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The Whistlebrass Horror (Whistlebrass Mysteries #1)

Maple syrup, madness, and monsters. Welcome to the “go-to destination for every reader who enjoys fast-paced adventure and spooky mystery” (Q.L. Pearce, author of Ghost Hunters).It’s tough being the new kid in town. In fact, in a town like Whistlebrass, it can be a downright killer. Halloween is here, but the creatures roaming the night aren’t hunting for candy. One by one, the denizens of Whistlebrass are disappearing, including the kid sister of teen newcomer, Casey Wilde. Finding her won’t be easy—Casey is up against a suave sociopath, a legion of living shadows, and a reptilian humanoid capable of stealing his life force and crushing him into dust. It’s going to be a Halloween you’ll never forget. Don’t miss the next two books in the series: The Whistlebrass Storm Watcher and The Whistlebrass Clock People!

Xstabeth

INCLUDES 'PREQUEL' THE TOWER THE FIELDS THE TRANSMITTERS'This book spoke, it said "read me" from the very first sentence as if it were alive, it gave me visceral joy' Kim Gordon'Reading [Xstabeth] feels like being cut open to the accompanying sound of ecstatic music' Edna O'Brien'Prepare for more of that inimitable Keenan narrative voodoo brilliance' Wendy ErskineIn St Petersburg, Russia, Aneliya is torn between the love of her father and her father's best friend. Her father dreams of becoming a great musician but suffers with a naivete that means he will never be taken seriously. Her father's best friend has a penchant for vodka, strip clubs and moral philosophy.When an angelic presence named Xstabeth enters their lives - a presence who simultaneously fulfils and disappears those she touches - Aneliya and her father's world is transformed. Moving from Russia to St Andrews, Scotland, Xstabeth tackles the metaphysics of golf, the mindset of classic Russian novels and the power of art and music to re-wire reality. Charged with a consuming intensity and a torrential rhythm that pulses with music, it is an offering of transcendence and a love letter to the books of Chandler, Nabokov and Dostoevsky, by a writer who is rewriting the rulebook of contemporary fiction.

City of the Dead

Sequel to The Rising. Cities have become overrun with legions of the dead. A group of human survivors trapped in a skyscraper prepare to make their last stand against an unstoppable undying enemy.

The Conqueror Worms

One day the rain didn't stop. As flood waters slowly rose and towns disappeared, some believed it was the end of the world. But even more terrifying was what the rains drove up from beneath the earth

Dark Hollow

On a walk through the woods, Adam Senft comes across a strange sight: a woman performing fellatio on a statue-which comes to life and sees him. Soon, the women in town begin disappearing, summoned to the woods by the satyr's hypnotic piping.

Dead Sea

With zombies taking over the cities, a group of humans escapes the carnage by taking a Coast Guard ship out to sea, but there's no getting away, even in the wide ocean.

A Gathering of Crows

Brinkley Springs is a quiet little town. Some say the town is dying. They don't know how right they are. Five mysterious figures are about to pay a little visit to Brinkley Springs. They have existed for centuries, emerging from the shadows only to destroy, to kill. To feed. They bring with them terror and carnage, and leave death and blood in their wake. As the night wears on, Brinkley Springs will be quiet no longer. Screams will break the silence. But when the sun rises again, will there be anyone left to hear?

Ghoul

Timmy Graco is looking forward to summer vacation, and hanging out with his buddies. Instead his summer will be filled with terror, and a battle against a creature that few will believe even exists.

The Rising

Nothing stays dead for long. The dead return to life, and escape seems impossible for Jim Thurmond, one of the few left alive. But Jim's young son is also alive, hundreds of miles away.

The Rising: Selected Scenes From The End Of The World

Brian Keene's The Rising and its sequel, City of the Dead revitalized the horror genre and gave zombie fans a new reason to celebrate. Since their publication, many readers have hoped for a wider examination of The Rising universe. Now they have it. The Rising: Selected Scenes From The End Of The World contains thirty-two short stories based in the world of The Rising and City of the Dead. Now, fans can witness how the undead epidemic plays out across the globe?Australia, the United Kingdom, Norway, the United States nowhere is safe from the zombie invasion. Meet new characters you'll come to love, re-discover old characters you thought were gone, and find out what happens after the fateful events of City of the Dead. If you're a fan of Keene's zombie mythos, you cannot miss this book!

Take The Long Way Home

All across the world, people suddenly vanish in the blink of an eye. From their cars during the rush hour commute. From the shopping malls. Their homes. Their beds. Even from the arms of their loved ones. Airline pilots. World leaders. Teachers. Parents. Children. Gone. Steve, Charlie and Frank were just trying to get home when it happened. Now they find themselves left behind, and wishing they'd disappeared, too. Trapped in the ultimate traffic jam, they watch as civilization collapses, claiming the souls of those around them. God has called his faithful home, but the invitations for Steve, Charlie and Frank got lost. Now they must set off on foot through a nightmarish post-apocalyptic landscape in search of answers. In search of God. In search of their loved ones. And in search of home. Deadite Press is proud to make Brian Keene's long out-of-print critically-acclaimed Take The Long Way Home available to readers once again! Includes an introduction by New York Times-bestselling author John Skipp!

