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Pool Party Panic! (The Secret World of Alex Mack #28)
by V. E. MitchellAlex is in a desperate situation where quick thinking, decisive action, and resolve, and not powers, save the day and her life.
Poor Things: A Novel
by Alasdair GrayBasis for the Major Motion Picture starring Emma Stone, Ramy Youssef, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos."Witty and delightfully written" (New York Times Book Review), Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things echoes Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in this novel of a young woman freeing herself from the confines of the suffocating Victorian society she was created to serve. Winner of the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Fiction PrizeIn the 1880s in Glasgow, Scotland, medical student Archibald McCandless finds himself enchanted with the intriguing creature known as Bella Baxter. Supposedly the product of the fiendish scientist Godwin Baxter, Bella was resurrected for the sole purpose of fulfilling the whims of her benefactor. As his desire turns to obsession, Archibald’s motives to free Bella are revealed to be as selfish as Godwin’s, who claims her body and soul.But Bella has her own passions to pursue. Passions that take her to aristocratic casinos, low-life Alexandria, and a Parisian bordello, reaching an interrupted climax in a Scottish church. Exploring her station as a woman in the shadow of the patriarchy, Bella knows it is up to her to free herself—and to decide what meaning, if any, true love has in her life.“Gray has the look of a latter-day William Blake, with his extravagant myth-making, his strong social conscience, his liberating vision of sexuality and his flashes of righteous indignation tempered with scathing wit and sly self-mockery.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review“This work of inspired lunacy effectively skewers class snobbery, British imperialism, prudishness and the tenets of received wisdom.”—Publishers Weekly
Poor Tom's Ghost
by Jane Louise CurryPoor Tom's Ghost--dramatic, wholly convincing, a fascinating intermingling of the centuries--portrays a family whose uncertain bonds are tested and strengthened by a threat from the past.When the Nicholas family first sees the derelict old house near London that has been left to them in Aunt Deb's will, they are sadly disappointed. Thirteen-year-old Roger is the most disappointed, since, having moved place to place all his life with his gifted actor-father, he longs for some measure of stability. Then Roger and his father discover, under peeling wallpaper and rotted paneling, traces of a much older, more graceful house, and their misgivings disappear--until, one night, the house is filled with a sound of wild grieving that Roger traces to an empty room. Only Roger--and later his small stepsister Pippa--sees the ghosts, among them is that of Tom Garland, a well-known actor in Shakespeare's time. But Roger's father, playing Hamlet in the famous National Theatre, is caught up, unknowingly, in Tom's old tragedy. It is a frightened Roger who has to risk his life to find a way to mend the past before the present becomes its tragic echo.
The Poorly Made and Other Things: A Story Collection
by Sam RebeleinAn unsettling and creepy story collection of literary horror set in the Renfield universe from “major new talent” (R.L. Stine) Sam Rebelein, author of Edenville.“I hope I get to go back to Renfield County again, before too long.” —LitHub on EdenvilleThere’s something wrong in Renfield County.It’s in the water, the soil, the wood. But worst of all, it’s in the minds of the residents, slowly driving them mad. When Lawrence Renfield massacred his family and drew The Giant in his farmhouse with their blood, no one imagined the repercussions. At the very least, the bloodstained wood should have been set aflame, not chopped down and repurposed as furniture, décor, and heirlooms across the county. But that’s exactly what happened. Now regular people—like you and me—are sitting on… eating with… admiring… the cursed wood and reaping the consequences. These are their stories.In “My Name Is Ellie” a young girl uncovers disturbing secrets hiding in the walls of her beloved grandmother’s home. An unassuming box, built with reclaimed wood, connects a grieving widower with his late wife’s lingering spirit in “Hector Brim.” In “Detour” a father, desperate to return home, finds himself trapped in a dizzying maze, haunted by stories of lurking monsters that live off the remains of weary travelers.Playing with the uncanny to explore themes of loneliness and grief, Sam Rebelein returns upstate to unravel the mysteries of Renfield. But regardless of what started the trouble, there’s one thing of which we can be certain: for those living here, the nightmare is far from over.
