Classic horror and ghost stories

Richly atmospheric and deliciously eerie, The House on Vesper Sands is a gothic mystery set in Victorian London - best read while the night deepens and lamplight flickers .

The Marquess of Ravenscar.

Trust the enemy?

A lady in need of shelterHeiress Amelia Eastway is running for her life.

The Beauty who tamed the Beast.

A fever dream of desires fulfilled.

On the night before Christmas, lock the doors to the house.

Ocean views, rolling acres and a legacy of ritualistic murderAmerican Declan Meyers suddenly owns a crumbling Welsh estate with a deadly history.

Strange accidents and unexplained deaths are commonplace.

Time passes, but passion-and vengeance-endureThe erotic memories are not Olivia's own, yet they shake her to her core.

The bestselling author of international BookTok sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story of a group of misfits who meet in the local cemetery each night to unearth the secrets lurking in an open grave.

She's Always Been Different.

Secrets beckon where ghosts walk.

Theirs will be a shattering affair.

Shadowy forces gather an unholy harvestMalicious whispers have long swirled around Stonecliff, Eleri James's family estate–especially the eerie bog called The Devil's Eye.

Seized by a dark genius, Miles O'Keefe has shut himself away in his ancestral mansion for more than decade.

Brynn James is shocked when her sister calls to tell her that their father is dying.

A present contains a monstrous secret.

SIX SCARY STORIESSELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY STEPHEN KINGWinning stories from The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Hodder-Guardian competitionThe Number 1 bestselling writer Stephen King introduces and presents six gripping and chilling stories in this captivating anthology:WILD SWIMMING by Elodie HarperEAU-DE-ERIC by Manuela SaragosaTHE SPOTS by Paul Bassett DaviesTHE UNPICKING by Michael ButtonLA MORT DE L'AMANT by Stuart JohnstoneTHE BEAR TRAP by Neil HudsonStephen King discovered these stories when he judged a competition run by Hodder & Stoughton and the Guardian to celebrate publication of his own collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.

'One of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any, country' Independent'Deliciously creepy'SUNDAY TIMES'Irresistible'MAIL ON SUNDAY'Manically ingenious'GUARDIANThe chilling seventh novel from the critically acclaimed author of Cloud Atlas Turn down Slade Alley - narrow, dank and easy to miss, even when you're looking for it.

The Handmaid's Tale meets The Village in this stunning feminist debut .

A beautiful new edition of Mary Shelley's Gothic horror classic, FrankensteinINCLUDES A CULTURAL HISTORY OF FRANKENSTEIN S MONSTER BY JEANETTE WINTERSONNavigating the Arctic, the captain of a ship rescues a man wandering near death across the ice caps.

WINNER of the McIlvanney Prize 2020 Shortlisted for Bloody Scotland's Scottish Crime Debut of the Year 2020Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2020'Hugely atmospheric, exquisitely written and utterly gripping' LUCY FOLEY, author of The Hunting Party 'It's both eerie and thrilling at once, and had me under its spell until the end' SOPHIE MACKINTOSH, author of Blue Ticket and The Water Cure________________ They are driving home from the search party when they see her.

'This might be the best book I've read all year' JOANNE HARRIS'A glorious, pitch-black fairytale of a book' KIRSTY LOGAN 'A masterclass in storytelling' DAILY MAIL'Deeply unsettling' CAITLIN STARLING'Deliciously terrifying' GUARDIAN Everyone knew bestselling novelist Cassandra Tipp had twice got away with murder.

A high-pitched laugh echoes in an empty church.

As the winter nights draw in and you settle in front of a cosy fire, it's the perfect time for a dash of the supernatural.

Sherlock star Mark Gatiss selects and introduces chilling tales by the unsung master of the classic ghost story - E.

We are in Transylvania; and Transylvania is not England.

An enjoyable 19th century read following doomed happenings and grisly, secret premonitions.

The midnight hour approaches.

An unnamed prisoner, condemned by the ominous judges of the Spanish Inquisition, awakens to find himself in a chamber designed for ingenious, psychological torment.

Taphophobia: the morbid, claustrophobic fear of being buried alive.

Hauntingly Faustian, Frankenstein is the uncanny tale of dark scientific experimentation and is known as the first science fiction novel.

Beneath the cursed mountains, a hunger has been waiting for generations.

Step into a world of Victorian nightmares where nothing is as it seems.

Suicide Chapel is a non-supernatural, but still wildly bizarre, case for Seabury Quinn's celebrated occult detective, Dr.

A frail old fisherman, perched high atop a Norwegian mountain, recounts the harrowing, life-altering experience of a fateful fishing trip.

Not all doors lead home.

From the world of the classic American Pulp Magazines comes The Sword of Jean Lafitte by Kirk Mashburn.

An ancient evil.

Dr.

'A Christmas Carol' is a truly wonderful novella, written by Charles Dickens.

What if the most infamous occultist of the 18th century found a way to reach across time?

Rare manuscripts, dusty libraries, and the lingering malice of the dead.

A collection of short stories horrifying enough to make your skin crawl, Edgar Allan Poe's chilling tales are not for the faint of heart.

Bridging the gap between chilling horror and intellectual crime-solving, Edgar Allan Poe's Detective Stories and Murderous Tales is a cornerstone volume showcasing his unparalleled genius.

An unnamed narrator discovers a secluded, meticulously crafted cottage.

This gripping tale of mystery and horror takes place on a remote Canadian island that the isolated narrator soon discovers to be alive with terror and ghostly apparitions.

This collection of chilling ghost stories delves into the human psyche, dissecting the character's minds and revelling in both psychological and literal horror.

Under the squalor of the docks, ancient evils are preparing for a ceremony of blood.