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How far would you go to rewrite your fate? Indie author, Nathaniel Crane watched his career burn at the hands of ruthless critics, indifferent editors, and a cutthroat industry that chewed him up and spat him out. Now, he's taking control—literally. When a plane full of abused and discarded writers takes off after a literary convention, they soon realize their trip is anything but ordinary. Crane has hijacked the flight, turning it into a high-altitude trial where the guilty—critics, publishers, and industry gatekeepers—must face the consequences of their cruelty.

Where the Light Won’t Go Five Horrifying Short Stories In the forgotten corners of dusty towns, behind windows that never open, and beneath soil too stubborn to grow anything but silence—darkness waits. Where the Light Won’t Go is a chilling collection of five terrifying short stories that explore what festers in places too long overlooked. From rural roads that twist the mind to houses that breathe when no one’s watching, each tale drips with dread, decay, and devastating revelations.

David Hunter, ein Jurastudent aus Glasgow, lässt sich ziellos durchs Leben treiben, aber er spürt, dass ihm etwas fehlt. Als ihn eines Abends jemand zu töten versucht, entdeckt er, dass er einer alten Dynastie von Hexen – auch bekannt als Traumtänzer – entstammt und plötzlich steht sein Leben Kopf.

Knepper Jackson, der berühmteste Strafverteidiger der USA, wird zu seinem bislang schrägsten Mord-Prozess gerufen, denn sein neuer Mandant Damónt behauptet, ein Vampir zu sein. Nichtsahnend nimmt der Workaholic seine Familie mit in das verschlafene Nest nahe New Orleans, wo der hitzige Prozess zunächst wie geplant läuft. Doch der mysteriöse Damónt hat ein dunkles Geheimnis, das ihn mit Knepper verbindet, und startet ein perfides Psychospiel, das Knepper immer tiefer in die uralte Lüge des Ortes zerrt. Als er die Wahrheit endlich erkennt, steckt er bereits in Tausend Albträumen.

People start dropping dead around Charlie, giant ravens perch on his building, and it seems that everywhere he goes, a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. Strange names start appearing on his nightstand notepad, and before he knows it, those people end up dead, too. Yup, it seems that Charlie Asher has been recruited for a new job, an unpleasant but utterly necessary one: Death.

Set in Rome in 2012, the story follows Sarah Adamson, a beautiful young Catholic graduate student from Boston studying at the Vatican Library for her thesis on the first Christian heretic, Marcion of Pontus. She is being courted by two utterly different men: Simon Appel, a descendent of the kabbalist Isaac Luria who covers Vatican affairs for the New York Times, and Armando Pierleoni, the scion of an ancient Italian aristocratic family with strong ties to the Vatican.

When Madison Perth adds what seems like the perfect houseplant to her new home, she never suspects the deadly secret that lies within its foliage: a vicious spider, hungry for human prey. Now, trapped in her beachfront condo, Madison must fight for survival as the relentless terror closes in.

While Jackson takes care of his dying father, navigates his rocky relationship with Amanda, and watches the company he works for go out of business, his panic attacks return with a vengeance. In a stressed fugue, he sees a figure approach his father's death bed, singing a lullaby. And when he looks into his father's eyes, he sees something he can't define, dancing within the irises.

Five years ago, paranormal researcher Dr. Mia Lakatos was the sole survivor of an ill-conceived reality TV investigation of St. Damien’s Lutheran Church in Camden, New Jersey, a bloody encounter that destroyed her reputation and poisoned her life. Now, out of the blue, the government has asked for her help. A vicious Columbian drug czar will be attending a key underworld summit across the street from the famous haunted church. The FBI is planning a stakeout inside St. Damien’s, and they need Mia along for her expertise.

To his shock, Troy is no ordinary person. Born to incredible metaphysical powers residing in his mind, he comes to his own as they awaken. Determined to make good on them, he trains hard, only to discover that his powers come with a steep price. One born of his own reflection, one born to chaos. Can he undo the damage he is tied to or make amends to those affected by it? Will he find the love he so deeply seeks in those his literal mind is bound to? Who knows...

