Short Horror

A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A rural, isolated bridge with a terrifying monster waiting for the completion of its summoning ritual. A lake that allows the drowned to return, though they have been changed by the claws of death. These are the shadowed, liminal spaces where the curses and monsters lurk, refusing to be forgotten.

In The Dunwich Horror, Lovecraft lays further ground in the Cthulu mythos. Alongside The Dunwich Horror are the stories "Dagon", "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Lurking Fear", "Imprisoned with the Pharoahs", "The Music of Erich Zann", "Randolph Carter", "In the Walls of Eryx", and "The Transition of Juan Romero".

“The Thing Invisible” 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 a 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.

The supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real . . . Such tales of the dark and the unknown have always fascinated us, and modern authors carry on the disquieting traditions of the past while inventing imaginative new ways to unsettle us. Chosen from a wide variety of venues, these stories are as eclectic and varied as shadows.

In this remarkable collection the author has selected over two dozen of her best Lovecraftian tales ranging from 2000s “Valentia” to her more recent classic “A Mountain Walked” as well as including the complete Dandridge Cycle, as well as a new story, “M Is for Mars.” In short, this is a cornerstone volume for Kiernan fans and Mythos devotees alike.

Our story begins in 1785 when a young seafarer, Captain Thornhill, disappears while visiting the shop of a barber in London, a certain Sweeney Todd whose shop in Fleet Street is situated by St. Dunstan's church, just round the corner from the famous and popular meat pie shop run by Mrs. Lovett. Thornhill was carrying a string of pearls as a gift for Johanna Oakley, the sweetheart of his friend Mark Ingestrie who is missing, presumed lost at sea.

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....

A set of figurines unleash a stampede of terror on a pair of unsuspecting murderers. Christmas takes a sinister turn when a mysterious present under the tree begins attacking family members. And a mesmerized suitor gives his fiancée an antique necklace that literally takes her breath away. Scare Street is proud to present the best in skin-crawling supernatural terror. This volume contains three darkly macabre tales of gift-giving gone wrong.

A boy with strange powers purchases an antique toy and finds himself pulled into an old family grudge. The carved wood frame of an old bassinet cages a mischievous, evil entity. And the ghost of a young girl reveals a sinister experiment in a crumbling old house....

An obsessive teenager reaches out to his former lover from beyond the grave. A man breaks into a woman’s home and finds himself lost in a world of demented creatures. And the library of a local college becomes the hunting ground for a sadistic serial killer. Scare Street is proud to present the best in bone-chilling supernatural horror. This volume contains three sinister tales of obsession, each guaranteed to haunt your dreams, like a shadow following your every move.

Scare Street is proud to present the best in bone-chilling supernatural horror. This volume contains three tales of fickle fate and dark destinies, each guaranteed to have you looking over your shoulder and checking both ways before you cross the street. Life is precious, and accidents happen all the time. None of us are immune to a streak of misfortune. But sometimes, it’s better to accept your fate than to cheat destiny. Because when you try to swindle death, death fights back. And the deck is always stacked against you....

A boy finds an ally against his abusive mother when he discovers a hidden room in their attic. A couple realizes their infant son has been replaced with a bloodthirsty duplicate. And the spirit of a child murderer lures a young girl into a dismal swamp of death. Scare Street is proud to present the best in spine-tingling supernatural horror. This volume contains three deliciously diabolical morsels of fear, perfect for the child in all of us.

A small-town treasure hunt consumes a man with greed. Sinister music drives the inhabitants of a quiet little town to slaughter. And a deadly spirit stalks a group of local boy scouts through the woods. Scare Street is proud to present the best in spine-tingling supernatural horror. This volume contains three bone-chilling tales of terror. Each story is a ticket to the shadowy streets of a quiet little town, a place not found on any map. A place that exists only in your nightmares.

As you’re about to go under the knife, Scare Street’s latest collection of supernatural horror is the morphine you need. This new volume holds 13 tales of bone-chilling terror. More than enough to send a shock though your system. Goosebumps, nightmares, shivers running down your spine... The physiological symptoms of fear infest your body. Just relax as your demonic nurse tightens the straps on the operating table.

Some tales are best told wet, dripping with blood and bowels, like a freshly slaughtered steer, its flesh and organs splayed across the butcher’s floor for all the world to see. Whether reading such stories or seeing such slaughters, the observe, and death is rarely heroic. These eight tales were run through the meat grinder and served-up raw. If you’re going in, bring plenty of napkins.

Psychotic killers, devious ghosts, alien monsters, howling storms, undead creatures, and other dark forces haunt the highways and the truckers who drive them in these 18 chilling tales. A ghostly voice on a trucker's CB radio knows more about his life than it should.... Two drivers find their cargo gives them inhuman appetites.... A boy in a truck stop encounters a supernatural force that threatens to destroy the world.... The hypnotic singing lulling a driver to sleep might not be coming from the tires....

"Herbert West Reanimator." Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) is a novelist famous for his horror stories, fantasy and science fiction. Although he was not famous during his lifetime, his work is now considered a classic of literature. Lovecraft's work has influenced many authors, including Stephen King, who considers him "the greatest craftsman of the classic horror story of the 20th century."

Hugo Award-winning editor, and horror legend Ellen Datlow presents a terrifying and chilling horror anthology of original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe, featuring chillers by Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu, and many more. This anthology of all-new stories invites you to huddle around the fire and revel in the unholy, the dangerous, the horrific aspects of a time when families and friends come together—for better and for worse.

Welcome to the world of cursed objects and demented morticians, a spectral realm where living shadows traverse the darkness of your bedroom at three in the morning—the Witching Hour. This terrifying collection of horror shorts will torture your fearful mind with the sound of claws scratching the floor beneath your bed and the nightmarish figure of a milky-eyed corpse reaching for you with ghoulish intent.

Charles Waters has 30 days to live. Those days pass in a blur and he dies a quiet, unnoticed death. He opens his eyes back in the doctor's office as he is told, "I'm sorry to say, but you have 30 days to live." Thus begins The Many Short Lives of Charles Waters, who has to live the same 30 days over and over while he finds out what it is to be alive.