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From Jeff Abbott -- the New York Times bestselling author of ADRENALINE and THE LAST MINUTE -- comes an all new short story, available only as an eBook and audio download. Sam Capra's infant son has been kidnapped. The shadowy, powerful organization responsible for the abduction has thwarted Sam...

New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver has long thrilled fans with tales of masterful villains and their nefarious ways, and the brilliant minds who bring them to justice. Now the author of the Lincoln Rhyme series has collected his award-winning, spine-tingling stories of suspense --...

From The Anastasia Syndrome, her bestselling collection of short fiction, Terror Stalks the Class Reunion is a riveting, unabridged audio production. Lovely young Kay Crandall has come back for the reunion of a high school where she once taught. But Kay cannot guess that the happy occasion is...

Cassie Bridgestone enjoys her simple life in Banford, grateful for fall, her cat, and her growing friendship with Daniel, the handsome bookstore owner. But once again, her life is turned upside down when a deliberate explosion kills a woman, and injures Cassie - and the wrong person is blamed. Now, she must juggle an attractive fireman’s affections along with Daniel’s, but not let the intense love triangle distract her from finding the truth. Before the real murderer silences her for good.

Cassie Bridgestone’s life is simple. Along with running her country décor shop, she loves to cuddle her cat, sip tea, attend church, and watch birds. But then, things go awry. First, the handsome but mysterious Daniel opens a bookstore in her building and challenges her to face long-buried feelings about her previous relationship. Then, a friendly fishing tournament turns deadly and her friend is accused of murder, throwing Cassie’s world into a tailspin she might never recover from.

A young man struggles with flashbacks and nightmares in a society which has a new and controversial way to deal with violent crime. Some say this is a groundbreaking new form of justice. Others say it's criminal.

A collection of thrilling tales from H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos by one of horror's biggest legends, this volume contains the very best of Brian Lumley's Mythos short stories.

The stories included in this collection are: "Cracked", "I Exist", "The Author", "Mother", "Sasquatch", "The Doctor", "Bugs", "The Cemetery", "The Final Gem", "Amnesia", "Bobby", "Santa Clause", "Bloodthirsty", and "Autonomous".

Sometimes the only way to do the right thing is to break the rules. Love, Lies, and Murder is a collection of 19 short stories that explore the extremes of human emotion and the conflicts that result. Every story will leave you tense and breathless as the characters race to a conclusion that is as unexpected as it is satisfying. Intense and gripping, each story features a hero that seeks justice and the triumph of good over evil by whatever means necessary - regardless of what society’s rules find acceptable.

Most teenagers have problems they think are serious. For Paul, his problem is a bit more complex than worrying about prom dates. What should he do about his girlfriend's corpse?

Jake's a hitman, so his jobs are usually pretty straight-forward. Not this time, though. He could never have foreseen what he walked into.

Time Travel Tales & Other Short Stories contains a dozen tales dealing with time travel, suspense, mystery, and a hit man named Tanner.

A young and beautiful woman, Sharon Latham, ducks into a storefront to escape the weather and witnesses a crime. She has placed herself in the path of a dangerous murderer. She is overwhelmed by the gravity of the situation and fears the murderer may come for her next. Her only chance is a young and inexperienced detective named David Granger. This is his first homicide case in which he is flying solo.

Edgar James is the monster we all fear. For too long has he lain in wait. Tonight he shall finally come forth. Tonight, in a mall full of holiday shoppers, Edgar James will go shopping for his own special treasure: a small child upon which he can fulfill all of his gruesome desires. A target of opportunity. A golden-haired boy. Edgar James thinks himself fortunate. Mitchy seems to have fallen right into his hands. But then why is Mitchy smiling?

Jennifer McCain has dealt with more than her fair share of mishaps over time. Her wife’s ex, institutionalized for attempted murder, seems to be the ultimate culprit yet is unable to perform the crimes that she has been accused of. Her health has failed her miserably, but Jenny has insisted that Casey is out to get her still. But if Casey is locked away, how can Jenny even think it would be her?

