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  Not a River - A Novel

  Selva Almada

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  * SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE * 
   
   
   
  It's not a river, it's this river. 
   
   
   
  A hot, motionless afternoon. Enero and El Negro are fishing with Tilo, their dead friend's teenage son. After hours of struggling with a hooked stingray, Enero aims his revolver into the water and shoots it. They hang the ray's enormous corpse from a tree at their campsite and let it go to rot, drawing the attention of some local islanders and igniting a long-simmering fury toward outsiders and their carelessness. It's only the two sisters—the teenage nieces of one of the locals, Aguirre—with their hair black as cowbird feathers and giving off the scent of green grass, who are curious about the trio and invite them to a dance. But the girls are not quite as they seem. As night approaches and tensions rise, Enero and El Negro return to the charged memories of their friend who years ago drowned in this same river. 
   
   
   
  As uneasy and saturated as a prophetic dream, Not a River is another extraordinary novel by Selva Almada about masculinity, guilt, and irrepressible desire, written in a style that is spare and timeless.

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  Victorian Tales of the Weird

  Nick Rennsion

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  From a dancing automaton running amok at a ball, to a prehistoric beast lurking in the depths of a Yorkshire cave, this anthology explores the nature of the 'old weird', and unordinary stories which go outside the boundaries of everyday life.
  The anthology includes not only stories by well-known writers like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Jerome K. Jerome, but also by long-forgotten authors such as D. F. Hannigan and Reginald Bacchus. Focusing on the idea and history of what can be classified as 'old weird', compared to the 'new weird', Rennison applies experience and knowledge of Victorian literary history to bring these supernatural tales to the surface.

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  Legend of Sleepy Hollow The...

  Washington Irving

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  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving is a timeless American classic that weaves together folklore, superstition, and suspense in the hauntingly mysterious town of Sleepy Hollow. Set in a quiet, eerie village nestled in the Hudson Valley, this story follows the adventures of the superstitious schoolteacher Ichabod Crane. Ichabod, a lanky and awkward figure, is captivated by the ghostly tales of the town, particularly the legend of the Headless Horseman—a spectral figure said to roam the woods at night in search of his lost head. 
  As Ichabod competes for the hand of the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel, he finds himself in rivalry with the brash and strong Brom Bones. When tensions mount, Ichabod’s path crosses with the fabled ghost during a fateful ride home on a dark, foggy night. Is it merely a prank by his rival, or is the Headless Horseman more than just a legend? The story’s suspense builds to a spine-tingling climax that has fascinated readers for generations. 
  Rich in atmosphere and filled with vivid descriptions of the autumnal landscape, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a perfect tale for those who love classic American literature, ghost stories, and Halloween thrills. This audiobook version captures the eerie charm and haunting mood of Irving’s tale, making it an ideal companion for a crisp, moonlit night. 
  Start Listening to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow today, and find yourself transported to the mysterious and spooky world of Sleepy Hollow!

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  Heart of the Pack

  Lisa Edmonds

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  The pack's greatest strength is its heart. 
   
   
   
  Mage private investigator Alice Worth has plenty to celebrate this holiday season. She and alpha werewolf Sean Maclin have settled into their new home just in time for their first Christmas. Her relationship with her father Daniel has improved and she's welcomed a new business partner. When she's not busy helping Sean keep their pack in line, she's even playing matchmaker. Sometimes Alice's head spins just thinking about how much her life has changed. 
   
   
   
  Unfortunately, she also has plenty of reasons to worry. Sean's security company faces an uncertain future, rival packs are determined to destroy their newfound happiness, and a mysterious enemy hired a PI to dig up secrets from Alice's troubled past. 
   
   
   
  Before Alice and Sean can meet up under the mistletoe, they must defeat these enemies. But even darker threats lurk in the shadows, ready to strike without warning . . . 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Waking Gods - A Chilling Tale of...

  Mike Robinson

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  Twilight Falls is just your standard northern California town, right? It's not a playground for anything dark and unfathomable, right? 
  “A disturbing, bizarre and intensely riveting novel.” ~ Leslie Ann Moore, Bestselling Author of “The Griffin’s Daughter” Trilogy 
  “Pick it up and don’t put it down. Have patience. Enjoy the poetic quality. Consume this book.” ~ Sissy Lu, Book Savvy Reviews 
  Meet Adrian Foster, a young and reclusive Los Angeles man with an extraordinary gift that has informally brought him the nickname “The Human Master Key.” When a new victim of a vicious serial killer turns up in the woods by Twilight Falls, California, Adrian reunites with eccentric detective Derek Adams in probing the occult lore surrounding the town—the town in which Adrian was born and raised, the town in which he left behind many a ghost, the town whose dark central spirit will force him on a harrowing journey through the rugged bottomlands of another’s psyche... as well as his own. 
  EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the third and final book in the chilling “Enigma of Twilight Falls” series, completing the dark, terrifying panorama established by The Green-Eyed Monster and Negative Space.

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  Celephaïs

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  "Celephaïs" is a fantasy story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early November 1920 and first published in the May 1922 issue of the Rainbow. The title refers to a fictional city that later appears in Lovecraft's Dream Cycle, including his novella The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (1926).
  Celephaïs was created in a dream by Kuranes (which is his name in dreams his real name is not given) as a child of the English landed gentry. As a man in his forties, alone and dispossessed in contemporary London, he dreams it again and then, seeking it, slowly slips away to the dream-world. Finally knights guide him through medieval England to his ancestral estate, where he spent his boyhood, and then to Celephaïs...

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