Terminal

From award-winning author Brian Keene comes a darkly suspenseful tale of crime and the common man--with a surprising jolt of the supernatural... Tommy O'Brien once hoped to leave his run-down industrial hometown. But marriage and fatherhood have kept him running in place, working a job that doesn't even pay the bills. And now he seems fated to stay for the rest of his life. Tommy's just learned he's going to die young--and soon.

With Teeth

For a group of middle-aged friends, the trip into the forest was supposed to be simple. All they had to do was find a place to set up their criminal enterprise, and all of their financial problems would be solved. But now, night is falling, and with the darkness comes something else. Something fast. Something ferocious. Something... with teeth. From best-selling, award-winning horror writer Brian Keene comes a vicious new novella WITH TEETH.

Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology

In 1968, the world experienced a brand-new kind of terror with the debut of George A. Romero’s landmark movie Night of the Living Dead. The newly dead rose to attack the living. Not as vampires or werewolves. This was something new . . . and terrifying. Since then, zombies have invaded every aspect of popular culture. But it all started on that dreadful night in a remote farmhouse. . . . Nights of the Living Dead returns to that night, to the outbreak, to where it all began. New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry teams with the godfather of the living dead himself, George A. Romero, to present a collection of all-new tales set during the forty-eight hours of that legendary outbreak.Nights of the Living Dead includes stories by some of today’s most important writers: Brian Keene, Carrie Ryan, Chuck Wendig, Craig E. Engler, David J. Schow, David Wellington, Isaac Marion, Jay Bonansinga, Joe R. Lansdale, John A. Russo, John Skipp, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Max Brallier, Mike Carey, Mira Grant, Neal and Brenda Shusterman, and Ryan Brown. Plus original stories by Romero and Maberry!For anyone who loves scary stories, take a bite out of this!

Ghost Stories

WHEN NIGHT FALLS AND THE HORRORS RISE -- WILL NANCY STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE? What strange dark secrets can a college professor reveal -- after she has risen from the grave? Do dogs howl at the moon . . .do their eyes glow in the night -- one hundred years after their death? What evil power lurks in the fortune-teller's den -- embodied in the sinister form of a terrifying froglike creature? Prepare to lock your doors and dim your lights. The sound you hear is the beating of your own heart. Nancy Drew is about to face some of her most challenging cases ever -- six frightening and unforgettable encounters with the unknown. . . .

The Haunted Bridge (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #15)

While vacationing and participating in a golf tournament, Nancy becomes involved in a double mystery concerning a haunted bridge and jewel thieves. In the late 1950s the Nancy Drew books were condensed and revised. This is the version from 1937, before the revision.

Brian De Palma's Split-Screen: A Life in Film

Over the last five decades, the films of director Brian De Palma (b. 1940) have been among the biggest successes (The Untouchables; Mission: Impossible) and the most high-profile failures (The Bonfire of the Vanities) in Hollywood history. De Palma helped launch the careers of such prominent actors as Robert De Niro, John Travolta, and Sissy Spacek (who was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actress in Carrie). Indeed, Quentin Tarantino named Blow Out as one of his top three favorite films, praising De Palma as the best living American director. Picketed by feminists protesting its depictions of violence against women, Dressed to Kill helped to create the erotic thriller genre. Scarface, with its over-the-top performance by Al Pacino, remains a cult favorite. In the twenty-first century, De Palma has continued to experiment, incorporating elements from videogames (Femme Fatale), tabloid journalism (The Black Dahlia), YouTube, and Skype (Redacted and Passion) into his latest works. What makes De Palma such a maverick even when he is making Hollywood genre films? Why do his movies often feature megalomaniacs and failed heroes? Is he merely a misogynist and an imitator of Alfred Hitchcock? To answer these questions, author Douglas Keesey takes a biographical approach to De Palma's cinema, showing how De Palma reworks events from his own life into his films. Written in an accessible style and including a chapter on every one of his films to date, this book is for anyone who wants to know more about De Palma's controversial films or who wants to better understand the man who made them.

Plant Horror

This collection explores artistic representations of vegetallife that imperil human life, voicing anxieties about our relationship to otherlife forms with which we share the earth. From medieval manuscriptillustrations to modern works of science fiction and horror, plants thatmanifest monstrous agency defy human control, challenge anthropocentricperception, and exact a violent vengeance for our blind and exploitativepractices. Plant Horror explores howdepictions of monster plants reveal concerns about the viability of ourprevailing belief systems and dominant ideologies-- as well as a deep-seatedfear about human vulnerability in an era of deepening ecological crisis. Filmsdiscussed include The Day of the Triffids, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, TheWicker Man, Swamp Thing, and The Happening.

