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Based on the best-selling, award-winning graphic novel series Locke & Key - written by acclaimed suspense novelist Joe Hill (NOS4A2, Horns) and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez - this multicast, fully dramatized audio production brings the images and words to life.

The Sporty Forty is hosted by two sports nuts Joe and Rikki and covers our quest to see 40 different sports in our home city of Sheffield before we turn 40.From world famous names to dedicated amateurs, stuff you never knew was happening and everything in between we want to celebrate it all.Each episode we will chat about the sport we have experienced and we'll rank it for atmosphere, food and drink, the venue as well the all important sporting action.Join your enthusiastic hosts as we discover just how sporty Sheffield really is and if we are as sporty as we think we are.

Dennis awakens something evil when he removes a decades-old jackknife from the trunk of a gnarled old sycamore. Once pinned in place—now thoughtlessly freed—the tree returns to its roots. An act of vigilante justice took place under its boughs long ago. But its taste for blood has only grown stronger…

Take a trip to a terrifying carnival and uncover the secrets within, solve a mysterious puzzle box and await your reward, join a travelling circus and witness the strangest ventriloquist act you've ever seen. In this follow-up to the bestselling Cursed: An Anthology, you'll unearth curses old and new. From a very different take on Snow White, to a new interpretation of The Red Shoes, the best in fantasy spin straw into gold, and invite you into the labyrinth.

Finney ha tredici anni, è solo e in un terribile guaio. Da due anni a questa parte, qualcuno perseguita i ragazzi di Galesburg, li porta via, facendoli sparire per sempre. E ora, Finney rischia di fare la stessa fine: è rinchiuso nel seminterrato di uno psicopatico, un luogo macchiato dal sangue di una mezza dozzina di bambini uccisi. Con lui, in quella cella sotterranea, c'è un telefono antico, nero e da tempo disconnesso. Eppure, di notte squilla, e all'altro capo dell'apparecchio si sentono le voci delle precedenti vittime.

In this chilling collection, five acclaimed authors invite you into a world where the supernatural hides in plain sight. Look closely, and you’ll find it: lurking within an ancient tree, stalking an idyllic beach, and whispering through a friend’s letter. Your curiosity is exactly what it’s been waiting for.

Martin Lorensen is a twenty-three-year-old counselor for disturbed teenagers. He’s bright, compassionate, attractive, and outgoing. He’s also—and this is the most interesting thing—not dead. Martin has improbably survived not one but two deadly disasters that claimed dozens of lives. The kid is riding one hell of a lucky streak. Two federal agents think there is something darker at play. Now that they’ve arranged to interview Martin, they want answers. Martin is ready to share everything he knows. One thing is for certain: when it comes to escaping death, luck doesn’t figure into it at all.

Willy and Marianne’s farmhouse in Maine has acres of meadow and fresh air, and a lonesome bridle path in the forest along which Willy daydreams and ambles. When he’s loaned a decrepit old baby stroller to cart his groceries home, the rickety squeak of the wheels comforts him. So do the sweet coos of a baby Willy knows can’t be real. Can it? In this twisted thicket, wishes come true—with a price.

Gather round as today’s most diabolically clever authors twist simple moments into otherworldly horrors. An empty baby stroller. A scratching underneath the bed. A farmhouse in the moonlight. With an unnerving sense of the macabre, these stories transform our greatest fears into bone-chilling realities.

NOW A NEW FILM STREAMING ON MAX #1 BESTSELLER Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem’s Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide inspiration for his new...

Das renommierte Rackham College in Maine: Als Vorzeigestudent Arthur Oakes und seine Freunde in einem alten okkulten Text aus der Universitätsbibliothek ein Ritual entdecken, mit dem man angeblich einen Drachen beschwören kann, beschließen sie in einer rauschhaften Silvesternacht, die Probe aufs Exempel zu machen. Was als Spiel beginnt, wird schon bald zum Alptraum, es erwacht eine uralte und mächtige Wesenheit. Und sie ist hungrig.

