Books like Nightmares by Ellen Datlow

The story of two boys and their dark journey through a haunted carnival

Fledgling is an action‑adventure science‑fiction fantasy novel by Octavia E. Butler that explores vampiric themes within a speculative world for young adult readers.

During a Boy Scouts weekend in the Canadian wilderness, a thin, pale intruder appears, carrying a bioengineered horror that spreads faster than fear and forces the young scouts to face unimaginable choices.

This collection of 15 short stories by Edgar Allan Poe includes well-known tales such as 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Masque of the Red Death'.

Prince Lestat follows the vampire world in crisis as ancient and modern vampires unite to uncover the mysterious Voice that commands atrocities and threatens their kind.

Two widowers in upstate New York pursue trout in Dutchman's Creek and uncover a dark, ancient secret tied to the Ashokan Reservoir, forcing them to confront loss and the price of reclaiming what they lost.

When fourteen‑year‑old Marjorie Barrett develops acute schizophrenia, her family’s suburban life spirals into horror. A Catholic priest offers an exorcism while a reality‑TV crew watches the distress unfold.

In an apocalyptic near‑future, a mother and her two small children navigate a river blindfolded to avoid a terrifying entity, while the story features profanity and graphic violence.

A comprehensive anthology of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short stories—such as "The Tell‑Tale Heart" and "Murders in the Rue Morgue"—and iconic poems including "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven", showcasing his mastery of horror, mystery, and lyrical verse.

Four university friends venture into the Arctic Circle’s Scandinavian wilderness seeking escape, only to confront ancient rituals and deadly forces lurking among untouched forest.

A scavenger‑hunt of macabre tales from a diverse cadre of writers, each exploring the undead in uncanny ways—from classic horror roots to modern satirical twists.

A collection of horror short stories by Stephen Jones.

A curated collection of 21 standout horror stories and poems chosen by award‑winning editor Ellen Datlow for the 2022 year, featuring tales from American, Canadian, Australian, and Thai voices.

Joe Hill has been hailed as "a major player in 21st-century fantastic fiction" (Washington Post); "a new master in the field of suspense" (James Rollins); "one of the most confident and assured new voices in horror and dark fantasy to emerge in recent years (Publishers Weekly); a writer who "builds character invitingly and plants an otherworldly surprise around every corner" (New York Times).This gifted and brilliantly imaginative author catapulted to bestsellerdom with the chilling Heart-Shaped Box and cemented his reputation with the prizewinning volume of short fiction 20th Century Ghosts. At last, the New York Times bestselling author returns with a relentless supernatural thriller that runs like Hell on wheels. . . .Ignatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things. He woke up the next morning with a thunderous hangover, a raging headache . . . and a pair of horns growing from his temples.At first Ig thought the horns were a hallucination, the product of a mind damaged by rage and grief. He had spent the last year in a lonely, private purgatory, following the death of his beloved, Merrin Williams, who was raped and murdered under inexplicable circumstances. A mental breakdown would have been the most natural thing in the world. But there was nothing natural about the horns, which were all too real.Once the righteous Ig had enjoyed the life of the blessed: born into privilege, the second son of a renowned musician and younger brother of a rising late-night TV star, he had security, wealth, and a place in his community. Ig had it all, and more—he had Merrin and a love founded on shared daydreams, mutual daring, and unlikely midsummer magic.But Merrin's death damned all that. The only suspect in the crime, Ig was never charged or tried. And he was never cleared. In the court of public opinion in Gideon, New Hampshire, Ig is and always will be guilty because his rich and connected parents pulled strings to make the investigation go away. Nothing Ig can do, nothing he can say, matters. Everyone, it seems, including God, has abandoned him. Everyone, that is, but the devil inside. . . .Now Ig is possessed of a terrible new power to go with his terrible new look—a macabre talent he intends to use to find the monster who killed Merrin and destroyed his life. Being good and praying for the best got him nowhere. It's time for a little revenge. . . . It's time the devil had his due. . . .

A curated collection of ghost stories that rattles the present and unsettles the past, inviting readers to confront the unseen in everyday spaces.

Psychomania is a collection of short stories that explore horror, crime and supernatural themes, weaving together classic gothic motifs and modern thriller elements.