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Crying In The Dark
by Ann Halam Gwyneth JonesElinor has spent her life being bullied and abused by her uncle, aunt and cousins. Her mother missing, her father dead, she has been left her adoptive family's not-so tender mercies. The prospect of a holiday to Dartmoor seems like just a chance to experience the same awful life in a new location.It's worse than Elinor could have predicted.Forced to sleep in the smallest, darkest room with its musty, curtained four-poster bed, Elinor finds herself retreating into the life of another Elinor - Nell the nurserymaid, whose tragic story from three hundred years ago is at first intriguing, then horrifying.When she becomes trapped in what was once her escape, Elinor faces forever stuck in a nightmare, unless she is willing to commit to the horrifying price of freedom. You can find out more about the fiction Gwyneth Jones wrote as Ann Halam here: http://www.gwynethjones.uk/HALAM.htm
Crying for the Moon
by Sarah MadisonVampire Alexei Novik may have the teeth and the coffin, but he's given up the lifestyle for an old fixer-upper in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Weary of his past, Alex plans to keep to himself, but it seems his sexy, new neighbor, Tate, can't take the hint--a good thing, since it turns out he's handy for all kinds of things around the house. Tate even gets along with Alex's werewolf friends, though one of them pointedly reminds Alex that their friendship is a bad idea. If a platonic relationship is a bad idea, the growing attraction between Tate and Alex is a disaster waiting to happen. Loving Tate will draw him into Alex's dangerous world, and Alex is torn between having the relationship he's always craved and keeping Tate safe. Tate won't take no for an answer, however, and seems to handle everything Alex can throw at him without blinking. Just when he thinks things might turn out all right after all, Alex's past catches up with him--forcing him to make a terrible choice.
Crypt of the Moon Spider (The Lunar Gothic Trilogy #1)
by Nathan BallingrudCrypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into the stickiest of webs.Years ago, in a cave beneath the dense forests and streams on the surface of the moon, a gargantuan spider once lived. Its silk granted its first worshippers immense faculties of power and awe.It’s now 1923 and Veronica Brinkley is touching down on the moon for her intake at the Barrowfield Home for Treatment of the Melancholy. A renowned facility, Dr. Barrington Cull’s invasive and highly successful treatments have been lauded by many. And they’re so simple! All it takes is a little spider silk in the amygdala, maybe a strand or two in the prefrontal cortex, and perhaps an inch in the hippocampus for near evisceration of those troublesome thoughts and ideas.But patients aren’t the only ones with trouble on their minds, and although the spider’s been dead for years, its denizens are not. Someone or something is up to no good, and Veronica just might be the cause.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Cryptid Creatures: A Field Guide to 50 Fascinating Beasts
by Kelly Milner HallsExplore the fascinating world of cryptozoology with this fun guide, filled with eyewitness accounts of 50 cryptids found throughout the world, some of which have been proven real.Cryptozoology is the study of mysterious creatures that fall between the realm of real and imaginary on the scientific spectrum. Cryptid Creatures: A Field Guide offers a closer look at fifty of these amazing creatures, examining the best possible evidence for each, including scientific papers, magazine and newspaper articles, and credible eyewitness accounts.The fifty cryptids are arranged in order alphabetically, and in addition to speculative illustrations, include details like when they were first reported, whether they are terrestrial, aerial, or aquatic, and each have a reality rating of 1 to 6, in which 1 means that the cryptid has been confirmed as a hoax, and 6 means the cryptid has been proven as real. This page-turning guide will inspire curious readers to investigate more on their own, and maybe even help to prove if a cryptid is a hoax or is real.
Cryptocracy
by VariousFor time beyond memory, the Nine Families watched from the shadows, believing themselves shepherds and manipulating whole societies as they saw fit. Nothing happened that they didn't observe or control. Outsiders knew naught of the Families, much less threatened them. Until now.Van Jensen (Green Lantern Corps, The Flash) and Pete Woods (Action Comics, Deadpool) join forces for a high-octane sci-fi thriller. Delve into a conspiracy millennia in the making.
