Cat Horror

The First Collection of Twelve Stories is a captivating collection featuring the brilliant detective Lord Peter Wimsey in a series of thrilling, often witty mysteries. This illustrated volume includes such unforgettable tales as The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag, where Wimsey faces a bizarre crime involving a mysterious cat, and The Unprincipled Affair of the Practical Joker, which pits the detective against a cunning adversary with a penchant for dark humor.

Thousands upon thousands of cats crazed with bloodlust. All over the vast city it was happening, and no one seemed able to stop them - the police, the army, the scientists. And cat after cat was infected by the ferocious fever that, for the first time, made them the masters of man....

A Prodigal Daughter. A Seeping Malevolence. Her Ancestral Home. Anna Underestimated Her Legacy. That Was A Grave Mistake. Anna Markham’s old family home has come to her as an inheritance. Estranged from her family she has not visited the house in decades and now as she steps through the threshold of the abandoned house, left to her by her late sister, the air is thick with the scent of decay and the weight of unspoken histories. As Anna delves deeper into the heart of her inheritance, she is confronted by more than just the physical disrepair of the property. Shadows dance at the edge of ...

Victoria is shocked to discover her ancestors owned an ancient manor and it was hers for the taking. All she had to do was go and live in it for a time and it was all hers. If she didn’t want it, she need do nothing. Well, that wasn’t an option at all! Of course she wanted it. Enough so that when rumours of a nasty ghost and it’s hauntings reached her, it didn’t phase her. Afterall it was probably talked up wives tales, and the mere sounds of rattling sabres and a moaning staircase couldn’t actually hurt you. When the first strange incidents happen, Victoria is forced to consider ...

Zoey loves spending the summer with her Aunt Alice, and her aunt's new house is the perfect place to cozy up with a good book. But she's unnerved by the overgrown forest next door, which is creepy even in the daytime and full of eerie sounds at night. Worse, there are rumors in town of a dark force in those woods. And Zoey can't deny that the wild black cats who live there seem to be watching her. When she encounters a mean old woman who claims to be their owner, Zoey realizes there's more to the cats than meets the eye.

Lori Took The Bait. She Visited A Genuine Haunted House at Halloween. What A Deadly Mistake. Lori was only mildly annoyed when sister Corey doesn’t show for their Halloween outing. Not to worry, Corey can be a bit flaky at times, and she and boyfriend Scott can still have fun, especially when the enigmatic Sam invites them to his very own genuine Haunted Mansion. Intrigued, and with no better offer for the evening, Lori and Scott accept Sam’s invitation. When they enter the house Lori is more than a little dubious about Sam’s claims, especially when she catches a glimpse of Corey. As ...

This is a story from the Fall of the House of Usher collection. The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly, he touches upon some of our greatest nightmares: Premature burial, ghostly transformation, words from beyond the grave. Written in the 1840s, they have retained their power to shock and frighten even now.

In 1918, the world seems on the verge of apocalypse. Americans roam the streets in gauze masks to ward off the deadly Spanish influenza, and the government ships young men to the front lines of a brutal war, creating an atmosphere of fear and confusion. Sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches as desperate mourners flock to séance and spirit photographers for comfort, but she herself has never believed in ghosts. During her bleakest moment, however, she's forced to rethink her entire way of looking at life and death, for her first love - a boy who died in battle - returns in spirit form.

This is a story from the Fall of the House of Usher collection. The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly, he touches upon some of our greatest nightmares: Premature burial, ghostly transformation, words from beyond the grave. Written in the 1840s, they have retained their power to shock and frighten even now.

This Bigfoot 18-pack will quench that thirst and make you afraid to go back into the woods. Fly-fishing guide Rusty Wilson spent years collecting these stories from his clients around the campfire, stories guaranteed to scare the pants off you-or make you want to meet the Big Guy!

