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Three years ago in a large Victorian house on the Jersey Shore in the town of Harbor Haven, fledgling private investigator Paul and his client, Maxie Malone, were murdered. Since then, recent divorcée and reluctant ghost whisperer Alison Kerby and her 10-year-old daughter, Melissa, have moved in and converted the place to a guesthouse, where Maxie and Paul are now checked in for an eternity and ready to solve any case that comes their way - or at least spook the guests (who love it). Alison’s got a lot on her plate at the moment, however, so when Paul discovers the 300-year-old ghost of a small boy in the house, he decides not to involve her in the case.

It’s winter at the Werth residence, and someone has turned up dead. Not that this is unusual. There’s Great-Aunt Honoria on the premises, after all. Only this corpse is freshly dead, and nobody knows how the lady came to be leaking blood all over Lady Werth's best parlour. The disastrous Miss Gussie confesses herself delighted, for nothing enlivens a dull week in February like a mysterious murder. And the culprit really ought to be discovered, for the circumstances suggest Lord Bedgberry might have had something to do with it…

Bob Duke dreamed of becoming a wolf. Of running free on four strong legs. Howling. Stalking. Living with nature, in nature. Then his dream came true - and threatened to become a nightmare. Bob's wife and son vow to restore his humanity. But even if then can find him - a man-wolf loose in the concrete forests of Manhattan - will he even want to become human again? Once set free, no cage can hold back...the wild.

The police have some questions for Eddy Sparrow. Questions about a body found at the bottom of a well. As she answers the officer's questions, she mentions a mysterious manuscript hidden in her recently deceased mother's desk drawer. The manuscript is about a young girl named Cat who returns home after her own mother's death to find her house haunted. As Eddy reads Cat's story, her own secrets emerge, and she begins to experience strange phenomena: wet footprints, phantom phone calls, and nightmares.

Declan Wilder has never met a witch he didn't hate. He is in the business of protecting the world from all things paranormal, after all. But what happens when one glimpse at an enchanting McKenna Sawyer sends him spinning? Suddenly, Declan can't help but question everything he thought he knew about the world he's been sworn to protect for so long.

There are five days each month when those cursed with lycanthropy are forced to change. The police called me early on day five. Four women dead, one killed each night. And the brutality of the four attacks implies the killer is a new werewolf, better known as a Wild Pooch. That gave me and my lady less than eighteen hours to find the killer werewolf and save a life.

Sherlock Holmes confronts the unknown in ten baffling tales that test his formidable mental powers, as well as his unshakable conviction that the world is a sane and rational place. From the enigma of spontaneous human combustion to the possibility that coins minted during the era of supposedly mythical Atlantis survived into Victorian times, London’s premier consulting detective is tested and tried as never before, as his investigations cross the path of Algernon Blackwood‘s famed psychic physician, Dr. John Silence.

Blending her successful life as CEO of Sybarite Fashion House with her unbidden discovery of being a member of long-hidden protectors of the Earth, Vesta struggles to deal with her newfound responsibility. Not to mention her supernatural gifts. And the cards are stacked against her when an ancient evil is determined to kill her and spread destruction across the world.

From astronauts in deep space to the ghosts of the Civil War, New York Times best-selling author Alethea Kontis creates worlds of wonder and delight, of weirdness and despair, of whimsy and darkness. Here are 20 stories and poems that will transport you to the magical dangerous worlds you've always known should exist, but have never quite been able to find.

In this sequel to Hallowed Oblivion, Hank is haunted by his experiences atop the ridge on Halloween night. Watching a group of teens be killed by something monstrous has left him with both physical and mental scars and a lingering desire to know what really happened in those woods. When his best friend, Gerard, disappears into the forest in search of the ghost of his son, Hank knows he needs to act fast and find his friend before whatever killed those kids returns to finish them both off.

Descended from a line of powerful witches, Courtney Wellington embodies the Wiccan Goddess who must fulfill an ancient prophecy to keep the growing powers of evil at bay. At the Summer Solstice, she must marry, and she has chosen Robert McGregor for her mate. But Courtney's plans never included falling in love with him.

Mary Carter had a good life. A decent job. A man who loved her and whom she wanted to marry. But all of that changes when she dies suddenly. She goes to a strange afterlife and learns she was not meant to die. As she's coming to terms with this revelation, she wakes up safe at home. Soon she begins to question her sanity. Hearing voices and seeing people who aren't there. Can she unravel the tangled web that has ensnared her mind and body? Or will her sanity crumble along with reality?

Last Spring, Claire was framed for the murder of Junior, the Devil's oldest hellspawn. Last Summer, she reawakened the fourth realm, saved the world (after almost destroying it), and wound up with the worst job ever. Now, Claire's been locked out of her realm, given an assistant that doesn't actually assist, and told to handle a small problem in Underworld that might just get her killed. And to top it all off, Mab's made one of the contenders her untouchable. So, yeah, you could say Claire's having one of those days.

Shortly after becoming consumed by the revelation that the sasquatch species exists, Tom is confronted by one of the creatures within the confines of his own home. Living Among Bigfoot: The Wild Ones is a story based on Tom's multiple encounters with the Bigfoot species.

Gavin was 11 years old when his little brother died. Damien was the youngest of seven when his life was tragically taken away. Did the family pull together in grief? Hear Gavin's story as he watched his family fall apart. He set out for retribution, he found love and lost it again, and then he lost his way as his dead brother still haunted him.

Once upon a time, a woman thought she made peace with her grief. As she tended the dying land, she befriended a fox: a symbol that reminded her of her beloved father who died at the hands of a selfish doctor. But grief is perennial and after she loses her new friend, she discovers hope was just an illusion, too. Magic meanders back into her life and with it, a hunger for retribution unlike any felt before.

Beyond the smoke-choked skies of an apocalyptic United States, a woman travels the desolate railroad tracks of a small town in search of revenge and a quiet place to settle. Her only companion is an undead fox: animated with backwoods herbal magic and the soul of a middle-aged father who died before the world fell into darkness.