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Some doors are better left closed . . . Darkly profound and utterly chilling, Apartment 16 is a work of compulsive psychological horror from the award-winning author of The Ritual, Adam Nevill. ‘Fast becoming Britain's answer to Stephen King’ – The Guardian In Barrington House, an upmarket...

Police officer David Hanlin is asked to investigate the presumed murder of a child in an obscure rural village in Cornwall. During the protagonist s short stay, he is slowly subjected to a spectacle of psychological trickery, sexual seduction, ancient religious practices and nightmarish sacrificial rituals.

Money's tight and their new home is a fixer-upper. Deep in rural South West England, with an ancient wood at the foot of the garden, Tom and his family are miles from anywhere and anyone familiar. His wife, Fiona, was never convinced that buying the money-pit at auction was a good idea. Not least because the previous owner committed suicide. Though no one can explain why.

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the morning is no blessing. The handful of scattered survivors are confronted by blood-red skies and an infestation of predatory horrors that never originated on earth. An occupying force intent on erasing the remnants of animal life from the planet. Across the deserted landscapes of England, bereft of infrastructure and society, the overlooked can either hide or try to outrun the infernal hunting terrors. Until a rumour emerges claiming that the sea may offer an escape.

A mad surrealist's art threatens to rip open the fabric of reality, in this twisted tale of eldritch horror and conspiracy, from the wildly popular world of Arkham Horror.

Aspiring painter Alden Oakes is invited to join a mysterious art commune in Arkham: the New Colony. When celebrated Spanish surrealist Juan Hugo Balthazarr visits the colony, Alden and the other artists quickly fall under his charismatic spell. Balthazarr throws a string of decadent parties for Arkham’s social elite, conjuring arcane illusions which blur the boundaries between nightmare and reality. Only slowly does Alden come to suspect that Balthazarr’s mock rituals are intended to break through those walls and free what lies beyond. Alden must act, but it might be too late.

Boston Homicide Detective Caitlin Reagan walks a razor's edge, propping up her life on emotional constructs designed to help her manage grueling PTSD. She keeps her mother, boyfriend, and work separated and controlled, all in service to one horrible, tragic act she committed amid the Iraq war.

Bloody Mary gibt es wirklich! Das zumindest glauben Luisas Schüler, als eine von ihnen stirbt. Alle Versuche, sie von diesem Irrglauben abzubringen, scheitern. So fasst Luisa einen folgenschweren Entschluss.

Mysterienschülerin Gerda soll ihr erstes Halloween-Ritual in der Tradition der alten Erdmagie leiten und den Schleier zur Totenwelt öffnen. Doch dieses Jahr fällt Halloween auf einen Vollmond und in der Hexenkunst sagt man, dass zu dieser Zeit alle magischen Kräfte verstärkt werden und außer Kontrolle geraten können. Wie real ist die Gefahr, dass Kreaturen der Anderswelt wie Werwölfe oder andere Unholde durch das Ritual angelockt werden könnten und wie werden Gerda und ihre Gefährten damit umgehen?

Die Kunst eines wahnsinnigen Surrealisten droht das Gefüge der Realität zu zerreißen. Eine Schauergeschichte über unheimliche Schrecken und Verschwörungen, angesiedelt in der beliebten Welt von Arkham Horror, dem preisgekrönten Brettspiel von Fantasy Flight Games. Der aufstrebende Maler Alden Oakes wird eingeladen, sich einer geheimnisvollen Kunstkommune in Arkham anzuschließen: der Neuen Kolonie. Als der gefeierte spanische Surrealist Juan Hugo Balthazarr die Kolonie besucht, geraten Alden und die anderen Künstler schnell in den Bann des charismatischen Mannes.

As they blunder towards doom, Warlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson find themselves inconvenienced by a variety of eldritch beings. Christmas brings a goose that doesn't let being cooked slow it down; they meet an electricity demon, discover why being a redhead is even trickier than one might imagine, and Holmes attempts an Irish accent. And, naturally, Moriarty is hanging around...in some form or other.

Embas Temperament hat Tom oft schon glauben lassen, in ihren Adern würde Drachenblut fließen. Nach sechs Jahren Beziehung hat er die Nase voll und will sein Leben endlich zurückgewinnen. Doch wie trennt man sich von einer Frau wie Emba? Zufällig stößt er auf eine Anleitung für das 11-Meilen-Ritual. Es verspricht die Erfüllung eines Wunsches, wenn man sich an die Regeln hält. Tom weiß genau, wie sein Wunsch aussehen soll. Doch kaum hat das Ritual begonnen, offenbart ihm sein Rückspiegel einen Passagier auf dem Rücksitz, der ihm das Blut in den Adern gefrieren lässt.

Struggling with money, raising a child alone, and fleeing a volatile ex, Jess McMachen accepts a job caring for an elderly patient. Flo Gardner—a disturbed shut-in and invalid. But if Jess can hold this job down, she and her daughter, Izzy, can begin a new life. Flo's vast home, Nerthus House, may resemble a stately vicarage in an idyllic village, but the labyrinthine interior is a dark, cluttered warren filled with pagan artefacts. And Nerthus House lives in the shadow of a malevolent secret. A sinister enigma determined to reveal itself to Jess and to drive her to the end of her tether.