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24/7 Demon Mart: Publisher's Pack features two books from the 24/7 Demon Mart series: The Graveyard Shift, book one, and Monster Burger, book two. It also includes the bonus Hell for the Holidays, a 24/7 Demon Mart Christmas special. Lloyd Wallace is the most clueless crossing guard the intersection of hell and earth has ever seen. So clueless, that he doesn't even realize the beer cave in the corner store where he works is the gateway to hell.

Terrifying secrets from the past are revealed when a ghost hunter discovers a letter from his deceased mother. A lost young couple learns all is not what it seems when an elderly woman welcomes them into her remote outback home. And a guilt-ridden carpenter takes a journey into another dimension but is shocked by what follows him home.... Scare Street is proud to present a diabolical new collection of 17 ghastly stories. Each spine-tingling tale is a portal to a new world, the beginning of a seemingly endless voyage into fear and dread.

Called to investigate a mystery at a local gypsum mine, paranormal detective Tempest Michaels expects to find a rational explanation for the strange events.... Instead, he discovers a body and a horrified staff. Recent earthworks exposed something ancient, twisted, and above all evil. It has claimed one life already, and the staff is terrified for who might be next.

Best known for his poetry and historic novels in the style of Sir Walter Scott, Alexender Bestuzhev-Marlinsky takes a turn down a different path with A Terrible Prophecy and delivers classic spooky tale on the dangers of having one's wishes fulfilled to the letter.

An ancient legend comes to life when a savage creature stalks a terrified girl through the jungle. A mission to Mars takes a grisly turn as the last surviving astronaut encounters horror beyond comprehension. And the shadows that lurk in a young boy’s bedroom become sinister protectors, lashing out at the child’s cruel and dysfunctional family.

Hoping for a fresh start and undeterred by their dwindling bank account, Jeffery and Sarah Simpson pour the remaining of their savings into a foreclosed bed-and-breakfast in the idyllic, snowy mountain town of Roslyn. But as renovations begin, the married couple discovers more than just a few leaky pipes. The home's reputation stained by a horrific murder from years prior, the Simpsons uncover secrets certain townsfolk have worked tirelessly to keep hidden.

In the 1970s, something horrible happened within the Manson House’s walls. Fifty years later and no one has stepped foot inside. Harold Roberts, an accountant-turn-robber, just took his family out of Portland as well as two million dollars in untraceable stolen cash. The decrepit, three-story Manson House seems like the perfect hideaway until the heat passes...Nothing could be further from the truth. Strange occurrences plight his nine-year-old twins, his wife declines into madness, and a vengeful adversary has his scent.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is considered a very "real life" writer, his feet solidly on the ground at all times. The Black Monk is his foray into madness and mysticism to rival the likes of Dostoyevsky, Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Kuprin.

Some days are quiet and peaceful. Or so Drummond has been told. His days, even ones that start of pleasant, tend to become nightmares. Especially when ghosts invade his dreams to lure him into fighting a psychopath. Or perhaps something worse than ghosts are behind this.

It is difficult to combine mysticism with humor, but Alexander Grin takes on the challenge and comes out with flying colors. For all its mystical and mythical references, An Incident at the Apartment of Madam Cerize, is quite a heartwarming story, giving all of us some hope that, sometimes, powers that be do care.

Düster, boshaft, schaurig und gruselig der vierte Horror-Sammelband von Werther T. Graf hat es wieder in sich: 5 furchteinflößende Kurzgeschichten, die allen Horrorfans das Blut in den Adern gefrieren lassen. Schaurig unheimliche Geschichten aus vielen Themenbereichen erwarten die Leser.

In this exciting novel, we will find out that the world was created by 22 Gods who created the different human races to use them to increase their power. By playing a game created by the Light and the Darkness, we watch the Gods use the 22 major arcana cards of the Egyptian tarot as a method of increasing their power and control over all the human race.

En esta emotiva novela descubriremos que el mundo fue creado por 22 dioses, fundadores de las diferentes razas humanas para aumentar ¡su poder! Seremos testigos de cómo esos dioses utilizaron las 22 Cartas Arcanas Mayores del tarot egipcio, en un juego creado por la luz y la oscuridad para incrementar el control sobre la raza humana. En el centro de esa lucha conoceremos al SCAN, grupo político-económico secreto que domina los recursos del poder en la Tierra.

The year is 1950, and old timers connected to the outlaw Billy the Kid are popping up dead in the sleepy town of Fort Sumner, New Mexico. It’s up to the local sheriff, Hondo Dumez, to figure out why. Matters become complicated upon the news that a man claiming to be a surviving Billy the Kid is about to meet with the current governor of New Mexico. Added to the mystery are whispers of a secretive organization known as the Santa Fe Ring and rumors of something called a Skinwalker haunting the area.

The world has just been struck by the “Perfect Apocalypse”: nuclear bombs, disease, famine, zombies, killer bees, and many other hidden terrors. As the world crumbles, a group of survivors discovers there is only one safe haven: the mysterious town of Haunted House Harbor. For some reason, all the unleashed perils cannot penetrate the city limits. But there’s one problem - Haunted House Harbor has its own dark side....

How does the greatest gunslinger of the old west end his career? By hunting a dinosaur animal spirit, of course. Karl Redgrave has a big plans for his retirement party. He's bringing together the world's greatest criminals, murderers, warriors, and assassins to hunt something worthy of them all: a highly intelligent, seven-foot tall dinosaur spirit; known to the natives as the Grishla. Of course, Karl wants only the best on his safari, so he has pitted these men against each other in a deadly contest in an old ghost town, with five winners securing a place in the hunt.

In a land scorched by sun and stained by secrets, one man walks a path below the reach of law, hope, or mercy. William Cash—once sheriff, now a ghost in his own story—emerges from the ashes of Johnson’s Corner to confront the evil that festers beneath the soil. But the devil wears many faces, and redemption runs as dry as the riverbeds. In the aftermath of fire and betrayal, a new darkness takes root. Children vanish, shadows whisper in the trees, and a woman with no past holds the key to an ancient curse.

Mardi Gras is a time of celebration, an occasion to lose one's inhibitions, and a time for the devious minds to hide among the crowds. As the party rages on, a pair of police officers notices something isn't right as the happy-go-lucky visitors begin to violently attack each other. As the night goes on, violence turns to murder, and the officers search out clues to find out what, or who, is behind the violence.

Strange occurrences plague Mishawaka, Indiana’s past and present. Local lore whispers accusations of strange and peculiar happenings, prefacing uncertainty if the future is safe. A meeting of youthful inquiry and aged intellect coalesce to reveal the tales behind the secrets. Only the future will reveal if their telling will be Mishawaka’s ungodly undoing!

Repercussions of one’s actions are often not realized for many moons. Usually, such retorts result in minor inconveniences that merely mar the soul and bruise one’s pride. However, when repercussions run afoul, evil in its purest form reveals her damning desire to push one over the edge.