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Hollyhood
by Valerie Joyner“In Hollyhood, Valerie Joyner delivers all the juice that’s fit to print. She craftily untangles the lives of Hollywood’s rich and so-so famous with enough sass, smarts and savvy to make you care for these sometimes twisted souls from beginning to end.” — Cori Murray, Entertainment Director, Essence
Hollywood Dead: A Sandman Slim Novel (Sandman Slim #10)
by Richard KadreyLife and death takes on an entirely new meaning for half-angel, half-human hero James Stark, aka, Sandman Slim, in this insanely inventive, high-intensity tenth supernatural noir thriller in the New York Times bestselling series.James Stark is back from Hell, trailing more trouble in his wake. To return to L.A., he had to make a deal with the evil power brokers, Wormwood—an arrangement that came with a catch. While he may be home, Stark isn’t quite himself . . . because he’s only partially alive.There’s a time limit on his reanimated body, and unless Stark can find the people targeting Wormwood, he will die again—and this time there will be no coming back. Even though he’s armed with the Room of Thirteen Doors, Stark knows he can’t find Wormwood’s enemies alone. To succeed he’s got to enlist the help of new friends—plus a few unexpected old faces.Stark has been in dangerous situations before—you don’t get named Sandman Slim for nothing. But with a mysterious enemy on the loose, a debt to pay, and a clock ticking down, this may truly be the beginning of his end. . . .
Hollywood North: A Novel in Six Reels
by Michael Libling&“Libling&’s assured, quietly menacing debut [is] based on his World Fantasy Award–nominated novella of the same title. . . . Fans of Stand by Me and the like will find much to enjoy.&” —Publishers Weekly It&’s the 1960s, and Gus Berry is coming of age in Trenton, a small town on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The place isn&’t known for much—unless you count the menacing stray dogs, plant explosions, plane collisions, and regular drownings. The adults seem to take it all in stride, but Gus can&’t shake the feeling of impending doom. His friend Annie Barker doesn&’t share Gus&’s dark thoughts; she believes in things. So Gus goes about his days, surviving school, trying to live up to his widowed mother&’s expectations, and growing increasingly obsessed with movies and TV shows. Indeed, he scripts his life to make it way more exciting and adventurous than it actually is. Gus is clearly a boy who wants things, which makes Jack Levin the perfect friend. He&’s a local hero famous for finding stuff : a message in a bottle, a meteorite, a long-lost wedding ring. And when Jack makes his most mysterious discovery yet, Gus and Annie are drawn with him into an investigation of Trenton&’s past. Guided by their curiosity, they soon uncover a malignant darkness behind the town&’s senseless tragedies. In Hollywood North, World Fantasy Award–nominated author Michael Libling &“spins a tale of movies and memories, nightmares and nostalgia, with such a frightening secret at its core, that you&’ll understand why, even though you can go home again, you might end up wishing you didn&’t&” (Ian Rogers, author of Every House Is Haunted). &“[A] fine first novel . . . Bradbury might have sketched out this mode in the darker parts of Dandelion Wine and the entirety of Something Wicked This Way Comes, but contemporary authors such as Libling are showing us refinements of sensibility and sense of wonder that the old Waukeganian never dreamed of.&” —Locus
Holy Cow!
by Em LynleyAmerican med student Duncan Stirling is traveling around India with his two best friends, who have just married. Their last stop is the magical city of Jaisalmer, a fort in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan. He feels like a third wheel on their honeymoon, though the three friends had the trip planned for years, to celebrate finishing medical school and have a last adventure before they start their residencies back in the States. Akash Nandi is an Indian man from a wealthy and well-known family. At least that's how he appears. He hides the truth that his family is descended from Nandi, Lord Shiva's bull, and they've guarded sacred places for millennia. Being gay and immortal is tough, especially when his family's expectations make finding the right mate impossible. As his grandmother, the family matriarch, nears death, a struggle for power puts Akash and his new crush, the charming American Duncan, in harm's way.A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2016 Daily Dose package "A Walk on the Wild Side".
