Horror Games

A century ago, the world burned. Even now, though rebuilt and defiant, civilization is still choking on the ashes. Jackson, a smuggler, lives in the shadows, once a boy with no memory, no name, and no future. Ravens followed him, long-extinct birds only he could see, and nightmares flew in their wake. Once, Jackson thought himself to be one of the lucky few touched by magic, a candidate for the Order of Mages. He is a man now, and that dream has died. But, the ravens still follow. The nightmares still whisper in his ear.

夏合宿のために矢吹山のキャンプ場へやってきた英都大学推理小説研究会の面々を、予想だにしない事態が待ち構えていた。山が噴火し、偶然一緒になった三グループの学生たちは、陸の孤島と化したキャンプ場に閉じ込められてしまったのだ。その極限状況の中、まるで月の魔力に誘われたように出没する殺人鬼！　有栖川有栖のデビュー長編。

In Autumn 2008 the Lambert family headed to Western Pennsylvania for a weekend getaway to the family cabin. They visited hell instead. The Fannelli brothers. Two psychopaths who believed themselves exceptional, put on this Earth for the soul purpose of tormenting others for their own amusement. To make people play their twisted games. Except the Lamberts managed the impossible. They played the game and survived. Showed the Fannelli brothers that they'd messed with the wrong family.

Old World vampire Baron Rudolfo Zginski, staked in 1915 Wales, rises anew in 1975 Memphis. Through a group of modern vampires, including the beautiful perpetual teenager Fauvette, he has learned to navigate this new era and prepares to reclaim his former wealth and power. But fresh dangers lurk in this society of funk, fast cars, and racial tension.

Arthur Du Fuss, bitter, alone, and ignored by his neighbours, has two secrets: one dies with him when he commits suicide; the other is the vast wealth he amassed through the creation of a cult board game. Now his erstwhile neighbours receive a post-mortem invitation to the offices of a charismatic City lawyer to play a final version of the game; the prize - Arthur's fortune. As they dice with the devil, the game first exposes the fragility of their relationships, and then tears them apart, with tragic and horrifying consequences.

To all the locals in the small beach town of Dream Point, Carter and Lilah seem like the perfect It Couple - but their relationship is about to brutally unravel before everyone's eyes. Carter has always been a good guy, and while Lilah has a troubled past, she's been a loyal girlfriend for the last four years. When smart, sexy Jules enters the picture at a senior-year bash, Carter doesn't intend to succumb to temptation. He's not planning to fall in love.

The Lambert Family is heading to Crescent Lake, a rural cabin community in western Pennsylvania, for an idyllic weekend getaway. Some fishing, some barbecue, some games...

Ingerval is the Country of the Dead. Funerals are happy occasions in Ingerval, and the King is planning for his to be the most decadent in the country's long memory. He does not know that, unlike every lord before him, he will not return to rule alongside his ancestors. He will die the true death, sparking a succession crisis that throws the noble families into chaos.

The final game is here...A decade has passed. The Lambert family is thriving...Or so they wish. Nothing could be further from the truth...Two fledgling killers who happen to idolize the infamous serial killers Arty and Jim Fannelli have been paying attention - and these two killers are eager to show the Lamberts just how much they truly admire their idols...with the help of Arty and Jim themselves?

After years of silence, the game is back on.... Widower Allan Brown is hosting a support group in his home for the bereaved. One of the guests in attendance will be Amy Lambert, this week marking the five-year anniversary of her family's horrifying ordeal at Crescent Lake. Of course it's hardly a cause for celebration. Still, some unwanted guests plan on attending the support group to help Amy celebrate all the same.

Nick Antosca's The Girlfriend Game is a tumble through the looking glass into a vortex of violence and desire. The 12 stories in the newest collection by the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author are brutal, urgent and unforgettable. In "Predator Bait", a decoy in a sex-sting news show questions her job and the man who shares her bed. An undependable son watches his mother become a creature he hardly recognizes in "Amphibian". A young man plots the death of his girlfriend's killer in "Winter Was Hard".

Jon's gambling habit is out of control. Not only has he lost all of his money, he also lost his sanity. His wife is not happy with him, since they have no money for food. Jon finds a new way of life which enables him to find free food. (He gets very creative.) Every time he "finds" money, he takes it back to the casino, only to lose it again. Then he gets resourceful in finding a source of entertainment. Such as kidnapping people and making them gamble for blood.

Glaubst du an Geister? Glaubst du an dunkle Energien, die sich in den Ecken der Zimmer verstecken? Nein? Anna auch nicht. Deshalb spielt sie mit ihren Freunden das Eckenspiel. Zunächst scheint alles harmlos, doch bald darauf treiben seltsame Geräusche und Schritte die Freunde schier in den Wahnsinn. Schnell wird klar: Etwas ist mit ihnen im Zimmer! Die Regeln verbieten, das Licht einzuschalten. Doch einer von ihnen bricht sie, und das Spiel nimmt ungeahnte Züge an.

Ten writers are selected for a summer-long writing retreat with the most celebrated and reclusive author in the world. Their host is the legendary Roderick Wells. Handsome, enigmatic, and fiendishly talented, Wells promises to teach his pupils about writing, about magic, about the untapped potential that each of them possesses. Most of all, he plans to teach them about the darkness in their hearts.

The tenants never saw it coming. The Murray building, constructed in the 70s by the eccentric billionaire, Samuel Murray, contains a secret so horrific and abhorrent that those caught up in it might not see the light of day ever again. Time is ticking. Only one person can win the War Game and walk away with $100 million in cash. Who dies? Who lives? Who is the real villain? What is the building's biggest secret, and why do only a select few know about it?

Mentor/apprentice has made a deadly maze with the sole intent of hurting people. Room after room of painful traps await unsuspecting players. How will this affect the dangerous duo's relationship?

There is a dark and deadly world hidden behind firewalls, ghosted routers, and mirrored IP addresses. A world where the worst of humanity gather for business and pleasure. Like most of us, Robert Deliuz was unaware this world existed, at least until one of his closest friends betrayed him and pulled him into the underground as a pawn, in a deadly game of survival. Robert is pitted against his own friends in a series of life or death challenges while a wagering audience watches behind the anonymity of ones and zeroes.

Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Wild thought living in the chaos of her mother's home daycare and dealing with her developing feelings for Bryce, her new Martial Arts' instructor, was a struggle, until the night her world turned upside down. When an untested vaccine kills more than just a rampant flu virus, Cassie learns how to survive in a world where the dead walk and the living...run!

Trouble’s brewing again as Pete’s hunt for another vampire brings him face-to-face with a rival who hates his guts. Donna, who knows a little too much and takes a little too much pleasure in Pete’s pain, seems one step ahead, and Pete’s dying to know why. When she proposes that he go back into custody of the same gang that nearly killed him once before, he thinks she’s plum crazy. He might be right. But what if her wild plan is the only way to stop them for good? Can he trust someone who clearly wants to watch him suffer?

On the advice of his wife, Paul Rice is making plans to attend his 10th year High School reunion. Returning to his boyhood home of Harmony, Indiana, he finds that he is still haunted by memories of that time-memories of Deidra, his first love, and memories of the Wide Game. It was 10 years ago that Paul and his friends watched their day of fun become a race for their lives, a fight for their very souls. Now, as he meets the survivors of that day once more, Paul makes a chilling discovery: The incomprehensible forces that toyed with them have yet to finish playing their own game.