Monster House

Mai un home ha estat reclòs en una presó més segura, més llunyana i més inexpugnable que Napoleó Bonaparte després de ser derrotat a Waterloo. Tothom sap què li va passar: que el món, fart de les seves ambicions infinites i les destrosses inacabables, va decidir tractar-lo com el que era… Un geni del mal. I la llàntia on el van tancar es deia Santa Helena: un illot de roca a milers de quilòmetres de la costa més propera, infestat de rates i vigilat per l'armada britànica.

Here you will find Frankenstein, werewolf, skeletons, goblins, ghosts, vampires, witches, zombies and all manner of monsters having fun and trying to scare trick-or-treaters. Music, sound effects and awesome monster voices! Playing this audiobook out loud will make you the most popular house in the neighborhood this Halloween.

WARNING: This audiobook will haunt your thoughts long after the final word fades! Dive into "The Neighbors Upstairs" - a chilling tale that will shatter your perception of reality! Join Jaxon Parker as he unravels the sinister mysteries lurking in his dilapidated apartment building. With EVERY CREAK AND WHISPER, you’ll be pulled deeper into a nightmare where the past screams to be heard. Feel the pulse of fear as you uncover the DARK SECRETS of 4B, where shadows dance and the walls bleed memories of TERROR!

Tener un monstruo palpitante y mordiente alojado en un lugar tan íntimo como un bolsillo tal vez pueda asustar a algunos. Pero no a Inés. Inés le da la bienvenida. Porque Inés, tan flaquita y silenciosa, tan titubeante, tan pequeña, tiene un deseo muy grande—un deseo tan grande que apenas si le cabe en el cuerpo—de que le sucedan cosas maravillosas, terribles y extraordinarias. Un monstruo personal, secreto, privado, es justo lo que andaba necesitando. Sin embargo, convivir con un monstruo nunca es fácil... Y el de Inés parece decidido a no abandonarla.

Mary Fern’s Monster Under My Bed series of stories is aimed at calming down and reassuring children they are safe and secure when they are tucked up in their beds - and indeed, the monster under the bed is there to look after them and reassure them.

Begegnungen mit der Bestie Mensch. Das Unfassbare war bei ihm der Normalfall: Der legendäre Mordermittler Josef Wilfling hatte es tagtäglich mit Menschen zu tun, die Ungeheuerliches getan oder erlebt haben...

Investment guru Tobin Smith reveals his secrets for scoring monster returns in today's volatile market by focusing on the emerging sectors that have the best potential for explosive growth - what Smith refers to as ChangeWaves.

Amateur sleuth Geneva Pomolo and her assistant, Iris Reeves, are on a quest to visit every major tourist attraction in Northern Indiana. Their efforts lead them to the town museum, where a meeting of the Cryptid and Paranormal Society dissolves into chaos over disputed sightings of the Wrangler’s Devil. Howard “Hefty” Gulch advocates putting a team together to find the beast, but is shouted down by opponents who feel he’s meddling in things best left alone. When Hefty is found dead on the slopes of a cliff during a routine camping trip, Geneva is certain of foul play.

Alex and Ana are twins in foster care. After their parents went missing a year ago, they’re desperate not to lose each other. But their chances of staying together are slim. Hoping for a fresh start, they move in with family. But their new home comes with secrets that seem impossible to keep. From strange noises, mysterious creatures, and a glowing book, the mysteries awaiting them are too powerful to resist. When they accidentally expose the book to someone they shouldn’t, they unleash a chain of events that could destroy their family… and the world.

“The Gateway of the Monster” is a story featuring Thomas Carnacki, a detective who investigates cases of an occult or supernatural nature. It is one of five tales of Carnacki's ghost-hunting exploits that first appeared serially in The Idler magazine in 1910 and were published together with one more as the collection Carnacki the Ghost-Finder in 1913. After a good dinner, Mr. Carnacki relates his experiences of ghost finding to his limited circle of four friends whom he has summoned to his home in Chelsea.

In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible, Kafkaesque nightmare. Each story builds a new world all its own: a group of children steal a haunted doll, a runaway bride encounters a sea monster, a vendor sells toy boxes that seemingly control the passage of time, an insomniac is seduced by the Sandman.