Featuring Stephen King, Clive Barker, Stewart O'Nan, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Jack Ketchum, Ramsey Campbell, Brian Keene, and many others! Hans-Åke Lilja, founder of Lilja's Library, has compiled a brand-new anthology of horror stories to celebrate 20 years of running the number-one Stephen King...

From master mystery author John Lutz comes this collection featuring a gripping man-on-the-run novel and four of his best pieces of short fiction. In The Truth of the Matter, Lou Roebuck is a successful advertising man with all the trappings - prestige, position, a flashy car, money, and a beautiful woman on his arm. He's also a compulsive liar, and what begins as a fib on his expense account leads to trouble that compounds like loan shark interest. His past, and the people in it, has caught up with him, again.

Enjoy eight short stories with a travel theme - a perfect companion for the train, the plane, or on a road trip. Road Games happen on the road, in the air, the open sea, and in the uncharted territory where the twilight meets the horizon.

“Anacrusis” is a unique work of fiction exploring the topics of musicality, anarchic hand, and the supernatural. This work allows the listener to take a seat behind the wheel of a professional musician as his burgeoning career swirls disastrously and inexplicably off course.

Why do you suppose some combat veterans give up the sport of hunting? Is it because they gain empathy with the hunted, or hunting a prey less cunning than they has lost its allure. Richard Connell, in this short story “The Most Dangerous Game” takes us where the hunter becomes the hunted. This hunter is not being hunted by a beast less cunning or calculating than he is, like a lion or a tiger. No, this hunter is a master at his craft, crueler and only slightly better armed than he is.

Unspeakable rituals are performed by an occult group residing in the Red Hook region of New York City in this haunting short story by H P Lovecraft, and told by Mike Vendetti.

Der Fernsehmoderator Domikan betreut seit Jahren Menschen am Telefon, die in seiner Sendung anrufen und über ihre Probleme mit ihm öffentlich reden. Bei einer Sendung erlebt Domikan einen Anruf, der für immer seine Sendung verändern wird. (Ähnlichkeiten mit Namen, Geschehnissen oder Personen sind rein zufällig und die Handlung ist frei erfunden.)

The Screaming Skull is one of F. Marion Crawford's Uncanny Tales, which was first published, posthumously, in London in 1911 and was issued two weeks later in America as Wandering Ghosts.

The Mid-Metro Bridge is known by just one moniker nowadays: The Bridge. And everyone knows it. It's the place where people go to jump. But the Mayor has other ideas. Will it be enough? Or will it be too much?

The last Nazi is found in the American Midwest, where he has been hiding for 50 years! Born of German immigrants, he takes on the bitterness of his family from the defeat in World War I; sympathizing with Hitler, he wields vengeance on an unsuspecting Jewish merchant of a local farming community. Yet the ghosts of the past haunt him on his last night on earth in an eerie surrealism.

An eclectic selection of short stories.

Chizmar assembles 35 stories, including a previously unpublished novella, and presents us with A Long December. This massive new collection features more than 150,000 words of Chizmar's very best short fiction and includes 8,000 words of autobiographical story notes. Eerie, suspenseful, poignant, the stories in A Long December range from horror to suspense, crime to dark fantasy, mainstream to mystery.

Twenty-eight-year-old Kade hasn't been able to make it past his sidewalk in eight years. In this chilling short story, you will be given a glimpse into the inner workings of his mind as he goes through the process of trying to face his irrational but very real fears.

There's no question it was murder. But who killed whom? What begins as a typical corporate event for magician Eli Marks turns into a twisted mystery when he is called to the site of a recent murder/suicide.

Setting tales in the past and telling them with a predominantly pulp flavor, these stories find action and adventure in the annals of yesterday for listeners today! Take a trip to the past with authors D. Alan Lewis, Teel James Glenn, and Mark Gelineau as they redefine high adventure and history! Action, adventure, espionage, mystery, and horror abound in tales of days gone by in this thrilling collection. Relive the past with extra pulp in Pro Se Production's High Adventure History.