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The Boneyard Series #1
The Boneyard: Short fictions of the morbid and macabre: The Boneyard Series: Vol 1
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Get a chilling sneak peek at The Formaldehyde Fiend, a spine-tingling tale from the upcoming collection The Boneyard: Short Fictions of the Morbid and Macabre, Vol. 2 !
Step into The Boneyard, where every bite-sized horror story is a grave-of-sorts and every grave tells a tale. This chilling collection of ten horror short stories delves into the shadowy recesses of the human psyche and the eerie unknown. Each tale unearths the morbid and the macabre, from doomed gravediggers to blood cults, malevolent spirits to the unrelenting terror of the human heart. The Boneyard beckons...
Tale 1: Blind Spot
In this tale of isolation, terror, Chloe abruptly loses her sight without reason or remedy, her world collapses into an unforgiving abyss. Doctors are baffled, friends grow distant, and hope seems as elusive as the light she once took for granted. But as her world plunges into darkness, Chloe discovers she's not alone.
Tale 2: The Gravedigger
Emma Twomey takes pride in her work as one of the country’s few female gravediggers, a solitary but noble role that keeps her close to the quiet peace of the dead in the village of Vale...only peace is the last thing on Emma's mind when she witnesses a perversion of nature at the cemetery where the dead rest uneasy.
Tale 3: 112
In the dead of night, Rachel Downey, a seasoned worker at an emergency dispatch center, receives a strange, panicked call from an elderly woman pleading for help. But something isn't right with her voice. When the police arrive at the house, they uncover a chilling truth.
Tale 4: Winging It
A man’s life begins to unravel with the arrival of a relentless, maddening itch beneath his skin. As the days pass, the itch turns into a festering wound, revealing something grotesque and unnatural sprouting from within. Terrified of the outside world and consumed by his grotesque metamorphosis, he barricades himself in his apartment. But he cannot stop the visitor who comes to his high-rise apartment window at night and tap-tap-taps for him to come and play.
Tale 5: Rest in Peace
The Browne family has built a respectable name for themselves as the proprietors of Browne’s Eternal Rest Funeral Home, a place where the dead are laid to rest with dignity and care. But behind the polished facade of sympathy and solemnity, the locals whisper of something far darker lurking within its walls: the Brownes might be offering more than funerals, and the Brownes will do anything to keep their macabre and morbid secrets in in the grave.
Tale 6: A Dumb Waiter
When the Duggan family moves into a creaking, old house on the outskirts of Fox Hollow, they hope for a fresh start. But their dreams of peace turn to despair when their young son, Patrick, vanishes without a trace. Desperate to believe he’s still alive, they begin to uncover the house’s dark history, where sinister secrets are entombed within its very walls.
Tale 7: Brotherhood of Blood
When Mike Turner inherits his grandfather’s sprawling, decrepit estate, he expects to find a few dusty antiques and a lifetime of memories. Instead, he uncovers a chilling legacy of darkness and fear. Hidden journals and cryptic symbols point to his grandfather’s desperate attempts to escape a shadowy cult known as the Brotherhood of Blood.
Tale 8: The Hospital
Dylan works the graveyard shift as a cleaner at The Hillside psychiatric hospital, a shadowy, sprawling facility where whispers echo through empty corridors. Each night brings strange and unsettling occurrences. But as he navigates the hospital’s labyrinthine halls with his trusty bucket and mop, it becomes clear that the greatest mystery isn’t the hospital—it’s him.
Tale 9: 2 Hydrangea Street
Rob has always prided himself on delivering every package, no matter the address. But when he’s tasked with delivering a self-addressed parcel to the long-abandoned house at 2 Hydrangea Street, unease creeps in. The dilapidated house has a sinister reputation—boarded-up windows, a yard choked with weeds, and stories of a strange occupant who lives there. This delivery will mark the end of his route in more ways than one.
Tale 10: Shackled in the Shack
Teenagers Alex and Ben stumble upon an eerie shack deep in the pine forest. What they uncover within the old building will bind them to a horrifying secret and change their lives forever.
This short story is to be published as a full length novel with the title, The Shed, slated for publication in 2026
Get a chilling sneak peek at The Formaldehyde Fiend, a spine-tingling tale from the upcoming collection The Boneyard: Short Fictions of the Morbid and Macabre, Vol. 2 !
Step into The Boneyard, where every bite-sized horror story is a grave-of-sorts and every grave tells a tale. This chilling collection of ten horror short stories delves into the shadowy recesses of the human psyche and the eerie unknown. Each tale unearths the morbid and the macabre, from doomed gravediggers to blood cults, malevolent spirits to the unrelenting terror of the human heart. The Boneyard beckons...
Tale 1: Blind Spot
In this tale of isolation, terror, Chloe abruptly loses her sight without reason or remedy, her world collapses into an unforgiving abyss. Doctors are baffled, friends grow distant, and hope seems as elusive as the light she once took for granted. But as her world plunges into darkness, Chloe discovers she's not alone.
Tale 2: The Gravedigger
Emma Twomey takes pride in her work as one of the country’s few female gravediggers, a solitary but noble role that keeps her close to the quiet peace of the dead in the village of Vale...only peace is the last thing on Emma's mind when she witnesses a perversion of nature at the cemetery where the dead rest uneasy.
Tale 3: 112
In the dead of night, Rachel Downey, a seasoned worker at an emergency dispatch center, receives a strange, panicked call from an elderly woman pleading for help. But something isn't right with her voice. When the police arrive at the house, they uncover a chilling truth.
