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A young woman bargains with a demon to save her brothers, only to lose her heart in this slow-burn romantasy about dark magic, unlikely love, and the imperfect beauty of mortality. This stunning hardcover edition of Reap & Sow will feature deluxe embellishments, including a dazzling metallic...

My name is Layla, and lately, things have gotten... complicated. It all started when I dragged Sam, my self-proclaimed “best boyfriend ever” (he tries), to explore an abandoned asylum. Creepy? Obviously. Smart? Not even a little. The real mistake was finding a stash of old audio tapes and, like a true genius, hitting play. Now nothing feels right. Time’s weird. I’m weird. Sam thinks I’m losing it. Honestly? Fair assessment. But normal is boring.

In the shadowed alleys and fog-laden streets of Portsmouth, Detective Nicholas Cain fights a relentless battle against the city’s underworld. But in a place where history never fully fades, some secrets are buried deeper than others. As night falls, a hidden world emerges, one where ancient forces and dark powers lurk just beneath the surface.

In the early 1990’s, Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are drawn into a bizarre case in New York, linked both to Hellboy’s 1980 adventure with Anastasia in Brazil and to The Lobster’s encounter with the Proteus Club in 1933. A strange community of bizarre humans has been living in secret beneath Manhattan for more than sixty years. Now, though, someone is stalking them, murdering them one by one—someone who claims to be the ancient goddess Sem-Karul. With aid from the now elderly Cynthia Tynan, Hellboy and the BPRD must face the Goddess of Manhattan, and the monsters who serve her.

In Bloodstained, the electrifying sequel to Bloodlust, Sebastian and Leona are thrust into a world of darkness and danger as they flee the clutches of the malevolent Gideon with their coven in tow. Seeking sanctuary in the ancient streets of Spain, they are soon faced with a daunting task: to prepare for the inevitable showdown with Gideon by seeking the aid of two mysterious vampires who hold the key to unlocking their true potential.

Debilitated by scoliosis as a child, Marissa Bonaventure seems the unlikeliest woman in the world to carry a rare, powerful gene. But it is exactly for her unique genetics that she’s snatched from her bed one dark night, a coveted prize in a battle between demons. Her world rapidly unravels in unspeakable terror, until a shadowed, black-haired stranger rescues her.

In a world ruled by immortal elves, Genevieve Autumn, a forbidden half-breed of human and elf, hides among humans to escape persecution. When her sister is seized by the dark elven court, Genevieve offers herself to the light elves in exchange for her sister's freedom. Little does she know, this decision thrusts her into a treacherous world of political intrigue and cruelty. As Genevieve struggles to conceal her identity within the light court, she discovers a latent power: the ability to foresee the future.

Unexplained events are happening at Oxford these days. Several students have been attacked at night by some strange form of wild animal. It can scale walls with cat-like agility. Its arms are as thin and as strong as steel bands. And there is one student who conducts midnight studies in his room with certain Egyptian artifacts. The most significant of which is a 6'7" tall mummy.

They thought it was just an old camera. They were wrong. When Jesse and his friends buy a vintage Polaroid from a strange woman at a flea market, they expect retro fun and creepy snapshots. But the first photo they take shows someone they know—terrified, mid-run, seconds before death. By morning, he's gone. Each new picture shows another person. Another scene. Another death that hasn't happened yet.

Is turning a haunted mansion into a bed-and-breakfast such a good idea? Sean and his family think so, except for Avery, who believes guests will be scared away by disembodied voices, candles that light themselves, and the ghostly reenactment of the notorious Graymoor ax murders. When the gay boys of Verona went their separate ways, Verona was more at peace than it had been in ages. Skye, the local champion of gay boys, has been gone for five long years, however, and much has changed in his absence.

SickEST B*stards continues from the end of SickER B*stards. To understand this short story and wrap up the events of Sick B*stards, you need to listen to the previous two titles.

Summer, 1986. Five friends gathered in a basement for a game of Dungeons & Dragons. The plan was simple: roll the dice, fight some monsters, and kill a few hours before curfew. But when lightning strikes and the old arcade cabinet in the corner shorts out, the game comes alive. Steel meets bone. Magic burns the sky. Every roll matters, every wound bleeds, and the dungeon they built starts to build itself. Now the friends who dreamed of adventure are trapped inside it.

After the syndicated TV show Inquiring Minds airs footage of their resident ghost at Holly Grove, a converted antebellum plantation house, it seems as if half the state of Louisiana wants to book a room. There’s only one small problem: the ghost of her not-so-dearly-departed husband Burl has...departed. For the sake of business, Holly’s willing to keep up the pretense of still being haunted. But after an outspoken debunker challenges the show’s credibility, the TV crew returns to Holly Grove to prove the ghost is real.

In the summer of 1987, a mysterious carnival appears overnight on the outskirts of a small town—its glowing lights and haunting music promising dreams fulfilled. But for Jake, Riley, Amber, Dare, and Jimmy, the carnival offers only fear, twisted reflections of their worst nightmares, and a sinister game they never asked to play. When Jimmy disappears inside the carnival, the friends must venture deeper into its surreal horrors to rescue him.

Inspired by a trip to a graveyard in Wales, the novella was originally not well received. The Great God Pan is now considered an excellent example of Gothic fiction, and has influenced such writers as Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Ray Bradbury.

"Schalken the Painter" is a ghost short story by Sheridan Le Fanu, taking place in the 17th-century Netherlands. An aspiring painter falls in love with his master’s niece but one day, a mysterious man comes to ask for the niece’s hand, and the master agrees. Yet the heartbroken painter can’t help but feel that is something totally wrong with this new suitor. This is a short story of about greedy family relations, and is a psychologically unnerving and ghastly tale that fans of horror fiction will definitely love. B. J.

Wendy is an overwhelmed single mother. When a chance opportunity comes along to start anew in Canada comes along, she leaps at it. But then her son is kidnapped by a devil. Wendy will have to go through hell to get him back or give in to the Eighth Sin.

"The Room in the Dragon Volant" is a mysterious story about a premature burial, a theme favoured by Poe some years previously. When a chivalric young man tries to save an innocent countess from the clutches of a greedy count, little does he suspect that the whole situation could be a trap. With plenty of Gothic elements and some remarkable episodes of horror, "The Room in the Dragon Volant" is a haunting mystery story that will keep readers at the edge of their seat. B. J.

B is for Beasts, the second audiobook in an epic series of 26 horror anthologies. Within these sections you will find a collection of 13 stories from some of the finest independent writers on the scene today. From oversized bugs to Kaiju, vicious woodland creatures to giant spiders, B is for Beasts contains a range of terrifying stories in which the humans are always the prey.

"Uncle Silas" is a Gothic locked-room mystery novel by Sheridan Le Fanu. Maud Ruthyn is an orphan, left in the care of her mysterious and evil uncle Silas. The latter keeps thinking up new and creative ways to get rid of his niece. In a similar vein to Wilkie Collins’ novels, Le Fanu’s "Uncle Silas" depicts a heroine in danger, who moves from one hair-raising adventure to the next, making it a perfect, terrifying, horror tale of greed and vile intentions. B. J.