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Apart in the Dark: Novellas
by Ania AhlbornTwo terrifying novellas from bestselling author Ania Ahlborn, &“a great storyteller who spins an atmosphere of dread literally from the first page&” (Jeff Somers).The Pretty Ones New York, 1977. The sweltering height of the Summer of Sam. The entire city is gripped with fear, but all Nell Sullivan worries about is whether or not she&’ll ever make a friend. The self-proclaimed &“Plain Jane&” does her best to fit in with the girls at work, but Nell&’s brother, Barrett, assures her that she&’ll never be like them. When Nell manages to finally garner some much-yearned-for attention, the unthinkable happens to her newfound friend. The office pool blames Son of Sam, but Nell knows the awful truth…because doing the devil&’s work is easy when there&’s already a serial killer on the loose. I Call Upon Thee Maggie Olsen had a pretty ordinary childhood—swimming and sleepovers, movie nights and dad jokes. And then there were the other things…the darker things…the shadow that followed her home from the cemetery and settled into the corners of her home, refusing to let her grow up in peace. Now, after three years away from the place she's convinced she inadvertently haunted, and after yet another family tragedy strikes, Maggie is forced to return to the sweltering heat of a Savannah summer to come to terms with her past. All along, she's been telling herself, it was just in your head, and she nearly convinces herself that she'd imagined it all. But the moment Maggie steps into the foyer of her family home, she knows. The darkness is still here. And it's been waiting for Maggie's return…
Apetitos Inmundos
by David YoungUna criatura legendaria de Tailandia está perdida dentro de su cabeza... ¡Y sus entrañas también! Mai es una krasue (una criatura legendaria con cabeza voladora y entrañas brillantes) que vive prisionera en una granja remota, donde la cuida su anciano tío, Phad. Atada a su maldición, pasa sus días viendo televisión y consumiendo inmundicias. Cuando la búsqueda de un heredero para el tío Phad fracasa, él envía a Mai a Bangkok en una caja, con la esperanza de librarse de la carga. Al escapar dentro de un mercado bullicioso, Mai es perseguida por el Oficial Superior Manat y la Secretaria de Policía Pim. Un encuentro aterrador lleva a Mai a poseer a Pim, lo que desata la obsesiva persecución de Manat tras ella. Mientras tanto, Mickey McCormick, presentador de Historias de Fantasmas de Bangkok del Canal 77, busca realizar su próximo gran largometraje. Para lograrlo, recluta al Señor Chart, un místico callejero que le revela que los fantasmas están abandonando sus lugares favoritos y la inmundicia está corrompiendo la ciudad. Su investigación conjunta los conduce a Pim, quien ahora alberga la forma krasue de Mai. Cuando Mai se revela en una impactante exhibición de sangre y entrañas, Mickey sueña con convertirla en una superestrella. Pero si quiere contar su historia, primero deberá romper la maldición. APETITOS INMUNDOS es una aventura escandalosa y llena de acción por Tailandia que te hará reír, atragantarte y querer más.
Apex Predator: Apex Predator (Horizon #4)
by M. T. AndersonFrom a National Book Award winner, plane crash survivors must cross a body of water protected by a dangerous predator in order to find hope of rescue.The journey through the rift becomes even rockier as the survivors are forced to take to the water, crossing a vast deep-water basin on improvised boats. To make it, Molly and the others must work together, but a rift of a different kind is forming among the survivors. If they aren’t careful, it could eat them alive. New York Times–bestselling author and National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson (Feed) helms this heart-pounding voyage in the epic survival series begun by Scott Westerfeld (Uglies).
Apidae (Arthropoda #3)
by Xenia MelzerNo good deed—or good record of solving crimes—goes unpunished.Detectives Andi Hayes and George Donovan of the Charleston PD are on vacation. Or at least they are until they are called back for an emergency: find Chief Norris&’s missing son.Fortunately, Andi&’s insect spies lead him right to little Tyler Norris, who is safe and sound.Unfortunately, along with the chief&’s son, they find twenty-five corpses, victims of a serial killer who&’s gone unnoticed for over a decade. Chief Norris promptly cancels Andi and George&’s vacation and assigns them as lead detectives on the case. Physical evidence leads them to a mental health facility where some of the victims received treatment, but Andi&’s gift—his usual secret weapon—fails him. Promising leads and shady suspects all turn out to be dead ends, and they&’re running out of time. Because the killer isn&’t going to stop at twenty-five victims—and Tyler Norris has just gone missing again….
