Horror Novels

Horror Novels

Amazon bestselling author Dan Padanova brings you the creepy, gory, and downright terrifying in this collection of horror novels that will make the hairs on the back of your neck rise in fear. His horror books are filled with nightmarish creatures, psychotic serial killers, guts and gore, and plenty of suspense to keep you turning the pages long into the night.

If you’re looking for a tale of dread that will make you scream, look no further than Dan Padavona’s horror novels. From violent slashers to deadly vampires, Padavona has something for every horror fan. And if you’re brave enough to read these horror novels after dark, you might just find yourself sleeping with the lights on. So what are you waiting for? Get ready for fear!

Camp Slasher

Lost in the dark woods. Stalked and butchered. Head severed and tossed into the bushes. She is the first to die. The body count will grow.

Slasher horror in the vein of Friday the 13th, Halloween, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

A group of young counselors set out to rebuild Camp Black Bear. But a bloodthirsty killer stalks the woods. Now two counselors must survive the night in the forest. The killer is hunting them, and he won’t stop until they are dead. And the nearest town is ten miles away.

Where is the sheriff who promised to keep them safe? Can the counselors evade the killer until help arrives?

More victims are found murdered in the woods. The vehicles are destroyed, and the radio is disabled. No escape.

Footsteps in the dark. The killer is coming.

Classic slasher and gory horror that will leave fans of Stephen King, Friday the 13th, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre breathless. Fans of true slasher horror novels should get to know Camp Slasher.

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Quilt

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How far would you go to save a child in need?

Jadyn is a promising inner-city student. But his community is terrorized by gangs and a series of grisly unsolved murders.

After the boy stops coming to school, his teacher, Annelise, is determined to find out why. Now she is trapped on the wrong side of town, and something evil is stalking her.

Do you like dark horror and splatterpunk?

Quilt is the most twisted story yet from Dan Padavona, author of the bestseller, Crawlspace. Fans of horror movies such as Candyman and Nightmare on Elm Street will especially enjoy the squeamish, psychological horror of the acclaimed gory book, Quilt.

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Her Shallow Grave

Beautiful, dangerous…and hunted.

Someone is murdering beautiful women. Is Marissa next?

Marissa leads an ideal life on the Cape until a serial killer rips her life apart. When two women are murdered, the evidence implicates the fastest-rising business leader in New England — Marissa’s husband, Tristan.

But Tristan isn’t a killer. Is he?

Is someone trying to frame her husband?

Now Marissa races to stay ahead of a bloodthirsty killer and save her friend. But her past might catch her before the killer does.

A terrifying psychological thriller in the spirit of Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon.

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The Face of Midnight

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“One of the most exciting writers to burst upon the scene.” Brian Keene

Becca is homeless, but she sleeps in the finest neighborhood houses. She knows when you’re home and when you’re away. She might even be sleeping in your bed right now. Danger, however, is closing in on Becca.

New York’s most-feared murderer, The Midnight Killer, is butchering victims on his way across the state. He’s getting closer to Becca every day.

When Becca and her friend, Steve, flee from a deranged man in Barton Falls, they take shelter inside an abandoned farmhouse on the edge of town. But something evil lurks within the house, and a freak October storm has trapped Becca and Steve.

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Crawlspace

“Just as Jack Ketchum, Richard Laymon, and the Splatterpunks did a generation ago, Dan Padavona’s CRAWLSPACE represents a seismic shift in the horror genre. An instant — and important — classic.”  Brian Keene

After Jerry Laymon stumbles deliriously from a bloody accident, a beautiful girl rescues him and brings him home to her decrepit apartment complex.

Soon Jerry discovers a hidden entrance into the attic, a crawlspace through which he can secretly enter any apartment.

But he isn’t the only person aware of the secret entrance.

In the spirit of classic grindhouse films and the slasher movies of the 1970s and 1980s, Crawlspace is a terrifying journey into urban legend, darkness, and murder.

“Terrifying from start to finish…The tension and claustrophobia made my chest feel tight, and my hands shake.” Amazon Review

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Full Moon Nightmares: The Horror Box Set

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Three horror novels readers are describing as a return to “true, old-school horror” — Dark Vanishings, Storberry, and The Island. Over 500 pages of terror and suspense for the price of a couple of cups of coffee!

This anthology includes the first three horror novels written by Top-100 Amazon Horror author Dan Padavona, plus the added short horror story One Autumn in Kane Grove. Here is what you get:

Dark Vanishings: Episode One

What would you do if almost everyone on earth disappeared? Where would you go? What choices would you make?

On a May afternoon, people awaken to find themselves alone in their towns, their neighbors mysteriously vanished. A teenage girl harboring a horrible secret flees across the country from a deranged stalker. A Florida man moves into a luxurious amusement park resort, where he meets a beautiful woman, but they are not alone in the resort. A young man with an addiction to fast cars and power clashes with a bounty hunter.

In a lost world where rules no longer exist, the remaining survivors struggle to stay alive, trying to unravel the mystery of the population’s disappearance.

Do you like fantasy and horror novels like The Stand, The Wheel of Time, and Carrie?

Then you will love Dark Vanishings!

Storberry: Vampire Horror

One of the most frightening vampire horror novels since Salem’s Lot.

Haunted by childhood demons, Evan Moran returns to Storberry, Virginia, to find a greater evil threatens the town. Teenager Jen Barrows is frightened by the strange noises coming from her garage crawlspace after nightfall, despite the assurances of friend Tom Kingsley that there is nothing to fear.

