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  Dear John (Unabridged)

  Rosalie Parker

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  Rosalie Parker runs the independent UK publishing house Tartarus Press with R. B. Russell. Her previous collections include The Old Knowledge (Swan River Press 2010) and Damage (PS Publishing 2016). "In the Garden" was selected for Best New Horror 21 (2010), and "Random Flight" for Best British Horror 2015. Rosalie lives in Coverdale, North Yorkshire, the magnificent landscape of which inspires and sometimes provides the settings for her writing.
  DEAR JOHN: There are times in life when something affects you deeply and alters the way you look at the world.

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  Stake

  Kevin J. Anderson

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  Vampire hunter or serial killer? That depends on whether vampires exist . . .  Simon Helsing believes the only way to stop a bad guy with fangs is a good guy with a stake. He has devoted his life to ridding the world of vampires. He hunts them, finds their daytime lairs, and pounds a stake through their hearts.    Lexi Tarada wants to believe. She's desperate to prove that the strange and impossible can be real. She runs a website for the unexplained and tries to sift through the crazy conspiracy theories to find out what is - or might be - real.    Detective Todd Carrow is a skeptic. Haunted by visions of brutal killings from a previous case, he sees the latest gruesome murders as nothing more than the actions of a madman targeting innocents.     Helsing is convinced he's doing good, but what if vampires aren't real and Carrow is right?

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  Hypnos (The Work of H P...

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  "Hypnos" is a first-person narrative, written from the perspective of an unnamed character living in Kent and later London, England. The narrator writes that he fears sleep, and is resolved to write his story down lest it drive him further mad, regardless of what people think after reading it. The narrator, a sculptor, recounts meeting a mysterious man in a railway station. The moment the man opened his "immense, sunken, and widely luminous eyes", the narrator knew that the stranger would become his friend-–"the only friend of one who had never possessed a friend before." In the eyes of the stranger, he witnessed important knowledge of the mysteries he always sought to learn. From this point on, he would touch his friend and sculpt him daily. At night they would commence their adventures, exploring worlds beyond human comprehension. Over time, the narrator's companion begins to speak of using their ability to transcend into the unknown as a way to rule the universe (via a set of drugs). The narrator is frightened by the prospect and disavows such hubris to the reader. Soon the narrator is off on a foray with his friend, travelling through a void that he explains is beyond human sensation. Passing through several barriers, eventually the narrator comes to one he cannot cross, though his friend does. Opening his "physical eyes", the narrator wakes up and awaits the return of his friend, who awakes severely shaken and reticent, warning only that they must avoid sleep at all cost. From then on, with the aid of drugs, the two avoid sleep, as each time they succumb, they both seem to rapidly age and are plagued by nightmares that the narrator refuses to explain. The story ends with the narrator explaining that one night, his friend fell into a "deep-breathing sleep" and was impossible to arouse. The narrator shrieks, faints, and awakes surrounded by police and neighbors, who inform him that his friend was not real. There is only a bust of his friend in his room, engraved with the Greek word: ΥΠΝΟΣ (Hypnos).

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  Vengeance from Beyond (The Ghost...

  Ian Fortey, Ron Ripley, Scare...

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  One man stands between darkness and light…  
  Shane Ryan returns to America with a deadly mission: to hunt down the mastermind behind the sinister Reaper Company. But when his quest leads him into a trap, Shane finds himself locked away in a nightmarish psychiatric facility, where the line between reality and madness is razor thin… 
  Drugged, beaten, and haunted by malevolent spirits, Shane must fight for his sanity and survival. As he uncovers a chilling conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of power, he forges an unlikely alliance with a timid ghost, embarking on a harrowing escape that will test the limits of his supernatural abilities. 
  From the shadowy corridors of a haunted hospital to the chaotic streets of New York City, Shane races against time to stop a diabolical plan that threatens to unleash an army of spectral warriors upon the world. 
  In the final battle of good versus evil, how far will Shane go in the name of vengeance? 
  Step into the eerie world of Scare Street, where supernatural horror and suspense await you at every turn. Our collection of ghost stories, urban legends, and haunted house stories offer the perfect mix of scary and spooky tales. Whether it's a creepy campfire classic, short horror stories, or unsettling creepypasta, our tales are crafted to bring thrills and chills that will keep you hooked.

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  The Locked Tomb Mystery - And...

  Elizabeth Peters

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  Four classic stories by the New York Times bestselling grandmaster of mystery, each paired with an incisive new introduction. 
   
   
    
  A thriller writer is embroiled in a real-life whodunit when a friend drops dead with her hatpin impaled in his back. The violation of a sealed West Bank tomb, its rock walls intact, provides a Thebes investigator with a mystifying conundrum. Two sisters take shelter in a shuttered old house at the end of a country road . . . only to discover they're not alone. And the author's most beloved characters, Amelia Peabody and Radcliff Emerson, make an appearance in a newly uncovered tale with a witty nod to Sherlock Holmes. 
   
   
    
  Settle in with this quartet of short stories—now available for the first time in a single volume—from one of the most popular mystery writers of all time. The Locked Tomb Mystery and Other Stories features a preface and introductions to each story by mystery authors Tasha Alexander, Juliet Blackwell, and Daniel Stashower, and Egyptologist Salima Ikram.

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  A Haunting in Plum Hollow

  Ambrose Ibsen

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  A family slain. A house steeped in darkness. A horror that never sleeps . . . 
   
   
   
  Siblings Michael and Ellery Lisbon are desperate for a fresh start. Reeling after a series of misfortunes, the pair settle down in the quiet town of Plum Hollow in the hopes of kick-starting their stalled lives. The house they move into is unbelievably affordable—a seeming gem in a ferociously competitive market. 
   
   
   
  But it was in this house that, two years prior, a family was savagely butchered. Despised by their neighbors, the siblings are left to grapple with the grisly reality of the house's past—and with the possibility that the evil behind the slayings is still present. 
   
   
   
  Jagged shadows leer at their bedsides, watching them sleep. Laughter erupts from unoccupied rooms, and Ellery is plagued by visions of the infamous killings. Gradually, they're being drawn into a nightmare—destined to become the prey of an insatiable horror. 
   
   
   
  Some say the devil lives in Plum Hollow. And they may well be right. 
   
   
   
  A Haunting in Plum Hollow is a novel of horror and supernatural suspense by Ambrose Ibsen, author of The House of Long Shadows and The Possession.

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