When the Colonial Marines set out after their deadliest prey, the Xenomorphs, it's what Corporal Hicks calls a bug hunt - kill or be killed. Here are fifteen all-new stories of such "close encounters", written by many of today's most extraordinary authors.... 

Playing the victim of a vampire king on an island off New Orleans is actress Avalon Morgan’s creepiest role to date. It’s also scary good fun - until the victim of a real killer is discovered on set, laid out for all to see....

R. L. Stine - the godfather of Goosebumps - and some of the most popular authors today bring an unrivaled mastery of all things fearsome, frightening, and fantabulous to this terrifying anthology....

Sienna Murray was only 14 when she pulled her neighbors out of a raging house fire. A decade later, she still can’t explain what happened that night, how she knew to save them at just the right moment - or why she receives the same mysterious warning when it happens again....

Hannah O'Brien, who grew up in the house and now runs it as a B and B, has always had a special ability to see a pair of resident ghosts....

Twelve years after the grisly murder of her parents, Kaitlyn Delaney has finally found peace. She has friends, a good job, a place to call home and a new life to live....

As a teenager, Vickie Preston survived an attack by a serial killer. That was the first time she saw a ghost....

It was stolen from a New Orleans grave - the centuries-old bust of an evil man, a demonic man. It’s an object desired by collectors - and by those with wickedness in their hearts....

Olivia Gordon works at the Horse Farm, a facility that assists patients with mental and physical recovery. She's always loved her job, always felt safe. Until now....

Musicians are being murdered in New Orleans. But Arnie Watson apparently died by his own hand....

They say a painting can have a life of its own... In the case of Ghosts in the Mind by Henry Sebastian Hubert, that’s more than just an expression....

The rustic oceanfront village of Bella Vista seems like something from an Italian postcard - until young women start disappearing, only to be found horribly mutilated....

Revenge turns into unbridled passion when a Scottish nobleman steals his enemy's intended bride....

Starring in a cult TV show was a blessing for Marnie Davante. But then a costar is brazenly murdered in front of her. With a killer who vanishes into thin air with seemingly inhuman skill, and strange events plaguing Marnie....

Krewe member Jon Dickson’s fiancée Kylie Connelly is contacted by an old friend who has just moved to Salem, Massachusetts, when the unimaginable happens as Halloween approaches....

She is Kendall Moore - a spirited southern belle as proud as she is beautiful, driven by a cruel marriage-bed betrayal to risk her life in a dangerous gamble for freedom....

In the days when Scotland lay under siege - from the Vikings who sailed from the north and the Norman English who came from the south - King David sought to unite his people....

Danielle D'Aville, the ward of Edward III, was sworn to obey the King's order to marry her enemy Adrien MacLachlan....

A historic cruise ship, a haunted ship, the Celtic American Line's Destiny, sets sail from the Port of New Orleans - with a killer on board. He's known as the Archangel Killer....

Can the same killer strike again - a hundred and fifty years later? Find out....