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Supernatural short stories
By Charles Dickens. 2012
Selection of ten short stories by the author of A Christmas Carol (DB 43546). In "No. 1. Branch Line: The…
Signalman" a man has a premonition of his own death. Also includes three selections from The Pickwick Papers (DB 47884). 1836Sinister Short Stories
By Daniel Canals Flores. 2023
You have in your hands a compilation of forty-six horror and science-fiction short stories intended to affect the reader’s psyche…
without being overly revealing or descriptive. A small sip of poisoned coffee that hits right in the area where fear lives: your subconscious...Cruisin': A Short Story
By Sarah Mlynowski. 2009
From the critically acclaimed author of Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) and the Magic in Manhattan series…
comes a fun short story about taking the plunge on the high seas, where not everything is what it seems.Kristin is ready to take the next step. . . . The only problem is she hasn't found the right guy to take it with her. That's why she agreed to go on the ominously named Cruise to Nowhere with her best friend, Liz. There are plenty of cute guys on the ship to choose from if only Kristin can work up the nerve—and stop worrying about the reports in the tabloids that passengers on cruises have been mysteriously disappearing and that someone suspects it has to do with . . . vampires.Epic Reads Impulse is a digital imprint with new releases each month.The Complete Short Stories
By Edgar Allan Poe. 1849
Surreal tales of suspense and imagination from an American masterThe Complete Short Stories is the ultimate collection of Edgar Allan Poe&’s…
tales of the macabre—from the world-famous classics &“The Tell-Tale Heart,&” &“The Pit and the Pendulum,&” and &“The Cask of the Amontillado&” to lesser-known masterpieces such as &“The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether&” and &“The Devil in the Belfry.&” Fans of Poe&’s Gothic tales of horror will thrill to discover his brilliant French detective, C. Auguste Dupin. Readers familiar with Poe&’s mysteries will find new pleasure in his dark comedy and early science fiction stories. Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most brilliant and influential authors in American history, and The Complete Short Stories is a must-have for every admirer of his work. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.Poetry Slam: A Neurotica Short Story
By D. B. Shuster. 2014
Neurotica SeriesAcademia has never been so naughty.The university men in Professor Melanie Stevenson's life pressure her to take her proper…
place--under them. While the proper professor indulges in daring daydreams of ... submitting to their will, her "evil" twin cracks the whip, so to speak, to work out the kinks in higher education.Poetry Slam Professor Melanie Stevenson's naughty twin crashes an open mic event and lets everyone there, including the stranger she seduces, imagine the racy woman reciting suggestive poetry is the unplugged version of the uptight professor.Note: This is a short story, approximately 5,000 words in length.Scholarly Pursuit: A Neurotica Short Story
By D. B. Shuster. 2014
Neurotica SeriesAcademia has never been so naughty.The university men in Professor Melanie Stevenson's life pressure her to take her proper…
place--under them. While the proper professor indulges in daring daydreams of ... submitting to their will, her "evil" twin cracks the whip, so to speak, to work out the kinks in higher education.Scholarly Pursuit Professor Melanie Stevenson's chairman would like to continue the liaison Melanie's evil twin started while impersonating her. She has no knowledge of what took place during that heated encounter, but Simon wants more and will stop at nothing in his scholarly pursuit.Note: This is a short story, approximately 5,000 words in length.Lovecraft Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
By Flame Tree Studio. 2017
Curated new collections. H.P. Lovecraft was the inventor of cosmic horror, of weird fiction and the Cthulhu mythology. His stories,…
incubated by a lonely and febrile childhood, found purchase in the fertile earth of pulp fiction where he inspired many other writers, from Robert E. Howard, to Robert Bloch and Clark Ashton Smith, many of whom also collaborated on the several short stories, some of which are also included here, in this special deluxe edition. This title, alongside H.G. Wells Short Stories, is a companion volume to our hugely successful Gothic Fantasy series of classic and modern writers.Metamorphosis: A Collection of Short Stories
By Claire Fitzpatrick. 2019
Madeline will never become a woman. William will never become a man. Does June deserve to be human? Does Lilith…
deserve a heart? Seventeen stories. Seventeen tales of terror. If imperfection is crucial to a society's survival, what makes a monster?Fertile Period: Horror Short Story
By Gláucio Imada Tamura. 2022
A serial killer on the run for years is back on the streets. A beautiful redhead waits anxiously for her…
