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.

Dead Midnight

Amanda Lawrence Auverigne

Kelly is having a terrible day. The cute guy she likes is dating the meanest girl in school. Her crazy science teacher gives a surprise test that she is not prepared for. And one of her classmates tells everyone about her YouTube manicure channel that she was trying to keep secret. Later that night, Kelly ... Read more

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The Darkest Gift

Len Handeland

Jack Devereaux is a man struggling to accept his sexual orientation. Until Jack meets the intriguing and sophisticated Laurent Richelieu, who puts an end to Jack’s string of failed relationships, but as they embark on their journey together, Jack experiences unsettling events involving encounters with vampires, paranormal occurrences, and possible reincarnation. These events leave him ... Read more

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The Devil’s Pocketbook

Ross Jeffery

Erik and Lara are in mourning for their daughter, who was born “incompatible with life”. To get away from their suffocating grief and the ever-present shadow their daughter has cast in their lives since passing, and desperately trying to recover their increasingly rocky relationship, they take a trip to the seaside town of Polperro, in ... Read more

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The Haunting of Blackstone Mansion

Augustine Pierce

Antiques expert Katherine relocates to Blackstone, Oregon. Her new home lies near Mt. Hood, and in its foothills looms an abandoned mansion. She braves the house to find antiques she might broker when a restless spirit reaches out. Determined to help the ghost, she discovers a past filled with jealousy and murder. She must find ... Read more

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Wild-Eyed Southern Boyz

Richard Rose

The Wild-Eyed Southern Boyz series is available in all formats on Amazon, Audible, iTunes, and and Goodreads. Check out this action-packed monster mashup involving legendary Cryptids that is alternately heartwarming, hilarious, and terrifying. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: The Color of Pain

E.G. Rose

In The Color of Pain, author E.G. Rose delivers a haunting horror novel that explores the dark side of human nature. Raymond is an orphan with a talent for art who suffers from chronic stomach pain. He has been ruthlessly bullied about his strangeness and “special” abilities that sometimes frighten the other children at The Haven ... Read more

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Lucifer’s Shadow

C.T. Shooting Star

Can an ordinary scholar hope to qualify as a worthy opponent of darkness, in order to end a major curse on Turtle Island? Throughout the novel, the protagonist realizes that he will need all the help he can get, from various unworldly sources that he would never have imagined otherwise. Readers who enjoy fast-paced, adventure/mystery/supernatural ... Read more

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Free: Life Returns

Kyle Toucher

Its title taken from the classic Dr. Know song written by the author, Kyle Toucher’s short novella Life Returns offers a look into domestic strife complicated by occult interference. After the sudden death of their parents, Ian Emerson and his young sister Annie begin a new life with their Aunt Mary and Uncle John in ... Read more

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Free: Zombie-ish

Brent Reilly

The wild animal meat market in Wuhan just started its 3rd pandemic, except this virus fries neurons, turning people into mindless brain suckers. China acts decisively, after the contagion spreads worldwide. As kids’ brains rewire burnt synapses, the youngest children become the smartest zombies. Unlike dumb zombie adults, they’re dangerously zombie-ish. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Melissa Weller And The Curse of Branford Manor

Robert Sounvonnakasy

It’s just an urban legend amongst the youth of Russelfield, Alabama — the whispered tale of those who enter Branford Manor. Legend has it, they either go missing, or turn up dead. Melissa Weller is unaware of the dangers that lie within the manor. And she now suffers a curse of demonic proportions. However, unlike ... Read more

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The House on Serpent Lake: Dark Fantasy Blends Ghost Horror, Reincarnation, and a Steamy Paranormal Romance

Brenda Hill

Dreams of a lover from another time haunt her sleep…. Strange things happen when she sees the decaying house for the first time: she knows how the rooms are arranged, knows of a gazebo that hasn’t existed for fifty years. Hints of Bay Rum aftershave follow her through the house. A stirring of air whispers, ... Read more

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Free: The Cemetery 6: Graveyard Stories

David Bond

The 3rd book in the Cemetery 6 Series brings you eleven new ‘Dead Time’ stories that take you to cemeteries throughout Thailand as the undead wreak havoc on the living. Among the stories; a robbery getaway gone wrong, a motorist breaks down on an isolated country road and ghosts of the famous Teochew Cemetery in ... Read more

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Free: Legends of River’s Valley: A Death Altered Universe Novel

