Legends of abandoned old graveyards and some not so abandoned abound-the crying dog in the cemetary well, the wandering ghost of Long Tom March, who carries a deck of cards and won't rest until he finds a winning poker hand.
A ghoulish collection of true American classics From North to South, coast-to-coast, and legendary to forgotten classicsLyons Press American Classics deliver stories rooted in their time, place, and topicDistinct series design for impulse- and collect-them-all sales With frightening stories from Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Francis Bret Harte, Ambrose Bierce, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, Harriett Beecher Stowe, O.
The world of golf is rife with unexplainable happenings that seemingly defy the rules of gravity and logic: There are those badly hit shots last seen disappearing into a grove of trees, only to be rediscovered on the putting green.
When Abu Walid travels and takes his son to offer his condolences, and Hamdi travels on a business trip that lasts a day and a night, the evening is pleasant and the two friends gather and prepare snacks, sandwiches, hot drinks and fruits, and cover themselves with a heavy blanket and sit in front of the TV watching the evening movie, while the storm roars outside their small, warm, simple world.
THE COVEN IS BACK in HUMAN RITES, the spectacular, hotly anticipated conclusion to Juno Dawson's SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE bestselling HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL COVEN series.
The hero begins at the beginning of the novel by saying that many of us find ourselves in a situation that has nothing to do with him, that he did not ask for or seek, but he is a person, as he describes himself, who is always looking for problems and troubles, who loves to open the gates of hell upon himself, and he is in all his joy and pride.
Wie leicht man sich von Äußerlichkeiten täuschen lassen kann; ein seelenloses Herz, welches urplötzlich nie zuvor empfundene Gefühle entwickelt; Missverständnisse, die zu heroische Handlungen führen; verfressene Werwölfe, die man trotzdem streicheln möchte; ehrenvolle Retter, die allerdings auch aus Eigennutz handeln und ein Teenager, der alles riskiert um seinen Vater zu finden.
Vielversprechende Begegnungen, die in Horrorszenarien ausarten; Bösartige Alptraumwesen, die einen dennoch in ihren Bann ziehen und man daher nicht umhinkommt, sie sympathisch zu finden; schicksalsgebeutelte Charaktere, bei denen man am liebsten sofort einen Adoptionsantrag stellen möchte; Schiffseigner, die gern mal ein Auge auf einen Vampir werfen; Spinnen, die trotz guter Absichten ihrem unvorteilhaften Ruf gerecht werden … und noch vieles mehr.
Weit im Süden der heutigen Mexiko-Stadt, in einem Gebiet aus unzähligen Wasseradern und Inseln, liegt die Isla de las Muñecas – ein kleines Stück Land, in dessen Bäumen hunderte verstümmelter Spielzeugpuppen hängen …Ein Team junger Dokumentarfilmer wird während ihrer Dreharbeiten auf der Insel Zeuge eines brutalen Mordes.
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.
A chilling and eerie tale of monsters, teen angst and small-town America for fans of Stranger Things, The Thing, and the 1990sThree girls went into the woods.
Gustav Meyrink war das Pseudonym von Gustav Meyer, einem 1932 verstorbenen österreichischen Schriftsteller, Romanautor, Dramatiker, Übersetzer und Bankier, der vor allem durch seinen Roman "Der Golem" bekannt wurde.
A haunting and horror-filled tale of loneliness, trauma and spiritual yearning from the award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes.
'The most gripping account of motherhood since Rachel Cusk's A Life's Work' IndependentA single mother wakes to blood in her mouth and flesh under her fingernails.
Two terrifying novellas from bestselling author Ania Ahlborn, ';a great storyteller who spins an atmosphere of dread literally from the first page' (Jeff Somers).
MYSTERY SUBVERSION AND ROMANCEREVISION 2025 MYSTERY SUSPENSE AND ROMANCE Fr Jos van Engelen, a Dutch missionary priest stationed in New Guinea before World War II, is recalled to Holland to help his superior general combat ideological subversion within his fraternity.
A dark spirit haunts an isolated Norfolk retreat in this unsettling and sinister historical horror set in the early 1900s, perfect for readers of Michelle Paver, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Andrew Michael Hurley.
