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Chills by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 60,590. Language: English. Published: July 15, 2021 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Horror » General
A blizzard is slamming into Vermont, but it doesn't matter to Meg Clark. She knows she'll be trapped in her music store in the shopping mall overnight with a small crew of her employees doing one final inventory. But after they're locked in for the night, they realize this isn't a normal winter storm. Ghastly faces appear in the store windows and disappear in a swirl of wind-blown snow.
Moondeath by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 102,580. Language: English. Published: June 28, 2021 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Cooper Falls is a small, quiet New Hampshire town, the kind you'd miss if you blinked an eye. But when darkness falls and the full moon rises, an uneasy feeling filters through the air; an unnerving foreboding that causes the skin to prickle and the body to tense. Because faintly, from across the water, a low moaning howl begins to rise...
Star Road by &
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 93,370. Language: English. Published: June 20, 2021 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General
Ivan Delgato, a former leader of a rebel group called the Runners, is released from jail on the condition that he carry out a secret mission for the World Council. His assignment is simple: stay undercover, but do absolutely anything necessary to reach the planet Omega IX and offer the renegade Runners clemency if they surrender.
The Wildman by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 87,140. Language: English. Published: June 19, 2021 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
Jeff Cameron is going back to Camp Tapiola on Lake Onwego to meet several old friends and reminisce about their childhood experiences at camp. But not all of their childhood memories are good. For thirty-five years, lingering images of their friend Jimmy Foster’s lifeless body being pulled from the lake has disturbed Jeff’s peace of mind. Was Jimmy Foster's death an accident or murder?
Dead Voices by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 149,990. Language: English. Published: April 14, 2018 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Horror » General
ONLY THE DEAD ARE TRULY SAFE. A young girl killed on a desolate highway. A mother agonized by unceasing guilt. In the vivid light of day, in the nightmare depths of sleep, her daughter calls to her from the grave. And soon she’ll know if the voices she hears are a warning from a loved one…or do they speak of a revenge beyond the limits of death itself? Don't believe your ears.
Winter Wake by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 170,760. Language: English. Published: April 14, 2018 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Horror » General
EARLY GRAVE Glooscap Island, off the coast of Maine … shrouded in fog … ringed by icy gray water. Here the Carlson family comes home to a tortuously intensifying nightmare—first in the guise of a beautiful but calculating woman, then in the shape of a vengeful wraith with glistening bones … coils of black hair … cold, staring eyes … and a horrifying command of this living world.
Unbroken by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 89,720. Language: English. Published: December 7, 2016 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Kiera David is haunted by dark memories and terrible headaches. Her friends—and enemies—are dying. At each murder scene, witnesses report seeing a woman resembling her. She can't possibly be responsible. But if she isn't—who is? (originally published as written by A.J. Matthews)
Follow by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 105,120. Language: English. Published: December 7, 2016 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Surviving a serious car accident, Pamela Gardner walks away from the hospital physically unharmed—yet haunted by missing time, blackouts, and visions. A shadowy killer is closing in, but is he just a figment of her fractured imagination? As darkness arrives, so will the truth. (originally published as written by A.J. Matthews)
Looking Glass by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 120,820. Language: English. Published: June 17, 2016 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Horror » Occult
IT'S IN YOUR HOUSE You think you've built your dream house. But you're wrong. Dead wrong. You think you've built the perfect place for you and your husband to raise your kids. But listen to the warnings. The whispers in the night. The threats scrawled on the walls. Someone wants your family dead. IT'S IN YOUR MIRROR Can't you see? In the window. In the bathroom mirror. IT'S IN YOUR HEAD
The White Room by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 121,710. Language: English. Published: April 19, 2016 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Horror » Ghost
The old Harris house has been vacant for years. A summer vacation in Milton, Maine, would he the best thing for Tim Harris, his wife, Polly, and their young son, Brian. Restoring Tim’s childhood home to its original splendor would help Polly restore her own life after a breakdown that left her fragile and afraid. But for Polly, it’s the beginning of new nightmare.…
Impulse by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 149,360. Language: English. Published: April 16, 2016 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Horror » General
In the shadowy quiet of a secluded Maine house, a terrified woman goes to a box in the closet, and removes a gun … From the crime-ridden streets of New York City, a homicidal madman drives north, his mind best by demons, his heart burning with hate … They have been joined by blood … the blood of Angie Ross's murdered husband.