Apocalipsis
by Stephen KingApocalipsis es Stephen King en estado puro. Unánimemente, una de las novelas favoritas de los fans del maestro de la literatura de terror. Un virus gripal, creado artificialmente como posible arma bacteriológica, se extiende por Estados Unidos y el mundo, provocando la muerte de la mayor parte de la población. Los supervivientes tienen sueños comunes, en los que aparece una anciana y un hombre joven. La mujer anciana los incita a viajar a Nebraska para combatir a Randall Flagg, un abominable personaje que lidera las fuerzas del mal y busca la aniquilación definitiva de la humanidad mediante un temible arsenal nuclear.
Apocalipsis. El libro en el que se basa la serie The Stand (Los Jet De Plaza And Janes Ser. #Vol. 102)
by Stephen KingStephen King en estado puro. Unánimemente, una de las novelas favoritas de los fans del maestro de la literatura de terror. El libro en el que se basa la serie de The Stand Un virus gripal, creado artificialmente como posible arma bacteriológica, se extiende por Estados Unidos y el mundo, provocando la muerte de la mayor parte de la población. Los supervivientes tienen sueños comunes, en los que aparece una anciana y un hombre joven. La mujer anciana los incita a viajar a Nebraska para combatir a Randall Flagg, un abominable personaje que lidera las fuerzas del mal y busca la aniquilación definitiva de la humanidad mediante un temible arsenal nuclear.
Apocalypse
by Nancy SpringerA woman returns to wreak end-of-the-world vengeance on her Pennsylvania hometown Disfigured since birth, Joanie Musser has endured decades of taunts and torments from the "normals" in Hoadley, Pennsylvania. Her only friend is a boy named Barry Beal, who has an ugly birthmark on his face. A few days after Barry lends her $500 and his welder's mask, Joanie disappears. Cally Wilmore, a vaguely discontented mother of two and the wife of the local funeral director, sees Joanie first: a breathtaking blond apparition galloping through town on a white steed. Rebel and resident cynic Gigi Wildasin senses that something peculiar is happening. The cicadas are crying out of season--modern-day locusts who swarm the town bearing dead children's faces--and a blacksnake appears next to the most beautiful and erotic naked man anyone has ever seen. Cally and Gigi, along with Shirley Danyo and her lover, Elspeth, all ride horses to escape their everyday lives, unaware that they are the Four Horsewomen of doom. A familiar stranger has come to Hoadley with a terrible purpose, and for the inhabitants of this struggling coal-mining community, it seems that Judgment Day is nigh. An allegorical novel about small-town prejudice and the secrets that fester beneath the surface, Apocalypse is also about the power of love to triumph against all odds.
Apocalypse Cinema (Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture)
by Stephen PrinceVivid images of the apocalypse proliferate throughout contemporary cinema, which pictures the death of civilization in wildly different ways. Some films imagine a future where humanity is wiped out entirely, while others envision humans as an endangered species, enslaved by alien invaders or hunted by zombie hordes. This book provides a lively overview of apocalypse cinema, including alien invasions, nuclear annihilation, asteroid collisions, climate change, and terrifying plagues. Covering pivotal films from the silent era to the present day, including Metropolis, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dr. Strangelove, Contagion, and Avengers: Endgame, Stephen Prince explores how these dark visions are rooted in religious and prophetic traditions, and he considers how our love for apocalypse cinema is tied to fundamental existential questions and anxieties that never go out of fashion.
Apocalypse Cow (Apocalypse Cow Ser. #1)
by Michael LoganThree unlikely heroes must save Britain from a horde of zombie cows in this “clever and very funny twist on the traditional zombie novel” (Booklist, starred review).Winner of the inaugural Terry Pratchett AwardIt began with a cow that just wouldn’t die. It would become an epidemic that transformed Britain’s livestock into sneezing, slavering, flesh-craving, four-legged zombies. Forget the cud—these cows want blood.And if that wasn’t bad enough, the fate of the nation is in the hands of three individuals who don’t exactly inspire confidence: an abattoir worker whose love life is non-existent thanks to the stench of death that clings to him, a teenage vegan with eczema and a weird crush on his maths teacher, and an inept journalist who wouldn’t recognize a scoop if she tripped over one.As the nation descends into chaos, can they pool their resources, unlock a cure, and save the world?Three losers.Overwhelming odds.One outcome . . . Yup, we’re screwed.
