Best Horror Audiobooks Under 10 Hours

Mountain Man: Prequel

Mountain Man #0.4

by Keith C. Blackmore

Narrated by R.C. Bray

R.C. Bray's gravel-voiced delivery transforms this zombie siege into something claustrophobic and relentless—he makes you feel trapped inside that megastore as hard as the characters are.

Carrie

by Stephen King

Narrated by Sissy Spacek, Margaret Atwood

King's first published novel follows telekinetic Carrie White from prom humiliation to supernatural revenge against her tormentors. The dual narration captures both the intimate horror and broader social commentary.

Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire (Journalstone's Doubledown)

Dead of Night #2.5 • Book 8

by Jonathan Maberry, Rachael Lavin, Lucas Mangum

Narrated by Ray Porter

Post-zombie apocalypse thriller where three survivors race to save children from both undead hordes and human predators. Porter handles the intense action and moral complexity with gritty precision.

Joyland

by Stephen King

Narrated by Michael Kelly

College student Devin takes a summer job at a North Carolina amusement park haunted by an unsolved murder, with Michael Kelly's narration capturing both nostalgia and creeping dread.

The Mist

Skeleton Crew • Book 1

by Stephen King

Narrated by Will Patton

Shoppers trapped in a supermarket face otherworldly creatures lurking in a mysterious mist outside. Will Patton's tense narration captures the claustrophobic horror as civilization breaks down inside the store.

The Thief of Always

by Clive Barker

Narrated by Adam Verner

Harvey discovers a magical house where every day brings Christmas, Halloween, and summer—but Adam Verner's narration hints at the sinister price.

Three Parts Dead

Arisen • Book 3

by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs

Narrated by R.C. Bray

Alpha team, the world's last elite operators, drift toward hostile shores on Lake Michigan while seven billion zombies have claimed the mainland.

Mountain Man

Mountain Man • Book 1

by Keith C. Blackmore

Narrated by R.C. Bray

Gus Berry stumbles through a zombie-infested world armed with only a shotgun, liquor, and dark humor. R.C. Bray captures every drunken moment and desperate survival choice with gruff authenticity.

Stephen King Value Collection: Lawnmower Man, Gray Matter, and Graveyard Shift

by Stephen King, John Glover

Narrated by John Glover

Sixteen classic King short stories showcase his range from cosmic horror to intimate psychological terror. Glover's theatrical background shines through each tale, crafting distinct atmospheres for suburban nightmares and workplace dread.

Safari

Mountain Man • Book 2

by Keith C. Blackmore

Narrated by R.C. Bray

Gus Berry's post-apocalyptic routine of drinking and zombie-proofing his mountain fortress faces a new threat when even the undead start disappearing. R.C. Bray perfectly captures the dark humor and growing dread of this zombie sequel.

Mogadishu of the Dead

Arisen • Book 2

by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs

Narrated by R.C. Bray

Fortress Britain stands as humanity's last bastion while elite commandos face zombie hordes in this post-apocalyptic military thriller.

Bird Box

Bird Box • Book 1

by Josh Malerman

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell

Malorie and her children navigate a post-apocalyptic world where looking at mysterious creatures causes instant, violent madness. Cassandra Campbell's tense narration amplifies the claustrophobic horror of a world where sight itself has become deadly.

Darkness On The Edge Of Town: Stories of Pine Deep

Pine Deep

by Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by Ray Porter

Five interconnected tales explore America's spookiest town, from a war-torn soldier's homecoming to a paperboy's dark discovery. These stories blend psychological horror with supernatural dread perfectly.

The Amityville Horror

by Jay Anson

Narrated by Ray Porter

Ray Porter's deadpan delivery transforms this into pure psychological dread—he sells the slow-burn terror without ever overselling it, making the escalating haunting feel disturbingly plausible.

The Woman in Black

by Susan Hill, John Lawrence

Narrated by Paapa Essiedu

Arthur Kipps encounters a vengeful spirit while handling a deceased client's estate in the isolated Eel Marsh House. Paapa Essiedu's atmospheric reading heightens Hill's Victorian-style ghost story with elegant restraint.