Holy Sister (Book of the Ancestor #3)
by Mark LawrenceThe searing conclusion of the thrilling epic fantasy trilogy that saw a young girl trained by an arcane order of nuns grow into the fiercest of warriors... <p><p> They came against her as a child. Now they face the woman. The ice is advancing, the Corridor narrowing, and the empire is under siege from the Scithrowl in the east and the Durns in the west. Everywhere, the emperor’s armies are in retreat. Nona Grey faces the final challenges that must be overcome if she is to become a full sister in the order of her choice. But it seems unlikely that she and her friends will have time to earn a nun’s habit before war is on their doorstep. Even a warrior like Nona cannot hope to turn the tide of war. <p><p> The shiphearts offer strength that she might use to protect those she loves, but it’s a power that corrupts. A final battle is coming in which she will be torn between friends, unable to save them all. A battle in which her own demons will try to unmake her. A battle in which hearts will be broken, lovers lost, thrones burned.
El Hombre de Arena (Serie Lo Viejo Es Oro #2)
by E. T. W. HoffmannLa historia contiene un ejemplo de representación terrorífica del personaje folclórico, el Hombre de Arena, del que se dice tradicionalmente que arroja arena a los ojos de los niños para ayudarles a conciliar el sueño. Los personajes y el conflicto se definen por primera vez en las tres letras iniciales del relato. Además, se representa el conflicto psicológico del protagonista, Nathaniel, que se debate entre las alucinaciones y la realidad. Nathaniel lucha toda su vida contra el estrés postraumático que proviene de un episodio traumático con el Hombre de Arena en su experiencia infantil.
El Hombre de Las Rosas
by Terry M. WestEs 1987. Dane Morrison, un representante de ventas cuarentón en una compañía de publicidad, conoce a un enigmático vendedor ambulante de rosas durante un verano muy caluroso en Houston, Texas. A medida que Dane conoce más acerca del Hombre de las Rosas, los sueños y la realidad de Dane se convierten en un patio de juegos infernal para el vagabundo. Y pronto Dane descubrirá que: donde el amor y la esperanza se encuentran, ahí camina el Hombre de las Rosas… El Hombre de las Rosas es una de las primeras historias y ganadora de un premio del escritor de horror aclamado por la crítica, Terry M. West. Se pensaba perdida hasta que se la recuperó de un viejo disco duro de computadora. El Hombre de las Rosas presenta uno de los personajes de horror más singulares de Terry M West. Esta historia es presentada con una introducción del autor como también notas adicionales.
El hombre del sombrero de copa
by Valeria De LucaUn grupo reunido alrededor de una fogata durante la fiesta de Ferragosto, decide dejar de aburrirse, contando una historia de terror al experto del grupo, Stephen. El chico cuenta la historia de una chica llamada Bea, emocionada porque su sueño está a punto de hacerse realidad. Finalmente podrá asistir al concierto de su cantante favorito, Marilyn Manson, a quien le encanta llamar "el príncipe negro". Pero algo horrible convertirá ese tan deseado concierto en una horripilante pesadilla. El hombre del sombrero de copa, con su guitarra eléctrica, sacudirá a la multitud reunida para escuchar a Marilyn Manson. El hombre de aspecto cadavérico y repulsivo los llevará a las entrañas del Infierno y quizás, si están en sus juegos, su vida se salvará. Su espectáculo está por comenzar... y no olviden que ÉL ES EL MAGO. ÉL ES EL HOMBRE DEL SOMBRERO DE COPA. ÉL ES AMOS SMIRNOV.
El hombre invisible
by H.G. WellsLos clásicos más escalofriantes en una edición actualizada y adaptada.Con ilustraciones de Antonio Navas. Un hombre con la cara tapada ha llegado al pequeño pueblo de Iping. ¿De qué huye el enigmático viajero? ¿Acaso oculta las secuelas de un terrible accidente? ¿Por qué no responde a las preguntas y se muestra tan brusco? La curiosidad en el pueblo no tarda endespertarse, pero hay secretos que es mejor no desvelar...
Un hombre lobo chiflado (Serie Bat Pat #Volumen 10)
by Roberto PavanelloDescubre esta terrorífica 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? ¿Os imagináis que el tipo más estrafalario del planeta tuviera que cuidar de vosotros durante un fin de semana? Me apuesto un ala a que se os helaría la sangre en las venas, tal y como nos sucedió a los hermanos Silver y a mí cuando nos enteramos de que el estrambótico tío Larry Silver se instalaba en Friday Street para hacernos de canguro. Pero, amigos, aquí no acaba la cosa: otra criatura todavía más espeluznante acababa de llegar a Fogville...