Pop Art
by Joe HillA beautiful story about Art; a living, breathing boy in all respects - who happens to be made of inflatable plastic. POP ART is an exceptional, must-read of a short story.Joe Hill is the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2, Horns, and Heart-Shaped Box, and the prize-winning story collection 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the co-author, with Stephen King, of In the Tall Grass.
Poppies at the Well
by Catrin CollierJosephine Anderson, youngest of the immense Anderson clan, has an itch to travel and to put some distance between herself and Piney Woods, Louisiana, and she is determined to scratch it with a stint as a traveling actor for a murder mystery dinner show. With Beatrice Becklaw in the pilot's seat, the troupe of four amateur actors hit the circuit - and hit the end of the tour when a real dead body stops the show. Jo's fondness for Miss Bea is the impetus to find out just who ruined the tour, and the person she least suspects is the one she needs to watch. Set in the beautiful mountains of Colorado, Becklaw's Murder Mystery Tour is proof that sometimes the confines of the family compound is the best place to be, nutty family and all.
The Poppy War: A Novel (The Poppy War #1)
by R. F KuangOne of Time Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time“I have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year...I have absolutely no doubt that [Kuang’s] name will be up there with the likes of Robin Hobb and N.K. Jemisin.” -- BooknestFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface, the brilliantly imaginative debut of R.F. Kuang: an epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic, in the tradition of Ken Liu’s Grace of Kings and N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy.When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising.But surprises aren’t always good.Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.
Pop's Chocklit Shoppe of Horrors (Archie Horror Presents #1)
by Amy ChasePop Tate is the glue holding Riverdale together, whether everyone realizes or not. His Chock’lit Shoppe is the beating heart of the city, where everyone can stop in for a delicious bite and some safe haven—even the worst sorts. And not just the run-of-the-mill rapscallions who recently broke the jukebox. When a young Riverdale couple (Nick St. Clair and Sherry Thyme) attempt to dine and dash on the humble small business owner, they quickly discover the fryer grease isn’t the only heart-stopping thing about the Chock’lit Shoppe. From tales of mystery meat to the unnatural visitors that dine late at night, this anthology tells stories about the horrors that happen at Riverdale’s beloved malt shop—and how Pop Tate is at the center of it all, the most powerful figure in Riverdale providing haven to all sorts of terrors and underhanded villainy.
Por los aires
by Stephen King Bev VincentStephen King odia volar. Para saber por qué, solo tienes que abrir este libro. ¿Qué tienen en común Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Roald Dahl, Ambrose Bierce, Ray Bradbury y Stephen King? Pues que a ninguno de ellos le hace mucha gracia eso de tomar un avión. El presente libro reúne diecisiete narraciones breves que nos recuerdan todo lo que puede salir mal cuando uno está suspendido a nueve mil metros de altura, atravesando a toda velocidad el espacio y encerrado en un tubo metálico (¡como en un ataúd!) junto a cientos de extraños. Por los aires nos descubre todas las maneras por las que tu viaje por los cielos puede convertirse en una auténtica pesadilla, incluyendo algunas en las que nunca habías pensado..., pero que seguro cruzarán tu mente la próxima vez que te acerques a un aeropuerto. Esta antología, que incluye dos relatos inéditos de Joe Hill y el propio King, es, en palabras del rey del terror, «una lectura ideal para el avión... especialmente durante los descensos tormentosos».
Port of Shadows: A Chronicle of the Black Company (Chronicles of The Black Company #3)
by Glen CookGlen Cook, the father of Grimdark, returns to the Chronicles of the Black Company with a military fantasy adventure in Port of Shadows.The soldiers of the Black Company don’t ask questions, they get paid. But being “The Lady’s favored” is attracting the wrong kind of attention and has put a target on their backs--and the Company’s historian, Croaker, has the biggest target of all. The one person who was taken into The Lady’s Tower and returned unchanged has earned the special interest of the court of sorcerers known as The Ten Who Were Taken. Now, he and the company are being asked to seek the aid of their newest member, Mischievous Rain, to break a rebel army. However, Croaker doesn’t trust any of the Taken, especially not ones that look so much like The Lady and her sister…The Chronicles of the Black Company#1 The Chronicles of The Black Company#2 The Books of the South#3 The Return of The Black Company #4 The Many Deaths of the Black CompanyAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Port-Wine Stain
by Norman Lock"[Norman Lock's fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights." -NPRIn his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent Mütter, a surgeon and collector of medical "curiosities," and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelgänger, he loses his mind and his story to another.Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include the short story collection Love Among the Particles, a Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year, and three books in The American Novels series: The Boy in His Winter, a re-envisioning of Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that Scott Simon of NPR's Weekend Edition hailed for "make[ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPhone;" American Meteor, an homage to Walt Whitman and William Henry Jackson named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and The Port-Wine Stain, an homage to Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Dent Mütter (forthcoming in 2016). Lock lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey.
