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England, 1921. Three years after her husband, Alex, disappeared, shot down over Germany, Jo Manders still mourns his loss. Working as a paid companion to Alex's wealthy, condescending aunt, Dottie Forsyth, Jo travels to the family’s estate in the Sussex countryside. But there is much she never knew about her husband’s origins…and the revelation of a mysterious death in the Forsyths’ past is just the beginning…

In Erwartung eines Lebens voller Routine und Schinderei kommt Artemisia auf Voltaire Manor an, um ihr Leben als Dienstmädchen zu beginnen. Doch schon bald findet sie sich in einer Welt wieder, die viel abweisender und verdorbener ist, als sie es sich je hätte vorstellen können. Inmitten der üppigen, verführerischen Atmosphäre des Herrenhauses lauert etwas Ungeheuerliches unter der Oberfläche und wartet darauf, entdeckt zu werden.

Six years ago, my life was shattered to pieces. Now, it's happening all over again. I thought that information was true power. But as awful secrets come to light, it's clear it's also pain. He's pulled me back in. He's started something that can't be undone. Now, they're coming for us. History is repeating. They want us to crawl. But we're different now. This time, monsters will weep, and false kings will fall.

For so long, secrets have ripped us apart. But slowly and surely, I'm learning to put my trust in the five dangerous men who've captured my heart. Shocking revelations prove just how deadly the Paragons of Prosperity truly are. By taking the Paragons on, I must decide what I'm willing to give up to destroy them once and for all. But what if that price is the lives of the men I've grown to love?

The Queen's Betrayal is a thrilling vampire tale that will keep listeners on the edge of their seats. As darkness stirs within Castle Valemont, a new queen is poised to rise, threatening not just the vampire world but the fate of all existence. Evelyn Ashford, once a scholar, now a powerful bride to a vampire lord, is caught at the heart of it all.

The Library of Fates was designed to show you who you are—and who you could become. Its rarest book, The Book of Dark Nights, holds a secret: when you write an intimate confession on its pages, you'll receive a prediction for your future, penned in your own handwriting. For Eleanor, whose childhood was defined by a senseless tragedy, the library offers a world where everything makes sense. She’s spent most of her life there as an apprentice to the brilliant librarian, showing other people how to find the meaning of their lives in stories.

The Outsider is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious individual who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light. The Outsider is one of Lovecraft's most commonly reprinted works and is also one of the most popular stories ever to be published in Weird Tales.

The gloomy fortress of Gallondean lies on the Scottish coast. Local legend has it that if the heirs to the house hear the howling of a spectral hound nearby, their death will quickly follow. The current owner of the house is Jacob Beresford who, up until the unexpected death of his father, had never set foot within its crumbling walls. Jacob, already haunted by his own demons, has no need of more ghosts, but as the First World War staggers through its last terrible months and he uncovers unsettling details of his new home’s past, the shadows seem to be growing around him.

Молодой студент Оксфордского университета Эдвард Бэллингейм приобретает на аукционе саркофаг внутри которого находится мумия. После ряда экспериментов, которые он проводит над бесценным артефактом в университете начинают происходить странные вещи. Несколько студентов подвергаются нападению дикого животного, отдаленно напоминающего человека, но обладающего неподдающимися объяснению способностями: оно может карабкаться по стенам с кошачьей ловкостью, а его руки настолько сильны, что похожи на стальные обручи.

Lieu de mythes et de secrets, l’hôtel se dresse au-dessus des marais sombres, dans sa splendeur surannée. Bâti sur une terre maudite, ses fondations portent en elles le souvenir d’une mort violente. Pourtant, il est impossible de résister à son pouvoir d’attraction. En pénétrant dans l’hôtel, chacun réagit à sa façon. Pour certains, c’est un lieu qui respire la familiarité, pour d’autres, l’étrangeté.

