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Houses creak, shudder, moan, whistle, and whine. With eye-like windows and doors that appear, at night, like tunnel entrances to the unknown, houses lend themselves to our primal and persistent sense of living among ghosts. It is not difficult to imagine our ancestors conjuring tales of haunted places as they sat around fires casting shadows on cave walls. Folklore is rife with such stories and it is no wonder that our earliest literature-from a letter...
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This book is a part of a set of ten books of the Greatest Classic Series containing thrilling and fascinating stories, full of mystery and suspense -- all written by world famous authors, such as Edith Wharton, Henry James, Amelia Edwards, Wilkie Collins, Ambrose Bierce and many more. Actually, the entire classic series has been aimed to enrich the young minds with the wonderful assets of English language and literature and to develop their interest...
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From the dawn of storytelling, we have been mesmerized, entertained, and fascinated by stories of other-worldly visitations. Our earliest folklore and oral tales suggest that even before recorded time, on every continent and in every language, we created narratives to animate our fear of the unknown. The classic stories in this anthology have been selected for their literary style, psychological complexity, and enduring power to electrify both the...
4) Unshriven
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Stories founded in the unhallowed states of those who can never rest and those who see the deadThe one subject writers of all genres like to tackle is a ghost story…or something involving supernatural horror. This is what fourteen different authors decided to do in these nineteen short stories. It appears that several are based on entirely true stories. It's for you, the reader, to work out which are and which might not be…
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A ghoulish collection of true American classics
From North to South, coast-to-coast, and legendary to forgotten classicsLyons Press American Classics deliver stories rooted in their time, place, and topicDistinct series design for impulse- and collect-them-all sales
With frightening stories from Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Francis Bret Harte, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, Harriett Beecher Stowe, O. Henry, Will Cather, and...
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Novel Slices is the only publication dedicated solely to novel excerpts. This issue includes the following novel excerpts:
A Forever Opposition by Sean Connell
The Satin Gunmetal Sky by Shawn Goodman
Sorry, Maggie May by Kathryn Tomasko
Seconds by Louise Kantro
The Listener by Celeste White
7) Released
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Tips for how not to end up in a horror story
DON'T
-Listen to the Spiders
-Drive in the rain
-Buy the doll
DO
-Sell the Puppet
-Take the Dr.'s Advice
-Leave the Box Shut
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A driver picks up a hitchhiker from the side of a road; a restorer develops an unusual bond with a cursed doll; a visit to the cabin in the woods goes terribly wrong...
We all know how these stories end - or do we?
In This Fresh Hell, every story begins with a well-known horror trope but ends with a twist, bringing new life and unexpected resolutions to old ideas. Fears are interrogated, ghosts re-examined, and monsters reconfigured.
From chilling...
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Supernatural stories for LOCKDOWN. Entwined by Trynda E. AdairThe Intention of Fire by Morgan ChalfantEmily by Maxine ChurchmanThe Clock by R.F. CooperPlay With Me by R.A. GoliGhost in a Gramophone by Dana HimrichPizzicato by Nerisha KemrajFraternity Initiation by Andrew KurtzThe Last Reunion by Jacqueline Moran MeyerA Whisper So Quiet by Kelly MatsuuraNackenschmerzen by Beth W. PattersonThems That Wait by Kimberly ReiThe Writing Desk by MacKenzie...
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Gravelight Press presents Halloween Party '21, a collection of short horror works by new and established literary voices certain to be a campfire favorite among horror lovers.
An occult vampire and lycanthrope investigative duo are among the eerie characters inhabiting this one-of-a-kind anthology that includes 21 scary, original works sure to delight and terrify. From the disturbing undercurrents of "Insecticide" to the psychologically charged drama...
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The Wait by Amber M. SimpsonA Thing of Beauty by Carole McDonnellStay With Me by Cindar HarrellAnnual Beach Day by D.M. BurdettThe Last Train Home by Dale ParnellMeyer House by Gabriella BalcomHey Siri by Jodi JensenThe Tortured Soul of Taer Garcia by Kelly MatsuuraShards by Kimberly ReiGrave Revenge by Matthew M. MontelioneThe Room on the Right by Matthew M. MontelioneA Stolen Heart by Richard MeldrumHer New Sister by Wondra VanianBlood Roses by...
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Featuring stories from R.L. Stine and Madeleine Roux, this middle grade horror anthology, curated by New York Times bestselling author and master of macabre Jonathan Maberry, is a chilling tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
Flesh-hungry ogres? Brains full of spiders? Haunted houses you can't escape? This collection of 35 terrifying stories from the Horror Writers Association has it all, including ghastly illustrations...
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A masterful collection of ghost stories that have been overlooked by contemporary readers-including tales by celebrated authors such as Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain, and Edith Wharton-presented with insightful annotations by acclaimed horror anthologists Leslie S. Klinger and Lisa Morton.
The ghost story has long been a staple of world literature, but many of the genre's greatest tales have been forgotten, overshadowed in many cases...
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Une maison perdue en Oklahoma, un évènement arrivant tous les matins à 3h11 la nuit d'Halloween, cinq auteurs pour écrire leur version de l'histoire. Des adolescents en mal de sensations ou un agent immobilier très décidé, une gentille famille, une écrivaine en quête d'inspiration ou un jeune garçon sur la route des vacances... Tiendront-ils jusqu'au matin ?
Êtes-vous prêts à affronter l'impensable?
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A zombie outbreak at a community pool...
A terrible secret at a school for children, who can't sleep...
An actress, who will do anything for fame...
And, more!
High Dive Publishing presents 12 spine tingling stories and 1 spooky poem to make you shiver in your board shorts. These tales are scary enough to frighten you in broad daylight while you watch the surf from your beach chair, or late at night, when you're nursing that sunburn.
13 writers...
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For the fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, here comes a new illustrated children's horror anthology. You Have Been Warned!
The stories in this book are scary. Real scary! After reading these horrible tales and staring at the creepy drawings, don't complain that you couldn't sleep or they started haunting your dreams-we warned you!
If you love ghosts and monsters and enjoy getting goosebumps, this spine-chilling book is for you!
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Prepare to be, spooked by these chilling Japanese short stories!
Strange Tales from Japan presents 99 spine-tingling tales of ghosts, yokai, demons, shapeshifters and trickster animals, who inhabit remote reaches of the Japanese countryside. 32 pages of traditional full-color images of these creatures, who have inhabited the Japanese imagination for centuries, bring the stories to life.
The captivating tales in this volume include:
• The Vengeance...
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