Kindle Horror Books

H.P. Lovecraft once said, “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” Horror novels, and all the subgenres of horror, play off this fear of the unknown, giving readers a viscerally frightening experience. From psychological horror to ghostly hauntings, these books will make you want to sleep with all the lights on.

The Darklands

Where do we go when we die? For Barlow McSwain that question has just been answered. Set against a vivid backdrop of the author’s version of Hell, The Darklands is a haunting tale of the afterlife played out in a bizarre landscape populated by the souls of the damned. Follow along the winding backroads with ... Read more

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51 Sleepless Nights

Tobias Wade

A diverse collection of short horror stories including the grizzly confessions of a serial killer, parallel dimensions, becoming trapped in a virtual world, and encountering ancient aliens buried beneath the Earth’s crust. Demons, monsters, psychopaths, undead, mad experiments and paranormal – no matter what makes your heart race, you’re guaranteed to face your fear with ... Read more

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Joe Coffin, Season One

Get ready. Joe Coffin is on his way. And he’s mad as hell. JOE COFFIN SEASON ONE On the day that Joe Coffin, hitman for Birmingham gang The Slaughterhouse Mob, is released from jail he has nothing but murder on his mind. While inside his wife and young son were killed, and now he is ... Read more

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Lullaby of the Dead

Lynn Lamb

Trapped behind a mirror looking onto the living—in a house filled with the dead—Landry Sinclair watches her murderer, a homicidal monster, butcher exposed, powerless women without remorse. There, she learns death is nothing like she expected. Are you willing to entertain a different vision of the afterlife? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Something strange is happening in the city of Everett, Washington and Father Niccolo Paladina is tasked with investigating possible demonic activity. Nothing is as it seems, however, and things quickly begin spiraling out of his control. When his path crosses with that of an old rival, they discover that things are worse in Everett than ... Read more

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The Wordsmith

Walt Erickson is a famous author whose books are read by millions of adoring fans, but he has never written a word of his own novels. The secret behind his novels is the stuff of nightmares. With his agent, an associate, and a particularly unique typewriter by his side, Walt’s creative process is much more sinister ... Read more

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Blood, Sweat, and Tears

Laurencia Hoffman

Time is running out for Izzy with Darien breathing down her neck, and she is convinced that she will live out the remainder of her days in misery. Yet, in her despair, she finds hope and love. But those things are difficult to keep for anyone with the surname of Auckley. When Melina becomes impregnated ... Read more

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Free: Humpty Dumpty

Willow Rose

They thought it would be easy. Four boys from a nearby boarding school planned on attacking and killing a family – just for the fun of it. But they hadn’t prepared themselves for the terror of what they would meet inside of the house in shape of a little girl with a very special gift. ... Read more

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Free: Victim Zero

The plague was born from hope. It was meant to change the world. To cure the incurable and rebuild the broken. When the world ended, the weight of its dead fell on the shoulders of the man at the heart of it all. For Kell McDonald, survival is not enough. Alone and surrounded by enemies, ... Read more

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Free: Nibble, Nibble, Crunch

Willow Rose

Warning: After reading this story you’ll never be able to look at a snowman the same way again.In the beginning she thought it was sweet, this snowman who emerged as if from nowhere, but soon the six-year old Emma realizes that this snowman is different … very different.  Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Eenie, Meenie

Willow Rose

Johnny is a criminal. He has been locked up before – but never in a place quite like this. Now he wonders if he will ever make it through to his release date – alive…EENIE, MEENIE is a 15,000 word thriller novella from Willow Rose, author of the International Bestselling horror-series starring the Danish reporter ... Read more

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Free: A Dark & Winding Road

Matthew Weber

Eleven Twisted Tales from the Small Towns of America’s Deep South. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: To Hell in a Handbasket

Willow Rose

To the neighbors, they’re sweet old ladies. To Tim Robertson, they’re his worst nightmare… From the Queen of Scream comes a novel that will raise the hair on the back of your neck. Not every grandmotherly type bakes cookies. What’s more frightening than finding out that the kindly old ladies living across the street from ... Read more