Cryptshiver
by Chacelyn PierceWhen a skinned corpse found in a cemetery rises from the dead, supernatural agents Avi Grissom and Jakob Ender hunt for the killer. But Grissom is more interested in his partner's mysterious disappearance two years ago and his recent return. Something isn't right with Ender, and the werewolf in Grissom desperately needs to sniff out what has Ender so tight-lipped while fighting off the desire for the secretive vampire that has only grown during his absence. His quest to solve the murder unearths personal truths of vengeance and death magic, and reveals one of their most notorious enemies.
Crystal (Orphans #2)
by V.C. AndrewsAll she wanted was a family she could call her own...As an orphan girl, Crystal was one of many—and utterly alone. But she still dreamed of a shining life of love and happiness, and freedom from the dark legacy of her past...
Crystal Fire
by Jordan DaneBecause of what you are, the Believers will hunt you down A storm is brewing on the streets of L.A., one that has intensified since a tragic and deadly confrontation claimed an innocent life. While Gabriel Stewart trains his army of teen psychics to stop Alexander Reese-the obsessed leader of the Believers-the fanatical church becomes more bent on the annihilation of all Indigo and Crystal children. They're silencing the voices of the telepathic hive, one soul at a time, with frightening experiments cruelly executed on vulnerable minds. When the Believers torture a mysterious homeless boy, Oliver Blue, they brainwash him into betraying his own. The boy becomes a deadly pawn sent to take Gabriel down. As the fires of chaos burn around him, Gabe is running out of time. He'll need to confront his past-and the man who made him-before the hope of peace for the future is silenced forever.
Crónicas Infernales
by Federico Renzi Alexia BianchiniHay un mundo ocultado a nuestros ojos, hecho por espíritus y almas errantes. No es el Reino de los cielos que estamos hablando, pero de la caverna donde los demonios y pecadores permanecen desde los albores del tiempo. ¿Estamos seguros de que sólo los corruptos son nombrados? ¿Y cual es el destino por aquellos terminan en las llamas del infierno? Demonios, príncipes malditos, cazadores. Traiciones y pasiones se tejen entre las páginas de esta historia, entre la Tierra y el Infierno . En el Bien siempre hay un poco de Mal, ¿y en el Mal es posible encontrar un poco de Bien? Ustedes lo juzgarán
Crónicas dos Mortos-vivos - A infecção do Apocalipse
by Chrissy Peebles Maria João TrindadeVal foi mordida por um zombie e agora enfrenta a morte por injecção letal. Quebrando todas as regras, o adolescente Dean Walters surripia um soro experimental. Mas este só pode ser testado quando Val se transformar; algo que as autoridades não permitem. A sua execução está marcada para evitar a transformação total, o que faz com que Dean só tenha algumas horas para a libertar. Quando o seu helicóptero cai no centro da Zombielândia, a missão de resgate de Dean torna-se uma luta pela sobrevivência... e a última coisa que fará é abrir mão de Val. Esta é a história de um apocalipse zombie.
