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20+ horror e-books you can get for free (or 99 cents) this Terrify Your Tablet Day

Scarily cheap.

Mashable Team

on October 3, 2024

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Time to stock up on literary scares: Today (Thursday, Oct. 3) is Terrify Your Tablet Day.

Hosted by Horrorsmith Publishing for the second year in a row, the 24-hour event is effectively a horror-only version of Stuff Your Kindle Day, where participating authors make their e-books available for free or just 99 cents. Unlike the titles featured in Stuff Your Kindle Day, however, Terrify Your Tablet Day-eligible ebooks are available across several platforms, including Kindle, Kobo, Google Play, Apple Books, Scribd, and via direct download.

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There are hundreds of ebooks featured in this year's Terrify Your Tablet Day, and you can see the full list on Horrorsmith's website; it'll be uploading titles in waves throughout the day. Below, we've pulled a selection of Kindle horror picks from the first upload to get you started:

Free horror e-books

21 Dares (Stephen Barnard) — $0 ~~$2.99~~
And Then There Was Silence (Candace Robinson) — $0 ~~$2.99~~
Along About Midnight (Dorian J. Sinnott) — $0 ~~$2.99~~
Black Death (David Hardy) — $0 ~~$2.99~~
Dark Songs (Keith Evans) — $0 ~~$2.99~~
From Dark Waters and Woods (Amanda Leanne) — $0 ~~$2.99~~
Home (Ben Young) — $0 ~~$2.99~~
Mind the Mirrors (Amanda Leanne) — $0 ~~$2.99~~
The Salem Legacy (Paul Carro) — $0 ~~$6.99~~
Smilin' Sam's Corn Maze (Stephanie P. Scissom) — $0 ~~$0.99~~
To Eat You With You (Kayla Burt) — $0 ~~$2.99~~
The Triangle Forest (Edward Flora) — $0 ~~$2.99~~
Who is Mara Wildes? (Amanda East) — $0 ~~$2.99~~

$0.99 horror e-books

Note: Most of the following titles are free for Kindle Unlimited subscribers. Amazon Prime members can snag a free three-month trial for a limited time.