Un Hombre Lobo en la Marina
by Jonathan P. Brazee Alfonso ColmenaresEl soldado de primera clase Aiden Kaas se ha alistado en los marines por todas las razones equivocadas. Ahora enviado a Irak a la edad de 19 años, lo único que quiere poner en su tiempo y cumplir su alistamiento. Sin embargo, después de haber sido mordido por un muyahidín aparentemente rabiosos, se encuentra que sufre de una extraña enfermedad, que tiene consecuencias más allá de sus fantasías más salvajes. A medida que la enfermedad hace estragos en su cuerpo y lo expone a peligros mucho más oscuro que el combate activo, Aiden descubre lo que significa la mayoría de edad, y la forma en que debe enfrentarse con lo que se ha convertido en... ADVERTENCIA: Este libro contiene escenas de violencia extrema y una de las escenas es de contenido sexual explícito.
¡Hombrecillos verdes al poder! (Serie Bat Pat #Volumen 27)
by Roberto PavanelloContinúan las aventuras del murciélago detective Bat Pat y los hermanos Silver: Leo, Martin y Rebecca. ¡No te lo pierdas! ¡¡¡HOLA!!! SOY BAT PAT.OS VOY A CONTAR UNA HISTORIA QUE OS PONDRÁ LOS PELOS DE PUNTA...¿ESTÁIS PREPARADOS? ¿A que creéis que en la vieja Irlanda solo hay campos verdes y ovejas aburridas? ¡Pues estáis muy equivocados! Martin, Leo, Rebecca y yo hemos decidido pasar unas tranquilas vacaciones en la isla y se han convertido en una... ¡alocada aventura! La culpa la tienen unas pequeñas criaturas verdes, traviesas y muy testarudas. ¡Menuda suerte la nuestra!
Hombrerata
by Jonathan P. Brazee Alfonso ColmenaresRafe viene de una larga línea de cambia formas. Su padre es un hombrelobo, y su madre es un hombretigre. Mientras llega a la pubertad, esperan ansiosamente su primer cambio y averiguar cuál es su forma animal. ¿Qué animal poderoso le va a completar? Para su decepción, después de pasar por la agonía de su primer cambio, Rafe descubre que él no es un lobo, tigre, o un oso. Ni siquiera es un coyote o un raptor, formas consideradas tal vez de menos prestigio en la tribu, pero todavía aceptable. No, Rafe es un Hombrerata, el único Hombrerata en la memoria de nadie. Ciertos eventos se confabulan para llevar a Rafe lejos de la tribu, a vivir en el mundo en general. Cuando por fin regresa para una visita, la tribu cae bajo el ataque de un grupo dedicado a erradicar todos los cambia formas de la faz de la tierra. La pregunta es si hay algo que Rafe puede hacer para ayudar a su tribu a sobrevivir. ¿Tiene valor en una tribu de cambia formas de gran alcance, o el exilio es el lugar apropiado para una regresión genética como él?
The Home: A brilliantly creepy novel about possession, friendship and loss: ‘Good characters, clever story, plenty of scares – admit yourself to The Home right now’ says horror master John Ajvide Lindqvist
by Mats StrandbergOnce inseparable, Joel and Nina haven't spoken in twenty years. When Joel's mother Monika develops dementia, he has no choice but to return to his home town. Monika needs specialist care, and that means Pineshade - which also means Joel is going to have to deal with his one-time best friend, for Nina works there. It's not long before Monika's health deteriorates - she starts having violent, terrifying outbursts, and worse, she appears to know things she couldn't possibly know. It's almost as if she isn't herself any more . . . but of course, that's true of most of the residents at Pineshade.Only Nina and Joel know Monika well enough to see the signs; only by working together can they try to find answers to the inexplicable . . . The Home is an eerie story about love, friendship and the greatest fear of all: losing control of ourselves . . .
