My Aunt Came Back Hungry for Blood

Death never scared my family—until the day Grandma died and a stray cat brought her back. In Maple Heights, rumors fly faster than the autumn leaves, and nothing sets tongues wagging like a resurrection in broad daylight. Now, as ghost stories and Appalachian folklore collide on our front porch, my paralyzed grandma is walking, the neighbors are whispering about zombies, and Mom is laying down lines of rice to test the truth. But when Grandma’s hunger returns—and the kids start seeing fangs in the dark—one family dinner might turn into our last. Is blood thicker than superstition, or have we invited something into our home that won’t let us go? How do you save the ones you love when they come back…wrong?

Death was supposed to bring peace—but for Maddie’s family, Grandpa’s hunger only began in the grave. On the sweltering third night after his passing, Maddie hears her grandfather’s voice—starved and desperate—echoing from his coffin, demanding barbecue. When Grandma burns herself alive in the old stove, the family dismisses Maddie’s warnings as childish nightmares, even as the body count rises and the caskets multiply under the funeral tent. Each night, the voice grows hungrier, craving flesh and turning kin against kin. As ancient vigil rituals fail and whispered secrets unravel, Maddie must face a monstrous truth: some hungers never die, and some family curses demand a final, terrible sacrifice. Who will be devoured next—and can Maddie break the cycle before the skinwalker claims them all?

Alex’s life unravels when his girlfriend rejects him and the only comfort he finds is in the arms of his powerful, impossibly proper Aunt Rachel. As forbidden cravings boil over, a flood of mysterious comments reveals their twisted fate in a romance novel where his aunt is destined to become his darkest tormentor. Torn between shame, need, and a love that breaks every rule, Alex must decide: will he run from the truth, or surrender to the woman who’s loved him too much, for too long?

My mother killed my sister for a dowry, injecting her with tainted blood and forcing a wedding to a cursed heir. Now, as my sister’s vengeful spirit rises in her red bridal dress, both the living and the dead want me dead before dawn. Trapped in a house of blood, betrayal, and greed, I must survive the night—or become the next sacrifice to my family’s sins.

Survival is a cruel teacher—and family is its sharpest lesson. When her father kills her mother, a desperate young girl flees into the storm-lit streets of Chicago, clutching only her mother’s dying wish: find Uncle John Redford, the city’s war hero. But when blood proves colder than steel, hunger and humiliation drive her to the edge of darkness—where even a scrap of bread comes at a price. In a world where cruelty wears a polished face and love is a weapon, she must bargain for her next meal and face the ghosts of a shattered home. Can she claw her way back to hope—or will the sins of her family bury her for good?

When Grandpa butchers the family's beloved goat to feed a mysterious, starving visitor, our mountain home turns into a nightmare. Grandma begs me not to eat a single bite, warning that something evil is coming—and when a feral woman with goat eyes arrives, Grandpa forces me into a deadly bargain. If I speak a word or break the rules, the demon in the guest room will devour me before dawn.

Some secrets freeze deeper than bone. When a single stolen drumstick sparks violence on a bitter Midwest night, a family fractures—leaving Grandma locked outside to beg for mercy that never comes. As the snow piles up and guilt hangs heavy, strange omens appear: a sheep at the door, a drumstick in its belly, and a warning that echoes through the years—"The sheep must walk upright." With every meal and every beating, the line between punishment and sacrifice blurs, and a forbidden act of kindness becomes the only warmth in a world gone cold. But when horns begin to sprout and old debts demand payment, will love or survival win out? What happens when the only thing left to eat is the truth?

When Rachel’s mother lands in the ER, her daughter won’t lift a finger—unless her own wedding fund is paid back in full. Family bonds shatter as IOUs replace compassion, and Rachel’s cold refusal sparks a war that exposes every ugly secret. In one night, love turns to violence and betrayal, and the price of a life is set in dollars and blood.

A viral food blogger’s quest for America’s most legendary potstickers spirals into a nightmarish investigation, as a rural diner’s dark secrets threaten to consume everyone who enters.

Offered $150,000 to burn cash for the dead, I thought I’d found the perfect payday—until the ritual began stealing my youth and feeding it to my client, the charming but monstrous Aunt Martha. Every bill I burned aged me years, while she grew young and beautiful before my eyes. Now I’m trapped, ancient and helpless, as she hunts for the last of the money—and my only hope is a childhood lucky charm and one desperate gamble.

When six-year-old Tommy’s uncle breaks the town’s most sacred rule, their family becomes prey for something ancient and hungry stalking the night. With everyone’s lives hanging by a thread, Tommy must face a chilling task—alone in the dark, with a ghost that craves more than just company. Will courage and old secrets be enough to break the curse, or will Tommy be the next to disappear?

Every time someone hurt Mom, fortune rained down on them—money, love, success. But beneath her bruises, I saw something inhuman: she wasn’t just a hard-luck woman, but a creature who fed on the pain, quietly draining the lives of those who tormented her. Now, as my family’s cruelty spirals, I’m forced to choose—save Mom, or save myself before her curse devours us all.