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Is food mostly just what we think it is? In this silly version of Hansel and Gretel, a serious story is still suggested about children wanting candy. The adventure goes beyond the candy house, even to a mountaintop castle, with 16 colorful illustrations (also by the author).

Eine Flughafenbar in London. Es ist Abend, und Ted Severson wartet auf seinen Rückflug nach Boston, als sich eine attraktive Frau neben ihn setzt. Kurz darauf vertraut er der geheimnisvollen Fremden an, dass seine Frau ihn betrogen hat. Mit ihrer Reaktion jedoch hat er nicht gerechnet: Sie bietet ihm Hilfe an - beim Mord an seiner Ehefrau. Ein Trick? Ein morbider Scherz? Oder ein finsteres Rachespiel, das nur ein böses Ende nehmen kann?

In this sensational short story, sex, drugs and murder interrupt the filming of a Frankenstein movie in the swinging '60s. Will the killer be found and brought to justice? Will the movie even get finished?

Neuf personnes, sans aucun lien apparent entre elles, reçoivent simultanément une liste de neuf noms, dont le leur. Une simple liste, sans la moindre explication. Certains y voient une mauvaise blague, d'autre une erreur, en tout cas rien de vraiment digne d'intérêt. Mais lorsque deux d'entre eux sont retrouvés mort, un terrifiant compte à rebours s'enclenche. De nouveaux meurtres s'enchaînent mais aucun rapport entre ces neuf individus ne se dessine. Jessica Winslow, agent du FBI, est bien décidée à tirer tout cela au clair, d'autant que son nom figure également sur la liste.

At a pizza place in uptown Minneapolis, scenesters and a psychic try very hard to find the next cool party and a pure state of punk living in the summating year of 1989. Their overripe imaginations (and beer) bring out bizarre fatal accidents, memories of once being devil possessed, and a vengeful ghost of a hippie who had overdosed.

Michael is a 20-something theatrical gay man living in a river town in 1984. He worries that life is passing him by even though he’s a busy witty beautiful drag queen. Snake Girl is his pet name since he’d once played one in a carnival sideshow after running away from home. When he returns to the family farm, when his parents are killed, he uncovers more secrets than just the KKK, who have already killed a friend. Michael and his small band of friends become Druid warriors to conquer the legendary horror that is after them… as they also just work to get ahead in life, dreaming of ...

Helen is at her first year in science at Culver-Stockton College at the small river town of Canton Missouri, a college and town with an occult past. Her boyfriend tries to help her make sense of the strange happenings at the Mississippi River, and in the skies... as he tries not to be outshone by her handsome science teacher.

In medieval England a traveling witch and her dwarf brother help a small village fight a primitive vampire that lives in a nearby pond. And magic is used for malice. The two travelers find they have to battle a prosperous member of the village, a comely bad witch who makes the town’s coffins and shoes, as she seduces as many of the menfolk as she can. All the while the cursed abbey and milldam threaten to collapse; a green man ghost chases a green martyr monk into town from Ireland; druid visions begin to instruct the traveling witch so old legends reenact pre-Celtic history; and the true...

In this epic dark fantasy novella, in a whirlwind around the ancient Mediterranean Sea, Egypt fights Rome for world power. Cleopatra and her brother fight for the throne of Egypt. Mark Antony and Octavian fight for Caesar. Witches are their secret weapons. Love and war play out in a ruthless magical and material world above and below the shifting desert sands.

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - February 2021 People Used To Die Every Day: A young man is caught in a lie to his partner; he has been illegally "sleeping" at night. Pandora's Dreams: A new technology allows the recording, playback, and sale of dreams. The Library Of Gromma: A young boy must protect the machine that preserves the memories of his grandmother and his community. The Human Experience: A married couple negotiates the genetic future of their unborn child. Simon: A man is on trial because he killed the devil. Father Dale's Drive-Thru Exorcisms: A semi-retired couple living ...

Was, wenn die Wahrheit deine furchtbarsten Ängste übertrifft?

