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Nick O'Malley has come home from Vietnam but with more questions than answers. His unit, the 173rd Airborne, had orders to close the port of Cam Pha, which should have crippled supply lines and might have ended the war. Instead, just before Nick transferred out, the orders were cancelled. Nick later learns his entire unit was then dropped in behind enemy lines and wiped out. A mistake? Or something darker?

As a young man, Dunlavey had a hunger for forbidden knowledge. He sought out occult practices and dark, archaic rituals all over the world. Dunlavey's thirst for arcane wisdom sent him to New Orleans. He met and fell in love with Myra, a voodoo priestess. Myra preformed a sex magic ritual with Dunlavey. This ritual allowed him to open his mind's eye, his third eye, and see the dimensional rifts that lie between our world and other places.

In this follow-up novella, Cecil and Bubba spend what they think will be an uneventful Halloween night at McGee's Gas, Garage, and 24 Hour Convenience center, until they are joined by a new and unlikely ally. Soon after that, a pair of FBI agents brings a van in for emergency service work. The agents are hauling a weird cargo and Rosalita's curse soon causes an ancient evil to rise and walk the earth once more.

Los Angeles, the City of Angels. At least, that's what the brochure says. What it fails to mention is the earthquakes. Oh, and the flesh-eating creatures that are lying dormant beneath the concrete, waiting for the chance to surface once again. Their wait is over... A quake tears the city apart, but that's the least of the Angelenos' worries. They're about to experience hell on earth.

Where there is death, there is fear, love, missing, dementia and sometimes smiles. Twisted and Warm is a collection of short stories by author Jacqueline Druga. Ranging from twisted to warm, Jacqueline gives you 10 short stories all of which deal with the theme of death in one way or another.

What Price Gory? is the new horror collection from Terry M. West, the critically-acclaimed author of A Psycho's Medley and the filmmaker best known for Flesh for the Beast. What Price Gory? is a collection of weird supernatural stories. Monsters and demons dwell in these tales.

When an earthquake flattens New York City, the devastation is phenomenal and loss of life beyond comprehension. The world is in shock. Only the chosen few can see it. A firefighter, newspaperman, thief, engineer, bride and a priest are all strangers across the country and are all thrown together. All of them believe it is the beginning of the end. Together they work diligently to try to save humanity and stop the inevitable. But is it already too late?

Shara Wellington has always lacked confidence. Then her long-time high school boyfriend shows his true colors on prom night and shatters what little confidence Shara had. Two years later, though, Professor Josef Ulrik sees something in the dark-haired college girl and decides to offer her a Gift that will bring out her inner beast. Shara accepts, but soon finds that living as a werewolf presents a whole new set of problems. When she gets pregnant, Shara learns that no other female werewolf has ever carried a baby to term.

Is your budget getting crunched these days? Do you want to fill the freezer with the food doctors recommend the most? Then get busy fishing...and more importantly, CATCHING, as Cap'n Larry Jarboe says. Larry will show you all of his time-tested tricks for deluding fish enough to jump right on your hook and in some cases, just jump out of the water and into your boat.

Bonaparte 'Bone' Mizell, formerly of the DEA, has a problem on his hands; Dale Bristline, his 400 lb. client with a beautiful ex-stripper wife needs help dealing with a blackmailer - Brandy's first husband has returned from the dead and is making outrageous demands... and she mustn't be told about it. When drug dealer turned sex club owner Bristline needs some help dealing with the blackmailer, cash-strapped Bone accepts the case…

An ancient prophecy of our kind tells us that a Son will be born to the Mother and that he will lead us in the coming war. Shara is the Mother no matter how much she may wish it otherwise. Joey, her son, is destined to be our Alpha. He must be taught the ways of the wolf so that he may lead us. If Shara will not return to us, Joey must be brought to the Pack. I will teach him of his destiny. But we must use caution, for our enemies fear the power of the prophecy. They fear the Alpha. I have gathered the Pack to protect him.

Danny Bishop is successful, happy, and the epitome of a good person. Young and energetic, there is no obstacle Danny believes he won't overcome. Life is his highway, one he designed. Everything is ideal until that road comes to a grinding halt and Danny finds out he has six weeks to live.

For untold ages a dark presence has shrouded the small town of Orangefield. In addition to the plentiful pumpkins that gave the town its name, Orangefield is home to the dreaded Lord of Death himself, Samhain. Despite rumors of his existence, and rare, brief sightings, Samhain has long been content to leave the local inhabitants alone. But that's about to change.

Following a mysterious storm, the world is thrown into chaos. Communications are disabled along with computer networking. Nightly, the skies illuminate and with each sequential storm more and more people disappear. No one knows what is causing the events and as the governments break down, the population dwindles to a mere fraction. Communities are left to fend for themselves. Mankind faces an extinction level event. Grant and Rita Mason have lived in the same town for over three decades. Their town has become one of the few remaining pockets of civilization.

Possessed by a myth, a killer will stop at nothing to re-unite two ancient crystal skulls at a momentous date in the Mayan calendar - the Harmonic Convergence. He intends to complete his quest, at whatever cost, to seal his quest to achieve immortality. But Nicholas Pierce, a private detective, is just as determined to find out who killed his client, the caretaker of one of the skulls.

High Plains Moon has something for everyone: The old West, American Indian mythology, werewolves, vampires, land wars, and even a little romance. Funny, fast-moving, and building to a climactic finish, High Plains Moon is a worthy and satisfying second novel in the acclaimed Night Marshal series.

In Orangefield, Halloween is never normal - and this year will be no exception. For Orangefield is now the home of Halloweenland, a bizarre carnival run by the mysterious Mr. Dickens. No one who sees the carnival doubts that it's a very strange place, but its real secrets can hardly be imagined. Orangefield is also the home of Detective Bill Grant, who thinks he's seen it all. He's on the trail of an odd little girl, a girl who could hold the end of the universe in her hand.

Jack Talon, a former US Marshal and infamous gunslinger, is dying of tuberculosis when he arrives in Silver Plume, Colorado with his lovely wife, Sonya. He just wants to do a bit of gambling and get on with the business of dying. Instead, he finds himself face to face with Christopher Smythe, a vampire who holds a grudge against the mayor of the town. The mayor hires Jack to kill the vampire, but what Jack doesn't know is that his wife sees the vampire as Jack's salvation. Vampires don't get sick. Vampires live forever.

Galein, the Terrible Man, fearing the darkness he sees in his own soul, has retreated into the monastery of Sheogarath, hoping to find solace and peace. But a new evil has come to the land of Uruad, a creature of such malevolent hatred that threatens to consume the Earth. It is a werewolf. Galein will have to confront more than the darkness he sees in himself, or watch the world die.

Do you want to get people to agree with you whenever you want? Would you like to know how influence other people's thoughts and make them do what you desire? Then mastering the art of manipulation is for you. Manipulation is a practice whereby you look into someone's natural psychological tendencies and use them to help you get your way. Ultimately, you lead the conversation by making it look like they are. In this audiobook, you are going to learn exactly how to do this.