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Reckoning (Whispering Pines #3)
by Heidi Lang Kati BartkowskiIn this thrilling addition to the Whispering Pines middle grade series that&’s &“a cosmic blend of magical monsters and scary science as frightening as it is fun&” (Kirkus Reviews), Rae and Caden venture into the monstrous Other Place to rescue their captured friends and save their town.Eyeless horrors. Giant, flesh-eating bugs. Despite everything Whispering Pines has thrown at her, Rae has never given up searching for her missing father. But when she discovers a surprising connection between his disappearance and Green On!, the shady alternative energy company that runs her town, she&’ll be forced to confront a monster more dangerous than anything she&’s ever faced before. Meanwhile, now that Caden&’s vindictive older brother is gone, it&’s up to him to uphold the family business and ensure that the evil in the Other Place never breaks free. But when a mangled body is discovered in his backyard, he realizes that he can&’t protect Whispering Pines from the monstrous creatures of the Other Place—because they&’re already here. The only way for both Caden and Rae to save the people of Whispering Pines is to embark on a mission deep into the heart of the Other Place. There, Caden will have to come to terms with the truth of his family&’s legacy and learn how to harness his full power. If he fails, all the horrors of the Other Place will descend on Whispering Pines, and that&’s a threat that the town—and the world—cannot survive.
Whispering Pines (Whispering Pines Ser. #1)
by Heidi Lang Kati BartkowskiStranger Things meets The X-Files in this eerie, heart-pounding middle grade adventure about a young boy and girl who must protect their small town from otherworldly forces threatening to destroy it.Rae&’s father vanished without a trace—and Rae knows what happened to him. But no one believes her when she says that her father didn&’t run off, that he was actually taken. Now, a year of therapy later, Rae&’s mother decides they need a fresh start, and so they move to a new town in the hope that life can return to normal.The problem is, there is nothing normal about the town of Whispering Pines.No one knows this better than Caden. He&’s lived in Whispering Pines his entire life, and he&’s seen more than his fair share of weird—starting with his own family, as the town is the perfect home base for his mother&’s ghost hunting business.When several kids go missing and then show up like zombies with their eyes removed, many locals brush it off. Just another day in Whispering Pines. But Caden has a dark secret, one that may explain why someone is stealing eyes. And Rae, who knows how it feels to not be believed, may be just the person Caden needs to help him put things right.
The Fisherman
by John LanganIn upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other's company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumors of the Creek, and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss it as just another fish story. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir. It's a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as Der Fisher: the Fisherman. It will bring Abe and Dan face to face with all that they have lost, and with the price they must pay to regain it.
House of Windows
by John LanganReissued with a new introduction by Adam Nevill and including a Reading Group Guide, House of Windows is a masterpiece haunted house story by rising star in Horror John Langan. “Think Henry James and Joyce Carol Oates with just a few paragraphs of Joe Lansdale…” —Tor.com “John Langan is a writer of superb literary horror. Both House of Windows and The Fisherman are dark and unsettling contemporary masterpieces.” —Peter Straub, New York Times bestselling author For the last few years, Veronica Croydon has been at the center of scandal, first as the younger woman for whom her famous professor left his wife, and then as his apparent widow. When a writer staying at the same vacation home as Veronica has the chance to hear her story, he jumps at it. What follows takes him to the dark heart of a father's troubled relationship with his only son, in a story that stretches from a college town in the Hudson Valley to the battlefields on Afghanistan, from post-9/11 America to the height of Victorian England. It is a story that leads inexorably to the Belvedere House, the home Veronica shares with her husband, within whose walls a father's terrible words to his son echo and gain in awful force. House of Windows is a tense, frightening exploration of a marriage under strain from forces both psychological and supernatural, and it is a meditation on the ways loss haunts every one of us. “House of Windows is a haunted house story of the highest order.” —Strange Horizons Reading Group Guide Inside
Mammoth Books presents Monsters in Our Midst: Three Stories by Michael Marshall Smith, Gary Kilworth and John Langan
