Monster House

From Best-Selling Author J R RICE — a New Horror is Rising. THE LONG-AWAITED SPIN-OFF TO THE BANE COUNTY SERIES In the Vein of the 1970s Eco-thriller . . . When Man Attacks Nature — Nature Bites Back October, 1945—Five months after the end of World War II, Walton Hess Jr. returned from Europe to his family home in Lakes End. Three weeks later, his father, a wealthy cattle baron was dead, making him the sole heir to the vast Hess empire. Walton had dreamed of this day for three long years while fighting the War. Now was the time to create a new empire—his empire—an industrial-based...

Alex Delaware is back! And in Jonathan Kellerman's riveting and ingenious new novel, Monster, he faces one of the most grisly and baffling mysteries of his career: How can a nonfunctional psychotic locked up in a supposedly secure institution for homicidal madmen predict brutal murders in the outside world? Delaware and his friend and partner Detective Milo Sturgis must penetrate this enigma in order to stop the horrific killings.

My father worshiped the forces of darkness. I fight them. 4 BOOKS at a 50% DISCOUNT! Discover the chilling and thrilling occult fantasy adventures of paranormal detective Simon Kane. Experience the 4-book supernatural dark fantasy thriller series THE PARANORMALIST in a specially priced boxed set for a limited time. The collection includes the first four volumes: Servants of the Endless Night, Soul Taker, Curse of the Abyss and The Unearthly. Fifteen years ago, the FBI took down Mason Kane, the most notorious cult leader and practitioner of the dark arts the world had ever seen. On that ...

There’s more to the swamplands than meets the teeth. In this supernatural tale of magic and mysticism, Henry Lemarchand grew up in Philadelphia knowing very little of his family—his father disappeared when he was young, leaving behind only a strange pouch of animal teeth. When he is sent to the Louisiana bayou to spend the summer with his eccentric uncle and cousin in their decaying ancestral mansion, Henry learns about his family’s supernatural legacy.

Bubba is hired by the Department of Homeland Security to guard some relics in Charlotte, but there's more going on than there seems. Doesn't DHS have Quincy Harker, a mostly capable wizard type, right there in Charlotte? And Isn't Bubba blacklisted from working for the government after DEMON decided they wanted to kill him? And didn't he smear vampire guts all over College Street that last time he was in Charlotte?

A man becomes targeted by witches after he inherits some very special real estate.

Highly topical, morally wise, honest to the core, Monsters is certain to incite a conversation about whether and how we can separate artists from their art.

Fans of The Conjuring and The Amityville Horror will love this chilling new novel unraveling the tale of a family haunted by the ghosts of their malevolent ancestors’ disturbing past. The decrepit well has been a fountain of terror for generations, an abyss of dread that emits tragedy and death like fog. Its darkness touched Jacob’s soul some twenty years ago, and since moving back to his ancestral home, the chilling feeling of being in front of the old well hasn’t left his troubled mind. But this time, the shadows that creep from the well have taken on a malevolent sentience, ...

Whisper Lake Indiana is a small farming town where all the citizens are good Christians. That's what most of them say, anyway. But the town hosts a dark, dark secret. Don Wilson, the former lord and master of the now burnt out and abandoned Hephzibahh House, is coming back to start his ministry of enslaving, starviing, and beating teenage girls until he turns them into the meek and frightened submissive women that his church members want. But something else is arising in Whisper Lake: an avenging entity from the dim mists of medieval and Qabalistic magic. As the outnumbered and outgunned ...

Crimson, a sultry lamia, has been living at Ms. Ekhinos' boarding house to protest the lesbian monster girls sharing the house. Crimson claims she's straight, even as she is seduced into sapphic passion again and again. Today, her past finally catches up to her. Violet, a cute lamia, has tracked Crimson down. The supposedly straight lamia had a lesbian fling with her best friend and ran away. Crimson believes that sapphic delights are a sin, even as she wants to be with Violet.

