Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first volume was published in the spring of 1837 and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name.
Read more “Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne Available January 6”Author: Cassio Malevon
Gore meddled with a psychological twist: a simple way to describe the book you’re holding. In a hidden village in Colombia, news of The Queen rapidly falling ill catches the sinister wonder of The Girl. She wants The Crown. What will fascinate you is the corners of this story—the sport by which she obtains it. There’s a physical game for it, you see. It’s disturbing, jarring, and raw. As the story nears its end, you’ll beg the question as to who this brazen and mysteriously hellborn girl actually is. That is, what is the true purpose for someone who is capable of such miraculously brutish violence? This is a story of its own underpass.
Read more “Stomach It by Cassio Malevon Available January 6”Author: R.S. Stalls
This disturbing narrative of mental pathology and child abuse struggles to find catharsis.
Read more “Sins of the Mothers : Origins by R.S. Stalls Available January 6”Author: Michael Wood
Beneath the cracked roads of a burning town lost to history, an old threat rises from the ashes.
When his best friend is killed in a mysterious vampiric ritual, Zeke Boldan is left to uncover the mysteries behind a rising vampire threat. With a broken weapon and a shattered spirit, Zeke is left with nothing besides the clothes on his back and a vague lead. After he encounters an enthusiastic priest and a reluctant paranormal investigator, they form a necessary partnership which leads them to Pennsylvania while they learn hidden secrets behind Luzerne County’s dark past. Faced with trauma, Zeke is forced to put aside his own personal vendetta for the greater good while forming new friendships along the way. Only he has the experience and understanding to stop the soul of the sinister Blackheart Valentine from returning and rising to power. Time may heal all wounds but the scars beneath the surface are the most frightening.
Michael Wood is a passionate writer from Massachusetts. He aspires to write and create unique worlds from new ideas while following relatable characters who embody thought-provoking themes. This is his debut novel.
Read more “Scars Can Frighten by Michael Wood Available January 6”Author: Alyssa Grimley
Creepy Little Nightmares is an all-age horror series written to be scary enough for adults to enjoy while being appropriate enough for the kids to read. Nightmares for the whole family!
It’s the last summer before high school begins and fourteen-year-old Vivian Vasquez has big plans to do it up right with her friends. Her plans are upended, though, by the news of her estranged grandfather’s death. She and her father must travel from their home in San Antonio to Galveston to claim her grandfather’s estate, Ortiz Manor, and stay there while they sort out affairs. But the longer Vivian spends in this unnerving house, the clearer it becomes that something is not right. Her father begins acting stranger by the day, and she sees things in the darkened halls that she can’t explain. Joined by a duo of precocious siblings she befriends, Vivian must uncover the mystery of this manor and break the hold it has over her family—before it claims her and her father both.
Read more “Salt and Bone (Creepy Little Nightmares – Book #3) by Alyssa Grimley Available January 6”Author: Kiltron
Two wolves are on the run from hunters in the woods. Can they escape their fate?
Her mate is wounded and the female Alpha will do what it takes to stop the hunters.
Read more “The New Twilight’s Mist by Kiltron Available January 6”Author: Harold Macgrath
The story opens with a jump–literally. A young New Yorker, rich, of course, hears from his window on a night of fog and mist a woman’s voice singing divinely. He falls in love with it head over heels and he falls downstairs in about the same way, he is such a hurry to see the singer. But by the time her reaches the street, lo! she has vanished, and only a policeman remains. Late on, this young, adventurous Mr. Hillard again meets the young, adventurous singer under most mystifying circumstances. They dine together, but she comes in mask. What the voice has begun, the masks puts the finishing touches to. From then on Hillard is full forty fathoms deep in love and curiosity. Then the scene shifts to Italy, with the shifting fortunes of an American comic opera company, stranded at Venice. The beautiful singer becomes the prima donna of this company. The soubrette is one Kitty Killigrew, and around her flourishes a most enticing, exciting and enlivening subplot. She dances her way straight into your heart. Amusing things happen at Venice. Thrilling things happen at Monte Carlo. At Florence the climax is reached, and it makes you fairly gasp with its intense interest. At Bellagio, the loveliest of lovely spots in the land of love, the curtain goes down on happy lovers.
