Ghost Thriller

These shivery tales were collected from the oral tradition, from people all over the Southwest, and represent the rich cultural diversity of the region, from the Ozarks to the Rio Grande, California to the Big Thicket.

Each house has a history. Each person has a secret. Each turn of events leads to danger. Come back to me. Cole Dalton’s wife, Caroline, had the words etched onto a pendant for him. Each time he deployed overseas as a military bomb tech, she stitched the pendant into his uniform. Cole returned safely from the battlefield...only to bury his wife after a tragic car accident. Cole moves into their beachside cottage to both heal and find closure after Caroline’s death. But on the first day he arrives, he finds an intruder searching for something and desperate enough to kill.

Long lost to the public in out-of-print pulp magazines, dusty Victorian anthologies, and the pages of now defunct newspapers, these vintage vampire stories have truly proved immortal. Resurrected now for the year 2011, this is a stunning collection of nineteenth-century vampire stories by heavyweights such as Sabine Baring-Gould and Bram Stoker. These rare stories are arranged in chronological order from 1846 to 1913 and are compiled by two of the world's leading vampire anthologists and experts.

Justin is excited to start his new job at an energy mine on a distant planet—until things begin to go wrong. Small things. Annoying glitches in the mining complex's tech. Enough to aggravate him. Enough to notice a connection. When the first miner dies from a tech-related accident, Justin can no longer turn a blind eye. But the mine's brass don't want him digging for answers even though something from the mine's past is lurking beneath the surface...and it wants blood.

Some roads should never be traveled. From isolated rest stops to forgotten overpasses, Haunted Highways takes you deep into the eerie silence between mile markers—where lost travelers hear whispers in the dark and headlights vanish into nowhere. These 25 immersive horror stories are inspired by real unexplained encounters across America’s roads. Each tale pulls you into a nightmarish stretch of asphalt haunted by phantoms, cryptids, and things far stranger. Perfect for fans of Creepshow, The Twilight Zone, and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, this collection brings atmospheric, slow-...

From best-selling mother-daughter duo ReGina Welling & Erin Lynn comes a supernatural whodunit full of ghostly intrigue and a witty amateur sleuth who can't escape the past—even when it's six feet under—brought to life through the captivating narration of Mia Cannedy.

Welcome to Heaven Springs Where the Devil Wants His Due Mandy Maples has returned to her hometown Heaven Springs to regroup. She fled LA when embarrassment encapsulated her life. Living with her Grandmother Angelica, the town's mayor, and working at the local antique store has given her some well needed guidance and grounding. But when a suspicious murder takes place and her grandmother is a suspect, will these new events toss her back into a tail spin? Fortunately for Mandy she's a witch with powers she's now starting to sharpen. Her familiar, Angel, an old soul in a white kitty's body, is...

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King& Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE The Retreat offers an intensive rehabilitation for the soul, an isolated luxury wellness environment designed to heal and more importantly to forgive even if the harsh Scottish island location isn't. Guests are welcome on a strictly invitational basis only and the exclusive clientele have only one thing in common, guilt. They arrive as strangers but during therapy they will reveal their innermost secrets to each other in order to try and move forward in their lives and leave ...

Bob Roberts, second in command of the starship Argonaut becomes concerned when members of the crew are brutally murdered. Then the ship’s doctor points something out, that all the victims are drained of blood. When explosions force their space-born vessel to land for repairs on their destination, the planet Nightshade, their sighs of relief turn to screams of terror. For Nightshade is so very aptly named.

Attacked at home by an unknown assailant, meek Lucille Stevenson should be dead, but she isn’t. She should have called the police, she should have told her family, she should have done a lot of things, but she didn’t. Because what Lucille did to her attacker went far beyond self-defense. It was cold, brutal, and vicious; and if anyone found out, her life would be over. Unfortunately, her biggest problem isn't getting rid of the body; it's that she really enjoyed killing the man and can't wait to do it again...

With unprecedented scope and consummate skill, Norman Mailer unfolds a rich and riveting epic of an American spy. Harry Hubbard is the son and godson of CIA legends. His journey to learn the secrets of his society - and his own past - takes him through the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the "momentous catastrophe" of the Kennedy assassination. All the while, Hubbard is haunted by women who were loved by both his godfather and President Kennedy.