The moonlight spills like silver across ancient walls, and somewhere in the velvet darkness, a whisper stirs—a name, half-sighed, half-forgotten. Carmilla. A name as soft as a caress, as chilling as a shadow at the edge of the candle's glow. She does not knock at your door; she drifts through it like a dream. She is beauty wrapped in mystery, desire woven with dread. This is not a story of fangs bared in the night, nor of crude terrors lurking in the crypt. Carmilla is subtler, more intoxicating—a tale that shivers on the border between love and death, fascination and fear.

Lennox Davis ist ein top Agent beim F.B.I. Als er während eines Auftrages einen Befehl ignoriert, wird er zur Strafe nach Boston geschickt. Er soll den Babysitter für die Kronzeugin eines Mafiaprozesses spielen. Groß ist die Überraschung als er sieht, wen er beschützen soll.

У этого прекрасного воздушного змея — хвост подводной рептилии, глаза древнего ящера и когти гигантского монстра из потустороннего мира. Он парит через века, пролетая в небесах разных городов и стран... Над Хиросимой, подвергшейся ядерной бомбардировке. Над предреволюционной Россией, где обезумевший цирковой слон готов устроить кровавую бойню. Над греческим островом, где устраивают вакханалию стародавние боги. Над полями сражений Второй мировой, куда прорывается ужас из миров Говарда Филлипса Лавкрафта.

Publié en 1857, Nouvelles Histoires extraordinaires d’Edgar Allan Poe est un recueil de nouvelles qui plonge le lecteur dans l’univers sombre et mystérieux de Poe. Ce recueil rassemble des récits où se mêlent l’horreur psychologique, et le mystère, dans une exploration des peurs profondes et des zones d’ombre de l’esprit humain.

After two years of hiding, I'm finally free, and all I want is some peace and maybe a little garden to tend. The adorable cabin in the forest is just what I'm looking for, private and secluded. Other than the long-dead inhabitants of the old graveyard nearby, I only have one neighbor. Arlow Shaw is antisocial if not outright reclusive, quiet, and guarded when it comes to discussing himself. A nature lover, he spends most of his time in the forest or tending to his bee hives. His calming effect on me is perplexing but exactly what I need.

The secrets of the house are the secrets of the heart. It begins with an act of betrayal that destroys the tenuous bonds of Celestina Errantes’s family. For years afterwards, Celestina longs for an escape from her unhappy home. Then an unexpected gift from her wealthy Lolo offers that chance: a long-forsaken property in Manila’s bohemian district, close to where ladies of the evening ply their trade. It is no place for a proper young woman, but this house, even with its ghosts, makes Celestina feel at home.

Aya has gone missing after Kakos’ brutal attack on Dunmeaden. Will is desperately searching for her and is joined by Aidon, who’s on the run after showing his forbidden power during the battle. But what no one knows is that Aya has been abducted by the vengeful first saint, Evie, who plans to join Kakos and help destroy the gods who killed her 500 years ago. Aya must decide her true fate. Can she fulfil the prophecy and save the realm? Or should the gods pay for what they’ve done?

Set against the backdrop of a sultry Alabama summer in 1987, Rebel Rising tells a haunting tale of a young boy's courage in the face of unspeakable tragedy. Twelve-year-old Rebel's world shatters when he finds his brother dead, leaving behind a silence heavy with secrets. But the silence speaks, and from it emerges a voice urging Rebel to rise against the tides of danger encroaching upon his family.

Soraya Matas believes she has found the ideal job as a personal maid to the eccentric Mrs. Hattingh, whose beautiful, decaying home is not far from The Muslim Quarter where Soraya lives with her parents. As Soraya settles into her new role, she discovers that the house is alive with spirits. While Mrs. Hattingh eagerly awaits her son’s visit from London, she offers to help Soraya stay in touch with her fiancé Nour by writing him letters on her behalf. So begins a strange weekly meeting where Soraya dictates and Mrs. Hattingh writes.

