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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
G. K. Chesterton
Fiction / Crime / Religion
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is sometimes referred to as a metaphysical thriller. In Edwardian era London, Gabriel Syme is recruited at Scotland Yard to a secret anti-anarchist police corps. Lucian Gregory, an anarchistic poet, lives in the suburb of Saffron Park. Syme meets him at a party and they debate the meaning of poetry. Gregory argues that revolt is the basis of poetry. Syme demurs, insisting the essence of poetry is not revolution but law.
The Problem with Forever
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Young Adult / Romance / Science Fiction & Fantasy
A story about friendship, survival and finding your voiceGrowing up, Mallory Dodge learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. And even though it\'s been four years since her nightmare ended, she\'s beginning to worry that the fear that holds her back will last a lifetime. Now, after years of homeschooling, Mallory must face a new milestone—spending her senior year at a public high school. But she never imagined she\'d run into Rider Stark, the friend and protector she hasn\'t seen since childhood, on her very first day. It doesn\'t take long for Mallory to realize that the connection she shared with Rider never really faded. Yet soon it becomes apparent that she\'s not the only one grappling with lingering scars from the past. And as she watches Rider\'s life spiral out of control, Mallory must make a choice between staying silent and speaking out—for the people she loves, the life she wants and the truths that need to be heard.
Ride the Nightmare
Richard Matheson
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Horror / Mystery & Thrillers
At 32, Chris Martin lives a conventional life. He's married with a daughter, runs his own small business, and is working to save up money for a bigger home with his wife, Helen. He is happy and content with this staid but comfortable existence—until a late weeknight phone call turns everything upside down.
Chris hasn't always been the model family man he appears to be. And when his past catches up to him, the terror comes into his home—just where he thought he was safest. As Chris finds all that he loves under attack, he must go to heroic lengths to keep his family and his life together.
A Midsummer's Nightmare
Kody Keplinger
Young Adult / Romance / Humor
Whitley Johnson's dream summer with her divorce dad has turned into a nightmare. She's just met his new fiancee and her kids. The fiancee's son? Whitley's one-night stand from graduation night. Just freakin' great.
Worse, she totally doesn't fit in with her dad's perfect new country-club family. So Whitley acts out. She parties. Hard. So hard she doesn't even notice the good things right under her nose: a sweet little future stepsister who is just about the only person she's ever liked, a best friend (even though Whitley swears she doesn't "do" friends), and a smoking-hot guy who isn't her stepbrother...at least, not yet. It will take all three of them to help Whitley get through her anger and begin to put the pieces of her family together.
Filled with authenticity and raw emotion, Whitley is Kody Keplinger's most compelling character to date: a cynical Holden Caulfield-esque girl you will wholly care about.
Nightmare Tales
H. P. Blavatsky
Astounding tales of the weird and fantastic. This is one of the few titles of fiction written by the famous Mme. Blavatsky. Content: a Bewitched Life, the Cave of the Echoes, the Luminous Shield, from the Polar Lands, the Ensouled Violin. The Prince had received several bullet-shots, and stabs, and his body was actually butchered; the Princess was killed on the spot, her head smashed, and her young daughter, though still alive, was not expected to survive. The circumstances are too recent to have been forgotten, but in that part of the world, at the time, the case created a delirium of excitement.
The Guardians: Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King
William Joyce
Children's Books
This boxed set of the first three Guardians books is the perfect companion to the Rise of the Guardians movie!
Of course you know the Guardians. You’ve known them since before you can remember and you’ll know them till your memories are like twilight: Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the others. But where did they come from? How did they become beloved and worthy of holidays? And what nefarious evildoer prompts them to band together and protect the children of the world?
Answers are revealed and imaginations unfurl in this this treasure trove of a boxed set. Both a standalone collectible and the ideal complement to the mesmerizing Dreamworks Animation movie Rise of the Guardians, this set includes the first three titles in the Guardians chapter book series: Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King, E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth’s Core!, and Toothiana, Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies.
Living Nightmare
Part #4 of "Sentinel Wars" series by Shannon K. Butcher
Paranormal / Romance / Suspense
For nine years, the Sentinel Nika has had one goal-to save her younger sister from the Synestryn who hold her captive. Now, the psychic bond Nika forged with her sibling on that terrible night is fading, and time is running out. But the one man who can unlock the power inside her may be the greatest danger to her.
A Nightmare on Elk Street (The Bright Falls Mysteries Book 3)
Phipps, C. T.
FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF THE RULES OF SUPERVILLAINY:
Jane Doe has settled into her new role as the Shaman of Bright Falls but that doesn't pay the bills. With her boyfriend off chasing his evil father, Jane has decided to take up a job as security on the set of horror movies being filmed in her hometown. Unfortunately, the crew have been threatened by an ominous force that quickly sets its sights on Jane herself.
Complicating matters is that Jane's past sins are coming back to haunt her with her vengeful cousins still blaming her for the death of their sister. Her complicated relationships with Alex and Lucien are also about to come to a head. Enjoy the final installment of the Bright Falls Mysteries! It's deerlightful!
