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The Chill: 'Wow!' Stephen King
by Scott Carson'This is one terrific horror/suspense/disaster novel. Characters you root for and a story that grips from the first page' STEPHEN KING 'The Chill is an eerie dive into the murky depths of the supernatural. A story that has you looking back over your shoulder on every page' MICHAEL CONNELLY In this terrifying thriller, a supernatural force set in motion a century ago threatens to devastate New York City. In upstate New York a drowned village lies beneath the dark, still waters of the Chilewaukee reservoir. Sacrificed a century ago to bring water to the millions living downstate, the town's destruction was for the greater good . . . at least that's what the politicians said. Years later an inspector overseeing the dangerously neglected dam witnesses something inexplicable. It seems more than the village was left behind in the waters of the Chill; some never left at all. Now a dark prophecy comes to fruition. Those who remember must ask themselves: who will be next? For sacrifices must be made. As the dark water begins inexorably to rise, the demand for a fresh sacrifice emerges from the deep . . .
Where They Wait: The most compulsive and creepy psychological thriller of 2021
by Scott Carson'Horror has a new name and it’s Scott Carson’ Michael Connelly 'Wow!' Stephen King on The Chill ___________A desperate journalist looking for work. A new mindfulness app that promises deep sleep. A dead woman's voice heard during app-induced nightmares. ___________Desperate journalist Nick Bishop takes a job profiling new mindfulness app, Clarity. Relaxing meditations are mixed with haunting 'sleep songs' where a woman's voice sings users into a deep sleep.Then the nightmares begin.Vivid and chilling, they feature a dead woman who calls Nick by name, whispering guidance – or are they threats?Soon, he can't escape her voice. And that's when he makes a terrifying discovery: no one involved with Clarity has any interest in his article. Their interest is in him.Because whilst he may not have any memory of it, he's one of twenty people who have heard this sinister song before, and the only one who is still alive... ___________Reader reviews for Where They Wait: 'The ending was breathtaking' ?????'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' ?????'Gripping and imaginative' ?????'One creepy ride and well worth the trip' ?????'Really had me thinking' ?????
God of Darkness (A Goddess Series short story #8)
by Aimée Carter‘Feared by the living, revered by the dead’ As Lord of the Underworld, Hades had unimaginable power at his fingertips, ready to do whatever he must to uphold his duties and laws.
God of Thieves (A Goddess Series short story #7)
by Aimée Carter‘They needed a scapegoat – and I was convenient’ A pariah among the Greek Gods of Mount Olympus, James has been shunned by the council for helping a friend find freedom. Can he clear his name – and find a love of his own? ‘Our favourite author of the year,’ – Teen Now. A GODDESS SERIES STORY
The Goddess Inheritance (The Goddess Series #3)
by Aimée CarterLove or life. Henry or their child. The end of her family or the end of the world. Kate must choose.
Goddess Interrupted (The Goddess Series #2)
by Aimée CarterAfter surrendering her mortal life, Kate’s about to be crowned queen of the mythical Underworld, home to the Gods. Her king – dangerous, mesmerising Henry – the boy she sacrificed everything for, is becoming ever more distant and secretive. Then he is abducted in the midst of her coronation.
