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“The dead don’t talk. I don’t know why.” But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Sometimes the silent souls who seek out Odd want justice. Occasionally their otherworldly tips help him prevent a crime. But this time it’s different. A stranger comes to Pico Mundo, accompanied by a horde of hyena-like shades who herald an imminent catastrophe.

When best-selling horror author Sam McGarver is invited to spend Halloween night in one of the country's most infamous haunted houses, he reluctantly agrees. At least he won't be alone; joining him are three other masters of the macabre, writers who have helped shape modern horror. But what begins as a simple publicity stunt will become a fight for survival. The entity they have awakened will follow them, torment them, threatening to make them a part of the bloody legacy of Kill Creek.

For Odd Thomas kan se de døde. Nærmere bestemt dem, der selv i døden har uafklarede forhold i denne verden, der gør, at de ikke kan komme videre til den næste. Da en fremmed med en enorm appetit og en hud så blev som pizzadej en dag tropper op på grillen, går der et gys igennem Odd. Odd døber ham Svampemanden, og han er ikke et øjeblik i tvivl om, at den fremmedes besøg i Pico Mundo vil udvikle sig til et sandt mareridt.

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....

Gideon Caldwell is a less than successful indie author barely making ends meet in his crummy basement apartment in New Haven, Connecticut, when a beautiful woman mysteriously appears at his doorstep.

Constance Campbell learned on her 40th birthday that she comes from a long line of witches. Now, struggling to learn her magic, Constance dives deeper into her family's sordid past. Constance vows to find the truth behind her mother's disappearance. She's determined to seek out the Faction, an order of witches and warlocks vying for power in the supernatural world. But when Constance's father shows up looking a little ghostly pale and see-through, she has other problems to solve.

Der klobige Bentley ratterte über die Schlaglöcher der ramponiert Küstenstraße. Mehrmals hatten sie sich bereits verfahren. Es ging auf Mitternacht zu. Wie aus heiterem Himmel stieg der Chauffeur in die Eisen, so dass die Gräfin im Fond des Wagens ordentlich durchgeschüttelt wurde. Die Gräfin blickte angestrengt durch die milchigen Scheiben. Und erschrak. Mein Gott – das, was dort auf der Straße stand und ihren Weg blockierte, war kein Kind. Es war eine Marionette. Ohne Puppenspieler – ohne Fäden. Stattdessen hielt sie ein blutverschmiertes Messer in der rechten Hand.

Op een mistige winterochtend zien Luca Wolf en Emma Reich een achttiende-eeuws zeilschip in een bollenveld bij de duinen liggen. Orakel, staat er op de achtersteven. Het ligt er, in alle opzichten, verkeerd. Emma kan haar nieuwsgierigheid niet bedwingen en gaat het luik op het hellende dek binnen. Niemand ziet haar nog terug. Luca blijft verbijsterd achter: hij wilde haar wel achternagaan, maar iets hield hem tegen. De uitdrukking op haar gezicht toen ze door het luik ging, maakte hem bang.

Welkom in Bird Street, de gelukkigste straat van de Verenigde Staten. De bewoners wonen in kasten van huizen en zijn stuk voor stuk vitale, weldenkende en – de meesten van hen althans – ruimhartige mensen. En hun kinderen? Die zijn perfect. Je zou kunnen zeggen dat het de bewoners van Bird Street iets té goed gaat. Tot het november wordt. Dan breken de Donkerder Dagen aan. Luana en Ralph weten het en hun kinderen ook. Ieder jaar in november slaat hun geluk om en worden ze juist overvallen door ongeluk.

An einem nebligen Wintermorgen entdecken Luca Wolf und Emma Reich ein mysteriöses Schiffswrack. "Orakel" steht an seinem Bug, und weder Emma noch Luca können sich erklären, wie das Schiff auf das brachliegende Blumenfeld gelangt ist, auf dem es sich befindet. Neugierig geworden, klettert Emma hinein – und verschwindet spurlos. Als elf weitere Menschen vermisst werden, tritt Robert Grim, seines Zeichens Spezialist für das Okkulte, auf den Plan. Doch was er über die "Orakel" herausfindet, lässt selbst ihm die Haare zu Berge stehen.