Set in the same universe as Straight Outta Fangton, The Morgan Detective Agency, Red Room Trilogy, and Psycho Killers in Love
The Nightmare Virus
Nadine Brandes
Young Adult / Fantasy / Science Fiction
Some viruses go after the body. But the Nightmare Virus goes after the mind. When dream technology goes wrong, a virus spreads across the globe, trapping people in a universal dreamscape. They call it the Nightmare Virus. Cain Cross is determined to find a cure . . . if he can decipher his brother's chicken-scratch formula notes. But when he gets infected, he has only 22 days until he's trapped in the mental prison forever. Now, every time he falls asleep, he must fight in a Nightmare Arena until he earns his freedom to live in the "new world" that exists only in the mind. Then he finds a way to manipulate the Nightmare—to change it by mere thought. Forced to navigate a world of nightbeasts, mistblades, and half-truths, Cain turns his focus to survival. When the Emperor offers him a LifeSuPod—and access to a cure—in exchange for a dangerous favor, Cain thinks he's found a way out. But...
Nightmare Hunt
Ileen Martin
For sixteen year-old Belle Montague, life just got tougher. Her aunt has moved on, her boyfriend Liam is missing, and something is not quite right with her dreams. Worse yet, a supernatural hunter is threatening her life...just waiting for her to make a fatal mistake. And when Eddie Helsing, the mysterious and gorgeous new senior at her high school (and her best friend's crush), starts to pay Belle a little too much attention, she is in danger of being one best friend short. With the Homecoming train stopping for no one, the shy Belle must do what she dreads most: steal the spotlight and win the Homecoming crown to keep the villainous Violet Wickeby from using it to complete an Armageddon-inducing spell. And that's if Belle doesn't fall prey to the werewolf in town with a taste for Homecoming princesses...
Nightmare Beauty
Ileen Martin
Sixteen year-old Belle Montague's family history is haunting her. Literally. Now with blood on her hands, she must leave behind everything she knows to live with her ultra-rich and mysterious aunt in the most elite city in the country, Elmridge. She goes from home-school to glitz-and-glam high school where she is pitted against—The Princess Posse, a group of Queen B-versions of fairy tale royalty...A new teacher, Dr. Helsing, who wants to know a little too much about the past she's running from...The pop-star heartthrob of the school who's lusting after her...And Liam Rawlins, her fantasy-guy-come-true known as Beast on the football team—and an outcast who everyone thinks murdered his own parents.But Belle learns of the links between the deaths and her own supernatural family history, and resolves to get close to Liam to unlock the answers to her nightmarish past.Can she solve the mysteries in time, juggle a confusing social...
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 80 (May 2019)
John Joseph Adams
NIGHTMARE is an online 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.This month, Mimi Mondal plays with a classic Bengali trope about ghosts in her new short story "Malotibala Printing Press." Remember being in school and writing bibliographies for your papers? Well, Nibedita Sen spins that academic exercise into true horror in her new short "Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island." We also have some nightmarish reprints by Micah Dean Hick ("The Deer Boy") and Philip Fracassi ("Fail-Safe"). Writer, podcaster, and all-around geek Aaron Duran brings us the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word." Of course we have author spotlights with our authors, and we also have a feature interview with Gabino Iglesias. Plus, our e-book readers...
Always, in This Nightmare
J. E. Erickson
All Ella Novotny wants is a good night's sleep and someone to share her life with. Maybe some calm, too. A break from the everyday hustle.Yet everything around her seems to elevate her anxiety: dealing with her bitter mother's health problems, navigating a boss' who takes advantage of her kindness, coming home to an empty house. Not even therapy can stave off the nightmares.She never expected to find love in the most terrifying of places.One night, the improbable happens. Ella is thrust into a romantic affair with her sleep paralysis demon, Mara, through whom she discovers an intoxicating source of power in a world not meant for her. A world of living nightmares who feast upon the fears of sleeping humans.Torn between these two worlds, Ella wrestles with her desire for a normal life, uncovering a strength she can have all to herself, and an impossible relationship with a woman who has haunted her for her entire adult life.When danger slips past the...
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Brandon Sanderson
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Young Adult
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson adds to his Cosmere universe shared by Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive with a new standalone novel especially for fans of Asian pop culture. Illustrated by Aliya Chen. Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a world of darkness, technology, and nightmares. When their lives suddenly become intertwined in strange ways, can they put aside their differences and work together to uncover the mysteries of their situation and save each other's communities from certain disaster? Note from Brandon:For years I've wanted to write a fantasy novel focused on people working in jobs that are normal to them, but fantastical to us as readers. Added to that, my wife has encouraged me to feature more romance in my stories. When I threw two people together whose jobs seem fantastical to each other, the tale of Yumi and the Nightmare...
Secrets Of Sanctuary Hospital Nightmare Of The Dark Shadows
L.A.A. Law
Fiction / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic
Mia always feared Jonathan’s return knowing that he would endure any torture to return the agonizing existence that her choices thrust upon him when he was returned to hell without giving the devil his due. Little does Mia know that fighting to save her children will unearth a secret sacrifice that will have her running away from her soul mate and into the arms of her most feared enemy.Eternity gives ancient enemies more than one opportunity to seek revenge. After enjoying more than ten years of peace and tranquility raising their family and transforming Sanctuary into a budding community of supernatural friends, Mia and Andrew’s world is shattered when a vengeful enemy rises against their family seeking retribution and casting Mia, Andrew, and the St. Cloud family into a deadly game of cat and mouse in a desperate attempt to save the children. As Nicholas, Kayla, Jacob, and Nicole fight to survive amongst those that Mia and Andrew always hoped to shield them from, untapped powers emerge, strength unfolds, unexpected friendships form, and new enemies materialize. Fighting this new threat unearths Eva’s secret sacrifice causing Mia to choose a path she knows will end her life at Sanctuary and tear her away from Andrew and her children. Running towards the end of her happily ever after, Mia is thrust into the arms of her most feared enemy finally giving the awaiting arms of darkness their greatest opportunity to claim the very soul it hungers to consume.
