PHOBOPHOBIA; An Anthology of Raw Terror

by Kelvin V.A. Allison, Lolly Sparrow, Angel Ramon

Dive into the chilling depths of Phobophobia, an anthology that gathers nineteen spine-tingling short stories from twenty talented horror authors. This collection explores the primal fears that lurk in the shadows of our minds; spiders skittering across the floor, the unsettling squirm of maggots, the ominous presence of pigs, and the suffocating embrace of deep water. Each tale delves into the anxieties of open spaces, the inevitability of old age, the terror of accidents, the haunting reflections in mirrors, and many, many more.

With every page, Phobophobia invites readers to confront the horrors that keep us awake at night.

Prepare for a sleepless journey through the darkest corners of fear...just don’t blame us if you find yourself looking over your shoulder long after the last story ends.

284 pages, Paperback

Published October 31, 2025

Reviews

[Milt Theo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Phobias as an anthology theme have been pretty much done to death, so I was very curious about any new ideas "Phobophobia" had to offer. I shouldn't have worried: although there were some stories I hated, and some I was indifferent to, the book is crammed with many new phobias I'd never heard of before - and preferably won't come across again! Atelophobia (the fear of making mistakes), cleithrophobia (the fear of getting locked in), abibliophobia (the fear of running out of books to read - my personal favorite!), submechanophobia (the fear of submerged man-made objects), aibohphobia (the fear of palindromes) - well, OK, some of those phobias may sound more fictional than real, but they do exist, and they do make for a good story! What's more, some of the tales in the book are wickedly funny (especially the closing story by Henri Noir and Lola Dove), brimming with very dark humor, morbid and painfully cringey. That said, this is a horror anthology, so prepare yourself for exquisite body horror, deliciously shocking twists, gore and graphic violence!

My favorite stories were the opening one, "Dystychiphobia (A Fear of Accidents)" by Kelvin V.A Allison, a truly messed up tale of motherhood and mental trauma; "Dentophobia (A Fear of Dentists)" by Lula Von Goth, with lots of disturbing imagery; Erica Hart's "Cacophobia (A Fear of Being Ugly)," reminiscent of The Substance; Jerry Blaze's "Scoleciphobia (A Fear of Maggots)," a post-apocalyptic story with a cruel twist; and Nat Whiston's "Agoraphobia (A Fear of Open Spaces)," another post-apocalyptic tale, super-creepy and ending with some nightmarish body horror scenes. Special mention: "Arachnophobia (A Fear of Spiders)" by Harrison Phillips, and "Lockiophobia (A Fear of Childbirth)" by Asia Brito Guerrero.

Two stories troubled me somewhat: "Trypophobia (A Fear of Holes)" by Lesley A. Camphouse read like female SA fantasy, a weird splatterporn tale filled with a disquieting grasp of the male gaze: a therapist abuses her male patient, and the latter takes the 'therapy' as a justification (and an inspiration) to brutally assault women; and Tom Anderson's "Bathophobia (A Fear of Depths)," which I found totally impenetrable.

If you're up for an anthology that shows you some of the most unusual fears out there (and you have a dark sense of humor), you'll definitely love this one! Recommended!

[Donyale Mann · Rating 5 out of 5]

PHOBOPHOBIA; An Anthology of Raw Terror
On sale – 31st October 2025

The latest release from Wounded Pigeon Publications is out and I have burned my way through the arc copy that I was kindly given. What can I tell y’all. This goes hard. Not all of the stories landed with me, and I guess that’s the way of anthologies, but you know what, when that happens just skip on and read the next.
My fave stories by far…well, check the ratings and see for yourself, fool!