Clive Barker's The Books of Blood: Volume Three

Books of Blood • Book 3

by Clive Barker

Narrated by Scott Brick, Xe Sands, Jeffrey Kafer, Peter Bishop, Chris Patton

Five distinct horror stories explore death, desire, and transformation with Barker's signature visceral imagery. The cast of narrators—Scott Brick, Xe Sands, Jeffrey Kafer, Peter Bishop, and Chris Patton—each match their story's unique tone.

I Am Legend

by Richard Matheson

Narrated by Robertson Dean

Robertson Dean captures the isolation and desperation of humanity's last survivor hunting vampires by day and hiding by night.

Clive Barker's The Books of Blood: Volume One

Books of Blood • Book 1

by Clive Barker

Narrated by Simon Vance, Dick Hill, Peter Berkrot, Jeffrey Kafer, Chet Williamson, Chris Patton

Six different narrators bring Barker's 16 horror stories to life with the precision they deserve—each voice perfectly matched to the grotesque intimacy of tales that redefined what short fiction horror could be.

Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume III

by Stephen King

Narrated by Stephen King, Gary Sinise, Joe Morton, Joe Mantegna

King teams with Sinese, Morton, and Mantegna to continue his virtuoso performance of horror tales mixing supernatural terror with psychological insight.

Recall

by J.D. Kirk

Narrated by James McAvoy

James McAvoy's voice carries you deep into a fractured mind where recovered memories might be supernatural possession or psychological breakdown—Kirk's psychological horror hits hardest when you can't tell the difference.

Conspiracy Theory

Zombie Theories • Book 2

by Rich Restucci

Narrated by Michael Kramer

Our immune-to-zombies hero must escape government captivity and a certifiable super-spook to flee back to his friends a continent away, with Michael Kramer's intensity matching every desperate mile.

Ghost Stories: Stephen Fry's Definitive Collection

by Stephen Fry, Washington Irving, M.R. James, Amelia B. Edwards, Robert Louis Stevenson, Algernon Blackwood, Edgar Allan Poe, Charlotte Riddell, Bram Stoker

Narrated by Stephen Fry

Fry's theatrical background shines as he inhabits each classic tale, from Irving's Headless Horseman to M.R. James's scholarly terrors.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

by Washington Irving

Narrated by Tom Mison

Robertson Dean's dramatic reading captures every terrified moment as schoolteacher Ichabod Crane faces the ghostly Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow.

Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Narrated by Phoebe Fox, Rose Leslie, David Tennant, David Horovitch, James Wilby, Susan Wooldridge, Hannah Genesius

This Victorian vampire tale about dangerous female friendship gets a full-cast treatment featuring David Tennant that honors its gothic atmosphere.

The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux

Narrated by Ralph Cosham

Leroux's original Gothic tale follows the mysterious phantom haunting the Paris Opera House and his obsession with young singer Christine Daaé. The atmospheric setting of underground passages and grand opera halls creates perfect material for audio immersion.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson, Jonathan Lethem

Narrated by Bernadette Dunne

Eighteen-year-old Merricat Blackwood lives with her sister in gothic isolation after a family poisoning incident. Bernadette Dunne's unsettling performance captures Merricat's childlike voice hiding something far more sinister underneath.

The Girl Next Door

by Jack Ketchum

Narrated by Jack Ketchum

Two sisters endure systematic torture in their aunt's basement while neighborhood kids become complicit observers. Ketchum's own narration adds disturbing intimacy to this based-on-true-events horror.

Whistlin' Past the Graveyard: A Pine Deep Story

Pine Deep

by Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by Ray Porter

In just 66 minutes, Ray Porter creates mounting dread as a Pine Deep cemetery worker realizes the dead aren't staying buried, proving short horror can be devastatingly effective.

Every Last Drop

Joe Pitt • Book 4

by Charlie Huston

Narrated by Scott Brick

Scott Brick's gravelly voice perfectly captures vampire enforcer Joe Pitt's terminal tough-guy attitude as he faces his final stand in New York's undead underworld.

Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume I

by Stephen King, Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Curry, Yeardley Smith, Rob Lowe, Tabitha King, Robert B. Parker, Stephen Jay Gould

Narrated by Stephen King, Kathy Bates, Matthew Broderick, Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Rob Lowe, Gary Sinese

King joins an all-star cast including Kathy Bates and Gary Sinese to perform his tales of vampires, lurking spirits, and ordinary people driven to extremes.

The Trouble

Pine Deep Trilogy

by Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by Ray Porter

Malcolm Crow thought he'd destroyed Pine Deep's ancient evil, but brutal new murders prove him wrong. This direct sequel to the Pine Deep trilogy shows Porter handling Maberry's signature blend of small-town horror and supernatural dread.

A Head Full of Ghosts

by Paul Tremblay

Narrated by Joy Osmanski

When fourteen-year-old Marjorie shows signs of possession or mental illness, her desperate family agrees to film an exorcism for reality TV. Joy Osmanski switches between the adult narrator and disturbing childhood scenes with unsettling skill.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by Alexander Spencer

Respectable Dr. Jekyll's experiments with human nature unleash his monstrous alter ego, Mr. Hyde, onto Victorian London's fog-shrouded streets.

The Only Good Indians

The Only Good Indians • Book 1

by Stephen Graham Jones

Narrated by Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Four Blackfeet men face supernatural revenge for a decade-old elk hunt in this visceral horror that burrows under your skin. Taylor-Corbett's grounded performance anchors the mounting dread without overselling the terror.

That's Not Right

by Scott Meyer

Narrated by Luke Daniels

Videographer Amber discovers her paranormal radio show hero doesn't believe any of the supernatural stories he broadcasts nightly. Daniels perfectly captures the comedy that emerges when a true believer teams up with a complete skeptic.

Half the Blood of Brooklyn

Joe Pitt • Book 3

by Charlie Huston

Narrated by Scott Brick

Manhattan's vampire clans fight over territory while Joe Pitt navigates political intrigue that could spill blood across the city. Scott Brick's noir delivery matches Huston's hard-boiled prose style beat for beat.

Deadman's Road

by Joe R. Lansdale

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki

Reverend Jebediah Mercer battles zombies, werewolves, and evil spirits across the Wild West with his burning Bible. Stefan Rudnicki matches the profane humor and supernatural action of this Deadwood-meets-Cthulhu adventure.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

by Washington Irving

Narrated by Robertson Dean

Robertson Dean's dramatic reading captures every terrified moment as schoolteacher Ichabod Crane faces the ghostly Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow.

The Haunting of Maddy Clare

by Simone St. James

Narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown

In 1920s England, temp worker Sarah Piper assists a WWI-scarred ghost hunter investigating a vengeful spirit who only communicates through women.

The Summer I Died

The Roger Huntington Saga • Book 1

by Ryan C. Thomas

Narrated by John Andrews

College friends Roger and Tooth's beer-can shooting trip at Bobcat Mountain goes horribly wrong in this visceral horror novel. John Andrews doesn't shy away from the book's brutal intensity.

"The Haunting of Hill House Novel

by Shirley Jackson

Narrated by Bernadette Dunne

Four paranormal investigators enter America's most malevolent house, where the real terror isn't ghosts but psychological breakdown. Jackson's subtle psychological horror unfolds beautifully in audio format.

The Final Girl Support Group

by Grady Hendrix, Full Cast

Narrated by Full Cast Full Cast, Jessica Schly, Kelly Baskin, Yesenia Iglesias, Alyssa Keegan, Elizabeth Jernigan, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Mort Shelby, Su Ling Chan, Jacob Yeh, Holly Adams, Nora Achrati

What happens to slasher movie survivors decades later? This full cast production captures the paranoia and trauma of women who lived through horror movie scenarios and now meet for therapy.

Chaos Theory

Zombie Theories • Book 1

by Rich Restucci

Narrated by Michael Kramer

Zombies overrun civilization while one man fights alongside a survivalist and teenage girl against both undead and human threats. The action stays relentless throughout seven hours of apocalyptic survival.

Spirits from Beyond

Ghost Finders • Book 4

by Simon R. Green

Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

The Carnacki Institute's ghost-hunting team faces their latest supernatural assignment with attitude and antisupernatural tech. Tim Gerard Reynolds captures each operative's distinct personality, from arrogant JC to gloomy Happy Jack.

