Mystery

"Mit dem Mondlicht kam ein wildes Säuseln des Sturms, der mit einem langen, tiefen Heulen wie von unzähligen Hunden oder Wölfen wieder anzuschwellen schien. Ich war von Furcht erfüllt, wie erstarrt und konnte die Kälte spürbar zunehmen fühlen, bis sie in mein Herz eingedrungen zu sein schien." Von schaurigen Friedhofsbegegnungen über dramatischen Verfolgungsjagden bis zu unheimlichen Mördern und mysteriösen Todesfällen ist in dieser Sammlung alles dabei. Gruselfans kommen auf ihre Kosten und streifen mit den Protagonisten der jeweiligen neun Geschichten durch scheinbar totenstille Städte und zwielichtige Gassen. Posthum wurden diese Kurzgeschichten veröffentlicht von der Witwe von Abraham "Brahm" Stoker (1847-1912). "Draculas Gast" ist ein Ausschnitt aus der ursprünglichen Version von "Dracula", an welchem er sieben Jahre lang schrieb und der ihm zu weltweitem Ruhm verhalf. Heutzutage gilt Bram Stoker als Gründer des modernen Vampirmythos.

What would you do if you found yourself stranded miles from home and your family during a sudden and unexplained virus outbreak? People are dying all around you... while others are quickly coming back to life as the limbering undead... complete with a ravenous hunger and thirst for human blood. You need to get home... you need to know if your family are safe... but can you really survive the swelling hordes of the limbering undead... not to mention other survivors.

A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club, A Head Full of Ghosts, and The Cabin at the End of the World.

Franklin is like any family man. Struggling to get by, he works as a mechanic in a small town to support his wife, Sharlene, and son, Jason. But as we get to know him more closely, and find out more about his past, we discover that there is more to him than meets the eye, and first impressions can be misleading. As his marriage with his wife takes a turn, and his behaviour becomes stranger and stranger, shocking events begin to happen across town, calling in to question just how Franklin will be able to cope, and what lengths he's willing to go to turn his luck around.Stag is a gripping novella that tackles trust and loss, making the reader question their own judgements at times, and overall proves to be a thrilling tale that will stay with you long after the book has been closed.

The strange kid at school, the odd woman in the apartment building, the troublesome man at work. Such people exist everywhere, in everyone¿s lives. All it takes is a word for it to start. An unsettling question, a bizarre remark, or even a kind apology. Once their hooks sink in, the cracks form. Darkness floods into the recesses until nothing else remains, and then...Sirens, screaming, dull thuds on the pavement. They have always existed. They just are. And when they show up, people die.

Unsafe at Any Altitude will make you laugh out loud. J.A. Quinn takes us on a life's journey vividly recounting what it is was like traveling through the eyes of a young girl experiencing the joy during the Golden Age of Flying.With her junior stewardess wings pinned on her Sunday dress she dreams of becoming a stewardess, handing out gum to passengers on lumbering propeller driven aircraft. Briefly losing her way, the California girl emerges into a psychedelic fog of the '60s in San Francisco realizing she cannot continue her Deadhead hippie life dancing in Golden Gate Park and decides to follow her young dream.What it takes to make the transition from flower child to a walking and talking Barbie doll is a hilarious story. If you survived airline training, you were expected to be a gracious representative of an airline's marketing department pimping out stewardesses to the mostly male passenger clientele. Somehow, before camera phones, these women found a way to fend for themselves from butt grabbing passengers by accidentally dropping cheesecakes on their heads and getting any witnesses snockered to erase memories of the flight. This story is a riotous testimony of how a stewardesses managed to survive the bumpy but very funny skies.

A man's life falls apart after he wins the lottery. His huge lottery win should have been anyone's idea of the good life calling, but when Abe Winters wakes up after a car crash, he has to wonder whether it was a dream or whether it was real.Each day becomes darker and darker with more hellish things occurring and later realizes that something is very wrong. Does Abe have time to get wise to what is going on or is his fate worse than death, already?Humor tempers the dark subject matter as he walks among the darkness and finds new horrors that is Hell's Play.Readers will enjoy keeping one jump ahead of Abe, even when you can't, as Hell's Play unfolds its labyrinth of jolts and jeopardy.

