The Collection

Short Horror Stories for Adults

Explore short horror stories for adults built around psychological dread, supernatural mystery and the fear of the unknown. Each Before Your Nightmare novella is a complete story, taking you into forgotten places where memories become unreliable, familiar surroundings begin to change, and something unseen may already be waiting.

The Current Collection

Fear Lingers in Forgotten Places

Explore the first stories in the Before Your Nightmare collection. Each novella combines psychological horror, forgotten places and slow-burning suspense, where history leaves more questions than answers.

The Train That Waited in the Fog

Lanterns of Shizumori

A forgotten railway, a mysterious journal, and a train that should never arrive. Set among the mist-covered stations of Britain.

A forgotten road, mysterious lanterns, and a village that refuses to be remembered. Set in the quiet mountains of rural Japan.

Psychological horror audiobook with microphone, headphones and manuscript.
Psychological horror audiobook with microphone, headphones and manuscript.

Read or Listen

Choose How the Nightmare Finds You

eBook & Print

Immersive Audio

Read Before Your Nightmare in digital editions, with selected stories and collections also available in paperback and other print editions.

Experience Before Your Nightmare through professional human narration. Each audiobook is performed by a carefully selected voice actor who brings the atmosphere, tension and quiet dread of the story to life.

Stay in the Dark

Follow Before Your Nightmare for new psychological horror stories, audiobook releases and occasional glimpses behind the stories.