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Terrifying Tales 4: A Collection of Horror Short Stories
Seven stories. Seven shadows. One collection you won’t forget.
Terrifying Tales 4 gathers Samuel Brower’s most haunting visions yet, a descent into horror where grief festers, guilt stalks, and the grotesque waits in the dark.
In the feature novella A Rift in the Coma Ward, occult detective H. H. Horowitz confronts his most terrifying case yet when seventeen comatose patients begin chanting in unison at exactly 3 a.m. What he uncovers is not a haunting but a wound in the fabric of consciousness itself—one born from twisted experiments and kept alive by a secret order.
From the drowned mysteries of Catherine Loved the Sea to the uncanny voices in The Whispering Walls, with stops in creepy mountain shacks, cursed love affairs, and grave secrets that refuse to stay buried, this collection delivers nightmare after nightmare in unforgettable doses.
For fans of Stephen King, Paul Tremblay, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Grady Hendrix, Terrifying Tales 4 is proof that Samuel Brower is carving a place among today’s most vital voices in horror.
These stories don’t end when you close the book—they follow you into the dark.
Terrifying Tales 4 gathers Samuel Brower’s most haunting visions yet, a descent into horror where grief festers, guilt stalks, and the grotesque waits in the dark.
In the feature novella A Rift in the Coma Ward, occult detective H. H. Horowitz confronts his most terrifying case yet when seventeen comatose patients begin chanting in unison at exactly 3 a.m. What he uncovers is not a haunting but a wound in the fabric of consciousness itself—one born from twisted experiments and kept alive by a secret order.
From the drowned mysteries of Catherine Loved the Sea to the uncanny voices in The Whispering Walls, with stops in creepy mountain shacks, cursed love affairs, and grave secrets that refuse to stay buried, this collection delivers nightmare after nightmare in unforgettable doses.
For fans of Stephen King, Paul Tremblay, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Grady Hendrix, Terrifying Tales 4 is proof that Samuel Brower is carving a place among today’s most vital voices in horror.
These stories don’t end when you close the book—they follow you into the dark.
170 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 30, 2025
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About the author
Samuel Brower
61 books53 followersBestselling author Samuel Brower crafts haunting, immersive tales that blur the line between horror, dark fantasy, and the supernatural. His breakout novel, Haint, became an Amazon bestseller in 2024, cementing his reputation as a must-read voice in modern horror fiction. To date, Brower has published ten gripping novels and dozens of chilling short stories, with his work featured in renowned magazines like Voices, Nine Tales, and Zero Flash. A professional member of both the Horror Writers Association and the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, Brower brings a seasoned, masterful touch to every eerie world he creates.
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December 18, 2025
This collection was just so good! There wasn’t a single story I didn’t like. I was also happy to see more HH Horowitz stories here as those are among my favorites of the author.
A Rift in the Coma Ward- the first story in the collection. This story follows HH Horowitz and his partner Michael who investigate a rift in a coma ward and stumble into some dark territory. These HH Horowitz stories aren’t really ghost stories- more science fiction. What most people would see as ghosts, Horowitz explains as a web of consciousness that sometimes creates a rift that some sensitive people can tap into and be affected by. I’ve always loved these stories as it’s such a unique and fun concept.
Catherine Loved the Sea is about a mother who sees a detective about the mysterious death of her son and his wife. She has letters her son wrote her throughout a tumultuous time in his life in which his wife was suffering a mysterious disturbance. Throughout the story we aren’t sure if she was having mental health troubles or if there was something supernatural to blame. As the letters are read and the story goes on, it gets stranger and stranger until it all comes together in the end.
Tether was maybe my favorite story in the collection as it was so heartfelt. I actually teared up a little in the end. This story was about a father and son who end up in a dangerous predicament with a strung out drug addict who has them held up. I can’t say much more without spoiling the twists and turns, but this was a really good one and the ending was great.
Poison Ivy was about Annie and Ned- a Bonnie and Clyde like duo who are on the run from the police after an armed robbery. They end up stumbling onto a homestead occupied by a kindly and odd older lady named Ivy who takes them in, heals them with her witchy ways, and feeds them. Things take a turn when Annie and Ned get the idea to rob Ivy and get on the road again. The twist at the end was spectacular. This was a terrific folk-horror.
The Shack was the story of Gary- a man past his prime on a hike with his daughter. They end up hiking in bad weather conditions and he suffers an accident. Things get tense as his daughter goes for help to get him out of there and further dangers present themselves.
The Whispering Walls is another HH Horowitz tale in which the good scientist finds himself working an unusual case in which people are seeing ghost sitings and hearing whispers, but there is no discernible rift in the web to explain the activity.
Thirty Years Dead is about Ruthie- an older woman who has gone blind and is living alone after her husband died in the war thirty years ago. One night she gets a visit from a mysterious visitor who comes with a strange story about her deceased husband. The story has a fun twist and I was thrilled with the ending.
A Rift in the Coma Ward- the first story in the collection. This story follows HH Horowitz and his partner Michael who investigate a rift in a coma ward and stumble into some dark territory. These HH Horowitz stories aren’t really ghost stories- more science fiction. What most people would see as ghosts, Horowitz explains as a web of consciousness that sometimes creates a rift that some sensitive people can tap into and be affected by. I’ve always loved these stories as it’s such a unique and fun concept.
Catherine Loved the Sea is about a mother who sees a detective about the mysterious death of her son and his wife. She has letters her son wrote her throughout a tumultuous time in his life in which his wife was suffering a mysterious disturbance. Throughout the story we aren’t sure if she was having mental health troubles or if there was something supernatural to blame. As the letters are read and the story goes on, it gets stranger and stranger until it all comes together in the end.
Tether was maybe my favorite story in the collection as it was so heartfelt. I actually teared up a little in the end. This story was about a father and son who end up in a dangerous predicament with a strung out drug addict who has them held up. I can’t say much more without spoiling the twists and turns, but this was a really good one and the ending was great.
Poison Ivy was about Annie and Ned- a Bonnie and Clyde like duo who are on the run from the police after an armed robbery. They end up stumbling onto a homestead occupied by a kindly and odd older lady named Ivy who takes them in, heals them with her witchy ways, and feeds them. Things take a turn when Annie and Ned get the idea to rob Ivy and get on the road again. The twist at the end was spectacular. This was a terrific folk-horror.
The Shack was the story of Gary- a man past his prime on a hike with his daughter. They end up hiking in bad weather conditions and he suffers an accident. Things get tense as his daughter goes for help to get him out of there and further dangers present themselves.
The Whispering Walls is another HH Horowitz tale in which the good scientist finds himself working an unusual case in which people are seeing ghost sitings and hearing whispers, but there is no discernible rift in the web to explain the activity.
Thirty Years Dead is about Ruthie- an older woman who has gone blind and is living alone after her husband died in the war thirty years ago. One night she gets a visit from a mysterious visitor who comes with a strange story about her deceased husband. The story has a fun twist and I was thrilled with the ending.
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