Book III of The Mayfair Witches. The Mayfair Witches face a new threat - the Taltos, the giant race gifted with preternatural knowledge, who breed in minutes and live for centuries, the race that spawned the monster-innocent Lasher, who gave the witches their power and almost destroyed them. Unknown to the Mayfairs, another Taltos still lives: the legendary Ashler who has done and suffered much wrong over the centuries. Now a frantic chase speeds them all from the dawn of history and the Dark Ages to high-tech New York. from New Orleans to Stonehenge and the Scottish Highlands, to their ultimate fate. Cover art by Janette Earney.
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Taltos: Anne Rice
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A group of people are camped out in the desert under a cloudless sky. Suddenly a girl exclaims that the moon has disappeared. Minutes later a grotesque terror descends out of the night. Had it been summoned by the old Hopi Indian, running coloured sands through his hands for an intricate painting? Black for death, red for blood. "I'm going to end the world, " he tells Youngman Duran, a cynical ex-convict who the Hopi have made deputy sheriff. Youngman understands his rage at the humiliations of his people and the desecration of their land, but he smiles and asks, "When?" 'Today.' The next morning the old medicine man is dead, bled to death in the centre of his painting. Every night, from then on, Death stirs on gossamer wings, with teeth sharp as knives and an insatiable appetite, a carrier of the most virulent diseases, a tide that threatens to sweep man from the American Southwest. The burden of defeating this scourge falls to Youngman who alone has understood the words of the painting, and on the obsessed scientist, Hayden Paine, whose life is eaten up by its pursuit. Cover art by George Smith.
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When the U.S. military dumps toxic waste into Seoul's Han River, a monstrous creature evolves in its waters. Years later the creature emerges and Gang-du witnesses his only daughter taken away before his eyes. This ordinary man must become a hero, get himself and his family past the military cordon and do battle with the creature. Also stars Bae Doona and Go Ah-sung. -
Portent: James Herbert
$12.00Something incredible is about to happen... Around the world, from San Francisco to the Indian city of Varanasi, from the Great Barrier Reef to the Taklimakan Desert, forces of unimaginable violence are being unleashed - earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, deadly hailstorms. Each disaster preceded by the mysterious appearance of strange, dazzling lights. Portents. Signs of a coming titanic struggle between the forces of darkness and light. A struggle involving a hermit in the remote Scottish Highlands with an extraordinary secret. Two very special children who unknowingly hold the future of the planet in their hands. And the grotesque matriarch of a bizarre New Orleans cult who is determined to destroy them... -
Duke de Richleau IX. When the bombs fall on London, the elderly Duke de Richleau is forced to consider a problem of the utmost urgency. What methods are the Germans using to discover - with sinister effect - the secret routes of the Atlantic convoys? His answer is bizarre and fantastic. Could it really be that the enemy are in touch with supernatural powers? Can these powers only be overcome by those who have the knowledge and courage to join battle with them on the Astral Plane? The Duke and his supporters face the terrifying challenge from the Powers of Darkness. -
The children were waiting. Waiting for centuries. Waiting for someone to hear their cries. Now nine-year-old Christine Lyons has come to live in the house on the hill -- the house where no children have lived for fifty years. Now little Christie will sleep in the old-fashioned nursery on the third floor. Now Christie's terror will begin...Cover art by John Melo. -
For those with a developed taste in the macabre, these tales chosen by the master ensure that their haunting horror remains in the mind long after the lights are out...The Idol Of The Flies, Jane Rice: Pruitt is an orphan, who lives with an ageing aunt and Miss Bittner, a mousy tutor deathly afraid of flies. Pruitt experiences an interesting result when he makes an idol of a fly that he asks for favours... Courtesy Of The Road, Mack Morriss; When Carter's young daughter is killed by the car driven by reckless locals, it seems he might not be able to prove who did it - but that doesn't mean justice cannot be served. Remains To Be Seen, Jack Mitchie: A man's wife is murdered...the detective knows he did it...but how can he prove it? The Man Who Sold Rope To The Gnoles, Idris Seabright: A cordage salesman undertakes to sell rope to gnoles - but he should have researched gnole customs first... Lost Dog, Henry Slezar: Mrs Smollett develops a seemingly irrational fear of dogs. Hostage, Don