by John Langan Michael Marshall Smith Gary KilworthSubstitutions - Michael Marshall SmithMichael Marshall Smith recalls: "This story came about in the simplest way, the way I always enjoy most - something happening in real life that makes you think 'What if?' "Our household gets a lot of its food via an online delivery service, and one day when I was unpacking what had just been dropped at our house I gradually realised there was something...not quite right about the contents of the bags."There's two things that are strange about that experience. The first is that - given that every household is likely to buy at least some things in common - you don't realise straight away that you've been given the wrong shopping. You don't immediately think 'This is wrong', more like . . . 'This is weird'. The second is how personal it is, gaining accidental access to this very tangible evocation of some other family's life. You can't help but wonder about the people the food was really destined for."In real life, I just called up the delivery guy and got it sorted out: but in fiction, you might tackle things slightly differently . . ."Out Back - Garry Kilworth"'Out Back' was written for a group of friends," Kilworth recalls, "who appear as characters in the story under their initials, as I do myself. Those who know me well will recognise the protagonists."Iken is a real village on the edge of the marshes behind Snape Maltings in Suffolk. Two years ago I wandered along the periphery of the reed beds which stretch down towards the coast as a green and golden sea, the waves created by the winds that blow across the flatlands. Looking at the church that sits on a knoll above the marshes I thought, 'This is a perfect setting for a horror story.' And so . . ."City of the Dog - John Langan"This story arose from my desire to see what I could do with the figure of the ghoul," reveals Langan, "and as I've tried to indicate within the narrative, I drew inspiration both from H.P. Lovecraft ('Pickman's Model') and Caitlín R. Kiernan (Daughter of Hounds)."The miserable years in New York State's capital, though, were mine alone."
Audrey's Door
by Sarah LanganBuilt on the Upper West Side, the elegant Breviary claims a regal history. But despite 14B's astonishingly low rental price, the recent tragedy within its walls has frightened away all potential tenants . . . except for Audrey Lucas. No stranger to tragedy at thirty-two--a survivor of a fatherless childhood and a mother's hopeless dementia-- Audrey is obsessively determined to make her own way in a city that often strangles the weak. But is it something otherworldly or Audrey's own increasing instability that's to blame for the dark visions that haunt her . . . and for the voice that demands that she build a door? A door it would be true madness to open . . .
The Keeper
by Sarah LanganSome believe Bedford, Maine, is cursed. Its bloody past, endless rain, and the decay of its downtown portend a hopeless future. With the death of its paper mill, Bedford's unemployed residents soon find themselves with far too much time to dwell on thoughts of Susan Marley. Once the local beauty, she's now the local whore. Silently prowling the muddy streets, she watches eerily from the shadows, waiting for . . . something. And haunting the sleep of everyone in town with monstrous visions of violence and horror. Those who are able will leave Bedford before the darkness fully ascends. But those who are trapped here-from Susan Marley's long-suffering mother and younger sister to her guilt-ridden, alcoholic ex-lover to the destitute and faithless with nowhere else to go-will soon know the fullest and most terrible meaning of nightmare.
The Missing
by Sarah LanganA remote and affluent Maine community, Corpus Christi was untouched by the environmental catastrophe that destroyed the neighboring blue-collar town of Bedford. But all that will change in a heartbeat . . . The nightmare is awakened when third-grade schoolteacher Lois Larkin takes the children on a field trip to Bedford. There in the abandoned woods, a small, cruel boy unearths an ancient horror--a contagious plague that transforms its victims into something violent, hungry . . . and inhuman. The long, dark night is just beginning. And all hope must die as the contagion feeds--for the malevolence will not rest until it has devoured every living soul in Corpus Christi . . . and beyond.
Rovers
by Richard LangeTwo immortal brothers crisscross the American Southwest to elude a murderous biker gang and protect a young woman in this &“utter triumph and delight&” from award-winning author Richard Lange (Jonathan Ames, author of A Man Named Doll)Summer, 1976. Jesse and his brother, Edgar, are on the road in search of victims. They&’re rovers, nearly indestructible nocturnal beings who must consume human blood in order to survive. For seventy years they&’ve lurked on the fringes of society, roaming from town to town, dingy motel to dingy motel, stalking the transients, addicts, and prostitutes they feed on.This hard-boiled supernatural hell ride kicks off when the brothers encounter a young woman who disrupts their grim routine, forcing Jesse to confront his past and plunging his present into deadly chaos as he finds himself scrambling to save her life. The story plays out through the eyes of the brothers, a grieving father searching for his son&’s murderer, and a violent gang of rover bikers, coming to a shattering conclusion in Las Vegas on the eve of America&’s Bicentennial.Gripping, relentless, and ferocious, Rovers demonstrates once again why Richard Lange has been hailed as an &“expert writer, his prose exact, his narrative tightly controlled&” (Steph Cha, Los Angeles Times).