When a strange storm cripples the town’s communication systems, something hideous begins stalking the people of Storberry. Tom and Jen align themselves with Evan and a tiny group of survivors who suspect the horrible truth behind the evil loose in the night. Together they must overcome personal tragedy and find a way to survive until sunrise.

In the darkest pit of night, before the faintest strip of blood red is on the eastern horizon, it seems the sun will never again rise in Storberry.

The Island

The creepiest horror novel you’ll read this year.

A man and his son lost at sea take refuge on an uncharted island. As they struggle to find a way back to civilization, they discover disturbing sights: colossal webs stretching across whole sections of the jungle canopy, a lack of insect life, and within a strange cave, an undiscovered, terrifying breed of spider. If spiders unsettle you, this story will have you squirming through the finale.

One Autumn in Kane Grove

Get ready for one of the most brutal and horrifying short stories you’ll ever read.

Someone is stalking the dark passages of Kane Grove University, murdering its women. When the murdered disappear from their graves, some students whisper the word “vampire.” Is something supernatural responsible for the grisly killings? Short and sweet, this foreboding tale has a chilling ending. Read it with the lights low.

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Storberry

“A Genuine Gem of the Horror Genre”

Do You Miss the Days When Vampire Novels Were Scary?

Praise for Storberry! Read what Horror Fans are Saying:

“Daniel is a master of elegant horror. He paints portraits with words that haunt and terrify. Keep your eye on Padavona.” J. Thorn, Amazon top 100 horror author

“The prose is carefully crafted with time taken on each sentence making sure you, the reader, are there with him.  Though Dan is not out to impress, he’s out to tell you a story, one you can really sink your teeth into, and he’s very successful at it.” Horror Novel Reviews

“A Genuine Gem of the Horror Genre” Alan Seeger, author of Pinball and The Gatespace Trilogy, top 40000 Amazon reviewer

“The best vampire fiction I’ve read in years!” Lisa, Amazon reviewer

One of the most frightening horror novels you’ll ever read.

Haunted by the demons of his childhood, Evan Moran returns to Storberry, Virginia, to find a greater evil threatens the town. Across town, teenager Jen Barrows is frightened by the strange noises that come from her garage crawlspace after nightfall, despite the assurances of friend Tom Kingsley that there is nothing to fear.

When a strange storm cripples the town’s communication systems, something hideous begins stalking the people of Storberry. Tom and Jen align themselves with Evan and a tiny group of survivors who suspect the horrible truth behind the evil loose in the night. Together they must overcome personal tragedy and find a way to survive until sunrise.

In the darkest pit of night, before the faintest strip of blood red is on the eastern horizon, it seems the sun will never again rise in Storberry.

#4 ranked Amazon Horror novel — May 2016

#1 Best-Seller in Horror/Occult

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The Island: Tales of Terror

Three Stories for the Price of One!

The Island

A man and his son lost at sea take refuge on an uncharted island. As they struggle to find a way back to civilization, they discover disturbing sights: colossal webs stretching across whole sections of the jungle canopy, a lack of insect life, and within a strange cave, an undiscovered, terrifying breed of spider. If spiders unsettle you, this story will have you squirming through the finale.

One Autumn in Kane Grove

Someone is stalking the dark passages of Kane Grove University, murdering its women. When the murdered disappear from their graves, some students whisper the word “vampire.” Is something supernatural responsible for the grisly killings? Short and sweet, this foreboding tale has a chilling ending. Read it with the lights low.

Treman Mills

Hurrying to get home before dark, Rachel and Charlie take a shortcut through the dangerous section of Treman Mills, a town where five brutal, unsolved murders have occurred in the last year. When the Black Thorns gang catches them on the wrong side of town, Rachel and Charlie flee into an abandoned building. But they are not alone in the darkness.

Bonus

Now includes the entire first chapter of the post-apocalyptic thriller Dark Vanishings!

“A perfectly creepy way for horror fans to kill a little time, and another winner for Dan Padavona.”

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Treman Mills

A haunting and disturbing book that will resonate in the back of your mind for years to come.

Hurrying to get home before dark, Rachel and Charlie take a shortcut through the dangerous section of Treman Mills, a town where five brutal, unsolved murders have occurred in the last year.

When the Black Thorns gang catches them on the wrong side of town, Rachel and Charlie flee into an abandoned building.

But they are not alone in the darkness.

In the spirit of iconic horror classics such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Maniac, Treman Mills is a heart-pounding, gory tale of betrayal and one town’s decay. If you enjoy old-school slasher movies, dark horror novels, and serial killers, you will love Treman Mills!

“Daniel is a master of elegant horror. He paints portraits with words that haunt and terrify. Keep your eye on Padavona.” J. Thorn, Amazon Top 100 Horror Author

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Shadow Witch

“Shadow Witch is an amazing book. I couldn’t put it down.”

Thom Meeks lives with his family in Droman Meadows under the protection of the Kingdom of Mylan. An unusually long winter creates anxiety in the village, and some believe it to be the return of an ominous force known as the Shadow.

When a pack of dread wolves lays ruin to Droman Meadows, Thom escapes with his wife and four daughters. They set out on the Mylan Road, hoping to find refuge in the capital, but dark forces emerging from the primeval forest will challenge them for their eternal souls.

Shadow Witch is the highly-anticipated collaboration of Dan Padavona and Amazon Top 100 horror author J Thorn. A devilish combination of horror and fantasy.

If you enjoy horror and epic fantasy stories such as Terry Brooks’ Sword of Shannara or Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time, you will love Shadow Witch. Never have two genres melded so perfectly that you’d swear they were meant for each other.

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Is the night too dark to start reading a gory book or the best in spine-tingling horror novels? Why not try one of Dan Padavona’s Thriller and Mystery novels?