Read more “The Lure of the Mask by Harold Macgrath Available January 6”Author: Zachary Chopchinski
Sea monsters, pirates, and drag queens, oh my!
With Poet’s instructions to find the Historian, the team finds themselves in a world made entirely of water, where marauders and monsters reign. But with enemies coming from every direction, can they find what they are looking for before the Senate finds them?
In comes the pirate drag queens to save the day.
The team strikes a deal with a fabulous ship of pirate drag queens and a deranged lone wonderer to help them navigate the strange water planet. Will the Historian be able to answer their questions, or will they be left with more mysteries to unravel?
Read more “Kip and The Bloody Red : A Pirate Portal Adventure (The Hall of Doors Book 6) by Zachary Chopchinski Available January 6”Author: Etta Faire
They say you should never look back. They were right…
In 1998, 31-year-old soccer mom, Tisha Reynolds, seemed to have it all. A rich husband, three wonderful boys, and a cushy job working for her in-laws.
But behind closed doors, she lived a very small life with a husband who only wanted her to watch the kids and help his family. His vision of her didn’t include following her own dreams. And just when she was about to break free, she disappeared.
Twenty-five years later, her ghost has come to medium detective Carly Taylor to figure out what happened. And as her jeep and her remains are lifted from the lake, Tisha says it was no accident.
Problem is, there have been 25 years of rumors surrounding Tisha’s disappearance. And in Landover, those tend to involve things like shape shifters and the Dead Forest. But no one knows what Tisha actually saw in her rearview mirror that night. Because that changes everything.
They say you should never look back in life. They never tell you what happens when you do that in death.
Read more “In Her Rearview Mirror (A Ghosts of Landover Mystery Book 11) by Etta Faire Available January 6”Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
The novel is set in the mid-19th century, with glimpses into the history of the house, which was built in the late 17th century. The primary interest of this book is in the subtle and involved descriptions of character and motive.
The house of the title is a gloomy New England mansion, haunted from its foundation by fraudulent dealings, accusations of witchcraft, and sudden death. The current resident, the dignified but desperately poor Hepzibah Pyncheon, opens a shop in a side room to support her brother Clifford, who is about to leave prison after serving thirty years for murder. She refuses all assistance from her unpleasant wealthy cousin Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon. A distant relative, the lively and pretty young Phoebe, turns up and quickly becomes invaluable, charming customers and rousing Clifford from depression. A delicate romance grows between Phoebe and the mysterious lodger Holgrave, who is writing a history of the Pyncheon family…
Read more “The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne Available January 6”Author: Hailey Lynn
Silvia Johnston thought her little world was perfect, until the loss of her parents changed everything. Come along as Silvia finds out about her families’ secrets, their mysterious and tragic past. The secrets she was never supposed to know. Secrets not just belonging to that of her parents but of her own. As she searches for truth will she find love? Will she find friendship or will she only find heartache and pain? Secrets are never meant to be kept. They always find their way out. Who will she be when the secrets that were kept so tightly from her start to unravel?
Read more “His Possession by Hailey Lynn Available January 6”Author: Sea Caummisar
HELP WANTED:
$250,000 USD for one year of work
Full-time: 8760 hours, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, 365 days
Location: Isolated and private
Duties: Light cooking/cleaning/etc… Anything and everything
Title: Assistant (assisting me with all my wants and needs)
Requirements: The desire to make money. Someone ambitious with a strong work ethic.
The story of a wealthy woman hiring an assistant to fulfill all her wants and needs. A lawyer who hires a private investigator to put an end to her evil deeds.
