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Over the Woodward Wall (The Up-and-Under #1)
by A. Deborah BakerWriting as A. Deborah Baker, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of talking trees and sarcastic owls, of dangerous mermaids and captivating queens in Over the Woodward Wall, an exceptional tale for readers who are young at heart. <P><P>If you trust her you’ll never make it home…Avery is an exceptional child. Everything he does is precise, from the way he washes his face in the morning, to the way he completes his homework – without complaint, without fuss, without prompt. Zib is also an exceptional child, because all children are, in their own way. But where everything Avery does and is can be measured, nothing Zib does can possibly be predicted, except for the fact that she can always be relied upon to be unpredictable. They live on the same street. They live in different worlds. On an unplanned detour from home to school one morning, Avery and Zib find themselves climbing over a stone wall into the Up and Under – an impossible land filled with mystery, adventure and the strangest creatures. And they must find themselves and each other if they are to also find their way out and back to their own lives. <P><P>At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Overnight
by Ramsey CampbellAfter a series of strange mishaps, a bookstore manager musters his staff for an overnight inventory. But when the staff is sealed in for the night, they find out the bookstore is a doorway to hell.
The Overnight (Fear Street #3)
by R. L. Stine"You're Hurting Me!" Breathing heavily, his chest heaving, he loosened his grip a little. Backing away, Della saw the silver chain around his neck. Three silver skulls hung from the chain. "Oh!" They were so ugly, so realistic, so evil looking. He stared into her eyes. He seemed to be trying to read her thoughts. "What do you want?" she asked. He didn't reply. He didn't move or blink. His silence was scarier than when he talked to her. She suddenly remembered the ZAP gun. She had shoved it into her back jeans pocket. She reached for it now, felt the barrel first, then grabbed the handle. She jerked her arm back, raised the gun, and fired. A spray of yellow paint shot onto his forehead. He sputtered, surprised, then cried out angrily, and let go of her to wipe his forehead. She took off, racing, stumbling, flying along the ground. Where was she going? She didn't know. She didn't care. She only knew she would do anything to escape...
The Overnight: The New Girl; The Surprise Party; The Overnight; Missing (Fear Street #Bk. 16)
by R.L. StineFrom Goosebumps author R.L. Stine comes a spine-tingling tale of a night spent on Fear Island coming back to haunt a group of friends.Della O&’Connor joined the Outdoors Club to have adventures with her friends. So when their advisor can&’t make it to the planned overnight excursion to Fear Island, she rallies her friends to make the trip on their own. Won&’t it be more fun with no adults around? But it doesn&’t take long for the night to get out of hand. Della gets lost in the woods and then cornered by a dangerous stranger. She strikes back to save herself, and her friends vow to keep her violent secret. But someone saw what Della did. And he&’s threatening them all, forcing them back to Fear Island to find the evidence they forgot to bury...
The Oversight (The Oversight #1)
by Charlie Fletcher"The end always happens faster than you think." Once there were hundreds of members of the Oversight, the brave souls who guard the borders between the mundane and the magic. Now there are only five.When a vagabond brings a screaming girl to the Oversight's London headquarters, she could answer their hopes for new recruit, or she could be the instrument of their downfall.
The Oversight: A mystery of witch-hunters, magicians and mirror-walkers (Oversight Trilogy #6)
by Charlie Fletcher'Exciting, exhilarating, scary and moving in equal measure, The Oversight is a teeming world of dark deeds and dark magics, brilliantly realised. This feels like the start of something amazing' -M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts WHEN THEY FALL, SO DO WE ALL Once the Oversight, the secret society that polices the lines between the mundane and the magic, counted hundreds of brave souls among its members. Now their number can be tallied on a single hand. When a drunkard brings a screaming girl to the Oversight's London headquarters, it seems their hopes for a new recruit will be fulfilled - but the girl is a trap, her appearance a puzzle the five remaining guardians must solve or lose each other, and their society, for good. As the borders between the natural and the supernatural begin to break down, brutal murders erupt across the city, the Oversight are torn viciously apart and their enemies close in for the final blow. This dark Dickensian fantasy spins a tale of witch-hunters, magicians, mirror-walkers and the unlikeliest of heroes drawn from the depths of British folklore. Meet the Oversight, and remember: when they fall, so do we all.The Oversight Trilogy begins with The Oversight, continues in The Paradox and concludes in The Remnant.
