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This issue of Weird Tales presents a variety of stories, essays, and poems about cryptids and urban legends. Not to dispel, but to reveal.

Under a Watchful Eye is a supernatural thriller of cults and conspiracy from the award-winning author of The Ritual and Last Days, Adam Nevill. To be a victim without knowing the tormentor. To be despised without knowing the offence. To be seen by what nobody else can see. When the sudden...

『赤ずきん、旅の途中で』シリーズで知られるミステリ作家・青柳碧人が贈る書き下ろし実話怪談集の第三弾。今回も不思議で奇妙でゾゾっとする実話怪談が49篇＋α。

When Parker and her mother move into Styre House, they immediately notice that something's not quite right. They have no key for the garage, and any time they try to get inside they end up distracted. A mysterious black cat patrols the property, seemingly waiting for something or someone. And strange noises at night hint at a hidden presence that lurks in the shadows.

Am Strand von Cawsand werden Goldmünzen eines jahrhundertealten gesunkenen Schatzschiffs gefunden. Tempest, der von den Ereignissen in Cawsand nichts mitbekommen hat und glaubt, dass eine Woche Urlaub überfällig sei, reist mit seinen Hunden nach Cornwall, um sich zu entspannen und vielleicht den einen oder anderen Cream Tea zu genießen. Die Chancen dafür stehen schlecht, denn noch bevor er sein zweites Bier ausgetrunken hat, steckt er schon mitten in der Geschichte mit den mörderischen Geistern.

In this book, a range of contemporary authors explore 'what happens next' when the Great Detective confronts mysteries which question reason. A summons from Irene Adler’s daughter; a chance encounter with one of Houdini’s fraud investigators; the enigma of Dr John Silence. Mysterious events at Mary Morstan’s old school, and a threat to Queen Victoria. The return of the German agent Von Bork, somewhat changed, and a desperate hunt for a killer through the alleys of London with none other than Professor Van Helsing.

Clientes borrachos. Mapaches ladrones. Visitantes de otro mundo... Siendo el encargado del turno nocturno en la gasolinera de veinticuatro horas a las orillas del pueblo, Jack prácticamente ya lo ha visto todo. Eso es hasta que su mejor amigo le confiesa que tiene el cuerpo de un político local escondido en la cajuela de su coche, desatando una cadena de eventos con potencial apocalíptico.

When a group of travelers ventures into an isolated, sun-scorched landscape, they begin to sense an unseen presence lurking beneath the endless dunes—something ancient, intelligent, and profoundly hostile to human life. As the desert tightens its grip, ordinary reality erodes, replaced by mounting dread and the terrifying suggestion that the sand itself is watching.

Arthur Oakes è un avido lettore, sognatore e studente del Rackham College, nel Maine, luogo rinomato per i suoi inverni gelidi, l'eccezionale biblioteca e gli splendidi edifici. Ma il suo idillio - e la nascente storia d'amore con Gwen Underfoot - vanno in frantumi quando una spacciadora locale e il suo partner lo costringono a commettere uno dei peggiori crimini che possa immaginare: rubare libri rari dalla biblioteca del college. Finito in un angolo, Arthur si rivolge ai suoi cinque amici più cari in cerca di aiuto.

Throughout the years it has been the site of a staggering number of murders and strange disappearances, and is rumored to be cursed. When its current owner, famed horror author Nan Wickwyre, loses her family to a tragic accident, she finds Holt House is all she has left.

The Messenger is a chilling gothic tale by Robert W. Chambers, where reason and folklore collide in the shadow of history. As a rational American observer investigates a mysterious burial site, he uncovers the story of a long-executed traitor known as the Black Priest—a man branded in death, cursed in blood, and sworn to return if his remains are ever disturbed. What follows is a slow descent into unease: a skull that will not stay buried, a death’s-head moth appearing at windows and hearths, masked figures glimpsed in stormlight, and blood trails that defy explanation.

There's something wrong with the carnival barker. Something creepy. And yet, his words pull young Terrence toward the funhouse. Toward the open door. Toward the dark... "Come one... come all..."