husband to arrive. These are more than perfect ingredients for the frenetic plot of “Fertile Period”, a horror tale loaded with so much tension, to the point of leaving the hairs on the body standing on end. On the fateful dawn of Adriane's birthday, a mechanical failure in Ricardo's car gives the nefarious predator the possibility of reaping yet another victim. Will Ricardo arrive in time to help her? Or will the maniac progress in his attempts? Read on and be surprised by an outcome that will blow your brains out.Rest in Pieces: Short Stories
By Anthony Ferguson. 2023
A grieving gator-man enacts a terrible revenge on the killer who wronged him. A cab driver struggles to eke out…
a living in a post-apocalyptic world plagued by sex-crazed zombies. A serial killer's desires are impeded by his arachnophobia. A would-be thief encounters an unexpected obstacle in a very protective sex doll. A jilted lover finds that black magic ain't all it's cracked up to be. A middle-aged bachelor finds his aging mother mysteriously reinvigorated. A young soldier discovers horrors worse than the enemy in Vietnam. Rest in Pieces is the debut collection of short stories from Australian Shadows Award winner Anthony Ferguson. Spanning over fifteen years, this infernal showcase contains the best of Ferguson's published short fiction and four brand new tales.The machineries of joy: short stories
By Ray Bradbury. 1964
A diverse collection of 21 short stories by an American author known for his science fiction. Some of them concern…
supernatural subjects, a few are set in Ireland, some are humorous, and many are quite different from what a reader would expect from Mr. Bradbury. 1964.Woman on Top: A Neurotica Short Story
By D. B. Shuster. 2015
Neurotica SeriesAcademia has never been so naughty.The university men in Professor Melanie Stevenson's life pressure her to take her proper…
place--under them. While the proper professor indulges in daring daydreams of ... submitting to their will, her "evil" twin cracks the whip, so to speak, to work out the kinks in higher education.Woman on Top Professor Melanie Stevenson's "evil" twin decides the Department Chair needs to be punished for his... misdeeds in the library. While her kinky tease is designed to render poetic payback, another university woman takes Simon...in hand with a far more sinister and sophisticated version of "woman on top."Note: This is a short story, approximately 5,000 words in length.Spanking the Chair: A Neurotica Short Story
By D B Shuster. 2014
Neurotica SeriesAcademia has never been so naughty.The university men in Professor Melanie Stevenson's life pressure her to take her proper…
place--under them. While the proper professor indulges in daring daydreams of ... submitting to their will, her "evil" twin cracks the whip, so to speak, to work out the kinks in higher education.Spanking the ChairProfessor Melanie Stevenson's verbally abusive department chair needs to be schooled, and her naughty twin is just the person to slap him with a punishment he'll never forget.Note: This is a short story, approximately 5,000 words in length.Fun with Toys: A Neurotica Short Story
By D B Shuster. 2014
Neurotica SeriesAcademia has never been so naughty.The university men in Professor Melanie Stevenson's life pressure her to take her proper…
place--under them. While the proper professor indulges in daring daydreams of ... submitting to their will, her "evil" twin cracks the whip, so to speak, to work out the kinks in higher education.Fun with Toys Angry about their breakup, Professor Melanie Stevenson's ex-boyfriend shows up at her office with a box of sex toys he claims are hers, and her student, Hunter, is all too eager to encourage her to perform a show-and-tell during their one-on-one lesson.Note: This is a short story, approximately 5,000 words in length.Anything but Zombies: A Short Story Anthology
By Jeff Strand, Tonia Brown, Gerald Rice, Lee Moan, Faye Mccray, Jake Bible, Rebecca Besser, Montilee Stormer, Jimmy Pudge, Armand Rosamilia, Tim Curran. 2015
For decades we've had vampires, werewolves, Jason, Freddy, and Michael. And now zombies have gone all Hollywood.Out of a need…
to figure out what is the next classic monster, publisher and lifelong horror enthusiast Gerald Dean Rice has assembled this fresh and downright disturbing collection of short stories featuring some of the most clever and imaginative horror writers of the day including Tim Curran, Jeff Strand, Armand Rosamilia, Rebecca Besser, MontiLee Stormer, Lee Moan, Tonia Brown, Jake Bible, Faye McCray, and Jimmy Pudge. Inside, the diverse cast of contributors introduces new breeds of monsters such as sentient sex dolls, anti-zombie terrorists, suicidal cultists, the woman who can smell sin, and more. These monsters come alive within the pages, and they are blow-your-mind frightening. They are just what the horror world needs. They are Anything but Zombies!Chilling Horror Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
By William Wood, Bill Kte'Pi, Lucy Taylor, Frank Roger, Andrew J. Wilson, Rebecca J. Allred, Michael Bondies, Glen Damien Campbell, Justin Coates, John H. Dromey, Elise Forier Edie, David A. Elsensohn, Eric Esser, Michael Paul Gonzalez, Ed Grabianowski, Gwendolyn Kiste, James Lecky, Kristopher Triana, Dj Tyrer. 2016
