WERE THEY MENACED BY MONSTER OR MURDERER? The little town of Solitaire, located on the shore of lovely Lake Mendocino, has a problem: The tourists are only there during the summer. After Labor Day the place looks more like a deserted crypt in a forgotten graveyard. Local merchants are feeling the pinch ... more »

DID SHE COME TO SAVE THE U.S. OR DESTROY IT? The thrilling romantic fantasy of one brave woman against the forces of Evil. In 1920, an American-born girl, Tressa Norne, has escaped from years of bondage in the Temple of Erlik, center of a worldwide organization of murderous black magicians, made up of ... more »

I, Vampire's scarifying tales aren't the stuff of midnight reading. But in the five years since this anthology was first published in book form, each has become a modern classic in the horror genre. Here are personal accounts of what it means to be a vampire, first-person interviews that bring their ... more »

In the year 1860, the reputation of Doctor Wybrow as a London physician reached its highest point. It was reported on good authority that he was in receipt of one of the largest incomes derived from the practice of medicine in modern times. more »

EVERYONE IS IN PERIL WHEN THE SERIAL KILLER KNOWN AS THE DUCE OF PENTACLES BEGINS TO JUGGLE Fans of Dean Koontz and Clive Barker will love this page-turning tale of bone-chilling suspense that blends mystery and the paranormal with a vicious serial killer. stalking a small town. James Makinen is a beaten ... more »

I shall never forget the walk I took one night in Vienne, after having accomplished the examination of an unknown Druidical relic, the Pierre labie, at La Rondelle, near Champigni. I had learned of the existence of this cromlech only on my arrival at Champigni in the afternoon, and I had started to visit ... more »

Michael talked Gina into having dinner together one last time on the day their divorce became final. He knew it was a bad idea, but it became a real nightmare when one incident in the restaurant forced him to expose his ability to be something more than a man. more »

HORROR'S UNLEASHED WHEN A WITCH-WOMAN'S KIN ARE KILLED! In this brand new chiller from Balrog Award winner Ardath Mayhar, when a drug cartel starts using the swamp country of East Texas as a key transfer point for their illicit cargo, its only a matter of time before one of the locals stumbles on the ... more »

Welcome to County Jail on a pitchblack, rainy night, when all good people are home in bed with the covers pulled over their heads. Simon Dawson, down on his luck and up for check fraud, is the center of this gritty, cinematic story masterpiece of horror and suspense. The road is washed out, and Simon ... more »

When a professional gambler takes a holiday on the Alabama coast after a big casino score, he agrees to assist a grogeous professional hypnotist at a Halloween party. All he has to do is to distribute the party favors to the crowd during the show, in the dark, after the screams begin... more »

They were nameless and lost in the dark tunnels of an endless maze. They were not sure if it was all a dream, or they had been condemned to this existence for sins they had forgotten. Then it seemed that their rescue could be at hand. [Author Warning: A few readers have found the vision rendered by this ... more »

The Baital-Pachisi, or Twenty-five Tales of a Baital is the history of a huge Bat, Vampire, or Evil Spirit which inhabited and animated dead bodies. It is an old, and thoroughly Hindu, Legend composed in Sanskrit, and is the germ which culminated in the Arabian Nights, and which inspired the «Golden ... more »