The Oversight: A mystery of witch-hunters, magicians and mirror-walkers (Oversight Trilogy #6)
by Charlie Fletcher"The end always comes faster than you think."Once there were hundreds of members of the Oversight, the brave souls who guard the borders between the mundane and the magic. Now there are only five. And their numbers are dwindling further still.When a vagabond brings a screaming girl to the Oversight's London headquarters, she might answer their hopes for a new recruit, or she could be the instrument of their downfall.In his first novel for adults, Charlie Fletcher (The Stoneheart Trilogy) spins a tale of witch-hunters, supra-naturalists, mirror-walkers and magicians. Meet the Oversight, and remember: when they fall, so do we all.
The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away
by Ronald L. SmithTwelve-year-old Simon is obsessed with aliens. The ones who take people and do experiments. <P><P>When he's too worried about them to sleep, he listens to the owls hoot outside. Owls that have the same eyes as aliens—dark and foreboding. <P><P>Then something strange happens on a camping trip, and Simon begins to suspect he’s been abducted. But is it real, or just the overactive imagination of a kid who loves fantasy and role-playing games and is the target of bullies and his father’s scorn? <P><P>Even readers who don’t believe in UFOs will relate to the universal kid feeling of not being taken seriously by adults that deepens this deliciously scary tale.
The Oxford Book Of Gothic Tales (Oxford Book Of Prose / Verse 2008 Series)
by Chris BaldickBrimming with tales of terror, suspense, and the uncanny, this work offers a collection devoted to the best of the Gothic genre. Each story contains the common elements of the gothic talea warped sense of time, a claustrophobic setting, a link to archaic modes of thought, and the impression of a descent into disintegration. Yet taken together, they reveal the progression of the genre from stories of feudal villains amid crumbling ruins to a greater level of sophistication in which writers brought the gothic tale out of its medieval setting, and placed it in the contemporary world. <P><P> Bringing together the work of such writers as Eudora Welty, Thomas Hardy, Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joyce Carol Oates, and Jorge Luis Borges, The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales presents a wide array of the sinister and unsettling for all lovers of ghost stories, fantasy, and horror.
Oz: Into the Wild (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
by Christopher GoldenCYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF. Bitten by his werewolf cousin Jordy, Oz has struggled with the forces of evil that transform him to a beast three nights of each month.
El pabellón número 6 (Flash Relatos #Volumen)
by Anton ChéjovChéjov conocía muy bien la fragilidad y el patetismo del ser humano, cualidades en las que hoy todavía nos podemos ver reflejados en sus relatos. Andréi Yefímych, doctor e intelectual de un sórdido e insalubre sanatorio mental de provincias, donde la violencia y la fuerza bruta se ejercen contra los internos, entabla una curiosa relación de amistad con uno de sus pacientes, Iván Dmítrich. Este encuentro tambaleará las estoicas e ingenuas creencias de Andréi, precipitándolo así hacia el despertar de una amarga realidad. «Sí, estoy enfermo. Aunque también decenas, centenares de locos andan por ahí en libertad, porque su ignorancia es incapaz de distinguirlos de los sanos. ¿Por qué pues estos desgraciados y yo debemos estar aquí por todos los demás, como chivos expiatorios? Usted, el practicante, el celador y toda su gentuza hospitalaria son incomparablemente inferiores en lo moral a cualquiera de nosotros. ¿Por qué somos nosotros los encerrados y no usted? ¿Dónde está la lógica?»
El pabellón número 6 (Flash Relatos)
by Anton ChéjovChéjov conocía muy bien la fragilidad y el patetismo del ser humano, cualidades en las que hoy todavía nos podemos ver reflejados en sus relatos. Andréi Yefímych, doctor e intelectual de un sórdido e insalubre sanatorio mental de provincias, donde la violencia y la fuerza bruta se ejercen contra los internos, entabla una curiosa relación de amistad con uno de sus pacientes, Iván Dmítrich. Este encuentro tambaleará las estoicas e ingenuas creencias de Andréi, precipitándolo así hacia el despertar de una amarga realidad. «Sí, estoy enfermo. Aunque también decenas, centenares de locos andan por ahí en libertad, porque su ignorancia es incapaz de distinguirlos de los sanos. ¿Por qué pues estos desgraciados y yo debemos estar aquí por todos los demás, como chivos expiatorios? Usted, el practicante, el celador y toda su gentuza hospitalaria son incomparablemente inferiores en lo moral a cualquiera de nosotros. ¿Por qué somos nosotros los encerrados y no usted? ¿Dónde está la lógica?»