Thanks Fur Last Night
by Eve Langlais Milly Taiden Kate BaxterEnter a world of smoldering shifters in this scintillating anthology headlined by New York Times bestselling authors Eve Langlais and Milly Taiden with brand-new, never published novellas! Bearing His Sin Cole should have killed Anja the moment he realized she was his mate. Instead, he let her live and now they’re on the hunt, chasing the morons who think they can force her to marry another man. Like hell. And while this shapeshifting bear might have his share of sins, he’s not going to let little things like murder and mayhem prevent him from having the woman meant to be the keeper of his heart. Bought by the Bear Josilyn Martinez just needed the money to help raise her nephew. That's it. There's no other reason she would take a job posing as a shifter's mate so he can assure his grandmother he's settled down. There's no reason to stay at his place so they learn "more about each other." And there's definitely no good reason she should get involved with the hard, hot, and handsome shifter that's hired her. Xander just needs a fake mate for a week to get his grandmother off his back. But what's a bear shifter to do when the impostor mate he hired turns out to be his actual mate? All sweet, luscious curves and a heart of gold, Xander's not going to let his mate get away. Now all he has to do is show her that they belong together, one kiss and touch at a time... The Alpha and I Devon Kincaid is happy with her new life in Lowman, Idaho. Her little bar on the outskirts of the tiny, isolated town is doing well, and she’s not even interested in finding a man. But when she finds a bleeding man—a hot, hard, handsome, naked bleeding man—in the snow one night, Devon brings him home to care for him. He’s definitely not like any man she’s ever met before, but what she doesn’t realize is that he’s not just a man… Liam Murphy isn't simply a werewolf. He's the Alpha. In a heated battle with a deadly bear shifter, he's moved his pack to the Sawtooth Wilderness in order to draw danger from them. He was hoping to escape his problems—but the last thing he expects to find in the isolated Idaho wilderness was his mate. Fragile and unfamiliar with the violent supernatural world, the only way he can protect Devon is to make her what he is: a werewolf. He only hopes that in the process convincing her to enter fully into his world, that he doesn’t drive away the one woman he can’t live without.
The Goon Vol. 3: FISHY MEN, WITCHY WOMEN & BITTER BEER
by Roger LangridgeA stand alone Goon tale by acclaimed creative team of writer Roger Langridge (Fred the Clown, The Muppets) and artist Mike Norton (Battle Pug, Revival).When a brewing war between Mother Brewster's clan and Kaiser Fishhelm's Old Peculiar distillery breaks out, it looks to undermine the stability of the local unions. And the Goon can't have that, can he? Witches... Fish Men... and Beer! It's a calamitous mixture as the Goon and Franky try to keep the Brewer's Union in line and chaos at bay.
The Shadow Hunt
by Katherine LangrishWolf is on the run--from the oppressive monastery where he was raised, from the ghosts and demons that haunt the windswept moors of Devil's Edge, and from the shadows in the landscape that resemble the Devil himself. When Wolf rescues a strange child on Devil's Edge, he takes her to a grand castle hoping to win the favor of its ruler. There he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a girl named Nest, and he thinks he's finally found a place to call home. Wolf is determined to fit in, but not everything is as it seems at the castle. Dark forces are conspiring against Wolf and Nest, and a sinister enemy is looming closer than they could ever realize. With lies masquerading as reality, will Wolf and Nest learn who they can trust... before it's too late? Critically acclaimed author Katherine Langrish has created a wonderfully spooky and richly imagined world of ghosts and magical creatures, where good may be evil and light may give way to dark.