Hell House

by Richard Matheson

Narrated by Ray Porter

Ray Porter guides four investigators into Belasco House, where previous expeditions ended in murder and madness in this haunted house classic.

Fire is Orange: Ten Disturbing Short Stories (The Color Series Book 3)

The Color Series • Book 3

by Scott Sigler

Narrated by Scott Sigler, Ray Porter, A.B. Kovacs

Ten horror tales from Sigler's twisted mind, including a new Kissyman story that will haunt your dreams. The multi-narrator approach gives each nightmare its own distinct voice.

Model Home

by Rivers Solomon

Narrated by Gabby Beans

Three Black siblings fled their lily-white Dallas suburb after experiencing inexplicable supernatural events, and Gabby Beans captures their family trauma with haunting precision.

The Savage Dead

by Joe McKinney

Narrated by Michael Kramer

Laboratory-created flesh-eating virus turns cruise passengers into cannibalistic monsters in contained horror. Michael Kramer handles the escalating carnage and claustrophobic ship setting with appropriately grim intensity.

Titus Crow, Volume 2: The Clock of Dreams; Spawn of the Winds

Titus Crow #3-4 • Book 3

by Brian Lumley

Narrated by Simon Vance

Titus Crow continues his seemingly impossible war against Cthulhu and the Elder Gods in these two Lovecraft-inspired adventures. Vance's performance captures both the cosmic horror and the unlikely heroism of humans fighting otherworldly evil.

The Suck: A Supernatural Monster Hunt

Hunters for Hire • Book 1

by Jonathan Yanez

Narrated by Steven Barnett

Blood Communion

The Vampire Chronicles • Book 13

by Anne Rice

Narrated by Eric Shaw Quinn

Rice concludes the Vampire Chronicles with Lestat's struggle to rule the vampire world while battling forces determined to destroy his reign.

Letter Slot

The Shivers Collection • Book 5

by Owen King

Narrated by Grover Gardner

A desperate teenager drops a letter about his mother's illness into an abandoned house's mail slot and receives a sinister bargain in return. Grover Gardner's measured delivery builds dread as Owen King explores how desperation makes terrible deals seem reasonable.

Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula

by Valdimar Ásmundsson, Bram Stoker, Hans Corneel De Roos, Dacre Stoker, John Edgar Browning

Narrated by Adam Verner, Robertson Dean, Ralph Lister, Derek Perkins, R.C. Bray, various

The 1901 Icelandic 'translation' of Dracula is actually a completely different vampire story with Stoker's blessing. Six narrators bring this literary discovery to eerie life.

Horrorstör - Grady Hendrix

by Unknown Author

Narrated by Tai Sammons, Bronson Pinchot

Haunted house horror unfolds inside a Swedish furniture megastore as five employees work overnight to solve bizarre vandalism—Pinchot and Sammons capture every creepy detail.

The Shivers Collection

The Shivers Collection #1-5

by Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, Grady Hendrix, Catriona Ward, Owen King

Narrated by Robert Fass, Kyla Garcia, Moniqua Plante, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, Grover Gardner

Five horror masters—including Joe Hill and Stephen Graham Jones—craft tales where supernatural threats lurk in ancient trees, beaches, and friendly letters.

Greener Pastures

by Michael Wehunt, Michael Bukowski

Narrated by Marlin May

Michael Wehunt's debut collection ranges from found-footage horror to jazz-soaked supernatural tales that showcase a striking new voice in weird fiction.

Haunted

David Ash • Book 1

by James Herbert

Narrated by Steven Pacey

Investigator David Ash spends three nights in Edbrook house, where malevolent games blur the line between haunting and psychological horror. Pacey's performance heightens every supernatural encounter.

Die Laughing

The Retreat • Book 3

by Joe McKinney, Craig DiLouie, Stephen Knight

Narrated by R.C. Bray

Zombie-fatigued survivors battle across a ravaged America in this relentless military horror finale. R.C. Bray's gritty performance captures the exhaustion and desperation of soldiers pushed beyond their breaking point.

