Ad/PR/Patrocinado. Many thanks to Shortwave Publishing and NetGalley for this ARC. Traps and Specters releases September 22, 2026.
Jenna’s mother stands up, brushes down the front of her wool skirt, then kisses her daughter’s head before turning away. “I’m always afraid,” she says.
A short story collection for horror fans who enjoy variety in their reads. Traps and Specters will take you on a journey from ancient terror to contemporary horror, to futuristic dread, and from ghosts to curses, to body horror, to pop culture, to haunted houses.
The range of the short stories in this collection is impressive. Some of these stories are sad, some are shocking, some are ironic and some are thought-provoking. Put together, these fourteen stories are varied, creepy and bingeable, with characters, scenes and phrases that stay long after the story is done. Come for the diversity of chilling tales, and stay for the creeping dread and hard-hitting endings in this buffet of fear and horror.
It may be an unassuming bar in the middle of nowhere, a celebrity contest or a treehouse. It may be spouses, family members or completely strangers. No matter the setting, Traps and Specters has stories to tell about curses, revenge, love, hate and many other aspects of human existence seen through the lens of horror.
Horror – Short stories
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