Dalton Lewis

This re-imagining of the Death Altered Universe shows a city in distress: the cops are corrupted; someone takes control of the high school, killing the principal; someone steals the high-tech new supernatural computer from Lazurgene Tech; and a strange new cult is connected to all of these threats. Can Gerard Moreau, a troubled young loner, ... Read more

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Morphosis

Aj Saxsma

In 1987, Ollie, his children from a previous marriage, Sam and Jodi Lee, and his romantic partner Dwayne start anew on a farm near a small and quiet farming community tucked deep in rural and open country. Ollie takes employment as a deputy with the local Sheriff’s Department, leaving Dwayne home to help with toddler ... Read more

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Morphosis

Aj Saxsma

In 1987, Ollie, his children from a previous marriage, Sam and Jodi Lee, and his romantic partner Dwayne start anew on a farm near a small and quiet farming community tucked deep in rural and open country. Ollie takes employment as a deputy with the local Sheriff’s Department, leaving Dwayne home to help with toddler ... Read more

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Free: Rosalie Returns

Ralph Burton

Rosalie Turner is an eighteen-year-old waitress who is able to transform into a blue sports car. One day, she meets an old lady called Laura who possesses a similar gift. Laura can transform into an eighteen-wheeler. Rosalie finds herself with an offer to escape her destiny and flee to California. But as corrupt politicians scheme, ... Read more

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Free: Dracula’s True Story

Brent Reilly

The most historically accurate Dracula novel ever written — plus vampires. Vlad the Impaler was not a count from Transylvania, but a blood-thirsty prince of Wallachia like his father and brothers. Feast your eyes on the fascinating man who impaled thousands, got praised by the Pope, and fought kings, cousins, and Mehmed the Conqueror. This ... Read more

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Empire: Country

Tim Goff

The conquest of demon ruled Traag left the Solarian Empire tottering on the brink of collapse. Rebuilding the nation is a nightmare. Worse, the demons are still out there. Tia came to Cosslet barony in the war’s aftermath searching for an aristocrat willing to marry a wealthy commoner. What she finds is an impoverished backwater ... Read more

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Free: The Haunting of Engstrom House

Nasser Rabadi

Abigail almost killed herself. If she had only cut deeper, she might have succeeded. The small town of Ashfall is home to Engstrom House, an archaic mansion rumored to have a troubled past. When Abigail Martinez discovers an old journal belonging to a daughter of the original Engstrom family, her life suddenly becomes entangled with ... Read more

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Free: Reckoning Day: A Short Story

T.J. Arthur

( A Review by S. Rock) Twilight Zone style story with modern day allegory The story wastes no time jumping right into a panicked scene and I felt the fear and urgency the author was putting out. I identified with the main character in that I had no reference for the fear other than the ... Read more

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Everyone Dies

Jean Davis

Death lurks in the choices we make. Otherworldly creatures, the not-so-dearly departed, fellow man, and creations of our own demise patiently wait while we bumble through life, thinking we are in control. The end is always near. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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Blood Ever After

Nick Jamieson

Tyler Boyd is not a happy boy. Firstly, he is very in love with Charlotte, who is better looking than him, smarter, and in Tyler’s humble opinion, will end up more successful. But thankfully the apocalypse has put a stop to all that. Or at least to any of his competition. Most of the world’s ... Read more

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Free: Shadow & Blood

Kalen Iselt

As a new, deadly variant of COVID-19 known as COVID-X ravages the world, families are torn apart and society descends into chaos. Shadow & Blood follows two families on opposite sides of the globe as they fight for survival against the brutal, savage creatures known as Shadow Seekers. With the world spiraling out of control, ... Read more

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The Little Woods

A.G. Mock

AN AMAZON CHARTS #1 BESTSELLER IN THE US, UK & CANADA Something feels very wrong about the Little Woods—something chilling and unnatural—and Ian Cockerton is about to remember why in 2022’s American Fiction Awards winner for Best Occult Horror and Best Supernatural Horror. Western Pennsylvania, 1977. It was meant to be a harmless game. But ... Read more

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Free: ROSALIE

Ralph Burton

Past week Rosalie was hit by a car. This week she’s turning into one. When eighteen-year-old waitress Rosalie Turner is struck by a mysterious speeding sports car, she wakes up lucky to be alive. A week later, and the customers notice her throwing up petrol, finding blue car paint on her skin and, every so ... Read more

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The Haunting of Sky Hollow

Antoinette McCormick

At first, inheriting Sky Hollow from a famous uncle they never knew seems like a dream come true for Nadia and Aidan Loveland. They head to the estate with high hopes, despite claims that the music from their late uncle’s sculpture can open a portal between the worlds of the living and the dead. But ... Read more

