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October 2002: Another weekend in the small fishing village in New Jersey. Five years after the events of the last book, can the Belford residents move on with their lives after what's happened in their past?

If you like scary stories, you've come to the right place. Over 15 tales of terror told in a true story style that will make your blood run cold!

Another classic in the Jeeves series, Very Good, Jeeves showcases the very best of the incomparable valet and his bumbling master, Bertie Wooster. First published in 1930, this charming collection of short stories sees hapless Bertie Wooster saved yet again from various scrapes by his ingenious valet, Jeeves. Whether it’s averting disastrous engagements, smoothing over family feuds or untangling sticky situations created by Bertie’s eccentric circle of friends, Jeeves cleverly resolves each potential fiasco with his impeccable calm...

Do you like scary stories? Over 20 tales of terror told in a true story style that will have you sleeping with the lights on! I am here to satisfy all of horror anthology needs.

Few authors can claim to have marked a genre so thoroughly and personally that their words have leaked into every aspect of modern pop culture. Clive Barker is such an author, and the Books of Blood marked his debut - his coming out to the world - in brilliant, unforgettable fashion. Crossroad Press is proud to present Clive Barker's Books of Blood in audiobook format for the first time. The Books of Blood combine the ordinary with the extraordinary while radiating the eroticism that has become Barker's signature.

If you like scary stories, you’ve come to the right place. Over 15 tales of terror told in a true story style that will scare you stiff!

Jack Roberts is back from the Sudan and with a crippling wound, no longer an active soldier. When he is sent to Iran to help find oil for British battleships he has to leave home once more. This time he leaves a son who is about to embark on a military career too. The Roberts family is soon going to war again.

Twenty six short stories about the eccentric inhabitants of Meridian Cliffs, a small wind-battered town on England's South Coast. Welcome to Meridian Cliffs. Located at exactly 0 degrees 0 minutes west, and 0 degrees 0 minutes east, it's where the Greenwich Meridian meets the Channel, and time stands poised at absolute zero. But due to ever-increasing coastal erosion, it's getting smaller every day.

You finally get home after a long, stressful day of work, counting down the seconds until you finally get to hug your bed. But as soon as your head hits the pillow, you get left alone with a swirling storm of thoughts and worries. You realize that another long night is in front of you. An hour later, your mind is still racing, well aware of the passing time and the unlikelihood of waking up well-rested. It’s time to put an end to this, once and for all.

How much fear can your heart take? Your skin crawls. Something in the darkness growls. Paralyzed by fear, you can’t run, you can’t hide. All you can do is scream... Welcome to the terrifying world of Spine Chillers. This special collection brings together 15 delightfully dreadful tales of supernatural horror that are guaranteed to haunt your dreams and stalk your waking hours.

In the interlocking Tales of the Dying Earth Vance explores the world at the end of time when sun is guttering. Light itself is different and Vance’s landscapes —described in language that is lyrical, seductive, and partly self-invented —are wild and surreal, full of opportunity and danger. On the Dying Earth, the rules of physics as we know them have been amended and replaced by magic. The laws of evolution have spun out creatures that are humanoid, hybrid, and often terrifying.

Brought to you by Penguin. As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose...

Flagler Beach, Florida is quite the small town, eclectic and quirky...and filled with many unique characters. Flagler Fish Company offers not only great seafood but great characters as well! The fourth volume in the Flagler Beach Fiction series. Contemporary Fiction and a fun beach read! Includes 10 short stories and Author Notes!

Epic yard wars (Because it’s always a good day when you call tell the HOA to suck it.), a PTA take down (Spoiler alert - lice is a great way to clear a room), bizarre goings on at a Parents Day Out program, Little League intrigue (Apparently, you don’t know real power until you become “Commissioner” of your local Little League.), a tale of Vacation Bible School taking an, ahem, rather unfortunate turn, how to get kicked out of the Junior League (It was harder than you might think), a science fair stalker and turning Christmas inflatables into a revenge plot.

In a town where the corrupt are protected, a bereaved mother seeks retribution for an arsonist’s crimes. Only Nameless can help ease the burden of her grief - and satisfy her rage - in part four of this thrilling series. After a suspicious house fire, Regina Belmont lost her two children, was left disfigured, and was abandoned by her gutless husband. Brokenhearted and bullied into silence by corrupt officials, Regina’s only recourse for truth and justice is Nameless. There’s something about this case that’s breaking Nameless’s heart as well. But can he bear to remember why?

A dense yellow miasma swirls in the streets of London as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson accompany a beautiful young woman to a sinister assignation. For Mary Marston has received several large pearls - one a year for the last six years - and now a mystery letter telling her she is a wronged woman. If she would seek justice she is to meet her unknown benefactor, bringing with her two companions. But unbeknownst to them all, others stalk London's fog-enshrouded streets: a one-legged ruffian with revenge on his mind.

Ein Muss für alle Fans: Lieblingscharaktere, neue Helden und alte Feinde aus dem "Scythe"-Universum. Stell dir eine Welt vor, in der Armut, Krankheit und Tod besiegt sind. Aber auch in dieser perfekten Welt müssen Menschen sterben. Und die Entscheidung über Leben und Tod treffen die Scythe: Sie allein entscheiden, wer sterben muss. Doch nicht alle Scythe halten sich an die Regeln... Gleanings erzählt Storys aus dieser erschreckenden und faszinierenden Welt, die vielleicht unsere Zukunft ist.

An acclaimed novelist, short story writer and critic, Leslie Poles Hartley is best known for his 1953 novel The Go-Between, which won the W. H. Heinemann Award and was adapted as a BAFTA-winning film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates. Included here is a radio dramatisation of that classic tale, alongside adaptations of three further novels and five short stories.

Four short Cooper stories compiled into this audio novella.

Im Moloch Paris treiben sich die seltsamsten Gestalten herum. Der prosaische Großmeister Victor Hugo nutzt diese Weltbühne, um Charaktere unterschiedlichster Couleur aufeinanderprallen zu lassen und entfesselt ein spektakuläres Realitätsbild der wahnwitzigen Gesellschaft. Sorgenlose und mutige Glücksjäger, ausgestoßene Einzelgänger, vom Teufel besessene Priester, die leidenschaftlich morden und in alchemistischer Besessenheit nach Goldformeln suchen, wunderschöne Frauen, Studenten u. a.