Stanford: A group of students kidnap a respected Mafia figure - but why? And do they have the 'right' man? Natural Selection, Gilbert Thomas: Two men are stranded in the desert when their car breaks down - who will survive? Simone, Joan Vatsaek: Ted has been hired to redecorate Georges' jewellery store and is having trouble resisting the allure of Georges' wife, Simone - but Georges does not seem to mind the flirtation... Smart Sucker, Richard Wormser: A quiet stationery salesman turns the table on a gang of vicious young thieves. Some Of Your Blood, Theodore Sturgeon: A confidential folder belonging to army psychiatrist Philip Outerbridge contains the letters, memos and transcripts for a young soldier named George Smith, a quiet young man with a terrible past and a shocking secret. -
Twisted: Jeffery Deaver
$5.00The creator of Lincoln Rhyme offers a selection of sixteen very twisted tales: Without Jonathon; The Weekender; For Services Rendered; Beautiful; The Fall Guy; Eye To Eye; Triangle; All The World's A Stage; Gone Fishing; Nocturne; Lesser-Included Offence; The Blank Card; The Christmas Present; Together; The Widow of Pine Creek; The Kneeling Soldier. A great sampler of Deaver's writing. -
The Cult: Max Ehrlich
$25.00Jeff was a loving son to Mr and Mrs Reed. But when he went to Ashtaroth, they lost him. He took a new name, cursed his parents and spurned their love forever. He has become a member of the Cult, The Souls for Jesus, the brainchild of the Master, Buford Hodges - a tax deductible multi-million dollar industry feeding on the young and vulnerable. Only one man can redeem these lost souls, who will dare to take on the sinister forces of the Master. Only one man can help the Reeds - the man they call The Devil. -
When Avril Bamborough left London with a Hollywood contract, she little thought that she would fall in love with another woman's fiance, become the head of a great film empire and face a murder charge. A group of cut-throat financiers were determined to gain control of the entire film industry. All opposition was ruthlessly destroyed. Strikes, arson, hired gunmen were the weapons used. Yet there were those prepared to fight the combine and this was the struggle in which Avril would become involved.
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Book II of Department of Unclassified Artefacts. George Archer, Liz Oldfield and Eddie Hopkins have made a rather unfortunate discovery: vampires really exist and they do feed on human blood. Using a labyrinth of tunnels beneath Victorian London, these sinister creatures are intent on destroying the human race and they'll start by taking over the most powerful place in London - the Houses of Parliament. Liz, George and Eddie come up with a plan to beat the vampires at their own game. And they'd better do it soon...
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The survivors of Drago...He had no doubt that there were survivors. Many times h had heard the howling in the night, calling him. Though his body yearned to answer their call, he fought against it - he was not ready. All that remained of Drago was a burned out village deep in the forest and the ashes of things half human, and half something else. Then came a murder - two murders...and Malcolm the strange boy with feral green eyes - and the reawakening of an unearthly terror that no-one could forget. Cover art by Peter Elson. -
Fiends: Richard Laymon
$9.00It's only a trip to the movies but it turns into Marty's nightmare when she sees the guy sitting behind her. Willy. The man who raped her ten years ago. Now he's out of jail - and looking for Marty. Marty's date says he'll fix the creep - and the way he does it makes Marty sick. But when it comes to sick there's no-one to match Willy. He's a fiend...This is the lead story in this collection. Also included: Kitty Litter; The Bleeder; Desert Pickup; The Mask; Eats; The Hunt; Slit; Out Of The Woods. Cover art by Steve Crisp. -
Every hero has a story. Every story has a hero. We are all the hero of our own tale -as are the legions of monsters, from Lucifer to Mordred, from child-thieving fairies to Frankenstein’s monster and the Wicked Witch of the West. From the point of view of an outsider, they may very well be horrible, terrifying monstrosities, but of course they won’t see themselves in the same light. Demons and goblins, dark gods and aliens, creatures of myth and legend, lurkers in darkness and beasts in human clothing…In this volume: The Awkward Age, David Liss; a young ghoul seduces her playmate's father...Saint John, Jonathan Maberry: A serial killer becomes an angel of mercy for orphaned children during the Apocalypse. Rue, Lauren Groff: an old witch tricks a young woman into surrogate motherhood. Succumb, John McIlveen: A seductress - and a sinful preacher? Torn Stitches, Shattered Glass: A return to Frankenstein's ostracised creation. Rattler And The Mothman, Sharyn McCrumb: A hermit encounters an ancient, intelligent flying creature. Big