Best Books: Horror

1 Badwater: A Horror Story

Badwater: A Horror Story

Travis Liebert | Horror-Gothic

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"I've been a search and rescue diver for twelve years. We see a lot of strange and disgusting things. But what I saw last week has me questioning both my job and reality."There's a place in the river where not even search and rescue divers are supposed to go. It's called Badwater.But when Joseph Albright dives into this forbidden region, he...

2 Natural Predators of Man

Natural Predators of Man

Ed Bowie | Horror-Gothic

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As the bitterest race war in human history grinds to its bloody climax, a group of soldiers encounter a primal hate, far deeper than race or belief or religion could ever instill — an ancient hate from before the dawn of recorded time. Can enemies overcome their petty prejudices and collaborate together — when they are confronted by a threat...

3 The Station

The Station

Clifford Beck | Horror-Gothic

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A Story of The Paranormal. Taking place in Norway, Maine, Samantha and Henry are brought together by the one thing they have in common, an interest in the paranormal. But their decision to explore a former ambulance station with a traumatic past acts as the catalyst for something that changes them both, and at the same time, brings tragedy to the...

4 Cursed

Cursed

Peter Gray | Horror-Gothic

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It's Halloween weekend, and Sara and her friends decide to go out into the wilderness to stay at Blackthorn Campground. When they arrive the campsite is eerily quiet, and the only lodger living there is quite adamant that they should leave. Sara and her friends choose to stay at the camp site, forcing them to face the consequences of their own...

5 Hair Raiser Tales 2.5 : Carnival De Muerte

Hair Raiser Tales 2.5 : Carnival De Muerte

Robby Richardson | Horror-Gothic

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Welcome to underground author Robby Richardson's Carnival de Muerte. When musicians put out shortened albums, they call them EPs. When a writer puts out a small book, Robby calls them ERs. Carnival de Muerte is four ERs in one. Different nightmares and different tales that fit to every taste with some too terrifying for a solo release, Muerte is...

6 Memories of Darkness

Memories of Darkness

Kelvin Bueckert | Horror-Gothic

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What a beautiful night to lie...staring up at the star-spangled sky. For the moment our victim is content to drift along with the current. Yet, as the roar of the waterfall grows steadily louder, his life flashes before him. First to visit are the memories of Dwayne...flashes in the night...the haunting visions of all those poor souls he had sent...

7 Death Penalty for a Ghost in China

Death Penalty for a Ghost in China

Kim Cancerous | Horror-Gothic

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How do you feel about the death penalty? How do you feel about ghosts? How do you feel about China? A novella about ghosts, the death penalty, insomnia, reality, and China. It touches on subjects as far-ranging as pollution, pharmaceutical drugs, ESL, education, the gig economy, Santeria, mass shootings, James Holmes, crime, punishment...