Goddess of the Underworld (A Goddess Series short story #6)
by Aimée Carter‘I just—I don’t belong there. I don’t know how else to explain it.’ Persephone doesn’t fit into the mystical underworld of the Greek gods, especially now that she is being forced to wed Henry, the boy she doesn’t love. But can she find a way to be free? ‘Our favourite author of the year,’ – Teen Now. A GODDESS SERIES BOOK
The Goddess Queen (A Goddess Series short story #4)
by Aimée Carter‘In all the years I’d existed, I’d never expected to be free.’ The powerful Greek gods live in a world torn apart by jealousy and love, loss and longing. Could Goddess Queen Calliope finally be the one to achieve peace between the gods and set them free? ‘Our favourite author of the year,’ – Teen Now. A GODDESS SERIES STORY
The Lovestruck Goddess (A Goddess Series short story #5)
by Aimée Carter‘When I’m with him, I feel alive, not just immortal.’ Flighty, capricious Ava thinks she isn’t suited to life as a Greek goddess. Their world is ruled by jealousy and war but Ava cares more for matters of the heart – and two boys specifically! But could discovering which one is her true love be Ava’s greatest weapon…
The Hand of the Devil
by Dean Vincent CarterWhen young magazine journalist Ashley Reeves receives an intriguing letter he leaves his London office in the hope of reporting on an unusual species of insect - the Ganges Red. That evening he arrives on Aries Island and encounters the writer of the letter - Reginald Mather. At first Mather seems no more than an eccentric collector, happy to live in isolation on the island. But when Reeves unearths the horrific truth he finds himself thrown headlong into a macabre nightmare that quickly spirals out of control. His life is in danger . . . and Mather is not his only enemy . . .Both gruesome and compelling, chilling and page-turning, this much-anticipated thriller from Dean Vincent Carter will delight older readers.
The Hunting Season
by Dean Vincent CarterEight years ago, the Austrian emergency services were called to the scene of a bizarre car accident.Eight years ago two mangled bodies were found in the snow not far from the vehicle, clawed and chewed, it seemed, by some ferocious animal. Eight years ago something unspeakable took Gerontius Moore's parents from him, leaving him orphaned and alone... And now, that something, is back.Caught up in a hunt he was never meant to be a part of, and finding help from a most unlikely source, Gerontius must once more flee the clutches of an appalling beast, before it learns its business is unfinished.Full moon or not, the hunt is on.
Spooky Poems (Rising Stars Reading Planet Ser.)
by James Carter Brian MosesSpooky Poems is a collection of scary poems about ghosts, ghouls, bats, witches, vampires and all things creepy –by bestselling children's poets Brian Moses and James Carter. The perfect gift for Halloween!A Good Scary Poem Needs . . .A haunted house,a pattering mouse.A spooky feeling,a spider-webbed ceiling.A squeaking door,a creaking floor.A swooping bat,the eyes of a cat.A dreadful dream,a distant scream.A ghost that goes 'BOO'and You!
The Xothic Cycle
by Lin CarterThe late Lin Carter was a prolific writer and anthologist of horror and fantasy with over eighty titles to his credit. His tales of Mythos horror are loving tributes to H. P. Lovecraft's 'revision' tales and to August Derleth's stories of Hastur and the R'lyeh Text. This collection of Carter's Mythos tales includes all five Xothic Legend Cycle stories:- The Dweller in the Tomb- Out of the Ages- The Horror in the Gallery- The Thing in the Pit- The Winfield HeritanceFilled with mind-bending, soul-warping terror, Carter taps into the eldritch horrors that Lovecraft brought into the world...
The Language of Stones (The\language Of Stones Ser. #Bk. 2)
by Robert CarterA rich and evocative tale set in a mythic 15th century Britain, to rival the work of Bernard Cornwell.
Whitemantle (The\language Of Stones Ser. #Bk. 3)
by Robert CarterThe Third coming of Arthur. The final volume in a rich and evocative tale set in a mythic 15th century Britain, to rival the work of Bernard Cornwell.
The Beresford
by Will CarverEverything stays the same for the tenants of The Beresford, a grand old apartment building just outside the city … until the doorbell rings… Will Carver returns with an eerie, deliciously and uncomfortably dark standalone thriller._______________Just outside the city – any city, every city – is a grand, spacious but affordable apartment building called The Beresford.There’s a routine at The Beresford.For Mrs May, every day’s the same: a cup of cold, black coffee in the morning, pruning roses, checking on her tenants, wine, prayer and an afternoon nap. She never leaves the building.Abe Schwartz also lives at The Beresford. His housemate, Sythe, no longer does. Because Abe just killed him. In exactly sixty seconds, Blair Conroy will ring the doorbell to her new home and Abe will answer the door. They will become friends. Perhaps lovers. And, when the time comes for one of them to die, as is always the case at The Beresford, there will be sixty seconds to move the body before the next unknowing soul arrives at the door.Because nothing changes at The Beresford, until the doorbell rings…Eerie, dark, superbly twisted and majestically plotted, The Beresford is the stunning standalone thriller from one of crime fiction’s most exciting names.
