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Written by New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins, this historical horror story traps a group of sleuths in a haunted house desperate to escape the wrath of a vengeful ghost. Beatrix Greene makes her living by playing pretend. She knows the seances she conducts are fake, but financial freedom for a single woman in Victorian England is hard to come by. So when notorious scientist James Walker makes her a proposition—prove that ghosts are real, once and for all, for a hefty price—she can’t resist the temptation. But the ghosts of Ashbury Manor are very real, indeed, and when ...

This selection of stories and tales is perfect for that cold winter night to cosy up around fireplace and enter magical world of far away lands or kingdoms of the past. This volume opens with two tales from Beatrix Potter: 'The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse' and 'The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin', followed by 'Puss in Boots' by Charles Perrault. And in the second half we have Anton Chekhov's story, 'A Gentleman Friend', followed by William Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'. Read in English, unabridged.

A meteorite fragment cures a teenaged trans girl’s schizophrenia, but leaves her with visions of ancient warring gods annihilating each other in space. As the Earth hurtles toward the cloud that is the shattered bodies of those eternal enemies, their eons-old conflict is rekindled on Earth to divide and destroy humanity.

Ein junges Ehepaar ist spurlos verschwunden und die Frau des Chirurgen Dr. Alfred Geissen entrinnt nur knapp dem Tode! Gibt es einen Zusammenhang? Wird er ihr Leben retten können? Warum verhält sich sein Kollege Dr. Ebert so seltsam? Woher kommen die markerschütternden Schmerzensschreie und wessen Blut klebt an Dr. Geissens Skalpell?

Ein grausamer Massenmörder hält ganz Derbyshire in Atem! Die Journalistin Ethel May will mit ihrem Kollegen Leroy Buchanan den schrecklichen Ereignissen auf den Grund gehen. Gemeinsam verfolgen sie eine Spur, die zu einem geheimnisvollen Herrenhaus führt. Dort soll angeblich eine Hexe ihr Unwesen treiben! Ethel wittert eine Sensation, doch schneller als vermutet ziehen dunkle Mächte die hübsche Reporterin in ihren Bann.