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A young wife becomes obsessed with the wallpaper in the room of her holiday home in The Yellow Wallpaper. A man is tormented by the embalmed hand of his deceased uncle in The Beast with Five Fingers. For the protagonists of these three supernatural stories, ghostly terror lurks beneath the surface of ordinary life, and reality can all too easily fray at the seams.... Evocatively read by three of our finest actors, and with atmospheric music, these eerie, enthralling tales are perfect listening for dark winter nights.

Vitus Adamson is falling apart. As a pre-deceased private investigator, he takes the prescription Atroxipine hourly to keep his undead body upright and functioning. Whenever he is injured, he seeks Niko, a bombshell mortician with bedroom eyes and a way with corpses, to piece him back together. Decomposition, however, is the least of his worries when two clients posing his most dangerous job yet appear at his door looking for their lost son.

Two men, a bitter rivalry, and a quarter-century of unspeakable horrors. Herbert West’s crimes against nature are well-known to those familiar with the darkest secrets of science and resurrection. Obsessed with finding a cure for mankind’s oldest malady, death itself, he has experimented upon the living and dead, leaving behind a trail of monsters, mayhem, and madness. But the story of his greatest rival has never been told until now.

Odd Thomas har en særlig evne. Selv ville han måske kalde det en forbandelse, men politiet finder den yderst brugbar. Odd Thomas kan nemlig kommunikere med de døde. Da politiet i Californien står med en uhyggelig sag om kidnapning og mord, har de ikke andet valg end at bede Odd om hjælp, og de hvileløse døde har meget at fortælle ham.

For the first time in a beautiful new edition, this omnibus will collect together the original official novelizations of both Ghostbusters 1 and 2.

Here are tales of mystery, the supernatural, and the paranormal, all moulded by Robin Bailey's very smooth and rolling tones. These intriguing stories include "The Man of the Night" by Edgar Wallace, "No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman" by Charles Dickens, "A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins, "Sredni Vashtar" by Saki, "The Werewolf" by Frederick Marryat, "The Mezzotint" by M.R. James, and "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe.

When the eye of the cosmic storm passes over Earth, the Impals - visible spirits who can't cross over - disappear. But an ethereal void opens, releasing the lost souls of murderers, rapists, and genocidal maniacs. As darkness and chaos overtake the Earth, people everywhere face horrific fates. No one is safe who falls into the shadows. General Ott Garrison is immune to harm, which he feels is a sign from God; he is meant to lead.

David Ash, detective of the paranormal, is sent to the mysterious Comraich Castle, secluded deep in the Scottish countryside, to investigate a strange, high-profile case. A man has been found crucified in a locked room. The reports suggest that the cliff-top castle is being haunted.... Who or what is the reclusive hooded figure that Ash has seen from the window walking across the courtyard in the dead of night? What are the strange, animal-like sounds that come from the surrounding woods?

Menace awaits. Sleath. Quiet, peaceful. A small village hidden away in the Chiltern Hills, almost forgotten by the modern world. Nothing much seems to happen here; little disturbs the centuries-old tranquillity. Until the ghosts begin to appear and frighteningly bizarre events start to occur. Psychic investigator David Ash, a man burdened by the dark secret of his own past, is sent to Sleath to investigate the phenomena and his discoveries there drive him to the very edge of his own sanity.

In the wake of their terrifying escape from Fairhaven Hall, sisters Jess and Hannah Ballard find themselves on the run, pursued by the two most powerful groups in the history of the spirit world. On one side, the Durupinen, determined to capture the girls and prevent their role in an ancient prophecy that promises to destroy them and unleash the spirit hordes on the earth. On the other side, the Necromancers, ancient enemies of the Durupinen, hell-bent on bringing the same prophecy to fruition. When the girls are betrayed and one of them falls into the Necromancers’ hands, both face decisions with cataclysmic consequences.

Weise, witzig, wundersam: Terry Pratchett in Hochform! Der junge Mau findet sich nach einer gewaltigen Flutwelle mutterseelenallein auf einer einsamen Insel mitten im Ozean wieder. Und als ob das nicht genug des Elends wäre, steht plötzlich dieses höchst seltsame Mädchen vor ihm. Als Nachfahrin des britischen Königshauses hat sie einige Schwierigkeiten, sich mit ihrem neuen Schicksal als Schiffbrüchige abzufinden und stellt sich furchtbar zickig an. Aber als Daphnes Vater mit ihrer Rettung auf sich warten lässt, raufen die beiden sich zusammen.

