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Most people ignored the outrageous reports on the news. But they became too frequent, they became too real. And soon, they began happening down the street. Then the Internet died. The television and radio went silent. The phones stopped ringing. And we couldn't look outside anymore. Malorie raises the children the only way she can; indoors. The house is quiet. The doors are locked, the curtains are closed, mattresses are nailed over the windows. They are out there. She might let them in.

In the old world there were many rules. In the new world there is only one: don't open your eyes. In the 17 years since the 'creatures' appeared, many people have broken that rule. Many have looked. Many have lost their minds, their lives, their loved ones. In that time, Malorie has raised her two children - Olympia and Tom - on the run or in hiding. Now nearly teenagers, survival is no longer enough. They want freedom.

J is one of only 26 students, all of whom think of the school's enigmatic founder as their father. J's peers are the only family he has ever had. The students are being trained to be prodigies of art, science, and athletics, and their life at the school is all they know-and all they are allowed to know. But J suspects that there is something out there, beyond the pines, that the founder does not want him to see, and he's beginning to ask questions. What is the real purpose of this place? Why can the students never leave? And what secrets is their father hiding from them?  

Malorie ist hochschwanger, als immer mehr Menschen aus aller Welt von einem schrecklichen Wahnsinn befallen werden und sterben. Gleichzeitig häufen sich die Meldungen von etwas Unheimlichem, dessen bloßer Anblick die Raserei auslösen soll. Schon bald herrscht überall gespenstische Ruhe. Die wenigen Überlebenden haben sich in kleinen versprengten Gruppen zusammengefunden und verbarrikadieren sich in ihren Häusern. Malorie versucht alles, um die Menschen, die sie liebt, zu beschützen - in einer Welt, die von vier Wänden und verdunkelten Fenstern begrenzt wird. Und in der man den Tod erblickt, sobald man nur die Augen öffnet.

A sorcerer on a cliff cuts into his own hand, summoning members of the ancient cult that destroyed his family. A maid hunts her former employer with a sword, attempting to win a revenge that could save us all. A doomed man rides a train to his dead father's home to unravel a terrible secret.... 

The Danes, the band once known as the 'Darlings of Detroit', are washed up and desperate to have another number one hit. When an agent from the US Army approaches them with an unusual offer, they believe it could be the answer to their inspiration drought. So, under the guidance of their front man, Philip Tonka, the Danes decide to embark on a harrowing journey through scorching desert to track down the source of a strange and debilitating sound.

Carol Evers is a woman with a dark secret. She has died many times...but her many deaths are not final: they are comas, a waking slumber indistinguishable from death, each lasting days. Only two people know of Carol's eerie condition. One is her husband, Dwight, who married Carol for her fortune and - when she lapses into another coma - plots to seize it by proclaiming her dead and burying her...alive. The other is her lost love, the infamous outlaw James Moxie. When word of Carol's dreadful fate reaches him, Moxie rides the Trail again to save his beloved from an early grave.

Featuring stories from R.L. Stine and Madeleine Roux, this middle-grade horror anthology, curated by New York Times best-selling author and master of macabre Jonathan Maberry, is a chilling tribute to Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Flesh-hungry ogres? Brains full of spiders? Haunted houses you can’t escape? This collection of 35 terrifying stories from the Horror Writers Association has it all, including ghastly illustrations from Iris Compiet that will absolutely chill listeners to the bone. 

With her husband barely clinging to life at home, Becka has taken to jogging. Running helps clear her head and her heart. But it's not until she discovers a free-standing confessional booth deep in the woods that she begins to clear her conscience. As the days pass, and as her husband's condition worsens, Becka returns to the booth, finding it hard to stay away. But what draws her there? Is it the clean feeling of confession? Or is it what might be listening on the other side of the grate?

Là fuori, in un mondo dove nessuna certezza è più tale, c'è qualcosa di terrificante. Qualcosa che non deve essere visto. Chi è così folle da tenere gli occhi aperti va incontro a un destino spaventoso. Cinque anni dopo i primi episodi di terrore, pochi sono rimasti a popolare la terra. Vivono bendati, in una cecità autoimposta che li confina in un'oscurità perenne, in case buie e polverose con porte e finestre sprangate. Nessuno di loro ricorda di che colore è il cielo, com'è fatta una nuvola, quanto può abbagliare la luce del sole.