magic diminishing, warring factions of New Orleans witches desperately search for the Book of the Unwinding - a legendary grimoire, hidden by spells, that holds the key to unimaginable powers. As a ruthless struggle erupts in a maelstrom of malevolent magic, psychic Nathalie Boudreau finds her destiny intertwined with that of an exiled witch. Her name is Alice Marin, a vulnerable young woman trapped in a realm of illusion. Only Nathalie can free her, but first she must come to understand and master her own extraordinary abilities.

To coincide with the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, this anthology celebrates the depth and diversity of one of the most important figures in literature. Compiled by multi-award winning editor Ellen Datlow, it presents some of the foremost talents of the genre, who have come together to reimagine tales inspired by Poe.

Kendra JinJu MacGregor can resist neither the antique Korean doll in the dusty warehouse nor the handsome Hiro Peretti who sells it to her. Once she brings the doll home, Kendra pays little attention to misplaced objects or her beloved dog's fear. That is, until one terrifying night forces her to question her very sanity. Soon, the ethereal, brooding NanJu manifests herself, and Kendra begins her travels through time to 16th century Korea into a history of conflict and intrigue. For Kendra is about to discover the dark past of her ghostly visitor.

A young woman named Jessica, who is haunted by her dim memories of being kidnapped by blood cultists. The police killed them. But are they really dead? Returning after her rescue to live with her loving but troubled extended family, Jessie soon begins to discover her own potential, as well as the true nature of the leader of the cult, and the god that they worship.

Author David Paul Nixon has spent six years travelling Great Britain and beyond, listening to real people's ghost stories: tales of frightening and unsettling encounters with vengeful spirits, unexplained apparitions, and unclassifiable phenomena. They're deeply sinister, often-traumatic tales that have had a deep, often devastating impact upon people's lives.

Get comfortable, because you are about to be scared! Join us for 18 stories of monsters, killers, and holiday horrors! There's something to terrify everyone in this collection!

Jessica Johnson is one of the best agents the Seattle PIA has to offer, but her transfer to the LA office comes at a price. She’s been sent to betray them. When the destructive power of the PIA’s newest weapon is revealed, Jessica realizes too late, the true cost of her loyalty. Dante Moretti has spent centuries in an emotionless void. He had accepted his death as inevitable until Jessica walked through his door. With her dormant powers emerging and an ancient enemy threatening Dante's race, he must convince her that nothing will stop him from claiming her.