Twelve strangers wake up in a strange house with no memory of how they got there, and barely any recollection of who they are. They quickly learn that there is no way out, scarcely enough food and water to go around, and eerie music plays constantly in the background of every room. There is nothing to explain their mysterious incarceration except for a few scattered clues, a strange clock with twenty-four numbers and one single hour hand, and a leather-bound sheet of rules that makes their situation all the more fatal.

The House Rules:

Rule one: No escape. You can't leave, plain and simple. Try to escape and you won't like what you find on the other side.

Rule two: Make what you have last. Whatever food and water you currently find in the house is all that you will be provided with during your stay. No more will be given to you under any circumstance.

Rule three: When the music stops, someone must die. The music you can all hear in the background will cease between the hour of twenty-three and twenty-four; when this happens someone must die. Failure to comply with this rule will result in everyone's death.

Rule four: Only one, and only when the music stops! One death, and only one death, must occur in the allotted time between the hour of twenty-three and twenty-four. Again, failure to comply with this rule will result in everyone's death.

We hope you have a pleasant stay, and don't forget: Redemption is the key to escape.

It's Halloween in Hill Haven Creeps, and the All Hallows Eve Midnight Traveling Spook Show has come to town. Empty tents flap in the breeze, but there's no sign of the carnies.

For a group of close friends, the festivities have just begun. A masked figure haunts Trevor Sheevis in every reflection. Cole Reagor's dream of being a stand-up comedian suddenly isn't so funny, and Tommy Gallaghan's cell phone makes ominous threats.

At school, Angela Rayburn is smiling at Mathew Potts, and for Ashley Gifford, the monster he fears most sleeps under his very same roof.

When their friend, Steven Delhomme, turns up missing, their worst fears come true.

The smell of autumn leaves is in the air, the first pumpkins are aglow, and the crows are gathering in the cornfields. The moon is full, and something is visible beyond the veil between the living and the dead calling itself the Scarecrow King.

As Halloween approaches, the dead exchange places with the living, and the All Hallows Eve Midnight Traveling Spook Show opens its doors.

In Hill Haven Creeps, every fear will come to life, and every dream will turn into a nightmare.

But will Halloween will have the final say?

Or is something more ominous on the night wind?

Toy Land

There they were, just as he remembered. Rooms and rooms of them. Dolls. Toy soldiers. Clowns. When he was a kid, his Aunt Cary's toy collection should have been a child's paradise. But instead he had been terrified by their staring eyes . . .

Toy Hell

Twenty years had passed since Jay Clute set foot in Victory, Missouri. Twenty years of trying to forget that night--that hellish night of unimaginable horror. Now his Aunt Cary was dead, and it's all been left to him--the house, the furniture, every last piece of her toy collection. And nothing has changed. Not the painted-on dolly smiles or the garish clown colors--or the tiny hands dripping with bright red blood . . .

The Funeral Mountains collects four previously published novellas that seek answers to a timeless question: to what precarious heights are we willing to climb to get what we want? Watershed concerns a struggling writer who will do anything for a big break, no matter how wrong. In Sleight of Hand, a young, humble actor discovers the body of a young woman who's just plunged to her death... and follows a trail of clues into the mouth of a mass grave. Lost Soul Found finds two recently married mountaineers lost on one of the most dangerous mountains in Colorado. And finally, in The Wrath, a long-dead mafia soldier wants to know... what is retired deputy Jimmy Whitman willing to do to get his wife back?

A spellbinding thriller from the bestselling author of The Einstein Prophecy.

A chilling curse is transported from 1880s London to present-day California, awakening a long-dormant fiend.

While on routine patrol in the tinder-dry Topanga Canyon, environmental scientist Rafael Salazar expects to find animal poachers, not a dilapidated antique steamer trunk. Inside the peculiar case, he discovers a journal, written by the renowned Robert Louis Stevenson, which divulges ominous particulars about his creation of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It also promises to reveal a terrible secret--the identity of Jack the Ripper.

Unfortunately, the journal--whose macabre tale unfolds in an alternating narrative with Rafe's--isn't the only relic in the trunk, and Rafe isn't the only one to purloin a souvenir. A mysterious flask containing the last drops of the grisly potion that inspired Jekyll and Hyde and spawned London's most infamous killer has gone missing. And it has definitely fallen into the wrong hands.

