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'Astonishing ... Genius ... A masterpiece' EMMA WATSON 'Haunting and thrilling' JOHN GREEN, author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS * * * * * IMAGINE... Leaving your house in the middle of the night. Knowing your mother is doing her best, but she's just as scared as you. IMAGINE... Starting a new...

The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since the fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act...different. She's moody. She's irritable. And bizarre incidents keep happening whenever she's nearby. Abby's investigation leads her to some startling discoveries - and by the time their story reaches its terrifying conclusion, the fate of Abby and Gretchen will be determined by a single question.

Gather round close, for I have a secret to tell. Late at night, while everyone is sleeping, dreaming of white knights and fairytales. I'm making friends with the monsters. They call to me, like finds like, right? My biggest secret, I'm the scariest monster I know. I think I'm the bad guy.

Welcome to Bliss High, rated one of the top schools in the nation for its high test scores and outstanding academic reputation. It's also the perfect place to commit murder. Natalie knows. She knows sweet, oblivious Mandy, is meant to be hers. Lifelong friends. Forever. And Natalie won't let anyone stand in the way. Mandy Wright is the sweetest girl at Bliss High, but unfortunately, she's also naive. She has it all: the hottest boyfriend, straight A's, the lead in the school play, everything...but a loyal friend.

In the moody countryside on the edge of Wales, a rambling 12th-century house is thought to be haunted. Although its new owners don't believe in ghosts, they do believe in spiritual darkness and the need for exorcism. But their approach to Merrily is oblique and guarded. No one can be told – least of all, the new bishop. Merrily's discovery of the house's links with the medieval legend of a man who resisted mortality threatens to expose the hidden history of a more modern cult and its trail of insidious abuse – a trail that may not be closed.

Camp Red Moon was supposed to be a fresh start for Kenzie—a summer of fun and new friendships—but the remote camp has quickly turned into a waking nightmare. When the camp leader heads into town, leaving the group isolated in the high Uintah Mountains, a seemingly harmless prank to summon a demon unleashes a terror beyond their worst fears.

A BRAND NEW grippingly creepy page-turner from bestselling author Michelle Dunne. A must-read for fans of John Marrs and Jason Rekulak's Hidden Pictures and Freida McFadden 🩸👀 Angel says that people who mean the most harm come out by day. They’re not lurking under your bed or in your...

The debut novel by Indie author James Wright, Friends With Death is a cosy horror comedy that will have you laughing out loud, trembling with fear, and designing cosplay & fan art of this delightfully pleasant characterisation of the Grim Reaper.

Brought to you by Penguin. If it had happened to you, you would have run away too. Twenty-five years ago, Paul's friend Charlie Crabtree brutally killed their classmate - and then vanished without a trace. Paul's never forgiven himself for his part in what happened. He's never gone back home...

‘As devastating as it is spellbinding. I loved it’ – Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six A dark and deadly contemporary fantasy of magical warfare, star-crossed ambition and the pursuit of perfection at any cost, set in a glittering alternate Los Angeles...

A hilarious and romantic cozy fantasy series where a woman named Rayna accidentally summons her perfect book boyfriend, but he doesn’t just have red flags—he’s an actual demon. Perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes and Kimberly Lemming. Open a book. Read a spell. Whoop, there he is... a...

Patrick Torrington’s aunt Thelma was a successful artist whose late work turned towards the occult. While staying with her in his teens, he found evidence that she used to visit magical sites. As an adult, he discovers her journal of her explorations, and his teenage son Roy becomes fascinated, too. His experiences at the sites scare Patrick away from them, but Roy carries on the search, together with his new girlfriend. Can Patrick convince his son that his increasingly terrible suspicions are real, or will what they’ve helped to rouse take a new hold on the world?

I’ve got a ring on my finger and a date circled on the calendar, let the wedding planning begin! As luck would have it, the chapel I’ve got my heart set on, is plagued by the not-so-nice spirit of a former bride. She died on what was meant to be her wedding day and isn’t going to step aside to let anyone else take her place at the altar. She claims the chapel is cursed and points to her own murder as a sure sign, but I’m not convinced. I’ll have to keep my new reaper powers in check and solve this case the old-fashioned way if Lucas and I have any shot at starting our happily ever after.

These 25 tales of the macabre and the bizarre feature an assortment of menacing minions, from hitchhiking ghosts to sentient scarecrows to vindictive vending machines. A washed-up star from a children's television show is hired to appear at a mysterious gathering. A woman returning home for the holidays finds herself drawn into a strange Christmas village. Two girls bond at summer camp, only to learn that they each harbor a dark secret. An ideal job comes with a shocking drawback. Don't expect formula from these stories.

Trapped on an island. Nowhere to hide. The hunt has begun. For Roger, Jerome, Ryan, and Chris, a trip to a private island mansion off the coast of Louisiana was supposed to be a grand reunion. It was a chance to relive their high school glory days with their wives, fueled by billionaire-status...

In the small town of Shadow Hills, Tennessee, paranormals and humans coexist on charming cobblestone streets. For tourists, it's the perfect place to visit and experience Halloween all year round. But for Raegan Baker, it's home. Living among werewolves, vampires, and other beings unlike herself is perfectly normal, and besides the small town drama, Raegan's life is peaceful. She's happy working at the local bookstore, Bound & Buried, and spending time with her two best friends, Jamie and Joanna.

È il 1988: Abby e Gretchen, studentesse al secondo anno di liceo, sono migliori amiche fin dai tempi della quarta elementare. Insieme sognano, parlano, respingono i ragazzi troppo disinvolti, ascoltano musica, stringono e sciolgono alleanze all'interno del microcosmo scolastico, eccetera. Tutto più o meno nella norma, insomma. Ma, dopo una serata di esperimenti lisergici, chiacchiere e bagni nel fiume con altre compagne di scuola finita in modo abbastanza disastroso, Gretchen comincia a comportarsi in modo, come dire?...diverso.

Startum Ironwolf has completed his Nightmare quest and is fortifying BrokenFang Hold when he finds out that his good friend Domenic is under attack by a PVP Alliance called Chaos Storm. If he doesn't find a way over to the continent that his friend is on in a week, Domenic will lose everything. Unfortunately, traversing the dangerous lands and sea in-between them will not be easy. The journey will take everything Startum has to reach his friend in time. At the same time, he must somehow prepare for a new monster invasion headed his way.

John Wayne Cleaver hunts demons: they've killed his neighbors, his family, and the girl he loves, but in the end he's always won. Now he works for a secret government kill team, using his gift to hunt and kill as many monsters as he can . . . . . . but the monsters have noticed, and the quiet...

The Southerland family left the old world to start anew in America, but little did they know that a blood-feud, older than history itself, would follow them through the generations to come. Kate Southerland, the first born of the latest generation of Southerlands, has been murdered, but she is not dead. Her little brother, Johnny, has also vanished, a severed, bloody finger the only clue. But the Southerlands have no clue what they've fallen into....