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From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Kathe Koja comes a fiercely poetic homage to Emily Brontë’s supernatural masterpiece Wuthering Heights, where love is relentless and the dead are never gone.

Fifteen years ago the affluent gated-community of Slander Hall was the setting of the largest mass suicide in U.S history, dozens of men and women committing the ultimate sacrifice and embracing the covenant of their leader to shed their bodies for a life in outer space. Now a modern ghost town, it boasts only the decaying and derelict phantoms of a withered populace. Cedar Jarrell, sole survivor of the holocaust that claimed so many, returns to the dark heart of Slander Hall on a final pilgrimage where not all who take the journey will survive …

Summertime, and the living is easy. So said George Gershwin, but he wasn’t having the kind of summer that faced Jacob James Fortescue. The sun is high, the birds are singing and Mr Fortescue, grumpy at the best of times, has just been diagnosed with a brain tumour. His mood isn’t improved when his driving licence is seized, and his long-awaited road trip in a brand-new camper van must be postponed.Undeterred, he advertises for a driver and the ensuing events and circumstances, way beyond his control, propel him through a series of hilarious misadventures with a young woman escaping a ...

Part ghost story, part folk horror - a haunting tale steeped in folklore. Sam’s family think her dreams are harmless, until one morning when she announces that Aunt May says sorry for jumping off the bridge. She hadn’t really meant to. She’d just slipped. Later that day, the police knock at their door to deliver the bad news. The dreams don’t seem so harmless after that. Sam pretends they’ve stopped, but they haven’t. The dead still visit her, and they’re very persistent. She manages just fine until her dad, Matt, decides to take their family trekking on Dartmoor. Then a girl ...

Book one in the exciting new Noir Shots series concerns a hot office affair turning sour. Set during the 1940s, laced with spice and a sense of impending doom, and featuring an old-fashioned femme fatale, this homage to the darker side of noir hits all the right notes. An unforgettable noir short dripping with atmosphere.

In this poignant testament to love, an ambulance arrives on a stormy night at one of the city's oldest apartment complexes, a landmark many believe is haunted. What follows is a moving story of four lonely people searching for love, two of whom will pass together into the lonely night.

Gerry Sheffield is a miserable man. He can't hold a job or a relationship together for more than a few days, and he hates everything. This week in particular has been a beast. To cope, he drinks too much and uses drugs. His elderly parents won't bail him out anymore. As for his parents, he hates them most of all. When he gets out of jail this time, they have a special surprise for him, and in this pitch-black comedy, it's not what anyone is expecting.

“There have always been rumours about that house.” Charlie and Blair are spending the summer in Sage Manor. Their mission was to renovate the old house, but the spirits lurking in the shadows have other plans. In the dark rooms of Sage Manor, ghosts loom. Some are good, some are evil. And they are all playing havoc with the current residents. One will go to great lengths to protect their secret. One will beg for help. The other will use her power to protect the living. What happens when all three meet is horrifying and will permanently scar the group. They need to expose the murderer ...

The maids in the Liebert household told the folk tale: “At the back of the cemetery by the lake is the grave of the witch of Zahlendorf where she waits for anyone to come near the stone marked Hexe.” As they said the word Hexe, they would frown and bring their faces very close to the children’s faces to frighten them. They continue: “She was a very great witch and would often kidnap children to sacrifice them in their weekly Black Masses. Children that live here must be very careful when they go out at night not to see her as she wanders Zahlendorf looking for children to take away....

John would drink responsibly, if only the circumstances would allow. The misunderstanding at the Art Gallery, the sea rescue, the séance involving the use of Magic Mushrooms, the car crash and a ghost to boot, all conspire to prevent him from facing up to his fear of sobriety and the responsibilities that would bring. It's not funny and certainly not clever to drink to excess and by reading Any Seaside Town you will see why. Take a seedy, bleary, leery trip into the world of three friends desperate to break out of their cycle of self destruction, desperation and hopelessness. You will have...