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An Untimely Frost

“What’s done is done—what’s dead is dead” A shell shocked soldier returns to his family and friends after World War I, hoping to rebuild a normal life. When he meets the beautiful girl of his dreams, it sets in motion a series of tragic events that lead to betrayal, a cold-hearted murder, and the horrible ... Read more

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The Devil’s Locket

Roger David Francis

The locket existed in a different place and time. Those who wore it believed it belonged to them. They were wrong. It had been placed in their possession for one reason only; to pay the price of sin. The devil never intended it to be worn by good people. It existed for a darker purpose, ... Read more

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Rock-a-Bye Baby

Willow Rose

Lisa Rasmussen just had a baby and everything in her life seems perfect at this point. Only she wishes that everyone else around her would be as flawless as she is and stop getting in her way. And if they won’t listen, then she’ll make them.ROCK-A-BYE BABY, is a thriller novella from Willow Rose, author ... Read more

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Better Watch Out

Willow Rose

He sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake. Some kids are scared of the dark, others of monsters living under their beds. Some are even afraid of clowns. None of those things scare Sara. But she is terrified of one man, who comes to her house every year, in the middle of ... Read more

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Free: Edwina

Willow Rose

Marie-Therese is about to take in another child in foster care. But Edwina is no ordinary girl as Marie-Therese is about to discover. Stories of death and destruction follow her trail and soon events in the small Danish town will take a decidedly macabre turn on one horrifying and endless night. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Skinwalker

Michael Newton

Gideon Thorn, survivor at age two of the unknown ‘animal’ attack that massacred his family in Kansas Territory, roams the West in search of answers to his personal tragedy and other unsolved mysteries of seeming paranormal origin. In Skinwalker, his quest takes him to Tularosa, New Mexico Territory, where a savage prowler striking on nights ... Read more

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Free: The Carnival Keepers

The Carnival Keepers is a fast-paced, gruesomely macabre adventure which takes place on the supernatural side of horror in Victorian London. With a whimsical twist on mythology, ghosts, and life in general, this novel hopes to entertain, delight, and occasionally disgust its reader. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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President’s Day

George Washington is back and he has a big axe to grind. Join Slasher Force as they fight through old mansions, abandoned diners, podunk police stations, dead presidents, chopped limbs, flying heads, and blood and guts galore to get to the bottom of the ghoulish goings-on in Cobblers Grove. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Longest Midnight

Captain Joshua Drake, a cynical and exhausted veteran, commands a platoon of men on the front lines of a collapsing civilization waging a brutal war against the walking dead. As the fragile human defenses struggle to hold back an enemy that does not sleep or feel pain, Drake and his men are sent on a ... Read more

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Free: 314

A.R. Wise

Alma Harper has been trying to forget what happened in Widowsfield 16 years ago. She has a good life as a music teacher now, and might rekindle her relationship with her one true love. However, the number 314 haunts her, and threatens to bring her back to the day that her brother disappeared. When a ... Read more

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Door to Evil

Scott Nicholson

A box set of three supernatural thrillers from bestselling author and Stoker Award finalist Scott Nicholson. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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A Flash Of the Pen

K. R. Eckert

From K. R. Eckert, author of the History Hunters Series of novels, comes a collection of nine multi-genre short stories. In Ultrasonic Hound, a man uses a whistle and an answering machine as murder weapons. A cabbie comes to the realization that his passenger is a murderer, in The Man in the Back SeatEchoes from ... Read more

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Free: Sledge

Allen Kennedy graduated college at the beginning of the 2007 recession. At the time the job market was tough. After a year of looking and not finding any opportunities out there he settled for a retail job. He hated his job, but most of all he felt that he was doomed not to make anything ... Read more

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Wolf

John Legg

Like many men prowling the Western frontier, John Schilling is a bounty hunter. But he’s not your common man-hunter. Schilling is a shape shifter, with powers far beyond those of regular men. When Schilling rides into Lupine, Colorado, a complication arises in the slender, beautiful form of Meg Travers. And when lycanthrope-hunter Professor Leopold Jaeger ... Read more