DYSTYCHIPHOBIA; A Fear of Accidents By Kelvin V.A Allison
4/5

Scoleciphobia; a fear of maggots by jerry blaze.
4/5

Nyctophobia; a fear of the dark by Summer Bosley
4/5

Trypophobia; A Fear of Holes By Lesley A. Camphouse
3/5

Bathophobia; A fear of depths by Tom Anderson
3/5

Gerascophobia; A Fear of Getting Old By Bella Donna
3.5/5

CATROPOPHOBIA; A Fear of Mirrors By C. Extreme
3/5

DENTOPHOBIA; A Fear of Dentists By Lula Von Goth
4/5

LOCKIOPHOBIA; A Fear of Childbirth By Asia Brito Guerrero
5/5

CACOPHOBIA; A Fear of Being Ugly By Erica Hart
5/5

NOSOPHOBIA; A Fear of disease By Ayralea Lander
4/5

SUBMECHANOPHOBIA; A Fear of Submerged Man Made Objects By Tara Losacano
5/5

AIBOHPHOBIA; A fear of Palindromes By James Lefebure
3.5/5

ARACHNOPHOBIA; A Fear of Spiders By Harrison Phillips
3/5

SWINOPHOBIA; A Fear of Pigs By Angel Ramon
3/5

ABIBLIOPHOBIA; A Fear of Running Out of Books to Read By Jessie Raven
3/5

AUTOPHOBIA; A Fear Of Being Alone By Lolly Sparrow
5/5

AGORAPHOBIA; A Fear of Open Spaces By Nat Whiston
3.5/5

ATELOPHOBIA; A Fear of Making Mitsakes By Henri Noir and Lola Dove
4/5

[Shannon Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a riveting read, with each of the 19 stories offering a unique and captivating horror experience. The collection explores a diverse range of phobias, including both familiar ones, such as agoraphobia, and more obscure ones, like palindromes. While all the stories were well-written, the one that has had a lasting impact on me is Dystychiphobia A Fear of Accidents By Kelvin V.A Allison. This particular story has stuck with me due to its unexpected and thought-provoking conclusion.