Le Tertre

by H.P. Lovecraft, Laurent Folliot

Narrated by Olivier Balazuc

Lovecraft transforms a few lines about Oklahoma Indian legend into cosmic horror mastery, with Olivier Balazuc's French narration adding atmospheric dread.

Already Dead

Joe Pitt • Book 1

by Charlie Huston

Narrated by Scott Brick

Vampire private eye Joe Pitt hunts a flesh-eating zombie shambling through Manhattan's supernatural underworld. The gritty noir atmosphere gets full treatment without glamorizing the undead detective's brutal existence.

The Small Hand

by Susan Hill

Narrated by Cameron Stewart

An antiquarian bookseller encounters a ghostly child's hand at an abandoned house, and Cameron Stewart's atmospheric reading amplifies every supernatural chill.

Graveyard Shift

Midnight Stakes • Book 1

by Melanie Davies

Narrated by Maxine Mitchell

Twenty-something vampire hunter Hayley Van Helsing questions her destiny until she meets Darius, a mysterious man who changes everything about her calling. Maxine Mitchell captures both Hayley's modern uncertainty and ancient family legacy.

Terror in the Shadows Vol. 11: Horror Short Stories Collection with Scary Ghosts, Paranormal & Supernatural Monsters

Terror in the Shadows • Book 11

by Kathryn St. John-Shin, Scare Street, Ron Ripley, David Longhorn, Sara Clancy, Anna Sinjin, Johnny Raven, Bronson Carey

Narrated by Johnny Raven

Thirteen supernatural tales explore vengeful bullies from beyond, medical procedures gone wrong, and nature's violent revenge. The variety spans ghostly tormentors to hungry amphibian swarms in this expertly curated collection.

Dead City

Dead World • Book 1

by Joe McKinney

Narrated by Michael Kramer

Hurricane-ravaged Texas becomes ground zero for a zombie outbreak that spreads faster than authorities can contain it.

The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

by Bridget Collins, Natasha Pulley, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Elizabeth Macneal, Laura Purcell

Narrated by Rosalind Eleazar, Rory Kinnear, Juliet Stevenson, Gemma Whelan

Eight contemporary authors revive the Victorian tradition of winter ghost stories with tales of haunted houses, cursed objects, and supernatural revenge. Multiple narrators including Juliet Stevenson and Rory Kinnear bring atmospheric dread to each unsettling tale.

The Last Ritual : Arkham Horror (Arkham Horror) (Arkham Horror, 2)

Arkham Horror • Book 11

by S.A. Sidor

Narrated by Andy Clemence, Christopher Scheeren, Elizabeth Jernigan, Ken Jackson, Matthew Schleigh, Nora Achrati, Zeke Alton, Anthony Palmini, Jon Vertullo, Earl Fisher, Alyssa Keegan

Painter Alden Oakes joins a mysterious art commune in Arkham, but their surrealist masterpieces threaten to tear apart reality itself. The extensive voice cast creates an immersive audio drama perfect for this Lovecraftian tale of artistic madness.

The Cipher

by Kathe Koja

Narrated by Joshua Saxon

Nicholas discovers a dark hole that weeps plasma instead of blood, leading his girlfriend Nakota to conduct increasingly disturbing experiments with insects and worse.

The Devourer Below

Arkham Horror • Book 14

by Josh Reynolds, Evan Dicken, Davide Mana, Georgina Kamsika, Thomas Parrott, David Annandale, Cath Lauria, Charlotte Llewelyn-Wells

Narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya

Arkham faces new monstrous hunger rising from the depths in this Lovecraftian horror anthology. The collection showcases heroes fighting the encroaching darkness despite overwhelming odds.

The Nonesuch and Others

by Brian Lumley

Narrated by Joshua Saxon

Brian Lumley ventures beyond his famous Necroscope series with these unsettling horror tales. Joshua Saxon's narration finds the perfect balance between Lumley's cosmic dread and his more intimate character moments.

The Night Boat

by Robert McCammon, Colin Sullivan, Rowena Morrill

Narrated by Ray Porter

A sunken Nazi U-boat rises from a Caribbean lagoon with its crew still aboard and very much undead. Ray Porter captures McCammon's vintage horror atmosphere in this underwater nightmare.