Welcome to the Exiled Sector, home to the most lethal Alphas on the planet. These beings don't play nice with others. They've been banished. And a plane full of Omegas just crashed-landed on their isles.

Some say I was driven to madness. Others say I'm a stone-cold killer. The truth is . . . I'm just ridding this world of its most depraved souls, one surgery at a time. Banished from Wonderland as a child, I have searched for years to find a way back to the twisted realm that took everything from me. But for years, I failed. Until now. And if there's one thing I crave more than poetic justice, it's revenge on the Queen who banished me. When the looking glass reappears, I'm thrust back into Wonderland, right into the hands of the Black Spade brothers.

In this chilling supernatural thriller, Carla, a curious and brave teenager, moves into a dilapidated Victorian house on the outskirts of a quiet town. The house, overgrown with ivy and cloaked in mystery, soon reveals its dark secrets. At first, Carla is simply trying to make new friends and fit in, but when she invites a group of classmates over to explore her eerie new home, they find themselves trapped in a waking nightmare. The house is alive with more than creaking floors and whispering winds.

I am Meredith, princess of faerie, wielder of the hands of Flesh and Blood, and at long last, I am with child–twins, fathered by my royal guard. Though my uncle, Taranis, King of Light and Illusion, claims that he is the true father since he abducted me from my home, betrayed, and defiled me. And now he has branded my guards as a threat to my unborn children.

Sculpted and lucid, strange and uncanny, this is an explosive collection from the incomparable imagination of Samanta Schweblin, a master of the short story. A gripping blend of the raw, the astonishing and the tragic, every story is as perfectly unexpected as a snare: tightly, exquisitely wound, ready to snap at a touch.

Robert E. Howard’s "Pigeons from Hell" is a chilling Southern Gothic horror tale blending supernatural terror with a grim, oppressive atmosphere. It follows two travellers, John Branner and Griswell, who become stranded in the deep South and take refuge in an abandoned plantation house, the decaying remnants of the Blassenville family estate. The house is eerily silent, save for the presence of strange pigeons roosting in the rafters.

In 1923, an American named Delapore, the last descendant of the De la Poer family, moves to his ancestral estate in England following the death of his only son during World War I. To the dismay of nearby residents, he restores the estate, called Exham Priory. After moving in, Delapore and his cat frequently hear the sounds of rats scurrying behind the walls.

Cordelia Beecher is on the run. In search of her missing brother Edward, she has fled the oppressive charity school she was raised in, desperate to find the only family she knows. Using clues from his past letters, she sets off for the sleepy town of Farrow but everyone there claims to have never heard of Edward—not even the man he was supposedly working for as an apprentice.

Alex Easton does not want to visit America. They particularly do not want to visit an abandoned coal mine in West Virginia with a reputation for being haunted. But when their old friend Dr. Denton summons them to help find his lost cousin—who went missing in that very mine—well, sometimes a sworn soldier has to do what a sworn soldier has to do...

Experience the chilling tale that birthed the modern vampire genre! The Vampyre by John Polidori is a haunting gothic audiobook that follows the enigmatic Lord Ruthven, a mysterious nobleman with a dark secret. Written in 1819, this eerie classic inspired generations of vampire stories, including Dracula. Perfect for fans of gothic horror and supernatural suspense, this immersive audiobook brings Polidori’s sinister tale to life. Listen now and step into a world of aristocratic terror, cursed love, and undead intrigue!

Silent film star Venita Rost's malevolent spirit lurks spider-like in her cliffside mansion, a once-beautiful home that's claimed countless unlucky souls. And she's not alone. Snared in her terrible web, Inspector Bartholomew Sloan—her eternal nemesis—watches her wreak havoc in helpless horror, shackled by his own guilt and Venita's unrelenting wrath. Now the house has yet another new owner. This time it's Ronnie Mitchell, a grieving woman who buys the run-down place sight unseen.