TWO STRANGERS
Cameron Dawson's got a past he can't seem to shake, but he's hoping to change that. He's moved back home to Faith, New Mexico and taken a job as assistant sheriff. What he doesn't realize is that his newest nightmare's about to begin. Strange things are happening. People are disappearing, and for others, it's far worse …

DISTANCE SEPARATES THEM
Miles away in Albuquerque, Kyle Bancroft's life is spinning out of control. She's seeing, hearing, and dreaming things she can't explain: Flashbacks to World War II and an eerie hospital ward with locked doors, empty gurneys, and guttural screams. To make matters worse, a ghostly green-eyed girl is complicating her visions with an urgent message: Time is running out.

A DARK SECRET CONNECTS THEM
Kyle's otherworldly encounters are driving her straight toward Faith … and right into Cameron's life. The body count is rising, the pressure is mounting, and the clock is ticking as they rush to uncover a dangerous secret hiding just below the surface of this all-American town--one that's threatening to destroy Faith and everyone in it. A secret they must hunt down quickly … even if it costs them their own lives.

A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE WILL DRAW THEM TOGETHER

Make Pretend is the first book in a series collecting all of Armand Rosamilia's short fiction.

Twenty-one tales ranging from horror to crime thriller to science fiction, contemporary fiction to fantasy and more. From stories a few days ago to one forty years old.

Some stories you might've read in previous collections or anthologies. Maybe on the author's Patreon. Many more never before read. Written for this and the future collections.

Make pretend these stories aren't real, aren't fact, and aren't exposing the best and worst of humanity...

With a foreword by esteemed author Tim Meyer

There's something in the water...

In 1644, a small Cotswold village suffers a spate of witch trials. The convicted are weighted down and thrown into a local pond to drown.

In present day London, Douglas Ashbourne is made redundant from his job as a Project Manager.
With growing violence in the city a worry, Doug, his wife and three children move to Gloucestershire to start a new life.
Their dream of running cottage industries making mead and beeswax products is soon interrupted by a series of dangerous and inexplicable occurrences.

Why is the village of Coln Abbots so obsessed with witchcraft?

Is there any truth to local rumours that occult powers are still at work in this sleepy corner of the Cotswolds?

What is the dark and ancient secret that plagues the woodland pond above their cottage, known as Nevermere?

"An exquisitely powerful anthology... gripping scenarios that are hard to put down and unforgettable literary productions."
--Midwest Book Review

Ever see a photo of a place that never existed?

From the creative team behind the award-winning "Shadows And Teeth" horror series comes a reality-bending anthology that combines eerie vintage photos with terrifying stories.

The places in this book are shunned, abandoned and forgotten. They do not exist, and yet here you will find the stories of people who have gone and survived to tell their tales, complete with photographs. These are the postcards from the void, frightful evidence of places that should not be, and yet exist in our nightmares. Should you dare to venture into these blighted places, remember: don't talk to strangers; don't stray far from home; and never, ever go in alone.

Twenty-five tales of horror and dark fantasy by the legendary Guy N. Smith, Adam Millard, Nicholas Paschall, R. Perez de Pereda, and more!

The authors contributing to this anthology are: Guy N. Smith, Ramiro Perez de Pereda, Adam Millard, Jill Hand, Peter Oliver Wonder, Stephanie Kelley, Antonio Simon, Jr., Apara Moreiya, Joshua Bartolome, A.P. Hawkins, Douglas Fairbanks, Richard Ayre, Steven M. Fonts, Nicholas Paschall, Sarah Cannavo, Richard Beauchamp, Thomas Vaughn, Lucian Clark, David Owain Hughes, Michael Warriner, David Clark, Robb T. White, Daphne Strasert, Nick Vossen, and Johanna Vandredi.

NOTE: This is the Kindle print replica edition. It may or may not be compatible with your e-reader device. Before purchasing, you are encouraged to verify if your device supports this title. Unfortunately, we cannot accept returns or offer refunds if your device does not support this title.

Twenty years ago, the mysterious death of his aunt left Aaron Holbrook orphaned and alone. He abandoned his rural Arkansas hometown vowing never to return, until his seven-year-old son died in an accident, plunging Aaron into a nightmare of addiction and grief. Desperate to reclaim a piece of himself, he returns to the hills of his childhood, to Holbrook House, where he hopes to find peace among the memories of his youth. But solace doesn't come easy. Someone--or something--has other plans.