Cthulhu 2000
by VariousIn Cthulhu 2000, a host of horror and fantasy's top authors captures the spirit of supreme supernatural storyteller H. P. Lovecraft--with eighteen chilling contemporary tales that would have made the master proud.- The Barrens by F. Paul Wilson: In a tangled wilderness, unearthly lights lead the way to a world no human was meant to see.- His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood by Poppy Z. Brite: Two dabblers in black magic encounter a maestro of evil enchantment.- On the Slab by Harlan Ellison: The corpse of a one-eyed giant brings untold fortune--and unspeakable fear--to whoever possesses it.- Pickman's Modem by Lawrence Watt-Evans: Horror is a keystroke away, when an ancient evil lurks in modern technology.PLUS FOURTEEN MORE BLOOD-CURDLING STORIESFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
Cthulhu 2000
by VariousIn Cthulhu 2000, a host of horror and fantasy's top authors captures the spirit of supreme supernatural storyteller H. P. Lovecraft--with eighteen chilling contemporary tales that would have made the master proud.- The Barrens by F. Paul Wilson: In a tangled wilderness, unearthly lights lead the way to a world no human was meant to see.- His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood by Poppy Z. Brite: Two dabblers in black magic encounter a maestro of evil enchantment.- On the Slab by Harlan Ellison: The corpse of a one-eyed giant brings untold fortune--and unspeakable fear--to whoever possesses it.- Pickman's Modem by Lawrence Watt-Evans: Horror is a keystroke away, when an ancient evil lurks in modern technology.PLUS FOURTEEN MORE BLOOD-CURDLING STORIESFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian Anthology
by Jim TurnerAs successor to the now out-of-print New Tales of Cthulhu Mythos, this new anthology becomes the most celebrated assemblage of professional authors ever to appear under Lovecraftian auspices. Incorporating the three finest stories from the earlier volume, "Cthulhu 2000" reprints an additional fifteen works, not all of them Mythos tales, but the aggregate contents exemplifying the continuing influence of H. P. Lovecraft into the twenty-first century: "The Barrens" by F. Paul Wilson, "Pickman's Modem" by Lawrence Watt-Evans, "Shaft Number 247" by Basil Copper, "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood" by Poppy Z. Brite, "The Adder" by Fred Chappell, "Fat Face" by Michael Shea, "The Big Fish" by Kim Newman, " "I Have Vacantly Crumpled It Into My Pocket. . . But by God, Eliot, It Was A Photograph From Life!'" by Joanna Russ, "H. P. L" by Gahan Wilson, "The Unthinkable" by Bruce Sterling, "Black Man with a Horn" by T. E. D. Klein, "Love's Eldritch Ichor" by Esther M. Friesner, "The Last Feast of Harlequin" by Thomas Ligotti, "The Shadow on the Doorstep" by James P. Blaylock, "Lord of the Land" by Gene Wolfe, "The Faces at Pine Dunes" by Ramsey Campbell, "On The Slab" by Harlan Ellison, and "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" by Roger Zelazny.
Cthulhu Casebooks - Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors
by James LovegroveAn exciting standalone Cthulhu Casebooks narrative, a thrilling tale of mystery and dread, from the New York Times bestselling author.It&’s 1929 and an ageing Dr John Watson, conscious of his imminent demise, finally sits down to write a fresh chronicle disclosing the true events behind his published accounts of Sherlock Holmes&’s exploits. In these pages, Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart companion encounter reanimated corpses in Highgate Cemetery; a very different, though ever elusive, Irene Adler; tales of madness and murder in the frozen wastes of the north; grotesque organic machines; and much more. Each case brings the illustrious pair ever closer to the dramatic and terrifying truth about the mysterious aliens, the Mi-Go, and their plans for Earth…
Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 1
by Ramsey Campbell Bryce Stevens Christopher Sequiera Steve ProposchCelebrated horror writer H. P. Lovecraft's first major tale of his Cthulhu Mythos began an entire sub-genre of the macabre and in that story, he made Australia a crucial location in his supernatural universe. Now, a group of Australia's most accomplished writers of speculative fiction return to the promise of the master. This collection not only includes the best Australian Lovecraftian fiction but also presents new stories by internationally-lauded Australian creators Lucy Sussex, Kaaron Warren, and Janeen Webb. The book is the first in a series that will provoke fresh new imaginings of cosmic horror visited upon the land down under, and remind readers that when the stars come right, things for the inhabitants beneath the Southern Cross may go very, very wrong.
Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 2
by Bryce Stevens Christopher Sequiera Steve ProposchH. P. Lovecraft pioneered a fusion of terror and science fiction themes, and is widely credited as having invented the sub-genre of ‘cosmic horror'. While America's New England was the focus and setting for many of Lovecraft's tales, the Southern Hemisphere held a fascination for him. Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica were featured locations in his Mythosian novellas.In tribute to this, presented here is an assortment of the finest Australian dark fiction, bringing you a second volume of Lovecraftian stories of wonder and dread. Featured are new tales by ROBERT HOOD, LEE MURRAY, KIRSTYN McDERMOTT and SILVIA BROWN.Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 2 takes us back below the equator, into the bizarre and headlong towards horror. From mist-shrouded peaks and canyons of Melanesian islands, through rainforests and scorching deserts of the island continent of Terra Australis, and across the Tasman Sea to the inhospitable hinterlands of New Zealand.Tales of terror by:Kirstyn McDermottRobert HoodLee MurrayJason NahrungBill CongreveJ ScherpenhuizenSilvia BrownT.S.P. SweeneyGeoff BrownDavid KurariaAlso an introduction by Mythos fiction guru and horror author, Peter Rawlik.
Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 3
by Bryce Stevens Steve Proposch Christopher SequeiraIn the story that first established the monstrous cosmic terrors of his Mythos writer H. P. Lovecraft said “We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity...” Which makes it all the more fitting that the adepts of Lovecraft's vision writing today would choose to unveil ever-evolving and terrible fears besetting those that live on the largest island on the planet, and force the protagonists of some startling new horror fiction tales in this book to face, indeed, not placidity, but their own black seas of infinity...and madness.Again, some of the greatest scribes of the weird and startling from the land down under bring you brand new stories in the Lovecraftian genre, taking you from the realms of contemporary Australian cities, to the blood-soaked, post-colonial past (touching the powerful original cultures of the land), and even hinting at the disturbing future of Terra Australis.You will fear a sunburnt country.Tales of terror by Alan Baxter, David Conyers, Julie Ditrich, Jason Fischer, Steve Kilbey, Steven Paulsen, Steve Proposch, Alf Simpson, Cat Sparks, Maurice Xanthos. Introduction by Cat Rambo and Afterword by Jack Dann.
Cthulhu: Land Of The Long White Cloud
by Kaaron WarrenNew Zealand—Aotearoa—Land of the Long White Cloud: the island remnants of the sunken continent of Zealandia. With its boiling geysers, active volcanoes, earthquakes, deep water fjords and lush forests of fern, these are realms once home to forgotten creatures like the giant Moa bird Dinornis. But there is something else...In this collection we find an Aotearoa with the proud history, myths, and legends of the Maori, and the impacts of the white settler's later presence, and the blended society that encompasses both, but we see the shadow of other things.Herein lies the cosmic horror of the Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos in an anthology featuring Lovecraftian tales from some of New Zealand's finest speculative fiction writers.Stay brave. Because here there be monsters.
Cuando Canta El Tik-Tik
by Doug Lamoreux María MaidanaEn un histórico y tranquilo pueblo de Iowa, en las orillas del río Mississippi, la temporada turística está en pleno desarrollo y el más extraño asesino serial que se haya conocido anda suelto. Comienza con la misteriosa explosión de una casa, un hombre con quemaduras severas y un cuerpo de mujer no identificado. Le siguen más víctimas, cada una asesinada en circunstancias extrañas, todas con una herida idéntica pero no identificada, cada ataque acompañado de un tic-tac musical muy espeluznante. Cuando desaparece el investigador de homicidios a cargo, la sargento Erin Vanderjagt se ve forzada a entrar en la batalla y en un infierno personal que nunca había imaginado. ¿Quién o qué está detrás de las bizarras muertes, y por qué el novio de Erin de repente actúa como un loco? ¿Por qué su idílico mundo de repente se está derrumbando? Y, mientras continúan los asesinatos, ¿a dónde puede ir, cómo puede combatir el horror... cuando canta el tik-tik?
Cucarachas mutantes (Serie Bat Pat #Volumen 37)
by Roberto Pavanello¡Por todos los mosquitos! No te pierdas esta espeluznante aventura del murciélago detective Bat Pat y los hermanos Silver: Leo, Martin y Rebecca. ¡¡¡HOLA!!! SOY BAT PAT.OS VOY A CONTAR UNA HISTORIA QUE OS PONDRÁ LOS PELOS DE PUNTA...¿ESTÁIS PREPARADOS? Los señores Silver se han ido de viaje y nos han dejado al cuidado de la maniática tía Dot. A los pocos días la casa empieza a llenarse de insectos... ¡montañas y montañas de cucarachas! Intentamos detenerlas con trampas y artimañas pero cada vez aparecen más. La ciudad está siendo invadida por ellas, reina el descontrol por todas partes... ¡¿cómo vamos a detener esta terrible plaga?!