Shades of Night by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 130,860. Language: English. Published: August 22, 2015 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Horror » Occult
THE DOOR TO THE PAST IS … THE GATEWAY TO HELL Jeff Wagner has come home to Maine. HOME … where, years ago, unspeakable fear and abuse ruled his life. HOME … where Jeff and his sister sought secret, sinful refuge in each other's arms. HOME … where Jeff's brother Jeremy was terrified out of his life … HOME … where shattering violence splintered Jeff's mind into multiple personalities …
Twilight Time by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 136,340. Language: English. Published: August 3, 2015 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
THE DOOR TO THE PAST IS … THE GATEWAY TO HELL Jeff Wagner has come home to Maine. HOME … where, years ago, unspeakable fear and abuse ruled his life. HOME … where shattering violence splintered Jeff's mind into multiple personalities—each one scarier and more dangerous than the next. Now Jeff is about to open the door that has been closed for so long …
Cold Whisper by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 143,810. Language: English. Published: July 9, 2014 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Tully. He made Sarah's every wish come true. He appeared to her eyes alone and spoke so that only she could hear. Sometimes Sarah wondered if it was all her imagination. But the things that Tully made happen were all too real. And, as Sarah grew up, they were all too horrible. Now Sarah, a college freshman in Maine, lives in terror.
Dark Silence by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 147,570. Language: English. Published: July 3, 2014 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Horror » Occult
November, 1694. Rachel Parsons, an accused witch, is hanged at the Gallows Tree in Summerfield, Maine. Before she dies, she curses all who live on her land. Autumn, 1963. A retarded boy is chased into the old, abandoned mill. But it is one of his tormentors who ends up at the bottom of a shaft. Summer, 1994. Brian Fraser has heard the stories about the old mill. They say it's haunted.
Night Stone by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 163,040. Language: English. Published: February 24, 2014 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Horror » General
HIDDEN TOYS The old house in Maine gave Beth the creeps. She couldn't believe they were really moving in. If it weren't for the wooden doll she had found in the closet of her new bedroom, she would have been miserable. But the strange hand-carved figure fascinated her, and she sensed with a child's instinct that she had to hide it from her parents...
The Cove by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 125,560. Language: English. Published: January 7, 2014 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Plays & Screenplays, Fiction » Literature » Literary
Most people who visit coastal Maine see only the stark and rugged beauty of the pine groves and rocky beaches. But for those that live and work there, it's very different. THE COVE tells the tale of a family, deeply rooted in Maine, and of a town where corruption and the Mob play a dark counterpoint to the idyllic postcard images.
The Siege by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 152,920. Language: English. Published: November 8, 2013 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Undead, Fiction » Horror » Occult
In Dyer, Maine, the dead won't stay buried! The people of Dyer liked their quaint little farming community just the way it was. So they didn't question the bizarre, unexplained disappearances that had begun to plague their town. No one talked about the hideous screams that shattered their sleep, nor asked why the lights at the funeral parlor blazed long into the night.
Ghost Light by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 148,220. Language: English. Published: November 5, 2013 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Horror » General
Cindy Toland knows that her sister's violent death was no accident. She knows her abusive brother-in-law too well... knows the dark, brutal things he's capable of doing. But ten-year-old Billy and his kid sister Krissy know something their Aunt Cindy doesn't. It's about the blue lady who comes late at night and whispers strange things. Even though she lives beyond the grave.
The Horror... The Horror: An Autobiography by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 29,690. Language: English. Published: May 27, 2013 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
Available for the first time, The Horror... The Horror provides a look into the life and mind of author Rick Hautala. From his days as a child in Massachusetts, to his days in college at the University of Maine in Orono, to the early days of his writing career along with Stephen King's involvement, and ultimately to where his life and career stood in 2009, his autobiography is a compelling read.
Moonbog by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 117,680. Language: English. Published: May 1, 2013 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
THE EVIL GLOW OF THE MOON... lit the path as twelve-year-old Billy Wilson walked past the bog. He knew he shouldn't have gone near the inky shadows of the swamp — but something forced him to come closer to the yawning darkness, the suffocating tangle, the flesh-tearing brambles of Holland Bog. THE MURKY DEPTHS OF THE BOG... sucked the boy into its fetid earth and claimed its human sacrifice.
Bedbugs by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 126,310. Language: English. Published: April 6, 2013 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
From the subway tunnels of Boston to the rain-swept streets of Quebec City to the deepest snow-filled forests of Hilton, Maine, no one in these chilling stories by horror master Rick Hautala is safe from the darkness or the dangerous things that lurk in the shadows. Waiting for us. Reaching for us...
Occasional Demons by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 108,770. Language: English. Published: December 15, 2012 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
This collection, from an acclaimed Master of Dark Fiction, consists of twenty-one tales with some being straight genre entries, others psychological terror and finally a few shorts that include science fiction elements. The first eighteen are short stories written solely by Rick and the final three are collaborations with Jesse and Matti Hautala, Matthew J. Costello, and Jim Connolly.
Untcigahunk: The Complete Little Brothers by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 184,330. Language: English. Published: December 1, 2012 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
It has been five years since Kip Howard saw his mother killed horribly by a blur of "little brown things." Five years of nightmares and a terror of dark places. Five years of struggling to overcome what must have been just his imagination…But the "untcigahunk," the Indian word for "little brothers," are no one's imagination.

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