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Free: IN BLOOM

Ralph Burton

Each year, in Wolfie’s 19th century village, every virgin boy over the age of sixteen is sent up to the mountains and sacrificed to the dragon waiting in the caves. Wolfie and his gang of awkward friends strive to lose their innocence and avoid the sacrifice. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Terror in Brief

D. T. Adams

A collection of 200 chilling horror stories that are just two sentences long. Though these horrific stories are very short indeed, they may still give you the creeps. Encounter corrupt people of pure evil, come face to face with bloodcurdling monsters and beings and bear witness to deadly phenomena. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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Free: Winter

Andrew Boyd

How insane would you be? A look into the mind of a dead boy named Adam: a young teenager born a few months after an incident that created a worldwide plague of the walking dead. Adam’s soul has been trapped inside of his frozen body for countless years, and while he is physically dead, his ... Read more

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Free: Burn

Amanda Lawrence Auverigne

What happens when the person you love doesn’t love you back? Your heart will Burn. Penny loves Matthew. She has loved him for a long time. Unfortunately, Matthew does not feel the same. He is in a happy relationship with a beautiful young woman named Hannah. Through all of her undergraduate college years, Penny has ... Read more

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Summoner of Sleep

A.I. Winters

A dark family secret—A town that doesn’t exist on any map—and a drug that will unleash an apocalyptic, transformational horror on the world. Ryder Ashling’s world is turning upside down. He’s lost his job, wife, home, and now he’s doubting his sanity. Behind his descent are horrific nightmares so vivid that they follow him into ... Read more

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The Book of Souls

Kevin Moore

The dead don’t come back, but some never leave… Jack Kelly remembers everything about his wife and children. The wonderful smell of his wife’s hair, the way she whispers to him at night. His three children running through the house, the sound of their laughter. That was his life before the accident. His near-death experience ... Read more

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South Side Alchemy

J. M. Sawyer

Jordan Peele’s Get Out meets Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes. Abandoned at birth on Chicago’s South Side, Henry Lewis’s life could have easily become a cautionary tale. But the good nuns at St. Vincent’s Orphanage prepared him for a life outside their walls. . . even if he was Black. Twenty-five years later, ... Read more

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Free: Torn Pages

Ralph Burton

After a winter of snowball fights and photo-taking, fifteen-year-old David Flint isn’t looking forward to the onslaught of exam season. Nervous and prone to panicking, it would be a miracle if he even makes it through the next week. The weather is getting oven-hot and the trees are looking unusually life-like. A school trip into ... Read more

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Free: The Black Velvet Dress

J.E. Clarkson

When a young woman buys a mysterious vintage dress, little does she know how much her life will change and that everything is tied to the garment’s dark past. Free on Kindle.... Read more

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A Lunatic’s Laugh

S. T. Blake

Lilli Ashler was an actor who found fame in a play called A Lunatic’s Laugh, then she disappeared from public view. When Lilli dies, her granddaughter, Dominique, inherits her Gothic Irish mansion, which stands opposite a notorious asylum where the writer of A Lunatic’s Laugh spent time as an inmate before he dashed his head ... Read more

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Dog Flight and Other Short Horror Stories

D. T. Adams

Seven frightening short horror stories. Meet a ruthless artist who’s determined to paint the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen. Watch as a hapless man gets tasked with committing murder. See an arrogant time traveler makes a grave mistake. And more … $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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I’ve Never Told Anyone

Kris West

“I know it sounds crazy, but I swear it’s true…” High up in a firewatch tower. Down a desolate country road. Inside a cookie-cutter house in the middle of the suburban sprawl. Ghosts, creatures, and demons are everywhere, waiting for their next victim. I’ve Never Told Anyone is a collection of eleven such stories. Inside, ... Read more

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Dead Silent

Ivan Blake

Chris Chandler is on the run from the press and the furious citizens of Beamishstock, Maine. He agrees to house-sit an isolated estate near Lewis, Vermont with a history and a curse that stretches back to the Albigensian Crusade. There, Chris soon learns that one of the town’s prodigal sons, Gilbert Burgoyne, has recently returned ... Read more

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The Book of Demons

Kevin Moore

The Book of Demons, the much-anticipated sequel to The Book of Souls, finds Jack Kelly in the fight of his life. This time, he’s not battling ghosts. His nemesis is the shapeshifting necromancer, Mr. Philips, who inhabits both the world of the living and the world of the dead. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more

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