The rain hasn't stopped for a week, and the 12 guests of the Blue Vein Tavern are trapped by flooded roads and the rising Skidwrack River. Among them are a ship's captain, tattooed twins, a musician, and a young girl traveling on her own. To pass the time, they begin to tell stories - each a different type of folklore - that eventually reveal more about their own secrets than they intended. As the rain continues to pour down - an uncanny, unnatural amount of rain - the guests begin to realize that the entire city is in danger, and not just from the flood.

Phantom Black Dogs have haunted the highways and byways of human existence for hundreds of years. This apparition, usually seen as a huge dog with glowing eyes, has appeared to people throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland as well as North and South America and it continues to appear to this day. The Black Dog has been seen and reported by witnesses ranging from farmers to professional geologists, nurses and military officers. While those with a passing knowledge of this phantom see it only as a harbinger of doom and death, the lore surrounding this fascinating creature is more nuanced. ...

From the “terrifyingly talented” (London Times) author of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG-IN THE NIGHT-TIME and THE PORPOISE, eight mesmerizingly imaginative, deeply-humane stories that use Greek myths and contemporary dystopian narratives to examine mortality, moral choices and the many variants of love.

The monsters of this world maybe closer than you think. Behind closed doors, many of us indulge in horror films and violent graphic novels, but unknown sadism and dangers are closer than we think. And if you truly dig deep, you just might find puzzles that will unlock secrets within your own family tree. In, Monsters and Mysteries Around the Corner, follow author and researcher, Connor Flynn as he takes you on a journey across the country in pursuit of the monsters and mysteries that lurk in the shadows, hide just around the corner, and live in the dark recesses of our own minds. So, buckle...

Sixteen year old Addison Monroe and her friends think they’ve hit the jackpot when they win a contest that will allow them to go on a televised ghost investigation with the nationally renowned TV paranormal investigative team, The Ghost Dudes. With cameras rolling, the two groups arrive at the infamous Meadowlark Asylum. Suddenly shut down nearly a half century before under mysterious circumstances, it’s become shrouded in stories and legends about the darkness, nicknamed Monster of the Asylum, that allegedly stalks its abandoned hallways. It isn’t long before Addison realizes ...

Remember the Monster Stick? The greatest and most dangerous fishing-rod ever? What about Buck, who simply "ain't no ordinary dog"? Anyone who has seen the Lepp boys perform or read their book The Monster Stick will never forget them. In this recording, we revisit West Virginia with Bil Lepp as he tells some of the stories that made his brother, Paul, and himself repeat winners of the West Virginia State Liars Contest.

In the 12 unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible Kafkaesque nightmare. Each story builds a new world all its own: A group of children steal a haunted doll; a runaway bride encounters a sea monster; a vendor sells toy boxes that seemingly control the passage of time; an insomniac is seduced by the Sandman.

Behold the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), today’s fastest growing carbohydrate-based religion. According to church founder Bobby Henderson, the universe and all life within it were created by a mystical and divine being: the Flying Spaghetti Monster. What drives the FSM's devout followers, a.k.a. Pastafarians? Some say it’s the assuring touch from the FSM’s “noodly appendage”. Then there are those who love the worship service, which is conducted in pirate talk and attended by congregants in dashing buccaneer garb.

A thief doing a final job and the dragon caught in a precarious situation that changes both of their lives. He’s powerful and wealthy and he hates me. But I have something he wants. It wasn’t a part of the plan. I’m the thief stupid enough to break into a dragon’s hoard… and walk away pregnant with his baby.

Noah Turner sees monsters. His father saw them - and built a shrine to them with The Wandering Dark, an immersive horror experience that the whole family operates. His practical mother has caught glimpses of terrors but refuses to believe - too focused on keeping the family from falling apart. And his eldest sister, the dramatic and vulnerable Sydney, won't admit to seeing anything but the beckoning glow of the spotlight...until it swallows her up. Noah Turner sees monsters. But, unlike his family, Noah chooses to let them in....