As a whole, though, this collection hits the mark. These spooky stories include mermaids, ghosts, and personal demons, and are edited by Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker award winner and author of the Rot.

While most of the stories are solid, several end abruptly or ambiguously, making for a few too many unfulfilling moments. Others pump up the adrenaline, like Christopher Golden’s “What Happens When the Heart Just Stops,” set in a dystopian future where nighttime belongs to flying terrors. Some stories are easy to relate to, such as Carrie Ryan’s “What Happens to Girls Who Disappear,” about a girl who just wants to be special, or Zac Brewer’s “Death and Twinkies,” about a boy contemplating suicide on a bridge. Ghost stories and brushes with Death mingle with modern terrors like addictive video games and cyber-stalkers to provide a wide range of unsettling, chilling tales. man, there are so many kinds of fear out there,” writes editor Maberry in his introduction to this horror anthology, featuring short fiction and verse offerings from more than 20 members of the Horror Writers of America, including Cherie Priest, R.L. Maberry is also the editor of many anthologies including an X-Files series, Scary Out There, Aliens: Bug Hunt, Nights of the Living Dead (co-edited with zombie. What scares you Things that go bump in the n. Multiple Bram Stoker Award winning author Jonathan Maberry compiles more than twenty stories and poems written by members of the Horror Writers Association in this terrifying collection about worst fears. These spooky stories include mermaids, ghosts, and personal demons, and are edited by Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker award winner and author of the Rot & Ruin series. “Being alone, being ignored, not fitting in, peer pressure. Buy a used copy of Scary Out There book by Jonathan Maberry. This collection contains stories and poetry by renowned writers-all members of the Horror Writers Association-about what they fear most.

Scary Out There by Jonathan Maberry