Ein verwunschenes Herrenhaus, das die wildesten Fantasien entfesselt. Magische Schlüssel, die Türen zu anderen Welten öffnen. Eine glückliche Familie, über die das ultimativ Böse hereinbricht. Eine Graphic Novel, die zu einem spektakulären Dark Fantasy Audiodrama mit einer bombastischen Soundkulisse wird. Im idyllischen Sommerurlaub bricht das Grauen über die Lockes herein: Vater Rendell wird vor den Augen seiner Familie brutal ermordet. Verstört und gebrochen zieht Mutter Nina mit ihren Kindern Bode, Kinsey und Tyler von San Francisco ins Keyhouse, dem alten Familiensitz in New England.

Eine weltweite Pandemie ist ausgebrochen, und keiner ist davor gefeit: Alle Infizierten zeigen zunächst Markierungen auf der Haut, bevor sie urplötzlich in Flammen aufgehen. Die USA liegt in Schutt und Asche, und inmitten des Chaos versucht die Krankenschwester Harper Grayson, sich und ihr ungeborenes Kind zu schützen. Doch dann zeigt auch sie die ersten Symptome. Jetzt kann sie nur noch der "Fireman" retten.

Success seems to come easily for some people. They live in luxurious homes, send their children to the best schools, drive fancy cars, travel around the world, and still have resources available to help their loved ones and contribute to the communities in which they live. They are no brighter or better educated than you. They do not work any harder than you do. They do not sacrifice their lives to earn a living; on the contrary, they earn more than enough to fully enjoy their lives. What is their secret?

Arthur Oakes è un avido lettore, sognatore e studente del Rackham College, nel Maine, luogo rinomato per i suoi inverni gelidi, l'eccezionale biblioteca e gli splendidi edifici. Ma il suo idillio - e la nascente storia d'amore con Gwen Underfoot - vanno in frantumi quando una spacciadora locale e il suo partner lo costringono a commettere uno dei peggiori crimini che possa immaginare: rubare libri rari dalla biblioteca del college. Finito in un angolo, Arthur si rivolge ai suoi cinque amici più cari in cerca di aiuto.

Einst haben Arthur Oakes und seine Freunde das Böse beschworen – nun müssen sie es wieder loswerden, oder die Welt wird in Flammen aufgehen. Jahr für Jahr fordert der mächtige Drache King Sorrow von Arthur Oakes, der inzwischen Professor für Englische Literatur ist, und seinen Freunden ein Menschenopfer. Die Folgen ihrer Wahl werden immer drastischer, immer mehr unschuldige Menschen kommen bei King Sorrows Beutezügen ums Leben. Arthur ist klar, dass sie den Drachen zurück ins Lange Dunkel verbannen müssen. Doch einer seiner Freunde spielt ein falsches Spiel.

Uma lenda do rock, o cinquentão Judas Coyne coleciona objetos macabros. Por isso, quando participa de um estranho leilão na internet, não pensa duas vezes antes de fazer uma oferta. O roqueiro arremata um paletó supostamente assombrado pelo espírito do falecido dono. Sempre às voltas com os próprios fantasmas—o pai violento, as mulheres que usou, os colegas de banda que traiu— , Jude não tem medo de encarar mais um. Quando o item é entregue na sua casa, numa caixa preta em forma de coração, logo fica claro que não se trata de um fantasma imaginário.

Vier literarische Juwelen, die unseren ständigen Krieg zwischen Gut und Böse ins Extreme treiben. SCHNAPPSCHUSS ist die verstörende Geschichte eines Jungen, der von einem brutalen Schläger bedroht wird. Dieser besitzt eine Sofortbildkamera, die Erinnerungen löscht, Schnappschuss für Schnappschuss... In GELADEN stoppt der Sicherheitsbeamte eines Einkaufszentrums mutig eine Amokläuferin und wird zum Helden der modernen Waffenrechtsbewegung. Doch als eine Reporterin die wahren Hintergründe der Geschichte aufdeckt, dreht der Beamte durch.

13 Geschichten voll Schrecken und purer Magie. Darunter "Vollgas" und "Im hohen Gras", zwei Zusammenarbeiten mit Stephen King.

"Instantánea" es la perturbadora historia de un adolescente de Silicon Valley que se descubre amenazado por el dueño de una cámara Polaroid capaz de borrar los recuerdos con cada foto que hace. "En el aire" nos lleva por todo lo alto junto a un chico que, en su primer salto en paracaídas, aterriza como náufrago en una nube imposiblemente sólida.