[Andrew Wilkes · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an amazing anthology by an amazingly talented group of authors! Each story had a very unique, shocking, and very creative take on, not only common phobias, but, some very uncommon ones, as well. We start off with, "Dystychiphobia: The fear of accidents" by Kelvin V A Allison. In this story we follow Celeste, mother of two who is going through a messy break up, and trying to have visitation with her daughters. But, with how overbearing her ex is, she is scared to death if an accident happening to one, or both girls, causing her to not see them. And, she will do whatever it takes to keep them safe. I loved this! It had a crazy twist ending that will catch you off guard. Next up was, "Scoleciphobia: The fear of maggots" by Jerry Blaze. In this, we follow a main character who decided to stow away in a slumber state in an underground bunker, only to wake up, after bombs hit, to a ruined food supply, death, and maggots surrounding him. This will make you squirm if you don't like creepy crawly stories, or are grossed out by maggots. Fantastically written. "Nyctophobia: The fear of the dark" by Summer Bosley was after that, and it follows Louis, who is seeing Dr. Otis in an attempt to undergo intense immersion therapy to help cope with her multiple phobias, only to find that her fear is what makes her delicious. This was unique in the sense that the MC had more than one phobia, and it made her absolutely crippled with fear. Let me start this next intro by stating that, I have an issue with holes. Lmao. That being said, "Trypophobia: The fear of holes" by Lesley A. Camphouse was a wild ride of a story! Elliot has a fear of holes, and one in particular. A soft, warm and fleshy one. He fears that he will die a virgin, but, due to many sessions with his doctor, his phobia turns into a sick fetish that he cannot cum without. This story has plenty of sexual violence, rape, and gore. But, it's Lesley, so I expected something extreme. "Bathophobia: The fear of depths" by Tom Anderson was a very poetic story about a man who, having grown up with trauma, and repeating generational tropes, falls deep into his addiction (alcoholism), and realizes that he is a part of what he fears the most. This was a beautifully written story! "Gerascophobia: The fear of Aging" by Tina Emery is one of my favorites! Katie, who just turns 40, battles with her own mortality, with feelings of dread, and a bad self image. She begins to hear whispers about how old she is, and through drastic, and gory, self injurious behavior, does what she feels she needs to to remain looking young, forever. This was amazingly gory, and dark! "Catropophobia: The Fear of Mirrors" by C. Extreme was a dark and twisted story, but, whimsical, at the same time. A group of friends, Keith, Jenny, Kelvin, and Lolly, go to the carnival. They are having a blast, until the house of mirrors is mentioned. Wanting to face his fears, Keith enters, and confronts his own twisted, and distorted images, haunting him, and trying to break him with flashes of his past traumas, and inner demons. I loved the cameos in this of Kelvin, and Lolly, as well as the Final Destination 3 reference! "Dentophobia: Fear of Dentists" by Lula Von Goth was such a great story, as it is very relatable. We follow our main character, and her other half, Paul, as they are on holiday. Destroying her tooth in a piece of shellfish, the MC refuses to go to the dentist, as the pain m, smell, and whole experience is just too jarring for her. She, instead, opts to perform her own forms of surgery, but not ending in the results she had hoped for. I loved this, it was gory, and parts of it were genuinely hard to read! Next up I read, "Lockiophobia: The Fear of Child Birth" by Asia Brito Guerrero, and this was intense! Graciela becomes pregnant, however, the impending doom of the birth of her child makes her not even want to have it. However, she ends up between a rock, and a hard place, and, during a labor that she wanted so badly to put off, if not have, she takes extreme measures to try to not give birth. This was gnarly, and what she came up with was a savage solution to her growing phobia. "Cacophobia: The fear of being ugly" by Erica Hart was another stand out story to me. Famous scream queen, Hadley Michaels, has been a star for years, and has attempted to maintain her good looks with surgery. Soon, she finds herself being ridiculed by her demographic, and cast aside by her director, and co-star for a shiny new toy. Jealousy, and vanity take over as her fear of being the ugly duckling comes to a bloody, and gory solution. This is gruesome, bloody, and amazing! "Nosophobia: The fear of disease" by Ayralea Lander was a wild story, reminding me of the worst cases of hypochondria. Erin lives a good life, and she is obsessed with cleanliness. One day, a mysterious liquid drips from her upstairs neighbor's floor, and through her roof. Upon checking that apartment, she is exposed to something she believes has gotten her violently unwell, if not contagious. After the ordeal, she constantly sees people with lesions, and sores, and the dripping continues, but, she is the only one who can see it. This was an interesting story that really illustrated the obsession to remain clean, and germ free. "Submechanophobia: The fear of submerged man made objects" by Tara Losacano was very unique, and creative! Jackie, and her sister Julie join 7 others on an AI assisted submersible tour of Lake Fairvale. Under the dark, chilly waters, stands a now flooded, circus, still intact, beneath the surface, some 300 feet below. What they see, and experience will reinforce your fears if being submerged. Another one of my favorites! This next one was really good, as I love palindromes! "Aibohphobia: The fear of palindromes" by James Lefebure tickled my brain! We follow Daniel Bassey, who while growing up, was a witness to his brother's insanity, self mutilation, and obsession with palindromes. Believing that he, Daniel, must be himself, hates palindromes, but, because of his trauma, he is terrified of the way the words make him feel. When he starts receiving texts of palindromes, and hearing his, now dead, brother's laughter, will he realize that, he and the symmetry can be one entity, in coexistence? This was a unique story, and gripped me, tightly! "Arachnophobia: The fear of spiders" by, none other than, Harrison Phillips! This was top tier! Dylan, a silly horny young teen who likes to spy on his naked sister, follows a trend called, "webbing". Something goes seriously wrong, and Dylan begins to physically transform into a hybrid creature who wants to eat, and procreate. This was vile! And, I loved it. Very interesting take on the fear of spiders, and it will stick with you. "Swinophobia: The fear of pigs" by Angel Ramon was a great story about how some fears aren't as irrational as we think they are. Tomas likes to visit his grandfather on his farm in Puerto Rico, until, one day, he sees a couple of vicious black pigs, with red eyes, eating another of the farm animals. Nobody believes him, and, he falls into an aversion to all things pork. But, he plans to return to the farm, to face his fears, and prove he saw what he saw. This had a great twist at the end, and was a great read! I didn't want to pick favorites, but, this next story has a special place in my heart! "Abibliophobia: The fear of running out of books to read" by my best friend Jessie Raven started out as a joke, between the author and myself. Jessica, and Andrew are the best of friends, meeting online in the horror book community. They love taking on more than they can read, and they have a very odd solution to fitting as much knowledge into them as they possibly can, by any means, and any hole necessary. I absolutely love the Splatterpunk, and Extreme Horror book references in this! This story is full of self mutilation, mutual mutilation, gore, and violence! Another reason I love this, so much, is because I'm in it, and, helped to edit this story! "Autophobia: The fear of being alone" by Lolly Sparrow is another top tier story for me! This really encompassed the feeling of loneliness, abandonment, rejection, and the fear of being alone with all of those nasty feelings. Wanting people to stay, even if you have to take extreme measures to make sure they can never leave. This was full of gore, mutilation, murder, and had some Dahmer vibes to it! "Agoraphobia: The fear of open spaces" by Nat Whiston really dove into what the sense of dread is like for an agoraphobic to engage in shock therapy by leaving the house, when they fear everything beyond the front door. Liz, an agoraphobic, has left her house for the first time in 5 years, but soon wishes she hadn't, as the outside world is void of people, with no signs of life anywhere. What has happened to the world she once felt comfortable being out in? This was an amazing take on justifiable fear, as sometimes, when facing your fears head on, you may get more than you bargained for. The final story in this made my head hurt, at first, then, I loved the humor of it! "Atelophibia: The fear of making mistakes" by Henri Noir, and Lola Dove is about 2 writers, messing around, writing in typos, and trying to figure out what they want to write about. The moral of the story, don't fuck with your editor. Lmao. I absolutely loved this anthology, and am very privileged to have read it! This collection really shows how similar, yet vastly different the effects fear can have on the fragile human psyche! I highly recommend this!
5⭐/5⭐

