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The Macabre: Featuring The Hitchhikers And Other Chilling Stories. Kindle Edition
Stuart James (Author) See search results for this author |
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A collection of six chilling stories including a terrifying seance where the dead won't leave, a podcaster gets a sinister phone call on urban legend night and a couple's drive home becomes a living nightmare when they encounter hitchhikers...
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Genius. The most chilling stories you will ever read.
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Outstanding. Stuart James has created six of the most terrifying stories that will chill you to the bone. Make sure to keep the lights on for this rollercoaster collection of sinister tales.
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Chilling, breathtaking and utterly terrifying. The best collection of scary stories you’ll ever read. Prepare to be frightened out of your wits.
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Seance.
Chelsy, Daisy and Annette are home from Uni and decide to visit a medium, followed by drinks in London. It's going to be the perfect evening, dabbling with the paranormal, trying to reach out to lost loved ones. The ideal birthday present for Annette.
But while at the seance, sat around the table with their eyes closed and holding hands, something goes wrong. Family secrets are revealed, and they learn unimaginable horror from their past.
And then, something comes through—something from their worst nightmare.
Now, the dead won't leave.
Seance is one of the terrifying stories from horror collection, The Macabre, by bestselling author, Stuart James.
From International Award-Winning Author Stuart James, Six Chilling Short Stories.
The Intruder.
When Marcia Graham is attacked in her home and loses her memory, her only solace is a man she can't remember, claiming to be her husband. As she experiences flashbacks, Marcia is certain she has a daughter. But why is Daniel dismissing her questions, why are her phone contacts deleted and what are the muffled cries echoing through the house?
The Caller.
Cleo James runs a successful podcast from a room in a creepy parking lot, and tonight, she discusses urban legends. A caller rings into the show, wanting to invent his own story with her in the starring role.
Room 9.
Frank and Carrie run The Oak Hotel in St Ives and love to see their establishment thrive. Only Frank likes to see a lot more. While spying on the guests in room 9, he sees something which chills him to the bone.
Seance.
Chelsy and her friends visit a medium and try to contact the dead.
Only after the seance, the dead won't leave.
The Hitchhikers.
Nate and Becca are lost on a deserted road late at night. When they pick up a couple of hitchhikers, their drive home becomes a living nightmare.
Anything.
Vinnie Cartwright wants nothing more than to lose weight, so when he hears about the shop where you can get anything, he searches for it. Only the mysterious shopkeeper wants something in return.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date10 Jun. 2022
- File size3334 KB
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- ASIN : B0B19WQC2F
- Language : English
- File size : 3334 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 256 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: 15,940 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 12 in Horror Short Stories (Kindle Store)
- 32 in British Horror Fiction
- 60 in Horror Suspense
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About the author

Available now - The Macabre, Brand new collection of six short stories - No1 Best Seller in Amazon Horror Short Stories!
Author of world wide number 1 best selling thriller, Turn The Other Way, and International Book Award Winner for The House On Rectory Lane.
ABOUT MY BOOKS
What authors have said about my thrillers.
Caroline Mitchell, NY Times bestselling author of The Perfect Mother, The Secret Child and Truth And Lies: A great read packed with twists and turns.
John Marrs, author of The Good Samaritan and The Wronged Son: Fans of Mark Edwards will very much enjoy.
Definitely a writer to look out for.
Lisa Hall, author of The Party and Between You And Me: Tense and thrilling, with an ending you won’t see coming.
Jennifer Jaynes, USA Today bestselling author of Disturbed and Malice. Great job. Well crafted, deliciously twisty and kept me glued to the pages.
L A Detwiler, USA Today bestselling author of The Widow Next Door: The author is gritty, raw and dark in his writing. He is also extremely talented. I would highly recommend this read if you love a dark thriller in the same vein as Stephen King. My book of the month.
Natasha Harding from The Sun newspaper wrote about my thriller: A spooky read that will grab your attention from the very first page.
Reviewers on Amazon and Goodreads have said Stuart James has written some of the scariest thrillers they’ve read in years.
My thriller, Turn The Other Way, went world wide number 1 on 5 platforms and was chosen by Barnes And Noble as one of their top Halloween reads.
The House On Rectory Lane, won The International Book Award in horror fiction in 2020.
Apartment Six was released 29th January 2020.
Stranded released October 19th, 2020 on Amazon.
Selfie released on 12th August 2021.
Creeper released on 27th December 2021.
The Macabre released on 10 June 2022.
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This is one of those "you can't put down books"... The book was released last Friday and by Tuesday evening, I had read the book twice. Stuart James writes books with amazing twists and turns that you never see coming even when you read it and think you know where the book is going, it never ends where you think it should. These are great stories where he has crafted in some amazing endings which are unexpected....
From a quite family to a closed shop, these stories are exciting and scary... you feel for the characters and empathise with their plight...
A joy to read and I am looking forward to his next novel...
There are six short stories, around 40-50 pages each and all with horror or horrific overtones and they are great with neat twists that I tried (and failed) to guess. The Intruder, Room 9 and Seance were my favourites but the other trio weren't far behind and there's not a poor story among them.
Definitely recommended if you're into short, quick reads and if you're not, these may change your mind!
I love the abrupt end to the first chapter, you have an idea of what happened but can only use your imagination to know for sure.
I think Seance and Hitchikers were my favourites, although they were all great books. I really like short stories because it's easy to read a full story and finish it in one sitting.