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"In 1991, Heather Cole and her friends were members of the Dead Girls Club. Obsessed with the macabre, the girls exchanged stories about serial killers and imaginary monsters, like the Red Lady, the spirit of a vengeful witch killed centuries before. Heather knew the stories were just that, until her best friend Becca began insisting the Red Lady was real - and she could prove it. That belief got Becca killed. It's been nearly thirty years, but Heather...

"Inspired by a true story, this supernatural thriller for fans of horror and true crime follows a tale as it evolves every twenty years--with terrifying results. Ella Louise has lived in the woods surrounding Pilot's Creek, Virginia, for nearly a decade. Publicly, she and her daughter, Jessica, are shunned by her upper-crust family and the local residents. Privately, desperate characters visit her apothecary for a cure to what ails them--until Ella...

I'm drowning in a whirlpool of rumors, and dangers lurk in every direction I swim. For the first time since leaving the sea, I finally feel at home on land. I have friends, a good job, and my loyal pet octopus. Even my sexy former boss is making land the place to be. But rumors are emerging of rewards for half-sirens that return to our underwater city. Even if I wanted to go back, I know the stories are too good to be true. When an unsavory debt collector...