Read more “Help Wanted : Spoilt Rotten Extreme Horror by Sea Caummisar Available January 6”Author: James Moore
Confessions of a Desperate Killer:
Sooner or later even the best prepared hitman is going to run out of bullets. Buddy Fisk has two new jobs, bring back a few stolen books of sorcery, and then stop the unkillable man who wants to see him dead. There are problems even the deadliest assassins can’t be prepared for, like supernatural entities looking for the same prizes he seeks, and mob bosses that refuse to die. The collateral damage adds up quickly and Fisk is looking to solve mysteries that border on the edge of madness…
Read more “Dear Diary: Run Like Hell by James Moore Available January 6”Author: Mary Grayer Clarke
What do you know about the occult? Michael Deville knew very little.
He is suffering from the effects of a terminal illness and lives with his wife Helena Rose, his only companion, who is a working nurse.
During the long periods of time when he finds himself alone, Michael occupies himself by reading through old papers and documents that he found in the spare room, some of which were decidedly unusual. Michael finds himself experiencing particularly disturbing hallucinations that seem to be connected in some indefinable way to the strange manuscripts he had discovered.
Are they dreams; or perhaps visions of times from a distant past? Times that held him trapped in history – his history?
What is the connection between The Count and the Convent of the Golden Orb?
Who is the Man in Black?
Read more “Dark Regressions by Mary Grayer Clarke Available January 6”Author: Devon Commons & Reed Alexander
Book of Dark tales is a series of twisted tales from the great horror suspense writer Devon Commons, in this third installment featuring Co-Writer Reed Alexander, is full of tales from beyond! stories that’s mind binding. some stories in this book has been adapted into Independent films like “My House’ and ‘Woods Fever’. enjoy!
Read more “Book of Dark Tales 3 : The Twisted Ones by Devon Commons & Reed Alexander Available January 6”Author: Crispin Jackson
You’ve heard of what happens when the mind is allowed to wander past its reasonable limits. This is no different. Immerse yourself in a collection of things gone wrong. There is barely any sunshine in a bad dream. All you encounter is tragedy upon tragedy, heaps upon heaps of misfortune mixed with spots of relief.
When you close your eyes, it really is over. While you would wish to wake up, you find that you cannot. For stretches at a time, the mind gives way to limitless wanderings, far from where things make sense. In this place, you encounter the following: creatures called minotaurs who are bent on enslaving humans, the prototype for a car that is way too unsafe, and a unique take on the Fountain of Youth.
Journey with Crispin Jackson as he takes you down paths where no author has ventured before. Imagination is good to run wild.
Read more “Bad Dreams : Short Stories of Imagination Unleashed by Crispin Jackson Available January 6”Here are today’s hardcover, paperback and Kindle releases!
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Read more “Today’s Book Releases: January 1, 2023”Author: Tom Duffy
From the author of Zodiac and Panicus Satanicus
Chris is afraid.
He’s afraid of the wave pool at the water park, the bullies constantly after him, and his mom finding the pile of cum socks under his bed. But high school is starting, and that’s what scares him the most.
When Chris sits next to Andy, the new girl in town, he didn’t expect to make a new friend. And after Andy stands up to Chris’s long-time bully, they become inseparable.
During a late-night masturbation session with his favorite sock, Chris accidentally summons a demon, an evil entity capable of animating his socks and using them for its nightmarish goal.
The socks are alive, hungry, and will let nothing stop them from tearing everything apart.
Chris and Andy find themselves in a gross fight against mutant cum socks, and a battle with their own demons. There’s only one way for them to beat both: face their fears–and try not to touch anything.
Read more “Socks by Tom Duffy Available January 5”Author: S.B. Poe
The day the world ends starts just like every other day.
The double door was closed but the two arched windows on either side of the steps were broken out. The windows extended almost all the way to the ground. Scott climbed off his horse and Ham climbed off Cheval. They both grabbed their spears from the straps on their saddles and slowly approached the opening. Ham pulled out the flashlight.
“Careful.” Jahda called.
Ham shined the light into the darkness. Rows of benches lined either side of a central pathway to a raised platform. Nothing moved. She tapped the flashlight against the side of the window. Nothing moved. She tapped again. Nothing.