Troll Blood (Troll Trilogy #3)
by Katherine LangrishIn this final novel in the Troll Trilogy, Langrish's blend of Viking history, Norse and Native American mythology, fantasy, and magic delivers a rousing tale as Peer and Hilde struggle to survive in a wild realm of wonder and menace.
By Bizarre Hands
by Joe R. LansdaleSixteen of the author's short horror stories. His novella, "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead People," the 1990 Bram Stoker Award winner, is included. 2 new stories are also included. Some British spellings.
Mammoth Books presents Christmas with the Dead
by Joe R. Lansdale"I wrote 'Christmas with the Dead' simply because I wanted to write a holiday horror story," Lansdale admits. "This was the result."
Mammoth Books presents Christmas with the Dead (Mammoth Books #415)
by Joe R. LansdaleI wrote 'Christmas with the Dead' simply because I wanted to write a holiday horror story," Lansdale admits. "This was the result.
Mammoth Books presents A Clutch of Zombies: Four Stories by Scott Edelman, Joe R. Lansdale, Albert E. Cowdrey and Karina Sumner Smith
by Joe R. Lansdale Albert E. Cowdrey Karina Sumner SmithIn this grizzly anthology of the undead, four fascinatingly horrid dystopian universes are described, with zombies taking centre stage.Included are:What Will Come After - Scott EdelmanIn this most personal of zombie stories, the author imagines himself as the protagonist, looking ahead to what would happen after his own death . . . and rebirth. Christmas with the Dead - Joe R. LansdaleThe ultimate in holiday horror stories.Fort Clay, Louisiana: A Tragical History - Albert E. CowdreyWhen a young photographer welcomes an elderly man to her house to see the book she has published about a long-deserted 19th century military fort on the Mississippi, watery southern horrors emerge from the past.When the Zombies Win - Karina Sumner-SmithThe ultimate in dystopian what-ifs, Karina Sumner-Smith's story is set after the zombie apocalypse has reached its zenith. When there's no one left to infect, where do the zombies turn?
The Case of the Missing Mummy (The New Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley)
by Francess LantzMary-Kate and Ashley couldn't wait to see the mummy exhibit at their at museum. But when they got there, the mummy was gone! Join the Trenchcoat Twins as they solve one of their most puzzling mysteries ever!
Il cuore posseduto: The Haunted Heart: Winter
by Josh LanyonSinossi Da quando Alan è morto, Flynn non mangia, non dorme e non passa molto tempo davanti allo specchio. Ma forse dovrebbe prestare un po' più di attenzione alla sua immagine, perché qualcosa, attraverso uno specchio del XXIII secolo, lo sta guardando... Ancora in lutto per la morte improvvisa del suo fidanzato, l’antiquariato Flynn Ambrose si trasferisce nella vecchia e fatiscente casa di Pitch Pine Lane per catalogare e vendere il vasto assortimento di oggetti arcani e bizzarri che un tempo riempivano il misterioso museo del suo defunto zio. Ma non tutti gli articoli sono così facili da classificare. E neppure sbarazzarsene...
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Film That Terrified a Rattled Nation
by Joseph LanzaWhen Tobe Hooper’s low-budget slasher film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, opened in theaters in 1974, it was met in equal measure with disgust and reverence. The film—in which a group of teenagers meet a gruesome end when they stumble upon a ramshackle farmhouse of psychotic killers—was outright banned in several countries and was pulled from many American theaters after complaints of its violence. Despite the mixed reception from critics, it was enormously profitable at the domestic box office and has since secured its place as one of the most influential horror movies ever made. In The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Its Terrifying Times, cultural critic Joseph Lanza turns his attentions to the production, reception, social climate, and impact of this controversial movie that rattled the American psyche. Joseph Lanza transports the reader back to the tumultuous era of the 1970s defined by political upheaval, cultural disillusionment, and the perceived decay of the nuclear family in the wake of Watergate, the onslaught of serial killers in the US, as well as mounting racial and sexual tensions. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Its Terrifying Times sets the themes of the film against the backdrop of the political and social American climate to understand why the brutal slasher flick connected with so many viewers. As much a book about the movie as the moment, Joseph Lanza has created an engaging and nuanced work that grapples with the complications of the American experience.
