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Wounds of the Father: A True Story of Child Abuse, Betrayal, and Redemption


Elizabeth Garrison - 2015
    Elizabeth invites the reader behind the closed doors of a picture-perfect Christian family to reveal a dark, hidden world of child abuse, domestic violence, and chilling family secrets all performed in the name of God under the tyrannical rule of her father. Like countless teenage girls, Elizabeth turns to drugs and alcohol to escape. With smack-you-in-the-face honesty, Elizabeth chronicles the dark realities and real-life horrors of teenage drug abuse, living on the streets, foster homes, and treatment centers. She paints an unsparing portrait of scratching and clawing her way out of the grips of child abuse, addiction, and betrayal to find the strength within herself to save her own life.

What Lies Below


Helen Phifer - 2020
    Will Madeleine Hart discover the horrors hidden below, before it's too late?Bestselling writer Madeleine Hart has run away from her life in London and abusive ex Connor. Crumbling Lakeview Hall in the Armboth Valley, abandoned decades earlier, is the perfect Lakeland hideaway for Maddy to make a fresh start, finish her book and disappear from the world.But strange things start to happen. The house is too big and the fear that Connor has tracked her down soon becomes a terrifying reality. Enlisting the help of Seth, who runs the village pub to help solve the mystery of what's happening in the unloved mansion, she doesn't realise that the past and the present are about to collide in a fight to survive.

The Republic of Nothing: Reader's Guide Edition


Lesley Choyce - 1994
    A god-like ocean deposits many a thing, yet it also takes away. The 1960s blaze off shore and draw the island’s inhabitants into politics, the Vietnam War, and the peace movement. Sound impossible? Not on Whalebone Island, AKA the Republic of Nothing. Where else can a dead circus elephant, a long-dead Viking, the discovery of uranium, a raven-haired castaway who may be psychic, an anarchist turned politician, and refugees fleeing from the United States all be part of everyday life? Where else is eccentricity embraced with such open arms? In this new readers’ guide edition, complete with an afterword by Neil Peart, Lesley Choyce’s novel about resilience, independence, and anarchy comes alive, leading readers to discover once again that everything is nothing and nothing is everything.

Masters of Horror


Matt ShawAdam Millard - 2017
    A book put together with the sole purpose of reminding readers what the horror genre is really about. Each author was told they could write about any subject matter they wanted so long as it was set in a world of horror. The only rule they had: No Paranormal Romance. Vampires do not sparkle, werewolves do not date, Witches do not scour Tinder for Virgins and ghosts do not declare their undying love whilst tidying the apartment... This is horror... Featuring work from: Brian Lumley, Adam Nevill, Guy N. Smith Ramsey Campbell, Gary McMahon, Shaun Hutson, J. R Park, Peter McKeirnon, Jim Goforth, Wrath James White, Craig Saunders, Matt Hickman, Sam West, Kit Power, Daniel Marc Chant, Matt Shaw, Adam Millard, Anton Palmer, Clare Riley Whitfield, Jaime Johnesee, Jeff Strand, Andrew Freudenberg, Michael Bray Shane McKenzie.

Family Business


Brett Williams - 2009
    She heads into rural Missouri on a day trip, following up on a lead in the classifieds, and gets more than she bargained for. After the death of her mother, Bobbie Jean finds herself living with her aunt and uncle in the backwoods of Missouri. But her relatives have a dark secret.The family business.

Grin


Stuart Keane - 2015
    With a low chance of survival, and her life in ruins, Dani becomes a mere statistic, just another innocent victim of the escalating mob crime in London.However, Dani survives.Haunted by that traumatic night, and unable to escape her own personal hell, Dani dedicates her life to a new vendetta; violent, bloody revenge on each of those who did her wrong. With nothing to lose, and a new desire for bloodshed, the teenager will stop at nothing to avenge her family.

Doll House


John Hunt - 2017
    She will be on her own, in a new place hopeful to meet new friends. On the night she moves in, she is taken off the street by two masked men. She is placed in a room which is little more than a cell. A pink cell. A room made for a doll. She is now part of their collection.

Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road


Brian KeeneShane McKenzie - 2013
     There is something seriously wrong with the house at Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road. Its history is awash with sadistic violence and fiendish sex. For generations the house has corrupted its inhabitants. Now Arrianne and Chuck have moved in, and the house is ready to hunt once more. But this time the house's occupants won't be the only targets. No one is safe-not the reader, not the authors, and not the horror genre itself... Nine of the biggest names in horror fiction collaborate on a gore-and-sex-soaked novel with all proceeds benefiting modern master of crime and terror, Tom Piccirilli.

