Horror Books by Indie Authors
From haunted places and supernatural forces to chilling suspense and unsettling mysteries, these indie horror books explore the darker side of imagination, where fear and the unknown linger long after the final page.
Horror & Dark Fiction | Gothic & Supernatural | Science Fiction Horror | Psychological Horror | Extreme Horror
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Horror & Dark Fiction
Dark stories, terrifying situations, monsters, creatures, survival horror, and everything that feels unmistakably horror.
Hung By Christmas Light
Marley O’Connor
Will you wipe your slate clean and be put on the nice list?
With Friends Like These
V.S. Lawrence
A YA summer camp slasher set in the 90s
Who Watches the Horror?
Andrew Harrowell
Freedom is an illusion inside the Controller’s deadly game.
I CAN’T STOP THIS CAR
Kaydence
Marcus spends his nights driving passengers around until a crash changes everything.
Elmwood
N. T. Morris
A small town hides a dark secret, but when Aiden’s wife Laura goes missing, he must uncover the darkness
Unfold
Tristan Zelden
Slow burn workplace creature feature
Before the Fall
Ellis Grayson
The final days before collapse, where survival becomes the only rule.
After the Fall
Ellis Grayson
Survival continues, but love, trust, and hope die faster.
Beneath the Silence
Ellis Grayson
Walls protect the living while secrets rot them from inside.
A Twinge of Terror
The Butchered Writers
A collection of “cozy” or “light” horror stories
The End
Tina Wingham
Relentless darkness unleashes a terror that no one escapes.
A World We Never Knew: Faith
D. R. Long
A quiet, character-driven post-apocalyptic novella set during the Vanishing, when 99% of the world’s population disappears overnight.
Aroughcoune
Mark Berton
Science based creature feature
The Rise of the Iron Major
Ellis Grayson
Forged in a zombie apocalypse, The Iron Major rises through fire and ruin.
A Walk In The Snow
Brian Joseph Bechtel
Eighteen winter tales turn snow, ice, and Christmas wonderfully sinister.
Test Drive
Cher Scholl
A teenager’s driving test becomes a desperate fight for survival.
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Gothic & Supernatural
Ghosts, hauntings, vampires, werewolves, occult forces, gothic atmosphere, and things that probably shouldn’t be lurking in the dark.
Casino Agua Caliente
MT Hart
No one knows the truth of the vampire who loved her, until now.
The Woman in the Dead Tree
Jeffery Young
Emily follows a whisper into the fog and finds the tree with a woman’s face in its bark
The Bodies Behind the Bricks
Jeffery Young
An old university wall whispers names. Behind the bricks, something is holding
The Silent Offering
D Lovell
A gripping supernatural folk horror with social commentary
Through Other Eyes
David Roberts
Edgy coming of age thriller with a werewolf twist.
Hearing Other Voices
David Roberts
A lone werewolf battles the beast within across the Canadian wilderness.
Reformed Killers
Rita Jo Norvoteny
Reforming supernatural serial killers
For Her, For Them
Rita Jo Norvoteny
Comedy mixed with horror
Werewolf on the Range
Jeff Howard
Bitten by a werewolf a man gains the ability to avenge the atrocities committed during Western Expansion.
Rise of the Gargoyles
Jeff Howard
A mysterious priest is summoned when bloodlusting gargoyles rise from their graves!
Our House That Bleeds
Robert Sticek
Three brothers reunite and uncover dark family secrets connected to the esoteric.
Unmade
Tina Wingham
Kidnapped victims life of survival with a twist.
The Devil’s Final Offer
David Wilson
The devil makes his proverbial offer to a Gen Zer
The Malediction
R.J. Field
A nostalgic summer shatters when ancient town secrets come alive.
The Standing Dead
W M Parslow
When violence erupts, an ancient horror beneath the prison wakes.
The Night Watchmen
Brian Joseph Bechtel
Four friends face haunted horrors where fear may not let them leave.
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Brook Winters
A haunted house, a vanished mother, and a Devil only Augustus sees.
80s Ghosts
V.S. Lawrence
Ghost hunters investigate a high school that burned down in the 80s
Once in A Blue Moon
Cher Scholl
Five friends follow their idol into a deadly werewolf nightmare.
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Science Fiction Horror
Ageless
Jon Lewis
Meet Lauren Cortez: Veteran. Survivor. Living Vampire.
The Wolf
Jon Lewis
Lauren survived a horror in Afghanistan, only to discover something far older hunting her in Maine.
The Chimaera
Jon Lewis
Lauren is hunted by a hidden enemy as she is pulled into a global conspiracy.
Kraken Rising
Ravi Singh
A terrifying ocean thriller for fans of Jaws and The Meg
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Psychological Horror
Unsettling stories that get inside your head, where fear, obsession, paranoia, and the darkest parts of the mind take over.
The Madness Of Middle Class
Narcissia Netal
A playing out of modern stressors- counting down to tragedy
The Witch’s Name
Tina Wingham
Can Ursula separate history from reality when she finds a diary about a witch from 1561 with her name.
The Day I Wasn’t Born
Tina Wingham
What happens when death isn’t the end
Insane
Emery LeeAnn
Insanity in its rarest form.
Permanent Admit
Chris McKenna
This novella contains psychological distress, unsettling imagery, paranoia, and themes of identity loss and emotional unraveling.
Stone Embrace
Calypso
A man is imprisoned in a wall, told from his POV
Little White Flowers
Amber Hathaway
A young autistic woman’s sleuthing efforts lead her to a deadly truth that sets her in the sights of a volatile religious cult.
Hallowed Deadly Seeds
Amber Hathaway
After narrowly surviving a sacrificial ritual, a young autistic woman must find a way to escape the volatile cult holding her captive.
Velvet Ashes and Painted Smiles
Rita Jo Norvoteny
Learns about the beginning of the first killer couple
The Shadow Man
Tina Wingham
Waking in a wooden cage with no memory, this story is about her time in captivity with a dark twist
Provenance Burned
Shawn Jaryno
When authorship becomes a crime, the ultimate judgment awaits.
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Extreme Horror
Horror that pushes the limits with brutal, disturbing, graphic, and transgressive stories meant for readers who want something intense.
The Thinner the Sin
Jake Bannerman
Body horror , third Reich aesthetic trigger warning
The Reckoning of Jason
Tina Wingham
After losing his daughter, Jason inadvertently becomes a hitman.
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