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From some of the biggest names in horror comes an Advent calendar of short holiday horror stories perfect for the darkest nights of the year.

“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to digest.

Ich gebe zu, dass du mich bei den Eiern hast, kleines Mädchen. Weil ich damals einen Fehler gemacht und dich am Leben gelassen habe. Jetzt hast du mich an die Leine gelegt. Aber denk ja nicht, dass ich auf ewig deine Marionette sein werde. Meine Zeit wird kommen. Dann drehen wir das Spiel um. Dann gehörst du mir, kleines Mädchen. Und ich werde nicht nett sein.

Die Bilder auf seiner Haut haben nichts mit jener Religion zu tun, der sie entstammen. Sie erzählen seine Geschichte. Woher er kommt, was er getan hat. Von seinem Status. Auch der Bär auf seiner Hüfte, denn das ist das Tier, das seiner Familie ihren Namen gab. Woher ich von dem Tattoo weiß? Nun, ich habe ihn geheiratet. Es heißt, dass die Russen und Iren in Detroit sich nicht in die Quere kommen. Aber wer das sagt, kennt meinen Vater schlecht. Mein Name ist Erin Medwedew. Ich bin der Pfand des Friedens zwischen der Familie meines Mannes und der meinen. Ich lebe in einem Minenfeld.

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Ein Killer und ein Dieb treffen sich an einem Tatort… Nein, das ist nicht der Beginn eines schlechten Witzes, sondern der wohl beschissenste Moment meines armseligen Lebens. Ich bin Christine, Diebin wider Willen, aber so ist das halt, wenn man mit einem Vater wie dem meinen aufwächst. Eine wirkliche Chance, etwas an meinem Leben zu ändern, habe ich nicht. Am Ende bin ich das Opfer. Aber welcher Kriminelle behauptet das nicht von sich? Jon vielleicht nicht. Nein, ganz sicher sogar. Denn er ist der Killer, dem ich bei einem Einbruch regelrecht in die Arme laufe.

Zehn spannungsgeladene Hörspiele. Sherlock Holmes; Pater Brown; Kurier Preston Aberdeen; Die größten Fälle von Scotland Yard; Dark Trace - Spuren des Verbrechens; Die Morde des Émile Poiret...

A vivid, frightening novel collection of nine strange, dark, and mysterious stories, based on true events, from the mind behind the YouTube channel and hit MrBallen Podcast.

Kerry Daynes has worked with some of the most complex and challenging criminals in prisons and secure hospitals as well as the victims of crime. A large part of her day job is spent delving into the psyche of convicted men and women to try to understand what lies behind their actions and how to set them on the path to becoming law-abiding citizens. Welcome to the life of a forensic psychologist. No two days are the same. The people you work with are wildly unpredictable, sometimes frightening and often deeply frustrating.

Patricia Highsmith was one of the great 20th-century novelists, celebrated for classics The Talented Mr Ripley, Carol and Strangers on a Train, but she was also a masterful and prolific short-story writer. This definitive new collection, featuring two stories that have never been published before, confirms Highsmith as a genius of the genre. Peerlessly disturbing, exhilarating and savagely funny, Highsmith's stories still have the power to startle, presenting a world that is frighteningly familiar and as relevant today as when they were written.

Thirty-four years ago, on October 31, poor Hannah Talbott took part in a scavenger hunt gone violently wrong. The mean girls made sure of it. To this day, for a haunted local mother, the most unsettling Halloween costume of all is an urban legend they call Hannah-Beast. It’s a reminder of the past she can’t forget. Especially tonight when it’s come back, so close to home.

Prepare to be terrified with C. J. Tudor's first collection of short stories, featuring eleven twisted tales of the macabre, including: The Lion at the Gate in which a strange piece of graffiti leads to a terrifying encounter for four school friends; Butterfly Island which tells the story of a group of survivors who wash up on a deserted island and make a horrifying discovery; Gloria where a cold-hearted killer encounters a strange young girl at a motorway service station with unexpected consequences.

Eve has a fake ID, a .38, and a violent lover receding in the rearview mirror. He’ll never find her at the isolated motel, and its kindly manager is happy to ease her fears. But if Eve is the only guest, whom does she keep hearing on the other side of the wall? Eve won’t get a good night’s rest until she finds out.

What really happened to the girl who walked into the woods and vanished forever? It’s a never-forgotten mystery that clings like a shadow in a short story about dark memories and inescapable fears.

It’s bad enough that its venom-dripping chelicerae can slice through flesh like warm butter. Worse? It’s right there under the bunk. It’s a fact now. To make it through the night, the children must obey the rules: don’t get out of bed, stay out of the shadows, and don’t wake the beast. But as the threats multiply, so do the rules of survival. And with the safety of dawn still hours away, the fun is just beginning.

Bad things have been happening since Mia began to mature. Her dad left. Boys at school can’t keep their hands to themselves. A lecherous stepfather has moved in. Her only refuge is an abandoned lot on her suburban cul-de-sac, crawling with feral felines - one of which follows Mia home. Ghostly white and affectionate, she is Mia’s new companion and - as Mia’s tormenters will soon discover - her fierce protector.

After years of traditional treatments and therapies, Derrick still suffers from pain ineluctable enough that it has become his identity. Then he hears of an exclusive, very private New York clinic that promises relief. It comes highly recommended by a friend. The multisession remedy unfolds as a sensorial wonder that’s so illuminating it’s enough to bring tears to Derrick’s eyes. It’s all working so well. So unexpectedly well.

Poison-tongued film critic Reginald Wright is known for his creative insults and intolerance for the garbage culture, insufferable rudeness, and thoughtless racism of predictably common people. Now, against his better judgment, and with a marriage in crisis, he’s attempting a getaway in the Poconos that quickly fulfills his every low expectation. In fact, it’s becoming a nightmare. And that’s just what Reginald needs to wake up.

Stranded on a desert island, a young man yearns for objects from his past. A local from a small coastal town in England is found dead as the tide goes out. A Norwegian whaling ship is stranded in the Arctic, its crew threatened by mysterious forces. In the nineteenth century, a ship drifts in becalmed waters in the Indian Ocean, those on it haunted by their evil deeds. A surfer turned diver discovers there are things worse than drowning under the sea. Something from the sea is creating monsters on land.

Dark Frequencies: A Collection of Short Stories presents three chilling and interconnected short stories that will plunge you into worlds, where reality blurs and the ordinary collides with the extraordinary. In the first story, delve into the past as a curious office aide stumbles upon a sinister radio broadcast hidden within a historic institution. Uncovering long-buried secrets leads to a nightmarish web of conspiracy and malevolence.