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Midnight. Some call it the witching hour. Others call it the devil’s hour. Here in the graveyard, midnight is a very special time. It is a time when ghostly spirits are at their strongest, when the veil between our world and theirs is at its thinnest. Legend has it, that while most of the world is asleep, the lack of prayers allow the spirits to communicate under the cover of darkness, among the headstones, their whispers rustling in the leaves of the old oak trees. But if you’re here in the graveyard, you can tell yourself it’s just the wind....

On a hot summer night in Montauk, the bodies of two local bar patrons are discovered in the dunes, torn to shreds, their identities unrecognizable.... In another part of town, a woman's backyard is invaded by four terrifying creatures that defy any kind of description. What's clear is that they're hostile - and they're ravenous....

In the early 1990’s, Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are drawn into a bizarre case in New York, linked both to Hellboy’s 1980 adventure with Anastasia in Brazil and to The Lobster’s encounter with the Proteus Club in 1933. A strange community of bizarre humans has been living in secret beneath Manhattan for more than sixty years. Now, though, someone is stalking them, murdering them one by one—someone who claims to be the ancient goddess Sem-Karul. With aid from the now elderly Cynthia Tynan, Hellboy and the BPRD must face the Goddess of Manhattan, and the monsters who serve her.

Assembled and edited by Julian Hawthorne and first published in 1907, the Old Time English volume of The Lock and Key Library features ten classic mysteries and ghost stories by Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Thomas de Quincey, Charles Robert Maturin, Laurence Sterne, and William Makepeace Thackeray. This volume of The Lock and Key Library is sure to haunt and charm fans of ghost and detective mysteries alike.

Chi non è curioso di scavare nelle allucinazioni, in quei sogni psicotropi dove panico e orrore assumono la forma di quel che non vogliamo vedere? O di scoprire le origini letterarie dei vampiri, la loro prima apparizione su carta e inchiostro? O ancora, di leggere di assassini, presagi di morte, cuori pulsanti, pendoli e corvi neri — chi, insomma, non desidera indagare nelle proprie paure? In questo volume, quattro storie tra le più classiche del genere, racconti che hanno influenzato cultura pop e letteratura, cinema e televisione.

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Three years ago, an archaeological expedition led by Vatican scholar Juan Vargas discovered something unusual on the shores of the Dead Sea. Early the next morning, Father Vargas, and the artifact he uncovered, disappeared without a trace. Until now. An injured and badly dehydrated Father Vargas wanders out of the New Mexican desert, telling a wild story about a secret research installation and bloodthirsty demons hunting men through its halls.

A land of death and shadow where only the strongest survive. Yet that is where Caim must go to follow the mystery at the heart of his life. Armed only with his knives and his companions, he plunges into a world of eternal night where the sun is never seen and every hand is turned against him. Caim has buried his father's sword and found some measure of peace, but deep in the north, an unfathomable power lies waiting. To succeed on this mission, Caim will have to do more than just survive. He must face the Shadow's Master.

Collection includes the most famous horror stories of all time from the pens of genius' of the genre: Edgar Allan Poe and Bram Stoker.

It is 1944. A message from Paris warns Allied Intelligence of something big in the works - something which might have serious implications for D-Day. The only way to get more information from the agent in Paris - now closely watched by the Gestapo - is to send in a personal courier. Russian émigré Michael Gallatin is picked for the job. In retirement as a secret agent since a grisly episode in North Africa, Gallatin is parachuted into occupied France, on a mission which will take him to the festering heart of the Third Reich on the scent of doomsday.

Ozark Free Territory, 2071: The Kurian Order has reigned for 50 years. Using the dreaded power of their Reaper avatars, the alien, vampiric Kur hold dominion over the earth and its inhabitants. Yet there are those who would rather die fighting than surrender to the unquenchable thirst of the enemy - those like David Valentine.

Louisiana, 2065. A lot has changed in the 43rd of the Kurian Order. Possessed of an unnatural and legendary hunger, the bloodthirsty Reapers have come to Earth to establish a New Order built on the harvesting of enslaved human souls. They rule the planet. They thrive on the scent of fear. And if it is night, as sure as darkness, they will come. On this pitiless world, the indomitable spirit of mankind still breathes in Lieutenant David Valentine. Brought into the Wolves - an elite guerrilla force sworn to win back Earth - Valentine leads his first command in the Kurian Zone.