A classic ghost story illustrated by acclaimed cartoonist, Seth.The Pole-Star's voyage comes to a halt after becoming trapped in the arctic ice, threatening the lives of its crew. Superstition soon takes hold as the frightened men claim to hear ghosts in the darkness, but it's the captain's increasingly strange behaviour that concerns the doctor most.

When Lady Jane Lynke unexpectedly inherits Bells, a beautiful country estate, she declares she'll never leave the peaceful grounds and sets about making the house her home. But she hasn't reckoned on the obstinate Mr Jones, the caretaker she's told dislikes her changes, yet never seems able to be found.

What do you know about the occult? Michael Deville knew very little. He is suffering from the effects of a terminal illness and lives with his wife Helena Rose, his only companion, who is a working nurse. During the long periods of time when he finds himself alone, Michael occupies himself by reading through old papers and documents that he found in the spare room, some of which were decidedly unusual. Michael finds himself experiencing particularly disturbing hallucinations that seem to be connected in some indefinable way to the strange manuscripts he had discovered. Are they dreams; or perhaps visions of times from a distant past? Times that held him trapped in history - his history? What is the connection between The Count and the Convent of the Golden Orb? Who is the Man in Black?

Das bis heute ungeloste Ratsel des Waldpropheten wird in diesem besturzenden Buch des Bestseller-Autors Wolfgang Johannes Bekh dargestellt. Bekh lat uns in seinen spannenden Exkursionen an der Welt und Zeit des Muhlhiasl teilnehmen und schildert farbig die Schauplatze. Sicher braucht man heute kein Hellseher mehr zu sein, um mit Unbehagen in die Zukunft zu blicken. Die Art und Weise, wie uns der Muhlhiasl das nahe Ende ankundigt, macht gleichwohl betroffen. Als Quintessenz bleibt uns Lesern des 20. Jahrhunderts die bange Frage: Hat uns die Zukunft schon erreicht?

"e;I stand at the foot of the porch steps and stare mindlessly out across the lake I've looked over my entire life, trying to find comfort in the view and the memories of all that has happened. It's hard to conjure up an optimistic view of the future. Only a few days have passed since first Top, then Amelie, and then DeeDee have been removed from my life (and theirs). I haven't spent the time doing much other than moping around the family property that now feels even bigger than when I was a child."e;How did it all go so wrong? We were a team. A group of survivors ready to take down anything that came our way. But in less than a day, they were all gone. Now it's just me and the dog. I'm left wondering about my future. What do I do now? Should I stay in case Eve comes looking for me? Should I leave and go look for her? Does it matter? I worry about Eve. She stayed behind to take care of her dying father, but there's no way he is going to last long, and a nasty winter is coming. Without heat and company, will she make it? She's probably cold and alone in a house with a dead body.My big sister, Morgan, is one of the precious few people left who made it through the zombie apocalypse and is heading my way. She's far out west, but once she puts her mind to something, almost nothing can stop her. Not zombies, not a group of humans sheltering themselves and their secrets behind the walls of a madcap fortress, and not even a pirate.Survivors and zombies alike are gathering. And no one will be able to predict what's coming.Time for round three.

THE CRAVING is a legendary adventure adapted from one of our most beloved children's tales, Hansel and Gretel. But this is no children's tale. Set in early fourteenth century Alsace during The Great Famine, when mass suffering and death led many to question their faith, when rampant theft heightened hostility and suspicion, this truly was the breeding ground that gave birth to the legend of the witch. As Guarin struggles to provide for his two starving children, Han and Greta, they are taken from him by force and led on a perilous journey deep into the forest, eventually arriving at the home of The Lady. Han soon suspects she may be harboring sinister intentions and fears the massive kiln lurking within her cellar has a more nefarious purpose: to satisfy some mysterious, inhuman craving building within her.

Born the most powerful witch in a century, Briars power is potentially limitless. With her mother coveting her power, Briar will do anything to stop her mother from using it for her own evil purposes. On Briars eighteenth birthday, she manages to escape the coven she was raised in. She spends the next two years on the run, hiding her power, and hoping her mother doesnt find her.Mystic Haven, Louisiana was supposed to be just another stop, but she was offered a job at the nearby school for witches and warlocks. Since Waverly Academy placed the security of its staff and students as their top priority, she felt safe enough to stay. Briar slowly let her guard down and allowed people into her circle. With the help of her best friend, and new boyfriend, she begins to find out who she really is. But will living as her true self allow her mother to find her and drag her back into the life she wants nothing to do with?