[lolly Storm sparrow · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will review only the stories that aren't mine ...

*Dystychiphobia - A fear of accidents by Kelvin V.A. Allison.*

This is not just a story. It’s a fever dream.
A scream muted by motherhood.
Celeste sees danger in every shadow, every breath her children take. Hallucinations bloom like bruises.

Her ex arrives with the police, and the question hangs heavy...
Has she kept them safe?
This story is dark as a night, heavy as grief, and disgusting in the way truth often is.
It drips with dread, pulses with love, and leaves you hollowed out but strangely whole.

You’ll feel it in your teeth.
In your spine.
In the silence after.
You'll hug your children a little tighter.


*Scoleciphobia- A fear of maggots by Jerry Blaze.*

He wakes to silence.
To hunger.
To a world already devoured by war.

Maggots writhe where food once lived.
Corpses fall like rain as he makes an escape.
He tries to run but it's too late.
The maggots find him
They feast.

His fear consumes him.

Brief. Brutal. Beautifully grotesque.

" I'd gone to sleep during a bad dream and woke up in a nightmare."

*Nyctophobia - A fear of the dark by Summer Bosley.*

Louis checks into a facility spoken of in hush and shadow.
She seeks relief.
She finds ritual.

Strapped down, her fears are summoned.
Dr Otis watches.
Smiles.
The contract was signed in blood.
Her terror is not wasted, it is devoured.
By them.
By Dr Otis.

This tale is intimate and grotesque, a slow bleed of dread and darkness.
Fear becomes flesh.
And hunger wears a human face.

Psychological, Ritualistic. Beautifully vile.


