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An Inhabitant of Carcosa


Ambrose Bierce - 1886
    Carcosa was subsequently borrowed by Robert W. Chambers as the setting of his fictional play, The King in Yellow, and features heavily in many of the stories in the book of the same name. These concepts were further expanded upon by H. P. Lovecraft in his Cthulhu Mythos stories.

My Monster - SIGHT WORDS - Level 1: Book 1 - People Animals Colors Sizes Places Transport Actions: Single Words with Pictures suitable for 2 - 5 year olds (My Monster Learns To Read)


Kaz Campbell - 2014
    In Book 1 there are over 100 pages with colorful and interesting pictures of People, Animals, Colors, Sizes, Places, Transport and Actions and their corresponding words. This is the First Book in the My Monster Learns To Read Series. Work through this series of books and you will be able to teach your child to read and give them a massive head start. There are 3 Sight Word books in Level 1 (single words and pictures) and each book covers 7 different areas. The books in the Learn to Read series are all numbered, so start at Book 1 and continue working through them. Level 2 books (there are also 3 books at this level) and they also contain Sight Words, but instead of single words, they are combined into short phrases and simple sentences. A picture accompanies each phrase or sentence...making it easier for your child to read. Level 3 books move onto the Sounds Of The Alphabet, Phonics and Word Families. Level 4 books are a little more advanced and suitable for children who have some very basic reading skills. If they have progressed through the first nine books of the My Monster series...then they will be prepared for Level 4 Early Readers. Level 5 books are short chapter books that will keep your child entertained with funny stories about cute little friendly monsters. You can also read these books to children aged from about 4 onwards. The My Monster Learns To Read series is the perfect way to teach your child to read. This book also has a number of parent tips for the teaching of reading to help you and your child.

The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains


Frederick Marryat - 1839
    Reprinted many times since, often under alternative title of "The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains," the tale chronicles the misfortunes of Krantz, A Hungarian nobleman's steward, who flees from Transylvania with his three children after murdering his unfaithful wife and lover.

Heart Full of Love


Colleen Coble - 2012
    She has plenty of room in the big old Victorian house she owns, so she decides to become a foster mom. One little girl tugs at her heart, so she adopts Katie. The adoption is final when Katie’s uncle, Josh Leland, shows up and demands her back. He was working overseas and didn’t receive word of his sister’s death. Eden is determined not to give up the child she loves so much, but something about Josh tugs at her heart too. Will the two find the safe harbor their hearts have been searching for?Be sure to read Colleen Coble's new book, ROSEMARY COTTAGE, on sale July 9th

The Girl in the Basement


Ray Garton - 2010
    But his luck has changed. Now he’s in the Preston house, where he has a budding romance with fellow foster child Lyssa. But something strange is going on in the basement.Maddy is a slow nine-year-old girl who is kept in the basement. Sometimes she talks in a gravelly adult voice. Sometimes she seems to know things about others that she couldn’t possibly know...and predicts things that always come true. And sometimes people from the government come by to spend time with Maddy down in the basement.Maybe Ryan’s luck hasn’t changed as much as he thinks.

Runaway Pumpkins


Teresa Bateman - 2020
    Pluckily, they decide to take what they have and do what they can. Together they decorate the only surviving pumpkin for their harvest fair.But good fortune comes knocking the next day when a group of kind neighbors arrives at the school. They found the smashed pumpkins and turned them into celebratory seasonal fare, perfect for sharing: yummy soup, cake, pie, and even fries!

Skeleton Crew: The Raft


Stephen King - 1982
    The Raft is a horror short story by Stephen King first published as a booklet included with Gallery in November 1982, and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.

Cosm


Gregory Benford - 1993
    When a brilliant young physicist's experiment goes awry, the ensuing explosion leaves behind a wonderful sphere made of nothing yet known to science--an object that opens a vista onto an entirely different universe.

The Last Sketch


Gosia Nealon - 2021
    When they cross paths in war-torn Europe, will their destinies lead to ruin… or victory over evil? Poland, 1944. Wanda Odwaga will never stop resisting. As the Nazis occupy her beloved homeland, the twenty-three-year-old artist vows to do whatever it takes to help the underground movement mobilize against Hitler’s forces. But she’s devastated when the Gestapo storms her house in search of rebel leaders, killing her heroic father and leaving the face of his murderer forever etched in her mind. New York. Finn Keller longs to balance the scales. Having escaped Germany with his mother as a teen, he’s disgusted his estranged twin brother has become a ruthless Nazi henchman with a vicious reputation. So when a covert government agency approaches him with a dangerous undercover mission, Finn willingly risks his life to play his part in turning the tide of war. Still grieving her unforgivable loss, Wanda’s thirst for revenge takes an unexpected leap forward when she once again encounters her father’s killer. And as Finn dives deeply into the role of impersonating his cold-hearted sibling, he’s captivated by the beautiful Polish woman frozen in front of him… her eyes blazing with the promise of murder. Can these two players in a deadly game survive the ravages of a sadistic conflict?

The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes


H.G. Wells - 1895
    It sets one dreaming of the oddest possibilities of intercommunication in the future, of spending an intercalary five minutes on the other side of the world, or being watched in our most secret operations by unsuspected eyes. It happened that I was the immediate witness of Davidson's seizure, and so it falls naturally to me to put the story upon paper.

Schalken the Painter


J. Sheridan Le Fanu - 1839
    His work is credited with turning the Gothic's focus from the external sources of horror to the inward effects of terror, thus helping to create the psychological basis for supernaturalist literature that continues to this day. Inspired by the Dutch painter Godfried Schalcken, 'Schalken the Painter' is a timeless Gothic tale. Many of the earliest occult stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Inception: The Cobol Job


Jordan Goldberg - 2010
    It accounts the job that led to the first scenes of the movie where Cobb and his team are infiltrating the mind of Saito.

The Derelict


William Hope Hodgson - 1912
    Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Falling for the Innkeeper


Meghann Whistler - 2020
    But when big-city attorney Jonathan Masters arrives to arrange an offer from his client, she's drawn to him. And working together as he helps with repairs only brings them closer. With his career and her home on the line, can they ever find common ground?

Bears Discover Fire


Terry Bisson - 1990
    It brings together nineteen of Bisson's finest works for the first time in one volume, among them the darkly comic title story, which garnered the field's highest honors, including the Hugo, Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and Locus awards.Contents:Bears Discover Fire (1990)The Two Janets (1990)They're Made Out of Meat (1991)Over Flat Mountain (1990)Press Ann (1991)The Coon Suit (1991)George (1993)Next (1992)Necronauts (1993)Are There Any Questions? (1992)Two Guys from the Future (1992)The Toxic Donut (1993)Canción Autentica de Old Earth (1992)Partial People (1993)Carl's Lawn & Garden (1992)The Message (1993)England Underway (1993)By Permit Only (1993)The Shadow Knows (1993)