Pretty Nightmare (Creeping Beautiful Book 2)
JA Huss
INDIE
I have them all now. Just the way I want them.
McKay, the one who loves me deepest.
Adam, the one who protects me fiercely.
Donovan, the one who tells the truth.
They are my friends, they are my lovers, they are my world.
And Maggie belongs to all of us—no matter who her father is.
This is the family I’ve always wanted.
This is the family I deserve.
And I will do whatever it takes to keep them.
McKAY
I have a secret that could ruin everything.
But I’m not keeping that secret to hurt her.
Nathan St. James needed to go.
ADAM
I made plan that could ruin everything.
But I did it to save us in the end.
The Company needed to come back.
DONOVAN
I told a lie that could ruin everything.
But I didn’t tell the lie to them—I told it to myself.
Carter is closer than we think.
There is something truly wrong at Boucher House on the Old Pearl River.
Some hidden evil lurking deep inside the woods.
Nothing about their blissful life is what it seems.
Because just when they think they have it all—he shows up to take it back.
Nightmare City
Andrew Klavan
Mystery & Thrillers
Tom Harding only wants the truth. But the truth is becoming more dangerous with every passing minute.
As a reporter for his high school newspaper, Tom Harding was tracking the best story of his life—when, suddenly, his life turned very, very weird. He woke up one morning to find his house empty . . . his street empty . . . his whole town empty . . . empty except for an eerie, creeping fog—and whatever creatures were slowly moving toward him through the fog.
Now Tom’s once-ordinary world has become something out of a horror movie. How did it happen? Is it real? Is he dreaming? Has there been a zombie apocalypse? Has he died and gone to hell?
Tom is a good reporter—he knows how to look for answers—but no one has ever covered a story like this before. With the fog closing in and the hungry creatures of the fog surrounding him, he has only a few hours to find out how he lost the world he knew. In this bizarre universe nothing is what it seems and everything—including Tom’s life—hangs in the balance.
American Nightmare
T.K. Murphy
Horror
Bob is your average, successful American that has done everything right. He lived the American Dream, but slowly everything comes crashing down. His reality is shattered and he becomes unglued. This novella follows his dangerous path.Robert Malcolm Jr. was the typical American , living the American dream. A self made man, who had pulled himself up and had reached a very comfortable position, Bob was also the nicest person you could meet. Then things go horribly wrong. Bob gets a divorce, loses his job and the American dream turns into the nightmare. With nothing to hold his belief system intact and with no one to turn to, Bob slowly becomes unglued. Bob was always the nice guy and always did the right thing, even if it hurt him. But sometimes, life throws at you circumstances that are beyond your control. Circumstances, that all your belief systems cannot explain away. Bob was faced with such circumstances and being Mr. Nice guy did not help him in any way. All the stress bottled in, finally surface, transforming Bob into a very dangerous and disturbed individual.
Nightmare Fuel
Nina Nesseth
Nightmare Fuel by Nina Nesseth is a pop-science look at fear, how and why horror films get under our skin, and why we keep coming back for more.Do you like scary movies?Have you ever wondered why?Nina Nesseth knows what scares you. She also knows why.In Nightmare Fuel, Nesseth explores the strange and often unexpected science of fear through the lenses of psychology and physiology. How do horror films get under our skin? What about them keeps us up at night, even days later? And why do we keep coming back for more?Horror films promise an experience: fear. From monsters that hide in plain sight to tension-building scores, every aspect of a horror film is crafted to make your skin crawl. But how exactly do filmmakers pull this off? The truth is, there's more to it than just loud noises and creepy images.With the affection of a true horror fan and the critical analysis of a scientist, Nesseth explains how audiences...
The Nightmare Thief Series, Book 1
Nicole Lesperance
In the tradition of Natalie Lloyd and Ingrid Law comes a whimsical debut about a girl, her family's dream shop, and a nightmare thief determined to change the course of her life as she knows it.Maren Partridge loves working in her family's dream shop where she can hand-craft any dream imaginable. The shop has only one rule. Dreams cannot be given to a person without their consent. Maren has no problem with this—until her sister, Hallie, has an accident that leaves her in a coma. Maren's certain she can cure Hallie with a few well-chosen dreams. And when no one is watching, she slips her a flying dream.But a strange new customer from the shop has been following Maren and knows what she did. Now she's laid the perfect trap to blackmail Maren into creating custom nightmares for a dark and terrible purpose. As Maren gets drawn further into the sinister scheme, she must make a choice: to protect her family or to protect the town from her family's magic.