*Trypophobia - A fear of holes by Lesley A.Camphouse.*

Everything in his life needs to be exact.
Finding a therapist who is local to him, they start to work on his fear.
With Exposure therapy with a VR headset and using sexual pleasure to make the patient recover.
It's an unusual method.

When the patient oversteps the boundaries.
His therapist quits.
He finds relief in others' arms.
Murder and mayhem ensue.

Not satisfied he returns to her.
His therapist.
He no longer fears holes- in fact, any hole is a goal!


*Bathophobia - A fear of depths by Tom Anderson.*

Bathophobia is a lullaby sung by the lake.

Tom’s story is written with grace and poetry stitched into every line.
But beneath the beauty, the depths whisper.
They want him.
To sink. To surrender.

Can he resist?
Can he hold the line between healing and drowning?
Or will he have just one more drink…

This is a tale of quiet terror, of addiction and abyss, of water that remembers.
Haunting, and heartbreakingly human.

*Gerascophobia- A fear of getting old by Bella Donna.*


Katie’s story is a quiet scream.

After turning forty, the mirror turns cruel.
A grey hair. A mocking laugh.

Her flesh becomes a battleground.
Beauty is a curse.
Age is a war.

Taking matters (and her flesh) in her own hands Katie faces her fear of aging.

Graceful. Grotesque. Utterly unforgettable.

*Catropophobia- A fear of mirrors by C. Extreme.*

Catropophobia is a carnival of dread.

A visit to the fair.
Laughter. Lights.
Ferris wheels.
And then ...mirrors.

He sees himself.
But it’s not him.
It’s despair, dressed in his skin.

Pulled inward, downward.
Into the pit.
Can he escape?
Or is reflection the final trap?

Short, surreal, and steeped in psychological horror.
A tale that turns a funhouse into a funeral.

*Dentophobia- A fear of dentists by Lula Von Goth.*

Lula's story bites deep.

Terrified of dentists, Emma avoids them at ALL costs.
But pain demands attention.
So she takes matters into her own hands.

What follows is rot, ruin, and raw resolve.

A tale of DIY horror that grips and grimaces.
Grotesque. Gripping. Unforgettable.

*Lockiophobia- A fear of childbirth by Asia Britto Guerrero.*

This tale is stitched with dread.

Graciela fears birth like a curse.
Pregnant, unwilling.
The due date looms.
It can’t happen.
It won’t.

She takes matters and a needle into her own hands to stop fate.

What follows is visceral, intimate, and unforgettable.

A story of fear, flesh, and fierce refusal.
Beautifully written. Brutally felt.

This story is SEW GOOD!


*Cacophobia-A fear of being ugly by Erica Hart. *

Hadley was the face of survival.
Now she’s the punchline of jokes.

Once the star of Survive the Night, she sculpted herself to stay relevant...cut, stretched, perfected.
But fame is fickle.
And upcoming starlet Kennedy is everything that Hadley used to be.

Hadley wants her old face back.
Or a new one.
Kennedy offers a way.
But transformation always asks for blood.

A tale of envy, identity, and the horror of reinvention.

*Nosophobia- A fear of disease by Ayralea Lander*

Erin knows what fear smells like.

A stain on the ceiling.
A rotting corpse above.
She complained to the landlord.
Ignored she takes matters into her own hands, entering the upstairs flat.
Now she can’t look away.

Was it a pandemic?
Or something older, something hungry?

Pustules bloom.
They burst.
And Erin begins to change.

Will anyone believe her?
Or has the infection already spread?

Grotesque, gripping, and grimly unforgettable.

*Submechanophobia- A fear of submerged man-made objects by Tara Losacano.*

A tourist dive turns into a living grave. The hatch hisses
The sisters Jackie and Julie clasp hands, and an AI sub drags them three hundred feet into a flooded carnival that remembers every scream. Cinematic, claustrophobic, and impossible to forget.

