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A terrifying collection of classic Victorian short stories about ghosts, werewolves and vampires. The Wolf Book by Henry Chapman Mercer. Number Ninety by B. M. Croker. Ken's Mystery by Julian Hawthorne. The Piano Next Door by Elia W. Peattie. The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains by Frederick Marryat. The Horla by Guy de Maupassant. Absolute Evil by Julian Hawthorne. Mrs. Amworth by E. F. Benson.

In this volume we examine Gothic short stories from the woman’s point of view. More usually in this genre the main examples are almost always given as male. Well, in this volume we prove that view needs severely testing. Here we explore works by classic women authors who, with the sheer breadth of their talents and narratives, can make mere men seem tame by comparison.

With the war between the two families finally cooling, Colette returns to Mayfield determined to improve relations in the divided city the only way she knows how. Opening up a business that serves both humans and vampires isn’t going to win her any friends, but she didn’t expect enemies to pop up so quickly. Danger lurks in the shadows as she does all she can to repair the broken city she left behind so many years ago.

Mary Carlson didn't plan to become a veterinarian, but her husband's work inspired her to leave teaching, become a vet herself, and open a feline-exclusive clinic. Along the way, there were grueling years of vet school, a shattered hip, an enduring love, illness, and death - and the rediscovery that life, especially one filled with delightful animals, is worth living.

Sama is intent on claiming October for his own, and he has all of eternity to plot her abduction. When Danny goes off the rails, Team Terraway has their hands full trying to fend off a psychosis that’s set in deep. When an attack on the council sets everyone spinning, October learns she must draw clear lines to show Captain Finn where her loyalties lie. Duty can only be expected to drive a person so far, but love is what motivates October to run away from her Reapers. She won’t hesitate to lay down her life if there’s a chance it might save them.

Being pregnant wasn’t in October’s plans, but being a pregnant virgin is just one more sacrifice along her journey. With Von gone and Captain Finn stepping up, reaping is the only thing October can do to take her mind off of things. Even her dream life starts to twist with a little too much darkness and begins to bleed into reality. October isn’t sure who she can trust, or how to protect herself and her baby from the Matruculan in her bed, the Kataw in her life, and the vampire in her heart.

When October struggles to keep her baby healthy, the Vandershot brothers move in - all except for Von, who is nowhere to be found. Every day that Sama tries to reach her in her dreams is another she's driven slowly insane. October is determined to provide a good life for her daughter, despite the reaping that breaks her down a little more each day. When Terraway twists her body and her brain, the one person she wants to keep might just be the one who slips away forever.

With Team Terraway separated in too many directions, October doesn't know who needs help the most. With Von being held as leverage, and half the group traipsing through cannibal territory to deliver the stone to Lumipad to save the Ekeks and Manas, October experiments with dangerous new methods of trying to communicate with the missing parties. When the rescue doesn't go as planned, October finds herself inches from death, until she's swept up in the arms of the one man she knows she shouldn't trust.

Running off with Captain Finn to deliver a portion of the stone to Silo seemed to October like the perfect way to get some breathing from her two Reapers, but she soon learns how horrible life without them can be. Despite her best efforts to slip through Silo unnoticed, October soon finds herself swept up in a war against an army that turns out to be worse than her greatest nightmares. She's determined to hold her ground, until a budding friendship with the uncaring and violent Captain Finn turns her world upside-down.

After days spent locked in King Geon's dungeon, October's afraid her sanity has reached the point of no return. With one of her Reapers deranged beyond reason, and the other permanently altered, October isn't sure how she'll be able to keep up with the famine that's run rampant throughout Terraway. With too many souls to reap, October's body starts to break down as she struggles to redeem the world that seems set on her destruction.

This is book two in the Terraway series. When October Grace begins reaping souls, she doesn't think life can get much worse. Mason and Von have their work cut out for them, trying to keep the council members from abducting October. Everyone wants to get their hands on the sagrado stone they need to heal their broken homelands. Now, with all the nations vying for their piece of the stone to heal their land, October doesn't know who to trust. Her attraction to Mason proves problematic when a simple kiss threatens to splinter apart the trust in their platonic threesome.

