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The Regal Retreat is an exclusive resort situated deep in the countryside of East Anglia where the rich and famous go to unwind. However, far from being a place of rest and relaxation, bad things happen there. Its history has been plagued by tragedy and misfortune. Over the years there have been scores of killing sprees, accidents, suicides, and even the occasional sighting of the resident ghost. In a desperate attempt to save the business, the resort calls in paranormal investigator Ben Shivers. Since the devastating loss of his daughter and the subsequent breakdown of his marriage, he has been traveling Europe in a vintage VW camper van with his sidekick, a rescue cat called Mr. Trimble. He sees the assignment as the perfect opportunity to break the cycle of self-destruction he has been on, but as he delves into the case, he uncovers a history many would rather forget-sordid family secrets, witchcraft, murder, and an ancient curse, all coming together in a perfect storm deep in the heart of the English countryside. Welcome to the Regal Retreat.

A group of teenage friends think it's a good idea to hang around in a graveyard, while a young thief gets more than he bargained for when he breaks into a local property. We're given a first-hand account of struggles in the aftermath of a post-apocalyptic event and the reminiscences of a musician with a very unusual talent. A woman wakes with no memory of who or where she is... and also no pulse, then we're flung through space to a planet where a grave discovery is made-one which has deadly repercussions... Ladies and gentlemen, these are the Zombies! a collection of stories by award-winning and #1 bestselling author Paul Kane (Hooded Man, Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, Before, Arcana, The Storm), including a brand new short novel, one of his popular Dalton Quayle novelettes, and a steampunk poem. With an introduction by award-winning and bestselling author Brian Keene (The Rising, City of the Dead) and cover art by Dominic Harman (The Hellbound Heart, Cabal), this is one book that simply refuses to lay down and die!

In a far corner of space, orbiting a massive black hole, the research ship DARC12 discovers a strange asteroid-one that seems to be alive. After loading the rock on board for study, the ship quickly descends into madness. It begins with voices, whispers filling the shadows and the minds of the crew. A once-sane man declares that their discovery is not just a rock, but a god. Then the killing begins, and a cult rises, swearing allegiance to their newfound deity.As the murders mount and the dead themselves begin to rise, a small group of survivors clings to the hope that they can somehow escape the hell they've been plunged into. But their problems escalate as they face an army of undead crewmembers, the reanimated corpses of hundreds of failed genetic experiments, the murderous cult, and-worst of all-the rapidly evolving creature in... CONTAINMENT ROOM 7

Seven long years have passed since Betty-June Gray and her son, Jesus, escaped the horrific events that befell them on the Tucker farm. For Betty-June, those years have been spent trying to forget about the past while dealing with the nightmarish results of toxic poisoning from the Atkins Chemical Plant, which are quickly making her son deathly ill.Desperate for cash for Jesus's medical treatment, Betty-June starts waitressing at the Pig-Whistle Truck Stop Diner. Fearing she won't bring in enough money, she's faced with the very real possibility of having to earn extra cash servicing truckers in the privacy of the diner's supply closet. But she's about to come face-to-face with a sex-crime vigilante called "The Headhunter," who is getting ready to castrate another victim.Against a backdrop of deformed gators, evil politicians, racist policemen, and a six-foot-tall Moth Man stalking the truck stop, is anyone safe on this dark, sultry evening in Cold Currant, Mississippi? Find out in the continuing saga of Betty-June Gray...The Mississippi Glory Hole Mutilations

An embittered farmer.A New York corporate raider.Two teenage high school girls.A failed small business owner. Past and present collide, revealing secrets best kept hidden. These disparate people gather at a desolate Kansas farm for a hellish night not everyone will survive. Godland is a dark psychological suspense horror thriller. A Midwestern nightmare. Farm noir.

Under the burning sun of Cold Currant, Mississippi, right on the banks of the Mississippi River, sits an old antebellum farmhouse that has been passed down through the generations. The farm's current occupants, the Tucker clan, are on the brink of losing their family's legacy. Only, the Tuckers have been hiding a depraved, murderous secret under the very soil of the farmland they continue to work. When the vice-president of Cold Currant Savings and Loan shows up one sweltering summer afternoon to deliver their foreclosure papers, all hell breaks loose. In the race to save their farm, Lee Tucker and his two inbred sons, Tobias and Mathias, are forced to make some terrible decisions and spill a lot of blood. But as the sun sets and the moon rises over the crops, and as their latest victim lies naked and screaming in the barn, a nightmarish chain of events begins to unfold. Will it be the end of the Tucker Blood Cult, or will their redneck living be enough to save the family farm? Find out in...BLOOD CULT OF THE BOOBY FARMERS!

BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF ANOMALOUS WEATHER, ¿SOMETHING PROWLS Up north, a snowstorm of unprecedented ferocity descends upon Zukunft Falls, Montana, and the nearby Enchanted Point Ski Resort. Within the blinding whiteness created by the storm, something even more ferocious hunts the refugees as they seek shelter from the raging winds and plummeting temperatures. BENEATH THE RISING FLOODWATERS, SOMETHING LURKS Meanwhile, down south, a storm system forms off the coast of Florida with a speed that defies nature. The Governor quickly rescinds her evacuation order and advises citizens to shelter in place and ride out the storm. But homes and businesses are disappearing, being deconstructed around the terrified residents until they are forced into the open to become potential prey to something from which even the state's most feared predators flee. WITHIN THE CONCEALING DARKNESS, SOMETHING FEASTS Defying the Governor's orders, a disparate group of strangers-a Hollywood-bound teen runaway, a politician, a reporter, an over-the-hill beach bum, a middle-aged gamer, a pair of grad students from the University of Central Florida, among others-band together as circumstances force them to rely on each other as they try to outrun the storm and the predator that hunts them. Who will survive the terror of... HORRORICANE

What is your deepest fear? Things that exist in plain sight? Those that hide in the darkest corners of your soul? Our deepest fears come in many forms. The seen and the hidden. The real and the imagined. The flesh and the incorporeal. Between the covers of this book, you'll find a bit of all this. Monsters, real and imagined. The familiar and the alien. So open the book. Be prepared to confront your worst fears.¿Things That Don't Belong in the Light

The Caribbean Sea, 1708 AD.In Port Royal, many have heard the legend of the Black Brig, a ship of the damned bringing a fate worse than death to the isolated colonies of the Caribbean Sea. But few know the true story behind the tavern tales. As the war between the Northern Alliance and the League of the Antilles looms on the horizon, an old captain is ready to embark on a venture to cease the blight of the Black Brig once for all and have his revenge.Set in an alternate historical setting, where a supernatural plague caused the fall of the European powers and where what was left of humanity struggles to survive in the New World, Dead Men Tell No Tales narrates the ghastly voyage pirate captain Daniel Drake Davies underwent in 1676, and the events that will force him to confront those same horrors thirty years later. For the dead do not rest peacefully in the Devil's Sea. Pirates, voodoo, and seagoing undead await you in this fantastic journey in a land that never was.

Help her open the door. It wants to come through...First, the dream. Now this message from the mouth of a stranger. It was too much of a coincidence for Nate Carver, and has him dropping everything to help a woman he hasn't even thought about in eight years, not since the overdose that almost took Cathy Deveraux's life.The prison escape of Thomas Elbert stirs up memories for Detective Alec Palmer, and the man's death raises questions. Why would a catatonic convicted killer suddenly wake up and escape, only to commit suicide days later? Or was it murder? And what connection did he have to Nate Carver, a man on the run with a daughter he never knew he had?All roads lead to Boston, where, in their search for answers, they will be drawn into the dark world of the occult and mysticism. Of parallel worlds and alternate realities. Of doors that open onto other times and other worlds. Of dreams that won't be denied.By the time they realize they are merely pawns in a much bigger game, a game where the fate of the world is at stake, will it be too late?

They called themselves The Round Table. Seven friends, a bunch of nobodies in high school-until they learned the art of manipulation and how much influence they could wield with the right bit of knowledge. After years of being bullied, they had their first taste of power…and they wanted more.In college, they found their power had faded. Their petty blackmail schemes no longer made others eager to do their bidding…and that just wasn't acceptable. But the Darkness offered them everything they could possibly want-for a price. A price they were all too willing to pay.And now, twenty-one years later, married with children and successful careers, their past is coming back to haunt them and threatening to take everything they hold dear. How much will they lose before they can placate the spirit of the dead?

If you can't run with the big dogs…It was supposed to be a corporate retreat and a series of morale-boosting exercises. It was a weekend Shawn Biltmore nearly didn't survive.There was something else playing in the woods that night,something other than a bunch of corporate drones with paintball guns.And it had chosen Shawn as its new chew toy.…rip 'em to shreds.The local authorities chalked it up to a bear attack.So did the doctors.Shawn knew the truth, however, as much as he wanted to deny it.But when one of his coworkers is viciously killed,Shawn must face the truth…He's a killer who needs to be put down.Or is he?

"Leo Darke has created a heavy metal nightmare made of hard-driving prose, a dark sense of humor, and a jovial nod to 1980s horror fiction. There's sex, gore, and suspense to spare, and it all unfolds to a heavy metal beat. An enjoyable read." -Ray Garton, author of Crucifax and Ravenous "Death Metal has a new vanguard band-and a literal meaning. This band's music is truly Killer." -Mallory A. Haws, The Haunted Reading Room "Just like the punk rock era that it so finely evokes, Darke's tale is edgy, dangerous, thrilling, unpredictable, and scary. Lucifer Sam rocks. Hard." -Stuart R. West, author of Twisted Tales from Tornado Alley and Ghosts of Gannaway The Day the Music DiedWhen a private jet carrying internationally acclaimed rock band Cat O' Nine Tails vanishes over the Indian Ocean, the shockwaves were felt around the world. There was no wreckage, no bodies, no black box recordings to provide clues as to what happened to the musicians. They were simply gone.Rock 'n' Roll Will Never DieJust as the world is recovering from the loss of Cat O' Nine Tails comes news that the jet carrying the band has mysteriously re-appeared in the same air space from which it had vanished six months ago. Was it a publicity stunt? The band is unable-or unwilling-to answer that question. They were "lost. But now we're back…" with the promise of a new album with a killer new sound coming soon.There's something definitely not right with the band, but the nation is too firmly in the grip of Cat O' Nine Fever to notice. And as the formerly affable, much-loved Cat O' Nine Tails gears up for a new stadium show, it falls to Cat's original front man, sacked years before, and the members of a virtually unknown punk band, Lucifer Sam, to uncover the real threat behind the massive publicity drive.