Pablo o la vida en las pampas
by Eduarda MansillaEduarda Mansilla produjo una obra muy personal y de gran carga política, a través de la cual polemizó con sus contemporáneos y se involucró en los debates más importantes de su época. Con prólogo de Gabriela Cabezón Cámara y notas introductorias de Alejandra Laera. «Los europeos nos juzgan siempre severamente. Para ellos, seremos siempre salvajes. Es verdad, hay guerras en nuestro país, pero en Europa también las hay, y allí como aquí se ven siempre en pugna las dos corrientes que agitan los mundos... Luz y sombra.» Pablo o la vida en las pampas narra la historia de un joven gaucho que se debate entre las ansias de libertad y la persecución de la justicia, y a través de ella, habla de la tensión entre política y sociedad, campo y ciudad, costumbres y ley. Con una mirada muy personal, Eduarda Mansilla alerta sobre la desprotección de los habitantes de la campaña y hace una valiente crítica al accionar del Estado. «La autora está en Francia cuando escribe esta novela y la escribe en francés. Ese ser puente, ese erigirse en intérprete de lo nacional para explicárselo a los otros, es el gesto de Pablo o la vida en las pampas. Pero no es el único gesto: Eduarda habla para afuera, lo dice explícitamente. Lo que no dice pero no deja de ser claro es que también habla para adentro: telegrama para el presidente Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.»Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
Pack: A Novel
by Mike BockovenCherry, Nebraska, population 312, is just off the highway between the sticks and the boonies. It’s where Dave Rhodes and his friends have lived all their lives. They own businesses, raise families, pay taxes, deal with odd neighbors, and, once or twice a month--just like their fathers before them--transform into wolves. It’s not a bad life, but when one of the group members goes astray, it sets in motion a series of events that will threaten to destroy the delicate balance that has kept Dave and his clan off the radar. Between a son getting ready for his first transformation--called The Scratch--a wife with sordid secrets, a new sheriff who knows nothing of the creatures in his midst, and a mysterious man in a bow tie with a shady agenda, the middle of nowhere is about to get very dangerous.
Pack: A Novel
by Mike BockovenCherry, Nebraska, population 312, is just off the highway between the sticks and the boonies. It's where Dave Rhodes and his friends have lived all their lives. They own businesses, raise families, pay taxes, deal with odd neighbors, and, once or twice a month-just like their fathers before them-transform into wolves.It's not a bad life, but when one of the group members goes astray, it sets in motion a series of events that will threaten to destroy the delicate balance that has kept Dave and his clan off the radar. Between a son getting ready for his first transformation-called The Scratch-a wife with sordid secrets, a new sheriff who knows nothing of the creatures in his midst, and a mysterious man in a bow tie with a shady agenda, the middle of nowhere is about to get very dangerous.
The Pack
by William EssexFueled by an insatiable hunger and driven by madness, the pack roams the countryside, chasing and devouring their prey with the icy, snarling efficiency of the perfect killing machine. <P><P>They were once pets, but now they're man's worst enemy--and their numbers are growing.
The Pack or the Panther (Tales of the Harker Pack)
by Tara LainTales of the Harker Pack: Book OneCole Harker, son of an alpha werewolf, is bigger and more powerful than most wolves, tongue-tied in groups, and gay. For twenty-four years, he's lived to please his family and pack--even letting them promise him in marriage to female werewolf Analiese to secure a pack alliance and help save them from a powerful gangster who wants their land. Then Cole meets Analiese's half-brother, panther shifter Paris Marketo, and for the first time, Cole wants something for himself. When Analiese runs off to marry a human, Cole finally has a chance with Paris, but the solitary cat rejects him, the pack, and everything it represents. Then Cole discovers the gangster wants Paris too and won't rest until he has him. What started as a land dispute turns into World War Wolf! But the bigger fight is the battle between cats and dogs.
