Short Stories Occult

Thirty-nine terrifying stories that will keep you up all night and make you want to call in sick to work. Enjoy stories of karma, fear, supernatural horror, deadly women, and retribution.The Better Off Dead Series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!

An anthology of uncanny short stories and poems for late-night enjoyment from the multi-award-winning author of the Hell Holes series and The Secrets of the Hawthorne House. Listen to stories about a very special birthday party, a memorable farmer’s daughter, a collector of unique collectables, the investigation of a Romanian strigoi, an unintended consequence of using voodoo dolls for revenge, and an arsonist considering working in a crematorium. If you liked The Twilight Zone and similar shows, you will love these uncanny little gems.

Follow Caveman and his bros in the Road Dogs MC from Biker Heaven, to the pits of Biker Hell. In the first story, Biker Heaven, after receiving a zombie bite, Caveman hits a tree on his motorcycle at over 100 miles an hour, buying his ticket to Biker Heaven; but when there is trouble in the biker world, Caveman comes back to help his bros in the Road Dogs MC. Taking on vampires and werewolves plus evil demons from the depths of Hell, Caveman and the Halo riders, a band of trouble shooters from the great beyond, have their hands full protecting the bros on Earth.

What happens when that paradise suddenly becomes a purgatory of pain? What will you do when the beaches fill with bodies and the waters run red with blood? When creatures crawl the coastline and the jungle teems with terror. How will you survive when a tropical respite becomes an arena of peril? Slice of Paradise is an all-original anthology featuring 15 shocking stories of beach vacation horror.

Behind each door lies something strange and terrifying. Here, the normal is made nightmarish, from howls of were-foxes to satanic car-boot sales. Creepy, terrifying and witty by turn, Silverweed Road deals in love, loss, isolation, loneliness, obsession, greed and revenge. As the screw turns with each story, Crook creates a world of pure imagination, constantly surprising, in a setting that is instantly recognisable but other-worldly at the same time.

Stories include: "Epistaxis"—Actual vampires don’t need fangs in order to feed. "Starlight, Starbright"—An astronaut defies orders not to return to Earth, but he does anyway…with dire consequences. "Rescue"—Two detectives go in search of thirteen missing children and the person responsible for their disappearances.

The race against time is now in full effect as Timothy, a servant of God, finds himself in a dark place after losing nearly all of his family due to COVID-19; each of them becomes his guardian angel and begins to show him signs and wonders that the end is near. Timothy locks in on the antichrist, and those in power around him fight to keep the truth covered. Will the truth be revealed? Find out in the riveting novel that will keep you on your feet and leave you wanting for more and more!

Selbst der Aufenthalt in der Psychiatrie kann Autor Markus Krüger nicht davon abhalten, Horror-Geschichten zu veröffentlichen. Mit fünf brandneuen Kurzwerken führt der Meister des Makabren seine Leser wieder hinab ins Untere Reich. Werden Sie Zeuge, wenn die Experimente an einer Laborratte grauenhafte Folgen nach sich ziehen, ein Paketbote eine unheimliche Lieferung durchführt und ein Mann von den Geräuschen in seiner Wand in den Wahnsinn getrieben wird. Diese und weitere unheimliche Kurzgeschichten bietet Ihnen der zweite Band von "Geschichten aus dem Unteren Reich".

Hush begins with “Back Alley Broadway”, where Dasha is unwillingly part of a VIP show aired live on the darknet by a ring of psychopaths. From country girl to slave, she is subject to indescribable torment by her captors. Her long-anticipated performance in "The Killer Circus" takes you to the blackest black. It delves into the truths of human trafficking and the consequences of deranged curiosity. Next, two sisters struggle to keep their bond after one is responsible for the death of the other's "miracle baby".

Author Casey O offers a thought-provoking and tantalizing set of captivating horror tales that beg the question: What marriage can come from demented love? Each story, featuring a fearsome wedding, depicts a fresh and effortless set of scares that will linger in the minds of all who dare to hear them. This collection is a new take on horror, one that questions the fabric of our reality, producing an overwhelming eerie atmosphere to overtake the senses with three frightening narratives made up of unique characters, situations, and frights.