Land of Bones

by Glenn Rolfe

Narrated by Lauri Jo Daniels, Anneliese Rennie, Kyle Tait, Matt Godfrey, Joe Hempel, Kelsey Navarro, Sean Duregger, Curt Bonnem, Gary Bennet, Adam Bar, Travis Baldree, Chelsea Stephens, KC Johnston, Shawn Compton

Fourteen nightmare-fuel stories about demon lights, haunted motels, and apocalyptic love get full-cast treatment that turns each tale into its own horror radio drama.

5 Tales that Will Land You in Hell

by Patrick C. Harrison III, PC3

Narrated by Cambron McKinney

Deliberately offensive horror stories come with the author's own pairing suggestions for music and drinks. McKinney leans into the intentionally trashy B-movie aesthetic these tales demand.

The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole

Narrated by Tony Jay

Gothic literature's founding text features giant helmets crushing people, bleeding statues, and supernatural chaos in a medieval Italian castle, with Tony Jay's theatrical narration.

The King in Yellow

by Robert W. Chambers

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir

Strange tales of madness center around a cursed play that drives readers insane just by reading its forbidden second act. Stefan Rudnicki and Gabrielle de Cuir's haunting delivery amplifies Chambers' atmospheric dread.

Ghostly Terror!: Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook / The Yellow Wallpaper / The Beast with Five Fingers

by M.R. James, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, W.F. Harvey, Andrew Sachs, Laurel Lefkow, Stephen Pacey

Narrated by Andrew Sachs, Larel Lefkow, Steven Pacey

Stephen Pacey, Andrew Sachs, and Laurel Lefkow transform three foundational horror stories into a masterclass in atmospheric narration—each voice perfectly matched to its tale's creeping dread.

Dead Detectives Society

by James Aquilone, Kevin J. Anderson, Jonathan Maberry, Steve Niles, Nancy A. Collins, Joe R. Lansdale, Kasey Lansdale, David Avallone, Lisa Morton, Nancy Holder, Alan Philipson, John Jennings, Tim Waggoner, Rena Mason, Jeff Strand

Narrated by Joe Hempel, Derek Austin, Jenn Lee, Dean Gallagher, Amber Dekkers, Gary Noon, Jennifer Pickens

Supernatural investigators—zombies, ghosts, vampires—solve macabre mysteries across dimensions in this horror anthology collection.

Fiend

by Alma Katsu

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik

Barrie Kreinik narrates this modern horror about an import-export dynasty with supernatural muscle backing their business empire.

Fever

Flu • Book 2

by Wayne Simmons

Narrated by Michael Kramer

Ireland's deadly flu outbreak creates flesh-eating monsters in this zombie thriller where lab worker Ellis and security guard Abe fight through corridors of living dead.

Real Ghost Stories: Disturbing Paranormal Stories Based On True Events (True Ghost Stories: Real Hauntings)

True Ghost Stories: Real Hauntings

by Eve S. Evans

Narrated by Dana Bruhn

Dana Bruhn's delivery adds genuine unease to these allegedly true accounts, from apartments that reject tenants to haunted schools welcoming new students.

Weird Tales Magazine No. 370: Monster Issue (Weird Tales Magazine)

Weird Tales Magazine

by Jonathan Maberry, Various, Various Narrators

Narrated by Ray Porter, Bronson Pinchot, Hillary Huber, Joe Hempel, Jennifer Pickens, Dion Graham, Simon Vance, Emily Woo Zeller, Neil Hellegers

A stellar ensemble cast transforms this monster-themed anthology into pure audio theater—each narrator nails their story's voice, making the twisted takes on familiar creatures genuinely unsettling.

The Monstrous Feminine: Dark Tales of Dangerous Women

by Cin Ferguson, Querus Abuttu, Amber Bliss, Sally Bosco, Christe Callabro, Elsa Carruthers, Kristin Dearborn, E.V. Knight, Broos Campbell

Narrated by Virtual Voice

Fourteen horror stories featuring archaeologists who speak at the wrong moment, ancient protectors judging humanity's fate, and mysterious women who decide which souls deserve rehabilitation.

