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Strang isn’t the small, quaint town it appears to be. It’s haunted every night by a creature the townsfolk refer to as Halloween. Once the sun sets each day, Halloween emerges to collect its treats: a small, live offering from each household. The residents comply because no one wants to be the target of Halloween’s tricks.

This book looks at the legend of Frau Perchta, the festive spectre who is famous for her punishments but could also reward the well behaved.

Deep within the canals of Mexico City's Xochimilco region there is a hidden island named la Isla de las Munecas, the Island of the Dolls. Tales of whispering dolls, decaying and hanging from the island has been drawing tourists to the island for years. Don Julian, the man who inhabited the island, often spoken of evil spirits on the island, and he collected 1500 dolls during his lifetime to appease these evil spirits. In 2001, Don Julian was found dead on the island.

When Clara Fuller inherits her father's ranch, she quickly learns being in charge is not going to be all that easy. Raised around cattle, she knows the business inside and out, but few men are willing to work for a lady rancher. Even nature itself seems to have it out for her when a drought threatens the livestock. Little does she know, that's the least of her concerns. A darker cloud is on the horizon.

I've always have been intrigued with Yellowstone National Park, and since my first visit in 1980 I have been returning faithfully. In fact, I am so faithful I moved and now live within 30 or so miles from the North Gate of the park. But since this time I have been exploring and learning many of the secrets the park holds for its visitors.

If Rachel felt her life was turned upside down before, she sure doesn't know what direction it's going now. Detective Adrien Deluca rescued her from the warehouse, but he couldn't rescue her from all the other problems crowding around her. Her dead brother, who's actually very much alive and killing people across the city, the loss of her father, and the pressure of a company she never wanted, are weighing her down to the point she almost wishes she had stayed tied up in the warehouse.

Rachel's life is crumbling before her eyes. One by one her family is dying around her, leaving her with Syco, the same company she has tried to leave behind. Everything she depended on, everything she thought about her life has turned out to be wrong, and now, with no one else to turn to, she closes herself off from the rest of the world. Detective Adrian Deluca watches her struggle with the changes, wanting to help her, but unsure how, especially since he suspects Rachel's mother might be the one who set everything in motion.

Saddle up for adventure and get ready for three brand new rousing action tales of the wild and wooly west featuring the Masked Rider, Virgil Earp, and Wild Bill Hickock. Outlaws, rustlers, gamblers, and pioneers, they're all here with a striking cover by Rob Davis and Shane Evans. Here is six gun action at its pulp finest!

After the bloody American Civil War ended, the rugged landscape that was the frontier West was soon flooded with all manner of immigrants - cowboys, pioneer settlers, and all manner of outlaws. In their path were the various Indian tribes desperate to save their way of life. Soon the mountains, plains, and valleys echoed with the sounds of gunfire, and blood flowed like rivers in these lawless territories.

What started out as a love story, soon became a horror story! When 19th century Montana rancher Ian Murray discovered a naked and bloodied woman on his newly acquired property and took her home to tend to her, he had no idea what would follow. Nor did he know that his property once had a settlement called Muddy Creek, but it and its residents were destroyed by marauding outlaws and its remains never tended to by anyone afterward. Sheehan's flair for mixing thrills and chills in with a few steamy romance scenes makes this historical romance thriller a must-listen.

Tighten the billets on your saddle cinches and push your hat down as you mount up to hit the trails with Johnny Black and his cousin Collin Black. The Black family saga continues in this western thriller. Experience action, mystery, and romance as they pursue kidnappers, bank robbers, highwaymen, and murderers in the old west. Texas, in the summer of 1876, proves to be full of danger and challenges for Johnny Black.

Sparks fly, lies unfold, and mistakes that lead to peril are made when a wealthy Texas cattle rancher hides his identity while meeting the spoiled, socialite daughter of a New Orleans businessman who was blindly promised in marriage to him. Will they be able to survive the dangers that threaten them, grow to love each other, and move past it all for a happy life together?

Lauren was an attractive 24-year-old woman but like a lot of well-bred girls she looked a bit, well horsey! The small chin and slightly protruding teeth had given her self-image problems, causing her to dress in an ugly way. Billionaire Jeremy could see right through that. He liked submissive women as an accomplished master, and he loved horsey girls. he had a friend with a pony girl ranch and he really fancied the idea of having his own, fully-trained human pony.

Josh McCabe is a man hunter with one thing on his mind: to bring in Abe Lawton, the last and most vicious member of a gang who killed his wife and son. Now that time has arrived, but what Josh doesn’t count on is a smart-mouthed kid out for revenge and a girl in the wrong place at the wrong time. When the showdown comes, it’s quick but far from decisive and leaves all three facing a new more dangerous future.

Four tales of terror from the author of Fleshbags. Two deputies make a routine yearly stop and get a treat that will last them the rest of their lives. A man trying to bond with his stepson while trick-or-treating welcomes a lone child to join them. A gravedigger discovers a trick that puts his life on the line. And a German officer finds himself trapped in a slowly collapsing building being pursued by the man he just killed.

Following on from his recent Western successes! Discover something new and exciting from best-selling author Russ Towne. These are Western adventures that are filled with guns, guts, and the spirit of the Old West.

Gary Phillips' Nate Hollis leaps from the comics to his first complete prose collection. Authors Juliet Blackwell, Bobby Nash, Aaron Philip Clark, and Derrick Ferguson join Phillips to create six double barreled tales of mystery and action. The streets are mean, but they don't hold a stick of dynamite to Hollis, P.I. From creator Gary Phillips and Pro Se Productions.

In 1868, six people sought refuge at a hidden enclave in the high desert of eastern Oregon: A brilliant female doctor dying of a rare disease. A Confederate deserter. Two refugees from a lynch mob. A former slave. A womanizing shootist. These were the first acolytes of Stonegarden Abbey, learning the secrets of Hermetic magic under the tutelage of mysterious prophet Ezekiel Reardon. But their time at Stonegarden ended in fire and tragedy. Those left alive thought the tragedy was behind them. But the dark power they believed was gone and buried only slept....

Tina was a middle-class housewife with a normal lifestyle. A stay-at-home mom, she had felt the financial pinch over the past few years as her husband's salary had been frozen and prices had gone through the roof. Her boredom and desire to earn a bit of money of her own led her to train as a masseuse. What she didn't consider was the effect that applying massage to hot male, and female, bodies was going to have on her own highly strung sex drive.

Inspired by these action-packed spaghetti westerns, writer Rick Lai has created a terrific new hero in Major Sabbath. A veteran of the Civil War, he now roams the Wild West as the most efficient manhunter of them all. Lai, along with Erik Franklin and Frank Schildiner, offer up a trio of gun-blasting tales featuring this man with the penetrating angel eyes and lightning fast draw. Once you meet Major Sabbath, you'll never forget him.