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Young Princess Irene is sent to the country to be raised in a half-farmhouse, half-castle located in the side of a mountain. While exploring the top of the castle, Irene becomes lost and inexplicably finds her way to a mystifying and beautiful woman spinning a thread. Princess Irene is drawn to the woman whom she discovers is her great-great-grandmother. But after she returns, her nurse, Lootie, refuses to believe in the old woman's existence.

Katie Lightfoot's tired of loafing around as the assistant manager of an Ohio bakery. So when her aunt Lucy and uncle Ben open a bakery in Savannah's quaint downtown district and ask Katie to join them, she enthusiastically agrees. While working at the Honeybee Bakery - named after Lucy's cat - Katie notices that her aunt is adding mysterious herbs to her recipes. Turns out these herbal enhancements aren't just tasty - Aunt Lucy is a witch and her recipes are actually spells!

Working at a dead-end retail job in the middle of nowhere can be hard. The long hours. The helpless customers. The enormous eldritch horror living deep below the building. As the only full-time employee at the 24 hour gas station at the edge of town, Jack has pretty much seen it all. But when he decides to start an online journal documenting the bizarre day-to-day occurrences, he unwittingly attracts the attention of much more than just a few conspiracy theorists.

From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry comes a psychological thriller about a little girl whose imaginary friends are guiding her through the process of becoming a serial killer. This story originally appeared in the anthology Killers and has been reprinted many times, including in the collection Tales from the Fire Zone.

Jaws is the classic blockbuster thriller that inspired the three-time Academy Award-winning Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again—or for the first time!

Scary stories help children face fear and master it, by portraying the elements of conflict in clear, good-versus-evil terms with good triumphant in the end.

Little Irene Miller studies her face in the mirror as she prepares for her performance under the big top, though Siamese twins and clowns are a far cry from dancing with Buster Keaton. The circus may be changing their lineup, and the last girl who left ended up in an alley with her skirt hiked up. "Best Wishes, Irene Miller" is a short horror story that appears in M.J. Pack's collection Certain Dark Things, also available on Audible.com.

She knew what had to be done. In the face of an impending apocalypse, a woman takes drastic measures to save the man she loves from oblivion. "Dovere" appears in M. J. Pack's debut short story collection, Certain Dark Things, offering up a new breed of terror sure to delight any true horror fan.

There's a disturbing new sideshow at Coney Island: Lady Alligator. Who is she, and where did she come from? Find out in "Alive," a horror short story that appears in M.J. Park’s collection Certain Dark Things, also available on Audible.com.

In a far off land, a very musical king has a not-very-musical son. Everyone pretends to enjoy the prince’s terrible concerts, but a bold servant girl refuses to play along. The king demands she be punished, but the prince shows mercy. Happily, the prince and the servant girl come up with an arrangement that showcases the prince’s true talent.