Every summer Frank Longworth, a pragmatic and matter-of-fact lawyer, takes himself away from the bustle of his business and family life and enjoys a few solitary weeks in the pristine coastal landscape of Prince Edward Island, Canada. One evening, as he takes his usual walk from his cottage to the beach, he comes into contact with something inexplicable and sinister. It is an encounter that will shake his tidily organised life to its foundations... "e;The Spectre of Stanhope Lane is written with imagination, creativity, and amazing insight and attention to historical detail and research into the Scottish world and the place of the diaspora. Sense of place, heritage, genealogy, class, and mystery are woven together and exhibit a writer who has come of age. Warmly recommended to Prince Edward Islanders and visitors to the Island and all who are intrigued by all things Scottish. I want to see that wall!"e;Dr Jack Whytock, author and lecturer

Love is real. Demons are real. Kill the demons. A chilling and heartfelt supernatural horror about a young woman searching for love and the secrets of a demonic gay conversion camp, perfect for readers of Stephen Graham Jones, Hailey Piper and Lucy A. Snyder. Camp Damascus is the world's most effective gay conversion camp. Nestled in the Montana wilderness, parents send their children from around the world to experience the program's 100% success rate. But, this story isn't about that. This story is about Rose Darling, a God-fearing young lady who can't stop puking up flies. It's about her parents who ignore her visions of an eerie woman with sagging, pale skin who watches from the woods. It's about the desires deep inside Rose that don't seem to make any sense, and her waking nightmares that are beginning to feel more like memories. And maybe, just maybe, it's a little bit about Camp Damascus after all.

From the author of the Man Booker longlisted The Underground RailroadA pandemic has devastated the planet, sorting humanity into two types: the uninfected and the infected, the living and the living dead. The worst of the plague is now past, and Manhattan is slowly being resettled. Armed forces have successfully reclaimed the island south of Canal Street aka Zone One and teams of civilian volunteers are clearing out the remaining infected stragglers . Mark Spitz is a member of one of these taskforces and over three surreal days he undertakes the mundane mission of malfunctioning zombie removal, the rigours of Post-Apocalyptic Stress Disorder, and attempting to come to terms with a fallen world. But then things start to go terribly wrong

A century after seeing her home destroyed and family slaughtered, Reina is forced to return to the very place she swore never to go back to: Tenebrae, a place of eternal darkness where vampires thrive and humans are forced to live as slaves.Although Reina is now a vampire, the very creature she loathes, the vampires of Tenebrae do not recognise her as one of their own.Determined to end slavery and destroy Tenebrae, Reina catches the attention of Master Vrykólakas, the man responsible for the deaths of her family and village, who gives her an impossible ultimatum: become his favourite courtesan or condemn the man who is both her Creator and lover to death.

Quando Noah, instancabile giramondo, ritorna negli Stati Uniti per obbedire agli ordini di suo padre, l''ultima cosa che vorrebbe fare è discutere con Finn, il suo fratello gemello. Purtroppo, però, presto i due si ritrovano in un testa a testa per cercare di conquistare una bionda adorabile - ed ecco che subito le vecchie rivalità ritornano a galla.Quando incontra Finn e Noah, l''amorevole e formosa Charlotte non riesce a credere ai propri occhi. Loro la trovano strepitosa; e lei, in un battibaleno, si invaghisce di entrambi. Dopo aver avuto un assaggio di entrambi, non sa come scegliere.E se Charlotte potesse avere tutto ciò che vuole? E non dovesse scegliere tra l''uno e l''altro?A Noah basta passare una notte con Charlotte per capire di aver trovato qualcosa di incredibilmente profondo e sacro, qualcosa che non aveva mai provato in vita sua. Sarà in grado di lasciarsi il passato alle spalle e di dimostrare a Charlotte di essere qualcosa di più oltre a un instancabile dongiovanni?Passione, invidia, e la ricerca dell''amore eterno vi terranno incollati pagina dopo pagina!