The Portal (Fiction Without Frontiers)
by Russell JamesThree hundred years ago, on an isolated island in Long Island Sound, Satan tried to open a doorway to Hell. Now he's returned to finish the task.A black speedboat arrives at the small island community of Stone Harbor. Its mysterious passenger, Joey Oates, inspires terror by his very presence. He&’s Satan incarnate, back to complete a ritual left unfinished three hundred years ago. A lost talisman called the Portal can open a doorway for the demons of Hell to enter our world. Oates plans to find the Portal, and finish unlocking it.Former lovers Scott Tackett, family hardware store owner, and Allie Layton, flamed-out Hollywood actress, are about to reconnect after years apart, until they discover the evil growing in town. Only they can stop Oates&’s awful plan and save the world from the living nightmares standing ready to crawl out of Hell.FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
The Portal: A Collection of Short Tales
by Ron Stelle<p>Meet the things that go bump in the night in unforgettable stories of horror and the paranormal by the author of The Mill and The Globe.<p> <p>Step into the Portal, where time and space are blurred, as you flip through the pages of the supernatural realm. Stories of monsters brought to life by Halloween magic, stories from your childhood nursery rhymes played out with a new twist. You will be transported to your worst fears in the carnival haunted house and become lost forever while looking in the penny arcade mutoscope. Come along for the ride as a writer is pulled into his stories by a muse with bad intent.<p> <p>The Portal is a collection of stories sure to keep you up late at night . . .<p>
Portal Through Time (Buffy the Vampire Slayer )
by Alice HendersonBuffy thought she'd finished the Master when she dusted him. But in Sunnydale things have a way of coming back. . . . The Master may be dead, but he is not forgotten. One of the vampire lord's devotees sets out to alter the past so that he can resurrect the Master without Buffy's meddling. When he conjures up a portal to transport his minions through time, the vampires are poised to murder the most powerful slayers in history! It is up to the Scoobies to stop the Master's followers before they break the chain of slayers. Giles, Xander, Willow, and Buffy pursue the vamps back in time through the portal to save the slayers of the past. They must track the bloodsuckers from the French Revolution to the American Civil War without getting detected -- or worse! But you can't change the past without changing the present. . . .
The Portent: A Story Of The Inner Vision Of The Highlanders, Commonly Called The Second Sight (The Cullen Collection #3)
by George MacDonaldA gothic ghost story of romance, adventure, and the supernatural from the acclaimed 19th-century author of Phantastes. The Portent was originally written for magazine serialization several years prior to its release in book form in 1864. Shorter than most of MacDonald&’s novels, this spooky tale of the Scottish &“second sight&” is a thorough spine-tingling ghost story worthy of the twilight zone. MacDonald&’s love of mysterious old castles and libraries plays a significant role in the story and is found in many of his books. In The Portent, first person narrator Duncan Campbell is engaged as tutor in a large mansion. There he falls under the spell of somnambulist Lady Alice, who is trapped between the worlds of wakefulness and sleep. About this title, MacDonald&’s son Greville commented: &“The story is different from almost any other of his books. It is weird, yet strangely convincing, and has no touch of the didactic.&” Because of its mystical flavor, The Portent is often linked with MacDonald&’s earlier Phantastes. Though the books are completely different, The Portent yet contains elements that appeal to readers of MacDonald&’s fantasy writings, and thus spans the genres of both fantasy and realistic fiction.
