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Thirteen-year-old Joey Speight never expected the bone-chilling events that awaited him in this small river town. Uprooted from Chicago after his father's job loss, Joey’s resentment grows as he's forced to live with a Great-Grandma he barely knows. But the mysteries of Willow Falls soon engulf him, turning his anger into dread.

Dorian awakens and discovers the world turned a little bit more...uncivilized. For a vampire, the old way of things were just that–the old way. And they worked. Hunting for sustenance wasn’t so literal of a term until now.

Hidden within dusty shelves are tomes made of human flesh, Blood-soaked pages reveal tales once thought to be lost but now revealed for the first time by The Conservator. He spent decades collecting and preserving forgotten lore. Now, he’s decided to unveil three of the best legends culled from the darkness.

East St. Louis deputy Patrick O’Shea is tired of living in the line of fire. So when he gets a chance to transfer to his wife’s small hometown, he doesn’t hesitate to load up the moving van. But his family’s bags are barely unpacked before their newfound peace and quiet shatters in a surge of demonic voices. The deputy has faced his fair share of evil, but nothing quite like this. Normally the first into the fray, he worries they’ve unearthed a force not even his special training and inner-city experience can combat.

Gaige Penrod yearns for the light of musical greatness. A self-taught metal guitarist with a dream of being the greatest, he finds himself drawn to a concert celebrating an eclipse, where he is overcome by an otherworldly presence that changes him forever.

Bloodthirst doesn’t stop when the dead inhabit the earth. But it does mean adapting how it’s filled. With the dead roaming free and a band of armed humans out to put an end to his eternal life, the vampire Dorian creates a sanctuary far from town. With human captives, fresh blood is always available. But his problems don’t stop there and reconnecting with his brood consumes him. He sets his sights on a neighboring town with the promise of finding answers.

Sometimes the workplace can be a real horror show. Yet most people head off to work every day, dreading what the day will bring. Will the office cougher show up today, spewing germs and farting their way around the cubicles? How about that hazmat situation in the office kitchen? Something is starting to go bad, and it may be more than just what’s in the fridge. Unfortunately, you need that paycheck, so you’ve got no choice. You could take a sick day. But you’ve already taken too many, and the boss is watching.

Kyle Ahrens has faced death before. Wrongly accused of killing his girlfriend, he barely escaped jail time. Now that he’s back in his small hometown, the gruesome murders have returned, and the eyeless bodies are more than he can handle. Haunted by memories of his dead girlfriend, Kyle determines to track down the killer and clear his name. Can Kyle end the torment, or will the killer run free and terrorize the town?

This biographical story, for ages six to 11, will transfix modern listeners of similar age to those in the story of little Carolyn and her brother and sisters in 1930s South Dakota. In fact, it should be of interest to all ages!

This book picks up where the first book left off, with Wulf having escaped Chicago through the magical help of his medicine man, Akula. Ensconced with his adoptive tribe of Ojibwe, Wulf is attacked by the Black Lives Matter group, radical Islamic terrorists, and finally Chicago police and the US military! Will Wulf and his small tribe survive? Sorcery will aid them, through the help of the Great Spirit and his acolyte, the medicine man of the Ojibwe!

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Fending off the dead and living alike just got much more complicated. Dorian is no longer alone in the world of the undead. Now with someone under his protection, hunting for food consumes him. But the constant threat of the Nightwalkers forces Dorian to change his plans…and someone is going to pay. A final showdown challenges everything Dorian believes in. It will end in freedom…or his death. He must make a stand. But more than anything, he must protect what’s his at all costs. A final battle looms and with corpses walking freely, there’s never a safe place.

Embark on the Coastal Express, where desire meets dread and darkness lurks in every compartment. Kurt and Emily seek to reignite the flames of their marriage amidst the debauchery of the hedonistic train, the Coastal Express. But when Kurt falls ill, Emily is thrust into a nightmare she never imagined. As US Marshal Robert Colton hunts the elusive Rail Car Cleaver, a serial killer hiding among the train's decadent passengers, Emily finds herself trapped in one terrible situation after another.

Fifteen horrific tales explore vast landscapes of terror, whether it’s the woods at the end of the street or the icy reaches of space.