- Table View
- List View
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.
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. ClairFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Touch of Darkness and King of Battle and Blood comes the second in a mini-series of novellas based on the grisly world of Grimm fairy tales.This woman had carved her name in my heart long ago and I still bled from that open wound.She was my curse and I wanted to be free.Orphaned at a young age, Samara has been left under the care of her three horrible brothers for many long years. But just when she thinks she cannot take another day of their abuse, a handsome prince offers for her hand in marriage.Samara's brothers agree to the wedding in exchange for a large dowry, but on her way to salvation in her new kingdom, her carriage is ambushed and she is rescued by Lore, the wicked Prince of Nightshade, who demands a favor in return. Samara believes that Lore's request is meant to punish her for her crimes against his kind…but punishment is only half of Lore's plan.The truth is that the Elven Prince has pined after Samara for seven long years. His power over poisons rivals none in the Enchanted Forest, but Samara is a new kind of toxin in his blood, and all he can think about. Can the Prince of Nightshade manage to find a remedy, or will he succumb to her love?
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?
Arachnosaur
by Richard JeffriesDESERT SWARM After his superior officers are killed in action, Corporal Josiah Key assumes command of the 3rd Battalion, Marine Raiders. In the tiny village of Shabhut, Yemen, while trying to put the blast on ISIS forces, an even deadlier enemy emerges: ancient, unreasoning creatures who tear into both U.S. troops and terrorists without mercy, leaving brutally dismembered corpses in their wake. They are known as the Idmonarchne Brasieri, giant prehistoric spiders roused from millennia-long slumber by power-mad terrorists. These aptly-named ‘Arachnosaurs’ are hungry. They’re angry. And they have declared war against all of humanity . . . whose days might just be numbered unless Key and his unit can stop them. ARACHNOSAUR
Araknea: Libro 1
by Gaëlle PerinetCuando la Reliclavada de Fuego de Adrion fue robado, para los Señores Skorpios no hubo dudas, que Frieladiss, la Fortaleza de la Centinela del Norte, estába en el origen de este sacrilegio. Isis y Mentor, viajeros y mercenarios, fueron llevados por casualidad en una búsqueda que los lleva a lo indecible. ¿Tendrá Isis el valor y la voluntad suficientes para salvar su vida, la de sus amigos y, tal vez, para preservar la humanidad de los Fagos que devoran a su mundo?
Araldi del mistero: la casa di pietra
by X. F. MoixAraldi del Mistero, nati con lo scopo di trasmettere le cronache di quegli sfortunati testimoni che hanno vissuto ogni sorta di eventi tristi e impossibili. In questa serie di storie, non ci sarà spazio per ragionamenti ortodossi o speculazioni affrettate. Nessuno degli eventi narrati dai testimoni sarà abbastanza logico da aspettarsi soluzioni soddisfacenti. Preparati ad entrare in un mondo dove la realtà diffusa metterà alla prova la vostra sanità. Rimarrai impunito o diventerai un altro araldo, un fatale protagonista dell'impossibile?
Araminta Spookie 1: My Haunted House
by Angie Sage Jimmy PickeringAraminta Spookie lives in a wonderful old haunted house, but her crabby aunt Tabby wants to move. Aunt Tabby is determined to sell their house-Araminta has to stop her!<P> With the help of a haunted suit of armor named Sir Horace, a ghost named Edmund, and a lot of imagination, Araminta hatches a plot for an Awful Ambush that is so ghoulish, it just might work!<P> Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. To explore further access options with us, please contact us through the Book Quality link on the right sidebar. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.
Araminta Spookie 2: The Sword in the Grotto
by Angie Sage Jimmy PickeringSir Horace is about to turn five hundred years old! Araminta and Wanda need to find him the perfect gift. Araminta finds an ancient sword in a grotto hidden under her haunted house-and it should be a cinch to get it. But she wasn't planning on the nasty surprise of a portcullis-trap and a rising tide in the grotto. Will Araminta and Wanda make it to Sir Horace's birthday party?