The Nightmare on Trap Street
C. N. Phillips
Sometimes death births new life, and that is fact for sisters Rhonnie and Ahli Malone. After facing the wrath of Madame, the young women take on the job of being security detail for none other than Sadie Thomas, the head of The Last Kings. With a new drug, Vita E Morte doing numbers under her belt, it is apparent that Sadie has plans to distribute it all over the United States. However, after seeing the deadly side effects of the drug, Sadie agrees to get rid of the formula and take it off the market for good. Only... somebody doesn't want her to. In fact, they'll do anything to get the formula for themselves, including taking out the leader of The Last Kings. With a phantom gunning for her head and her own camp's loyalty being tested, Rhonnie and Ahli are the only ones that Sadie can trust with the location of the formula—Trap Street. It's a place only spoken of in hood myth. Legend is that not only is Trap Street a neutral ground for the most elite...
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 138 (March 2024)
Wendy N. Wagner
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 #138 of NIGHTMARE! We have original short fiction from Keith Rosson ("Second Deaths") and Fatima Taqvi ("Our Very Best Selves!"). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story ("A Guide to Camping in the Forest") from Oyedotun Damilola Muees and a poem ("The Let Go") from E. Catherine Tobler. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," plus author spotlights with our authors, and Adam-Troy Castro returns with some book recommendations.
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Nightmare in Central Park
Jack Broscie
Fantasy / Paranormal / Science Fiction
Inspired by Alicia Keys: 'A pocketfull of dreams' (Made in Manhattan).A girl of 17 haunted by a horrific nightmare, branded for life. A family torn apart; the mother with morbid habits, a spoiled little brother and a father with macabre interests. An enigmatic ad with a dark secret. A boy and a box with mysterious contents. The lurid price: a life for a life ...Inspired by Alicia Keys: 'A pocketfull of dreams' (Made in Manhattan).A girl of 17 haunted by a horrific nightmare, branded for life. A family torn apart; the mother with morbid habits, a spoiled little brother and a father with macabre interests. An enigmatic ad with a dark secret. A boy and a box with mysterious contents. The lurid price: a life for a life ...The fat fingers of the grey morning fog let go reluctantly of their prey and whirl up in the air that’s warming up. The early spring sun is still hiding behind the tops of the oak trees in the middle of Central Park. They are the remains of the prehistoric woods that were chopped away because of the building of new luxurious houses. She remembers the remarks from her father when they arrived at their new home. ‘What a creepy view.’ He had teased her and had laughed at her. ‘It looks like a place in the old days where they used to have satanical rites.’ Used to? Had he sensed IT coming? Had he know what would happen to her? What was waiting for all of them? Why didn´t he act upon it? Frightened she sees the long shadows of the trees on the grass. Like iron bars hiding something in the park. She is terrified of the park, afraid of what´s hidden there. She fears for when the truth will be found out. The shadow of the tree tops falls over the canal that streams around the park, it colors the water black. The wrought-iron gate that gives access to the park is wide open. Like the maul of a monster awaiting his next victim. She feels a cold shiver along her spine and has to force herself not to jump back.
This Town Is a Nightmare
M. K. Krys
"An engaging, plot-driven thriller . . ." — Kirkus Reviews, on This Town Is Not All Right"For junior conspiracy theorists everywhere." — Booklist, on This Town Is Not All RightIn the sequel to This Town Is Not All Right, Beacon, Everleigh, and Arthur think they've left the horror of Driftwood Harbor behind them, but the worst is yet to come.After barely escaping Driftwood Harbor and the wrath of the town, twins Beacon and Everleigh McCullough are on the run with their father and their friend and resident genius Arthur. Only, there's something strange going on with their dad. As they start to unravel what's wrong, Beacon quickly realizes they have much bigger problems on their hands, as the group is drawn back to the very same place they left, in order to prevent a terrifying plot from unfolding. Because this time it's not just their family or the town that's in danger — this time, it's the planet. This Town Is a...
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 133 (October 2023)
Wendy N. Wagner
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 #133 of NIGHTMARE! We have original short fiction from Rachael K. Jones ("The Sound of Children Screaming") and David Janisch ("The Cello in the Cell"). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story ("Clown Town") from Dan Stout and a poem ("when you see the dead") from Frances Ngo. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," plus author spotlights with our authors, and an interview with Keith Rosson. Plus, our ebook readers will be treated to a look at the foreword to OUT THERE SCREAMING: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW BLACK HORROR edited by Jordan Peele (and our own John Joseph Adams).
The Nightmare Man
J. H. Markert
T. Kingfisher meets Cassandra Khaw in a chilling horror novel that illustrates the fine line between humanity and monstrosity.Blackwood mansion looms, surrounded by nightmare pines, atop the hill over the small town of Crooked Tree. Ben Bookman, bestselling novelist and heir to the Blackwood estate, spent a weekend at the ancestral home to finish writing his latest horror novel, The Scarecrow. Now, on the eve of the book’s release, the terrible story within begins to unfold in real life.Detective Mills arrives at the scene of a gruesome murder: a family butchered and bundled inside cocoons stitched from corn husks, and hung from the rafters of a barn, eerily mirroring the opening of Bookman’s latest novel. When another family is killed in a similar manner, Mills, along with his daughter, rookie detective Samantha Blue, is determined to find the link to the book—and the killer—before the story reaches its chilling climax.As the...