Deberías haberte ido

Daniel Kehlmann, finalista del Premio Booker Internacional en 2020 con su novela Tyll, firma un inquietante thriller psicológico que narra el colapso de un escritor atrapado en un juego de espejos escalofriante. «Daniel Kehlmann hace que nuestra propia cabeza se convierta en una casa encantada y da un giro completo a la literatura de terror». Die Welt Un guionista en plena crisis creativa y conyugal acaba de llegar —acompañado de su mujer y de su hija— a una flamante casa de montaña. Es diciembre. El frío blancoazulado de los glaciares, los bosques ocultos por una espesa bruma, el fluir de un río y un profundo y silencioso valle prometen, al fin, un nuevo comienzo. Una nueva oportunidad para finalizar un guion que se le resiste y para intentar reconciliarse con su mujer. Sin embargo, algo pasa en la casa. Poco a poco los contornos de la realidad comienzan a difuminarse y lo que parecía una escapada idílica se convierte en una inquietante espiral de comportamientos disfuncionales. Deberías haberte ido es una lectura sobrecogedora. Un relato claustrofóbico donde la realidad se tiñe de surrealismo y el terror no se presenta con sobresaltos, sino como un siniestro sueño cuyas piezas no acaban de encajar. La crítica ha dicho:«Pocas veces Kehlmann ha diseñado un laberinto de realidad tan sofisticado, ha adentrado tanto al lector en la espesura de la duda. [...] Su audaz fantasía no solo se apoya en un lenguaje cristalino, tranquilo y nunca impostado, sino también en un profundo conocimiento de la naturaleza humana y de la sociedad actual.»Die Zeit«Esta alucinante novela sobre un escritor que pierde la cordura contiene imágenes alarmantes que permanecen en la retina. Kehlmann logra algunas florituras oscuramente cómicas, provocativas, potentes, agradablemente inquietantes».John Williams, The New York Times «Un ejercicio de terror construido de forma hermosa. Kehlmann crea una sensación de miedo existencial que trasciende a cualquier historia de fantasmas. Un libro que te mantiene despierto toda la noche».Kirkus Reviews «Una clase magistral de estilo sobrio, prosa meticulosamente atenta y agilidad imaginativa. Kehlmann crea complejidad narrativa con los trazos más hábiles».The Literary Review «Un libro que debería llevar una advertencia sanitaria: leer a solas bajo su propio riesgo».Monocle«Un experimento magistral sobre los límites del realismo literario».The Brooklyn Rail «Kehlmann usa con habilidad elementos básicos del terror y ofrece una mirada sobre la distinción entre el arte y la vida».Publishers Weekly«Mi novelista alemán favorito».Ian McEwan «Kehlmann es uno de los más brillantes escritores en activo».Jeffrey Eugenides

You Should Have Left: now a major motion picture

A thrilling exploration of psychological disturbance and fear from the bestselling and prize-winning author of Measuring the World.*Now a major film starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried*On retreat in the wintry Alps with his family, a writer is optimistic about completing the sequel to his breakthrough film. Nothing to disturb him except the wind whispering around their glassy house. The perfect place to focus. Intruding on that peace of mind, the demands of his four-year-old daughter splinter open long-simmering arguments with his wife. I love her, he writes in the notebook intended for his script. Why do we fight all the time?Guilt and expectation strain at his concentration, and strain, too, at the walls of the house. They warp under his watch; at night, looking through the window, he sees impossible reflections on the snow outside.Then the words start to appear in his notebook; the words he didn't write.Familiar and forbidding by turns, this is an electrifying experiment in form by one of Europe's boldest writers. The ordinary struggles of a marriage transform, in Kehlmann's hands, into a twisted fable that stays darkly in the mind.

You Should Have Left: A Novel

From the internationally best-selling author of Measuring the World and F, an eerie and supernatural tale of a writer's emotional collapse"It is fitting that I'm beginning a new notebook up here. New surroundings and new ideas, a new beginning. Fresh air."This passage is from the first entry of a journal kept by the narrator of Daniel Kehlmann's spellbinding new novel. It is the record of the seven days that he, his wife, and his four-year-old daughter spend in a house they have rented in the mountains of Germany—a house that thwarts the expectations of the narrator's recollection and seems to defy the very laws of physics. He is eager to finish a screenplay for a sequel to the movie that launched his career, but something he cannot explain is undermining his convictions and confidence, a process he is recording in this account of the uncanny events that unfold as he tries to understand what, exactly, is happening around him—and within him.

Bone Breath and the Vandals

Bone Breath shot out from behind the car where she and Kayo hid and began barking at the vandals who were demolishing the school statue. Rosie tried to rescue Bone Breath, only to be caught by the vandals herself!

Desert Danger

The Ghost Followed Us Home

Doll museum robbed! Kayo Benton and Rosie Saunders race to the museum to check on their favorite dolls. Everything seems okay. But the keys to the display cases are missing. Someone or something is watching them.

Horror at the Haunted House

It was a job any kid would kill for: to play a role in the Historical Society's Haunted House Halloween fundraising event. Ellen Streater was thrilled to play Joan of Arc, burning at the stake. It was for a good cause -- to benefit the eerie old Clayton House, soon to reopen as a museum. They said the house was haunted. Ellen didn't believe it -- until she felt a strange, icy feeling when she touched the beautiful Fairylustre bowl. Then she saw the ghost in the mirror -- a beautiful phantom who beckoned her into a nightmare beyond her wildest imagination.