Alternating between the voices of Preacher and Sister, Pinion is narrated by the younger, surviving sister, Rose, in whose memory the now-gone family and farm vividly live on: "In the dream that recurs, like a bird returning, the place is still as it was--as though they went away, years ago, fully intending to be back by first dark."Sister tells of her observances in day-to-day life in the 1920s and her struggle to take care of her father, grown brothers, and Rose--"the change-of-life baby"--after the death of her mother: "The hens had hidden their heads beneath / their wings; they blinded themselves as I dusted / the kneading bowl with flour sifted fine as silk, and so / I disappeared as I sank my fists into it." Preacher feels keenly the burden of running the farm and fears being the last one to live on the place: "I was held fast there, pinioned, not / dying, growing numb and light, wait-crazed / and finally calm." Both wrestle with a desire for independence and the duty to home they are bound to by birth; neither marries or leaves.Pinion is ultimately a wrenching elegy that Rose creates. She is the one who escaped, only to realize "I survive them all, but I find I have become the house they keep."

    A new novel of suspense that promises to propel USA Today bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub into the ranks of the masters of the genre.When a medium returns to the small-town home where her childhood friend was killed, she intends to coax the secrets of the house out into the light -- before the murderous force residing there makes both she and her friend's daughter its next victims.

    Tuck this book under your arm, jump in your car, and get ready to discover the ghosts of North Texas! These aren't tall tales-these are stories about places you can visit on your own ghost-hunting excursion!

    CONTENTS: Introduction—'The Ghosts of Piety Hill'—by John Pelan; The Surly Sullen Bell, Behind the Stumps, Sorworth Place, Balgrummo's Hell, There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding, Saviourgate, Off the Sand Road, Fate's Purse, The Princess of All Lands, An Encounter by Mortstone Pond; Lex Talionis; A Cautionary Note on the Ghostly Tale.

    R. James have had an immense influence on the supernatural genre and on the popular perception of what makes a successful ghost story. His subtle depiction of ghostly menace in everyday surroundings, often ambiguous until a swift and terrible climax, created a style both admired and emulated by other writers of supernatural fiction, many of whose most successful stories have been in the Jamesian School." Meddling with Ghosts collects some of the best stories in that tradition. It includes tales from authors who had an influence on James, stories from his contemporaries and colleagues, and tales from more recent practitioners of the Jamesian art. The concluding checklist details the many other authors who have written in the Jamesian tradition.

    Lansdale; Offices; A Lover's Alibi; Lares & Penates; I'll Drown My Book; Prometheus's Ghost; Miss Tuck and the Gingerbread Boy; The Music of the Dark Time; Return of the Neon Fireball; The House of Fear; Blue Notes; O Come Little Children; Other Errors, Other Times; Ex-Library; Jabbie Welsh; The Cairnwell Horror; His Two Wives; From the Papers of Helmut Hecker; The Bookman; A Father's Dream; Coventry Carol; A Place where a Head Would Rest; The Blood-Red Sea; Excerpts from the Records of the New Zodiac and the Diaries of Henry Watson Fairfax; A Collector of Magic; Subtle Knowing; Figures in Rain; Sundowners; Story Notes and Sources.

    

    You know life is a journey and that physical birth and death are it spoints of transition. Many people, across cultures and faiths, believe the spirit lives on and have experienced contact with the spirits of loved ones who have passed to the higher side. This contact is joyous, comforting and healing, but you wonder if it's really real and whether you can share in it, too.Don't give up the spirit! 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Communicating With Spirits' will show you exactly how to uncover your own mediumistic capabilities and connect with those no longer on the earth plane. In this 'Complete Idiot's Guide', you get:-Tips on how to connect with your personal divine energy through prayer, meditation and dreams.-Information on the birth of the human soul, as perceived through theological, metaphysical and spiritual viewpoints.-Exercises to help you develop your mediumistic abilities.-Tangible evidence of the continuity of life.

    Two stories in the collection, The Dogs, the Cats and the Mice and The Dancers are published for the first time. The book also includes a selection of Joan Aiken's poems which have never before been published in this country. Strikingly illustrated in full colour, by prize-winning artist, Amanda Harvey this beautiful gift book makes an excellent offering for the Christmas market.

    F. LewisThe Train Game by Mark TyreeCreak by Kurt NewtonObsession by Ben HarkerAidao Domos by L.B. PerryCommentaries by Michael Marshall Smith, P.D. Cacek, Jeffrey Thomas, Christopher Fowler, Jack Ketchum, Lucy A. Snyder, and Ramsey Campbell.