Creepers

by Billy Wells

Narrated by Virtual Voice

Halloween disappearances, vengeful chemistry professors, and masked riders create bite-sized terror perfect for quick horror fixes.

Weird Tales Magazine No. 367

Weird Tales Magazine

by Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by Scott Brick, Robert Fass, James Anderson Foster, Heath Miller, Neil Hellegers, Roger Clark, Joe Hempel, Edoardo Ballerini, Eunice Wong, Simon Vance, Holly Adams, Chris Henry Coffey, Ralph Lister, Natalie Naudus

Fourteen narrators tackle cosmic horror from Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and other masters of reality-bending fiction. The ensemble approach suits stories designed to destabilize your worldview completely.

Flu

Flu • Book 1

by Wayne Simmons

Narrated by Michael Kramer

A pandemic turns deadly when victims rise again two hours after death, forcing armed police to lock the infected in their homes to die alone.

Frightliner and Other Tales of the Supernatural

by Colleen Drippe, Karina Lumbert Fabian

Narrated by Virtual Voice

Jay Carlson's encounter with a mysterious dark truck spirals into ancient battles between good and evil. The virtual narration maintains tension as country music and open roads prove insufficient against supernatural forces.

Night Portals Box Set: Season One 1-8

by Ernie Howard

Narrated by Virtual Voice

Eight tales ranging from romantic thriller to pure horror—some will make you laugh, others will have you checking door locks twice.

Weird Tales Magazine No. 368: Occult Detective Issue

Weird Tales Magazine

by Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by Bronson Pinchot, Eric G. Dove, Kevin Kenerly, Andrea Emmes, Robin Miles, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Tim Campbell, Kevin J. Anderson, Robert Fass, Joel Froomkin, Frankie Corzo, Scott Aiello, Simon Vance, Hillary Huber

Multiple narrators bring occult investigators to life across dimensions, with each voice capturing different supernatural sleuths who peer into shadowy mysteries.

Caliban and Other Tales

by Robert Devereaux

Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Shakespeare's monster gets a dark fantasy makeover alongside other spine-tingling tales from Devereaux's twisted imagination. Edoardo Ballerini voices the violence and magic swirling around Caliban's island revenge.

Vampire Stories

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Eighteen-Bisang, Martin H. Greenberg

Narrated by Steven Menasche

Conan Doyle trades deduction for bloodsucking horror in tales ranging from carnivorous plants to vampiric spouses. Steven Menasche navigates the Victorian gothic atmosphere of these lesser-known supernatural works.

Notches: A Collection

by M. Ennenbach

Narrated by Douglas Woolley

Twisted tales explore the darkest corners of human psychology, mixing horror with unexpected humor throughout. Each story provides a disturbing window into emotional darkness and raw psychological truth.

Weird Tales Magazine No. 371: The Undead Issue

Weird Tales Magazine

by Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by Ray Porter, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Natalie Naudus, Charlotte Moore-Lambert, Sam Stark, Mike Cooper, Charles Linshaw, Jenn Lee, Tim Lounibos, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Robin Miles, Joel Froomkin

Multiple narrators tackle this undead-themed anthology featuring zombies, vampires, and revenants from established horror writers and promising newcomers exploring death-defying monsters.

Blithecraft: an anthology of weird tales

by C.R. Tyroak

Narrated by Gareth Richards

C.R. Tyroak's collection spans fishing ports to Cumbrian fells to alien observatories, all rendered in classical weird fiction style. The narrator captures both contemporary elements and old-fashioned atmospheric dread.

Rise of the Dead: An Earth-Shattering Anthology of Zombie Terror

by Gary Lee Vincent, E.L. Stice, Tyson Blue, John A. Russo, Paul Victor Wargelin

Narrated by Virtual Voice

Co-creator of Night of the Living Dead curates stories honoring the modern zombie genre's origins. Multiple authors explore fresh takes on flesh-eating terror.

Extremely Bizarre

Bizarre Horror Series

by Planet Bizarro

Narrated by George Tait

Ten illustrated horror tales range from deadly face pareidolia to a traumatized mother seeking meaning at her son's death site, plus a hand-in-a-can order gone horribly wrong. George Tait navigates the collection's varying horror styles with atmospheric precision.