Amid the dizzying rides, tantalizing games of chance, and fanciful attractions of a state fair, two teenage sweethearts on the cusp of life and love's pleasures find their way to a shadowy carnival tent brimming with curiosities. There, from the bizarre and enthralling Gypsy Mummy, a mechanized merchant of dreams and prognosticator of tomorrows, the young couple learns what fate promises for them. But fate, for Odd Thomas and Stormy Llewellyn, is something altogether different: full of dark corners, sharp edges, and things no seer or soothsayer could ever anticipate.

A mysterious animal tears Russian gangster Vasili Kolodenko apart. Moscow cop Lev Dasaev follows the trail to the US He finds himself caught in a family feud of unsurpassed fury, a feud that unleashes monsters on the streets of New York.

In fondo a una strada sterrata, mezzo dimenticata nel cuore del Kansas, sorge la casa delle sorelle Finch. Per molti anni è rimasta vuota, abbandonata, soffocata dalle erbacce. Adesso la porta sta per essere riaperta. Ma qualcosa, o qualcuno, aspetta nel profondo delle sue ombre, e non vede l'ora di incontrare i suoi nuovi ospiti... Quando Sam McGarver, autore di best seller horror, viene invitato a trascorrere la notte di Halloween in una delle case infestate dai fantasmi più famosa del mondo, accetta con riluttanza.

Normalerweise kann Agent Paula Tennant sich sehr gut in mörderische Gehirne hineinversetzen und sich die brutalen Geschehnisse an Tatorten vergegenwärtigen. Es gibt da jedoch diesen toten Winkel in ihrer Wahrnehmung, diesen dunklen Raum, den sie einfach nicht einsehen kann. Und in diesem toten Winkel steht der Mann, den sie seit ihrer Studienzeit bewundert und in den sie sich ernsthaft verlieben könnte. Paula hat keine Ahnung, dass ausgerechnet ihr Mentor und Boss jener Spezies Mensch angehört, die sie so sehr verabscheut.

When the Faction shows up in Creel Creek, it may mean Constance will finally find out the truth about her mother's disappearance. But the secretive magical organization has a long history of covering up the facts. She won't get them so easily. When murders begin popping up all over the country with ties to the supernatural, a hunter sets his sights on the small town. He kills three shifters with his sword. And he's not the only thing that's putting the paranormal community in danger. The Creel Creek After Dark podcast convention has its own surprise in store.

Creel Creek, Virginia, is the last place either of her ex-husbands would ever think to look for Constance. What better place to hide from her humiliations than a town too small to warrant a mention on a map? Laid off, and recently divorced from husband number two, this former workaholic moves in with her estranged - and very strange - grandmother. A grandmother who informs Constance that she comes from a long line of powerful witches. And on the day she hits the big 4-0, she'll come into her powers.

When the Faction returns to Creel Creek, Constance thinks it's to help solve the mystery surrounding her missing mother. But they have other priorities . . . like the spike in attacks coming from the shadow realm. It doesn't help that Constance has her own demons to face—the kind from hell. Can they work together to rid the world of these threats? And will Constance finally find out what happened to her mother?

Twelve-year-old Melanie has been in foster care her whole life, moving from home to home—unloved and unwanted. And although she has found relative contentment with her current foster parents, Melanie harbors a secret that, if discovered, would blow her world apart. Someone talks to Melanie, a presence no one else can see or hear, and this presence has a message for her: Something bad is about to happen.

When two bodies are found on the vineyard property, Constance and Dave make a startling discovery. The timeline of the two deaths is off...by a few decades. The first died a whole lot more recently than the other. Dave unearths - literally - a cold case from decades past, which only brings more questions.

The year is 1870, and Fool's Crow, so called after he killed the chief of the Crows during a raid, has a vision at the annual Sun Dance ceremony. The young warrior sees the end of the Indian way of life and the choice that must be made: resistance or humiliating accommodation. "A major...