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Want to freak yourself out but don't have a lot of time on your hands? These short story collections are sure to give you a chill.

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  • Never Whistle at Night

    An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

    "A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to be un-settled?” Featuring stories by: Norris Black, Amber Blaeser-Wardzala, Phoenix Boudreau, Cherie Dimaline, Carson Faust, Kelli Jo Ford, Kate…
    Book, 2023New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023. — Fiction Stories Never
  • "They’re baaaaaaaaaack! As any savvy horror fan the monster never truly dies. The team that brought you the bestselling dark fiction anthology Never Whistle at Night has risen, hungry, from the grave to summon more dark delicacies for your…
    Book, 2026New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2026. — Fiction Never
  • Out There Screaming

    An Anthology of New Black Horror

    "The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality…
    Book, 2023New York : Random House, [2023] — Fiction Stories Out
  • "Mariana Enriquez has been critically lauded for her unconventional and sociopolitical stories of the macabre: populated by unruly teenagers, crooked witches, homeless ghosts, and hungry women, they walk the uneasy line between urban realism and…
    Book, 2021London ; New York : Hogarth, [2021] — Fiction Enriq.M
  • Silk & Sinew

    a Collection of Folk Horror From the Asian Diaspora

    "From lengths of muscle and vein, ground bones, endless ropes of sinew...it is with our bodies folk horror is woven. Edited by Bram Stoker Award-nominee Kristy Park Kulski, this stunning anthology features contributions from some of the most…
    Book, 2025[South Dakota] : Bad Hand Books, [2025] — Fiction Stories Silk
  • "The Mexican board game of Lotería is a game of chance. It is similar to our American bingo. However, in Loteria instead of matching up numbers on a game board, players match up images. There are 54 cards in the Lotería game, and for this short…
    Book, 2023Marlboro, NJ : Agora Books, an imprint of Polis Books, LLC, 2023. — Fiction Pelay.C
  • After Midnight

    Thirteen Tales for the Dark Hours

    Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989,
    "Amid the reflections and twisting alleyways of Venice, a grieving couple are haunted by the past. On a sharp December day, the wind changes - and the birds begin to gather. A group of wartime scientists attempt to capture the power of death, an eye…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Scribner, 2025. — Fiction Dumau.D
  • Through the Night Like a Snake

    Latin American Horror Stories

    "A boy explores the abandoned house of a dead fascist… A leaked sex tape pushes a woman to the brink… A sex worker discovers a dark secret among the nuns of the pampas… The mountain fog is not what it seems… Kermit the Frog dreams of murder… In ten…
    Book, 2024San Francisco, CA : Two Lines Press, [2024] — Fiction Stories Through
  • "American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due’s second collection of stories includes offerings of horror, science fiction, and suspense—all genres she wields masterfully. From the mysterious, magical town of Gracetown to the aftermath of a…
    Book, 2023Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, [2023] — Fiction Due.T
  • Taaqtumi

    An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories

    "“Taaqtumi” is an Inuktitut word that means “in the dark”—and these spine-tingling horror stories by Northern writers show just how dangerous darkness can be. A family clinging to survival out on the tundra after a vicious zombie virus. A door that…
    Book, 2019Iqaluit, Nunavut ; Toronto, Ontario : Inhabit Media Inc., [2019] — Fiction Stories Taaqtum
  • The End of the World as We Know It

    New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand

    "Since its initial publication in 1978, The Stand has been considered Stephen King's seminal masterpiece of apocalyptic fiction. It has sold millions of copies and has been adapted twice for television. Generations of writers have been impacted by…
    Book, 2025New York : Gallery Books, 2025. — Fiction Stories End
  • "From the bestselling author of Come with Me, four standalone horror novellas set in a shared universe! A cursed novel drives people to their deaths in The Skin of Her Teeth. A delivery job turns deadly in The Dark Brothers’ Last Ride. This Book…
    Book, 2022London : Titan Books, 2022. — Fiction Malfi.R
  • Howl

    An Anthology of Werewolves From Women-in-horror

    "Flesh splits. Bones break. Screams build. The synchronicity of woman and wolf has long been buried. Ruled by the moon and her cycles of blood, rage, and transformation, the desire and pull to shapeshift and transmute runs deep beneath her skin.…
    Book, 2025[Nashville, Tennessee] : Black Spot Books, an imprint of Vesuvian Media Group, [2025] — Science Fiction
  • I Know a Place

    Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours

    Cassidy, Nat, 1981-
    "There are locations in this world where the light doesn’t seem to reach. Where, no matter how illuminated the place might be, shadows creep in too strongly to fight back. A suspiciously empty gas station rest stop in the middle of the night,…
    Book, 2026[New York, N.Y.] : Shortwave Publishing, 2026. — Fiction Cassi.N
  • "A captivating collection of ghost stories from “one of the most gifted writers working today” (New York Times), The Night Side of the River is as ingeniously provocative as it is downright spooky. In this delightfully chilling collection, the…
    Book, 2023New York : Grove Press, 2023. — Fiction Winte.J
  • "A father returns from serving in Vietnam with a strange and terrifying addiction; a man removes something horrifying from his fireplace, and becomes desperate to return it; and a right-wing news channel has its hooks in people in more ways than…
    Book, 2025London : Titan Books, 2025. — Fiction Chapm.C
  • "A chilling anthology featuring nineteen pieces of short fiction from the multiple award-winning author of the national bestseller The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.. In The Teacher, a Bram Stoker Award nominee for best…
    Book, 2019New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — Fiction Tremb.P
  • "Three dark and disturbing horror stories from an astonishing new voice, including the viral-sensation tale of obsession, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke . For fans of Kathe Koja, Clive Barker and Stephen Graham Jones. Winner of the…
    Book, 2022London : Titan Books, 2022. — Fiction Laroc.E
  • "In a bumper collection of truly chilling tales, we meet Gramma - who only wanted to hug little George, even after she was dead; The Raft - a primeval sea creature with an insatiable appetite; The Monkey - an innocent-looking toy with sinister…
    Book, 2016New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2016. — Fiction King.S
  • "Perhaps no figure better embodies the transition from the Gothic tradition to modern horror than Arthur Machen. In the final decade of the nineteenth century, the Welsh writer produced a seminal body of tales of occult horror, spiritual and…
    Book, 2018Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. — Fiction Mache.A

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