Pact and Pattern Omnibus (Pact and Pattern)
by J. T. GreathouseJ.T. Greathouse’s Pact & Pattern trilogy is now available in a single omnibus edition.The Hand of the Sun King2022 British Fantasy Award FinalistWen Alder was born into two worlds: on his father’s side, a legacy of proud loyalty and service to the god-like Sienese Emperor; from his mother’s, rebellion. Now, Alder discovers that the conflict between the Empire and the resistance is only the beginning of a war that will engulf both heaven and earth—and he may be the key to final victory for whichever side can claim him as their own…The Garden of EmpireThe boy once known as Wen Alder has become the rebel witch Foolish Cur. Now the Emperor—covetous of all the magic he controls—has decided to take his ruthless quest for power to the gods themselves. If he succeeds, the gods will unleash a storm of unimaginable death and destruction. Only Foolish Cur has the skills and strength to stave off such a nightmare.The Pattern of the WorldTo prevent the Emperor from rekindling war with the gods, Foolish Cur made the mistake of wielding powerful, forbidden magic—inadvertently setting them free. Now, the world stands on the brink of destruction. To undo the damage he caused, Foolish Cur must use every ounce of skill, intelligence, and guile within him while gathering those who still have the will to fight the gods. But while this may be a battle Foolish Cur can win, it may not be one he can survive…
Pacto de sangre (Coalición de Sangre #2)
by O. M. Suárez Ariel TachnaVolumen 2 de la serie "Coalición de Sangre"Los magos y los vampiros han forjado una alianza basada en sangre y magia con la esperanza de inclinar la balanza de la guerra contra los magos oscuros. Algunos de los emparejamientos formados resultan tan exitosos como el de Alain Magnier y Orlando St. Claire, pero otros lo son mucho menos, conduciendo a discusiones, resentimientos y verdaderas peleas a pesar de los objetivos comunes. Siguiendo el ejemplo de su mejor amigo, Thierry Dumont se empareja resueltamente con Sébastien Noyer, a pesar de lo incómodo que le resulta estar tan cerca de un vampiro, un hombre además, tan pronto tras la muerte de su esposa. Pero ambos descubren que la desesperación puede ser la clave para formar un pacto que funcione y cada uno de ellos se consagra casi de inmediato a mantener a salvo a su compañero. Respaldados por una nueva fuerza, los líderes de la coalición se disponen a anunciar su existencia al mundo entero con la esperanza de conseguir apoyo contra los magos rebeldes que amenazan con destruir la vida tal y como se la conoce. En su lucha por encontrar su lugar en la cada vez más intensa guerra, la alianza descubre que a pesar de sus beneficios, los emparejamientos están afectando al equilibrio del poder mágico en el planeta, lo cual puede incluso llegar a ser una amenaza mayor que la guerra misma.
Padchhaya: पडछाया
by Narayan Dharapअज्ञात, अनाकलनीय आणि अतर्क्याचा गेली सहा दशके मागोवा घेणारी नारायण धारपांची कथा ही मराठीतील नि:संशय श्रेष्ठ भयकथा ठरते. धारपांच्या शब्दांना ओलसर, शेवाळी भयाचा बुळबुळीत स्पर्श आहे. प्रसंगवर्णनांना विंचवाच्या नांगीचा डंख आहे. सातत्याने भयकथेचा लोकप्रिय म्हणवला जाणारा कथाविष्कार हाताळणार्या धारपांची शब्दकळा तरीही सालंकृत आणि श्रीमंत आहे. हेच त्यांच्या कथांच्या चिरंतन लोकप्रियतेचे गमक मानायला हरकत नाही. कमीत कमी संवादांच्या वापरातून निव्वळ स्थलकाल वर्णनांद्वारे वाचकाचे काळीज गोठवणाऱ्या, भरदिवसा वाचकाच्या मनामेंदूला भयाचा जहरी दंश करणाऱ्या धारपांच्या अ-गोचर कथांनी मराठी वाचकाच्या मनात भयकथेचा अनभिषिक्त सम्राट हे अढळस्थान धारपांना निर्विवादपणे बहाल केले आहे.
