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When night falls upon Ditchfield Juvenile Detention Facility in the Maryland foothills, whatever the watch tower lights don’t touch is taken by the shadows. Inside are young men the state calls lost causes and future convicts. The violent. The mentally ill. The forgotten. Gordon Pope hates Ditchfield. Rumors have swirled about the place for years. Whispers of beatings. Mental abuse. Even experiments. Every patient he’s had that ended up there took a chunk of his heart with them.

The Trader of Chicago by H. Wilhelm Starkweather is a psychological fiction novel set in early 20th century Chicago. It captures the tumultuous world of speculative trading and the intricate dynamics of a wealthy family in the Windy City. Gina Brown, a young woman from a small town in Massachusetts, finds herself thrust into the high-stakes world of Chicago's trading floors and social elite. As she navigates the complexities of love, ambition, and familial duty, Gina's journey becomes a riveting exploration of human psychology and societal pressures. A captivating psychological thriller ...

I know who I am—Benny Thornton, college student. But I can’t speak. Or move. Or see. I’m in a coma. Yet I have no idea how I got here. As he lies in a hospital bed, trapped in a nightmare, fleeting memories of the past come back to him. He tries to piece it all together. The insomnia. The sleepwalking. The death of his father. His mother’s debilitating agoraphobia. Something amiss with his girlfriend that he can’t quite remember. And the horrifying realization that the real nightmare isn’t being in a coma. It’s waking up from it.

Newly-separated Laura is back home living with her mum. She spends her days reading and escaping from the realities of her new life alone—until that life suddenly becomes more complicated than she could ever have imagined. When a novel received from an online book swap contains a chilling note, Laura has to overcome her own fears to help a stranger. First, she must uncover just exactly who is it that needs to be saved, and from what.

In the stillness of a quiet suburban life, Sarah and Daniel’s world shatters when a violent home invasion leaves Sarah violated and their lives turned upside down. What begins as an unimaginable nightmare spirals into a web of betrayal, secrets, and danger, as they struggle to piece together their broken marriage and fragile reality. But just as Sarah and Daniel try to rebuild their lives, new revelations emerge, bringing a chilling question to the surface: Was this only the beginning? As their faith is tested, their trust shattered, and vengeance beckons, Sarah and Daniel must confront ...

The hero of The Invisibility Cloak lives in contemporary Beijing—where everyone is doing their best to hustle up the ladder of success while shouldering an ever-growing burden of consumer goods—and he’s a loser. Well into his forties, he’s divorced (and still doting on his ex), childless, and living with his sister (her husband wants him out) in an apartment at the edge of town with a crack in the wall. He gets by just by making customized old-fashioned amplifiers for the occasional rich audio-obsessive. Then an old friend tips him off about a special job....

When Jade Ferguson’s affair with a married man abruptly ends, she’s devastated. There is no quick fix for a broken heart. A fresh start is required. New job. New home. New neighbours. The residents of Gresham Terrace seem pleasant enough. Except for one… An absolutely gripping debut psychological thriller.

Revised - Revamped - Refreshed in 2025 A mesmerising tale of love, lies, and the secrets that can destroy everything—by the best-selling author of The Watcher and An Impossible Dilemma. After the collapse of her marriage, Geraldine returns to her idyllic childhood village, hoping to find comfort in the familiar. But what she finds instead is disquieting: her once-vivacious mother has become withdrawn, and strange tensions ripple through the community. As Geraldine digs deeper, she uncovers unsettling truths that could fracture her world forever. James, now a seasoned investigator, has ...

God designed sexual activity as a means for two individuals to reciprocally declare, 'I completely belong, permanently, and exclusively to you.' Your covenant renewal service is sex. When a man and woman become husband and wife, something special occurs in their union. Two merge into one flesh. Sex is holy (it is not evil), and God intended it to add flavor to our lives and ultimately prolong them. Sex makes relationships between couples stronger. The intimacy developed and felt during sex deepens and intensifies whatever emotional or psychological ties that may exist. It keeps the healthy ...