This story is creepy, eerie and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Give into the abyss.

"Stay and Play!"

*Aibophobia- A fear of Palindromes by James Lefebure*


A twin brother’s death becomes a mirror that won’t stop answering.

Daniel unravels as a hidden number floods his phone with palindromes, then Callum through sex it enters and the fracture becomes a him, not-him, and something grotesquely whole.

He becomes we.
Him and not-him.
They become one.

Mind-bending, intimate, and quietly violent. This is a psychological horror that loops into your bones.

*Arachnophobia-by Harrison Phillips.*

Dylan hears about the craze called webbing and becomes tangled in it. Connie, his sister becomes pregnant.

The pregnancy advances into grotesque territory, births of spider‑human hybrids that shatter the town’s fragile sense of normalcy.
The attending physician, already terrified of spiders, collapses in the face of what science cannot explain.

A visceral body horror: The story commits to the physical, describing mutation and birth with uncompromising detail that makes the reader squirm and stay glued to the page.

*Swinophobia-A fear of pigs by Jerry Blaze.*

Tomas wanted peace.
He got pigs with red eyes and coal black skin.
No pork. No sleep. No escape.
The next year, could be face his fear and discover the source.
The Pig Man, a humanoid pig hybrid starts haunting him.

It’s Grandpa.
He sold his soul to El Cuco.
offering naughty children as sacrifice.
His dad saves the day.
Tomas is finally free of his horrors.
But fear? Fear’s got roots.

This story is a masterclass in rural dread. It blends folklore horror with betrayal.
The tale lingers like the smell of pigs!
It is SQUEALLY good.


*A bibliophobia- A fear of running out of books by Jessie Raven.*

Jessie Meets Andrew the story becomes a grotesque little gem of bibliophilic body horror.

A tale that begins with innocent literary longing and spirals into a visceral absurdity.
A signature blend of psychological grit and splatterpunk audacity shines through as two kindred spirits confront their shared fear in the most unthinkable way.

It’s disturbing, darkly funny, and weirdly tender, a warped ode to obsession and intimacy.

If you like bonkers and books.
You may well like this!


*Agoraphobia- A fear of open spaces by Nat Whiston.*

Liz steps from the hush of her self imposed exile into a world that is silent and a void.

The air is thick with rot and memories of before.
Blood scribbles the pavement like forgotten scripture.

Her courage, waning, as fragile as butterfly wings, draws the gaze of things that should not be.

Monsters roam the earth.
Hunting her, chasing.
Tendrils descend from a sky gone black, not a storm, but something other-worldly and she is taken.

A haunting tale of bravery and resilience to only then be devoured by the abyss.

*Atelophobia- A fear of making mistakes by Henri Noir and Lola Dove.*

Mistakes were fun… until Mary showed up. The editor from hell turns slip-ups into punishments.
Repeat a typo?
That’s a choice, and choices have consequences.

A fun way to end the book.
Checks reviews for mistacks...

An amazing anthology that I really enjoyed, the different perspectives and ideas were epic!

5/5

[Becki 🤎 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phobophobia

Erm…an anthology on different phobias by 21 horror authors 😱 I am SO lucky to have this, thank you Kelvin, i appreciate you always!

And let me just say Kelvin broke me with the very first story! DYSTYCHIPHOBIA: A Fear of Accidents, I did not expect the ending!!
It was real & raw, a feeling every single parent goes through. I know when I first had both of mine the thoughts used to run away in what could go wrong at any moment & I still feel like that when they go out with friends, even though they’re at good ages!

Amazing kickstart to the whole anthology!

This had to be the most interesting anthology I’ve ever read. I genuinely loved every story and reading about all these different fears & what can happen when faced with them, or when running from them! The horror elements within some of these stories had me going with all the emotions & all the reactions 😨🤢😱

It was lovely to see some authors id not read before alongside the familiar fav’s too.