J. Sheridan Le Fanu: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Gothic Horror Collection

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Don McCamphill, Alan Drury, Neil Brand, Anne-Marie Duff, Brana Bajic, David Warner, Celia Imrie, Jacqueline Pearce, Nigel Anthony, Roger May, Kenneth Cranham, Ian McDiarmid, Teresa Gallagher, Graham Crowden, Dorothy Tutin, Joan Sims, Kathleen Byron, Tessa Worsley, John Hartley, Jonathan Keeble, Geoffrey Whitehead, Stephen Critchlow, George Cole, Jane Wittenshaw, George A. Cooper, Becky Hindley, Pauline Letts, David Collings, John Evitts, Linda Regan, Joan Littlewood, Paul Chahidi, Haydn Gwynne, Jonathan Forbes, Ruth Everett, Matthew Durkan, Alexandra Hannant, Rebecca Crankshaw, Chris Jack, Michael Begley, Neil McCaul, Seán Barrett

Narrated by full cast, Anne-Marie Duff, Roger May, David Warner, Celia Imrie, Haydn Gwynne, Teresa Gallagher, Paul Chahidi, Joan Sims

BBC's full-cast productions of Le Fanu's Victorian ghost stories include the lesbian vampire classic 'Carmilla,' featuring Anne-Marie Duff in atmospheric radio drama adaptations.

The Box: Uncanny Stories

by Richard Matheson

Narrated by Grover Gardner

Matheson's twisted moral puzzles get their due with Grover Gardner's measured delivery, especially in the title story about a button that kills strangers for money.

Nightlight

by Michael Cadnum

Narrated by Ray Porter

Ray Porter's measured, unsettling delivery transforms Cadnum's slow-burn psychological horror into something genuinely skin-crawling—he nails the creeping dread where the real terror lives.

A Touch of Evil

by G.H. White

Narrated by Virtual Voice

G.H. White crafts a genuinely unsettling supernatural thriller where a boy's psychometric gift becomes a conduit for ancient evil—Virtual Voice's measured delivery heightens the creeping dread.

Nightmare Collector: horror stories

by Azahara Vega, Sheyla Drymon

Narrated by Virtual Voice

Ten horror stories explore protagonists' deepest fears—death, loss, the unknown—in this nightmare-focused collection. The AI voice maintains consistent tension across morgues, surgeries, and 3:30 a.m. encounters.

Weird Tales Magazine No. 372: Cryptids & Urban Legends

by Jonathan Maberry, Full Cast, Various

Narrated by Hillary Huber, Joe Hempel, Nancy Wu, Matt Godfrey, Patricia Santomasso, Robert Fass, James Anderson Foster, James Fouhey, Derek Austin, Liam Gerrard, Ramiz Monsef, Justin Price, Ray Porter, Christopher Tester, full cast

A full-cast production that treats cryptid lore with genuine respect—the rotating narrators nail the eerie atmosphere while essays ground the mythology in real investigation and wonder.

The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine

by Peter Straub

Narrated by Michael Kramer

Age-separated lovers bound by erotic obsession spend twenty-five years aboard a mysterious yacht traveling endlessly down the Amazon River. Michael Kramer navigates this unsettling psychological novella with appropriate unease.

The Dark Reset: The Hunger

The Dark Reset • Book 1

by G.E. Moore

Narrated by Adam Verner

Captain Stone discovers that zombie apocalypses get worse when you add werewolves and vampires to the mix. Verner navigates the genre mashup with appropriate dramatic flair.

Night Callers: Terrifying & Peculiar Tales (Book One)

by Robert Young

Narrated by Robert Denney

Robert Denney's narration suits these tales of creatures spawned from the damned who hunt in lands of dust and bones. His delivery matches the old-school horror atmosphere.

The Grip of It

by Jac Jemc

Narrated by Amy McFadden, Michael David Axtell

Julie and James's new house seems to have its own malevolent agenda, changing them in disturbing ways. Amy McFadden and Michael David Axtell create an unsettling dual perspective as reality becomes increasingly unreliable.