Two generations of writers from one family got together for twelve terrifying tales. Like the best drinks served by a barista, these tales were each written in a different coffee shop around the country. Read the horror anthology where the shaking does not come from caffeine but from the twelve tales of terror. You will never look at coffee shops the same again.
Are you ready for a second cup? Volume two of this horror anthology contains twelve all new tales of terror brewed in coffee shops across the country. If you enjoyed the original, get ready for a fresh new batch for those who like their coffee dark and their stories darker. Each creepy tale offers a single sourced cup of horror, a ghoulish signature drink for each café featured in these pages.Two generations of writers from one family visited twelve coffee shops across the country to create a unique blend of creepy and twisted tales. Stories include:A deadly stranger who is just passing through. A man taking pictures for his socials snaps something that will make him famous if he can survive the night. In a bride or die tale, a famous bride is accused of murdering her equally famous husband. Mysterious Clockwork Men put a trio of kids through a terrifying ordeal that suggests their time is up.Join us again, won't you? Read these stories with eight more added shots of horror if you dare! Step into our little coffee shop where the shaking does not come from caffeine, and sweating does not come from the steaming cup in your hands-they come from the twelve tales of terror.
After solar flares have burned away the framework of society, how long can humanity last? In a post-apocalyptic world on fire, a patchwork settlement in Vermont is the last oasis outside of hell. Eleven writers explore this ragged setting and the wild, unforgettable cast of characters who reside within its borders, weaving tales of adventure, survival, deceit, and intrigue that combine genres and styles to create a thrilling shared universe. Welcome to Barning, Vermont, where there are only two rules: fear the sun and trust no one.
The day began when Sheriff Frank Watkins found two bodies and three heads. Then things got strange.After a childhood trauma, Paranormal TV host Charlie "Thunder" Raines spent a lifetime seeking answers to the unexplained. While filming in a haunted hotel he spots a woman no one on his crew can see. The sighting will lead Charlie on a perilous journey toward the truth. But at what cost?Yoga instructor Suzy Pottle thought she left her past behind after moving cross country and changing her identity. When a mysterious door creaks open in her studio, Suzy steps through only to learn the past can never truly die.An ancient house appears from thin air in a previously empty field. Before the day is over more doors will open, trapping residents in a place that should not exist.The event brings together nine strangers with nine secrets so dark they plan to take them to their graves. One house willing to accommodate them all.Welcome to The House-where secrets go to die. Enter if you dare!
A cult murder in a small town sets off a chain of events that would forever change two families. The charismatic young cult leader seemingly perished along with the sacrificial victim.Decades later when a mother goes missing, it becomes clear evil never left. The seed planted in blood has finally borne fruit.When suspicion falls on the grieving husband, Joe, he realizes there is no one to trust. He could never identify which of his neighbors hid under ceremonial robes at the horrific ceremony. And the very police currently after him did their best to cover up the murder of yesteryear. That leaves only his daughters and his lifelong best friend to help find his missing wife.Two families bonded by tragedy unite intending to travel to the ends of the Earth to save one of their own. They may have to do exactly that. When mysterious sinkhole appears on their farm it opens a gateway to a place of unspeakable evil with every tunnel leading to terrors not of this world and born of a time before man.Unbeknownst to locals, the cult leader long thought dead has tended an underground garden of darkness aided by monstrous farm hands hungry for human flesh. Will the underground passages lead the distraught families to their loved one or lead them to their doom?On this farm evil has blossomed and its roots run deep?
A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel from the author of the “innovative, unexpected, and absolutely chilling” (Mira Grant, Nebula Award–winning author) The Twisted Ones. Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring this peculiar area—only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities. But these places are haunted by creatures that seem to hear thoughts…and the more one fears them, the stronger they become. With her distinctive “delightfully fresh and subversive” (SF Bluestocking) prose and the strange, sinister wonder found in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, The Hollow Places is another compelling and white-knuckled horror novel that you won’t be able to put down.
Facilitator Joseph has outlasted entire civilizations during his twenty-thousand years of service to Dr. Zeus, the twenty-fourth century Company that created immortal operatives like him to preserve history and culture. The year is 1699 and Joseph is now in Alta California, to imitate an ancient Native-American Coyote god, and save the native Chumash from the white Europeans.He has the help of the Botanist Mendoza, who hasn't gotten over the death of her lover Nicholas, in Elizabethan England. Lately though, Joseph has started to have a few doubts about The Company. There are whispers about the year 2355, about operatives that suddenly go missing. Time is running out for Joseph, which is ironic considering he's immortal, but no one ever said that it was easy being a god. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Headless Horseman was only one legend. In this exciting new chapter in the Sleepy Hollow universe, HWA author Paul Carro brings to life Irving's previously untold legends. Born from the pages of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, read about The Woman in White, the funeral train and other tales set in Sleepy Hollow.
Sometimes even heroes die. In a world where only teens gain superpowers, The Superiors Squad assembles to keep the peace. But the world is upended when their inspirational leader, Nolan Walker, falls in battle against a robotic foe. Leaders keep the death secret from the public and the rest of the team. Without Nolan’s strength and guidance, the world faces the threat of falling into chaos, with teen battling teen for power. Desperate scientists leap to another dimension to retrieve that world’s Nolan Walker. The only problem? He is a geek. All this Nolan wants to do is play video games, ride his skateboard, and spend time with his neighborhood crush, Alden. Nolan denies their plea to join them, intent on spending time with his mother, who battles cancer. The scientists offer her a cure if Nolan joins them. Nolan agrees and soon finds himself in another world wearing the outfit of that world’s greatest superhero. Except he has no powers. Can a much different Nolan fill the inspirational shoes of his predecessor? Can he stay alive long enough to find that world’s Alden? And can he live in a world that does not know what a skateboard is? Join Nolan Walker on an epic superhero adventure filled with punches to the guts and the heart.
