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Tammy and Greg meet at a bonfire party in the Perth Roleystone hills and sneak away for some alone time to a long disused gravel pit. Once there they disturb two men burying a body. They attack and kill Greg and chase a near naked Tammy through the hills throughout the night. She is found by a farmer, dehydrated, suffering hypothermia and delirious. She tells Detective Inspector Sam Collins and Sergeant Jenny Markham of the Major Crime Squad what she witnessed and reports the murder of Greg.

Twenty-two years old Cole Morgan struggled after a career ending football injury and then the tragic loss of his parents in the winter of 1937. He felt like a man with no destination... running from lost opportunities and memories better left alone. Maybe it was for this reason he accepted the offer of a near stranger to use his education and backcountry skills to work on the Greybull, one of the largest ranches in Wyoming. With little fanfare he packed all his worldly possessions in his beloved truck and headed for the small town of Meeteetsee.

Since first contact with the Vehni, an alien race, the human colonists of New London, Mars, have been enjoying the benefits of shared Vehni technology. But when ambassadors from Earth attempt to hijack the Vehni ship in orbit, everything the colonists thought they knew about their alien allies is thrown into question.

Forbes Lighthouse is a dangerous place. Twenty-year-old Molly McLaren agrees to tend the light when her father breaks his leg, so she leaves behind the city and her nursing career. Molly dreads the thought of three months as the sole inhabitant on the tiny island, 19 nautical miles off the rugged coastline of Augusta in Western Australia. Molly discovers she enjoys the solitude, and when a massive storm arrives bringing a life raft, Molly risks her life to save the unconscious man inside.

George comes home early from work with an impending headache and finds a note on the ground in a puddle of rainwater. He can read one word: HELP. The note can only have come from the upstairs window of his neighbor Simone's house, George decides to investigate, not knowing he will face two very dangerous men and his life will be in danger.

Criminal psychologist Patricia Holmes is now a detective paired with Detective Sergeant Rick McCoy. Together, they hunt "The Biblical Killer", so named for the quotes left on walls written in the victim's blood. To lure the murderer out, they join the Tender Nights internet dating site, openly making themselves targets.

The raw, ancient and primordial force symbolised by horns has long had associations with mystery, magick and power. Our ancestors often envisaged their gods as anthropomorphic beings who encapsulated this wild essence. Today the gods of the bull, the ram, the goat and the stag still hold tremendous power and are invoked at rituals by a new priesthood who continue to seek the wildness of nature and the inspiration that it holds. These deities transcend the safe and known boundaries of human structure, sometimes even luring us across the threshold of the known into the unknown worlds beyond. ...

Seven women have disappeared from bars only to be found murdered after asking for an angel shot. Detective Rick McCoy is handed the case after returning from leave following his wife's horrific ordeal at the hands of the serial killer PPP. Criminal psychologist Patricia Holmes lost her husband to the same killer and when her current partner makes her life miserable she jumps at the chance to work with Rick again. When they determine a man currently jailed for the crimes could not have committed them the mystery deepens.

Nicky is sick of the violence he sees while driving a cab in the city. On the night of his brother Simon's eighteenth birthday, a gang senselessly beat him to death, and Nicky hopes to find the men responsible.

Time Is on Your Side tells the compelling story of a handful of characters. Alison is a beautiful, dedicated high school history teacher who, as she approaches middle age, having never been married nor having had any children, is beginning to feel like the happily-ever-after relationship ending that she had always hoped for may be a pipe dream.

It's time to revisit 1945 and the final days World War II in a way that no one else ever has. Grab your thinking cap and join author Steve Ubaney in volume two of his five volume "Who Murdered?" book series, where he probes every part of FDR's mysterious death. We have been told all the lies for decades, and now it's time to answer some very pointed questions.

These stories represent decades of collaboration between author David Niall Wilson and a wide array of talented authors. All have been professionally published - some have been reprinted and collected. All are the result of two muses meeting on paper. Meet a modern day Don Quixote, fighting Y2K bug nightmares, and striving to save the woman of his dreams. Learn how Edgar Allen Poe might have found his tales. Face off on a lonely mountaintop with Lovecraftian nightmares.

Join in on the journey as three brave siblings travel 500 years back through time to a Neutral Nation village. Through the mysterious power of a dream catcher, they become "dream walkers". Explore the longhouses and artifacts of these industrious aboriginal peoples with Emma, Lucas, Isabella, and Sophia.

ENTER IF YOU DARE. So reads the sign at the entrance of a carnival that suddenly appears in the sleepy town of Millbrook, Massachusetts. Despite the ominous warning, Addison and her friends can’t wait to go. It isn’t long, however, before Addison realizes the warning isn’t just a publicity stunt. When she and her friends experience terrifying nightmares after visiting the carnival, she knows something is terribly wrong. What is real? What isn’t? What is frightening them all? And who is the strange man stalking her among the rides and arcades? Things take a dark turn when Levi’s ...

Ancient history lecturer Lucian Brufos has suffered the worst tragedy imaginable; his wife and twin daughters were killed in a car accident leaving him alone and so depressed he attempts to end his life. When he wakes he refuses to speak and is committed to a psychiatric ward for evaluation where he meets The Dark Man who calls himself Jolly.

At 14, Gillis McCabe has a contentious argument with his father and angrily leaves his home, vanishing into the city. Years later, through hard work and innovative decisions he rises to become one of the wealthiest businessmen in Virginia. Feeling an urge to mend the relationship with his father, he decides to make the journey back to his childhood home. What he discovers shocks him. His father's estate is in shambles and the entire staff has been massacred.

For centuries, the Niruku Corporation has led humanity’s expansion, sending transmigrants—genetically engineered colonists—on generation ships to settle new worlds. But beneath its facade of progress lies a harrowing truth: the transmigrants are slaves, their reproduction strictly controlled, their lives cut short, their existence erased once their purpose is fulfilled. Geneticist Kaylie Stewart uncovers Niruku’s darkest secret and escapes with Estia, an orphan whose hidden past could bring down the empire.

Life in a Martian colony can be tough for a 12-year-old! You can’t just go outside to hang out because, well, you’d suffocate and die. Elliot lives a regular Martian life. He goes to school, plays football, and tries to avoid the mean kids. But he never gets to leave the colony buildings. That is, until he goes on a science trip where he makes a discovery that could change the course of humanity forever: a strange doorway in a volcanic cave! Who put it there? What’s on the other side?

It is Senior Sergeant Gordon 'Laney' Lane's last day at work before retirement. He has had a full life of watching changes occur with not only the police department, but in his life; not all of which are good. He is walking the beat he used to walk, back in the day when cops used to 'walk the beat,' in the rain, remembering his life to that point. 'Laney' has an appointment. An appointment which, to him, will right a wrong; a serious wrong. He will avenge a life lost too young, that must be done, on this his last day.

Give: An Anthology of Anatomical Entries explores, from head to toe, the varying reasons why someone might donate an organ, tissue, or other body part, and how. Featuring 24 twisted short stories from authors including Christine Morgan, Kerry G.S. Lipp, Gio Clairval, and others.