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Nehmen Sie sich Zeit für ein reichhaltiges Menü an delikaten Kurzgeschichten, bei denen Sie sich schaurige, bizarre und fantastische Begegnungen einverleiben können. Für garantiert packenden Spannungsgenuss sorgen: die übergewichtige Ratte Elvira und ihr zügelloser Appetit auf Neumieter ("Die Ratte Elvira"); ein Beamter, dem seine Liebe zur Spinne Holga zum Verhängnis wird ("Das Netz"); der achtjährige Bernhard, der die Gute-Nacht-Geschichte seiner Schwester zu wörtlich nimmt ("Die Nervensäge"); ein unerwartetes, letztes Wiedersehen der beiden Brüder Jericho und Michael ("Geteiltes Leid").

In the title story a husband struggles with the grief and confusion of losing two children, and forms an odd bond with the infant spectrals that visit him in the night. "Dancing Men" depicts one of the creepiest rites of passage in recent memory when a boy visits his deranged grandfather in the New Mexico desert.

The Better Off Dead series delves into the furthest 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!

Drac Von Stoller presents a collection of horrifying tales from the dead with short stories that deal with witches, a virus, an ax, urban legends, pirates, cursed mirrors, and a few more exciting tales to hear about.

A group of bandmates celebrate the recent success of their album and tour by going a trip. But it's a bad trip. A very bad trip...

Terrifying secrets from the past are revealed when a ghost hunter discovers a letter from his deceased mother. A lost young couple learns all is not what it seems when an elderly woman welcomes them into her remote outback home. And a guilt-ridden carpenter takes a journey into another dimension but is shocked by what follows him home.... Scare Street is proud to present a diabolical new collection of 17 ghastly stories. Each spine-tingling tale is a portal to a new world, the beginning of a seemingly endless voyage into fear and dread.

Humans are, so far as we know, the only creatures on this planet who mark the passage of time. As such, we are keenly aware from an early age that time is tick, tick, ticking away. These stories and more fill Dearest Death, a collection of short horror fiction by W. Dale Jordan, author of The Stop.

In "Victor", a hard-working man will meet the woman of his dreams, but is she really what she seems or is there something else at work here? Then we will follow a man through a dark, deserted road under a nasty storm that will bring him face to face with terror in "The Night Visitor". Not scared yet? In "A House in the Country", a married couple will buy the house of their dreams, which includes some dangerous guests.

Castle Heights is an ordinary looking London tower block...from the outside. But within the drab walls, things aren’t quite so innocent…or safe. Experience the disturbing events which take place on one fateful night as 18 writers bring you 18 stories–one set on each floor. From monsters to killers, the supernatural to the bizarre, these interlinked tales will have you desperate for escape as you make your way up Castle Heights from the ground floor.

A man is tortured by a sound that only he can hear. It was easily ignored at first. But now the insomnia is getting to him. He must find a way to stop the noise.... Anything is better than this.

Abhorrent abominations. Murderous miscreations. Desperate desires, familial bonds, and soul-clenching will to survive contend with mythic malevolence and esoteric evils in 16 tales of disturbing, thought-provoking horror. Challenge both your imagination and courage with grotesque and bizarre stories published in small press across the world, collected and combined with never-before released material.

Two men are trapped in darkness. A shipping container, buried underground. No idea who locked them in there. It's been days. A week. Maybe more. And then the lock opens. Something is thrown inside with them. A gun. With only one bullet.

In Tiny Terrors: Part 2, author David Boyer once again thrusts the listener head first into a world we thought we knew all too well, but weren't aware of what may exist in that world once you've crossed the barrier between the light and the darkness.

Jason Cole was working on finding a suitable picture for some newsletter or something. One of 10 or 20 specific photos he would find that day. Same old thing he’d done a hundred times before. Looking through stock photos, this time for a cooking ad.

"Polaris" ist der Titel einer frühen Kurzgeschichte H. P. Lovecrafts, die im Frühling oder Sommer 1918 geschrieben und im Dezember 1920 im Amateurmagazin "Philosopher" gedruckt wurde. Im Dezember 1937 wurde sie im Pulp-Magazin "Weird Tales" veröffentlicht und 1939 in den ersten Band des Verlags Arkham House aufgenommen. Sie gehört zur Gruppe der Fantasy-Geschichten und schildert, wie ein namenloser Ich-Erzähler vom Licht des Polarsterns verfolgt wird.

Joseph isn't a painter. He's a junkie. Well...he was getting clean. Was clean, for a while. But then he started seeing it.... An abomination that threatens all life on Earth. And only he can stop it, by painting.

"Sie halten mich für einen alten Mann, doch das bin ich nicht." So beginnt der weißhaarige Bergführer seine Erzählung. Als er noch pechschwarzes Haar hatte und mit seinen Brüdern zwischen den zahlreichen Inseln der Lofoten auf Fischzug ging, gerieten sie in den zerstörerischen Strudel des "Maelstroms", der alles mit sich riss, was ihm zu nahe kam. Auf welche Art der von diesem Erlebnis Gezeichnete überlebte, erzählt er in Edgar Allan Poes weltberühmter Geschichte.

Luckily for Garrett, Lily, Kon, and the twins, it’s not two demons. It’s just one, and it isn’t Damon “Demon” Vaughn. Damon and Blossom will have their hands full, but these two powerful beings shouldn’t have a problem protecting their charges. Right?

Following a tragic, life-changing event, James is confronted by a malevolent and uninvited guest. While he desperately clings to what remains of his unraveling sanity, it becomes increasingly clear the intruder won’t be leaving anytime soon.

Step into a world of the bizarre, journeying from London’s Victorian streets to futuristic nightmares, from horrifying twists on old favorites to unique tales of terror. Bone Carver is a collection of 16 varied and compelling stories from author Gemma Paul.