The spirit populace of Manhattan doesn't appreciate its well-deserved RIP being disturbed, and Department of Extraordinary Affairs Agent Simon Canderous is sent in to do damage control. Meanwhile, his vacationing partner Connor Christos is in a sorry state, and he tells Simon that each night he's being haunted by visions of his long-lost brother at his window. Simon is worried that his partner may be going crazy - or worse, maybe he's not.

Clare Cermak's adjusting to a new man in her life - and a lot of ghosts. The passing of Clare's aunt gave way to a sizeable inheritance of not only money, but also the ability to communicate with the dead. At the same time, she met Zach Slade, a private detective with a rough past, and just like Clare, he's not yet ready to accept her gift - or his own. But Clare has another matter to look into. A multimillionaire needs her help after relocating an old ghost town to his mountain estate. The bones of a murdered prospector are making nightly appearances in his guests' beds.

Actions have consequences—a lesson Scarlett Bernard is learning the hard way. As a “null,” Scarlett has always been able to negate the powers of the supernatural beings that surround her. But now her reckless decision to permanently change Eli from a werewolf to a human has left the Los Angeles werewolf pack in shambles, and upset the balance of power among the city’s supernatural factions. To make matters worse, Scarlett’s employers discover that a newly changed werewolf is running amok in the city. To catch the rogue werewolf, Scarlett will need help from both Eli and Detective Jesse Cruz of the LAPD…a situation that will force her to finally choose between them.

This collection contains a mixture of stories about ghosts and contacts from spirits, some by celebrated authors, together with essays on psychical research. As Joseph French notes in the preface, even for the skeptic, tales of ghostly activity retain a distinct fascination. The widespread interest in psychic phenomena in the early twentieth century proved to be a significant stimulus to literary production.

For hundreds of years, the Durupinen have carried the power of the Gateway in their bloodlines. Now, a dire warning from the past might mean that power must come to an end. Jess Ballard has often considered her gift a curse - but now it may truly become one, unless she can convince the leaders of the Durupinen world to restore the power of the Gateways where it rightly belongs. The Durupinen have always considered themselves a force for what is good in the world, but has the intoxication of power left them unable to distinguish between what is right and wrong?

Nach dem Fund der unheilvollen Inschrift im Opferraum des alten Herrenhauses setzen die Hunts alles daran, mehr über die Sekte und den geheimnisvollen geminus obscurus herauszufinden. Hilfe erhoffen sie sich dabei von einem Universitätsprofessor, der sich auf die Geschichte der Totenbändiger spezialisiert hat. Welche Antworten wird Doktor Winkler ihnen zu dem dunklen Zwilling liefern können?

Was ist vor drei Jahren in den West End Arkaden passiert und welchen schrecklichen Erinnerungen muss sich vor allem Gabriel bei der Planung des erneuten Einsatzes stellen? Doch nicht nur der Einsatz in den Arkaden beschert Gründe zur Sorge. Es steht außerdem auch noch der Einbruch in die Akademie an ...

Topher sinnt auf Rache und auch sonst läuft für die Hunts in der Schule einiges mies. Gabriel, Sky und Connor werden unterdessen als Spuks in eine bewachte Wohnanlage gerufen. Eigentlich klingt alles nach einem Routineeinsatz. Eigentlich. Doch was lauert wirklich in den Häusern? Der 4. Roman aus der Reihe, "Die Totenbändiger", von Nadine Erdmann.

Pater Leonard Brady ist ein glühender Verfechter der Kirche und ihrer Lehre. Seine Kompromisslosigkeit macht ihn zum idealen Exorzisten in einer Welt, in der das Böse unaufhörlich aus den Abgründen der Finsternis hervorbricht, um sich seine Opfer zu holen. Dämonen von schier unvorstellbarer Kraft und Macht finden in ihm einen ebenbürtigen Gegner. Bis er einen schrecklichen Fehler begeht und damit die Tore des Schreckens weit aufstößt...