Nightmare Sky
Red Lagoe
The very dust of the stars' explosive pasts traveled lightyears across the unknown, and now that dust pulses through our veins, drawing our eyes up, back to our origins. Since the dawn of humanity, the stars have called for us to gaze upon their brilliance, and we sit around campfires making up tales of their histories. Tales which are often fraught with horror.Ranging from psychological to apocalyptic, sci-fi to bizarre, quiet to gruesome and all the horrors in between, these 28 dark stories and poems explore our awe-inspiring- and terrifying -human connection to the stars.Take a look through the eyepiece and into an astronomer's failing mind. Observe an obsessed lover who can't get enough of the celestial view. Board a space station as the last remaining people debate whether humanity is worth saving. And ask yourself...What will you do when the sky begins to devour us all?
The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories
Stephen Jones
Winner of the British Fantasy Award Sixteen rare terror tales not to be read at night! To sleep, perchance to dream . . . of horrors! Here are some of the stories that gave their own authors nightmares—things that go bump at night, hauntings that lurk in the back of the mind, skin-crawling moments between the realms of wakefulness and sleep. In this somnambulistic collection, award-winning editor Stephen Jones asks many of the biggest names in horror fiction to choose their own favorite stories and novellas which, for one reason or another, have been unjustly overlooked or ignored. From Hugh B. Cave's 1930s "shudder pulp" tale to Ramsey Campbell's stunning novella of barely concealed hysteria and grim black humor, these are the "forgotten" stories ripe for rediscovery, by such acclaimed authors as Poppy Z. Brite, Basil Copper, Harlan Ellison®, Neil Gaiman, Caítlin R. Kiernan, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, Tanith Lee, and Michael Marshall Smith....
Forging a Nightmare
Patricia A. Jackson
FBI agent Michael Childs is tasked with tracking down a serial killer with an obsession for victims born with twelve fingers and toes. But he discovers something much more startling about himself…The only link between a series of grisly murders in New York City is that the victims were all born with twelve fingers and twelve toes. These people are known in occult circles as the Nephilim, a forsaken people, descendants of fallen angels. After a break in the case leads to supposedly killed-in-action Marine sniper Anaba Raines, Michael finds the soldier alive and well, but shockingly no longer human. Michael then discovers that he is also a Nephilim, and next on the killer’s list. Everything Michael once thought of as myth and magic starts to blur the lines of his reality, forcing him to accept a new fate to save the innocent, or die trying.
Nightmare Flower
Elizabeth Engstrom
This collection of eighteen short tales, a novelette and a short novel takes the reader inside the dark imagination of Elizabeth Engstrom, author of acclaimed horror classics like When Darkness Loves Us. In these stories, you will read about a woman asked to be complicit in her own mother's death, a grandmother with a macabre hobby, a bizarre, phallic-shaped flower that portends evil for a married couple, a father whose son is caught up in a sinister government experiment. These are weird and unsettling tales that will linger with the reader. In her introduction to this new edition, Lisa Kröger writes, "There are true horrors that await readers in all of Engstrom's works ... reminds me of another giant of horror literature, Shirley Jackson."
The Nightmare (Rogue Hollow Academy Book 2)
Octavia Jensen
QuinnWe're not even through a full semester at Rogue Hollow yet and it already feels like I've been here for a thousand lifetimes. Letting go of Otto was the hardest thing I've ever done, and staying away gets harder with every heartbeat that passes between us. But I have to figure out who I am if I ever want to survive here, and Suren needs me to be a better friend than I have been since we arrived. I can do this. I have to. But why is it so damn hard to let go? SurenGoing back to the Human Realm was supposed to be my fresh start. I could get a job, forget all about Mythics and the psycho vampire who claimed me. I could move on. But none of those memories vanished like I was told they would. I remember everything, all the people I left behind and the missing humans I abandoned, my heartbroken best friend.But going back to help will be easier said than done. Even if I figure out how to cross realms again, I burned a pretty dangerous bridge when I left — which leads to one very important question. Will I even survive the wrath of Ledger Huxley?
Gaslight Grotesque-Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes
J. R. Campbell (ed)
THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON BAKER STREET!Between the shadowy realms of fear and the unforgiving glare of science lies a battleground of unspeakable horror. In vile alleyways with blood-slick cobblestones, impenetrable fog, and the wan glow of gaslight, lurk the inhuman denizens of nightmare. CAN REASON PREVAIL WHEN ELIMINATINGTHE IMPOSSIBLE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION?Faced with his worst fears, Sherlock Holmes has his faith in the science of observation and deduction shaken to the core in 13 all-new tales of terror from today's modern masters of the macabre!ContentsLeslie S. Klinger - "Foreword"Charles V. Prepolec - "Introduction""Hounded" by Stephen Volk"The Death Lantern" by Lawrence C. Connolly"The Quality of Mercy" by William Meikle"Emily’s Kiss" by James A. Moore"The Tragic Case of the Child Prodigy" by William Patrick Maynard"The Last Windigo" by Hayden Trenholm"Celeste" by Neil Jackson"The Best Laid Plans" by Robert Lauderdale"Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" by Leigh Blackmore"The Affair of the Heart" by Mark Morris"The Hand-Delivered Letter" by Simon Kurt Unsworth"Of the Origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles" by Barbara Roden"Mr. Other’s Children" by J. R. CampbellJeff Campbell & Charles Prepolec, editorsJeff Campbell’s fiction has appeared in a wide variety of publications including Spinetingler Magazine, Wax Romantic and Challenging Destiny. From time to time his writing can also be heard on radio’s Imagination Theater and The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In addition to writing, he has co-edited the Sherlock Holmes anthologies Curious Incidents 1 and 2 with his good friend Charles Prepolec.Charles Prepolec has contributed articles and reviews to All Hallows, Sherlock Magazine, Scarlet Street, and Canadian Holmes. An active Sherlockian for more than 20 years with Calgary’s The Singular Society of the Baker Street Dozen, he was designated a Master Bootmaker in 2006 by the Canada’s national Sherlock Holmes Society.
THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON BAKER STREET!Between the shadowy realms of fear and the unforgiving glare of science lies a battleground of unspeakable horror. In vile alleyways with blood-slick cobblestones, impenetrable fog, and the wan glow of gaslight, lurk the inhuman denizens of nightmare. CAN REASON PREVAIL WHEN ELIMINATING THE IMPOSSIBLE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION?Faced with his worst fears, Sherlock Holmes has his faith in the science of observation and deduction shaken to the core in 13 all-new tales of terror from today's modern masters of the macabre!
Intuitions Nightmare
Ashley N. Pearce
Fiction / Suspense / Thriller
After waking from a nightmare filled with death and despair, Aidriana is tormented repeatedly by her dreams. When events from the dream begin to happen in her life, she becomes paranoid that the nightmare could be some sort of premonition. Anxiety leads her on a path of random blackouts and strange visions. Aidriana is left to decide what is real and what is not. Nothing is what it seems.Aidriana has had a rough life. She is smarter than others her age but doesn't cope well with difficult situations. After waking from a terrifying nightmare filled with the deaths of so many around her, she finds herself tormented by the dream. When she starts to notice similarities in her life that are just like her nightmare, she fears that she has had some sort of premonition. Living in fear and paranoia, Aidriana struggles to hold on to her sanity and spirals in and out of strange visions and blackouts. Nothing is what it seems and Aidriana is left to figure out what is real and what isn't. Sometimes living in denial is the best way to remain sane.
The Disney Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas
Tanis Gray
Weave magic into your knits with the first-ever Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas knitting guide, featuring more than 25 patterns inspired by the strange and spooky characters of Tim Burton's beloved classic.Become your own mad scientist and knit to life the quirky characters and creepy costumes inspired by Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Inspired by the characters of Jack Skellington, Sally, Dr. Finkelstein, Zero, Oogie Boogie, the Mayor, Sandy Claws, and more, these patterns feature a mix of dark and vibrant knits and glow-in-the-dark yarn in celebration of the melding of Halloween and Christmas in this classic film. Oogie Boogie and Zero stuffies come to life with the help of your knitting needles, and clothing, home décor, holiday decorations, and more will transport you to the moonlit hills, dark cemeteries, and eerie cobblestone streets of Tim Burton's stop-motion world. ...
Stalking the Nightmare
Harlan Ellison
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers / Horror
An Ellison potpourri: rewrites of tales 1st appearing in 50s pulp magazines (one a Joe L. Hensley collaboration), recent tales & four excellent nonfiction items. The nonfiction: some witty autobiographical sketches: an in-person account of events at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as data from Voyager I's Saturn fly-by arrives; the full story behind his acrimonious battle with Hollywood over the short-lived TV series The Starlost; & the story of how he ran away from home at age 13 to join a carnival, learning "more about the darker side of human nature than any kid should ever know." The fiction, alas, pales by comparison. There are several dressed-up variations on the Quest for the Grail. The sf tales offer so-so variations on familiar notions (Earthlings discovering their roots on an alien planet; robot megalomania; Adam & Eve; teeny weeny alien invaders). An Ellisonian satire is aimed at a TV show devoted to humiliating its guests--plus two other, more effectively humorous pieces on Aladdin's lamp & the Nativity. Less vivid than Ellison's best, with too many tired old variations & flabby retreads--but sparkling in spots.--Kirkus (edited)
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[Lady Justice 40] - Lady Justice and the Landlords' Nightmare
Part #40 of "Lady Justice" series by Robert Thornhill
Walt has his hands full battling animal abusers and a loan shark threatening to lop off a client’s pinky. But the real test comes when a landlord asks Walt to help him sue the City of Kansas City which has passed the Tenant Bill of Rights which makes people with evictions and criminal records a protected class. Due to this new ordinance, a rent-dodger with a history of evictions has moved into a client’s building. As the case progresses, Walt soon realizes that this new ordinance and the people it protects are a landlord’s worst nightmare! **
Nightmare Town
Dashiell Hammett
Mystery & Thrillers
Introduced by Colin Dexter, one of England's greatest writers of detective fiction, here are twenty long-unavailable stories by Dashiell Hammett, the author of The Maltese Falcon and one of the finest writers of the twentieth century.
In the title story, a man on a bender enters a small town and ends up unravelling the dark mystery at its heart. A woman confronts the brutal truth about her husband in the chilling story, The Ruffian's Wife. His Brother's Keeper is a half-wit boxer's eulogy to the brother who betrayed him. The Second Story Angel recounts one of the most novel cons ever devised. In seven stories, the tough and taciturn Continental Op takes on a motley collection of the deceitful, the duped, and the dead, and once again shown his uncanny ability to get at the truth. In three stories, Sam Spade confronts the darkness in the human soul while rolling his own cigarettes. And the first study for The Thin Man sends John Guild on a murder investigation in which almost every witness may be lying.