A once-in-a-lifetime interview opportunity offers a journalist a horrifying glimpse at what awaits the world... A mysterious group showcases their plans for the next step of human evolution... An elderly woman paints innumerable portraits of the same house from every angle, and the same occupant that dwells within it... From Nick Botic, the acclaimed author of Daughter's Drawings, This Is Not a Drill and Other Warnings is a collection of sixteen dispatches from the edge—where landscapes twist, memory falters, and reality buckles under pressure.

Echoes in the Stone, written by Joshua Bish. Some places do not need ghosts. The walls remember them. When freelance journalist Ellie Glass enters the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, she believes she’s chasing a forgotten chapter of West Virginia history, a trail of vanished patients, missing records, and whispered rumors buried beneath the stone. What she finds instead is something far older than the hospital’s crumbling halls… and far hungrier than the dead who never left. The deeper Ellie searches, the more the asylum changes around her. Corridors shift. Shadows breathe.

A brutal tale of madness, murder, and the occult — from Wrath James White, master of extreme horror and splatterpunk fiction.

Somewhere on the coast of England, Neverbury is a little quaint seaside town with the kind of problems that a lot of quaint little English seaside towns have these days... magicians, lawyers, creeping horrors, changelings, folk music purists, portals to hell, idle gods, ghosts, militant amateur cycling clubs, and a serious problem with something called "Big Chicken".

Acceptance is impossible: a state of being those left behind eventually stumble to through the haze of loss. For Hugh, it's something to be held at arm's-length. He can't let go of his lost husband nor his stranded daughter. So, he cycles through the first four stages of grief over and over while killing in the name of a despicable man. The apathy keeps him alive.

In the mist-covered village of Darnhollow, old secrets sleep beneath cobblestone streets and crumbling attic boxes. For decades, the lanterns lining the main road have remained steady—until one winter night, they flicker violently, just as a long-missing resident returns with no memory… and a bloodstained coat. As strange occurrences ripple through the town—disappearances, dreams that seem real, pages missing from the town archive—librarian Mara Ellison and retired detective Caleb Thorne uncover a forgotten pact, sealed in silence decades ago.

Where grief meets the grave, the hunt begins. When the dead refuse to stay buried, only the American Demon Hunters can stand between the living and the darkness. Hank thought his nightmare ended when his wife died. He was wrong. Drawn to the abandoned observatory by whispers of forbidden magic, he faces an impossible choice: accept her death—or risk his soul to bring her back. What begins as grief soon becomes obsession, and in the quiet town beside Lakeview Cemetery, something ancient is waiting to rise. From the twisted mind of J.

The Skin Show has existed all over the south for generations–hidden clubs offering their patrons a location to be whoever they desire, in a playground with free reign to do whatever they want without judgment or castigation. There is no cover charge, the drinks are free, and rules do not exist within the walls of The Skin Show. However, once you’ve entered, you’ll never leave, for what exists underneath each club is something of fairytales. Danny Raab was drawn into The Skin Show's inescapable clutch, and he never returned. Now, Andy Raab is in the midst of a desperate search for his brother.

A goth teen ditches his soul-crushing grocery job for easy cash from an all-too-perfect realtor. The address: a condemned high-rise on the dead side of town. The nursery: a shadowed penthouse crib at the top of a rotting tower. Inside writhes a thing of bottomless hunger—one the faces on every missing-kid poster couldn’t satisfy.

My name is Layla, and lately, things have gotten... complicated. It all started when I dragged Sam, my self-proclaimed “best boyfriend ever” (he tries), to explore an abandoned asylum. Creepy? Obviously. Smart? Not even a little. The real mistake was finding a stash of old audio tapes and, like a true genius, hitting play. Now nothing feels right. Time’s weird. I’m weird. Sam thinks I’m losing it. Honestly? Fair assessment. But normal is boring.

Kaum jemand verirrt sich in die etwas abgelegene Straße, und niemand weiß, wann die drei Männer ihren Laden eröffnet haben. Von einem Tag auf den anderen war The Hidden Shadow da und bot seine Waren an. Und für jeden war der Laden einzigartig – für den einen war es der Spielzeugladen seiner Kindheit, für den anderen etwas ganz anderes.

Follow the exploits of IT consultant and software developer James Hansone as he accidentally becomes a Ghost Hunter after taking 'A Ghostly Diversion' when he passes a run down cottage on the outskirts of the rural Lincolnshire village of Grasceby.