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Dead in the Water


Nancy Holder - 1994
    Pandora and sail into a cruise of metaphysical terror, madness, and death.

A Lower Deep


Tom Piccirilli - 2001
    But it's a figure from his past that may drive the Necromancer into a hell even he cannot escape. Jebediah DeLancre, the leader of the Necromancer's old coven, has created a new coven, an evil band determined to use the black arts for their own hideous ends.The Necromancer is forced to return to his home, a place haunted by memories where years earlier his original coven was destroyed, and where Danielle, the only love of his life, met an awful death. Together with Self, the Necromancer must battle not only his former master, but the members of the new coven and the jealous ghosts of his old one . . . all the while taunted by the possibility that Danielle may return from the dead.

Mama's Boy


Charles H. King - 1992
    NYPD detective Jake Harrowing spree and suicide, but proving it was murder seems impossible--until Jake discovers the small child who witnessed the slaughter from his secret hiding place.

A Nightmare on Elm Street: Suffer the Children


David Bishop - 2005
    However, they are now the plaything's of Freddy Krueger, the bastard son of a hundred maniacs¨

Darker Than You Think


Jack Williamson - 1940
    Inexorably drawn into investigating a rash of grisly deaths, he soon finds himself embroiled in something far beyond mortal understanding.Doggedly pursuing his investigations, he meets the mysterious and seductive April Bell and starts having disturbing, tantalizing dreams in which he does terrible things--things that are stranger and wilder than his worst nightmares. then his friends being dying one by one and he slowly realizes that an unspeakable evil has been unleashed.As Barbee's world crumbles around him in a dizzying blizzard of madness, the intoxicating, dangerous April pushes Barbee ever closer to the answer to the question "Who is the Child of Night?"When Barbee finds out, he'll wish he'd never been born.

Patty Hearst: Her Own Story


Patricia Campbell Hearst - 1981
    Patricia Campbell Hearst provides her personal account of her activities and relationships beginning with her kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army on February 4, 1974.

Who Fears The Devil?


Manly Wade Wellman - 1963
    In his wanderings, John encounters a parade of benighted forest creatures, mountain spirits, and shapeless horrors from the void of history with only his enduring spirit, playful wit, and the magic of his guitar to preserve him. Manly Wade Wellman's Silver John is one of the most beloved figures in fantasy, a true American folk hero of the literary age. For the first time the "Planet Stories" edition of "Who Fears the Devil?" collects all of John's adventures published throughout Wellman's life, including two stories about John before he got his silver-stringed guitar that have never previously appeared in a Silver John collection. Lost, out of print, or buried in expensive hardcover editions, the seminal, unforgettable tales of "Who Fears the Devil?" stand ready for a new generation ready to continue the folk tradition of Silver John!

Dark Love


Nancy A. CollinsDavid J. Schow - 1995
    Works includes a novella by Stephen King and Karl Edward Wagner's last short story before his untimely death in 1994.Introduction (1995) essay by T. E. D. Klein Lunch at the Gotham Café (1995) novelette by Stephen King The Psycho (1995) shortstory by Michael O'Donoghue Pas de Deux (1995) shortstory by Kathe Koja Bright Blades Gleaming (1995) novelette by Basil Copper Hanson's Radio (1995) shortstory by John Lutz Refrigerator Heaven (1995) shortstory by David J. Schow Ro Erg (1995) shortstory by Robert Weinberg Going Under (1995) shortstory by Ramsey Campbell Hidden (1995) shortstory by Stuart M. Kaminsky [as by Stuart Kaminsky ] Prism (1995) shortstory by Wendy Webb The Maiden (1995) novelette by Richard Laymon You've Got Your Troubles, I've Got Mine . . . (1995) novelette by Bob Burden Waco (1995) shortstory by George C. Chesbro The Penitent (1995) novelette by John Peyton Cooke Driven (1995) shortstory by Kathryn Ptacek Barbara (1995) shortstory by John Shirley Hymenoptera (1993) shortstory by Michael Blumlein The End of It All (1995) novelette by Ed Gorman Heat (1995) shortstory by Lucy Taylor Thin Walls (1995) shortstory by Nancy A. Collins Locked Away (1995) shortstory by Karl Edward Wagner Loop (1995) novelette by Douglas E. Winter

A Small Dark Place


Martin Schenk - 1997
    Until they hear the story of a little girl who slipped down an abandoned mine. Americans respond with prayers. And cash. Now the Wileys hatch their own desperate plan. But something goes terribly wrong, as their precious daughter Andromeda--scared of shadows, monsters, and most of all, the dark--falls into the darkest place of all.Years later, she returns home, all grown up and recovered from the incident that made her famous. Beautiful, alluring, Andromeda is coming back to the town where it began. To share with everyone the secrets of a small, dark place--and to show them the evil they have made. . . .From the Paperback edition.

The Search for Joseph Tully


William H. Hallahan - 1974
    One of the few buildings still standing amid the rubble is the Brevoort House, older than memory. Its only remaining tenant is Peter Richardson. Abandoned. Menaced. Alone. The Brevoort has become an unbearable burden for him. Houses, like people, can go bad, and the Brevoort emanates an evilness, an undefined terror, aimed directly at him. The house—something in the house—is telling Richardson of his impending death. In another part of Brooklyn, solicitor Matthew Willow arrives from London seeking a man who may not exist. He has one clue, the name of the wanted man’s ancestor: Joseph Tully. Willow’s search takes him into the fascinating world of the genealogical detective—and uncovers a relentless pursuit and quest for vengeance through centuries of reincarnation . . .

The Survivor and Others


August Derleth - 1957
    

Dawn of the Vampire


William Hill - 1991
    The small town of Wreythville suddenly finds itself the prey of vengeful vampires when a receding lake exposes an island of graves.

The Great Mom Swap


Betsy Haynes - 1986
    And they each share the same problem: their mothers. Lorna's mother nags her about her schoolwork, wondering why she can't be more like Scotti. And Scotti's mother nags her about her eating habits, telling her to follow Lorna's healthy example. The girls begin to think that, somewhere along the line, they ended up with the wrong mothers. And that gives them a terrific idea. They'll swap mothers! What could be more perfect? Both mothers agree, and soon Laura and Scotti are on a great new adventure with each other's families. Until a surprising thing happens--they each begin to suspect they've made a big mistake.

A Winter Sleep


Greg F. Gifune - 2018
    Gifune. In a haunted hotel on the outskirts of a forgotten town, a bizarre group of tenants guard a horrible secret. A troubled man on the run, with nothing left to lose, drives aimlessly along dark highways in search of redemption. A little boy, brutally attacked and left for dead, realizes the strange power his agony has granted him. An enigmatic homeless man with nightmares he can no longer control, lost in a violent dreamscape only he understands, watches and waits. As a snowstorm traps them all within the walls of the old hotel, where madness and depravity run wild, from the shadows, a new reign of lesser gods begins, and an aberrant evil fights for survival amidst the cold terror of a desolate winter, and the bloody dreams of the hopeless and the damned. Cover art by Wendy Saber Core.

Friend


Diana Henstell - 1985
    A young genius desperately isolated in a world of theories and formulae few can understand. Until he meets shy and loving Samantha. The friend he never had. The love he only dreamed of. He loves her so much, he cannot let her go.And when suddenly, tragically, Samantha is lost, he makes a solemn vow -- to use his gifts of genius to keep his beloved Samantha. For just a little while longer....A modern day Frankenstein story that was the basis for a Sci-Fi horror movie of the same name by Wes Craven.