Each day we are forced to make countless decisions, but do the choices we make truly define who we are? Aren’t we entitled to make a few mistakes from time to time? It is, after all, what makes us human. But for a small group of Braddock County officials, making the wrong choice one chilly November afternoon would prove far more detrimental than any of them could have imagined. Nora Clarke lived alone in the house that her late husband, Bob, had built for her and their daughter, Meghan. But after Bob’s death, Nora began to change. She became reclusive, isolated, withdrawn. She had shut ...

Amanda Walker is not a witch - yet. She's an artist, looking for work - unaware that someone has a desperate need for her, a dark plan that may require Amanda to enter death itself.If she is allowed to live long enough to make the choice.

"The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag": In this chilling tale, the protagonist stumbles upon a mysterious bag that harbors something unimaginable. As he grapples with the horrifying reality of what lies within, he confronts his deepest fears and the secrets he has kept hidden. The story explores themes of dread, the unknown, and the consequences of curiosity, leading to a tense climax that challenges the boundaries of sanity and reality.

"I look like an all-American grad student. But I am a werecat, a shape-shifter, and I live in two worlds. Despite reservations from my family and my Pride, I escaped the pressure to continue my species and carved out a normal life for myself. Until the night a Stray attacked."

Isabel Dreary's Undeath is a mess. When Isabel gets turned into a vampire by her almost-boyfriend, she expects a thrilling new life of moonlit adventures. What she doesn’t anticipate is waking up in a crypt while he plays Horseman of the Apocalypse—talk about a glow-up gone wrong! Now she’s stuck dodging the Rabble Rebels and grappling with her rapidly fading soul, all while trying to resist the urge to bite the hottest vampire in town. Armed with a mystical cat, an impractical scythe, and her secret stash of werewolf blood, Isabel must navigate the chaos of her undead existence. When...

A Husband's Secrets, A Ghost's Whispers. A Treacherous Moor. Madeline Ignored the Chilling Signs. She shouldn't have done that. In a desperate bid to escape the chaos of New York City and save a crumbling marriage, famed novelist Madeline and her actor husband, Jason, retreat to the alluring but isolated landscapes of the English moors. But as Madeline seeks inspiration for her writing, she finds herself ensnared in the haunting legends and hidden perils of the house on the moor. From the mysterious gardener Emil, to the enigmatic local, Liam, who seems almost spectral in his comings and ...

Ready for stories about the scarier side of Bigfoot by the World's Greatest Bigfoot Story Teller? Fly-fishing guide Rusty Wilson spent years collecting these tales from his clients around the campfire, stories guaranteed to make sure you won‘t want to go out after dark. Be sure to go to a friend's house to read them, because you won't want to be alone, and whatever you do, don't walk home by yourself!

The perfect location at the perfect price. It even had its own ghost, so the locals told them. Well, that didn’t matter – did it? Stuart and Cleo are in need of a sea change, so when a bargain priced house in a ‘to die for’ location becomes available, they immediately place an offer. Initially, they discounted the stories of the ghost. After-all their weekend retreat seemed like a slice of heaven on earth and they weren’t about to let anyone ruin it for them. Yet, as night falls, they become reluctant witnesses to the house's malevolent past. A sudden chill, a faint whisper, and ...

John Wayne Cleaver has called a demon - literally called it on the phone - and challenged it to a fight. He's faced two monsters already, barely escaping with his life, and now he's done running; he's taking the fight to them. As he wades through the town's darkest secrets, searching for any sign of who the demon might be, one thing becomes all too clear: in a game of cat and mouse with a supernatural killer, you are always the mouse.

They thought it was just a party. But when darkness falls, history awakens—and it demands a reckoning. Cami and her friends stumble upon the perfect venue for their Halloween party—an abandoned train station, buried in the shadows of wartime secrets. But their night of fun twists into something sinister when an uninvited guest arrives—one who can't be found on any guest list. What starts as a joke takes a chilling turn as a Ouija board spells out a cryptic warning, hinting at a horror that waits just out of sight. Now, trapped in a place where time bleeds into the present, Cami ...