The Daves Next Door - The shocking, explosive new thriller from cult bestselling author Will Carver
by Will CarverThe lives of five strangers collide on a London train carriage, as they become involved in an incident that will change them all forever. A shocking, intensely emotive and wildly original new thriller from Will Carver…‘Impossibly original, stylish, sinister and heartfelt. The Daves Next Door is so wildly fresh and unmatched, and once again proves that Will Carver has talent and creativity to burn’ Chris Whitaker‘Once again, Will bends and twists the genre with a novel that is astonishing, profound and hard-hitting’ David Jackson‘So clever, so dark, so utterly original. Where does Will Carver get his ideas?’ Victoria Selman‘Stirring. Ambitious. Irreverent. Compassionate. Completely devoid of giveable f*@ks’ Dominic Nolan________________________________A disillusioned nurse suddenly learns how to care.An injured young sportsman wakes up find that he can see only in black and white.A desperate old widower takes too many pills and believes that two angels have arrived to usher him through purgatory.Two agoraphobic men called Dave share the symptoms of a brain tumour, and frequently waken their neighbour with their ongoing rows.Separate lives, running in parallel, destined to collide and then explode.Like the suicide bomber, riding the Circle Line, day after day, waiting for the right time to detonate, waiting for answers to his questions: Am I God? Am I dead? Will I blow up this train?Shocking, intensely emotive and wildly original, Will Carver’s The Daves Next Door is an explosive existential thriller and a piercing examination of what it means to be human … or not. ________________________________‘Will Carver is a thought-provoking and masterful writer of gut-punching fiction ... a powerhouse of a novel. Think Ira Levin at his best’ Michael Wood‘Will has this uncanny knack of delving into your soul and revealing all the things you really think but are too scared to voice. Absolute GENIUS’ Lisa Hall‘Another ingenious genre-bender … provocative, twisted and mind-bendingly original’ Sarah SultoonPraise for Will Carver‘One of the most exciting authors in Britain. After this, he’ll have his own cult following’ Daily Express‘Unlike anything you’ll read this year’ Heat‘Move the hell over Brett Easton Ellis and Chuck Palahniuk … Will Carver is the new lit prince of 21st-century disenfranchised, pop darkness’ Stephen J. Golds‘Incredibly dark and very funny’ Harriet Tyce‘I fell in love with Carver's murderous Maeve. This is an Eleanor Oliphant for crime fans. Carver truly at his best’ Sarah Pinborough‘A darkly delicious page-turner’ S J Watson‘One of the most compelling and original voices in crime fiction’ Alex North‘Weirdly page-turning’ Sunday Times‘Laying bare our 21st-century weaknesses and dilemmas, Carver has created a highly original state-of-the-nation novel’ Literary Review‘Arguably the most original crime novel published this year’ Independent‘This mesmeric novel paints a thought-provoking if depressing picture of modern life’ Guardian‘This book is most memorable for its unrepentant darkness…’ Telegraph‘Utterly mesmerising…’ Crime Monthly‘Will Carver’s most exciting, original, hilarious and freaky outing yet’ Helen FitzGerald‘Vivid and engaging and completely unexpected’ Lia Middleton
Hinton Hollow Death Trip (Detective Sergeant Pace Series #3)
by Will CarverFive days in the history of a small rural town, visited and infected by darkness, are recounted by Evil itself. A stunning high-concept thriller from the bestselling author of Good Samaritans and Nothing Important Happened Today.‘Cements Carver as one of the most exciting authors in Britain. After this, he’ll have his own cult following’ Daily Express________________It’s a small story. A small town with small lives that you would never have heard about if none of this had happened.Hinton Hollow. Population 5,120.Little Henry Wallace was eight years old and one hundred miles from home before anyone talked to him. His mother placed him on a train with a label around his neck, asking for him to be kept safe for a week, kept away from Hinton Hollow.Because something was coming.Narrated by Evil itself, Hinton Hollow Death Trip recounts five days in the history of this small rural town, when darkness paid a visit and infected its residents. A visit that made them act in unnatural ways. Prodding at their insecurities. Nudging at their secrets and desires. Coaxing out the malevolence suppressed within them. Showing their true selves.Making them cheat.Making them steal.Making them kill.Detective Sergeant Pace had returned to his childhood home. To escape the things he had done in the city. To go back to something simple. But he was not alone. Evil had a plan. ________________Praise for Will Carver‘Weirdly page-turning’ Sunday Times‘Laying bare our 21st-century weaknesses and dilemmas, Carver has created a highly original state-of-the-nation novel’ Literary Review‘Arguably the most original crime novel published this year’ Independent‘At once fantastical and appallingly plausible … this mesmeric novel paints a thought-provoking if depressing picture of modern life’ Guardian‘This book is most memorable for its unrepentant darkness…’ Telegraph‘Unlike anything else you’ll read this year’ Heat‘Utterly mesmerising…’ Crime Monthly
The Cord: A Story From The Collection, I Am Heathcliff
by Alison CaseA story from Alison Case to stir the heart and awaken vital conversations about love.
