Below the Stairs: Tales from the Cellar

This, the second in our ‘Things in the Well*’ series of anthologies, contains 21 short, scary tales from below the stairs. A common theme, each story is longer than the preceding one, adding to the effect of being drawn down the stairs into a gloomy cellar. to present the best tales we could find, we’ve included a few reprints from some of the world’s best horror writers (Ramsey Campbell, Clive Barker, H.P. Lovecraft, Paul Kane) plus new tales from modern masters and stories by some (as yet) lesser known writers.

The Thing in the Cellar by David H. Keller
The Root Cellar by Toby Bennett
The Basement Apartment by Mark Allan Gunnells
Trapped by Theresa Derwin
Purgatory in Perpetuity by David Turnbull
The Cellars by Ramsey Campbell
Breeding Black by Chad Lutzke
The Memory Man by Steve Dillon
Bloodworms by Noel Osualdini
Below Deck by K.N. Johnson
An Endless Echo in Every Empty Space by Matthew R Davis
The Vaults by Katherine Wielechowski
Creakers by Paul Kane
The Bone Vine by Erin Cole
The Stairwell by Chris Mason
Below Ground by Charlie Walls
Hell’s Event by Clive Barker
The Watchman by Brian Craddock
Eyes of Glass by Stephen Herczeg
Under the Pyramids by H.P. Lovecraft with Harry Houdini
Warding by Kev Harrison 70

*The first ‘Things in the Well’ anthology is “Between the Tracks – Tales from the Ghost Train” and is available separately.