Igor the fox owes everything to Frankie Mouse, the scientist who brought him back from the dead. However, as Frankie begins to resurrect more and more animals, apparently with the intent of creating an army, Igor finds himself increasingly excluded from his master's plans. Desperate to win back Frankie's confidence, Igor starts down a path that reveals secrets terrifying to both the living and the dead.

Just when correctional nurse October Grace has a handle on her stressful job and taking care of her mentally ill mother, a shape-shifting warrior and a half-vampire plunge her into a foreign land that's on the brink of starvation. Now, with a ticking clock and a target on her back, October takes up the mantle of becoming one of the rare Omens who can bring hope to a dying world.

Wenn deine schönsten Träume die größten Gefahren bergen ... Seit dem plötzlichen Tod ihres Lebensgefährten Henry lebt Dawn Walker zurückgezogen in einem ...

Die Liebe des Elfenkönigs hat immer einen Preis ... Nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern schafft es Bristol Keats nur mit Mühe, sich und ihre Schwestern über Wasser zu halten. Als eine angebliche Tante überraschend Hilfe verspricht, erfährt sie, dass alles, was sie über ihre Familie zu wissen glaubte, eine Lüge war, und dass ihr Vater womöglich noch am Leben ist. Um ihn zu finden, muss Bristol ins Land des Elfenkönigs Tyghan reisen. Dieser braucht ihre verborgene magische Gabe, um eine finstere Bedrohung von den Reichen Elfheims abzuwenden.

In una società tradizionalista come quella di Morrighan, la principessa Lia sa che il suo destino è segnato: in quanto Primogenita tutti si aspettano che abbia il dono (che non ha), ma soprattutto i suoi genitori si aspettano che sia la docile pedina di un'alleanza matrimoniale con il regno vicino. Lia però non ha alcuna intenzione di sposare un uomo che non ha mai neppure incontrato e così fugge. Sulla sua via incontrerà nientemeno che il principe cui era stata promessa e un sicario inviato per ucciderla.

Mary Rackham was born in Norwich on 14th August 1848 to a merchant family. Little is known of her early life and her biography only re-appears in September 1871 with marriage to Fairman Joseph Mann, a farmer with 800 acres. She took up writing, partly to offset the dreary village life of her surroundings, in the 1880s and published her first novel, ‘The Parish of Hilby’ (1883) at her own expense. It was well received by the critics. Thus began a career that spanning three decades provided thirty-three novels, hundreds of short stories, and fourteen plays.

Mary Rackham was born in Norwich on 14th August 1848 to a merchant family. Little is known of her early life and her biography only re-appears in September 1871 with marriage to Fairman Joseph Mann, a farmer with 800 acres. She took up writing, partly to offset the dreary village life of her surroundings, in the 1880s and published her first novel, ‘The Parish of Hilby’ (1883) at her own expense. It was well received by the critics. Thus began a career that spanning three decades provided thirty-three novels, hundreds of short stories, and fourteen plays.

Mary Rackham was born in Norwich on 14th August 1848 to a merchant family. Little is known of her early life and her biography only re-appears in September 1871 with marriage to Fairman Joseph Mann, a farmer with 800 acres. She took up writing, partly to offset the dreary village life of her surroundings, in the 1880s and published her first novel, ‘The Parish of Hilby’ (1883) at her own expense. It was well received by the critics. Thus began a career that spanning three decades provided thirty-three novels, hundreds of short stories, and fourteen plays.

Mary Rackham was born in Norwich on 14th August 1848 to a merchant family. Little is known of her early life and her biography only re-appears in September 1871 with marriage to Fairman Joseph Mann, a farmer with 800 acres. She took up writing, partly to offset the dreary village life of her surroundings, in the 1880s and published her first novel, ‘The Parish of Hilby’ (1883) at her own expense. It was well received by the critics. She is regarded as a major contributor to East Anglian literature with particular praise given to her short stories.