Home Before Dark: 'Clever, twisty, spine-chilling' Ruth Ware
by Riley Sager'Clever, twisty, and altogether spine-chilling. . . . [A] deliciously terrifying story. . . .You'll want to read this one after dark, ideally with the wind whistling in the eaves and a window banging somewhere just out of reach. But keep the light switch handy. You just might need it' Ruth Ware, Book of the MonthWhat was it like? Living in that house.Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into a rambling Victorian estate called Baneberry Hall. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a memoir called House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon.Now, Maggie has inherited Baneberry Hall after her father's death. She was too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father's book. But she doesn't believe a word of it. Ghosts, after all, don't exist.But when she returns to Baneberry Hall to prepare it for sale, her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the pages of her father's book lurk in the shadows, and locals aren't thrilled that their small town has been made infamous. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself - a place that hints of dark deeds and unexplained happenings. As the days pass, Maggie begins to believe that what her father wrote was more fact than fiction. That, either way, someone - or something - doesn't want her here. And that she might be in danger all over again . . . THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of . . .Huff Post's "10 Of The Most Anticipated Book Releases Of June 2020" - Good Housekeeping's "The 35 Best Books of 2020 to Add to Your Reading List" - Travel + Leisure's "20 Most Anticipated Summer 2020 Books" - PopSugar's 17 Most Anticipated Summer Thrillers - Working Mother's "The 20 Most Anticipated Books of 2020" - Newsweek's 20 most anticipated summer reads - Publishers Weekly's "Summer Reads 2020" - BookPage's "2020 Most Anticipated Thrillers and Mysteries" - Today.com's "16 highly anticipated summer reads" - The Star Tribune's "Great Escapes" summer reads - BookPage's "Private Eye July" - USA Today's"Summer reading guide: 20 new books you won't want to miss" - CrimeReads "10 New Books Coming Out This Week" - Buzzfeed "17 New Thrillers That Will Keep Your Summer Exciting" - The Everygirl "30 Books That Should Be on Your Summer Reading List."
Home Before Dark: A Novel
by Riley SagerIn the latest thriller from New York Times bestseller Riley Sager, a woman returns to the house made famous by her father&’s bestselling horror memoir. Is the place really haunted by evil forces, as her father claimed? Or are there more earthbound—and dangerous—secrets hidden within its walls?What was it like? Living in that house.Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a nonfiction book called House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity—and skepticism.Today, Maggie is a restorer of old homes and too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father's book. But she also doesn&’t believe a word of it. Ghosts, after all, don&’t exist. When Maggie inherits Baneberry Hall after her father's death, she returns to renovate the place to prepare it for sale. But her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the past, chronicled in House of Horrors, lurk in the shadows. And locals aren&’t thrilled that their small town has been made infamous thanks to Maggie&’s father. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself—a place filled with relics from another era that hint at a history of dark deeds. As Maggie experiences strange occurrences straight out of her father&’s book, she starts to believe that what he wrote was more fact than fiction.
Home Before Dark: 'Clever, twisty, spine-chilling' Ruth Ware
by Riley Sager'Clever, twisty, and altogether spine-chilling. . . . [A] deliciously terrifying story. . . .You'll want to read this one after dark, ideally with the wind whistling in the eaves and a window banging somewhere just out of reach. But keep the light switch handy. You just might need it' Ruth Ware, Book of the MonthWhat was it like? Living in that house.Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into a rambling Victorian estate called Baneberry Hall. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a memoir called House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon.Now, Maggie has inherited Baneberry Hall after her father's death. She was too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father's book. But she doesn't believe a word of it. Ghosts, after all, don't exist.But when she returns to Baneberry Hall to prepare it for sale, her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the pages of her father's book lurk in the shadows, and locals aren't thrilled that their small town has been made infamous. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself - a place that hints of dark deeds and unexplained happenings. As the days pass, Maggie begins to believe that what her father wrote was more fact than fiction. That, either way, someone - or something - doesn't want her here. And that she might be in danger all over again . . . THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of . . .Huff Post's "10 Of The Most Anticipated Book Releases Of June 2020" - Good Housekeeping's "The 35 Best Books of 2020 to Add to Your Reading List" - Travel + Leisure's "20 Most Anticipated Summer 2020 Books" - PopSugar's 17 Most Anticipated Summer Thrillers - Working Mother's "The 20 Most Anticipated Books of 2020" - Newsweek's 20 most anticipated summer reads - Publishers Weekly's "Summer Reads 2020" - BookPage's "2020 Most Anticipated Thrillers and Mysteries" - Today.com's "16 highly anticipated summer reads" - The Star Tribune's "Great Escapes" summer reads - BookPage's "Private Eye July" - USA Today's"Summer reading guide: 20 new books you won't want to miss" - CrimeReads "10 New Books Coming Out This Week" - Buzzfeed "17 New Thrillers That Will Keep Your Summer Exciting" - The Everygirl "30 Books That Should Be on Your Summer Reading List."(P) 2020 Penguin Random House Audio
The Home of the Willows
by Esteban DíazHow much can someone forget about a tragedy which occurred during childhood and how much haunts you for the rest of your life, as a heavy and dark shadow attached to your skin, to each breath of your exhalation, along the walked path? This is what Simon pretends to discover when he returns to the place where he spent his childhood, of which he keeps almost any memory. The old family manor called "The Home of the Willows" will open a door that, once opened, it cannot be closed again. The door of his lost memory. A door that should have been locked forever. He will discover a world of light and of darkness that cohabits with ours. A world plagued with wonderful creatures, but also with terrible beings that feed from the weakness of some human beings who can be much more horrifying than any monster living in a child´s most gloomy nightmares.