Suffer the Flesh


Monica J. O'Rourke - 2002
    Kidnapped off the Manhattan streets and whisked away from the safe, normal world she once knew, she finds herself the victim of one reprehensible man's vision. Forced to witness the depravities of the seedy underworld where lust, rape, torture and mutilation are a way of life, stripped of clothing, pride, and spirit, Zoey must play their games, bear their torture -- but for how long? Somehow she must learn to survive the daily perversions . . . but how can Zoey survive? How could anyone? Somewhere between ecstasy and pain -- learn to SUFFER THE FLESH.

Raised By A Killer: Extreme Horror Book #1 Age 4


Sea Caummisar - 2021
    As the series progresses, Deicide will grow older.In this thrilling first book, experience the sights, smells, and sounds through the eyes of four-year-old Deicide.The formative years of any child's life are crucial. In this time frame, she is curious and innocent.With each book, Deicide will grow older, giving us an inside look at how her life has been affected due to her upbringing.Warning: Graphic scenes that may disturb some readers

Farm


Sian Rosé - 2020
    At a desolate pub, they are effortlessly seduced into a change of plans by three mysterious, beautiful hippies who invite them to a party at their mansion, alluring them with the promise of sex, drugs, and good times.The following morning, Prue wakes up to find herself alone with Faith, the leader of the strange community of misfits living within the mansion’s walls. Faith says that Prue’s friends are at the farm, and will be back soon... although it doesn’t take long for Prue to realise that what sounds like an innocent day trip is something far, far more sinister, and more horrifying than she could ever imagine.Meanwhile, Prue's coworkers wake up to find themselves damned to the confines of the terrifying, twisted cages of the Farm. With the belief that animals are used for excruciating experiments, slaughtered for meat, ripped from their young and forced to live in filth and agony, Faith believes God put her on earth to seek their revenge...NOT for the faint of heart, Farm is the stuff of nightmares, a disturbing, blood-soaked horror that will make you think twice about visiting the British countryside again...

Twist Valley (The Ted Armitage Trilogy Book 2)


Amy Cross - 2021
    As she struggles to balance life as a new mother with her attempts to put some magic back into her marriage, she sets off on a trip to fetch a few papers from the office. But will she ever make it home?After breaking down on a desolate stretch of road, Rebecca is immediately wary when a man named Ted Armitage stops and offers to help. Having already fixed the problem herself, Rebecca gets going again, but Ted isn't a man who takes rejection well and he's soon on her trail. Before she knows what has hit her, Rebecca finds herself dragged away to a remote farm. And she's not the first woman who's ended up in Ted's clutches.Trapped in a desperate race to survive, Rebecca begins to discover the true depths of Ted's madness. Although he tells her that her fate is in her own hands, and that she has a genuine chance to eventually walk away, Rebecca knows that she's going to have to take matters into her own hands. But just how much does Ted know about the land around his farm? And what's causing the strange noises that disturb his house at night? Rebecca quickly comes to realize that she might not be the only one in danger.Twist Valley is the second book in the Ted Armitage trilogy, about a man whose murderous activities in rural England have somehow gone undetected for years.

Searching for Candy: John Candy: A Biography


Tracey J. Morgan - 2019
     Legendary comedic actor, John Candy, is often described as one of the sweetest men in Hollywood. Police Academy legend, Tim Kazurinksy, once said that “John wasn’t just a one in a million guy - he was a one in a hundred million guy”. Incredibly talented, full of heart and extraordinarily hard working, with over forty movies under his belt, Candy was a screen icon during the 80s and early 90s. His starring roles in Uncle Buck, Cool Runnings, Spaceballs and Planes, Trains and Automobiles are testament to a rare and much loved talent. Candy could make you laugh and cry on the turn of a dime. Searching for Candy is an extensive overview of his career. The book reveals his early years growing up in post-war Toronto, his breakthrough as part of the legendary Second City comedy group, Candy’s wonderful movie career and his stint as a co-owner of the Toronto Argonauts Gridiron Team, right through to his tragic passing in 1994. The book features first-hand original interviews with over 70 of Candy’s colleagues and friends, some speaking on record for the first time. Stars interviewed include Mel Brooks, Mariel Hemingway, Carl Reiner, Dave Thomas, Juul Haalmeyer, Valri Bromfield and others, building a vibrant and authentic portrait of the much-missed actor, comedian and humanist.

Afraid


Jack Kilborn - 2008
    . . Welcome to Safe Haven, Wisconsin. Miles from everything, with one road in and out, this peaceful town has never needed a full-time police force. Until now . . . A helicopter has crashed near Safe Haven and unleashed something horrifying. Now this merciless force is about to do what it does best. Isolate. Terrorize. Annihilate. As residents begin dying in a storm of gory violence, Safe Haven's only chance for survival will rest with an aging county sheriff, a firefighter, and a single mom. And each will have this harrowing thought: Maybe death hasn't come to their town by accident . . .

Dark Mountain


Richard Kelly - 1987
    What they will find instead is terror in the form of a violent psychopath and his mother, a powerful witch.(Previously published as Tread Softly, by Richard Kelly)