Man, David Moody: How deeply we can misunderstand the monstrous...Rakshasi, Kelley Armstrong: A demon who has done penance for her crimes for 200 hundred years as a human is not given her freedom..so she takes matters into her own hands. Breeding The Demons, Nate Kenyon: The darkness in the heart of an artist causes him to be caught between two worlds. Siren Song, Dana Stabenow: The Akulurak sisters are accused of luring and murdering a pimp - but who is the real mosnter? Less Of A Girl: There are definitely scary things under the bed...The Cruel Thief Of Rosy Infants, Tom Piccirilli: A fae is charged with his family's ancient duty of stealing human babies and substituting them with one of his own race. The Screaming Room, Sarah Pinborough: A rejected gorgon enjoys the sound of her victim being turned to stone...Wicked Be, Heather Graham: A witch just wants to be - normal. Specimen 313: Giant, mutated gene-spliced carnivorous plants begin to feel human emotions. The Lake, Tananarive Due: A woman moves to Florida for a new start - a new home - a new everything...and gets it. The Other One, Michael Marshall Smith: A woman in her late 30s is bored with her life - but is there another one of her living the life she wants? And Still You Wonder Why Our First Impulse Is To Kill You, Gary A. Braunbeck: a highly original and humorous examination of the monstrous - and why monsters don't like Ken dolls...Jesus And Satan Go Jogging In The Desert, Simon R. Green: The tale of Satan's offer of temptations to Jesus - told from Satan's point of view. Cover art by Per Haagensen. -
In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, a secret Government facility, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents - telekinesis, telepathy - who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha and Nick, George and Iris, ten-year-old Avery Dixon. The director, Mrs. Sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts. There are no scruples here. If you go along, you get tokens for the vending machines. If you don’t, punishment is brutal. Luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help...but no one has ever escaped from the Institute... -
Satan’s Church: Cam Lavac
$25.00What if the Roman Catholic Church got it all wrong? What is the terrible mystery of The Prophecy, a recently discovered three-thousand- year-old papyrus document and how is it related to the Third Secret of Fatima? Why does the Cardinal Secretary of State at the Vatican stop at nothing to destroy these documents to keep them from the world? Is he insane - or is he truly Satan's disciple? Australian priest Peter LoSarus and Sister Christina find themselves caught up in the struggle to find The Prophecy and reveal its secrets before they are discovered and destroyed. Their search takes them around the world and into danger as the forces of evil contrive against them in a frantic race to find the truth before it is lost forever.
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In this volume by horrormeister Westall: In Camera: Film found in a 50-year-old camera leads to the scene of a long-ago crime. Beelzebub: A records clerk - a stickler for detail - is asked to register the birth of the baby of Beelzebub...Blind Bill: A sightless man solves a crime and prevents a death by use of his other facilities. Charlie Ferber: A mysterious cat insinuates itself into a young girl’s life and becomes loved and somehow...irreplaceable. Henry Marlborough: A beguiling presence from the past leads an intellectually stifled young woman to independence...but is Henry really as she imagines him? Cover art by Barry Jones. -
Prophet: Frank Peretti
$10.00John Barrett, anchorman for the city's most-watched newscast, is a man suddenly lost in a town he thought he owned. His comfortable world is being jarred to the breaking point. He's caught his producer skewing a story and lying to cover her tracks - and she seems to be hiding something much bigger. His supposedly professional and objective colleagues have descended into a dogfight over the meaning of truth. His father's "accidental" death suddenly isn't looking so accidental. And John's estranged son, Carl, has returned to get the truth about the man behind the TV image. All of these events pale in comparison to the mysterious voices that John is hearing. Cover art by David Yorke. -
Aug 1794 - Apr 1796...Roger Brook – Prime Minister Pitt's most daring and resourceful secret agent – had sailed for the West Indies with a party that included three beautiful women. His purpose: pleasure. But the Caribbean, blue seas, lush tropical islands and palm-shaded beaches, was infested with pirates. The slaves of the 'Sugar islands' were in revolt. All this Roger Brook encountered. But also he uncovered a mysterious episode in the early life of the Empress Josephine – a mystery that had its effect on the Parisian intrigues that led to Napoleon receiving his first great command: the Army of Italy. A mystery that tied together many strange scenes and unlikely events. -
