If this story doesn't scare you, no story will...Lucas buys his daughter an old, dirty rag doll at a yard sale one day. But when they return home, they realize they may have brought a sinister force back with them. Are the strange occurrences that soon take place supernatural or mere coincidence? Either way, they lead to an ending you will not soon, if ever, forget.

Determined stoners Chaz Markis and Hayden Couter set out to find Devil's Root, a little-known and perhaps mythical hallucinogen that may or may not exist. Supposedly, it only grows in Japan's Aokigahara Forest, the infamous Suicide Forest, and is somehow responsible for the rash of suicides and odd occurrences that have happened there. As they venture deeper into the woods and farther from civilization, they soon discover that maybe all the other drugs they have a past with are much safer ...

What if you were a doctor and the patient rushed into your hospital was the same monster who'd murdered your family many years ago?Would you save him?Would you let him die?Or would you kill him yourself?

The family thought they'd moved into their dream house... they found that they may have prematurely moved into their own tombs. The spiders that populate this residence are unlike any that have come before. They're dangerous, they're smart, and there's a lot of them.

13-year-old Tony Willis has a rare form of cancer that's killing him slowly. Doctors predict the boy only has weeks or days to live. His parents don't know how to deal with him or his debilitating disease. Kids at school think he's a freak. Not only is he dying; he is completely alone.Soon, Tony seeks refuge from the world at the local graveyard. He decides to live out the rest of his days here, where he actually feels welcome. But something unusual is about to happen to him--somet...

Three short horror stories for free!Fiend:A confused and desperate man is being stalked by a headless stranger whose real intentions may be very surprising to both him and you, the reader.Feeding Time:Some people think Bigfoot is tame... but is that really true? Or does it sometimes come out to eat men in order to retain its supernatural powers?Fearworld:Henry has been afraid of the dark ever since childhood. Now he's a grown man who believes th...

A man finds himself within a vast expanse of darkness without knowing how he got there... can he find his way out? Or is he stuck here... with other trapped souls... forever?

Vinny is the new patient at Belford Hospice, and he may be the last. He didn't come to die. He did not come because he had nowhere else to go. He came, not only to instill life, but to prevent death. Forever.

After a massive earthquake ravages the world, one man becomes trapped underground in his car. Darkness, lonliness, and isolation become his only friends. If that wasn't bad enough, his own sanity begins to waver away, as well. Over time, he begins to reflect on his life and learns some very valuable lessons. Can they help him escape the black place inside?-This microshort story (five and a half pages long) is a coming-of-age drama with underlying taoist and zen-like qualities. I wr...

Two teenage boys dare their friend to break into the basement of the Bailey House, where it's rumored that a monster is being kept. Scotty decides to do so, but what he finds is not what he expected. Not at all. --This story is not horror, as it sounds. It's a heart-warming, coming of age drama intended for all audiences.

A fictional finalist of the Cowley Literary Award 2013, this short story intimately follows the Journey of Sarah Riley as she confronts life as a young widow. A moving and intense short story about the tragic heartache of loss and the acceptance of mortality.

Poor Dracula. It seems that the movie going public just isn't getting scared enough from the likes of vampires, werewolves, and even the Frankenstein monster. What can a group of monsters do? Find out in the short story written by the author of Click and The Convincer. Leave the lights on as you read these short stories to that thing that lurks under the bed, for it will enjoy them as much as you will. Meet the man who receives the DVR Plus and gets television shows that he had not counted...