Psychological Horror Thriller

Linda Harner Metzner has spent almost 40 years away from the town where she met and married her recently deceased husband, Alex. Nostalgia leads her to buying the old Victorian house where they had lived briefly and had been very happy. But Linda’s desire to find healing is disrupted by a singing spirit, determined to draw her back into the past.

In this mind-bending twist of events, Benjamin Brinkley, a New York Times best-selling author, experiences a most horrifying duel with death after purchasing a typewriter at a local bookstore. Benjamin quickly realizes the machine was typing the chapters of his novel on its own. Not only was the malicious gadget typing by itself, the events from the manuscript came to life, threatening and snuffing out the lives of friends and foes alike.

Elizabeth is attending a foreign university when she is kidnapped and brutally beaten into submission. Over the course of months, she is punished cruelly for disobedience and rewarded with luxurious gifts when she is compliant. Spoiled by opulence, she lives in fear, wondering about her captor’s motives.

Dive into the terrors that lurk behind every corner and in every shadow of the world with these flesh-crawling tales, eight spine-tingling horror stories by Leigh Harlen.

A renovation. In the countryside. Just over an hour's train ride from London. An ideal family home. Sold unseen. At auction. Married couple Al and Liz Greenaway love London, but when they discover an impressive country property for sale. A fine house. Once. Solitary, romantic, isolated, and quiet. So quiet that, for the first time in years, Liz can hear her own thoughts as long buried memories emerge. And there's an echo in them, a whisper... For someone else in the house, memories are emerging too.

As the 20th anniversary of their friendship approaches, Freckles the Clown wants to celebrate with Jim. But, Jim doesn’t like Freckles, at all. He never considered Freckles to be his friend. As a matter of fact, Jim is terrified of the cannibal clown who forces him, year after year, to partake in his debauchery. Determined to put an end to his living nightmare, Jim sets out to murder Freckles before he can kill again. But, Freckles has other plans for him.

At a carnival spook ride, young women vanish, never to be seen again. On a dark Texas road, women disappear after being stranded and then saved by friendly Texans. Alice is one of the women who have been shackled and hand cuffed in a basement where she and her new friends are tortured physically and emotionally to force them into compliance with their new family.

Seven strange stand-alone tales involving unusual people caught in disturbing circumstances are presented in this collection.

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.

Maggie Porter lives with her father, the town sheriff, and celebrates what is supposed to be an epic senior year with her best friend, Nancy. However, gang violence and high school drama become the least of their worries when members of the town, including her father, start getting threatening notes written in blood, and the person writing them is dead set on getting revenge. Pandora's box is opened, and lies that were told 40 years ago begin to unravel. And not even the dead can keep chaos from unfolding around them.

Exactly 4317 stitches, his father had told him once. All the king's horses and all the king's men had put Henry Franks back together again. One year ago, a terrible accident robbed Henry Franks of his mother and his memories. The past 16 years have vanished. All Henry has now are scars and a distant father - the only one who can tell Henry who he is. If only he could trust his father.

Jonathan did not start out his life to become a rambler; it just worked out that way. William was a troubled youth with something to hide. Both were from Melas, a small town tucked away in the West Virginia hills - a town where disappearances are happening more and more frequently. After the suicide of a wanted serial killer, the townsfolk thought the nightmare was over. But when a centuries-old vampire is discovered, they find out the hard way it's just getting started.

To his mother, Angelo is the most beautiful and brilliant child in the world. She caters to his every whim and dismisses his malicious outbursts as childish pranks. But as Angelo grows older, his behavior only becomes more disturbing. A pet dog disappears. A playground run-in leaves one of his teachers with a broken arm. His father and his aunt, however, have begun to suspect that behind Angelo's cherubic smile lurks a dark and twisted monster who preys on the innocent. But how do they reveal Angelo's true nature before it's too late?

The Berry House is a story about a 12-year-old boy named Bobby Berry. He is a straight-A student with big dreams and aspirations to become somebody. His whole life is turned upside down when he goes on an unexpected ride...on the wild side with his older brother. After waking up from a coma, Bobby has no memory of the events that landed him in the hospital, handcuffed to a bed. He wakes up only to find out that he has been charged with accessory to murder. When Bobby goes to court, the judge orders him to do two months in a regional juvenile detention center.

Ein faszinierender Horrortrip in die deutsche Provinz. Amalie, Joseph, Gero und Bodo, Freunde seit Kindheitstagen, haben sich zu einer sommerlichen Kanutour verabredet. Kaum sind sie an ihrem Ausflugsziel angekommen, verdichten sich die Anzeichen, dass sie hier nicht willkommen sind. Erst unmerklich, dann immer offensichtlicher schlägt ihnen die Feindseligkeit der Einheimischen entgegen, die alles Fremde aus Prinzip hassen und ihre eigenen ungeschriebenen Gesetze haben. Ab einem gewissen Punkt gibt es für sie kein Zurück mehr. Jeder Schritt weiter ist einer auf den Abgrund zu.

Being brought back from the brink of death was Marissa Thomas’ childhood story. She was sure she would die before they figured out what was causing her cycle of sickness. As Marissa got older, she discovered the cure herself. She would be sick no more! And she would no longer be victimized by the one person she should’ve been able to trust the most. As a healthy adult, Marissa felt a calling to help others in need. She became the finest head nurse one small-town hospital had ever seen. She was hailed as a hero, saving little lives who were also on the brink of death. Or were they?

Roger leaves the house filled with memories of his father's abuse to follow his sister, Kara, to the big city. He's fleeing the trauma of his childhood, though his debilitating anxiety disorder stays with him. Kara finds a psychiatrist to help with that, a kind man named Mark Stephenson. Then Roger finds an affordable place in apartment 34 at Sunnycrest Apartments and a girlfriend, Lisa. Life is finally looking up. That is, until Roger realizes the girl across the hall, Alice, has a father very similar to his own.

Bist du bereit, dich selbst aufzugeben, damit andere überleben? Dann lass uns spielen. Wir werden sehen, wie weit du gehst. FBI-Agent Howard Caspar steht unter hohem Druck. Seine Ex-Partnerin ist mit ihrer kleinen Tochter Marcy spurlos verschwunden. Noch bevor die Ermittlungen aufgenommen werden können, findet Howard einen Briefumschlag mit einem Handy. Es beginnt ein Spiel um Leben und Tod, das perfider nicht inszeniert sein kann.

Two horrifying psychological thrillers. If you like American Psycho you’ll love these novellas. Rock-a-Bye Baby: Lisa Rasmussen just had a baby and everything in her life seems perfect at this point. Only she wishes that everyone else around her would be as flawless as she is and stop getting in her way. And if they won't listen, then she'll make them. Eenie, Meenie: He has been locked up before—but never in a place quite like this. Now he wonders if he will ever make it through to his release date—alive.

In the wake of her father's death, Betty Roux doesn't allow herself to mourn. Instead, she pushes away her mother, breaks up with her boyfriend, and leaves everything behind to move to New York City. She doesn't know what she wants, except to run. When she's offered the chance to play the leading role in mysterious indie filmmaker Anthony Marino's new project, she jumps at the opportunity.