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Paul Sheldon, author of a bestselling series of historical romances, wakes up one winter day in a strange place, a secluded farmhouse in Colorado. He wakes up to unspeakable pain (a dislocated pelvis, a crushed knee, two shattered legs) and to a bizarre greeting from the woman who has saved his life: "I'm your number one fan!" Annie Wilkes is a huge ex-nurse, handy with controlled substances and other instruments of abuse, including an axe and a...

"Maria has never gotten over her sister Isabella's death . . . and the guilt she feels about what happened. It hangs over everything she does, even an innocent slumber party with her two best friends. When one friend suggests they play a game that summons the spirits of the dead, Maria thinks it's all make-believe. But then she starts to hear from a spirit -- a spirit claiming to be her sister. Maria doesn't want to think it's possible. . . but...

"Kaneki is captured and then tortured by Yamori, one of Aogiri Tree organization's most sadistic members. To survive the interrogation, Kaneki will have to finally surrender to the Ghoul inside him - but if he does, it will change him permanently and push him even further away from being human."--Back of book.

"The Mexican board game of Loter�ia is a game of chance--similar to bingo. However, in Loter�ia instead of matching up numbers on a game board, players match up images. There are 54 cards in the Loter�ia game, and for this short story collection you will find one unique story per card based on a Latin American myth, folklore, superstition, or belief--with a slant towards the paranormal and horrific. In this deck of cards you will find murderers,...

This Bram Stoker Award–winning collection is "certain to stick in your mind long after you've turned the last page" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).

Includes "Big Momma," a finalist for the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Short Story

Here are six of Joyce Carol Oates's most "frightening—and deeply disturbing—short stories" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). In the titular story,...

A collection of thirteen short stories showing how horribly wrong food, dating, jobs, and even a bed pillow can be.

Jackson Stander is every parent's dream. He doesn't get into trouble, he always does his homework, and he never, ever lies. His teachers all trust him completely. But that was all before Jackson came across an evil ventriloquist dummy and his equally evil son. Original.

Mortimer Moorecook, retired Wall Street raider, avid collector, is losing his fight against cancer. With weeks to live, a package arrives at the door of his hillside mansion—an artifact he paid millions for…a hominoid skull with elongated teeth, discovered in a farmer's field in the Romanian countryside. With Shanna, his beautiful research assistant looking on, he sinks the skull's razor sharp fangs into his neck, and immediately goes into convulsions. A...

Someone, or something, is draining all the books of their ink.

"New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a hilarious and terrifying new novel that explores the way your past--and your family--can haunt you like nothing else... Louise's parents have passed away, and she's returning to the small Southern town where she grew up to get their house ready to sell. It means she'll have to spend time with her younger brother--and their old grudges make that a terrifying prospect....