Porthminster Hall (The Cornish Sagas)
by Janet TannerA young woman attempts to reclaim her heritage and is drawn into mystery, danger and romance in this captivating gothic saga. Can Ella learn the truth about the fate of her mother and brother? One dark and stormy night, a terrified young mother seeks refuge at the home of her former nanny. Louise Polmar begs her former nanny to care for her baby then she flees. Louise never returns and until she is eighteen her child, Ella grows up unaware that she is one of the Polmars of Porthminster Hall. Ella tries to uncover the truth about the fate of her mother, but there are dark secrets at Porthminster Hall and as Ella delves into the mysteries of the past, she finds herself in mortal danger. The same mortal danger her mother fled from more than twenty years ago . . . An excellent choice for fans of Linda Finlay and Gloria Cook. Praise for Porthminster Hall&“A classic historical romance embellished with a dash of mystery and a soupcon of suspense, Tanner's latest will delight genre fans.&” —Booklist
Portia (Angelbound Offspring #2)
by Christina BauerUnlike her famous older brother Maxon, Princess Portia isn't known for killing demons or attracting admirers. The reason why is simple: a spell was cast on Portia, and the magic has marked her to one day transform into a dreaded Void demon. To fight this horrible fate, Portia's spent her life hiding in libraries and learning magic. But when the Void demons threaten to destroy all the after-realms--and the handsome dragon Emperor Tempest offers his help--then Portia suspects that her future holds more than just a demonic metamorphosis. Fate is calling the bookworm princess onto the battlefield, and it's a fight against both deadly enemies and her heart's desires.Need to catch up? THE ANGELBOUND ORGINS SERIES1. ANGELBOUND2. SCALA3. ARMAGEDDONTHE ANGELBOUND: OFFSPRING SERIES1. MAXON2. PORTIA
Portia Bench
by Robert BoydBritish Columbia, 1983. Work on a new highway through the province must start immediately in order to be ready for Expo 86. Trying to gain the town of Hope's approval for the project, Highways Minister Clint Matheson dines with Chief Edwin Baptiste, and hears of the First Nations legend of Siaman who haunts Portia Bench, a perfect route through the mountains for the highway. Clint dismisses the legend, preferring to focus his attention on the chief’s daughter, Cindy. Work on the new highway is disrupted by strange sightings near Portia Bench and a growing wariness amongst the crew. But wooing Cindy and dealing with unruly employees becomes the least of Clint's worries when a whole crew is murdered. Clint quickly learns that he shouldn't have been so quick to dismiss the legend of Siaman.
Portrait of a Shadow
by Meriam MetouiA missing sister. A mysterious boy. And a painting that holds the truth beneath its peeling edge...Inez is missing, but missing things can always be found.Mae knows this as a fact, even though the police investigation has come to a standstill, even though her parents are moving on. But when she goes to clear out her older sister’s studio, she finds a mess of research and a white canvas that seems even older than the ornate frame it is set in. The closer Mae gets to the canvas, the more difficult it is to pull her eyes away from its mottled surface, its heavy layers of white paint, its peeling top corner she is tempted to pull to see what’s beneath. But she doesn’t. Not yet.Mae decides to trace her sister’s last steps in the hopes of finding answers, certain that Inez’s disappearance is related to the painting. And she knows she is desperate enough to let the strange boy who claims to have been Inez’s neighbor tag along. Even if his good looks don't help distract from his avoidance of her questions. So begins a scavenger hunt piecing together what they can find from what Inez left behind. One that leads to centuries-old questions best left unasked and secrets best kept in the dark.From the author of A Guide to the Dark comes another romantic and eerie mystery about the lengths we are willing to go for the truth and the ones we love.
The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque
by Jeffrey FordMystery concerning the identity of a woman who commissions a man to paint her portrait though he is not allowed to see her.
The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque: A Novel
by Jeffrey FordA mysterious and richly evocative novel, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque tells the story of portraitist Piero Piambo, who is offered a commission unlike any other. The client is Mrs. Charbuque, a wealthy and elusive woman who asks Piambo to paint her portrait, though with one bizarre twist: he may question her at length on any topic, but he may not, under any circumstances, see her. So begins an astonishing journey into Mrs. Charbuque's world and the world of 1893 New York society in this hypnotically compelling literary thriller.