Here’s a dirty little secret. Spirits can kill you. Sandy couldn’t take it anymore. Her work as a psychic for the LAPD was tearing her apart. Murders. Playing out in her head at night and slipping into her thoughts during the day. She quit. Her friend Mary Grace was still in the game, working with the police and running psychic investigations on the side. She had a séance planned. One that was right up Sandy’s alley. All she had to do was convince Sandy to join her. Holding a séance is the psychic’s way of opening doors, and Mary Grace was an expert. Sandy reluctantly said yes, ...

For years, ghost hunter and retired Marine Shane Ryan has worked alongside occult expert James Moran. But when Moran survives a vicious attack by the terrifying spirits known as Hounds, Shane finds himself thrust into a decades-old conspiracy involving a mysterious madman named Ezra Deacon, and an entity known only as Mr. Shadow. Working with FBI agent Xander Ventura, Shane and Moran uncover a horrifying truth. Deep in the Vermont wilderness, a crumbling old mansion holds secrets soaked in the blood of hundreds.

For four aging men in the terror-stricken town of Milburn, New York, an act inadvertently carried out in their youth has come back to haunt them. Now they are about to learn what happens to those who believe they can bury the past - and get away with murder. Peter Straub's classic best seller is a work of "superb horror" ( Washington Post Book World) that, like any good ghost story, stands the test of time - and conjures our darkest fears and nightmares.

WILL SHE NEVER SET HIM FREE? That day I set out on my bike for a week of cycling around the borders I did not believe in ghosts. Maybe if I am being honest, I did not even believe in people anymore. For six days I charged headlong into relationships, friendships, and trouble. It was not just what was in front of me that made the journey so memorable. No matter who I met or where I ended up, she was always following in my shadow. At the time I had no idea who she was or what I had done to deserve the porcelain lady hunting me down. I know now of course, but it is too late to save me. Guilt ...

The ghost of a little girl will stop at nothing to get a mother. After a crushing family tragedy, Melinda needed a safe place to heal with her husband and teenage step-daughter. The lovely farm her great-aunt left to her seems the perfect place. When they open the doors, the house is full of boxes and toys and dolls. Lots of dolls. Dolls with secrets revolving around a mysterious wooden box Melinda finds buried in the hoard. Sheriff Kingsley knows something strange swirls through Maddison, Indiana. An undercurrent of evil that permeates the town. The evil seems focused on Melinda’s farm, ...

For all its old-fashioned charm, Forbes Abbot is far from the close-knit community that ex-Londoners Mallory and Kate Lawson expected. In this village, everyday squabbles can quickly turn to murder. As the couple begins to settle into their new life away from the big city, it isn't long until they're thrown into the horror and mayhem of a true Midsomer Murders mystery. Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby has encountered many intriguing cases in his years on the force, but soon he will discover that the incident of the ghost in the machine is the most challenging of them all.

Zoe Forbes is a professional photographer who has recently escaped from a personal relationship and engaged upon trying to rebuild her life when a chance assignment takes her to the small town of Withramstowe and a mystery that challenged the very basis of her beliefs. Who us the mysterious teenager who appears to be trying to contact her? What is the secret of Enderby Hall and the Bartchester family? Intrigued, and with the help of an old friend from many years back, Greg Hollister she gets drawn ever deeper into the mystery of what may have happened somewhere in that house until finally ...

THE COMPLETE SEVEN-BOOK SERIES IN ONE WILD BINGE-FRIENDLY BUNDLE! INSTA-LOVE, FATED MATES, DRAGON SHIFTERS . . . OMG ARE YOU GUYS READY?! THIS BOX SET CONTAINS: DRAGON'S CURVY ASSISTANT (109 pages) DRAGON'S CURVY BANKER (107 pages) DRAGON'S CURVY COUNSELOR (109 pages) DRAGON'S CURVY DOCTOR (117 pages) DRAGON'S CURVY ENGINEER (103 pages) DRAGON'S CURVY FIREFIGHTER (111 pages) DRAGON'S CURVY GAMBLER (109 pages) AND EACH BOOK CONTAINS: Fated mates! Shifter Loving! Total madness! These are Dragons Like You've Never Seen. Annabelle Winters Style. HERE'S WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE DRAGON'S...

If you love Insidious, the Conjuring, or Sinister, Dark is right up your alley Arinna seems to be trapped in a world full of darkness. While trying to escape her past, and the terrible thing she’s done, she finds herself looking the dark in the face time after time. Dean tried to teach Arinna about the darkness, about the marks that call to the dead, but she can’t seem to understand how these symbols keep finding her. Someone, or something, wants to get to her, and it’s becoming clear, they’ll stop at nothing until they do. She is faced with the realization of who she really is, ...