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The old man had treasures to sell and a scary secret to keep. This collection of eleven short occult stories tells his tale of bloodcurdling horror.Ten people buy treasures from the flea market with one common thread. The vendor is a mysterious old man selling off his collection of old stuff. This short story collection chronicles the nightmare of the buyers endured.One by one, the buyers discover that their treasure is really a horror in disguise....
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THERE'S MORE THAN ONE ROAD TO REDEMPTIONIt began as a simple request: Journey to Asur's Pass, an isolated military fort in the savage wilds of the Northern Jungles and escort a wayward son back to the safety of his family farm before the tensions building between humans and dark elves erupt into a full-blown civil war.But nothing is ever simple for someone who finds trouble as easily as Sevy does. There's a madman roaming the jungles, and the ghosts...
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Even the strongest of vampires has a breaking point: for Marcelle, it was being tortured by a witch in New York and trying to return to her regular existence as if nothing had happened. She has too much to do to allow herself to focus on something as trivial as trauma. Occult hunters accost her witch allies; an aggravating pyromancer needles a fiery thorn in her side; and the coronation of one of her lovers, the vampire crown prince of New Ulster,...
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Step into the haunting world of Havoc: The Rise of Ɖavo, where the brutal war that gripped Croatia in 1991 is just the beginning of a genocidal wave that threatens humanity's very existence. But one man has been planning for this all along. To him, the Battle of Vukovar and the spread of violence symbolize an imperfect world that needs to be torn down and rebuilt from the ground up. He sees himself as a hero, a psychopath, an invincible death machine,...
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Ten creepy, scary dark fantasy short stories that will turn you blood to ice.The hour is getting late. A fire crackles and pops and the group huddles together closer to the fire, basking in the comfort of its warmth and light. The s'mores are a pleasant memory.Somewhere off in the distance an owl hoots. Crickets are chirping and the eerie howl of the coyote punctuates the symphony of night sounds.It is time for spooky campfire stories. You know, the...
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El mal siempre encuentra la manera de regresar
El aquelarre entra en alerta ante la noticia de que un grupo de brujos está tratando de traer al plano físico a un poderoso demonio. Atemorizados por la idea de que Asmodeo esté buscando reencarnar, suman esfuerzos para proteger a la nueva integrante de su clan, quien podría convertirse en el vehículo perfecto para que este ser regrese a la vida. Entonces, el coven se divide para cumplir con su...
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The world is cruel. Lycans have enslaved humans. Killing them as they please, calling their slaves toys. The king and his sons, known to be the worst of them all. But in all that cruelty, a girl was born. Deep in the woods, amongst a group of humans calling themselves the resistance. Elizabeth was stubborn, fearless and never strayed from danger. But Elizabeth was also born blind. Due to her puny and innocent appearance most felt a need to protect...
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Aceptar la oscuridad es la única manera de enfrentarla
Simón Pálafox ha sido invadido por algo oscuro y maligno. Una sombra arcaica que araña su alma y lo conduce al límite de la locura. Él intenta sobrellevar su vida tras la catástrofe del virus Inframantis, al tiempo que –a su alrededor– el mundo no logra abandonar el miedo constante de saber que Cielo e Infierno son una realidad.
Tras varios meses de confinamiento, Adrián y los demás...
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NIGHTMARE is a digital horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror. Welcome to issue #136 of NIGHTMARE! We have original short fiction from George Sandison ("The Cut Cares Not for the Flesh") and H.B. Menendez ("Preamble to the Death of a Small God"). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story ("First Girls") from...
10) Haven's Fall
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Still reeling from his final encounter with the Elders, Matthias finally reaches the promised safety of Haven. There, he is met with suspicion and accusations, learning too late that the new world he's entered is built on as many illusions and lies as the world he's left behind, and that the safe home he's been searching for isn't safe after all. When all the illusions come crashing down, and Matthias barely escapes with his life and his friends,...