Three is a book of three supernatural short stories plus three character subplots from three of my award-winning paranormal historical novels. What horrors lurk within a lonely inn? Do you have a good relationship with your mother? A bad relationship can be a nightmare. Plus, meet Aileth from Between Worlds, Rosalyn from Echoes, and Rafarta from Freya's Child. They shine a different light on the novels' stories. You might want to delve deeper....

Reflections of Darkness is a horror anthology composed of four terrifying tales that culminate in the question, "If you could kill one person, who would it be and how would you do it?" Fifty years following a heartless crime, the most malicious ghost to ever haunt America seeks retribution and will not stop until every trespasser is dead, innocent or not. An evil gun lurks through life. Whoever possesses it, the gun in turn possesses, and tragedy occurs. A young man down on his luck strikes a deal with the Devil to become a hip-hop star. The new face of terror is your own.

This anthology details encounters with ghosts, evil spirits, dark entities, malicious beings, and demonic encounters that’ll send a chill of terror tickling up your spine. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. There’s almost certainly a ghost or two peeking over your shoulder. These true paranormal encounters are unlike any you’ve heard before. And, if you don’t believe, just know that you don’t have to believe in something for it to exist.

Tommie works hard. His job is not as glamorous as say a movie star or lawyer, but that doesn’t mean he shouldn't have time to relax once and a while. When his boss gives him the weekend off Tommie gets a chance to get away from it all. After work he and his gal head upstate for a weekend away with some friends. A cozy, secluded lakeside cottage awaits them. So does the Blood Mist.

The Reluctant Seamstress is an outcast among her people. Cursed to never set foot on land, she swims in the dark depths below the ocean’s surface. Now her life depends on making the perfect suit for her master. The only problem is that everyone knows human flesh is a fickle material. Some family traditions must come to an end.

Selbst der Aufenthalt in der Psychiatrie kann Horror-Autor Markus Krüger nicht davon abhalten, schaurige Geschichten zu veröffentlichen. Mit sieben brandneuen Kurzwerken führt der Meister des Makabren seine Leser hinab ins Untere Reich. Seien auch Sie dabei, wenn ein junger Arzt bei einem Patienten eine unerklärliche Krankheit diagnostiziert, eine alte Dame besser niemals aus dem Fenster heraus die Vögel gefüttert hätte und ein Hausverwalter im Keller seines Auftraggebers eine grausige Entdeckung macht!

Hauntings, banshees, incubi, nightmares, phobias, cyborg disease, hit men, serial killers, vampires, and more. The range of these 10 stories is wide and inclusive of many genres. Each story packs a one-two punch, and will leave the listener questioning what it means to be human from "A Snitch in Time" to "Human Error" and "Bed Bait & Beyond", these tales skewer what we think we know and supplant it with what we should have known from sentence one to end.

A 7-year old girl saved from drowning with the sinking of the Titanic by...a mermaid? A copy-cat serial killer, separated by four decades and an ocean from the original, only to "rip" through the wrong neighborhood. Everything that could go wrong aboard a prototype airship's maiden flight does go wrong.... Is it true what they say about gremlins? And a group of friends from the city spending a serene summer by the lake in scenic upstate New York.... Do you really want to know what they did?

The Containment Bureau has housed paranormal objects for hundreds of years. A facility buried beneath the mountains, the Bureau has studied and maintained Relics with great efficiency. But when Deacon receives a late-night phone call from his sister that the Bureau has been breached, he knows he has to investigate. Now, the Relics are out of containment - some are eccentric, most are dangerous. Deacon must navigate a labyrinthine facility, dodging murderous Relics, hoping that he can find his sister, and understand what happened in The Containment Bureau.

Imagine, if you will, you’re traveling through the unknown, hellbound, with no road map or stars to guide you. The light fades as you descend into a shadow realm where supernatural terrors make their lair and evil lurks at every turn. Here, dead things don’t always stay dead, for this is a world where things that shouldn’t be...are, and things that should be are not. In this world, we pay a visit to the smallest, but terrifyingly necessary, room, and stories are written precisely to chill the bones as you wait for nature to make its call.