Like Aaron, Holbrook House is but a shell of what it once was, a target for vandals and ghost hunters who have nicknamed it "the devil's den." Aaron doesn't believe in the paranormal--at least, not until a strange boy begins following him wherever he goes. Plagued by violent dreams and disturbing visions, Aaron begins to wonder if he's losing his mind. But a festering darkness lurks at the heart of Holbrook House…a darkness that grins from within the shadows, delighting in Aaron's sorrow, biding its time.

Make Pretend is the first book in a series collecting all of Armand Rosamilia's short fiction.

Twenty-one tales ranging from horror to crime thriller to science fiction, contemporary fiction to fantasy and more. From stories a few days ago to one forty years old.

Some stories you might've read in previous collections or anthologies. Maybe on the author's Patreon. Many more never before read. Written for this and the future collections.

Make pretend these stories aren't real, aren't fact, and aren't exposing the best and worst of humanity...

With a foreword by esteemed author Tim Meyer

An Australian ghost town. A resident demon and a local Shaman. A confrontation with evil awaits.

Clarisse realizes that running from evil is not a bad idea until she figures out you can't hide. When some ghosts get tired of hanging around, they latch onto you. At the centre of the war on evil is a historic Church that carries dark secrets within its walls. After she meets with the local Shaman, Clarisse discovers secrets with evil consequences by digging too deep into the town's past. When matters become complicated, she visits a circus of young performers on the outskirts of town triggering unexpected paranormal events and unleashing memories of a one-hundred-year curse. After being caught in the crossfire of a battle for evil supremacy, Clarisse confronts Little Charlie as he rallies the town's ghosts into an impeccable evil stronghold.

Can the local Shaman and townsfolk rally in her quest to defeat the evil incarnate or will the town succumb to Little Charlie and his evil crew?

Haunting in Old Tailem is the third book of the Haunting Clarisse Series. If you like spine-tingling, chilling, creepy and spooky supernatural thrillers, then you will love this story by 2020 USA Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Finalist in Supernatural Fiction, Janice Tremayne.

A man-hunter from the underground world of human organ trafficking flees to Brazil to avoid a police investigation and discovers the fountain of youth.

Louis Doyle is prepared to be nasty. A witch went and took his daughter, and in his eyes that gives a man license to do whatever he has to in order to get her back. Armed with little more than a rusty old rifle and one ferocious attitude, Louis sets out to carve his way through anything and anyone who gets in his way. And then he meets sexy, sassy Marigold Steakley - a powerful witch in her own right - and suddenly the path Louis has been blazing doesn't seem so straightforward.

Louis doesn't have anything left but the chase. He's let go of his home and all the good people who once took him in. After years of pursuit he might finally have the chance to catch up with the hag who took his daughter - if he can be a bad enough man to use up and burn out the one good woman who has shed a little light into his dark and depraved life.

A reluctant police psychic could be the dead's only hope...

Perfect for fans of supernatural crime thrillers from James D Mortain, Dean Koontz, Peter James, Alex North, C J Tudor and Stephen King.

Coming round after being in a coma, DI Jo Wolfe realises she has brought something back with her from the darkness she inhabited for six months. She now sees the deaths of murder victims. But she can't tell anyone, for fear of losing her job.

She is soon embroiled in a case where young women are disappearing from Chichester, their mummified bodies washed up on a remote beach. Her visions lead her to wonder if their killer believes himself to be Anubis, the Egyptian God of Death? But is her first suspect the right man? Or is she misreading the snatched visions?

Then she finds out that the young women have had their hearts cut out, and it was done while they were still alive. And that Jo is to be his next victim...

Make Pretend is the first book in a series collecting all of Armand Rosamilia's short fiction.

Twenty-one tales ranging from horror to crime thriller to science fiction, contemporary fiction to fantasy and more. From stories a few days ago to one forty years old.

Some stories you might've read in previous collections or anthologies. Maybe on the author's Patreon. Many more never before read. Written for this and the future collections.

Make pretend these stories aren't real, aren't fact, and aren't exposing the best and worst of humanity...

With a foreword by esteemed author Tim Meyer

Dirt.

A plot of ground in Prescott Park is messing with Cal Hart's head. Ever since hearing the rumor of what happened on the land now covered by a toolshed, he's become obsessed with the urban legend. Children don't just disappear after being pushed into barren soil, not even when that soil is nicknamed ‘the place where nothing grows'. But one did, and so he turns to the local sheriff's office for assistance. The authorities are adamant that nothing supernatural was at work, and that it was a transient with a long record of arrests that got hold of the diminutive second-grader and lured her away from home. But a town historian disputes the sanitized version of the incident and hints that more sinister forces are to blame--sinister forces that are yet to be named. Because of the confusion and his own need to know, Cal launches his own investigation.

