Black Bubbles

Fear doesn’t always knock. Sometimes it whispers, waits, and watches.

Step into twenty-one doorways you were never meant to open.

From shadowed corners of familiar streets to the silent depths of grief and guilt, Black Bubbles drifts between the ordinary and the horrifying with unsettling ease. Each story offers a new angle on fear—the slow creep, the sudden strike, the lingering aftertaste you can’t quite name. Whether it’s the quiet betrayal of a trusted face, the thing that moves just beyond the light, or the choices we make when no one’s looking, these tales will find their way under your skin.

You won’t know where the next chill will come from. Only that it will.

Black Bubbles is the first volume in the collected short fiction of Kelli Owen — a dark invitation to return for more.

Praise for Black Bubbles

“Double hell if Black Bubbles wasn't one of the most imaginative stories I've come across in some time.”
~ David Spell, The Scary Reviews

“It's rare that I'll give a collection of short stories 5 stars. There are nearly always one or two that don't work for one reason or another. Not the case here. Kelli Owen's Black Bubbles is filled with gems.”
~ Frank Errington, horror-web reviewer

“Black Bubbles is a large and varied collection... all with Owen's tremendous storytelling style.”
~ This Is Horror