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For best friends with vastly different fortunes, what’s left to hash out other than a forced confession at gunpoint? All that the destitute, sickly, and grieving Will demands is that monstrously successful Barry admit to draining all the luck right out of him. Like blood. As the standoff escalates, the truth is not the only thing ready to come out.

This pretty much is what the title says. Many of the stories/novellas here will have only been done in limited print runs, such as in fanzines, magazines, pamphlets, special editions or online magazines. It’s a mixed genre of stories and these are what Brian considers the best of the rest of the stories in his body of work. We’ve got 111,000+ words in this collection so that means lots of enjoyment in what is likely the last collection coming from Brian.

A lone man takes on the wheels of progress in a showdown of cataclysmic proportions. When a highway project puts him out of work and threatens to destroy his home, he has more than enough time on his hands to plot his revenge. Driving his wife and friends away with his growing obsession, he...

A collection assembled by HorrorBabble, comprising some of Machen's most highly regarded works.

Paranormal crime stories by best-selling fiction writers like Kelley Armstrong, Anne Perry, Simon R. Green, Patricia Briggs, and more. A massive, monumental volume of paranormal crime fiction by best-selling authors. Gripping tales of mayhem include both novellas and short stories like "Stalked By", by Kelley Armstrong; "The Judgment", by worldwide best-selling author Anne Perry; "Appetite for Murder", by Simon R. Green; "Road Dogs", by Norman Partridge; "The Hex Is In", by Mike Resnick; and many more.

Four tales of terror from the author of Fleshbags. Two deputies make a routine yearly stop and get a treat that will last them the rest of their lives. A man trying to bond with his stepson while trick-or-treating welcomes a lone child to join them. A gravedigger discovers a trick that puts his life on the line. And a German officer finds himself trapped in a slowly collapsing building being pursued by the man he just killed.

*INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* *USA TODAY BESTSELLER* A New York Times Editor’s Choice From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a “Grimm Brothers fairy tale for the modern age” (Good Housekeeping) and “darkly funny horror novel” (NYLON) about a lonely young woman who’s drawn...

"Includes something for every kind of King fan.” —People From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the iconic, spine-tingling story collection that includes winners of an O. Henry Prize and other awards, and “Riding the Bullet,” which attracted over half a million online...

This collection contains a mixture of stories about ghosts and contacts from spirits, some by celebrated authors, together with essays on psychical research. As Joseph French notes in the preface, even for the skeptic, tales of ghostly activity retain a distinct fascination. The widespread interest in psychic phenomena in the early twentieth century proved to be a significant stimulus to literary production.

Named a Best Book of the year by Elle, Bustle, and the New York Public Library From one of our most ceaselessly provocative literary talents, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she finds an ominous note on a walk in the woods. While on...

Randolph was a great guy. He was. Sally knew he was, yet it was becoming increasingly difficult to sit on the chair in her bra and panties day after day. But then her best bug came along....

Live streams turn deadly. Vacations morph into ritualistic nightmares. Morning showers lead to paralysis and third-degree burns. This story collection from best-selling horror author Connor Phillips exposes the hidden fears that haunt our everyday lives. Phillips’ creepy and disturbing tales prey on fears you didn’t even know you had. From slipping in scalding showers to tumbling head-first into notorious zoo exhibits - these stories take our normal, everyday reality, twist it, and conjure scares that will haunt you long after you finish the last chapter.

„Louisiana!“, schrie Constance Mercier, als sie aus dem Traum erwachte. Eine verschlafen wirkende Asiatin, die neben ihr auf dem breiten Bett lag, schaute sie verwundert an. Es war Nicky, Constances Bettgespielin für diese Nacht. „Wow, hast du mich erschreckt! Was träumst du für einen Mist?“ Nicky deutete durch das Dachfenster der Loft-Wohnung. Im Hintergrund konnte man Hochhäuser bei Nacht erkennen.

Samuel und Stephanie standen unweit des bestialischen Mordes und beobachteten das grauenvolle Treiben des menschlichen Monsters. Stephanies türkisfarbene Augen blickten ernst und sie sagte: »Mir ist nicht wohl bei dem Gedanken, was der Plan mit dieser Bestie vorhat. Und … sind wir hier wirklich in einer Geschichte, an dessen Ende alles gut werden wird?« Samuel zuckte mit den Schultern. »Das weiß nur Gott. Die Menschen haben größtenteils die Augen vor dem Übernatürlichen verschlossen und das alte Wissen aus jenen Tagen vergessen. Es wird Zeit, dass wir ihnen die Augen wieder öffnen.«

Ihr Schützling hatte das Telefonat mit Thomas Bendermann beendet und war nachdem sie über die gesagten Worte nachgedacht hatte, innerlich gestärkt. Sie war aufgewühlt aber sie spürte auch, dass ein Teil in ihr Bendermann wirklich heiraten wollte – trotz Karl Wisemeyer, der in ihrem Herzen war. Stephanie Moody, die Speerspitze der Exekutive, stand unerkannt und unsichtbar im Raum war mit der Entwicklung ihres blonden Schützlings sehr zufrieden.

The New York Times bestselling author of the Goosebumps and Fear Street series delivers a terrifying horror novel for adults centered on a town in the grip of a sinister revolt. After travel writer Lea Sutter barely survives a merciless hurricane on a tiny island off the South Carolina coast...

Dinah Roseberry returns with Scary Shorts II and two paranormal/horror stories to keep you reading into the night. Hollow Wishes takes a tour of the truly haunted Rehmeyer's Hollow in York County, Pennsylvania. It seems that people go in, and they don't come out. Folks living near there are haunted, too, especially Sandy and his mother who live in the trailer park right outside the Hollow. And the ghosts that haunt the trailer park are fed up with all the trouble this small family has been forced to endure and have decided to take matters into their own ghostly hands.