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Daemon Seer

As a teenager, Lu Darlington attracted national attention when she and her friend Lisa escaped a sadistic killer known as the Professor of Death. She never told anyone about the daemon who saved her life that day. Ten years later, Lisa shows up at Lu’s door, fleeing another psychopath stalker. But Lisa’s not the only ... Read more

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Free: Apocalyptica

Joshua Guess

Ran Lawson isn’t taking any of your crap, apocalypse. Thanks to a troubled past and some hard-learned lessons, she’s ready for you. Drawing on a staggeringly wide range of skills and knowledge acquired over many years, Ran faces the biggest challenge of her life: keeping alive and staying sane in a world fallen to the ... Read more

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Raven’s Peak

A quiet little mountain town is hiding a big problem. When the townsfolk of Raven’s Peak start acting crazy, Abigail Dressler is called upon to discover the root of the evil affecting people. She uncovers a demonic threat unlike any she’s ever faced and finds herself in a fight just to stay alive. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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The Disembodied

Anthony Hains

Griffin Rinaldi’s dissociative disorder makes him feel disconnected from his body and mind. After his dad’s death, Griffin is haunted by a red-haired boy only he can see. His sole support is his grandfather, Soren, an author of Outer Banks ghost stories. When a rare blizzard hits the Outer Banks, Griffin recognizes the boy as ... Read more

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The Haunting of Lake Manor Hotel

Nathan Hystad

It’s been over a hundred and fifty years since a plague ravaged the area around Lake Manor. With few left to bury them, the corpses were unceremoniously dumped into the lake by their surviving loved ones. Years later, Lake Manor Hotel is alive with the shadows of the dead. Within the hotel’s 13 rooms, there are ... Read more

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Sea Witch Song

Tonya Moore

Tarah Jackson died at sea. Her secret lover, Uma Brown, attends the funeral with no choice but to bottle up her grief. At Tarah’s wake, a drunken fisherman claims that Tarah was killed by a monster from the deep. Late that night, while the other fishermen who witnessed Tarah’s death drink and wrestle with memories ... Read more

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The Blood Parade

Joseph F. Parda

On every street, on every corner, in every country of the world, THE BLOOD PARADE files by. The debut collection from Joseph F. Parda (author of the international best-seller BEAVERS!) transports you into a dark domain populated by angels, demons, and cosmic horrors that defy description. Gathered here for your consideration is an offering of terrifying ... Read more

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Marlene’s Revenge

Terror. Danger. Power. The witch has returned and no one is safe. Almost a year has passed since Anika and Gretel’s horrifying night in an abandoned cannery in the Back Country, and the subsequent beginning of their quest to the Old Country for answers to the mysteries of Orphism. But rumors are reaching the far shore ... Read more

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Edwina

Willow Rose

Marie-Therese is about to take in another child in foster care. But Edwina is no ordinary girl as Marie-Therese is about to discover. Stories of death and destruction follow her trail and soon events in the small Danish town will take a decidedly macabre turn on one horrifying and endless night. WARNING: Very scary and not ... Read more

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Skinwalker

Michael Newton

Gideon Thorn, survivor at age two of the unknown ‘animal’ attack that massacred his family in Kansas Territory, roams the West in search of answers to his personal tragedy and other unsolved mysteries of seeming paranormal origin. In Skinwalker, his quest takes him to Tularosa, New Mexico Territory, where a savage prowler striking on nights ... Read more

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Free: Zombies Don’t Cry

Ray is the head of the Zombies, one of the most notorious biker gangs in California. As they head out to the woods for a night of drugs and sex, he gets high enough to be coerced by his occult loving girlfriend to commit suicide…after she assures them they will return as a members of ... Read more

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Papa’s Gift

Della West

Even the mysteries are more flavorful down in Cajun country… Why did the people of Louisiana loved Papa so dearly? And what was the secret ingredient in the andouille sausage he was famous for? Find out in this short story… $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Jack-o’-Lantern

Rob Kennedy

Every myth needs a monster… Have you ever wondered where the Jack-o’-lantern came from? Who Jack really was? Or how the trick-or-treating tradition even began? Fact meets fiction in this terrifying tale set in Keene, NH, the Halloween capital of America. The story traces the Irish roots of the Jack-o’-lantern to the Kelly family and the ... Read more

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