Horror Will Find You By Air, By Sea, or By Land in These Eight Traveling Horror Novels

Ten people have been killed on the New York subway by the “Subway Psycho” with seemingly no rhyme or reason, leaving the city in a panic. But those who encounter the killer know the truth: he’s not as human as everyone thinks he is. A group of strangers must come together, fueled by rage and fear, to take care of the monster on their tracks before he takes them all down too.

When The Donnor Party heads out on their journey, they’re expecting some hardship after setting out late in the season. But after misfortune after misfortune reduce their food supply and kill one of the children, their goal to the West is less and less certain. As other members of the party disappear, those left behind divide loyalties and point fingers all in the hopes they’ll make it out of their journey alive.

Suffering from agoraphobia and PTSD after an attack two years ago, Dan and his new wife, Elaine, decide to celebrate their commitment aboard the cruise ship Oceanus. Soon after boarding, though, Dan thinks he sees a body being thrown overboard. Trapped on board in the middle of the ocean with monstruous stowaways lurking in the night, Dan must figure out if what he saw was real and what it meant before it ruins his honeymoon.

Fifteen years ago, vampires Zillah, Molochai, and Twin wander into New Orleans for a little drink and left a young pregnant girl in their wake. Now, Nothing is a teenager who feels like he doesn’t belong with his normal family, in his normal life. He sets out on a road trip to find where he truly belongs, his path intersecting with the members of a rock band, Lost Souls. Their three journeys converge in one bloody, angsty mess.

After surviving the sinking of the Titanic, Annie is plagued by ghosts. When another survivor reaches out to her with a job on board the Britannic, the Titanic’s sister ship turned hospital shop during WW1, she agrees. But when she sees a familiar face, one that should have gone down with the ship years ago, she’s convinced the haunting thoughts that have followed her were justified. Something’s on board this ship, too, and now she’s stuck at sea.

When documentarian Teig learns about the 1200 miles of road with bodies of prisoners buried beneath the surface called the Kolyma Highway, his interest is captured. Hiring a guide and gathering his crew, they set out to see the freezing, isolated area and the way of life there. Arriving to a single 9 year old girl living in the village wasn’t exactly what he expected to find. As they flee the long, deadly road, though, the journey is long and the ghosts are on their wheels.

Across continents, four planes crash at the same time. Strangely, three of the unexplained crashes were survived by one child, the victims dubbed “The Three.” When a cult leader declares the kids as bringers of the apocalypse, panic rises across the world and the kids are hidden away. But when their behavior gets stranger, their guardians wonder if it’s trauma from the crash or if they really are bringing on something earth-ending in their wake.

When flooding destroys her kingdom, Iraxi and the other survivors take refuge on an ark upon the water. Life is difficult on board with minimal resources and beasts in the water just waiting for their chance to attack. Pregnant with a child she’s not so sure is human anymore, Iraxi is trapped with no way out in more ways than one. And Iraxi needs something to do with all of her anger for the way everything has turned out.