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Something is disturbing Dennis Harkum's sleep. Is it real? Is it only in his head? Will he figure it out in time?

How does a child survive when the world looks away? Rae was only a little girl when her world began to fall apart. The people who were meant to love and protect her turned away, leaving her to face abuse, silence, and fear on her own. In search of comfort, she found only more pain. Drugs, shame, and loneliness became part of her childhood. Yet somewhere inside, a small light kept burning, refusing to go out. RAE: A Child’s Story is a survival story told with honesty and courage.

The ghosts, demons, robots, and shapeshifters in these disturbing stories probe our secret fears and hang-ups related to sex, our bodies, and even the nature of love. Cringetastic Content contains two brand new stories along with uncensored tales previously published in Roboterotica, And the Dead Shall Sleep No More, Devilish Deals, Nobilis Erotica, and The Dread Machine.

The Sword of Power - Excalibur - was given to Uther Pendragon to heal the land not divide it. Now with Uther's death and no apparent heir to claim the throne and both the Christian Abbott of Glastonbury and the High Priestess of Avalon claiming the sword as theirs how will it serve to heal when it appears to dividing those who should seek to heal the land and their people.

Step into the darkness with Midnight Terrors, a collection of five spine-chilling short horror stories crafted to haunt your imagination and keep you awake at night. Perfect for fans of psychological horror, supernatural thrillers, and suspenseful mysteries, this book delivers relentless terror in every tale.

Richard VanRyan can add another line to his resume—Daddy. How does he handle the new addition to his life? The Baby Clause is a short continuation of Richard and Katy’s story, containing humorous glimpses into his life as a father, and how his world has changed. A must listen for all fans of The Contract!

A sinister children's show leads to unimaginable horror. A mother and daughter fight to survive an island overrun by malfunctioning animatronics. Footprints on the ceiling of an apartment lead a man to the basement where he discovers something out of this world. A researcher's exploration of a mysterious wilderness site reveals an unusual bone and antler totem.

Eleven short stories focused on regular people in serious trouble, to keep you waiting for resolutions, or to make you smile, laugh, and touch your heart.

I ran. From my past. From the people who hurt me. From a system that never once protected me. I missed my court date, and now there’s a bounty on my head. I never expected a bounty hunter to track me down so fast. Or for him to be the most dangerously handsome man I’ve ever met. Cyrus is relentless, intimidating… and completely unreadable. But the moment our eyes meet, something shifts. He’s not just here to bring me in—he’s something else. Something more.

Il taglio del bosco (1959) è una raccolta di nove «racconti lunghi e romanzi brevi» costruita attorno a quello eponimo, che funge da spartiacque tra la fase "subliminare" dei primi tre testi e quella più matura, realista degli ultimi cinque, nella quale si avverte il respiro del grande romanziere. La raccolta, nel suo insieme, appare quindi come una sorta di precipitato del passato e di anticipazione del futuro, un'opera nodale di dolente forza poetica che delinea al contempo uno spaccato della società italiana in un'epoca di forti cambiamenti letterari e civili.

Kaum hat Bettina das Weihnachtschaos ihrer Familie gemeistert, steht schon die nächste Herausforderung vor der Tür: Silvester. Drei Generationen der Familie Padderborn unter einem Dach – das verspricht ein Abend voller Trubel, unvorhergesehener Wendungen und viel Gelächter. Wird Bettina es schaffen, den Jahreswechsel in ein unvergessliches Erlebnis zu verwandeln?

Geoffrey Little's edgy hilarity and rare sensitivity fuse across these sixteen stories. First recorded as immersive conversational podcasts, the tales here include a mandatory corporate retirement party, class with an eccentric yoga instructor, an overconfident podcaster, and an icky food truck love triangle.

In the blink of an eye, the world changed. An experimental ASI with a terminal case of curiosity reached out and tampered with the universe in a way that it should not have, and unleashed a torrent of energy we would call magic into our galaxy. Humans, and every other intelligent lifeform for that matter, were ill-prepared, physically and mentally, for such an eventuality.

A collection of stories drawn from some of the finest early 20th-century works on folklore and mythology. Inside, you'll encounter enchanted princesses, mischievous elves, mysterious spirits, shape-shifting animals, and noble heroes facing trials beyond imagination. Whether it's the delicate retellings of Katharine Pyle, offering graceful versions of beloved fairy tales, or the rich global selections curated by master editors like William Allan Neilson, William Patten, and Charles William Eliot, every story carries its own touch of magic.

Audiolibro narrado en castellano. Thurber el narrador de la historia nos cuenta cómo conoció al excéntrico y casi marginado de los círculos artísticos de Boston; el pintor Richard Upton Pickman quien creaba obras extremadamente realistas y extraordinariamente horribles, que parecían capturar algo más que la propia creatividad del pintor. La tensión crece por averiguar la verdadera fuente de inspiración de Pickman.

En Un lugar inadecuado, descubrirás diez relatos extraordinarios, basados en hechos reales, que transitan la delgada línea entre lo que entendemos como realidad… y lo que aún no podemos explicar. Estas historias cortas, íntimas y cautivadoras, revelan sucesos que podrían parecer fantasía o ciencia ficción, pero ocurrieron aquí, en nuestra tierra, en el corazón de una familia marcada por lo inexplicable.

Step on board for a journey. We’ll find ourselves dropping anchor in new harbours and we’ll see things we haven’t seen before. Destinations that are surprising, and ones that are often dangerous. Along the way, we’ll reconnect with a couple of travellers we might have met elsewhere, and we’ll cross paths with a lot of new faces; not all of whom will prove to be the most congenial company.

اجتمعت نخبة من المؤلفات ذائعات الصيت، صاحبات أكثر الروايات مبيعًا، ليقدمن لنا المزيد من القصص عن جرائم القتل، والشغب، والغموض في اثنتي عشرة قصة جديدة بطلتها الشخصية الأكثر شهرة للكاتبة أجاثا كريستي، الآنسة جين ماربل.

Schnee – knirscht unter den Schuhen, verwandelt Wiesen und Felder in weiße Winterlandschaften und lockt die Menschen mit den ersten rieselnden Flocken in die Natur. Dass Schnee aber durchaus auch ein geheimnisvolles und bedrohliches Element sein kann, beweist Jens Wawrczeck mit seinem Hörbuch Snowy Evening . In den drei ausgewählten Erzählungen von Conrad Aiken, Hans Christian Andersen und Alexander Puschkin ist Schnee kein bloßes Naturphänomen, er spielt Schicksal und greift in das Leben der Figuren ein.

Hier stoßen irrwitzige Weihnachtsverweigerer auf tiefe menschliche Abgründe, und plötzlich wird Weihnachten zum Schauplatz aberwitziger Zukunftsvisionen. Da rächt sich ein gutmütiger Mann nach zwanzig Jahren Qual grausam an seiner Ehefrau, Rentier Rudolf gründet eine Gewerkschaft, ein durchgeknallter US-Präsident verbietet das Christfest, und selbst die Höllenfürsten feiern ihre ganz eigene, infernalische Weihnacht.