Araminta Spookie 3: Frognapped
by Angie Sage Jimmy PickeringWhen something's amiss in Spookie House, there's usually only one person to blame-Araminta. But this time she had nothing to do with the disappearance of Barry Wizzard's frogs, and she is determined to find them. Of course, it's not going to be that easy, especially when dealing with a crazy character named Old Morris, a dangerous shark, and a demanding aquarium show audience. Can Araminta find the frogs and steal the show?
Araminta Spookie 3: Frognapped
by Angie Sage Jimmy PickeringWhen something's amiss in Spookie House, there's usually only one person to blame--Araminta. But this time she had nothing to do with the disappearance of Barry Wizzard's frogs, and she is determined to find them. Of course, it's not going to be that easy, especially when dealing with a crazy character named Old Morris, a dangerous shark, and a demanding aquarium show audience. Can Araminta find the frogs and steal the show?
Araminta Spookie 4: Vampire Brat
by Angie Sage Jimmy PickeringAraminta thinks something horrible is hiding in the deep, hidden passages of Spookie House-could it be a werewolf? Add to that the arrival of Uncle Drac's creepy nephew, Max, and Araminta knows things will never be the same. Max is Wanda's new best friend, and Araminta finds him annoying. She comes up with a plan to figure out what Max is up to-and also to capture the werewolf. But will it work?
Araminta Spookie 5: Ghostsitters
by Angie Sage Jimmy PickeringWhen Aunt Tabby and Uncle Drac head off to Transylvania, Araminta is upset-they're going to be away on her birthday. However, when it turns out that her almost-grown-up cousin, Mathilda, will be babysitting, it seems things couldn't get any better. But Mathilda's brought along trouble: two rowdy teenage ghosts, Ned and Jed, who listen to no one. It's a disaster! Can the girls figure out a way to get Ned and Jed out of the house for good?
Ararat
by Christopher Golden<P>Ararat is the heart-pounding tale of an adventure that goes wrong...on a biblical scale. <P>When an earthquake reveals a secret cave hidden inside Mount Ararat in Turkey, a daring newly engaged couple are determined to be the first ones inside...and what they discover will change everything. <P>The cave is actually a buried ancient ship that many quickly come to believe is Noah’s Ark. <P>When a team of scholars, archaeologists, and filmmakers make it inside the ark, they discover an elaborate coffin in its recesses. <P>Inside the coffin they find an ugly, misshapen cadaver—not the holy man they expected, but a hideous creature with horns. <P>Shock and fear turn to horror when a massive blizzard blows in, trapping them thousands of meters up the side of a remote mountain. <P>All they can do is pray for safety. But something wicked is listening to their prayers...and it wants to answer.
Ararat: a 2017 Bram Stoker Award winner
by Christopher Golden*Winner of the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel*New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden's writing is 'the real deal' (Stephen King) and this heart-pounding supernatural thriller will thrill and fascinate in equal measure. 'Golden puts it all together with tremendous skill and a gleeful relish' - Financial TimesMeryam and Adam take risks for a living. But neither is prepared for what lies in the legendary heights of Mount Ararat, Turkey. First to reach a massive cave revealed by an avalanche, they discover the hole in the mountain's heart is really an ancient ship, buried in time. A relic that some fervently believe is Noah's Ark. Deep in its recesses stands a coffin inscribed with mysterious symbols that no one in their team of scholars, archaeologists and filmmakers can identify. Inside is a twisted, horned cadaver. Outside a storm threatens to break. As terror begins to infiltrate their every thought, is it the raging blizzard that chases them down the mountain - or something far worse?
Arautos do Mistério: Pelotão dos Malditos
by X. F. MoixOs arautos do mistério nascem com o propósito de transmitir as crônicas daquelas infelizes testemunhas que viveram todo tipo de acontecimentos lúgubres e impossíveis. Nesta série de histórias, não haverá espaço para raciocínio ortodoxo ou especulação precipitada. Nenhum dos acontecimentos narrados pelas testemunhas será suficientemente lógico para esperar encontrar soluções satisfatórias. Prepara-te para entrar num mundo onde a realidade difusa testará a tua sanidade. Você ficará impune ou se tornará outro arauto, o protagonista fatal do impossível?