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If you're a fan of Stephen King's spine-chilling tales, get ready for an exhilarating journey into the supernatural with Raymond M Hall's gripping novel, "The Haunting." World-class pianist Sebastian Carmichael is on the brink of collapse from the pressures of his demanding touring career. Desperate for respite, he retreats to the tranquil English countryside, hoping to find solace in the quietude. Little does he know that his decision to purchase a crumbling seventeenth-century building for renovation will thrust him into a perilous quest for answers. As Sebastian delves into the ...

The Movie Town Theater is holding its first ever Film Noir Festival, with Pen handling book sales for the guest speakers, including screen actress Hedda Geist. The legendary femme fatale has been out of the spotlight for decades. Unfortunately, the moment she steps back into it, she's nearly killed. Then other guests start to die, and Penelope wants to know why her little town's Film Noir weekend has taken a truly dark turn.

In the small town of Sandy Lane, a vacant, forgotten house sits atop an overlooking bluff. Bella uncovers the chilling secrets of the Clifford family at their cliffside estate, a legacy marred by sinister deeds and unexplained suicides. As she delves into the small town's dark past, each secret brings her closer to a dangerous edge.

Mystery, Suspense, an edge-of-your-seat Thriller with characters you’ll fall in love with. An old-school, heart-pounding, coming-of-age Horror Series with 1,000s of 5-Star Reviews. In this fifth installment of the Bane County Series, we pick up where Book Four left off: The citizens of Silver Canyon awake to find Bane County under CDC quarantine for fear of a viral outbreak. The National Guard has placed roadblocks at the Carantina River bridge, effectively sealing off the large river-island. The beasts are growing more intelligent, threatening the small town in ways never seen before. ...

A missing father. A lifetime of secrets. An ancient evil. Daniel Wester graduated from college two months ago. He has a degree in history, a pile of student loan debt, and no job prospects in sight. When his dad mysteriously vanishes inside their locked home, Daniel finds an old box covered in strange symbols, a creepy collection of books about demonology, instructions to find an aunt he's never met, and driving directions that lead him across the United States to a threatening iron security fence in the middle of nowhere. Daniel makes the journey there with his best friend, Lena, a recent ...

Danger the likes Boone McCreery has never seen is brewing in the Black Hills. Fresh in from Santa Fe, he’s returned to Deadwood to seek justice for his uncle - and maybe to see about a girl. Little did he know his search for justice would have him stumbling into a hornets’ nest beyond his worst nightmare. One thing is for certain: The trouble he and his compadres chance upon deep in the trees is a long way from ordinary.

Ever since he was a kid, Xavier Marshall lived in fear at his grandparent’s desolated home. His life consisted of chores, being abused by his grandfather, and communicating with spirits from the dead. Being raised around evil had lasting effects on Xavier, and it turned his mind so dark he grew up to become evil too. But when karma goes on the prowl, Xavier isn’t the only one hunting the innocent around Savannah. He too becomes a victim after a gruesome accident, which makes him wish he hadn’t given karma a reason to come around. In this chilling tale we see just how horrific karma ...

Ricky Rice is a middling hustler with a lingering junk habit, a bum knee, and a haunted mind. A survivor of a suicide cult, he scrapes by as a porter at a bus depot in Utica, New York, until one day a mysterious letter arrives, summoning him to enlist in a band of paranormal investigators comprised of former addicts and petty criminals, all of whom had at some point in their wasted lives heard what may have been the voice of God.

Something is wrong—horribly wrong—in the deep woods of Oregon. People age at accelerated rates and then disappear. Hundreds of disappearances have occurred in the area for decades—a veritable Bermuda Triangle on land. Even the authorities sent in to investigate the disappearances have gone missing. After that, the government stepped in and fenced off the entire area. But when four strangers miss their train and wander onto the site searching for shelter, they discover what was left behind. After one of their four goes missing, they decide to leave the area. Something’s toying with ...

An unsolved case in a small town that has gone too far. Ophelia Miller returns to her hometown to work at the historic Belle Caverns, unaware of the dark secrets lurking beneath its surface. When the beloved owner, Ben, mysteriously passes away, Ophelia inherits the caverns, igniting the wrath of his estranged children. As she uncovers the eerie past of the caverns, she must navigate the tangled web of small-town secrets and malevolent forces that threaten her newfound legacy."