“Let’s open the door. I don’t think we can crawl through right here.” Scott said.
They moved around and up the steps to the door. Scott grabbed the handle and it gave way. The door swung open. He pushed the other one but it didn’t move. He looked just inside and found the latch holding it at the top. He slid it down and opened it. The light flooded halfway into the sanctuary. The wooden floor was slick with mildew and the smell of animal feces filled the air. She swept the flashlight across the room as they stepped just inside the entrance.
The pews were swollen and misshaped from the moisture that dripped from the leaking roof. A large puddle gathered on the floor just in front of the pulpit. An old pipe organ sat in the corner. The pipes leaned and twisted as the organ suffered from the same saturation as the pews. Everything felt moldy. She shined the light up. Nests were built in the rafters and she could see pinpricks of light where the water came in. It had been almost a week since the last rain but water still dripped from the crossbeams.
“There’s nothing here.” Ham said.
“Did you think there would be?” Scott asked.
“No, I just wanted to see what it looked like.” She said. “Now I’ve seen.”
She turned and walked back down the steps. Scott joined her. The unmistakable sound of a deadun, that hissing growl, came from the side of the building.
Read more “New World, New Rules (Marionette Zombie Series Book 17) by S.B. Poe Available January 5”Author: Joanna Morrison
Gracie Flynn may be dead, but she’s not gone. Three university friends are divided by a tragic death. Eighteen years later, chance reunites them. Robyn is still haunted by memories of her best friend Gracie, and Cohen’s heart has never healed. Only Sam seems to have moved on and found success and happiness. But death rocks their lives again when Sam’s body is found in mysterious circumstances. And the ghost of Gracie Flynn has a story to tell about the night that changed their lives forever. The Ghost of Gracie Flynn is a crime mystery novel with a paranormal twist.
Read more “The Ghost of Gracie Flynn by Joanna Morrison Available January 5”Author: Abigail Anderson
When Azura’s heart is broken, her indifference facade is cracked and reveals a vengance no one suspected.
Azura is cool, dispassionate and detached. Some might even call her arrogant and wayward. She does as she pleases, when she pleases and how she pleases. Right now, it pleases her to move from Mother’s loving warmth and find her own path in the world. A chance encounter has some very unexpected consequences, and leads Azura to ask questions she’d never before thought to ask. The answer doesn’t break her heart, it ices over and shatters…
Father’s favourite due to their shared affinity, he attempts to temper his daughter’s vengeful heart but only succeeds in driving her determination for vengeance. When her journey takes her to the lands of man, she must trust Fabius Dann and his son Lennard to guide her in this strange, hostile world.
Read more “A Father’s Shame (The DragonChylde Trials Book Two) by Abigail Anderson Available January 5”Author: Lisa Manifold
Book 3 in the Tales of the Midlife Mortician series!
When it comes to the Whithaven Funeral Home, the locals are just dying to get in. Hopefully funeral director Janey Whithaven won’t be next. A paranormal women’s fiction series about being fabulous over forty because even morticians deserve a magical midlife despite the bodies demanding private eye services in addition to a posthumous makeover. Waiting for you to one click the newest series from USA Today bestselling author Lisa Manifold.
Read more “Dirge for the Departed (Tales of a Midlife Mortician Book 3) by Lisa Manifold Available January 5”Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Halley’s Comet had just swung by and the infamous Baptist preacher William Miller was foretelling the end of the world.Edgar Allan Poe was quick to capitalise on the atmosphere of fear and curiosity that spread across America after this event.In ‘The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion’, a pioneer of the sci-fi genre, Poe has Eiros (who died when the world ended) talking about the apocalypse with Charmion, who died 10 years earlier.Eiros tells how a comet was spotted – an event that was followed by excitement, complacency, uncertainty, exhilaration and a final, awful reckoning.If you like this short story, you may also enjoy John Wyndham’s ‘The Day of the Triffids’, Mary Shelley’s ‘The Last Man’, and ‘The Stand’ by Stephen King.-
Read more “The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion by Edgar Allan Poe Available January 5”Author: Ginger Scott
This is the 3rd series volume from the original series of the Blind Killer Series Books. What is Mr. Joseph Carpenter up to this time? Where has he relocated, too? Where is he living at now? How many victims does he have? What has changed in his life? What is different about him? What has he changed during his attacks? How many pets does he have now?