Almas perdidas
by Daniele Lanzarotta‘Almas perdidas’ es una serie de relatos relacionados con un grupo de amigos y una casa con un pasado lleno de asesinatos. Este primer volumen incluye dos de estas historias. ‘Te sigue’: Una noche entre amigos se convierte en un infierno después de que Brooke Robertson se dé cuenta de que un espíritu maligno la ha seguido. ‘Siete minutos en el infierno’: Un juego de iniciación entre amigos se les va de las manos cuando el pasado vuelve para atraparlos.
Nephilim (L'Accademia dei Caduti #2)
by Daniele LanzarottaL'Accademia è sempre stata la casa degli Angeli caduti e degli Umani tormentati, ma questo sta per cambiare. Hunter e Kayla, l'Immortale e la Nephilim, si trovano intrappolati in un posto che odiano...con esseri di cui non si fidano. All'interno dell'Accademia sono circondati dai Caduti...i problematici... Al di fuori, l'Accademia è circondata da Demoni e Fantasmi che cercano di entrare, compreso un Incubo che ha già tormentato Kayla. Mentre Kayla è costretta ad apprendere quello che è...e quello per cui è nata, Hunter ha un unico scopo in testa. Vuole farla fuggire, ma abbandonare la protezione dell'Accademia metterà tutto e tutti a rischio...inclusi loro stessi.
Books of the Dead: Reading the Zombie in Contemporary Literature
by Tim LanzendörferThe zombie has cropped up in many forms—in film, in television, and as a cultural phenomenon in zombie walks and zombie awareness months—but few books have looked at what the zombie means in fiction. Tim Lanzendörfer fills this gap by looking at a number of zombie novels, short stories, and comics, and probing what the zombie represents in contemporary literature. Lanzendörfer brings together the most recent critical discussion of zombies and applies it to a selection of key texts including Max Brooks’s World War Z, Colson Whitehead’s Zone One, Junot Díaz’s short story “Monstro,” Robert Kirkman’s comic series The Walking Dead, and Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Within the context of broader literary culture, Lanzendörfer makes the case for reading these texts with care and openness in their own right. Lanzendörfer contends that what zombies do is less important than what becomes possible when they are around. Indeed, they seem less interesting as metaphors for the various ways the world could end than they do as vehicles for how the world might exist in a different and often better form.
El infierno está cerca
by Marta Prieto Lara N. P. Martin"El infierno está vacio y todos los demonios están aquí." Leia Swanson es una chica huérfana que acaba de cumplir los dieciocho años y dejar atrás un pasado turbulento en el que perdió a sus padres con sólo siete años. Entonces, la gente empieza a convertirse en demonio ante sus ojos y ella comienza a sentir un poder extraño creciendo en su interior. Después de visitar la casa de su infancia, la vida de Leia dará un giro. Convencida de que un demonio se llevó a su madre y mató a su padre, Leia descubre el verdadero pasado de su madre: una Vigilante (cazador de demonios) y que ella también es una Nephilim (mitad ángel, mitad humana). Cuando alguien secuestra a su hermano gemelo Josh y mata a su madre de acogida, Leia se ve obligada a encontrar a Frank, su tío, del que nadie le había contado nada. A pesar de ser un hombre solitario, Frank accede a enseñar a Leia a utilizar sus poderes de Vigilante y ayudarla a rescatar a su hermano. En el camino, Leia podrá desentrañar ese pasado oscuro. Mientras tanto, un poderoso demonio ha secuestrado a niños Nephilim de todo el mundo para involucrarlos en un malvado plan que pondrá en peligro la tierra. El infierno está cerca. ¿Será capaz Leia de dar su vida y, posiblemente, su alma para salvar al mundo? El infierno está cerca es el primer libro de la saga Los Vigilantes. Si le gustan los thriller supernaturales, descargue un fragmento o compre El infierno está cerca.
Liar
by Justine LarbalestierMicah freely admits that she's a compulsive liar. Over the years she's duped her classmates, her teachers, and her parents. But when her boyfriend dies under brutal circumstances, the shock might be enough to set her straight. Or maybe not.