Poseída
by Aranzazu Sánchez Sarah DaltonMary Hades se ve arrastrada de nuevo al mundo de lo macabro al mudarse junto a su familia a la misteriosa y antigua casa conocida como Ravenswood. Tan solo mencionar su nombre hace que los lugareños caigan presas del miedo. Cuando empiezan a suceder cosas extrañas, Mary y Lacey deciden llegar hasta el fondo del secreto que se esconde en el histórico edificio de una vez por todas. La vida de Mary se ve conectada con los terribles sucesos que vivió Liza Blair, de once años, en 1847 cuando el poder oscuro va tomando fuerza. Conforme va conociendo la historia de la niña, va cayendo en la cuenta de que alguien cercano está en serio peligro a causa de la energía siniestra de Ravenswood. Como telón de fondo, un bosque siniestro y una extraña vecina llamada Emmaline Delacroix, obsesionada con la muerte y las sesiones espiritistas. Poseída te transportará todavía más a los oscuros confines de la inusual vida de Mary Hades. Este libro contiene lenguaje fuerte y escenas de terror, por lo que su lectura no se recomienda a menores de quince años. Libro II de la saga Mary Hades.
Posesión
by Stephen KingUn misterioso y sanguinario ataque de violencia interrumpe repentinamente la apacible vida de un pueblecito de Ohio, pero lo que no saben sus habitantes es que lo peor está aún por llegar. Transcurre una apacible tarde de verano en Wentworth, Ohio. Como es habitual, en la soleada calle Poplar todo es normal: el chico de los periódicos hace el reparto en bicicleta, los niños juegan en las aceras, las barbacoas se preparan en los jardines y patios. Lo único extraño es la furgoneta roja que hay aparcada en una esquina. El misterioso vehículo no tardará en ponerse en marcha... y con él se desencadenará una atroz matanza. Cuando la noche caiga, los supervivientes del vecindario se encontrarán en un mundo pavoroso donde cualquier cosa es posible, en particular la macabra posesión de las mentes y de los cuerpos.
Positive
by David WellingtonThe acclaimed author of Chimera and The Hydra Protocol delivers his spectacular breakout novel--an entertaining, page-turning zombie epic that is sure to become a classicAnyone can be positive . . .Years after a plague killed 99 percent of the population, turning them into infectious zombies, Finnegan and his family live in a barricaded New York City, safe from danger. But Finn's sheltered life fractures when his unsuspecting mother falls sick with the zombie disease--latent inside her since before her son's birth. Finn, too, can be infected. At any time, the zombie virus could explode in his body, turning him from a rational human into a ravenous monster. If he remains healthy for the last two years of the potential incubation period, he'll be cleared. Until then, he must be moved to a special facility for positives, segregated to keep the healthy population safe.Tattooed with a plus sign on his hand that marks him as a positive, Finn is exiled from the city. But when marauders kill the escort sent to transport him, Finn must learn how to survive alone in an eerie, disintegrated landscape. To make it to safety, he must embark on a perilous cross-country journey across an America transformed--a dark and deadly land populated with unlikely heroes, depraved villains, murderous madmen, and hordes of ravenous zombies. And though the zombies are everywhere, Finn discovers that the real danger is his fellow humans. A compelling coming-of-age story and riveting tale of suspense filled with unforgettable characters and explosive action, Positive is an electrifying thriller that raises thoughtful questions about our own humanity.
Possess
by Gretchen McneilFifteen-year-old Bridget Liu just wants to be left alone: by her over-protective mom, by Matt Quinn, the cute son of a local police sergeant, and by the eerie voices she can suddenly and inexplicably hear. Unfortunately for Bridget, the voices are demons-and Bridget possesses the rare ability to banish them back to whatever hell they came from. Literally. Terrified to tell her friends or family about this new power, Bridget confides in San Francisco's senior exorcist, Monsignor Renault. The monsignor enlists her help in increasingly dangerous cases of demonic possession, but just as she is starting to come to terms with her freakish new role, Bridget receives a startling message from one of the demons. And when one of her oldest friends is killed, Bridget realizes she's in deeper than she ever thought possible. Now she must unlock the secret to the demons' plan before someone else close to her winds up dead-or worse, the human vessel for a demon king.