What if they hadn't gone? That's the question Clementine can't stop asking herself. It was just a backyard barbeque. They didn't know their hosts that well. They were friends of friends. They could so easily have said no. But she and her husband, Sam, said yes, and now they can never change what they did and didn't do that beautiful winter's day. Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One yapping dog. It's a normal weekend in the suburbs. What could possibly go wrong?

What if your worst enemy discovered your darkest secret? At 2:00 a.m. on the morning of her 40th birthday, Sophie wakes in the darkness of her bedroom and finds a stranger watching her from the foot of the bed. The intruder hands Sophie a letter and issues an ultimatum: the message is to be opened at her forthcoming party, in front of family and friends, at exactly 8:00 p.m.

Jodi McDonald and her family have escaped from the Helios cult. But their freedom has come at a heavy price. Now, grief-stricken and fractured, they are once again on the road. As they search for a new sanctuary, Jodi is driven by one need above all others: to protect her family at all costs. Every person has their breaking point, and Owen McDonald has reached his. To cope with unbearable loss, he fixates on finding a new home—a fresh start. But his obsession with reaching the coast could have deadly consequences.

It’s been exactly one year since Cheryl Bradley was found dead in her bathtub, dressed in a wedding gown with her ring finger severed. With no leads and no more evidence, the case had gone cold. That is, until another young woman is found murdered and posed in the same fashion.

It’s late, and Dez should go to bed, but instead, she keeps watching horror movies for the Mayhem & Madness Film Festival. She sees a new one pop up in her to-review queue: Adam. That’s a funny title, she thinks, since there’s another judge named Adam. But instead of watching, she goes to bed, and by the time she wakes up, the judge named Adam has killed his wife and himself, and the film, Adam has disappeared from the judging queue. In its place is a film called Grant — the name of another judge. Is Grant doomed to Adam’s fate? Will Dez see her own name as a film title?

Revised - Revamped - Refreshed - 2025 A Riveting Psychological Thriller Geri and James are back—sharper, bolder, and caught in their most explosive mystery yet! Just when their neighbour, Lydia, finally seems to have found peace with the birth of her second son, disaster strikes once more. Determined to help their friend, Geri and James step in—but they soon realise Lydia’s troubles are only the beginning. While researching historic unsolved murders for James’s latest book, Geri stumbles upon a chilling revelation: one of the prime suspects from a decades-old case is now a resident ...

Jessica has lived her whole life reliving a horror show from her childhood. Her imaginary friend saved her life from a killer... Now Malia is back. In a way that is far too real to be make believe.

The past isn't dead. It's just waiting to be remembered. Sally Lansdale has masterfully constructed the perfect life—devoted husband Jeremy, two children, and a thriving career. But when Jeremy's sudden death cracks the foundation of her carefully built world, it also fractures the walls holding back her darkest memories. As she submits to hypnotherapy to unlock her buried past, Sally confronts a horrifying possibility: she may have played a role in her own father's mysterious death decades ago. Each recovered memory brings her closer to a truth she might not survive. Meanwhile, her ...

“Surreal Nightmares” is a new collection of transgressive horror from JWK Fiction, edited by James Ward Kirk and Sebastian Crow. Within these pages you will find surreal works of horror, stories with nightmarish qualities, stories that push the boundaries of experimental fiction, stories that blend prose and poetry. Tap into this strange, twisted realm of dreams and nightmares, these bizarre and terrifying visions. Gidion Van de Swaluw's surreal and outlandish illustrations expand the madness to the point of no return. Come, let us be part of your surreal nightmares!

Adam and Jess move into a new house—a rambling Victorian villa at the very top of their price range—with their three young children. Before long Adam discovers a door hidden behind a fitted wardrobe, concealing a secret room . . . Inside Adam discovers a collection of forgotten items: a wallet, an expensive watch and an old mobile phone. Jess thinks they should simply throw them away. But Adam resists. He is fascinated by these items and how they came to be inside the hidden room. But like the house, Adam has his secrets too.

On a beautiful fall evening, in the middle of a game of hide-and-seek, five-year-old Bobby Clark is kidnapped by his estranged father, a shiftless man with a history of domestic violence and drug abuse. Bobby's twin brother Ricky watches, terrified, from his hiding place behind the bougainvillea, while mother Tabby, who also struggles with addiction, lies inebriated on the living room floor.