Cuckoo
by Gretchen Felker-MartinAn instant USA Today bestseller! From Gretchen Felker-Martin, the acclaimed author of Manhunt, comes a vicious new novel about a group of teens who must stay true to themselves while in a conversion camp from hell."A soaring, boundless ode to queer survival. It's flat-out mesmerizing."—Paul Tremblay, author of The Pallbearers ClubSomething evil is buried deep in the desert. It wants your body. It wears your skin.In the summer of 1995, seven queer kids abandoned by their parents at a remote conversion camp came face to face with it. They survived—but at Camp Resolution, everybody leaves a different person.Sixteen years later, only the scarred and broken survivors of that terrible summer can put an end to the horror before it's too late.The fate of the world depends on it.“Tense and frighteningly visceral, Cuckoo is a masterwork of body horror thrumming with high octane viciousness.” —Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last SpokeAlso by Gretchen Felker-Martin:ManhuntBlack FlameAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Cuento de hadas
by Stephen KingStephen King regresa a la fantasía por todo lo alto con una novela magnífica sobre un inesperado héroe que deberá tomar parte en la épica batalla entre el bien y el mal. BIENVENIDOS AL LADO OSCURO DE ÉRASE UNA VEZ Charlie Reade parece un estudiante de instituto normal y corriente, pero carga con un gran peso sobre los hombros. Cuando él solo tenía diez años, su madre fue víctima de un atropello y la pena empujó a su padre a la bebida. Aunque era demasiado joven, Charlie tuvo que aprender a cuidarse solo... y también a ocuparse de su padre. Ahora, con diecisiete años, Charlie encuentra dos amigos inesperados: una perra llamada Radar y Howard Bowditch, su anciano dueño. El señor Bowditch es un ermitaño que vive en una colina enorme, en una casa enorme que tiene un cobertizo cerrado a cal y canto en el patio trasero. A veces, sonidos extraños emergen de él. Mientras Charlie se encarga de hacer recados para el señor Bowditch, Radar y él se hacen inseparables. Cuando el anciano fallece, le deja al chico una cinta de casete que contiene una historia increíble y el gran secreto que Bowditch ha guardado durante toda su vida: dentro de su cobertizo existe un portal que conduce a otro mundo. Reseñas:«Una amalgama intertextual que atraviesa distintos géneros y multiversos, y que ofrece muchísimas sorpresas ocultas para los lectores habituales de King... Un libro apasionante impulsado por encuentros inesperados e inolvidables, y por una acción emocionante y muy bien descrita».The New York Times Book Review «El bien, el mal, un reino que salvar y monstruos que asesinar: de esto se componen los libros apasionantes».Slate «Fascinante... Repleto de espléndidos vuelos de la imaginación y de una peculiar ternura sobre la infancia… El King clásico en su mejor versión».Esquire «King se apropia de los tropos y los retuerce, lo que hace que la lectura sea sumamente entretenida a medida que Charlie lucha por encontrar el camino a casa y su final feliz».AV Club «Un "érase una vez" sin igual».The Daily Mail «Una historia escapista y cautivadora sobre un lugar conocido, pero que aparenta ser totalmente nuevo».The Washington Post «El King clásico en su mejor versión».USA Today
Cuento de hadas