Home, Sweet Haunt
by P. J. NightEvery home has its secrets...For Nora, the truth starts to be revealed on Halloween night.It's been a bad few months for Nora Wilson. There was a huge fire in her family's apartment this summer, and her parents have been acting superweird ever since. They won't let her or her brother out of the apartment anymore, not even to go to school. So when Nora's parents say she can go trick-or-treating on Halloween, Nora is thrilled. And she's even more thrilled to make a new friend, Caitlin, who just moved into the apartment building. Caitlin knows nothing about what happened to Nora's family, but she does seem to know a lot about the ghosts that are rumored to haunt the building. As she shares these ghost stories with Nora, Nora can't help but be chilled by them. Are they hitting just a little too close to home? This spooky story is rated a Level 4 on the Creep-o-Meter.
Home Sweet Home
by John Simpson2nd EditionFruity drinks, days on the beautiful beaches of Key West, and falling in love in the pool makes a perfect vacation. Just when it seems things can't get any better, Jason meets the man of his dreams. As he watches Kevin frolic in the ocean, Jason knows Kevin is the guy he's been waiting for. It's almost too good to be true when they discover they both live in New York. Buying a house together is supposed to mean happily ever after. But while their life may be perfect, their house is less than peaceful. When unexplainable things start to go bump in the night and an otherworldly experience forces Kevin and Jason to search for answers, what they uncover is the last thing they expected.First Edition published by Silver Publishing, 2010
Homebodies: Stories
by Amy Leblanc"LeBlanc surprises and disturbs, to the reader's intense anguish - in this collection's case, a good thing." — Winnipeg Free Press"Original, inherently fascinating, and with a narrative storytelling style that is ideal for Gothic fiction and the short story format... a highly recommended pick." — Midwest Book ReviewHomebodies is an uncanny and ghostly debut with stories that provoke dread, abjection, and horror. The tales are intertwined and linked like a chain of dried daisies or butterfly legs: someone you used to know is on trial for murder. You work at a funeral home. Your dead grandmother calls you on the phone. You pin and preserve butterflies on a corkboard as a strange girl knocks on your door. You put a bike lock on the fridge. You sleepwalk. You attend a party. You get sick. You get an IV infusion. You don't get better.The stories in Homebodies show that you don't need a house to be haunted - the body can do that all on its own.,
Homebody: A Novel
by Orson Scott CardFrom a beloved and bestselling master of speculative fiction comes this chilling tale of a soulful loner who must overcome demons from his past -- and the demons he unwittingly unleashes -- when he starts renovating a faded Southern mansion. As Homebody eloquently proves, no contemporary writer outshines Orson Scott Card in crafting unlikely heroes or in suffusing the everyday world with an otherworldly glow. Don Lark's cheery name belies his tragic past. When his alcoholic ex-wife killed their daughter in a car wreck, he retreated from the sort of settled, sociable lifestyle one takes for granted. Only the prospect of putting a roof over other people's heads seems to comfort Lark, and he goes from town to town, looking for dilapidated houses he can buy, restore and resell at a profit. In Greensboro, North Carolina, Lark finds his biggest challenge yet -- a huge, sturdy, gorgeous shell that's suffered almost a century of abuse at the hands of greedy landlords and transient tenants. As he sinks his teeth into this new project, Lark's new neighborhood starts to work its charms on him. He strikes up a romance with the wry real estate agent who sold him the house. His neighbors, two charming, chatty old ladies, ply him endlessly with delicious Southern cooking. Even Sylvie, the squatter Lark was once desperate to evict from the old house, is now growing on him. But when Lark unearths an old tunnel in the cellar, the house's enchantments start to turn ominous. Sylvie turns cantankerous, even dangerous. There's still a steady supply of food from next door, but it now comes laced with increasingly passionate pleas for Lark to vacate the house at once. In short, everybody seems to want to get rid of him. Whether this is for his own good or theirs, Lark digs in his heels for reasons even he's not sure of. He embarks on a struggle for his life -- and his friends'-- against a house with a past even more tragic than his own. If Lark wins, he gets the kind of home and community he's always dreamed of. If he loses, all is lost....
