A sinister Gothic tale in the tradition of The Woman in Black and The Fall of the House of Usher1891. In a remote and crumbling New England mansion, 12-year-old orphan Florence is neglected by her guardian uncle and banned from reading. Left to her own devices she devours books in secret and talks to herself – and narrates this, her story – in a unique language of her own invention. By night, she sleepwalks the corridors like one of the old house's many ghosts and is troubled by a recurrent...
A chilling short story prequel to Dean Koontz’s forthcoming full-length novel, INNOCENCE. Addison Goodheart is only eight years old, but he already knows he is not like other people.Addison Goodheart is a mystery even to himself. He was born in an isolated home surrounded by a deep forest, seeing no one but his mother, who barely accepts him. She is haunted by private demons and keeps many secrets – none of which she dreads more than the young son who adores her.Only in the woods, among the...
Pewnego niedzielnego popołudnia przed domem Ricky’ego Delatolli pojawia się handlarz antykami i wbrew woli Ricky’ego pozostawia mu cały swój towar. Wśród przeciętnej wartości i urody mebli jeden sprzęt jest wyjątkowy – przebogato rzeźbione mahoniowe krzesło. Mebel okazuje się rzeczywiście nieprzeciętny – za jego sprawą zaczynają się dziać niesamowite i przerażające rzeczy… Graham Masterton urodził się w 1946 roku w Edynburgu. Pracował jako reporter i redaktor w czasopismach „Mayfair” i...
Родина тринадцятирічного Макса переїздить до тихого прибережного містечка. Та з першого ж дня хлопець відчуває щось дивне. Ці старовинні будівлі та химерні вулички наче живі. І ці скульптури – здалося, чи вони ворушаться? Стрілки годинників тут інколи починають рухатися у зворотному напрямку, а під час буревію з морського дна підіймаються затонулі кораблі. Загадкою оповита історія колишнього господаря будинку, де оселилася родина Макса. Та ось дивний доглядач маяка розповідає легенду про...
Zabiję troje nieznajomych. A wy będziecie wiedzieli, że to ja. Tym sposobem wszyscy będziemy połączeni. Na zawsze. Kiedy nastoletni Will mówi o tym, że zostanie seryjnym mordercą, przyjaciele traktują to jako żart: niepoważne przechwałki na koniec gorącego lata, młodzieńcza fantazja, wakacyjne wygłupy. Ale Adeline nie może się oprzeć wrażeniu, że za tymi słowami kryje się coś złowieszczego. Piętnaście lat później Adeline wraca do Blythe na spotkanie dawnej paczki – tyle że Will się na nim...
When twenty-three year old nostalgia buff Gary Tyler suddenly finds himself back in the year 1939, his romantic notions of the past are quickly dispelled. Before attempting to return to his own time, however, he is determined to prevent the murder of nine year old ‘Dolly’ Czarnowski, a task that proves to be more than a little complicated by a government agency in hot pursuit, several mysterious strangers lurking in the shadows, and a jealous competitor for the heart of Sarah, the dark-eyed...
Ranger Jack Chastain returns in Killing Godiva’s Horse, set in national parks on opposite sides of the world. What’s at stake? Lives, heritage, and truth. Chastain is pulled into battle by a man trying to start a western lands rebellion. To hide him until the storm passes, Jack is sent to Kenya to finish the research of a scientist killed by rhino poachers. While there, he hears something quite unexpected—and shocking. The campfire revelation pitches Jack into a dangerous investigation of a...
RED: Evil takes on many forms. This is something Rachael Daniels, a lowly care worker, is about to find out . . . personally. Because something is roaming the streets of the city where she lives, something with a taste for human blood: sweet, red blood. Something that can be anything it wants to be. Soon Rachael will learn that not even friendly faces can be trusted. But, as she makes her way across that city at night on an errand of mercy, she discovers this terrifying creature will definitely...
In a nightmare future, where the wolves have taken over, a lone messenger negotiates the dangerous landscape of this new world. The human beings that are left have been driven underground, deep under the earth where they survive in small groups fighting for their very survival. Against this backdrop, a new hero has emerged: a young man who has become a living legend, someone who might just be the key to their victory. Someone who knows the secret of what’s buried deeper than anything else, in a...
One man’s dangerous addiction leads to a glimpse of another world, while another seeks total mastery over his own bodily functions. As two immortal godlike creatures in charge of balancing all of existence come to a crossroads with their relationship, another person has to face the fact that he only has a short amount of time left to live. And while a sleepy English village hides one terrifying secret, the mystery of a famous horror writer’s success turns out to be the result of another . . ....
Maybe it was an innocent mistake, or could it have been sabotage? Either way, Dr. Moe Mathis is in a mess. After obtaining a positive biopsy and performing radical prostate cancer surgery on his lover’s father, pathology now finds no evidence of cancer in the surgical specimen. To make matter’s worse, Howard died of complications from that surgery, straining his relationship with Connie to the point of breaking. But that’s not the only arcane incident; recently Dr. Mathis has had a run of bad...