Paul Tremblay

"Paul Tremblay has won widespread acclaim for illuminating the dark horrors of the mind in novels and stories that push the boundaries of storytelling itself. The fifteen pieces in this brilliant collection are all monsters of a kind, ready to loudly (and lovingly) smash through your head and into your heart. In "The Dead Thing," a middle-schooler struggles to deal with the aftermath of her parents' substance addictions and split. One day, her little...

"A cleverly voiced psychological thriller about an unforgettable--and unsettling--friendship, with blood-chilling twists, crackling wit, and a thrumming pulse in its veins--from the nationally bestselling author of The Cabin at the End of the World and Survivor Song. What if the coolest girl you've ever met decided to be your friend? Art Barbara was so not cool. He was a seventeen-year-old high school loner in the late 1980s who listened to hair metal,...

"A chilling collection of psychological suspense and literary horror from the multiple award-winning author of the national bestseller, The Cabin at the End of the World, and A Head Full of Ghosts"--

"The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia.To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's bizarre outbursts and subsequent descent into madness. As their home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable...

The wickedly entertaining debut featuring Mark Genevich, Narcoleptic Detective Mark Genevich is a South Boston P.I. with a little problem: he's narcoleptic, and he suffers from the most severe symptoms, including hypnagogic hallucinations. These waking dreams wreak havoc for a guy who depends on real-life clues to make his living. Clients haven't exactly been beating down the door when Mark meets Jennifer Times—daughter of the powerful local D.A....

Cuando la pequeña Wen y sus padres se van de vacaciones a una cabaña junto a un lago recóndito, no esperan recibir visitas. Por eso resulta tan sorprendente la aparición del primer desconocido. Leonard es el hombre más corpulento que Wen ha visto jamás, pero también es tan amable que se gana su simpatía enseguida, por mucho que a la niña siempre le hayan prohibido hablar con extraños. Leonard y Wen hablan y ríen y juegan, y el tiempo pasa...

Today's military is comprised of patriotic men and women who take an oath and are willing to give their lives in defense of our nation. Our nation's service members are well-trained and prepared for the rigors of deployments and combat, but unfortunately, most are ill-prepared for the rigors of marriage. “Help Me, I'm Married in the Military” is based on my twenty years of experience as a Navy Chaplain and the thousands of hours I've spent working...

En la década de 1980, Art Barbara no era lo que se dice popular. Era un estudiante solitario que escuchaba hair metal, tenía que dormir con un monstruoso aparato ortopédico por su escoliosis y había iniciado un club extraescolar de voluntarios en funerales poco concurridos. Por eso fue una sorpresa cuando una chica se apuntó al Club de los Portaféretros y le dijo que era una idea genial. ¡Si hasta se llevó su Polaroid para hacer fotos...

NIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror. We're kicking off the new year with a new dark fantasy story from Natalia Theodoridou ("What it Sounds Like When You Fall")-and trust me, you've never seen angels like these before. Vajra Chandrasekera brings us our second original, "On the Origin of...