by Stephen KingStephen King regresa a la fantasía por todo lo alto con una novela magnífica sobre un inesperado héroe que deberá tomar parte en la épica batalla entre el bien y el mal. BIENVENIDOS AL LADO OSCURODE ÉRASE UNA VEZ Charlie Reade parece un estudiante de instituto normal y corriente, pero carga con un gran peso sobre los hombros. Cuando él solo tenía diez años, su madre fue víctima de un atropello y la pena empujó a su padre a la bebida. Aunque era demasiado joven, Charlie tuvo que aprender a cuidarse solo... y también a ocuparse de su padre. Ahora, con diecisiete años, Charlie encuentra dos amigos inesperados: una perra llamada Radar y Howard Bowditch, su anciano dueño. El señor Bowditch es un ermitaño que vive en una colina enorme, en una casa enorme que tiene un cobertizo cerrado a cal y canto en el patio trasero. A veces, sonidos extraños emergen de él. Mientras Charliese encarga de hacer recados para el señor Bowditch, Radar y él se hacen inseparables. Cuando el anciano fallece, le deja al chico una cinta de casete que contiene una historia increíble y el gran secreto que Bowditch ha guardado durante toda su vida: dentro de su cobertizo existe un portal que conduce a otro mundo. Reseñas:«Una amalgama intertextual que atraviesa distintos géneros y multiversos, y que ofrece muchísimas sorpresas ocultas para los lectores habituales de King... Un libro apasionante impulsado por encuentros inesperados e inolvidables, y por una acción emocionante y muy bien descrita».The New York Times Book Review «El bien, el mal, un reino que salvar y monstruos que asesinar: de esto se componen los libros apasionantes».Slate «Fascinante… Repleto de espléndidos vuelos de la imaginación y de una peculiar ternura sobre la infancia… El King clásico en su mejor versión».Esquire «King se apropia de los tropos y los retuerce, lo que hace que la lectura sea sumamente entretenida a medida que Charlie lucha por encontrar el camino a casa y su final feliz».AV Club «Un "érase una vez" sin igual».The Daily Mail «Una historia escapista y cautivadora sobre un lugar conocido, pero que aparenta ser totalmente nuevo».The Washington Post «El King clásico en su mejor versión».USA Today
Cuentos Del Infierno
by Donnefar Skedar Daniela Leticia RodigheroPRESENTACIÓN En este nuevo libro de cuentos, voy a dejarlos satisfechos con lo que hay de mejor en el género de terror con que aquel bueno y emocionante suspense que nos deja agitados hasta el final de la historia. Cuentos del Infierno, no será corto y aún trae de extra, por así decirlo, todas las historias que se publicaron en el e-libro: "La sombra de la Muerte" y también las tres primeras historias de la serie: "Dark Moon", que tuvo un gran impacto cuando tuvo su primera historia publicada en el sitio "Recanto das Letras" ("Rincón de las Letras"). Dividido en tres partes llamadas "libros", este volumen tiene como objetivo, unir cuentos fríos y sangrientos que se metieron con sus mentes de un simple despertar de la mitad de la noche, ya que al caminar en las horas tempranas de la tarde. Con todas las historias seleccionadas de la mejor y más macabra manera, los dejo con estas historias que sólo podría haber venido del infierno. Att. D. Skedar
Cuentos Extraños
by Alfred Bram Zoer John Reinhard DizonEn el macabro estilo de Stephen King, con toques de sátira e ironía que recuerdan a O. Henry, llegan tres Cuentos Extraños... •Una pequeña villa irlandesa está embrujada por una serie de horribles asesinatos. Luego, una misteriosa mujer aparece mientras una joven es encontrada espantosamente turturada y mutilada al fondo de Devil’s Drop. ¿Quién es La Dama en la Colina? •Una pareja próspera y absorta en sí misma inesperadamente le ofrecen refugio a un par de mendigos. Pero entonces claman ser las almas reencarnadas de un pasado olvidado, decididas a poseer a sus salvadores para reunirse en carne y hueso. ¿Quiénes son los Chicos en el Parque? •Un hombre desarrolla una cercana relación con un caballo hambriento, rescatado de una granja abandonada. Aunque visiones preocupantes plagan todo momento conciente poco después. ¿Puede hacerse algo para prevenir el terrible futuro que Edd visualiza? Un emocionante viaje entre el pasado, presente, y future, la obra más reciente de John Reinhard Dizon no es para dejarla pasar.