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It is autumn, 1981. Twelve-year-old Oskar, who has an incontinence problem and who likes eating sweets and collecting stories of violent murder from the newspaper, is personally hoping that revenge has come at long last - revenge for the bullying he endures at school, day after day. Luckily, the new girl next door shows promise A girl who never seems to feel the cold, who has never seen a Rubik's Cube before, but who can solve it at once. A girl whose hair sometimes seems to have a lot of grey in it. There's a good chance she's as big a misfit as Oskar. There's something odd about her. And she only comes out at night. But her 'father' is another matter. There's a whiff of something very bad hanging around him. Right after their arrival, a child's body is found hanging from a tree, drained of blood. Amid the media frenzy other weird things start to happen. The police think it's a serial killer. They're so wrong... -
Wolf Springs Chronicles I. Katelyn McBride’s life changed in an instant when her mother died. Uprooted from her California home, Katelyn was shipped to the middle of nowhere, Arkansas, to her only living relative, her grandfather. And now she has to start over in Wolf Springs, a tiny village in the Ozark Mountains. Like any small town, Wolf Springs has secrets. But the secrets hidden here are more sinister than Katelyn could ever imagine. It’s a town with a history that reaches back centuries, spans continents, and conceals terrifying truths. And Katelyn McBride is about to change everything. Broken families, ageless grudges, forced alliances, and love that blooms in the darkest night...welcome to Wolf Springs. -
The Green Mile: Stephen King
$10.00At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, condemned killers such as 'Billy the Kid' Wharton, Arlen Bitterbuck and the possessed Eduard Delacroix await death strapped in 'Old Sparky'. But good or evil, innocent or guilty, prisoner or guard, none has ever seen the brutal likes of the new prisoner, John Coffey - a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child, condemned for a crime terrifying in its violence and shocking in its depravity. Is Coffey a devil in human form? Or is he a far, far different kind of being? In this place of ultimate retribution, prison guard Paul Edgecombe is about to discover that there are more wonders in heaven and hell than anyone at Cold Mountain can imagine and one of those wonders might just have stepped in amongst them...Cover shows Tom Hanks in the role of Paul Edgecombe in the film The Green Mile. -
Monster: Frank Peretti
$9.00Reed Shelton organized this survival weekend. Hired the best guide in the region. Meticulously trained, studied, and packed while encouraging his wife, Beck, to do the same. But little did they know that surviving the elements would become the least of their worries. During their first night of camping, an unearthly wail pierces the calm of the forest. Then someone - no, something - emerges from the dense woods and begins pursuing them. Everything that follows is a blur to Reed - except for the unforgettable image of a huge creature carrying his wife into the darkness. Dependent on the efforts of a small town and a band of friends, Reed knows they have little time to find Beck. Even more important, he soon realizes that they aren't the only ones doing the hunting. Something much faster, more relentless - and definitely not human - has begun to hunt them... -
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. -
The sleepy, eastern Washington wheat town of Antioch has become a gateway for the supernatural—from sightings of angels and a weeping crucifix to a self-proclaimed prophet with an astounding message. The national media and the curious all flock to the little town - a great boon for local business but not for Travis Jordan. The burned-out former pastor has been trying to hide his past in Antioch. Now the whole world is headed to his backyard to find the Messiah, and in the process, every spiritual assumption he has ever held will be challenged. The startling secret behind this visitation ultimately pushes one man into a supernatural confrontation that has eternal consequences. Cover art by Kamil Vojnar. -
Just after sunset...when darkness grips the imagination. The time when the unexpected creeps into everyday events..In this volume of short stories from the King of Horror...Willa: After a train derails leaving its passengers stranded, David's wife wanders toward the bright lights of the honky tonk bars in the nearby town...and they'll be staying for quite some time. Gingerbread Girl: After leaving her husband, Emily takes up running. Her life is turning around until she goes on holiday and while running, finds herself running from a serial killer. Harvey's Dream: A woman in a boring marriage is surprised when her husband is anxious to share a dream with her. Rest Stop: A crime writer on the way home stops at a rest area and is confronted with a real crime. Can his alter-ego give him the courage he needs? Stationary Bike: An overweight commercial artist gets a stationary bike. Installed in a basement bay, he livens up his exercise by painting a woodland mural on the wall he faces...and then finds that he's riding through it... The Things They Left Behind: An office worker who called in sick on 9/11 finds that mysterious objects begin to appear in his apartment - things that belonged to his deceased co-workers. Graduation Afternoon: A young woman attending her boyfriend's family's post graduation party knows this will be the last time - and it is. In more ways than one. N: A psychiatrist commits suicide and his sister reads the file on his last patient, an OCD man named N. The Cat From Hell: A pharmaceutical millionaire hires a hitman to kill... a cat? The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates: A woman gets an unexpected phone call from her dead husband on the afternoon of his funeral. Mute: After finding out his wife has been having an affair, a man picks up a deaf-mute hitchhiker and bares his soul. But later, he wonders if the man was really deaf...Ayana: A blind girl visits a dying man and saves his life - with a kiss. A Very Tight Place: A man is made a prisoner by his vicious, vindictive neighbour - in a portable toilet tipped over and resting on its door. Can a much-loved deceased pet help him escape? -
Ed Logan is a 20 year old sophomore at Willmington University. He's also just been dumped by his girlfriend. Lonesome and broken-hearted, he goes for a late-night walk. He doesn't know where he's headed. He doesn't know what he's going to do when he gets there. And he has absolutely no idea of the strange people he is about to meet. Like Casey, the athletic blonde who roams the streets as if she's on a mission. And then there's Randy, who's definitely on a mission - to make Ed's life hell. And then there's the others. Not exactly people. And very definitely not friendly. If Ed's not careful, he's not going to make it home at all...Cover art by Steve Crisp. -
In the moments before he is born, Jimmy Tock has a strange destiny thrust upon him. His dying grandfather, Josef, prophesies five dark days in his grandson's life - five dates on which Jimmy will face terror and violence, malice and perversion. A storm rages. There is a chilling significance in the old man's words. The moment his grandfather dies, Jimmy emerges squalling into the world, destined to struggle against an evil so dark and pervasive, only the most extraordinary of human spirits can shine through. What dangers await Jimmy on these five dark days? What terrifying events must he survive? At each of the crisis points, a mystery unfolds that will challenge his understanding of good and evil, life and death - and everything in between.