Read more “The Blind Killer Vanishes by Ginger Scott Available January 5”Author: Holly Bloom
I’m taking her back, whether she likes it or not.
She’s spent years creating a new identity and living a perfect life. Now I have to step out of the shadows and remind her who she really is.
Bella is trying to run from her past, but she can’t hide from me…
She’s been mine from the moment I laid eyes on her, and I won’t let her forget it again.
Read more “Taking Bella (The Vanta Collection) by Holly Bloom Available January 4”Author: Corinne Arrowood
Do the walls truly hear and see all?
Ian Hurstall jumped at the chance to further his career and moved his family from Chelsea, London, to a beautiful historic mansion on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. Little did he, his wife, Laura, or their eight-year-old daughter, Devon, know there was already a resident in the home and had been for over a hundred and fifty years. Sebastian watched as the new family took up residence. They weren’t the usual ho-hum owners this time. Much to his surprise, Devon captured his heart with her sassy, precocious, and adorable ways. Finding great delight in her feisty disposition and unyielding opinions, he was drawn closer day by day into the lives of the new occupants.
Devon was exquisite with long mahogany locks, sparkling violet, and a rosy smile that turned up like a bow. Her preposterous antics and determined ideas sparked a sense of life into the eternally bound predicament of his essence. There hadn’t been a soul to gather his attention before the curious Miss Devon Hurstall. The years spun on the clock, and before he knew it, the once entertaining child had blossomed into an exceptionally beautiful young woman.
Sebastian observed as life threw slings and arrows, piercing his treasure’s heart. Compelled to soothe her sadness, he penned a letter to her, thus beginning a breach between life and death. His sweet adoration slowly developed into an unholy obsession. Upon a freak accident, Devon became aware of his essence, turning the tide of things to come and opening doors that should have remained closed, creating The Presence Between.
Read more “The Presence Between by Corinne Arrowood Available January 4”Author: Greig Beck
The legend of Lemuria, the Mysterious Island, and all its wonders and dangers were all too real. And it has been found.
But the ancient stories of the great treasure and great horrors that existed through the ice rift and beyond Odin’s Gate, could never have prepared them what they discovered – monstrous creatures that lived in the sea, in the air, and on land. And now Troy Strom and Anne Walsh are trapped there amongst them.
But they have a plan, and if they can retrieve the Heart of Odin, the massive ruby, they can use it to escape. Until then they must learn to live on a primordial island amongst horrifying life forms that defy the normal rules of evolution. To survive they need to travel into the dragon’s lair, and there find the truth about the ancient dragon of myth and what it guards, and also discover the fate of the first Viking clan that set foot there and what they had become.
Bestselling author Greig Beck takes us back to the mysterious hidden island, and ramps up the action, adventure, and horror to another level, making it an epic blockbuster on a grand scale.
Read more “The Mysterious Island Book 2: Beyond Odin’s Gate by Greig Beck Available January 4”Author: Rhonnie Fordham
Israel Keyes is far from the only suspect…
Part two in the mall trilogy picks up with Kevin and Sarah thrust into the middle of the 1990s and in the middle of a mall mystery. Why do so many little boys go missing from the Colville Mall? Is Israel Keyes really an innocent teenager? These are questions Kevin and Sarah must answer as they race against time to steer Israel away from the terrifying future that awaits him… all while Sarah’s young son Brandon begins to fall under the teenager’s charismatic spell.
Read more “Missing At The Mall (The Last Serial Killer Book 5) by Rhonnie Fordham Available January 4”
