16 Top short stories books like Places We Fear to Tread by John Brhel

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Places We Fear to Tread

By: John Brhel

3.96

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

26 authors, 26 locations, 347 pages, 100k+ words; original horror stories from many of the genre’s …

"I realised you had left me long before you got on the train. The last few months had been terrible, of course—your blank-eyed stare, your refusal of my every attempt to communicate with you, the way you would look past me as if your mind was already somewhere else—"

-John Brhel, Places We Fear to Tread

"I realised you had left me long before you got on the train. The last few months had been terrible, of course—your blank-eyed stare, your refusal of my every attempt to communicate with you, the way you would look past me as if your mind was already somewhere else—"

-John Brhel, Places We Fear to Tread

If you liked the short stories plot in Places We Fear to Tread by John Brhel , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Night Shift by Stephen        King, John D. MacDonald

1. Night Shift

By: Stephen King , John D. MacDonald

4.04

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

A collection of tales to invade and paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by th… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Night Shift book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror
"You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you."

-Stephen King, Night Shift

"She wasn't like a jukebox; you never had to put in a dime and she never came unplugged."

-Stephen King, Night Shift

"If seven hundred monkeys typed for seven hundred years, one of them would turn out the works of Shakespeare,"

-Stephen King, Night Shift

"There are spiritually noxious places, buildings where the milk of the cosmos has become sour and rancid. This church is such a place; I would swear to it."

-Stephen King, Night Shift

Cover of Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk

2. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

By: Shane Hawk

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to… read more

Similar categories in Shane Hawk's Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror
Cover of Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology by Vince A. Liaguno

3. Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology

By: Vince A. Liaguno

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An anthology of original horror stories edited by Bram Stoker Award ® winners Vince A. Liaguno and … read more

Similar categories in Vince A. Liaguno's Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror
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4. Inspection

By: Josh Malerman

3.48

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

J is a student at a school deep in a forest far away from the rest of the world. J is one of only t… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Inspection book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • horror
Cover of The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

5. The Devil Takes You Home

By: Gabino Iglesias

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This genre-defying, Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker award-winning thriller follows a father despera… read more

Similar categories in Gabino Iglesias's The Devil Takes You Home book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • horror
Cover of Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick (Zoey Ashe, #2) by David  Wong

6. Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick (Zoey Ashe, #2)

By: David Wong

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author David Wong's Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick is the latest—an… read more

Similar categories in David Wong's Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick (Zoey Ashe, #2) book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

"There are things people actually believe said Andre, and things they only pretend to believe because it's convenient. But over time it don't matter which is which, it all just blurs together."

-David Wong, Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick (Zoey Ashe, #2)

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7. Portrait of a Nuclear Family

By: J.P. Behrens

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Wanda has uncovered a dark secret that could shatter the image of her perfect family. Attempting to… read more

Similar categories in J.P. Behrens's Portrait of a Nuclear Family book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • horror
Cover of Man, Fuck This House by Brian Asman

8. Man, Fuck This House

By: Brian Asman

3.36

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

Sabrina Haskins and her family have just moved into their dream home, a gorgeous Craftsman in the r… read more

Similar categories in Brian Asman's Man, Fuck This House book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • horror
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9. Halloween Fiend

By: C.V. Hunt

3.58

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Strang isn’t the small, quaint town it appears to be. It’s haunted every night by a creature the to… read more

Similar categories in C.V. Hunt's Halloween Fiend book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • horror
"But no matter where I ran to or how loud I played the music, I could still hear a low chuckling coming from the thing on our front step."

-C.V. Hunt, Halloween Fiend

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10. Dear Laura

By: Gemma Amor

3.61

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

Every year, on her birthday, Laura gets a letter from a stranger. That stranger claims to know the … read more

Similar categories in Gemma Amor's Dear Laura book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • horror
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11. And Then I Woke Up

By: Malcolm Devlin

3.48

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Mira Grant and Stephen Graham Jones, Malcolm Devlin’s And Then I Woke Up is a c… read more

Similar categories in Malcolm Devlin's And Then I Woke Up book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • horror
"We were monsters once, and although we are not anymore, we know we remain unforgiven."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

". . . it’s those differences — even the smallest and most trivial — that scare us the most."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Relationships aren't scientific, they're not mathematical. They're chaotic, abstract, irrational."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Macey once told me that the worst way a story can end is by someone waking up and realising everything that happened was only a dream."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

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12. Friday Black

By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

4.05

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s writing will grab you, haunt… read more

Similar categories in Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's Friday Black book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • horror
"We’re in How-It-Was class."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

"Buy One Get One stops for no one."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

"I locate: your life is in the hands of someone who doesn't even know you and thinks you don't deserve it."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

"You have to grab for happiness in places like this because there isn't enough to go around for everybody."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

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13. Petrified Women

By: Jeremy Ray

3.93

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

Some pranks go too far. This one could be deadly. Harley has the perfect boyfriend. Why can’t he… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Ray's Petrified Women book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • horror
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14. Your Body is Not Your Body

By: Alex Woodroe

4.10

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

EXTREME CONDITIONS DEMAND EXTREME RESPONSES. Over thirty creators from the Trans/Gender Nonconform… read more

Similar categories in Alex Woodroe's Your Body is Not Your Body book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror
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15. Suburban Monsters

By: Christopher Hawkins

3.85

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Description: The house at the end of the block with the overgrown lawn. The darkened store window … read more

Similar categories in Christopher Hawkins's Suburban Monsters book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror
Cover of The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven by Ellen Datlow

16. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven

By: Ellen Datlow

3.78

Format: 512 pages, ebook

For more than three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most f… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Datlow's The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror
Cover of Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten by Ellen Datlow

17. Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten

By: Ellen Datlow

3.82

Format: 432 pages, ebook

“Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year series is one of the best investments you can make in short f… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror
Cover of Places We Fear to Tread by John Brhel

18. Places We Fear to Tread

By: John Brhel

3.96

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

26 authors, 26 locations, 347 pages, 100k+ words; original horror stories from many of the genre’s … read more

Similar categories in John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror
"I realised you had left me long before you got on the train. The last few months had been terrible, of course—your blank-eyed stare, your refusal of my every attempt to communicate with you, the way …"

-John Brhel, Places We Fear to Tread

Cover of The Ecstasy of Agony by Wrath James White

19. The Ecstasy of Agony

By: Wrath James White

3.82

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

The heavyweight of hardcore horror returns with ten hard hitting new short stories and seven brutal… read more

Similar categories in Wrath James White's The Ecstasy of Agony book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of Ushers: A Short Story by Joe Hill

20. Ushers: A Short Story

By: Joe Hill

4.31

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man who has improbably escaped death twice reveals his secret in a spine-tingling short sto… read more

Similar categories in Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of A Woman Built by Man by S.H. Cooper

21. A Woman Built by Man

By: S.H. Cooper

4.35

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

A Woman Built by Man is a collage of 21 horror tales that seek to crawl under the skin and deconstr… read more

Similar categories in S.H. Cooper's A Woman Built by Man book and John Brhel's Places We Fear to Tread

  • short stories
  • anthologies
  • horror

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