New Authors and collections. A deluxe edition of original and classic short stories, packed with monsters, vampires and a host…
of weird creatures. Tales of shadows and voices in the dark from the likes of H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Nathaniel Hawthorne and William Hope Hodgson are cast with previously unpublished stories by some of the best writers of horror today. A dazzling collection of the most gripping tales of horror, vividly told.Lost Souls Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
By Lucy A. Snyder, David Tallerman, Damien Angelica Walters, Sara M. Harvey, Lina Rather, Sarah L. Byrne, Michael Penncavage, Sara Dobie Bauer, Alexandra Renwick, Rachael Cudlitz, C. R. Evans, Geneve Flynn, Adele Gardner, Anne Gresham, Kurt Hunt, Michael Matheson, J.A.W. McCarthy, John M. McIlveen, Jessica Nickelsen, Aeryn Rudel, Lizz-Ayn Shaarawi, Erin Skolney. 2018
New Authors and collections. A collection of new tales with brilliant new writers and lost souls from the darkest corners…
of literature and legend: Morrigan&’s ravens in Celtic myth mingle with Dante&’s infernal spirits and the work of John Milton. And with the dark fiction of William Hope Hodgson and Arthur Machen this promises to be a haunting, chilling read. Classic authors include: E.F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, F. Marion Crawford, Dante, Charles Dickens, Amelia B. Edwards, Sheridan le Fanu, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, W.F. Harvey, William Hope Hodgson, E.T.A Hoffmann, James Hogg, Washington Irving, Henry James, M.R. James, Jerome K. Jerome, Perceval Landon, Friedrich Laun, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Charles Maturin, E. Nesbit, Margaret Oliphant, Edgar Allan Poe, Walter Scott, Sarah Elizabeth Utterson, Edith Wharton, along with a retold tale from Ovid's Metamorphoses.Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
By Margaret Collins, Philip Brian Hall, M. Regan, Nemma Wollenfang, John A. Karr, Russ Thorne, Christine Van Antwerp, Erica Barnes, Brad Carson, Adrian Chamberlin, Denzell Cooper, Sophie Francois, John Leahy, Kathryn McMahon, Jacob Moger, Jennifer Povey, Jeremy TeGrotenhuis, A. Wise. 2017
New authors and collections. A powerful new addition to the bestselling Gothic Fantasy series of new writing and classic stories.…
Buried treasure, greed and envy are powerful forces in the minds of many, but at sea the consequences can be terrifying and deadly. With tales of pirates, deathly fogs and ferocious rocks, these dark tales of the haunted mind, trapped like ghosts at sea, are sure to entertain and enthrall.Classic authors: Joseph Conrad, James Fenimore Cooper, Stephen Crane, F. Marion Crawford, Arthur Conan Doyle, William Hope Hodgson, Homer, W.W. Jacobs, Rudyard Kipling, Vernon Lee, H.P. Lovecraft, Richard Middleton, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells.Chilling Ghost Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
By Tim Foley, Zach Chapman, Philip Brian Hall, Kurt Bachard, Jonathan Balog, Trevor Boelter, Donna Cuttress, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Amanda C. Davis, James Dorr, Raymond Little, Luke Murphy, Jeff Parsons, Michael Penkas, Brian Rappatta, Rhiannon Rasmussen, M. Regan, Annette Siketa, Cathy Smith, Lesa Pascavis Smith. 2016
New Authors and collections. A deluxe edition with a chilling selection of original and classic short stories. The new tales,…
many of them published here for the first time, are written by today's top authors, and they bring a modern twist to the outstanding mix of intrigue that lurks in the furtive imagination of E.F. Benson, Henry James, Wilkie Collins, Washington Irving, Edith Wharton, Oscar Wilde, and so many more within this outstanding collection.Supernatural Horror Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
By Lucy A. Snyder, Damien Angelica Walters, Oliver Smith, Carolyn Charron, Stephen Kotowych, Daniele Bonfanti, E.E.W. Christman, Kay Chronister, Morgan Elektra, Matthew Gorman, Jason L. Kawa, G. L. McDorman, Michelle Muenzler, Cody Schroeder, Mariah Southworth, Angela Sylvaine, Desmond Warzel, Michaël Wertenberg, Trisha J. Wooldridge. 2017
New Authors and collections. Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror, Science…
Fiction, Murder Mayhem and Crime & Mystery this latest title crawls with the dark fingers of terror, the chilling sensation of another presence sitting alongside you while you read the tales of horror laid out before you. Contains a fabulous mix of classic and brand new writing, with authors from the US, Canada, and the UK.Classic authors include: E.F. Benson, Ambrose Bierce, Robert W. Chambers, Wilkie Collins, F. Marion Crawford, Arthur Conan Doyle, Hanns Heinz Ewers, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Elizabeth Gaskell, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Hope Hodgson, Robert E. Howard, M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt, Edith Nesbit, Fitz-James O'Brien, Edgar Allan Poe, John Polidori, Bram Stoker, H.G. Wells, Edward Lucas White.