With barely a moment to rest after wrapping up his last case, Jasper O'Malley is handed another assignment that sends him and his partner, Amelia Rio, to the Big Apple. This time around Jasper's been hired to find a missing person, one Ray Armstrong, a former associate of his.The trail eventually leads Jasper and Amelia into the tunnels beneath the city, where the case takes an unexpected turn when they stumble upon a desiccated corpse. As much as Jasper would like to believe there's a logical explanation for the condition of the body, all evidence points to one thing…There's a vampire prowling the city and preying on its citizens.Now, in addition to locating Armstrong, Jasper needs to track down and destroy the creature sucking the city dry in typical O'Malley style. God help New York City.

Evil lives deep within the mines of Gannaway.Born of hate, it preys on the miners, feeds off their superstitions. It gathers strength from the dead and drives the living insane. And it has survived for decades.It's up to one man to put an end to the evil and lay the ghosts of Gannaway to rest, but can he allay his own fears and conquer his own demons long enough to get the job done?

It's the end of the world……as Murray Macabe knows it. The security of his home life has been ripped out from under him when his mother was brutally murdered. Rejected by his aunt, Murray only has one place left to go, and that's to live the rest of his life with a woman he barely knows.To Grandmother's House He GoesAt first, life with his grandmother doesn't seem like it's going to be that bad, but Murray soon learns his grandmother harbors dark secrets.Double, Double Toil and Trouble; Fire Burn and Caldron BubbleAs bad as Grandma's secrets might be, they are nothing compared to the secrets held by the neighbors, three elderly women who have set their sights on Murray for their own dastardly purposes. Soon Murray finds himself fighting for his very life, and there's no one to turn to for help because everyone knows there's no such thing as witches.

"These tales are top class horror with a smile, which is just as scary as a scowl or a snarl." -Maynard Sims, author of the DCI Jack Callum series "A collection of horrific gems to curl up with on a dark night. Just make sure all the lights are on. Oh, and that you know where your cat is." -Catherine Cavendish, author of The Devil Inside Her and Waking the Ancients Welcome to Tornado Alley, where the tales are as dangerous and as twisted as the storms that ravage the great plains of Kansas. Here, you'll meet an arachnophobe whose plans for a romantic weekend become a nightmare far worse than anything she could ever have imagined. Holidays are all about food and family, but this year there's a darkness hovering over Don Carmelo's Thanksgiving feast. A hen-pecked husband finally decides to heed his wife's advice to man up and become a man, but will she like the changes in her husband? They say you should never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Harv Perkins is about to find out what it's like to not only walk in another man's shoes, but to wear his skin as well. Ding, dong, the witch is dead, that's what the residents of Beckham County are proclaiming. But down in the morgue, something is stirring. All these and more! Eleven tales to thrill and chill you!

Suffer the little children to come unto me… and be like goats in my paradeThe city of Portland, Maine, is preparing for a parade to end all parades, one that will usher in a thousand years of darkness. The only thing is, they don't know it. Four strangers will engage each other on the Devil's battlefield and fight not only for the future of the city, but for the entire world. Warren Pembroke, Satan's Chosen One. He has been charged with making sure everything goes according to the Dark Lord's plan. Svetlana Barnyk, a gypsy street performer cursed with the Gift of Sight. She lives in fear of the day when Zee Doctor will return to reclaim the gift he bestowed on her. "Tobacco Joe" Walton, an ex-con who served a 43-year term for committing a savage crime in the name of Justice. He is seeking redemption, but Ol' Scratch has other plans for him. Erik Marsh, a crime beat reporter driven to the edge by the atrocities man has committed against his fellow man. All he wants is to preserve his sanity and spend time with his son. Will they be able to defeat the Devil and stop the Goat Parade, or will the world be plunged into an age of darkness and endless suffering?

Lake Livingston: August, 1961.Mark Gaitlin is 15, the son of one of the wealthiest men in Texas, and on the most boring summer vacation of his life. His days are filled with the pomp and circumstance of country club life, while his nights are a parade of one embarrassment after another at the hands of giggling teenage girls.But the piney woods above Lake Livingston are dark at night, and hold many secrets for an impressionable youngster on the cusp of becoming a man. And one night, after skinny dipping in the lake with a mysterious local girl, Mark Gaitlin's life takes a crazy turn into the fire and brimstone religion of backwoods snake handlers and abandoned villages haunted by old family secrets. If he can survive the snakes and the ghosts and his own family's dark history, he just might make it out of the woods alive.And something else...he just might become a man.