A mysterious letter from Europe to Frank Cooper, professor of Archaeology in Omaha leads to a discovery with terrifying consequences for the future of Mankind. Deep in a secret vault beneath Notre Dame, Cooper discovers the true burial place of 16th seer Nostradamus and a cache of documents hidden in the tomb. A desperate race begins, with the help of Cooper's small team and a super computer to avert the nightmare Armageddon foreseen by Nostradamus - an ending full of horror. -
A small boy stands by a grave, his eyes wide, his face ashen...A man looks lovingly at a body, the eyes twitching, barely alive...a senior investigator stalks his prey: a genius, a monster, a bloodsucker... The dying don't live to tell the tale... John Becker left the FBI because he was too good at his job. He could think like a killer. And he enjoyed the thrill of the hunt...too much. Roger Dyce was the serial killer whose twisted crimes would lure Becker back to his old profession. But this time, Becker is closer to his prey than ever before...Close enough to kill. -
Night Howl: Andrew Neiderman
$30.00Bobby loves his playful German Shepherd King - until the day King turns and attacks him. King is put to sleep, but Bobby stills sees him - in the garden, on the stairs, waiting. Then terror grips the sleepy little town of Fallsburg as the horrific deaths begin. Now the shadowy scientists must guard the deadly secret of the monster they've unleashed... -
When Englishman Clive Bagnall arrives in Darwin in 1939 to begin a new life on the land of his inherited cattle station, he finds it to be a crocodile-infested, barren wasteland and not only that, he's not the sole owner. It's shared with his Australian cousin Val, a red-head with a temper. And then there is Doug, sometime oyster-opener and layabout who feels obliged to instruct him in the ways of the Territory. And haunting all three is the spirit world of the Aborigine and their sacred Remembering Stones that seem to hold the key to events past and present. Cover art by Tony Pyrzakowski. -
Book Of Dead Days 1. The days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve are dead days, when spirits roam and magic shifts restlessly just beneath the surface of our lives. Valerian, a magician, must save his own life within those few days or pay the price for the pact he made with evil so many years ago. But alchemy and sorcery are no match against the demonic power pursuing him. Helping him is his servant, Boy, a child with no name and no past. A quick-witted orphan girl, Willow, is with them as they dig in death fields at midnight, and as they are swept into the sprawling blackness of a subterranean city on a journey from which there is no escape. Cover art by Geoff Taylor. Young adult horror. -
Dusty Shame is a high school senior - and a serial killer. He's already murdered three women, and has more planned. Yet he does not want to hurt anyone. There is something inside him - or outside him - that compels him to kill. Sheila Hardolt lost her best friend to Dusty's insanity. It will be her task to probe the clues that will point her into the past - to a time when a large portion of m,ankind lost all sense of decency. There she will find the seed of Dusty's evil compulsion - the Wicked Heart - and the reason why it did not die the first time it was destroyed. Cover art by Paul Davies. -
Martie Rhodes, happily married, successful video game designer, is a compassionate friend to agoraphobic Susan, who she accompanies to therapy each week. The experience, though grim, has been a bond between the two women. Then Martie experiences an irrational fear of her own. She feels a brief, disquieting fear of - her shadow. There is something twisted in it, something not right. Other anxiety attacks ensure until Martie finds she is the victim of the rarest of all phobias known: autophobia, fear of oneself. Martie's life changes radically and her future looks dark. Her husband Dusty loves her and is desperate to understand the nature and cause of her autophobia. But as Dusty comes closer to the terrible truth, he begins to exhibit symptoms of a psychological disorder, even more unusual and terrible than that which afflicts Martie.
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Why did the solitary girl leave her rented house only for short walks at night? Why was she so frightened? Why did animals shrink away from her? The girl herself didn't know. Molly Fountain, the no-nonsense neighbour, was determined to find the answer. She sent for a wartime secret service colleague to come and help. What they discovered was horrifying beyond anything they could have imagined...the young, beautiful girl is being groomed to be the sacrificial virgin at a ceremony... her death will give life to a hideous creature that lurks beneath the ancient stones of Bentford Priory. Writer Molly Fontaine and her son John battle time, ruthless gangsters and the forces of evil to try to save Christina.