The Hunter from the Woods marks the much-anticipated return of Michael Gallatin, the lycanthropic hero of Robert McCammon's classic, The Wolf's Hour. These all-new, interlinked stories offer a full measure of McCammon's trademark narrative excitement, and comprise a fascinating composite portrait of a unique fictional creation. The volume opens with a pair of brief glimpses into Michael's early life in Russia and his initial recruitment into the British Secret Service. It ends with a haunting vision of the werewolf at twilight.

Wie aus dem Nichts tauchen unbekannte Dämonen in London auf - so bestialisch und grausam, dass selbst Staysy, Jack, Hassan und Sachiko das Blut in den Adern gefriert. Die neuen Dämonen scheinen urbanen Legenden und harmlosen Internet-Scherzen entsprungen zu sein. Aber wie konnten sie sich materialisieren und in der realen Welt Menschen töten? Während die Dämonenseuche weltweit um sich greift, jagen die Trainees der Sinclair Academy dem Ursprung hinterher.

Ah, the sweet, sweet singing of the whip-poor-wills. Surely one of the most innocent, purest bird songs one can know, plaintive and perfect in the clean morning light. Unless, of course, you happen to live near the decayed New England village of Dunwich, have seen the mad fires blazing from the ancient stone circles atop Sentinel Mountain, and remember the horrible events of 70 years ago.

Die Trainees der Sinclair Academy kämpfen gegen eine Horde Zombies, die auf Londons Friedhöfen ihr Unwesen treibt. Eigentlich genug Arbeit für die jungen Geisterjäger. Doch dann wird auch noch Staysys Mutter, die Voodoopriesterin Ezili Cole, aus ihrer Wohnung entführt. Ein längst vergessener Feind ist nach London gekommen, um Rache an Ezili Cole zu nehmen für das, was sie ihm vor Jahrzehnten angetan hat. Und er ist mächtiger als jemals zuvor.

Auf dem Campus des Cathedral College in Oxford herrscht pures Grauen: Riesenhafte Tentakeln schießen aus dem Erdboden und reißen eine Studentin in den Abgrund. Als Miss Julia den Trainees von dem Vorfall berichtet, ist vor allem Staysy schockiert. Schließlich hat sie jahrelang selbst am Cathedral College studiert. Gemeinsam mit Jack, Hassan und Sachiko will sie herausfinden, was in der schrecklichen Nacht wirklich passiert ist. Sie hofft dabei auf die Hilfe ihres ehemaligen Professors.

Die letzte Nacht des Jahres: Ein paar Jugendliche treffen sich in einem alten, verlassenen Landhaus. Während einer Seánce beschwören sie einen mächtigen Dämon herauf, der sie im Haus einschließt. Als die Trainees der Sinclair Academy zu dem Landhaus gerufen werden, glauben Staysy, Sachiko, Hassan und Jack, einen einfachen Job zu übernehmen: Reingehen. Teenager retten. Fertig. Doch der Dämon führt sie mit all seinen Tricks und seiner Grausamkeit in die Irre.

London wird von einer Selbstmordserie erschüttert. Junge Frauen und Männer stürzen sich von den höchsten Gebäuden der Stadt. Aber springen sie wirklich freiwillig in den Tod? Oder sind hier dämonische Mächte am Werk? Die Trainees der Sinclair Academy suchen nach paranormalen Spuren und entdecken eine Gemeinsamkeit: Alle Selbstmörder haben regelmäßig an den Treffen einer spirituellen Selbsthilfegruppe teilgenommen. Hassan schleicht sich als verdeckter Ermittler dort ein.

Mary Austin wird vom Geist eines kleinen Mädchens heimgesucht. Nachts steht es plötzlich in Marys Schlafzimmer - die Haut so blassblau wie die eines Erfrorenen - und stößt einen entsetzlich schrillen Schrei aus. Völlig verzweifelt wendet sich Mary an die Sinclair Academy. Die Trainees finden heraus, dass es sich bei dem Geist um das Kalte Kind handelt. Und jeder, dem es bisher erschienen ist, musste sterben. Sind Marys Tage tatsächlich gezählt oder können die Trainees einen Weg finden, die junge Frau vor dem sicheren Tod zu bewahren?