Dulce, a busty and lesbian minotaur, is surprised when her best friend (and romantic interest) shows up with her new hubby. Bessie, a gorgeous minotaur, wants to pretend her one night of lesbian passion with Dulce never happened. With hubby tied up, Dulce begins her seduction. She's eager to show the straight minotaur all the joys of sapphic passion. The boarding house is going to be shaking with lesbian minotaur passion!

Cupid and his army of four smoking hot men are on the hunt to help women who have been so focused on their careers and raising children, they have been out of the dating game for some time. Aurora Wallace is a paleoclimatologist who is on a luxury cruise of a lifetime to the North Pole. An anthropologist, who teaches a drum circle dancing session, catches her eye, prompting her to hide from him in her room for the remainder of the trip. Will Cupid's army unthaw Aurora’s cold heart? Or will Aurora continue to hide from her feelings and herself? This is a MFMMMM tantalizing short story ...

Die USA in den 1960er-Jahren: Harry Turner, ein geradezu fanatischer Verehrer des Horror-Autors H. P. Lovecraft, macht sich an die Verwirklichung eines gewaltigen Vorhabens. Auf seinem Grundstück soll ein Geisterhaus entstehen, und zwar das größte und unheimlichste, das Amerika je gesehen hat. Harrys komplette Familie arbeitet an dem Projekt mit, obwohl seine pragmatisch veranlagte Frau und seine beiden Töchter die Augen vor der gruseligen Wahrheit verschließen: Die Monster, die im Geisterhaus der Turners ihr Unwesen treiben, sind echt.

In the idyllic coastal town of Urchin Cove, Jericho, the official clinic cat for the town's only vet had hoped to spend the summer relaxing after helping break up a dog fighting ring in the spring. He had been longing to let the summer sun soak into his jet-black fur, but it was not meant to be. He is dragged into a missing person case that leads to one murder and then another. Jericho's summer goes off with a bang.

Lotte will Prinzessin sein
Sieben Uhr morgens. Lotte soll endlich aufstehen. Sie muss um acht im Kindergarten sein. Wenn sie sich nicht beeilt, kommen beide zu spät, denn auch die Mama will pünktlich ins Büro. Also bitte, Lotte, zieh rasch den blauen Rock und den roten Pulli an. ABER NEIN! Lotte will nicht. Heute möchte sie unbedingt das Prinzessinnenkleid anziehen.

Eine Tragödie von erstaunlicher Aktualität: Der junge Wissenschaftler Victor Frankenstein ist von der Idee besessen, einen künstlichen Menschen zu erschaffen. Mit seinen Experimenten ignoriert er die Gesetze der Natur. Doch als er Erfolg hat, wendet er sich mit Schrecken von dem Monster ab, das er selbst ins Leben gerufen hat.

Frrk ist wieder da! Das schleimige Tentakelmonster vom Matschplaneten Tmllp steuert erneut die Erde an, um seine Freunde Tom und Elli wiederzutreffen. Im Gepäck hat er ein Geschenk der Tmllper an die Menschheit: extrem seltenen, hochenergetischen Supermatsch! Ein Tröpfchen reicht, um die Energieprobleme der Menschen auf ewig zu lösen. Leider hat auch der ultrafiese Weltraumpirat Zmrrx davon Wind gekriegt und wittert seine Chance, den sonst streng bewachten Supermatsch an sich zu bringen.

The world seemed like a safe place once—that is no longer the case. Willow Martin’s society is now a world divided by corruption and evil. Disheartened by their present society, her crew bans together to create a home, a place unaffected by tragedies past. Willow’s strength will shock her team and herself. But the newly christened Starship Armargosa crew has a difficult voyage ahead. They thought they were prepared for their mission but didn’t anticipate a traitorous mentor, horrific zombie monsters, or being stranded on a deserted planet. In this world where being different makes ...

¿Existe el Cuero de la laguna? ¿Y el basilisco, el lobizón o la pericana? ¿Y la luz mala o la Llorona? Por supuesto que existen, como existe todo lo que crea nuestra imaginación. Es así: cada pueblo tiene sus creencias y no hay ninguno que no haya inventado sus propios monstruos. Algunos son tan espantosos que casi no se los puede mirar. ¡Otros son tan fascinantes que no podemos quitarles los ojos de encima!