Monster House

The rain hasn't stopped for a week, and the 12 guests of the Blue Vein Tavern are trapped by flooded roads and the rising Skidwrack River. Among them are a ship's captain, tattooed twins, a musician, and a young girl traveling on her own. To pass the time, they begin to tell stories - each a different type of folklore - that eventually reveal more about their own secrets than they intended. As the rain continues to pour down - an uncanny, unnatural amount of rain - the guests begin to realize that the entire city is in danger, and not just from the flood.

The Fae are gone and the monsters reign. Lunaria was always a land full of nightmares. But when the Fae vanished without a trace, we had to make sacrifices to survive. From the ashes, the Moroi Houses rose. As the Heir to one of the most influential Houses, I’ve always known that an arranged marriage would be part of my future. One where I ruled alongside my husband as we fought to strengthen the crumbling alliances of our people. When I’m betrayed by my husband and his House, however, I return home to an uncertain future—and to both my childhood crush and my arch-nemesis.

Some secrets are best left, buried deep within the earth… I am thrilled to put together this collection of creepy short stories set in different parts of the world!! Whether it is a small non-descript village in India, the magnificent monasteries in Tibet, the numerous alleys of Kathmandu, the terraced rice fields of Japan, or the Serengeti plains of Tanzania— the locations are as beautiful as the horrifying events which unravel in them! This volume contains 5 horror stories that will have you feverishly turning pages, wanting more— Whether it is a village which is terrorized by an ...

Don't look in the shadows. A banshee wails for her victim. A phone app with unusual powers traps an unwary man. A housewife discovers that one can never be too clean. A fair comes to town, bringing death along for a ride. These and other macabre tales await as Anthony M. Strong takes you on a joyride to a dark place where anything is possible, and fear is never far away.

Siete minutos después de la medianoche, Conor despierta y se encuentra un monstruo en la ventana. Pero no es el monstruo que él esperaba, el de la pesadilla que tiene casi todas las noches desde que su madre empezó el arduo e incansable tratamiento. No, este monstruo es algo diferente, antiguo... Y quiere lo más peligroso de todo: la verdad.

Fifteen years ago, Victor Cortez was approached by an old man with an offer he couldn’t refuse. Now, ten strangers have received an invitation to visit the Cortez Vineyard, supposedly haunted, with the promise of fine food, award-winning wine, and one million dollars if they last the weekend. When Lance receives the invite, he dismisses it. But somewhat of a recluse since his wife died, he decides it’s high time he got back to living and reconsiders. When he arrives at the vineyard, he and the other guests think they are in for a good time; it doesn’t take long for them to change ...

Desde que sabe que es hijo de un dios y una mortal, Percy Jackson espera que el destino le depare continuas aventuras. Y su expectativa se cumplirá con creces. Aunque el nuevo curso en la Escuela Meriwether transcurre con inusual normalidad, un simple partido de balón prisionero acaba en batalla campal contra una banda de feroces gigantes.

Karou y Akiva ya saben que están vivos... pero Karou aún no está preparada para perdonar. Y ahora, mediante un terrible engaño, Karou ha tomado el control sobre la rebelión quimérica y el futuro de su raza depende de ella, si es que aún queda futuro para las quimeras en Eretz, una tierra devastada por la guerra. Cuando el brutal ejército de serafines de Jael penetra en el mundo humano, lo impensable se convierte en esencial: Karou y Akiva tendrán que unir sus ejércitos para luchar contra un enemigo común.

When the first season of Stranger Things debuted on Netflix in the summer of 2016, the show struck a nerve with millions of viewers worldwide and received broad critical acclaim. The series has gone on to win six Emmy Awards, but its success was driven more than anything by word of mouth, resonating across generations. Viewers feel personal connections to the characters. Now fans can immerse themselves in the world - or worlds - of Hawkins, Indiana, like never before.

En su manera franca y entretenida, Mike Michalowicz revela por qué la fórmula tradicional ventas - gastos = ganancia no sólo es contraria a la conducta humana, sino un mito que te encierra en un ciclo interminable de vender más y aprovechar menos.

Lily and her brother Rory have just moved into a new house after their family spent months renovating it. The formerly rundown, creepy old house is now totally transformed into a tech lover's dream. Rory has installed a smart device called Mastermind that can turn on lights, lock doors, and even open the windows, among other things. He and Lily love showing off what the Mastermind can do. But someone doesn't love the changes—the ghost of the girl who died in the house. She's angry—and ready for revenge.

