Velox Books

In the blind spots of creation, ancient things stir. They've been waiting for you... A sinkhole opened in my basement... and there's a door inside. I put a camera on my cat. The footage haunts me. The construction workers on my street only come out at night, and they aren't fixing the roads... My trail cam recorded something impossible. When the bell in this tower rings, the door unlocks. Each time, there is a different, more terrible world waiting on the other side. In these and other tales of visceral dread, the familiar is twisted into the terrifying, and every shadow holds a secret you'll wish you never learned.

In K.G. Lewis's chilling new collection, every doorway leads to a new nightmare... To escape a bully, we hid in the abandoned Coughlin House. Turns out the house wasn't as abandoned as we thought. My girlfriend thought she was being funny by pressing all the buttons on the elevator. She wasn't laughing when the doors finally opened. Would you mutilate yourself to save your children? I was forced to answer that question when I woke up chained to a post in my basement. Mr. Howard gave us our final report cards today. If I had known what the price of failure was, I would've tried harder to get a passing grade. These tales and others invite you to open the door. The real horror is waiting.

"Every time I see a story by P.D., I know without a doubt, it will be interesting, engaging, intellectually stimulating..."-Otis Jiry, host of Scary Stories Told in the DarkGood evening, horror seekers. What you are about to read is not for the faint of heart. In these pages you'll find...Three lighthouse keepers who vanish without explanation, leaving behind diaries that foretell events that haven't yet occurred. A car accident victim finds himself trapped in a strange house with a young boy who insists "dead is dead". Four friends on a hunting trip encounter a legendary monster in the Kentucky woods. A dark figure that appears after a man's near-death experience demanding payment for his borrowed time.Consider yourself warned. You've found what you're looking for. The terror begins now.

Well, you've found it, haven't you? Saint Ambrose mortuary, where the dead have more to say than the living. Their whispers echoing through the hallways are begging to be heard.Curious about a local urban legend, teenagers discover the figure is horrifyingly real. A cruel CB radio prank becomes a terrifying hunt when a predator's voice emerges from the static. A dark entity is unleashed when a teacher tests his own warning about hidden messages in rock music. Two men descend into inexplicable terror when they awaken on a barren, unnatural island.These tales and others guide you into dark corridors where memories bleed through and shadows refuse their rest.Every soul eventually finds its place in Saint Ambrose. Welcome home.

Don't answer the invitation of slumber...Your eyelids grow heavy. The bedside lamp flickers. That sound-was it just the house settling? Let author Jack Finn regale you with chilling tales to keep you awake just a bit longer.A haunted doll's warning heralds a monstrous feast on Puritan flesh. A cursed gemstone continues a centuries-old cycle of obsession and violence. A desperate night of survival for a family hunted in their home reveals a shocking truth. A ghostly serial killer's apprentice learns the true price of devotion.Perhaps you should check under the bed one last time... Perhaps you shouldn't sleep at all.