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Things That Wait: 5 Short Horror Stories
1. The Watchers of Blackwood RidgeStationed alone in a remote fire tower, Elena seeks isolation to heal from a broken past. Instead, she finds herself cut off during a brutal autumn storm as something inhuman tests the glass. Tapped by pale, noseless hands in the dark, she discovers a chilling legacy left by the rangers before the mountain’s lonely lookouts aren’t here to spot fires, but to hold back the things buried in the granite fault.
2. The Second PassA documentary crew hunting for paranormal history descends into the sub-zero ruins of St. Oran’s State Hospital. Armed with cameras and thermal gear, they breach a sealed sub-basement where the hydrotherapy cells hide more than frozen memories. As audio anomalies and rhythmic tapping surround them, they realize the facility’s violent past never left—and the entities inhabiting the dark are recording their every move for a second pass.
3. The Last TrackSeeking escape in a vintage Bedford camper van, Mark and Sarah travel deep into the remote Scottish glen of Glen Sora. Surrounded by damp peat and an oppressive, suffocating silence, their van becomes the focus of an unseen presence outside. As the temperature plunges and the perimeter closes in, they discover that some tracks are best left uncrossed, and some doors should never be opened to the moor.
4. The BasinHoping for a scenic Highland trek, four friends hike up into the remote reaches of Blackwood Ridge. But as a thick sea-haar swallows the trail, the landscape warps, and every path loops inexplicably back to their camp. Surrounded by twisted pines and towering, featureless figures that blur the boundary between modern hikers and ancient dead, they realize the basin has already claimed them—and every step only tightens the circle.
5. Five Marks in the SnowTrapped by a ferocious blizzard on the Cairngorms plateau, four friends take refuge in a remote stone bothy. As the temperature plummets and the storm rages outside, a rhythmic scratching sounds against the roof and a heavy presence presses against the door. Fleeing into the blinding white waste, they learn that the mountain’s deep drifts hide a terrifying, inhuman hunger—and not everyone who runs makes it down.
2. The Second PassA documentary crew hunting for paranormal history descends into the sub-zero ruins of St. Oran’s State Hospital. Armed with cameras and thermal gear, they breach a sealed sub-basement where the hydrotherapy cells hide more than frozen memories. As audio anomalies and rhythmic tapping surround them, they realize the facility’s violent past never left—and the entities inhabiting the dark are recording their every move for a second pass.
3. The Last TrackSeeking escape in a vintage Bedford camper van, Mark and Sarah travel deep into the remote Scottish glen of Glen Sora. Surrounded by damp peat and an oppressive, suffocating silence, their van becomes the focus of an unseen presence outside. As the temperature plunges and the perimeter closes in, they discover that some tracks are best left uncrossed, and some doors should never be opened to the moor.
4. The BasinHoping for a scenic Highland trek, four friends hike up into the remote reaches of Blackwood Ridge. But as a thick sea-haar swallows the trail, the landscape warps, and every path loops inexplicably back to their camp. Surrounded by twisted pines and towering, featureless figures that blur the boundary between modern hikers and ancient dead, they realize the basin has already claimed them—and every step only tightens the circle.
5. Five Marks in the SnowTrapped by a ferocious blizzard on the Cairngorms plateau, four friends take refuge in a remote stone bothy. As the temperature plummets and the storm rages outside, a rhythmic scratching sounds against the roof and a heavy presence presses against the door. Fleeing into the blinding white waste, they learn that the mountain’s deep drifts hide a terrifying, inhuman hunger—and not everyone who runs makes it down.
163 pages, Paperback
Published October 26, 2026
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