She inherited a house, but discovered something far more valuable within the haunted walls... When Lyra inherits Fairlane Manor from her late great-uncle, she never imagined the secrets it held within its timeworn walls. The legacy of a once-renowned artist lingers like a specter, his eerie and lifelike animal paintings haunting the minds of those who dare to behold them. In a whispered legend, a traveler sought refuge at Fairlane Manor, only to become ensnared in the painter's mysterious masterpiece. Trapped within the canvas, he was cursed to roam as a fearsome werewolf, his fate forever ...

One bite of temptation, and now I'm navigating a world of candy, curses, and second chances... Slipping after getting out of the bathtub and hitting my head on the toilet seat wasn’t exactly the way I’d imagined ascending to the pearly gates, but nevertheless, there I was, Bethany Snow, knocking on heaven's door. Looking back, I should have suspected something when I spied the freshly baked devil’s food cake next to the manna on the buffet. I would have blamed my choice to go for the devil's chocolate on PMS if I’d still been alive; however, after one bite of sweet temptation, I was...

Sixteen year old Addison Monroe and her friends think they’ve hit the jackpot when they win a contest that will allow them to go on a televised ghost investigation with the nationally renowned TV paranormal investigative team, The Ghost Dudes. With cameras rolling, the two groups arrive at the infamous Meadowlark Asylum. Suddenly shut down nearly a half century before under mysterious circumstances, it’s become shrouded in stories and legends about the darkness, nicknamed Monster of the Asylum, that allegedly stalks its abandoned hallways. It isn’t long before Addison realizes ...

In the 10th book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early listener book mystery series - there's a haunted house in Green Lawn! It's Halloween, and the Shangri-la Hotel has been transformed into a haunted house, complete with an ogre out front. Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy are ready for some scary fun, but then they notice that none of the kids who have gone in the hotel have come back out. What's happening to them? Ghosts and witches and ogres aren't real...right?

What happens in Vegas? Apparently, fairy tales gone wild… Moving to Vegas was supposed to kickstart my singing career, not drop me into a twisted fairytale. But here I am, Elspeth “Ellie” Moon, at a Halloween party, locking lips with Prince Charming. Tall, gorgeous, and those tongue kisses? Wow. Things are going swimmingly, right up until he croaks—literally—and turns into a frog. Yeah, you heard me. A frog. Turns out, he’s cursed by his ex-girlfriend, the Wicked Witch, and every time I kiss him, poof—frog mode activated. If we ever hope to take things past first base, we’ve...

A stolen soul. A doomed fated mate. Tainted blood that could save or destroy the world. Yesterday, my life was simple, if a little soulless. Now, it turns out that my brother took my soul and my magic ten years ago. I should have died with him after he was killed, but my demon hunter fated mate saved me when he gave me his powerful nephilim soul... I mean I stole it, but he's not dead, so... We're both going to die unless we can get our souls untangled and back where they belong because his soul is slowly burning me up from the inside as I struggle to control the fire and magic in my veins,...

Beryl and the Monsters A story of pre-lapsarian innocence and corruption ... a gripping and powerful allegory of the modern world. Voices emerge from the darkness. Albert and Beryl hear the howls of strange creatures in the forest. John tells them there are no monsters, but Beryl discovers a creature caught in the brambles. Albert doesn't like the look of it ... Readers' comments "The writing is beautiful and I found it very moving." "One of the select books out of the hundreds of thousands published in 2014 (or any year) you should read, for the wonder of it all." "Some of the most genuine...

Eighteen-year-old Myla Lewis is a girl who loves two things: kicking ass and kicking ass. She's not your everyday quasi-demon, half-demon, and half-human, girl. For the past five years, Myla has lived for the days she gets to fight in Purgatory's arena. When souls want a trial by combat for their right to enter heaven or hell, they go up against her, and she has not lost a battle yet.

She was told to follow the bedtime routine. Light the candles. Circle the salt. Whisper the prayer. Or the thing in the closet would come out. High schooler Emily thought it was just another babysitting job. Watch sweet little Clara, feed her dinner, tuck her into bed. But bedtime comes with strict rules. And Clara is terrified of what happens if they’re broken. At first, Emily laughs off the rituals. Kids and their games. But then the closet handle turns on its own. Whispers echo through the baby monitor. And Clara’s nightly prayer starts sounding less like nonsense—and more like a ...