It is the summer of 1944. Fresh on the heels of his novel's critical and commercial success, writer Mike McCrea is looking for a quiet and secluded spot for inspiration. On a morning drive along California's coastline he happens upon a charming cottage overlooking the sea. Situated close to an equally charming village, he purchases the seaside cottage for a song, and soon discovers he is not the house's only inhabitant. Thus begins a love story and mystery with ties to this world, and that beyond. Period atmosphere of the War years enhance this nostalgic tale which will touch the heart. Old...

Sitting high atop a mountain in the wilderness of North Carolina, the mostrous structure called Summerlane draws in four strangers seeking answers to problems currently plaguing their lives. Trapped inside this sprawling horror they learn its secrets and dangers. Their only hope for survival is to find a means of escape... but to where?

Being dead isn’t what you think. There are rules. Louis Copland has been dead over 50 years, and he is on hand to give the newly deceased Roger Aldridge, a “freshie,” a tour of their cemetery. Who’s who in the yard, the rules about their present situation, and a strong warning about the gate. In the cemetery is one big city mayor, a reluctant saint, and more than a few criminals. One thing that’s hard to find is the truth. Roger can’t talk, and Louis has a lot to say. Is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship? The short story “The First Time You Die” is unlike any tale...

Anyone who loves Halloween and has moved away from their childhood stomping ground will relate to this story. My November Halloween is a touching short story about the experience that I had when I returned to my old town due to the death of a loved relative. The years of guilt and regret that piled up came to an intense boil upon my return. Alone with only the thoughts of my childhood memories, my redemption came in the form of a paranormal experience that changed my life forever. My November Halloween takes place in a house that was in the family for generations. This was a large ...

Orosia aparece una noche en la casa de Carmen con una botella de champán para que se la entregue a su nieto Santiago convencida de que, aunque él sea raro y ella no lo soporte, las burbujas harán el resto. Carmen no solo detesta a ese tío, alias Santinfierno, un amigo de la infancia al que hace un tiempo que no ve, sino que esa misma noche descubre que Orosia es una abuela fantasma que puede complicarle demasiado la existencia. Y está en lo cierto, pues a partir de ese momento Orosia no parará de sabotear la apacible vida de Carmen, apareciendo una y otra vez en los momentos más ...

The third installment of The Darkened Rooms series, Come Play With Us, Daddy, is the haunting story of a father's love and loss. This edition has been reworked for those who were unable to read the file in PDF format, and more specifically, for my wonderful friend and fan, Miss Judy Head, who let me know she was unhappy that she couldn't read the book in the original format.

After being widowed in the second world war, Young School teacher Judith moves to start a new life in a remote Norfolk village. Finding herself alone in her remote cottage for long evenings she often finds herself talking to an old photograph of a young girl which came with the house. When the girl begins to haunt her dreams Judith becomes involved in a terrifying and jumpy ghost story.

Gareth Richards hid a horrifying past. His wife suggested taking a family holiday to a seaside haunt that remained as a wonderful memory for her from childhood. She was unaware of a dark secret making her husband reluctant to visit the resort. He feared it would invoke the ghost of a former close friend, seeking vengeance from the grave for the dramatic termination of his life.

Residential school stank while ‘Witch Hazel’ was alive. Now her ghost makes sure it keeps stinking after she’s dead. Fulton Convent was only a residential school for one year. Yet, it was open long enough for Witch Hazel to die. The convent got converted into a bed-and-breakfast that some review sites say is haunted. Sisters, Edna and Agnes Crawford, find themselves in the worst tourist trap imaginable. Their vacation is ruined when Witch Hazel possesses a skunk pelt. The angry ghost stink bombs the trapped guests over one long night. Will the sisters’ sanity survive this campaign ...

James Callender hat seine Schulden fast getilgt. Er arbeitet nun schon seit 20 Jahren als Kurier für Drogen, Falschgeld und anderen illegalen Kram, mit dem reiche Gangsterbosse eben so handeln – und das nur, um seine Jugendsünden abzubezahlen. Als ihm seine Kontaktperson einen weiteren Aktenkoffer mit ominösem Inhalt zuschiebt, freut sich Callender über den einfachen Job. Er soll das Ding nur in den roten Briefkasten eines Privathauses stopfen. Der Zielort ist nicht weit weg, liegt nicht mal hinter der kanadischen Grenze. Als Callender sich auf den Weg macht, ist er noch bestens gelaunt.