The appearance of a raincoated man complicates everything. He's been watching the children in the park play and burying toys around the area where the child fell. Cal digs up the items in an attempt to understand, but is threatened instead. The man deemed crazy orders Cal to leave the offerings alone, and that if he doesn't, his children could be next. With the cryptic warning ringing in his ears, Cal steps up the quest for answers as if his life depends on it, and the problem is--it does.

Venture into the world of classic horror. Written with nightmares in mind, if the suspense doesn't get you, the ending will.

For almost a century now, Blackwych Grange has been left locked and abandoned. But when a team of researchers gains permission to enter the house and monitor for ghosts, a dark presence begins to stir.

Paula is thrilled when she's invited to join the team. Soon, however, she starts to regret her choice.

Something lurks in the dark rooms of Blackwych Grange, something that seeks vengeance. Many years ago, a young woman named Elizabeth Marringham lived in the house with her vicious uncle. Today, more than a century and a half after Elizabeth's death, does her vengeful spirit still roam the house's corridors? And if so, what does she want?

Master spy, Nazi hunter—and werewolf on the prowl—in occupied Paris: A classic of dark fantasy from a Bram Stoker Award—winning author.

Allied Intelligence has been warned: A Nazi strategy designed to thwart the D-Day invasion is underway. A Russian émigré turned operative for the British Secret Service, Michael Gallatin has been brought out of retirement as a personal courier. His mission: Parachute into Nazi-occupied France, search out the informant under close watch by the Gestapo, and recover the vital information necessary to subvert the mysterious Nazi plan called Iron Fist.
 
Fearlessly devoted to the challenge, Gallatin is the one agent uniquely qualified to meet it—he’s a werewolf.
 
Now, as shifting as the shadows on the dangerous streets of Paris, a master spy is on the scent of unimaginable evil. But with the Normandy landings only hours away, it’s going to be a race against time. For Gallatin, caught in the dark heart of the Third Reich’s twisted death machine, there is only one way to succeed. He must unleash his own internal demons and redefine the meaning of the horror of war.
 
From the award-winning author of Swan Song and Boy’s Life, this is a “powerful novel [that] fuses WWII espionage thriller and dark fantasy. Richly detailed, intricately plotted, fast-paced historical suspense is enhanced by McCammon’s unique take on the werewolf myth” (Publishers Weekly).
 

There have been reports of a strange creature lurking in the woods.

Many believe the beast to be the legendary, mythical monster known as El Chupacabra, Spanish for The GoatSucker.

Capitalizing on the sightings, a touristy hiking company introduces a new hike called the GoatSucker tour. The pleasant hike turns into a fight for their lives when the hikers discover terrifying evidence leading them to believe the GoatSucker is more than just a legend.

Make Pretend is the first book in a series collecting all of Armand Rosamilia's short fiction.

Twenty-one tales ranging from horror to crime thriller to science fiction, contemporary fiction to fantasy and more. From stories a few days ago to one forty years old.

Some stories you might've read in previous collections or anthologies. Maybe on the author's Patreon. Many more never before read. Written for this and the future collections.

Make pretend these stories aren't real, aren't fact, and aren't exposing the best and worst of humanity...

With a foreword by esteemed author Tim Meyer

Dirt.

A plot of ground in Prescott Park is messing with Cal Hart's head. Ever since hearing the rumor of what happened on the land now covered by a toolshed, he's become obsessed with the urban legend. Children don't just disappear after being pushed into barren soil, not even when that soil is nicknamed ‘the place where nothing grows'. But one did, and so he turns to the local sheriff's office for assistance. The authorities are adamant that nothing supernatural was at work, and that it was a transient with a long record of arrests that got hold of the diminutive second-grader and lured her away from home. But a town historian disputes the sanitized version of the incident and hints that more sinister forces are to blame--sinister forces that are yet to be named. Because of the confusion and his own need to know, Cal launches his own investigation.

The appearance of a raincoated man complicates everything. He's been watching the children in the park play and burying toys around the area where the child fell. Cal digs up the items in an attempt to understand, but is threatened instead. The man deemed crazy orders Cal to leave the offerings alone, and that if he doesn't, his children could be next. With the cryptic warning ringing in his ears, Cal steps up the quest for answers as if his life depends on it, and the problem is--it does.

Venture into the world of classic horror. Written with nightmares in mind, if the suspense doesn't get you, the ending will.