Padre Salas
by Rachel Christina Hopkinson Enrique LasoThis is the story of Padre Salas, the most charismatic character from the bestselling novel Hell Calling, which dazzled thousands of readers across the globe, and has recently been adapted for cinema by Luis Endera. In this prequel, we discover what caused Padre Salas’ flight from Mexico, leading to his taking refuge in Madrid. We will encounter the terrifying cases of multiple possessions of several girls in towns and villages around Guadalajara (Mexico). This is a novel filled with moments of excitement, tension, and no shortage of fear, guaranteed to captivate all those who love the genre. Extract from Chapter 1: The girl had spent the entire night howling. It was a visceral noise, more commonly associated with a wild animal, than the gaunt, virtually emaciated body of a little girl, who was barely ten years old. She lay curled up on a rough bed, which had been thrown together out of lumpy sacks of hay. Her parents, more out of desperation than resentment or fear, had confined her to a shed, which they used mainly for keeping the rain off the farming tools, and for storing a few low-value belongings that they had inherited over the years from different family members. The doctor approached the child with apprehension; she seemed to be sleeping, although her breathing was broken by a constant shaking that was not of human origin. “How many days has she been lying in this state?” “A… a week…” the mother dared to say, certain that she was about to receive an immediate reprimand from the doctor. The doctor heaved a sigh of resignation and, picking up the girl’s hand, he tried to measure her pulse. He felt a shiver run down his spine as he noticed that her heart was hardly beating at all… little more than 20 beats per minute! It was completely impossible.
Padre Salas
by Enrique Laso A. TomaiIl personaggio più carismatico del romanzo Dall'Inferno (ed. or., Desde el Infierno), il best seller adattato al cinema da Luis Endera, che ha conquistato migliaia di lettori in tutto il mondo. In questa sorta di spin-off, scopriremo cosa portò Padre Salas a fuggire dal Messico per rifugiarsi a Madrid. Conosceremo il terrificante caso delle molteplici possessioni di varie bambine in alcuni villaggi dei dintorni di Guadalajara (Messico). Un romanzo carico di momenti di emozione, tensione e molta paura, che affascinerà gli amanti di questo genere.
El Padrino (Grandes Exitos Ser.)
by Mario PuzoCon El Padrino, Mario Puzo consiguió crear un género. Novela sobre la Mafia, protagonizada por Vito Corleone, que revolucionó el mundo literario con su publicación en 1969. La publicación de El Padrino en 1969 convulsionó el mundo literario. Por primera vez, la Mafia protagonizaba una novela y era retratada desde dentro. Mario Puzo la presentaba no como una mera asociación de facinerosos, sino como una compleja sociedad con una cultura propia y una jerarquía aceptada incluso más allá de los círculos de la delincuencia. El Padrino narra la historia de un hombre, Vito Corleone, el capo más respetado de Nueva York. Déspota benevolente, implacable con sus rivales, inteligente y fiel a los principios del honor y la amistad. Don Corleone dirige un emporio que abarca el fraude y la extorsión, los juegos de azar y el control delos sindicatos. La vida y negocios de Don Corleone, así como los de su hijo y heredero Michael, conforman el eje de esta magistral obra.
Pages of Doom (Book of Screams #2)
by Jeff SzpirglasKey Selling Points In this second installment of the Book of Screams series, we re-enter Tanya's struggle to vanquish the sentient ink that steals people's nightmares; other stories include the tale of a rabbit carcass haunting a young boy, a teacher whose student just might be a werewolf, and a teddy bear that possesses its owner. As with book 1, Jeff Szpirglas does an excellent job of giving readers a variety of scares, from chilling old-school horror monsters like werewolves to an outlandish giant insect alien masquerading as a dentist, so that kids will get a thorough introduction to horror, but in a manner suited to their age level and in bite-sized format. Readers of Book of Screams will enjoy reconnecting with Tanya's story as she tries to outwit the evil ink—this time with a new friend by her side. The character of middle-grade horror novelist Joel Southland (Tanya's nemesis) is affectionately based on Canadian writer Joel Sutherland. Horror and supernatural stories continue to be in-demand these days, and these suspenseful and gripping narratives will pull in reluctant readers. Jeff Szpirglas teaches middle school, so he is keenly aware of what entertains kids of this age, and he cleverly sets many of these stories in the ever-relatable school setting.