Kalona's Fall: House of Night Novella: Book 4 (House of Night Novellas #4)
by Kristin Cast P. C. CastFrom Warrior And Lover To Enemy And Betrayer, The Terrible Secrets Of Kalona's Past Are Revealed He was laughing with her as he spread his wings and lifted her from the ground, twirling her around. Nyx gasped and clutched his neck. Kalona tightened his arms around her. 'Trust me, Goddess. I would never let you fall.' From the Sun and from the Moon, two winged brothers are born: golden Erebus, playmate and friend, and mysterious Kalona, Warrior and lover, companions of the Goddess Nyx. From the first, Nyx loves them both deeply, but differently. With Erebus, she can talk and laugh and dance, and take joy in the games he plays among the humans of the Earth. With Kalona, the fire in her body burns bright, and she can rest in the solace of his strength and protection. But for Kalona, Nyx's nights are not enough. Every second he is not with her he is filled with doubt and longing, and every time he fails to please her, he cannot forgive himself. Ruled by anger and jealousy of his brother, and consumed by his love for his Goddess, Kalona seeks the power to prove his worth, and to claim once and for all that Nyx eternally belongs to him. And at the edges of the Earth, a Darkness is stirring, waiting for its chance, for the doorway in through a heart that it knows will welcome it...
Redeemed: Number 12 in series (House of Night #12)
by Kristin Cast P. C. CastIn the final electrifying novel in the phenomenal House of Night series, Neferet has finally made herself known to mortals. A Dark Goddess is loose on Tulsa and the world. No single vampyre is strong enough to vanquish her - unless that creature has the power to summon the elements as well as the ability to wield Old Magick. Only Zoey Redbird is heir to such power...but because of the consequences of using Old Magick, she is unable to help. Find out who will win and who will lose in this epic battle of Light versus Darkness.
KISSES FROM HELL
by Kristin Cast Alyson NoëlTruly, madly, deadly…Kristin Cast and Alyson Noel head up this collection of 5 thrilling paranormal stories
Brighid's Quest (Mira Ser.)
by P.C. CastWhen she searched out prey for her Clan, Brighid scented more than the air. She breathed in the spiritual essence, the dark trail left by evil and lies…
My Gothic Heart (Macmillan Collector's Library #363)
by Charlie CastellettiThe word gothic conjures up crumbling castles, passion and unnerving supernatural events. It's a powerful genre and a mood that has influenced writers, artists and designers ever since. This is a gorgeous anthology of extracts from extravagant and dark gothic stories and verse.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning pocket-sized classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. My Gothic Heart is selected and introduced by editor and writer Charlie Castelletti.My Gothic Heart features tantalising extracts from the famous names of gothic writing such as Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, the Brontë sisters and John Keats. It then travels forward to the early twentieth century, finding gothic resonance in the writing of Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde and Wilfred Owen. Altogether, it’s a powerful mix that cannot fail to stir the emotions.