My fav stories that really stood out to me, had to be from Kelvin, Lesley, Lula, Erica, Tara, Harrison & Lolly. I thought about them long after reading!!

I also found myself highly irritated reading Atelophobia, a fear of making mistakes 🤣 i couldn’t focus on the story because of the mistakes 😅

All of it really was brilliantly done! This is one to be proud of for sure! It’s also one I think we all need to read with an amazing line up of talented indie authors, I just know everyone is going to love it! It is out now & available in paperback & hardback alongside ebook so make sure to add it to the TBR!

Thanks again Kelvin for sending me this masterpiece, you’re all incredible 🤎

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Rachel Kozelski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Photophobia is an anthology featuring some amazing authors who really did surprise me with their creativity.
While there are some phobias we’re all aware of such as agoraphobia, arachnophobia none of the stories felt old or tired.
There’s also some phobias in here that are a whole new level, fear of palindromes anyone?
If you’re a grammar freak or an editor, brace yourself for the last one; Atelophobia had me howling.

[Jess Beedle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Got this as an Arc from the author! Thank you Kelvin and Lolly
Fucking amazing book! Highly recommend to anyone in the splatterpunk world! Even if you’re not used to splatterpunk!
Omg I loved it!
I haven’t had a 5 star read for a little while and this definitely was!
I need this in physical book form!
What an Epic read!

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are very few anthologies that I've really loved, and Phobophobia is one of the. Stories from master storytellers such as Kelvin VA Allison, Lolly Sparrow, Jerry Blaze, Harrison Phillips, James Lefebure, Erica Hart, and more, complete this astoundingly beautiful anthology about phobias.

I personally enjoyed Submechanophobia, Aihbophobia, Dystychiphobia, Arachnophobia, Autophobia, Agoraphobia, but to be very honest, each story has grit and teeth and would terrify the living shxt out of anyone. The book in itself awakens so many fears you never knew you had.

Now, as much as I'd like to discuss how each story in this anthology chilled me to my core, I won't. I'd much rather you read it. But please beware. Check your phobias. It might be one of these.

Trust me though when I say that you won't be able to finish this with the lights off. Even your comforter can't save you from the sheer terror you'll encounter.

Beware, dear reader. You're in for the scariest ride of your life.

[Zane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phobophobia is exactly what it promises to be—an unflinching dive into the deepest, darkest corners of human fear. This anthology brings together a chilling lineup of authors who each tackle a different phobia with their own unique voice, style, and brand of terror.

What I loved most is the unpredictability. Every story feels like opening a door you know you shouldn’t. Some pieces go for creeping dread, others for full-on shock, and a few left me physically tense. The variety makes this anthology impossible to put down, because you never know what kind of fear the next story will tap into.

If you’re a horror reader who enjoys unsettling atmosphere, psychological dread, and bold, raw storytelling, this collection is absolutely worth picking up. Anthologies can be hit or miss, but this one hits far more often than it misses—and when it hits, it hits hard.

[Alice Zombie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such an iconic powerhouse of authors all with their own terrifying and unhinged stories! Some made you gasp and some made you feel your toes curl. This was such an immense honour and pleasure to read it and ripped my heart out and stomped on it with the very first story, after was wave after wave! This definitely helped hitting a slump and give me the drive to head into all these amazing authors works so thank you to all the incredible authors and thank you to the amazing Kelvin who gave me this honour and created this anthology of terror and immense suffering. Do not miss out on this chance to enjoy a story from each of these icons and sample their styles and work.

[Paul Hughes · Rating 5 out of 5]

I find myself being drawn in to these stories and being unable to put them down. Every contributor has a twist and turn taking the reader on a veritable roller coaster of emotions leaving you drained but ready to reach down further inside yourself and urging you on for more mayhem.
Brilliant.

[Kelvin Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic read from some of the best names in indie horror.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this very hit and miss, that's the risk with some anthologies. There were a handful of standout stories. A few misses though.