My Dear You
Rachel Khong
Published 2026
240 pages
The most popular horror short stories books of 2026
Horror short stories are perfect for a quick scare. A good one builds dread in a few pages and leaves you with an image you cannot shake. Classic ghost stories and modern nightmares fill these collections. Ideal for reading aloud on a dark night. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
Combines Short stories and Horror & supernatural
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The War
Garth Ennis
Published 2026
112 pages
You Have to Let Them Bleed
Annie Neugebauer
Published 2026
282 pages
Judge Dredd
Rob Williams
Published 2026
128 pages
Sauúti Terrors
Published 2026
416 pages
The Thirteenth Floor Anthology
A. K. Benedict, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, K.M. Hardy
Published 2026
352 pages
The Daughter Who Remains
Nnedi Okorafor
Published 2026
192 pages
What's for Dinner? A Collection of Short Stories
N. Gray
Published 2026
134 pages
The Found Object Society A Novel
Michelle Maryk
Published 2026
448 pages
Vampire Hunter D Omnibus
Hideyuki Kikuchi
Published 2026
704 pages
The Dark and Other Scary Stories
Max Brallier
Published 2026
112 pages
A River From the Sky Natural Engines
Ai Jiang
Published 2026
208 pages
Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep
Paul Tremblay
Published 2026
320 pages
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary : The Complete 1904 Collection
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary : The Complete 1904 Collection
M. R. James, Jeffrey L. Carrier
Published 2026
146 pages
Terror Triptych
Terror Triptych
Kasey Fallon
Published 2026
Black Sheep Laundry
Black Sheep Laundry
Helen Tran
Published 2026
Dying Daylights
Dying Daylights
Tyler Fincher
Published 2026
No One Left to Touch & Other Stories
No One Left to Touch & Other Stories
Elizabeth Greyrose
Published 2026
King in Yellow
King in Yellow
Robert Chambers
Published 2026
October
October
Lucas Renswick
Published 2026
Mystic Hands
Mystic Hands
Allan Grim
Published 2026
Not a Speck of Light
Not a Speck of Light
Laird Barron, Trevor Henderson
Published 2026
Things Are As They Should Be and Other Words to Die For
Things Are As They Should Be and Other Words to Die For
M. P. Raymond
Published 2026
Monsters under Your Skin
Monsters under Your Skin
Kitty Olsen, Velox Books
Published 2026