In Nightmare Town, Dashiell Hammett, America's poet laureate of the dispossessed, shows us a world where people confront a multitude of evils. Whether they are trying to right wrongs or just trying to survive, all of them are rendered with Hammett's signature gifts for sharp-edged characters and blunt dialogue.
Hammett said that his ambition was to elevate mystery fiction to the level of art. This collection of masterful stories clearly illustrates Hammett's success, and shows the remarkable range and variety of the fiction he produced.
As a novelist of realistic intrigue, Hammett was unsurpassed in his own or any day. - Ross MacDonald
A legend of a different kind: exemplary, not only of a certain kind of American fiction, but also of a certain kind of American life - Margaret Atwood
Cover photograph: Mark Adams
Moria Versus the Nightmare Machine
Matthews, Martin
The Dream Chasers: Book One
Sixteen-year-old Christopher 'Moria' Unus lives in two realities: the humdrum existence of his tower-block home and high school career and the fantasy universe of the Dreamnet — a collection of worlds built within a vast organic quantum computer network, where much of the population now spends its collective time constructing their own versions of life, and where a battle for control over this vast new dream frontier is taking place.
But when Christopher's best friend and Dreamnet hacktivist Sarah Furgol stumbles upon an experimental military code to power her own Dreamnet creations, they unleash an unthinkable terror, transforming the dream into a nightmare, one that takes the form of Christopher's estranged father.
Faced with the reality of losing Sarah to this unstoppable artificial intelligence, Christopher must choose between joining the sworn enemies of Dreamnet freedom or watching everything they’ve fought for be destroyed by The Nightmare Machine.
Flight 437: The Nightmare Begins
Linda L Barton
Thriller / Fantasy / Paranormal
Every day, thousands of people board an airplane without a second thought. However, sometimes, life has different plans. Flight 437 is such a story. On a flight from Paris, France to New York City, the crew and passengers find themselves trapped on a flight none of them expected. As events unfold, they soon realize they are no longer headed to their intended destination, but somewhere unknown.Every day, thousands of people board an airplane without a second thought. Their minds are full of where they’ve been and their destination. However, sometimes, life has different plans.Flight 437 is such a story. On a flight from Paris, France to New York City, the crew and passengers find themselves trapped on a flight none of them expected. As events unfold, they soon realize they are no longer on the planned flight, but are now, in fact, headed to an unknown destination.
The scream team
Part #1 of "Nightmare Hall #05" series by Diane Hoh
Delle dreams of becoming a cheerleader for Salem University, but she soon discovers the horrifying truth about what happened to last year's cheerleaders, and she realizes she may die if she makes the squad
The Nightmare Under the Mistletoe
Pioneer Publishing
★★★★★ "This short story had me at the edge of my seat the whole time! I love everything about Christmas and horror so this was the perfect read for me!" Goodreads review★★★★★ "It's a great novella that packs a punch! I absolutely love the story, the characters, and the twists." Goodreads review__________________________________________Choose wisely the Christmas soirée you attend! After a recent breakup, Emma seeks solace at a coworker's Christmas party, hoping for a carefree evening. But things go wrong, terribly wrong for her. She gets entrapped in the basement without a clue as to why, and the night goes from "ho-ho-ho" to "uh-oh" real fast! Hours later, when she is finally released, she discovers a sinister surprise orchestrated by her colleague and the party's host, Seth. The nightmare he has prepared is far worse than anything...
Fae Nightmare
Sarah K. L. Wilson
The Hunt is on.Allie Hunter has lost ten years in the blink of an eye.But though the town she left has changed, some things - the worst things - remain exactly the same.As Allie battles conflicting loyalties, the censure of the town, and her own broken family, she begins to realize that she might be the only one standing in the way of a war between fae and mortals.Can she possibly craft a trap good enough to stop the coming fae army?For lovers of The Cruel Prince and An Enchantment of Ravens comes a world of violent fae royals, trickery, and magic. Grab the third book of this hot new series today!
Sherlock Holmes Nightmare
John Pirillo
Short Stories / Science Fiction
Watson woke up happy.But he didn't go to bed that way.Something he found on his porch destroyed any chance of his day turning out any better.Now he and Holmes must solve a case that is extremely difficult for both of them:Watson's death!
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 135 (December 2023)
Wendy N. Wagner
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 #135 of NIGHTMARE! We have original short fiction from Ashlee Lhamon ("For All Your Other Daughters") and Lynette Hoag ("Bete Noire"). Our Horror Lab originals include a flash story ("The Twelve Dying Princesses") from Marisca Pichette and a poem ("dread") from TJ Price. We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," plus author spotlights with our authors, and a review from Adam-Troy Castro.