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According to legend, the Others descended upon the human world a thousand years ago, erasing human science and civilization in a flood of fire and magic. After the Others retreated to the mountains, the Elders gathered the survivors together into Enclaves, uniting humanity with their magic and the strict religious rule of the Codex.Of course, not everyone fell into line. Some defied the Enclaves, to live as rebels and bandits in the wilderness. Within...
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When Mike Jolson loses his wife to a drunk driver, he's devastated by her loss. When the driver gets away with it, his rage attracts the attention of powerful mystical beings. He makes a deal with forces he doesn't fully comprehend, and, in exchange for his revenge, becomes their servant in the mortal world.Mike can't remember what happens while he does their bidding, and loses chunks of time, forcing him to work alone in his home rehabbing business....
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What do the dead have to fear?Something strange is happening in sleepy subterranean Tombtown. Necromancers are disappearing. The crypt is changing. And crimson fungi are spreading.Usther is seeking purpose, so when the goddess of undying calls on her to investigate an unknown threat to the crypt, she jumps at the chance. She is lost and lonely and determined to do something.Ree is searching for her missing mentor. An archivist and shapeshifter, she...
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In the forgotten hamlet of Yonnely, Innkeeper Ishmael's routine is disrupted when Elder Godfrey commands the inn's immediate evacuation for an upcoming visit by honored guests. Amidst the chaos, Ishmael encounters a mysterious Oscian woman, sparking his curiosity. As the town prepares for the lord's arrival, Ishmael's fascination grows. In a hidden council chamber, tensions rise as the council debates the woman's purpose and the fate of a stolen book....
15) The Drowned Heir
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When her uncle dies at sea, a third child with no place in society undergoes a ceremony to house his spirit and take his role, diminishing the family's loss. But her uncle's spirit hasn't settled the way it's supposed to, and will not content itself with shore-bound business. Her uncle's spirit insists, angrily, that it was not just a storm that killed him and wrecked his ship, not a rogue wave; it was an unthinkably large monster. Then his lover...
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Award-winning artist Wayne Barlowe returns to his epic dark fantasy world with this sequel to God's Demon--The Heart of Hell--where rival demons war for control of the infernal domain.
Sargatanas has Ascended and the doomed, anguished souls have found themselves emancipated. Hell has changed…hasn't it? The demons, wardens of the souls, are free of their inmates…
And the damned, liberated from their terrible torments, twisted and bent but thankful...
17) Shades of Night
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The Monster Defense Agency demands loyalty, and once you become an agent, the only way out is in a body bag. When Sarah Stone and Robby Young train together at the agency's academy, sparks fly. And when they are paired as partners, they must muzzle their attraction, or they will face a firing squad. All their pent-up frustration sharpens them into finely tuned monster hunters. Their ability to neutralize entire nests of vampires becomes the stuff...
18) The StarQuest
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The Startling Sequel to The MoonQuest! Travel back in time to the Q'ntana before The MoonQuest. Here, despite the yoke of a ruthless brutality, a legend will not die...of the Heart of the Star and of the Fair One who will rekindle it to return peace to the land. Book 2 of Mark David Gerson's epic, time-twisting True Fantasy series.
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We've set up Hex Arcana Publishing in tribute to the spirit of 1970s and 80s genre books that combined chilling tales with gorgeous illustrated artwork. The Book of Beastly Creatures is our first book, a hefty, volume of 18 horror stories, with full-colour illustrations, and an appendix which features RPG rules for our monsters, using the Open Game License. Each terrifying story stars a different monster, spectre, or demonic entity, with inspiration...
20) Kachina
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Remembering five missing weeks can save one world and doom another.When David Purcell is rescued from a cave, he is missing for five weeks and has no memory of his time in the cave. He is also free of any signs of starvation, injury or cave blindness.Adam Maho is an elderly Native American who has seen visions of Kuskurza, the Third World of Hopi creation stories. Adam's visions show him that the ancient evils that have been long-believed dead were...
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