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The dog was standing by the tree, four paws firmly planted, his hackles up. His owner, who had run after him through the woods, stopped and gasped aloud in shock. In front of them, hanging from the ancient yew tree, was a body. Blood dripped down the victim’s pale skin, where strange symbols had been crudely carved. The eyes stared straight ahead. Empty. Unseeing.

Helen Harper presents Book 5 in the Firebrand series.

When the world grows quiet… something begins to stir. A sound where no sound should be...... A shadow that moves when nothing is there. A truth that refuses to remain buried. In this novel-length collection of horror and dark suspense, Scott W. Cook presents six unsettling tales that explore the thin boundary between the familiar and the unknown — where curiosity leads to terror, and answers often raise even darker questions.

Vasilisa Sidkorolyavolkva is a Lycan of royal blood. She knows what is expected of her, but all she wants is to be out from under her family’s watchful eyes. There is a fire inside her that is building. A restlessness coupled with a sense of growing dread. Every day she feels the weight of the legacy passed down through generations. The prophecy that says a man will come to claim her as his mate, and that she will guard his soul. She knows nothing about him except that he is hers. But nothing seems real until the night she meets him in the flesh...

A web of lies. A confusion of secrets. A maze of murder. In a quiet Manchester suburb, a man sets himself on fire in a petrol station. Nearby, a fourteen-year-old girl murders her mother in cold blood. At the Coroner's Officer, Detective Inspector Ridpath is called in to investigate both of...

When a couple renovate a beautiful 17th-century house in the Cotswolds, they discover the ghosts of the Civil War are still in residence. As Guy and Ruth delve into the property's history, uncovering both joy and sorrow, the house finally relinquishes its secrets, revealing how closely the family from the past is intertwined with the present-day owners. Why do they seem so familiar? Have they perhaps met before?

In the third volume of the Unicorn Chronicles, Cara Diana Hunter journeys to the Valley of the Centaurs in quest of a mysterious lost story that could hold the key to the survival of the unicorns.

Nearly a year ago, a young woman was found in an alley, barely alive. She woke up in the hospital days later with amnesia and no memory of the dark and dangerous life she once lived. With no ID and no one reporting her missing, she must start over—beginning with a name. She decides on Hannah, spelled the same backward and forward, symbolizing her blank slate: a life without a past and an unknown future. Haunted by an eerie feeling of being watched, Hannah hires private investigators, Belle and Jackson Avery, to find out if someone is following her.

In the ominous corridors of 1950, Eleanor Mayfield flees from her tormented past into the chilling embrace of an eerie mental institution. Each night, reality blurs as whispers and ghostly visions relentlessly stalk her. Accompanied only by a devoted security guard and a cryptic caretaker, Eleanor plunges into the institution's sinister depths, unveiling terrifying secrets that should have stayed hidden.

Marlowe never wanted to spend her week locked in a courthouse serving jury duty. But on the second day, a catastrophic EMP strikes, shutting down power, communication, and society as she knows it. Trapped in a city unraveling into chaos, Marlowe's only ally is Cristian, a hardened sheriff's deputy with a past as fractured as the streets they now walk.

Whispers in the Dark is a gay romance and erotic storytelling podcast for quiet hearts. Intimate love stories between men, slow-burn desire, longing, secrecy, and connection — designed for late-night listening and gay bedtime stories. Each episode is written and narrated by Dani Hyden. Want to read ahead? The Whispers in the Dark book series is available on Amazon Kindle and Paperback.

Don't go into the dark woods - where the trees grow dense and the sunlight struggles to reach the underbrush . . . Mare of Easttown meets The Outsider in this spine-tingling and twisty debut set in a small town deep in the Virginian woods. Rachel Kennan knows the townspeople of Dahlmouth will...

The sacrifices Kaia and her family have to make for a chance of gaining immortality might tear them apart, and success is not guaranteed. Is the dubious promise of eternal life worth the risk of losing everything?

William knows that his budding relationship with the 19-year-old Kaia will be frowned upon, but he’s unprepared for her family’s vehement opposition. Family means everything to Kaia, so when she finds herself in the impossible position of having to choose between them and William, she resorts to unconventional means to resolve the conflict.

Spooky tales to keep you at the edge of your seats

Exploring the paranormal and supernatural.

A brilliant scientist and programmer, William lives for his work, but when he recruits a young bioinformatician to help him decipher the gods’ genetic blueprints, he find himself smitten with more than just her brain. A PhD at 19, Kaia is considered a prodigy and expects a bright future in academia. But when William invites her to join his secret research team, she accepts for reasons that have nothing to do with her career objectives. William’s promise to look into her best friend’s disappearance is an offer she just can’t refuse.

At twenty-four, Cody has already lost hope of having a life of his own. All his time is spent playing nurse to a dying, spiteful stepfather and maid to his bully half-brother. His only escapes are playing his favorite online fantasy game, Black Oasis, and talking to the strange, unearthly presence under his bed that may or may not actually exist. Everything changes when his nightly visitor, who introduces himself as Nor, starts talking back. As their connection deepens, Nor invites Cody into the surreal world existing just beyond his nightmares.

Aethelburg City is drowning in fear. A chillingly precise killer dubbed "The Puppeteer" stalks the rain-slicked streets, leaving elaborately staged victims like grotesque marionettes. The police are lost, and Detective Jack Donovan, haunted by his past, is running out of time. Then the whispers begin. Voices only Jack can hear, offering cryptic clues, impossible insights into the killer's mind. Are they a lifeline, or the first sign of his own unraveling?

Published anonymously in 1877 and later attributed to Louisa May Alcott in 1889, A Whisper in the Dark offers a striking departure from Alcotts beloved childrens literature. This haunting and melodramatic novella follows the journey of Sybil, a seventeen-year-old orphan caught in a web of mystery and misunderstanding. Raised by her kind yet enigmatic guardian, Madame Bernard, Sybil embarks on a quest to uncover her origins and finds herself falling in love. However, a tragic miscommunication leads to her imprisonment, pushing her to the brink of madness. This sensational tale echoes the ...