Sophie è una donna con una missione da compiere. Una malvagia entità che minaccia New Orleans ha fatto del male a una persona che amava, ed è determinata a vendicare quell''omicidio, anche se ciò dovesse ucciderla. A qualsiasi costo, la vendetta è la sua unica priorità nella vita... è perfino più importante di un certo misterioso e sensuale mutaforma a cui sembra non riuscire a smettere di pensare.La storia ha insegnato a Ephraim a non fidarsi di nessuno. Soprattutto di Sophie, l''affascinante strega bianca con fin troppi segreti per riuscire a contarli. Quando la donna va da lui, ma si rifiuta di spiegargli il suo ruolo nell''imminente battaglia per salvare New Orleans, l''uomo avverte un certo nervosismo.Perché Sophie dovrebbe e potrebbe essere la sua compagna... se solo potessero parlare delle loro ragioni e del loro passato. Mentre la guerra contro Papa Aguiel incombe su di loro, Ephraim e Sophie dovranno combattere insieme per salvare la propria vita - e l''amore che sta sbocciando tra loro - sempre che esista una speranza per il futuro degli esseri umani.Questo settimo e ultimo libro della serie sui Guardiani Alfa ti trascinerà in un romanzo ricco di azione mozzafiato, passione travolgente, e una storia d''amore soddisfacente e a lieto fine.

Un triángulo amoroso cuya flama arde lo suficiente como para durar una eternidad, si no consume la Tierra en el proceso.

La doctora Serafina Khouri se siente estresada, agobiada y harta de su desagradable vida. Cuando dos enormes guardianes alfa entran en la sala de emergencias actuando rebeldemente, solo le bastó una mirada para saber que todo su mundo cambiaría. No era como si hubiera pensado en su vida o su futuro, pero uno de esos chicos malos podría ser su alma gemela... si pudiera escoger uno de ellos, claro está. 

Kieran y Kellan son príncipes feéricos y gemelos, cuya rivalidad ha durado un milenio. Encontrarse con la inteligente y atractiva Sera no es la excepción y ambos están listos para luchar por su pareja, sin pensar en las consecuencias. Cuando Sera no parece escoger entre ellos, se reabren antiguas heridas, y la frágil paz que habían encontrado se ve amenazada. 

Mientras tanto, una nueva maldad de otro mundo vigila desde las sombras los movimientos de Sera. Mientras el trío se encuentra enredado en su drama personal, alguien tiene otros planes para la linda doctora: el tipo de planes que acabarían con la vida de Sera. Cuando su destinada conexión sucumba a las llamas, ¿se salvarán Sera, Kieran y Kellan o arderán juntos?


The Desert Store- The Red Cactus orphanage, is book #5 in the continuing series about an unusual desert store in New Mexico. Once a little white wood church built in the center of a small healing energy vortex over 100 years ago, the desert store draws both healers and odd others to live there. GAs, groceries, and healings in disguise are offered out in the middle of nowhere. Cowboy Johnson and Mama who we met in book one, are now gone. Normaine, Eddy, the three Mafia sisters, Celia, Emma and William once lived at the store. In books one through- four, before they each moved away, we''ve shared campfires out back of the desert store, long desert nights ''neath the stars, along with bologna sandwiches, chocolate cake, heartbreaks, anger and tears. In this ongoing sequel, Timmon, orphaned at ten by his evil family, lives at the store and has taken its ownership over. Timmon is Sighted as is his mother. He has learned many ways to combat the evils perpetrated by his mother and sisters, who live with evil Vance Romaine and his followers who hate the Goodness the store emits, and its healers. They try to destroy the store, but the psychic forces of some powerful people were called into battle and a different plan emerges for the store, thanks to Susan, Lana, Matthew, and Perry, who fought the Good, but completely unexpected- fight side by side with Timmon and won. For now.     

Bon, d''accord, peut-être bien que le sexy Gavin Beran a un petit problème.Il aime bien courir après les femmes qui ont besoin d''être sauvées , débarquer sur son cheval blanc et tout arranger. Il est bien conscient de son complexe du sauveur, comme si ses frères allaient un jour le laisser oublier toutes les poupées brisées qu''il a aidées dans sa vie.Ça ne l''empêche pas d''être attiré par la belle, blonde et innocente Faith, une femme-ourse plantureuses aux problèmes familiaux plus nombreux que ceux des Jackson Five. Un seul regard sur elle conduit à un baiser au clair de lune, qui explose au visage de Gavin en trois secondes chrono.À présent, voilà que Faith est en fuite et s''accroche à son sauveur ultra-sexy tout en se demandant comment garder sa virginité intacte. La gentillesse de Gavin ne fait qu''attiser les flammes de leur désir, et bientôt, voilà que leurs passions échappent à leur contrôle.