The Homecoming
by Andrew PyperBestselling author Andrew Pyper returns with a riveting psychological thriller about how the people you’ve known your whole life can suddenly become strangers.What if everything you knew about the people you loved was a lie? After the death of their absentee father, Aaron and Bridge Quinlan travel to a vast rainforest property in the Pacific Northwest to hear the reading of his will. There, they meet up with their mother and troubled sister, Franny, and are shocked to discover the will’s terms: in order to claim their inheritance they must all remain at the estate for thirty days without any contact with the outside world. Despite their concerns, they agree. The Quinlans soon come to learn their family has more secrets than they ever imagined—revelations that at first inspire curiosity, then fear. Why does Bridge have faint memories of the estate? Why did their father want them to be sequestered there together? And what is out there they feel pulling them into the dark heart of the woods? The Homecoming is at once a gripping mystery, a chilling exploration of how our memories can both define and betray us, and a riveting page-turner that will have you questioning your very existence.
The Homecoming
by Carsten StroudFrom its explosive opening to its eerie climax, The Homecoming is a page-turning, labyrinthine thrill ride that returns to Niceville . . . where evil lives far longer than men do. When two plane crashes set off a spellbinding chain reaction of murder, inadvertent kidnapping, corporate corruption, and financial double-dealing, it's not enough that Niceville detective Nick Kavanaugh (ex-Special Forces) has to investigate. He and his wife, family lawyer Kate, have also just taken in brutally orphaned Rainey Teague. Something bothers Nick about Rainey--and it isn't just that the woman in charge of attendance at Rainey's prep school has disappeared. In fact, people have long been disappearing from seemingly placid Niceville, including, most disturbingly, Kate's father. Using his files, Kate and Nick start to unearth Niceville's blood stained history, but something (or is it Nothing?) stands in their way. Once again, Carsten Stroud gives us unforgettable characters, including Coker, the steely, amoral police sniper, and Harvill Endicott, an urbanely manipulative psychopath, not to mention Warren Smoles, the most conniving lawyer you will ever meet. Stroud's unique storytelling gifts bring us into a world where protecting your family from the unknown becomes almost impossible but essential for survival. Anything is possible in The Homecoming.
Homefront Horrors: Frights Away From the Front Lines, 1914-1918
by Jess NevinsThe anxiety and dread of wartime Britain is recaptured in this anthology of horror stories and supernatural fiction dating from 1914 – 18. Rather than taking war as their theme, the tales offer readers escapist fare populated by ghosts, ghouls, and other malevolent spirits. Written amid the golden age of horror fiction — the decades between the turn of the twentieth century and 1940, when tales of terror and the weird flourished — these stories constitute forgotten gems by neglected masters.Seventeen tales include Max Beerbohm's "Enoch Soames," in which an obscure poet makes a deal with the devil and travels forward in time to discover history's verdict of his work; "Laura," by Saki, a witty and moving perspective on death and loss that recounts a dead woman's reincarnation as an animal that plagues her friends; "The Three Sisters," by W. W. Jacobs, author of "The Monkey's Paw," involving a plot to expedite an inheritance by simulating a ghostly visitation; "The Pavilion," by E. Nesbit, in which a pair of romantic rivals challenge each other to spend the night at a haunted pavilion; and "The King Waits," Clemence Dane's account of the final five minutes before Anne Boleyn's execution. Additional stories include the works of Algernon Blackwood, M. R. James, Lord Dunsany, and others.