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Dead Air: A Horror Anthology of Terrifying Short Stories - Creepy Radio Tales, Monsters, and Midnight Broadcasts That Will Keep You Up All Night
"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE
GOOD EVENING & WELCOME... WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.
Deep in the back of a forgotten charity shop, an antique radio crackles to life on its own.
The dial glows. The static clears. And a voice that shouldn't exist begins to broadcast tales of terror into the empty stockroom.
Welcome to DEAD AIR.
From the bestselling author of Asylum and Gated...
A late-night transmission of 10 terrifying tales you won't hear anywhere
MONKEY BUSINESS - Animal activists break into Beacon Research Centre to expose the truth. They find the cages are already open. And the experiments have red eyes.
DEAD AHEAD, AN AFTERNOON TO DISMEMBER, TILL DEATH US DO PART, DOLLHOUSE OF HORRORS, DRESSED TO KILL, TWO DEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE, HIGHWAY TO HELL, DYING WISH, LIGHTS, CAMERA, MURDER!
Each story is a different frequency of fear - body horror, creature horror, psychological terror, and supernatural dread. No fillers. No slow burns. Just pure, unfiltered horror designed to be read after dark.
Perfect for fans of Stephen King, Tales from the Crypt, Creepypasta, and late-night horror podcasts.
TUNE IN. TURN DOWN THE LIGHTS. AND TRY NOT TO LISTEN ALONE.
Dead Air is a complete anthology of interconnected horror short stories. Over 200 pages of terror. Free to read on Kindle Unlimited.
GOOD EVENING & WELCOME... WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.
Deep in the back of a forgotten charity shop, an antique radio crackles to life on its own.
The dial glows. The static clears. And a voice that shouldn't exist begins to broadcast tales of terror into the empty stockroom.
Welcome to DEAD AIR.
From the bestselling author of Asylum and Gated...
A late-night transmission of 10 terrifying tales you won't hear anywhere
MONKEY BUSINESS - Animal activists break into Beacon Research Centre to expose the truth. They find the cages are already open. And the experiments have red eyes.
DEAD AHEAD, AN AFTERNOON TO DISMEMBER, TILL DEATH US DO PART, DOLLHOUSE OF HORRORS, DRESSED TO KILL, TWO DEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE, HIGHWAY TO HELL, DYING WISH, LIGHTS, CAMERA, MURDER!
Each story is a different frequency of fear - body horror, creature horror, psychological terror, and supernatural dread. No fillers. No slow burns. Just pure, unfiltered horror designed to be read after dark.
Perfect for fans of Stephen King, Tales from the Crypt, Creepypasta, and late-night horror podcasts.
TUNE IN. TURN DOWN THE LIGHTS. AND TRY NOT TO LISTEN ALONE.
Dead Air is a complete anthology of interconnected horror short stories. Over 200 pages of terror. Free to read on Kindle Unlimited.
257 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 5, 2026
About the author
Matt Drabble
69 books247 followersI'm Matt Drabble, and I write the kind of horror that gets under your skin and stays there.
I'm best known for the GATED trilogy, the ASYLUM - 13 TALES OF TERROR series, ABRA-CADAVER, THE LAST RESORT, and my werewolf series FULL MOON. Multi-award-winning including Readers' Favorite Gold & Silver, Book Excellence Awards, and Kindle Book Review Best Horror. All my work is dark thriller / supernatural horror with a twist in the tale — think Stephen King meets British grit.
Originally from Bath, I now live in coastal Wales. I live with Ankylosing Spondylitis, which pushed me to write full-time, and I've never looked back. Metal music, horror movies, gaming, and my family fuel the stories
I'm best known for the GATED trilogy, the ASYLUM - 13 TALES OF TERROR series, ABRA-CADAVER, THE LAST RESORT, and my werewolf series FULL MOON. Multi-award-winning including Readers' Favorite Gold & Silver, Book Excellence Awards, and Kindle Book Review Best Horror. All my work is dark thriller / supernatural horror with a twist in the tale — think Stephen King meets British grit.
Originally from Bath, I now live in coastal Wales. I live with Ankylosing Spondylitis, which pushed me to write full-time, and I've never looked back. Metal music, horror movies, gaming, and my family fuel the stories
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January 9, 2026
Clever
First off not one for 'short stories' but the ingenious idea of telling them through an antiquated radio that obviously isn't plugged in ? There it is ingenious! Frightening little tales that certainly at one point shocked me and gave the dreaded goosebumps. Clever, clever , clever you are Matt Drabble😁
First off not one for 'short stories' but the ingenious idea of telling them through an antiquated radio that obviously isn't plugged in ? There it is ingenious! Frightening little tales that certainly at one point shocked me and gave the dreaded goosebumps. Clever, clever , clever you are Matt Drabble😁
July 11, 2026
Dead air
This book was fantastic! I enjoyed all the little stories that were in it. It reminded me of a TV show a long time ago I mean a long time ago where they would do a little synopsis of stories. You are a fantastic writer! If any of your books, I would call this one the first one to read then you’d be hooked forever.
This book was fantastic! I enjoyed all the little stories that were in it. It reminded me of a TV show a long time ago I mean a long time ago where they would do a little synopsis of stories. You are a fantastic writer! If any of your books, I would call this one the first one to read then you’d be hooked forever.
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