Das Leben hat Kate Priddy gelehrt, dass man stets mit dem Schlimmsten rechnen muss. Um die Albträume, die sie seit Jahren verfolgen, endlich hinter sich zu lassen, stimmt sie einem Wohnungstausch mit ihrem Cousin Corbin zu: Sie wird seine Wohnung in Boston beziehen, er ihr Apartment in London übernehmen. Am Tag ihrer Ankunft jedoch wird die junge Frau aus der Nachbarwohnung ermordet aufgefunden. Corbin behauptet, Audrey kaum gekannt zu haben - aber warum besitzt er dann einen Wohnungsschlüssel von ihr? Auch Kates neuer Nachbar Alan scheint irgendetwas zu verbergen. Ohne es zu ahnen, schwebt Kate bald schon selbst in Lebensgefahr. Doch wem kann sie überhaupt trauen?

Há algum tempo, antes de se tornar sócio da Livraria Old Devils, localizada em Boston—uma meca para os fãs de mistério—o aficionado por romances policiais, Malcolm Kershaw, também conhecido como Mal, escreveu um artigo para o blog da livraria com uma lista dos assassinatos literários mais insolúveis, quase impossíveis de serem decifrados—que ele chamou de Oito Assassinatos Perfeitos.

Londres-Boston, vol de nuit. Ted Severson rencontre la superbe et mystérieuse Lily Kintner. Ils bavardent, boivent des cocktails, et voilà que peu à peu se déclenche un jeu de la vérité au cours duquel, un détail après l'autre, Ted se dévoile à l'oreille bienveillante de Lily. Il lui avoue l'échec de son couple : sa femme, Miranda, le trompe. Il en vient même à confier qu'il la tuerait bien. Et que ce ne serait finalement que justice. Or Lily déclare le plus sérieusement du monde qu'elle est prête à l'aider. Après tout, des tas de gens méritent de mourir, pour toutes sortes de raisons.

Eine Flughafenbar in London. Es ist Abend, und Ted Severson wartet auf seinen Rückflug nach Boston, als sich eine attraktive Frau neben ihn setzt. Kurz darauf vertraut er der geheimnisvollen Fremden an, dass seine Frau ihn betrogen hat. Mit ihrer Reaktion jedoch hat er nicht gerechnet: Sie bietet ihm Hilfe an - beim Mord an seiner Ehefrau. Ein Trick? Ein morbider Scherz? Oder ein finsteres Rachespiel, das nur ein böses Ende nehmen kann?

לתפוס רוצח זה מסוכן – בעיקר אם הוא גר בבית הסמוך. הני ובעלה לויד מתחילים חיים חדשים ושקטים בבית יפה באחד מפרוורי בוסטון. הני היא אומנית הדפסים בעלת היסטוריה של...

Return to Arthurian romance, magic, secrets, surprises and danger. In this bawdy sequel to Merlin’s Charge, in Camelot (a land where they say lovers can turn into swans) new horrors befall as shapeshifting chaos unleashes a violent werewolf monster into the wintry land. Will order be restored and the curse lifted in time for King Arthur to stop the invading Saxons? Or is the real danger entirely a family affair.

Enter the strange and fantastic world of the fairy tale. Read about what happens when two daughters of the king are rewarded or punished by the fairy heads in the well. Three Heads in the Well (or The King of Colchester’s Daughters) is a tale hundreds of years old, now retold by Peter Joseph Swanson, adding a bit of this and that, including the classic Diamonds & Toads. The author also did the illustrations.

This is a colorful children's book that adults can enjoy, too. A magic glass castle sits on a mermaid ocean. Why is it there? It could be a shelter or a prison. A teddy bear gets tired of winter and wants a summer picnic so takes an odd trip. There is a dinosaur circus at the center of the earth! The fun begins, and ends! Grandma saves the day! Enjoy three stories, just for fantasy fun. And there’s two poems too, just because.

في رحلةٍ جوية من لندن إلى بوسطن، يقابل تيد سيفرسون فتاة مذهلة تدعى ليلي كيتنر. أثناء احتساء المارتيني، يمارس الغريبان لعبة يكشفان فيها تفاصيل دقيقة عن حياتهما،...

In this spooky kid's tale with lots of pictures, when a boy feeds the crows, he is rewarded with a jewel and a key. That sends him on an adventure that includes a ghost story. Along the way, mistakes are made but a new furry friend is found.