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Uncomfortably Dark presents DARK DISASTERSIn this third installment of the Dark Dozen series, stories collide with the real-life horror of Mother Nature in all her glory. See what happens when twelve spectacular authors rise to the challenge to combine the worst natural disasters imaginable with something evil and nightmarish hidden at its core. Curated and edited by Candace Nola, with a foreword by Patrick R.

A group of mountain climbers, caught in the dark, fight to survive their descent; in the British countryside, hundreds of magpies ascend into the sky, higher and higher, until they seem to vanish into the heavens; a professor and his student track a zombie horde in order to research zombie behavior; an all-girl riding school has sinister secrets; a town rails in vain against a curse inflicted upon it by its founders; and much more.

The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn't much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he's content with his quiet and peaceful existence. That is, until an old friend presents him with an irresistible mystery, one that Mike is uniquely qualified to solve.

David has had a desire ever since he was a boy to ride the train. Today, he will fulfill that desire, at Monica's expense...

Stranded on a desert island, a young man yearns for objects from his past. A local from a small coastal town in England is found dead as the tide goes out. A Norwegian whaling ship is stranded in the Arctic, its crew threatened by mysterious forces. In the nineteenth century, a ship drifts in becalmed waters in the Indian Ocean, those on it haunted by their evil deeds. A surfer turned diver discovers there are things worse than drowning under the sea. Something from the sea is creating monsters on land.

George and Kate enter Whittaker Magnet School via the "Leave No High-Scoring Child Behind" program. They quickly learn that all Whittaker students do is practice taking tests. Higher scores bring more students, and more tax money! And as if Whittaker isn't strange enough, there may be a demon roaming the halls. Acclaimed author Edward Bloor's Story Time is a darkly hilarious spoof on modern education.

It has been 25 years since Abigail’s rescue. The first twenty were almost a fairy tale as Madeline and Danny watched their beautiful family grow. The last five, filled with three heartbreaking tragedies, would have destroyed even the closest of families, but somehow the Boudreauxs survived. Just as the couple embraces life again, their world slowly begins unraveling after Madeline receives a mysterious note. With the opening of the envelope, Pandora's box releases a series of horrific events. Millie and Scout, along with the rest of the children, must use each of their gifts to help their...

Nothing ever changes in Sanders. The town's still got a video store, for God's sake. So why doesn't Eli Teague want to leave? Not that he'd ever admit it, but maybe he's been waiting - waiting for the traveler to come back. The one who's roared into his life twice before, pausing just long enough to drop tantalizing clues before disappearing in a cloud of gunfire and a squeal of tires. The one who's a walking anachronism, with her tricorne hat, flintlock rifle, and steampunked Model A Ford.

When Miranda moves with her family to a new house in a small Massachusetts town, she discovers a mysterious antique - a dollhouse. Through the windows, she is shocked to find what seem to be living people in the tiny rooms, and gradually she realizes that scenes from the lives of the big house's past inhabitants are being replayed there.

Sales have been good for Trevor. But when a faithful client text's him for a fix, he will regret deciding to go.

While on a run, Ariel finds herself chased by a truck and the demons of her past. Will she conquer her fears or succumb to the darkness of the road ahead...

Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. That’s a mistake, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective. We shouldn’t be suspicious of statistics - we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often “the only way of grasping much of what is going on around us”.

A hauntingly seductive tale of romance, secrets, and the evil that beckons.Fog coils through the narrow streets of a desolate Maine town, carrying whispers of something long buried—something that should have stayed buried. When podcast host Amelia Ryan unearths the terrifying truth, she realizes the legends were never just stories. A vampire has awakened, and its hunger is only the beginning. Then there’s Jude. A man wrapped in mystery, his presence both a warning and a temptation. He knows things—dark things—things no human should. When their paths collide, Amelia is dragged into a...

Miah Gray is a 27-year-old former army soldier living in rural New Hampshire with his sister, mother, and her boyfriend. He is plagued by PTSD, finding solace, but not redemption, with the aid of prescribed cannabis. All he wants to do is get high, relax with a good sandwich, and watch a meteor shower with his neighborhood crush, Jen. When the sun's light is blotted out the following morning and the world is plunged into darkness, Miah finds himself locked down with his family, covering windows with trash bags, lighting candles, and following the arcane rules of an ancient prophecy.

“Aubrey clenched her hand over Alice’s mouth to muffle the cries of pain being caused by the pressure she was putting on her stomach wound. In the distance, she could hear their pursuers talking. Deacon was barking orders. Looking around at the abandoned warehouse, she saw ways to get out, but not for both of them, and she wasn’t leaving her twin behind. Certainly not for Deacon to find.” Ex-FBI agent Elijah Turk and twins, Aubrey and Alice Raydon, along with Cousin Evan Raydon, have opened a thrift store in St. Louis in the new America. They thought they could finally live a ...

An alien conspiracy to enslave the human-populated planets... Two merc rivals out for each other’s blood... A military pilot locked in strange symbiosis with an alien Zikri… A simple mission to The Dim Zone to collect alien plant samples ends in disaster. Why would CEO Mathias of Cyber Corp on Phallanor finance such a mission? Mercenary Yul Vrean and badass space rogue Regers find out…the hard way. Deadly space battles, bio-mechanical fusion, killer aliens...a touch of the bizarre and fantastic…a rare feast to intrigue fans of Alien and The Matrix... Books contained in this series: ...

Chase curled into a ball as the dinosaur exploded from the muck in a shower of gooey slime. A heavy foot slammed into the ground beside him, so close the impact bounced him into the air. His spine struck the point of a rock when he came back down, shooting streaks of pain through him like waves of rusty nails. He cried out— “Aaaaahhh!” Trapped 140 million years in the past and desperately in need of water, fourteen-year-old Chase sets out to shadow a thirty-foot baryonyx. He knows that Baryonyx is a fish-eating dinosaur, and he’s certain the ferocious predator will lead him to a ...

Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now. As Harry nears the end of his 11th life, a little girl appears at his bedside. "I nearly missed you, Doctor August", she says. "I need to send a message". This is the story of what Harry does next, and what he did before, and how he tries to save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow.

The Rage launch the ultimate assault on the Human Sphere. Their greatest weapons are the most fearsome creatures in the galaxy - the Xenomorphs. Having fled centuries before, the Rage return to take revenge and claim the planet for their own. Now, through a deal struck with the unlikeliest of allies, the human race may rely on the Predators to ensure mankind's ultimate freedom. Yet even the combined might of the two races may not be enough.

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