Something festive is growing in the sewer...After last year's tragedy, Douglas' parents are ignoring Christmas.But when Douglas finds an eerie strand of lights slithering through the sewer, he unwittingly unleashes merry terror upon his neighborhood's tacky lights contest. String lights spread like invasive kudzu, turning festive decorations into surreal, predatory nightmares.Determined not to lose both Christmas and his family forever, Douglas gath...

Can you tell me how to get... out alive?★★★★★ - "I can't remember the last time a book scared me and made this nervous." Andrew Van Wey, author of Head Like a HoleJohnny awakes. A puppet looms over his bed.He recognizes the furry monster: Grandpa was its puppeteer on the children's television show R-City Street. But Grandpa went missing a year ago. He disappeared from this very apartment building, which was converted from the old R-City Str...

In a dying mall, Lisa hears a cry for help.★★★★★ - "A landscape of of liminal horrors." Debra Castaneda, author of The Root WitchLisa finds her senile old coworker, Saswin, lost in an abandoned mall hallway. He's talking to a circle of mannequins, their limbs twisted and fused in unnatural ways.When Lisa looks away, she swears the mannequins have moved, and that this abandoned hallway has grown longer.After Saswin disappears down th...

The Boogeyman is waiting to tuck you in…Rachel's parents have a simple rule: five hours of sleep. No more, no less.But after six months of this "simple" schedule, Rachel's exhausted mind plays tricks on her. She sees things that can't be real.Like the Boogeyman in her little brother's room.When no one believes her, Rachel takes matters into her own hands. But her sleep-deprived state blurs the line between reality and nightmare. Is the grote...

Lost in a labyrinth of circus tents..."Truly unsettling... a great read from beginning to end." Candace Nola, Splatterpunk Award WinnerDave and his four-year-old, Jacob, find a circus tent in the woods behind their house. A strange voice invites them through the dark doorway.When they refuse, the tent swallows them.What follows is a nightmare fleeing through a maze of circus tents. Strange performers lurk inside. They want Dave and ...

THE CLUBHOUSE VOLUME IIICOMPILED BY CRYSTAL COOKWITHIN THESE PAGES YOU WILL FIND TERRIFYING SHORT STORIES FROM FIFTEEN OF THE HOTTEST HORROR AUTHORS OUT THERE.THIS ANTHOLOGY IS A GRAB BAG OF TASTY TREATS, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING THAT THE GENRE HAS TO OFFER.JOHN WAYNE COMUNALE – BRIAN BOWYER - JAMES G. CARLSON - LUCAS MILLIRON - DANI BROWN - THOMAS R. CLARK - CHASE WILL – AARON LEBOLD - TOM DEADY - ASHLEY LISTER - GARRETT COOK - C.M. SAUNDERS - BEN FARTHIN...

One man’s gifted daughter may be the cure to a mysterious illness causing hallucinations and death in this horror novel by the author of Little Girls.First the birds disappeared.Then the insects took over.And the madness began . . .They call it Wanderer’s Folly—a disease of delusions, of daydreams and nightmares. A plague threatening to wipe out humanity.After two years of creeping decay, David Arl...

"[The] tale of a zombie horde reigning terror on the few humans left inside a building . . . a refreshing nod to the George Romero movies of old." — Mourning GoatsThere's not much rumbling during the Recipe Days show at the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum—except for stomachs, that is—until the professional wrestlers arrive early for their Saturday night matches. Chaos ensues when the home cooks are overrun by Xombie, the Hellbillies, and Jersey Devil Jill....

The New York Times–bestselling author "shows how a serial killer's paradise and a serial killer's hell are really the same place" (Brian Evenson, O. Henry Award–winning author).When a serial killer hits the top of his game, where does he go from there? William Colton Hughes finds out. Not interested in notoriety, Hughes just wants to do what he's good at: torture and murder. It never occurs to him that he could make a living at it . . . until the yoga instr...

"Jones crosses into the noir badlands of No Country for Old Men—bloody and throwing sparks but cool as a killer angel—and by sundown he owns the joint." —Will Christopher Baer, author of Kiss Me, JudasSmuggler Dodd Raines just got the job of a lifetime. He'll finally earn enough money to secure a decent future for his young daughter and start over on the right side of the law. There's just one catch: his cargo is made up of moon rocks—with mass-cas...

**"Very excited to read this slasher" —Stephen Graham Jones, via TwitterWillow’s worst nightmare was being canceled. But the shadows in the woods of Camp Castaway might destroy more than her reputation.**After sitcom star Willow tweets herself into infamy and stumbles blind-drunk into a swimming pool, her agent ships her off to Camp Castaway. Nestled deep in upstate New York, Castaway is a summer camp for adults who are desperate to leave their mistakes behind. No real name...

**From rising star of horror Craig DiLouie comes a twisted tale of love, heartbreak, and the apocalypse. We all have bad exes. Lily Lawlor's just happens to be the Antichrist."DiLouie brings his sharp mix of heart and horror to the end of the world with this clever story about rock and roll, relationships, and destiny."** ― Peter Clines, New York Times bestselling author1998: Lily Lawlor and Drake Morgan form a punk band. Drake ins...