Apocalypse Now Now
by Charlie HumanBaxter Zevcenko's life is pretty sweet. He's making a name for himself as the kingpin of his smut-peddling high-school syndicate, the other gangs are staying out of his business, and he's dating the girl of his dreams, Esme. But when Esme gets kidnapped, things start to get seriously weird, and the only man drunk enough to help is a bearded, booze-soaked, supernatural bounty hunter that goes by the name of Jackson 'Jackie' Ronin.Plunged into the increasingly bizarre landscape of Cape Town's supernatural underworld, Baxter and Ronin team up to save Esme. On a journey that takes them through the realms of impossibility, they must face every conceivable nightmare to get her back, including the odd brush with the Apocalypse.
Apocalypse Now Now (Apocalypse Now Now #1)
by Charlie HumanBaxter Zevcenko is your average 16-year-old boy. If by average you mean kingpin of a porn-peddling schoolyard syndicate and a possible serial killer who suffers from weird historical dreams.Baxter is the first to admit that he’s not a nice guy. After all, high school is a gaping, icy abyss and Baxter is not about to allow anybody to drag him down. That is until his girlfriend, Esme, is kidnapped and the clues point toward supernatural forces at work. Faced with navigating the increasingly bizarre landscape of Cape Town’s supernatural underworld, Baxter turns to the only person drunk enough to help: bearded, booze-soaked, supernatural bounty hunter, Jackson “Jackie” Ronin.On a mission that takes them through the realms of impossibility, they face every conceivable nightmare to rescue Esmé, including the odd brush with the Apocalypse.
Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box
by Mira GrantA new short story from Mira Grant, the author of Feed. Every week five friends get together to play a game-- a game they call the Apocalypse Game. It's a fun time with chips and beer and plotting the end of the world. Except this time, one of them is missing and the stakes are higher than ever before.Word count: ~3,900
Apocalypse Yesterday: A Novel
by Brock AdamsWith his best and craziest days behind him, a Florida call center employee struggles through mind-numbing drudgery day after day--but he just might have a way to reclaim the madness and his former life.The zombie apocalypse is over. The humans have won. Life is back to normal. And Rip is bored as hell. It's not much of a life sitting in a call center in the poor town of Spanish Shanty, Florida, answering emails like a drone and listening to customer complaints. Rip was ruler of a tiny kingdom in the Lazy River waterpark, killing zombies by day and making passionate love at night. He misses the danger, the camaraderie, and the blistering love he once knew. He longs to feel Santana--his trusty machete--in his hand, and Davia--the fiercest woman alive--in his arms once again. He can still picture it-- life on the razor's edge--and he would do anything to get that feeling back.But what if Rip could get it back? He's totally desperate. Not normal desperate--more like ready-to-restart-the-apocalypse desperate. Condemning humanity to a repeat merely for an adrenaline rush is probably not a good idea. But life at the call center is nothing more than a slow death, and Rip might not be able to go on without trying to find out.
Apocalypse of the Dead (Dead World #2)
by Joe McKinneyAnd The Dead Shall Rise. . . Two hellish years. That's how long it's been since the hurricanes flooded the Gulf Coast, and the dead rose up from the ruins. The cities were quarantined; the infected, contained. Any unlucky survivors were left to fend for themselves. A feast for the dead. And The Living Shall Gather. . .One boatload of refugees manages to make it out alive--but one passenger carries the virus. Within weeks, the zombie epidemic spreads across the globe. Now, retired U.S. Marshal Ed Moore must lead a group of strangers to safety, searching for sanctuary from the dead. A last chance for the living. Let The Battle Begin. In the North Dakota Grasslands, bands of survivors converge upon a single outpost. Run by a self-appointed preacher of fierce conviction--and frightening beliefs--it may be humanity's only hope. But Ed Moore and the others refuse to enter a suicide pact. They'd rather stand and fight in the final battle against the zombies. An apocalypse of the dead. "One of those rare books that starts fast and never ever lets up. . . a rollercoaster ride of action, violence and zombie horror." --Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry on Dead City "Gritty suspense. . .You're gonna like this guy." --Tom Monteleone"A rising star on the horror scene."--Fearnet.com
Apocalyptic Organ Grinder: A Dystopian Novella
