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Tim Ritter’s The Screamer Down the Hall and Other Tales plunges you into worlds in which the familiar twists into something dark and sinister. A walk in the woods, moving to a new home, and even trying to get a good night’s sleep are all subject to unexpected horrors.

Remember when strangers came door-to-door with fresh-baked pies, families gathered around black-and-white TV sets, and small towns held tight to their secrets? Jason A. Jones remembers—but in this collection of blood-curdling tales, these slice-of-life moments curdle into something far more sinister.

Well, you’ve found it, haven’t you? Saint Ambrose mortuary, where the dead have more to say than the living. Their whispers echoing through the hallways are begging to be heard. Curious about a local urban legend, teenagers discover the figure is horrifyingly real. A cruel CB radio prank becomes a terrifying hunt when a predator’s voice emerges from the static. A dark entity is unleashed when a teacher tests his own warning about hidden messages in rock music. Two men descend into inexplicable terror when they awaken on a barren, unnatural island.

Ever since the man whispered in their ears, Ashley and Charlie's lives were never the same. The twins were both blessed and cursed with a gift they never wanted and came with grave consequences. The tragic events that transpired on Friday morning will change their lives forever, and the lives of those who hear the Whisperer’s curse.

There are three essential motives for murder: power, money, and love gone wrong. The disappearance of Georgia Murphy combines all three. Her case has been cold for two years, and powerful locals want to keep it that way. They can’t afford a scandal in the rural town, not when new industrial development is set to line their pockets. As former detective “Chig” Ashe soon discovers, probing into Georgia’s case will destroy any hope of a peaceful retirement in his hometown.

Come ride the freight train of emotions of one seemingly normal mortal man as he takes a twisted journey toward renewing the world that he had once held so calmly in the palm of his hands. Meet the townspeople and learn what can happen in a little place tucked away in the Ozark hills when an outsider meant to lead them in faith instead stumbles and falls. Through anger and tears, action and inaction, witness just how far one man can push his creator away before it becomes too much. Does that single miracle called grace even exist?

Everyone gets their heart broken at least once. Whether you're a mercenary in 17th-century Hungary or a transplant to Missouri in 2019, we've all been there. But in some universes, love's aftermath is a tad more gruesome. From crunching bones on midnight asphalt to burning flesh in an ashen snowfall, everyone has to learn some way. There are horrors worse than a broken heart...right?

When Special Agent Kurt Hunter is forced to follow the trail of a killer to the small ex-smuggling town of Everglades City, he faces some unique challenges—one of which is staying alive.

This audiobook has nine standalone tales to choose from. Everything from strange and harrowing to endings that pull at your heartstrings.

When Mac Travis witnesses a poacher working lobster traps in the backcountry of the Florida Keys—too near his island home to ignore—he takes action. The traps belong to a friend who enlists Mac to search for the poachers, but along the way, Mac makes a discovery that changes everything.

It's easy to become invisible in the Florida Keys. Mac Travis is laying low: fishing, diving and doing enough salvage work to pay his bills, until three fishermen trolling the Gulf Stream discover a square grouper.

Harvey Thackerson lost his wife to a seemingly random car accident and now his teenage daughter has gone missing in the Florida Keys. When he decides to leave everything behind to find her, he discovers things about her past that he and his wife never knew. She may be in bigger danger than he thought.

When several shipping containers are lost during a tropical storm, an unexpected and deadly chain of events is set in motion. A Russian oligarch plans to trade the contents of the containers for immunity. But when Mac Travis discovers what is inside, he is compelled to stop the transaction.

Boomtowns can be dangerous places especially when there is gold to be had. Nick and the crew of the Panther aren’t interested in the riches. They want to get out alive.

On New Year's Day 1959, with Castro on the brink of overthrowing the Batista regime, the soon-to-be-deposed dictator looted the Cuban treasury and loaded it into four B26 Marauder bombers headed for Tampa.

A pop icon is found dead aboard a lavish yacht that happens to be anchored in Biscayne National Park. Murder knows no boundaries, and with the yacht in his jurisdiction, Special Agent Kurt Hunter becomes entangled in a world he knows nothing about. While Kurt is no stranger to high-profile cases, he’s not looking for the spotlight or notoriety-he’s had both with disastrous results. Hounded by the media, promoters, and an Internal Affairs investigator, Kurt is forced to face his own inner demons to solve the case.

Washington Post metro reporter Geoffrey Wines becomes suspicious when the presidential election cycle begins and two of his “metro-beat” contacts ask him about strange events: A pizza parlor owner can’t understand why groups of armed men are showing up at his restaurant demanding to know why he is keeping kidnapped children captive in his downstairs game room; an inner-city Baptist minister can’t figure out why his congregants are so concerned about Facebook stories they are reading.

Mike Parsons knows there is one last showdown with Allison Branch. What he doesn't know is where and when it will happen. The question in his mind is, will he be able to pull the trigger? The thrilling end of this trilogy twists and turns its way into a final showdown. Mike has to make one last decision that could mean life or death.

After Billy Jay Cader is arrested, charged, and convicted for two cold-blooded murders of law enforcement officers, Amy Jo Whitenhour decides to interview the killer in order to tell his story of how he became Florida's most notorious criminal. This is the true story through Billy Jay's words from accounts from childhood and up. They are told from his perspective through the looking glass of Amy Jo's eyes. Harsh realities from his abusive past. This book ushers in and readies the listener to continue on to book six, The Call Home.

A woman’s plea to find her missing husband sends Special Agent Kurt Hunter down a road he doesn’t want to go. For all its pristine beauty, Biscayne National Park can be deadly for those lost and unprepared. Open water and inhospitable islands are the most obvious obstacles in a life or death battle, but there is something even more dangerous than nature—man. The search leads to the mangrove-lined shores of the barrier islands, where smugglers and pirates have lurked for centuries. With the clock ticking, Kurt and his team take to the backwaters of Biscayne Bay to find him.