Turner Construction's latest restoration project is a historic Queen Anne Victorian in San Francisco. This time, general contractor Mel Turner has to work around the owners, who insist on sticking around-along with some ghosts that insist in their own way that the work stops. The ghosts aren't the only ones standing in the way of the renovations. A crotchety neighbor, Emile Blunt, secretly wants this house and could be behind some of the disturbances. But when Emile is found dead, it's Mel who appears guilty.

The Harrison family believed Blackwood Manor was a new start for them. A massive estate in a small tight-knit community was seen as the perfect place to settle down and raise their son, Alex. What they didn't know was that at one time, Blackwood Manor had been Blackwood Orphanage, the site of a horrible fire that claimed the lives of dozens of innocent children. As the Harrisons settle into their new home, the dark secrets of Blackwood Manor start to reveal themselves. These halls are haunted by the ghosts of children who never got to live their lives. And they want the Harrison's young son...

1983. The US nuclear submarine USS Roanoke embarks on a classified spy mission into Soviet waters. Their goal: to find evidence of a new, faster, and deadlier Soviet submarine that could tip the balance of the Cold War. But the Roanoke crew isn't alone. Something is on board with them. Something cunning and malevolent. Trapped in enemy territory and hunted by Soviet submarines, tensions escalate and crew members turn on each other. When the lights go out and horror fills the corridors, it will take everything the crew has to survive the menace.

Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are attending the re-opening of Tyrone’s Castle, an ancient Cornish inn originally built by smugglers. Over dinner that night, the guests entertain one another with ghost stories inspired by local legends and superstitions. But it would appear that the curse of Tyrone’s Castle has struck for real when one of their number disappears into thin air. And then another....

As Jess Ballard is struggling to adjust to her new life in London without Finn Carey to watch over her, she has thrown herself into her role as a tracker, using her gift to communicate with and help as many spirits as she can. But just as she begins to settle into a new city, the city reveals a mystery too intriguing - and dangerous - to ignore. Something sinister is drawing restless spirits to a tiny old museum, luring them with a promise of salvation it cannot deliver upon.

We are in a small room with the vampire, face to face, as he speaks--as he pours out the hypnotic, shocking, moving, and erotically charged confessions of his first two hundred years as one of the living dead. . . He speaks quietly, plainly, even gently . . . carrying us back to the night when he departed human existence as heir--young, romantic, cultivated--to a great Louisiana plantation, and was inducted by the radiant and sinister Lestat into the other, the "endless," life....

For 400 years, the Warren witches have used their magic to quietly help the citizens of the sleepy New England town of Evenfall thrive. There's never been a problem they couldn't handle. But then Constance Graves - a local known for being argumentative and demanding - dies while staying at the bed and breakfast Brynn Warren maintains with her aunts. At first, it seems like an accident...but it soon becomes clear that there's something more sinister at work, and Aunt Nora is shaping up to be the prime suspect.

In the chilling world of eighteen-year-old Zachary Williams, demons lurk in the shadows, tormenting his very existence. For years, he endured unspeakable physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his parents, a malevolent upbringing that transformed an innocent soul into a sadistic killer. But the Williams family holds more than just sinister secrets; they possess an insidious mastery of darkness. This is Zachary's harrowing tale, recounted in his own words to court-appointed criminal psychologist, Dr. Allen Creed. As Dr. Creed delves deeper into Zachary's fractured psyche, he ...

When Ishmael Jones and his partner, Penny, are asked to escort a VIP on the late-night train to Bath, it would appear to be a routine case. The Organisation has acquired intelligence that an attempt is to be made on Sir Dennis Gregson’s life as he travels to Bath to take up his new position as Head of the British Psychic Weapons Division. Ishmael’s mission is to ensure that Sir Dennis arrives safely. How could anyone orchestrate a murder in a crowded railway carriage without being noticed and with no obvious means of escape?

When Michael Merlyn arrives in the small town of Clayton, Massachusetts to investigate the reported suicide of local investment banker Jonathan Sullivan, he finds that the man's spirit is missing. With the help of his partner Kate and sister Victoria, Michael searches for clues to uncover what really happened to Jonathan. But the paranormal activity in Clayton seems to be escalating, as other spirits also vanish without a trace. Faced with a rash of disappearances he can't explain, Michael must use all of his psychic gifts to get to the root of the mysterious happenings, find Jonathan's ...