by William Todd RoseWilliam Todd Rose reinvents the zombie story with a thrilling novella of a post-apocalyptic America where saviors are heroes . . . and heroes are killers. A fatal virus--a biowarfare experiment unleashed on an unsuspecting world--has reduced the once-mighty United States to a smattering of tribes dueling for survival in the lawless wilderness. The disease-free folk known as Settlers barricade themselves in small villages, determined to keep out the highly contagious Spewers--infected humans who cannot die from the virus but spread the seeds of death from the festering blisters that cover their bodies. Tanner Kline is a trained Sweeper, sworn to exterminate Spewers roaming the no-man's-land surrounding his frightened community. As all Settlers do, Tanner dismisses them as little more than savages--until he meets his match in Spewer protector Lila. But when hunter and hunted clash, their bloody tango ignites a firestorm of fear and hatred. Now, no one is safe from the juggernaut of terror that rages unchecked, and the fate of humanity hangs on questions with no answers: Who's right, who's wrong . . . and who's going to care if everyone's dead?Advance praise for Apocalyptic Organ Grinder "With strong echoes of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend, William Todd Rose's Apocalyptic Organ Grinder delivers on all fronts. The action is brutal and the blurring of man and monster intelligently and inventively handled. Rose has written a smart thriller with a ton of heart."--Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Savage Dead and Inheritance
Apotheosis. El Devorador de Almas 2 (El Devorador de Almas #2)
by Cesarino Bellini ArtioliLa odisea de Lord Samuel Kainz continúa Perseguido por la Muerte, maldecido por la vida, forjado por la ambición, no conocerá ni la rendición ni la derrota. No tendrá ningún remordimiento en aniquilar a cualquier persona o cosa que se interponga entre él y su objetivo. El destino que le esperaba era aniquilarse en el olvido de la otra vida, como todos los seres vivos de esta tierra, pero la misma voluntad que le salvó le llevará mucho más allá de las posibilidades humanas. Sacrificará su vida en pos de la ascensión, hacia ese poder que le permita desafiar a Dios y a sus Caballeros. Esta voluntad y esta fuerza le llevarán a la Apoteosis o a la más inmensa y ruinosa derrota. Se acabó el tiempo de huir y esconderse, ha llegado el momento de dar a conocer de lo que es capaz un hombre armado con una voluntad fuerte y una arrogancia sin límites.
Apparition
by Gail GallantThe last time seventeen-year-old Amelia Mackenzie saw her best friend Matthew alive, he broke her heart. When he is found the next day in an abandoned barn at the edge of town, an apparent suicide, Amelia's whole world comes crashing down. And then she sees him again. Because Amelia has a secret that even Matthew didn't know: sometimes, she sees ghosts. When a local history columnist named Morris Dyson contacts Amelia after the funeral and tells her that he thinks the barn Matthew died in is haunted, and that Matthew wasn't its first victim, an unlikely partnership is born. With Amelia's gift for seeing ghosts, Morris's radical theories on the supernatural, and a bit of help from Morris's sexy but skeptical son, Kip, a mystery unfolds. One by one, the barn's other ghostly residents are revealed: all innocent, love-struck young men who've died horrific deaths, seemingly by their own hands. Life and death couldn't get more complicated as Amelia is torn between her devotion to the ghostly Matthew and her growing attraction to Kip, who may not believe in ghosts but can't help believing in Amelia. When she's confronted with a rivalry between the living and the dead, which side of the great divide will Amelia choose? Apparition is a fast-paced supernatural mystery about memory and obsession, bodies and spirits, love and loss.
Apparitions (1953)
by G. N. M. TyrrellTHE CLASSIC STUDY OF ESP AND GHOSTLY APPEARANCESWhat are ghostly apparitions?In this classic of psychical research, George N. M. Tyrrell submits that “ghosts” are subjective and telepathic, created in the regions of the personality outside the field of normal consciousness. Basing his theories on a vast collection of psychical data, and substantiating his arguments with more than sixty dramatic, well-documented case histories, he establishes a clear relationship between the phenomena of sensory hallucinations and modern psychology.His is a logical, impartial exploration of a subject long obscured by fear and too often dismissed as belonging to the realm of the “supernatural.” As past president of England’s famed Society of Psychical Research, Mr. Tyrrell demonstrates with authority that the scientific investigation of apparitions can make a significant contribution to our understanding of the human mind and personality.“Recommended to the scientific student of extra-sensory perception.”—Waldo Frank“Likely to be regarded as a classic of its kind…an admirable survey of the whole subject.”—The Times (London) Literary Supplement
Apples Dipped in Gold (Fairy Tale Retelling #2)
by Scarlett St. ClairHe was her curse—and her only salvation. Samara has spent years enduring cruelty at the hands of her brothers, surviving on nothing but hope and the fierce belief that she deserves more. When a royal engagement promises her freedom, her fate changes in a single night when she is intercepted by Lore, the enigmatic Prince of Nightshade. Feared for his poisonous touch and shrouded in secrets, Lore is haunted by seven years of longing for Samara, the one mortal who makes him vulnerable. Thrust together by fate and old wounds, their slow-burning desire threatens to unravel everything in a kingdom where magic is a weapon and trust can mean ruin.Apples Dipped in Gold is a dark fairytale retelling and enemies-to-lovers romance, weaving a gothic Cinderella story with intoxicating tension, forbidden passion, and immersive world-building. Scarlett St. Clair delivers a tale of heartbreak, healing, and love against all odds. Step into the shadows and discover a romance that will haunt you long after the last page.