Magic Mutant Nightmare Girl
Erin Grammar
Fight like a magical girl in this paperback original contemporary fantasy in which a Harajuku fashionista battles mutants—and social anxiety—by teaming up with an elite group of outcasts. Perfect for those obsessed with the technicolor worlds of Sailor Moon, The Umbrella Academy, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Holly Roads uses Harajuku fashion to distract herself from tragedy. Her magical girl aesthetic makes her feel beautiful—and it keeps the world at arm's length. She's an island of one, until advice from an amateur psychic expands her universe. A midnight detour ends with her vs. exploding mutants in the heart of San Francisco. Brush with destiny? Check. Waking up with blue blood, emotions gone haywire, and terrifying strength that starts ripping her wardrobe to shreds? Totally not cute. Hunting monsters with a hot new partner and his unlikely family of mad scientists? Way more than she bargained for.
The Fisherman's Nightmare
Albert Berg
Horror / Science Fiction / Short Stories
A writer, distraught by the death of his wife, begins to fall into a sea of depression where the dark water is filled with malevolent fish, and the line between truth and fiction becomes untraceable.A Tale of the Posh, the Privileged and the Paranormal...The Cavaliers are the most elite society at Oxford University - rich, powerful, and beautiful. No one realises that they are no ordinary students, but a group of aristocratic vampires from the English Civil War. For four hundred years they have groomed the most promising students to run the government, police, and finance in the way the vampires wish, granting them eternal life in return for absolute obedience.When Harriet French arrives at Oxford University from her working class northern state school, she’s prepared for a culture shock, but not to become embroiled in the Cavaliers’ scheming and bloodlust. Harriet thought she'd be busy enough juggling her demanding tutor, new friends, and the murky world of student politics. But now, she must find the rebel vampire who is killing off the members, stop the Cavaliers from orchestrating a massacre of the year’s most beautiful and successful students, and defy the Society to be with the man of her dreams.Oxford Blood is a British, adult, paranormal romance. It's a tale with vampires that aren't afraid to kill and a heroine who's not afraid of sex or her own ambition.ABOUT THE AUTHORGeorgiana Derwent read History at Oxford University. Aside from the vampires, The Cavaliers Series is an exaggerated but fairly accurate portrayal of her time there. She now works in London and lives with her fiancé. He’s been very supportive throughout the writing of her books, mainly because he likes to claim that all the most attractive characters are based on him.Georgiana fell in love with vampire novels after reading The Vampire Diaries back in 2000. At the time it was a struggle to find any similar paranormal romances, a situation that it’s fair to say seems to have been rectified in the last few years. She now loves paranormal series such as True Blood, fantasy novels, and modern literary works in roughly equal measure.Ever since her teens, she wanted to write a vampire series. Ever since going to Oxford she wanted to write a book about her experiences there. During a dull few months between finishing university and starting her graduate job, she had the idea of combining the two and The Cavaliers Series was born.
The Novelty Shop Nightmare
Cate Martin
Tabitha Greene grew up all alone, shuttled from magical academy to magical academy with no rhyme or reason. She never stayed in the same place for more than a matter of weeks. Ever. That all changed when she moved in with her uncles to help them run the Weal & Woe Bookshop in the Square, a hidden magical neighborhood in Minneapolis. Now her uncles make her breakfast to start every day, her neighbors greet her whenever she passes them, and she has friends who mean the world to her, and she to them. She even found a brother she never knew she had. All that, and a little dog too. What's not to love about that life? But all of that is threatened when the father she's never met moves into the Square and opens a business of his own. The Shop of Wonders, where the proprietor knows just what item every customer never knew they always needed. People flock to shop in his store. But when one customer turns up dead after leaving the store, Tabitha can't help...
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 89 (February 2020)
John Joseph Adams
NIGHTMARE is an online 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 eighty-nine of NIGHTMARE! Who would have thought reading survey results could be so terrifying? Of course Adam-Troy Castro finds a way—you'll have to check out his latest original short ("Today's Question of the Day in Waverly, Ohio") to find out just how he does it. If you're a parent, 'Pemi Aguda's new short ("Things Boys Do"), will tap into some of your most uncomfortable, late night feelings. And don't worry: if you're not a parent, you'll still be creeped out! We also have reprints by Eden Royce ("Sweetgrass Blood") and Orrin Grey ("No Exit"). Writer Nino Cipri talks about hauntings and their connection to trauma in the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word." Plus we have author spotlights with our authors and a feature interview...
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 74 (November 2018)
John Joseph Adams
NIGHTMARE is an online 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.This month, we have an original novelette from Usman Malik ("Dead Lovers on Each Blade, Hung") that we'll be serializing over two weeks. Our reprints are by Carole Johnstone ("Better You Believe") and Lucy Taylor ("Nikishi"). In the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Word," A.C. Wise examines the roles mothers play in horror. Plus, we have an author spotlight with Usman Malik and a book review from Terence Taylor.
Untamed: A Beautiful Nightmare Story
L. C. Son
Even villains deserve happy endings...
Undeniably Female. Unquestionably Feral.
Unquenchably Famished. It’s been twenty years since Chartreuse Grenoble witnessed not only the burning of her sister at the stake for claims of witchcraft but the great all-consuming fire of New Orleans. When the enigmatic, pure blood Altrinion-Vampire, Dalcour Marchand rescues her from fleeing her family’s doomed state, she has no idea she is nothing more than a bartering tool for his wretched brother, Decaux.
But she has other plans. She has no desire to be used or controlled.
Forging her own dark alliances, Chartreuse defies not only the will of men but the supernatural balance itself in her blood-thirsty quest to avenge what matters most.
Herself.
