Hearthside's Horror

Ghost Eaters

A Novel

By: Clay McLeod Chapman
Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

“Do you want to get Haunted? 'Ghost' is a drug that haunts a person instead of a place. Lost a loved one? Take 'Ghost' and you can see them again. The problem is that you can't take just one. This is a story of addiction, revenants, and imagery so grotesque that your skin crawls. This book is INTENSE and I recommend it to all horror fans! Read more

The Gathering Dark

An Anthology of Folk Horror

By: Tori Bovalino
Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg & Chanté McCormick
Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

These are the stories that haunt us



A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A rural, isolated bridge with a terrifying monster waiting for the completion of its summoning ritual. A lake that allows the drowned to return, though they have been changed by the... Read more

Never Whistle at Night

An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

By: Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Narrated by: Erin Tripp, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Joelle Peters, Kaniehtiio Horn, Lisa Cromarty, Maika Harper, Shane Ghostkeeper, Sheldon Elter & Tara Sky
Length: 13 hours 23 minutes

“This book is a horror short story collection featuring stories from 20+ indigenous authors! The title of this book comes from a belief in many native cultures that whistling at night calls bad spirits. These stories cover all kinds of terrifying topics and will leave you feeling thoroughly unsettled. Read more

White Horse

A Novel

By: Erika T. Wurth
Narrated by: Tonantzin Carmelo
Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

“If I had read White Horse on the page, Kari would have sounded exactly in my head the way Tonantzin Carmelo sounds in the audiobook. The main character of White Horse is fierce, sure of herself, and amazingly loving despite everything she’s gone through, and Carmelo captures her subtle intensity with expertise. In fact, White Horse is subtly... Read more

You've Lost a Lot of Blood

By: Eric LaRocca
Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
Length: 4 hours

Each precious thing I show you in this book is a holy relic from the night we both perished—the night when I combed you from my hair and watered the moon with your blood.



You've lost a lot of blood . . .



Contains mature themes. Read more

Our Shadows Have Claws

15 Latin American Monster Stories

By: Yamile Saied Méndez & Amparo Ortiz
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

From zombies to cannibals to star-crossed, shapeshifting lovers, this cross-genre anthology written by superstar YA authors from across the Latin American diaspora offers bold new thrills for every monster fan. In these fifteen original short stories, bloodthirsty vampires are hunted by a quick-witted slayer; children are taken from their beds... Read more

All Hallows

A Novel

By: Christopher Golden
Narrated by: January LaVoy & Ron Butler
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

With the 80's nostalgia of Stranger Things, this horror drama from NYT bestselling author Christopher Golden follows neighborhood families and a mysterious, lurking evil on one Halloween day.It’s Halloween night, 1984, in Coventry, Massachusetts, and two families are unraveling. Up and down the street, horrifying secrets are being revealed, and... Read more

The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw
Narrated by: Susan Dalian
Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

“This brief and gruesome fiction demands words seldom used in reviews: limpid, vitreous, filigreed, ghastly, profuse and riotous. Think Hans Christian Anderson turned inside out folk-horror-wise and served by Madeline Miller, with a garnish of Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Fascinating! Read more

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories

By: H.P. Lovecraft
Narrated by: William Roberts
Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

At the heart of these stories, as with all the best of Lovecraft’s work, is the belief that the Earth was once inhabited by powerful and evil gods, just waiting for the chance to recolonise their planet. Cthulhu is one such god, lurking deep beneath the sea until called into being by cult followers who – like all humans – know not what they do.... Read more

The Dead Take the A Train

Carrion City: Book #1

By: Richard Kadrey & Cassandra Khaw
Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey and Cassandra Khaw have teamed up to deliver a new dark story where Neil Gaiman meets Jessica Jones with magic, monsters, and mayhem.

Julie Crews is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-something who packs a lot of magic into her small body. She’s trying to establish herself as a major Psychic Operative in... Read more

The Fisherman

By: John Langan
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other's company and a shared passion for fishing,... Read more

Don't Fear the Reaper

By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Isabella Star LaBlanc, Jane Levy, Alexis Floyd, Pete Simonelli, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Marni Penning, Dan Bittner, Corey Brill, Matt Pittenger, Jesse Vilinsky, Migizi Pensoneau, Lee Osorio, Gail Shalan, Alejandro Antonio Ruiz, Angela Goethals & Stephen Graham Jones
Length: 15 hours 18 minutes

“It is no secret that I will read anything and everything that Stephen Graham Jones puts out. Doesn't matter: book, audiobook, even Tweet. This man is pure genius. I am SO glad to be back in Proofrock and in the slasher-inspired universe. To have a book on my shelf that continues the Lake Witch lore is truly an honor. Each chapter is inspired by... Read more

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Cara Gee
Length: 13 hours 3 minutes

“This frequently amusing and ultimately satisfying meta-horror novel follows Jade, a Native high-schooler with no friends, no extant future outside her janitorial job, and a deep love for slasher flicks, which are her coping mechanism in the face of an alcoholic father and absentee mom. Film trivia pervade the narration at every turn, but slasher... Read more

The King in Yellow

By: Robert W. Chambers
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Originally published in 1895, Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow is a marvel of supernatural fiction that has influenced a number of writers in the genre, most notably H. P. Lovecraft. Its powerful combination of horror and lyrical prose has made it a classic, a masterpiece of weird fiction that endures to this day.There is a book that is... Read more

The Only Good Indians

By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

“I loved this book. Jones has a unique narrative voice, allowing ‘the entity’ to step in and take over unexpectedly, amping up the horror. Also, each character has a distinct voice that brings them to life. Jones combines the culture and traditions of the Blackfeet and Crow people with the social truths of their contemporary life. It is... Read more

The Island of Dr. Moreau

By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Robin Lawson
Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Written in 1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau was an instant sensation that went on to inspire a series of movies. It was meant as a commentary on Darwin’s recently published theory of evolution, which had riveted the world of science and therefore, of science fiction. While gene-splicing and bioengineering are common practices today, readers are... Read more

Dracula - Abridged

Penguin Audio Classics

By: Bram Stoker
Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Of the many admiring reviews Bram Stoker's Dracula received when it first appeared in 1897, the most astute praise came from the author's mother, who wrote her son: "It is splendid. No book since Mrs. Shelley's Frankenstein or indeed any other at all has come near yours in originality, or terror."

A popular bestseller in Victorian England,... Read more

Carmilla

A Vampyre Tale

By: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by: Megan Follows
Length: 3 hours

This was the very first vampire thriller, eventually becoming inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula, as well classics by Robert Louis Stevenson. In this tale of blood and terror, pure innocence becomes the target of age-old evil. Virtuous Laura has grown up in a solitary castle and longs for a close friend. Her wish seems granted with the... Read more

What Moves the Dead

Sworn Soldier: Book #1

By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Avi Roque
Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

“As we move into the slightly cooler months of autumn, I always crave a good scary story. What Moves the Dead is a retelling of Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. This creepy, slightly sci-fi tale will have you hiding under the covers and become wary of mushrooms. Just under 200 pages, it’s the perfect horror story to read in one sitting. Read more

This Book is Full of Spiders

Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It

John Dies at the End: Book #2

By: David Wong
Narrated by: Nick Podehl
Length: 14 hours 49 minutes

From David Wong, the writer of the cult sensation John Dies at the End comes another terrifying and hilarious tale of almost Armageddon at the hands of two hopeless heroes.Warning: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. THIS IS NOT A METAPHOR. You will dismiss this as ridiculous fear-mongering. Dismissing things as... Read more