April Fools
by Richie Tankersley CusickRevenge is no jokeOn their way home from an April Fools&’ party, Belinda and her friends mistakenly cause a horrible accident. Fearing they&’ll be on the hook for murder, they flee the scene and vow to keep silent. But weeks later, Belinda&’s conscience won&’t give her any peace—and neither will the mysterious person who is terrorizing her with cruel pranks. After enduring a series of sickening jokes, Belinda fears that she and her friends aren&’t the only ones who know their secret—and that these pranks may be a deadly warning in disguise.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richie Tankersley Cusick including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s personal collection.
April Ghouls' Day (Graveyard School #11)
by Tom B. StoneINVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS! Maria Medina's not quite sure how it happened. One minute she was just another student at Graveyard School, trying to make it through the first day of April. Then suddenly someone--somehow--set her up in a gruesome body switch. Now the principal, Dr. Morthouse, is acting really weird--but not as strange as Maria. Body, body, who's got whose body? On April Fools' Day, no one is safe at Graveyard School. You'll be dying to go to class at GRAVEYARD SCHOOL Bookshare's library has: #1 Don't Eat the Mystery Meat! #2 The Skeleton on the Skateboard, #3 The Headless Bicycle Rider, #4 Little Pet Werewolf, #5 Revenge of the Dinosaurs, #6 Camp Dracula, #7 Slime Lake, #8 Let's Scare the Teacher to Death, #9 The Abominable Snow Man, #10 There's a Ghost in the Boy's Bathroom and #12 Scream, Team.
April Shadows (Shadows #1)
by V.C. AndrewsApril had always felt like an outsider...Her older sister Brenda was tall, athletic, competitive, and sure of herself. But April Taylor was short, sensitive, and overweight—and she couldn't bounce back from their father's cutting criticisms the way Brenda did. April didn't know why their once-loving dad had become a coldhearted monster, but she was sure it had something to do with her. And she could see how his cruel behavior was tearing away at her gentle mother. But a glimmer of happiness returns when Brenda brings home her college roommate: beautiful, bewitching Celia. And April wonders if she might not be so different from Brenda after all...
Aprisionado: Uma história curta sobre zumbis
by Terry M. WestAprisionado é uma história feroz e original sobre zumbis de um autor de histórias de terror, Terry M. West. Bem-vindo a clínica de continuidade Millbur & Stein. Uma recente comunidade de elite para os mortos-vivos.
Apt Pupil
by Stephen King#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King&’s timeless coming-of-age novella, Apt Pupil—published in his 1982 story collection Different Seasons and made into a 1998 Tristar movie starring Ian McKellan and Brad Renfro—now available for the first time as a standalone publication.If you don&’t believe in the existence of evil, you have a lot to learn. Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher, Mr. Dussander, and to learn all about Dussander&’s dark and deadly past…a decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day. Yet Todd doesn&’t want to turn his teacher in. Todd wants to know more. Much more. He is about to face his fears and learn the real meaning of power—and the seductive lure of evil. A classic story from Stephen King, Apt Pupil reveals layers upon layers of deception—and horror—as finally there is only one left standing.
Aquello que Habita en el Sótano
by Manuel Alejandro Muñoz Villa Sahara FoleyEs una combinación entre La Zona Desconocida y Alien de H.R. Giger. Un día, tus tres gatos desaparecen. Al siguiente, tu novia. Entonces comienzas a pensar que hay algo viviendo en el sótano y "eso" los mató. Un extraño caso termina en el escritorio del Teniente Flynn. El Teniente debe investigar la desaparición de una pareja y sus tres gatos. Es como si se hubieran desvanecido. Luego de unos años, el Detective Pete Alvarez investiga la horrible muerte de un inmigrante en la misma casa. Ahora él y el Detective Carter deben descubrir la verdad sobre las desapariciones... pero lo que descubren es evidencia de algo completamente distinto. ¿Se atreverán a bajar al sótano para confrontarlo?