It's 2005 and 15-year-old Braden O'Riley is hoping for the best summer of his life. Instead, he finds himself sleeping on an air mattress next to his brother. In the wake of a marriage separation, their vulgar, misogynist uncle has moved in, bringing along a mysterious book full of strange occult symbols. What could this book mean? Who, exactly, is this man sleeping in Braden's bedroom? And what other devastating secrets could he be hiding?

David, Tante Gen und Terence setzen alles daran, um Jessica zu finden. Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt, denn ihr Leben ist in Gefahr. Alicia wird während einer Astralprojektion angegriffen und als sie herausfindet, wer ihr Angreifer ist, brandet Wut in ihr auf. Die Traumtänzer von Glasgow schweben in einer größeren Gefahr, als sie ahnen. Lang gehegte Geheimnisse werden gelüftet, während die britische und amerikanische Regierungen um die Macht der Hexen ringen. Ist das der Anfang vom Ende für die Hexen von Schottland?

There is more going on at Hanging Hill Lane than simple mass killings. Daphne Locke, eighteen and alone, is back in her old childhood house as a sequence of brutal killings moves closer. Powerless policemen break down and cry, tortured by the most horrific crimes they have ever seen. Murders are not the only darkness on the street. Creepy neighbours act impossibly. Dogged Jehovah’s Witnesses prophesy and stalk. Daphne wonders if she’s going mad, or if there truly is something real and insidious at play. Perhaps the fresh grief of her mother’s death is testing her sanity.

In these interconnected tales of retail terror, Jason Fischer transforms everyday shopping into a supernatural nightmare.

Cantana has recently become the premier destination for conferences, concerts and family vacations. Despite the meteoric rise, the dark foundation of the town has begun to distort the lives of various visitors. Networking, workshops and free booze are on Robert’s itinerary but his neighbors in room 321 have other plans in store for him. He begins to see the malevolent force that rests deep beneath the town. A primordial force that was supposed to have been sealed away long ago.

Mary Carter had a good life. A decent job. A man who loved her and whom she wanted to marry. But all of that changes when she dies suddenly. She goes to a strange afterlife and learns she was not meant to die. As she's coming to terms with this revelation, she wakes up safe at home. Soon she begins to question her sanity. Hearing voices and seeing people who aren't there. Can she unravel the tangled web that has ensnared her mind and body? Or will her sanity crumble along with reality?

If there was gold in a city under a lake, how would you get it? Four buddies in the 1970's drag a kid along to dive for salvage and the possibility of gold in a town that was sunk, when the government erected a dam. Will the former navy men ignore the warnings and go on the dive? Will they all come back alive with treasure? What will be the cost of their gold fever?

Mavis broke from her parents’ congregation years ago, but she still hasn’t recovered. Their impossible expectations and soul-shredding critiques have dug deep into her mind, and she’s taunted by the knowledge that even when she’s done nothing wrong, she’ll never be right. Now Mavis is afraid she’s about to lose the only thing she has: her husband, Jerrod. The man she’s always known was too good to be true. No one thinks she deserves him—not even after surviving the serial cheater they wanted her to stick by—and soon they’ll all find out they were right.

The year is 1899 and Sonia Wilson is a scientific illustrator without work, prospects, or hope. When the reclusive Dr. Halder offers her a position illustrating his vast collection of insects, Sonia jumps at the chance to move to his North Carolina manor house and put her talents to use. But soon enough she finds that there are darker things at work than the Carolina woods. What happened to her predecessor, Halder’s wife? Why are animals acting so strangely, and what is behind the peculiar local whispers about “blood thiefs?”

Morsel is a chilling testament to the burden of generational poverty and the all-consuming nature of capitalism, where the monster and the monstrous, in the end, are not the same.