Tale 4: Winging It
A man’s life begins to unravel with the arrival of a relentless, maddening itch beneath his skin. As the days pass, the itch turns into a festering wound, revealing something grotesque and unnatural sprouting from within. Terrified of the outside world and consumed by his grotesque metamorphosis, he barricades himself in his apartment. But he cannot stop the visitor who comes to his high-rise apartment window at night and tap-tap-taps for him to come and play.
Tale 5: Rest in Peace
The Browne family has built a respectable name for themselves as the proprietors of Browne’s Eternal Rest Funeral Home, a place where the dead are laid to rest with dignity and care. But behind the polished facade of sympathy and solemnity, the locals whisper of something far darker lurking within its walls: the Brownes might be offering more than funerals, and the Brownes will do anything to keep their macabre and morbid secrets in in the grave.
Tale 6: A Dumb Waiter
When the Duggan family moves into a creaking, old house on the outskirts of Fox Hollow, they hope for a fresh start. But their dreams of peace turn to despair when their young son, Patrick, vanishes without a trace. Desperate to believe he’s still alive, they begin to uncover the house’s dark history, where sinister secrets are entombed within its very walls.
Tale 7: Brotherhood of Blood
When Mike Turner inherits his grandfather’s sprawling, decrepit estate, he expects to find a few dusty antiques and a lifetime of memories. Instead, he uncovers a chilling legacy of darkness and fear. Hidden journals and cryptic symbols point to his grandfather’s desperate attempts to escape a shadowy cult known as the Brotherhood of Blood.
Tale 8: The Hospital
Dylan works the graveyard shift as a cleaner at The Hillside psychiatric hospital, a shadowy, sprawling facility where whispers echo through empty corridors. Each night brings strange and unsettling occurrences. But as he navigates the hospital’s labyrinthine halls with his trusty bucket and mop, it becomes clear that the greatest mystery isn’t the hospital—it’s him.
Tale 9: 2 Hydrangea Street
Rob has always prided himself on delivering every package, no matter the address. But when he’s tasked with delivering a self-addressed parcel to the long-abandoned house at 2 Hydrangea Street, unease creeps in. The dilapidated house has a sinister reputation—boarded-up windows, a yard choked with weeds, and stories of a strange occupant who lives there. This delivery will mark the end of his route in more ways than one.
Tale 10: Shackled in the Shack
Teenagers Alex and Ben stumble upon an eerie shack deep in the pine forest. What they uncover within the old building will bind them to a horrifying secret and change their lives forever.
This short story is to be published as a full length novel with the title, The Shed, slated for publication in 2026
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Published January 31, 2025
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Jonathan Dunne
25 books1,302 followersJonathan narrates his own work as well as classic horror and gothic tales from the public domain. 👉 Listen on my YouTube channel
Jonathan's next novel will be psychological gothic horror Mummy: An Old Castle Novel coming 2026!
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Jonathan's supernatural horror The Reek: An Old Castle Novel is slated for release late 2026!
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Supernatural horror Halfway House: An Old Castle Novel coming early 2027!
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Jonathan has an exciting lineup of new horror titles in progress. To stay updated on his latest horror offerings, be sure to follow him on his Amazon author page and Goodreads. Jonathan writes dark fiction and hangs around the local cemetery more often than is healthy, whether in his homeland of Limerick, Ireland or his second home in Toledo, Spain. He will be in the mountains if he isn't at the cemetery. Jonathan holds a BA in Literature.
Jonathan's audiobooks YouTube page (work in progress):
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Jonathan's Amazon Page:
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Jonathan's Bookbub Page:
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Jonathan's next novel will be psychological gothic horror Mummy: An Old Castle Novel coming 2026!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Jonathan's supernatural horror The Reek: An Old Castle Novel is slated for release late 2026!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Supernatural horror Halfway House: An Old Castle Novel coming early 2027!
https://tinyurl.com/338zumv8
OUT NOW! Dead Air Vol 2 of The Dead Series in Kindle, paperback, and hardback! Audiobook read by the author.
https://a.co/d/76KU54N
OUT NOW! The Boneyard: Short Fictions of the Morbid and Macabre Vol 2 of short horror collection The Boneyard Series.
https://a.co/d/gnGHpMP
OUT NOW! The Boneyard: Short Fictions of the Morbid and Macabre Vol 1 of short horror collection The Boneyard Series. Keep an eye out for Vol 2 in the coming weeks!
https://a.co/d/2i8iwB9
OUT NOW! Fireman in Kindle, paperback, and hardback! Audiobook read by the author.
https://a.co/d/9PJLr30
Jonathan has an exciting lineup of new horror titles in progress. To stay updated on his latest horror offerings, be sure to follow him on his Amazon author page and Goodreads. Jonathan writes dark fiction and hangs around the local cemetery more often than is healthy, whether in his homeland of Limerick, Ireland or his second home in Toledo, Spain. He will be in the mountains if he isn't at the cemetery. Jonathan holds a BA in Literature.
Jonathan's audiobooks YouTube page (work in progress):
https://www.youtube.com/@JonathanDunn...
Jonathan's Amazon Page:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jonatha...
Jonathan's Bookbub Page:
https://www.bookbub.com/authors/jonat....
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April 16, 2025
Spooky collection! Supernatural to the psychological.
April 22, 2025
I loved this collection of horror short stories, some more than others. Will be looking into volume 2
May 4, 2025
A wonderful assortment of horror short stories to get anyone back into the horror genre or suffering a reading slump! Looking forward to volume two :-)
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