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Midnight. Some call it the witching hour. Others call it the devil’s hour. Here in the graveyard, midnight is a very special time. It is a time when ghostly spirits are at their strongest, when the veil between our world and theirs is at its thinnest. Legend has it, that while most of the world is asleep, the lack of prayers allow the spirits to communicate under the cover of darkness, among the headstones, their whispers rustling in the leaves of the old oak trees. But if you’re here in the graveyard, you can tell yourself it’s just the wind....

John Seton, a grizzled British sailor, is a sea monster hunter. When he takes on a job for an exclusive yacht club in South East Asia he expects it to be a simple one. It's only one beastie after all. But all too soon John and his crew discover that they are in big trouble.

Our adventurers have escaped a conflagration only to find themselves in a great underground city. They quickly discover they are not alone. And when a natural disaster threatens to engulf them, it becomes a battle for survival. Can they find the route home to the sun before it is closed to them forever?

At first, it is a rescue mission, but soon Danny, Stefan, Ed, and Elsa find themselves in a fight for survival. A perilous journey across an underground sea brings them to a lost island and fresh adventures, but their attempts to return to the surface only serve to make their situation worse.

At first it's a simple lost son case, but for PI Derek Adams things turn quickly to the twilight zone. Soon he's on a remote island and up to his hips in mer-women, shape-changers and ancient fisher cults. Running back to the city doesn't help; there's magic and mayhem loose on the streets. An ancient god is waking up, and only blood will stop him!

The Auld Mither, a crone-like hag with razor sharp bones for fingers, is killing off the proponents of a new abattoir in a deer farming community. And Dave Duncan seems to be next on the list. Can he figure out how to stop her? Or will he have to pay for the sins of his father?

Derek Adams is on the lam, framed for a strange murder and chased by a cult intent on getting their hands on the skin belt that writhes in Derek's pocket. When a firm of lawyers offers him a way out, he grabs it with both hands. Then things really go to the dogs!

A terror from the past has returned, bringing with it death and destruction that threatens to overrun the town. The old stories tell of a postwar experiment gone wrong, one that opened the way for the fog - or whatever was behind it - to begin its reign of terror. A small team of workmen are the last hope to keep their town alive through the long, storm-filled night. But the many horrors that await them are beyond anyone’s worst nightmares.

Derek Adams is a Glasgow PI with plenty of time on his hands. Until the Bogart Case walks in. A priceless family heirloom has been stolen and everyone in town is looking for it. The stars are right once more, and an ancient evil has been awakened from its dreaming sleep. It was supposed to be an easy case, fast money. But pretty soon Derek is up to his armpits in bodies, femme fatales, and tentacles. The city's dark side has him. And it doesn't want to let the Midnight Eye go!

When Captain John Banks and his squad are sent to investigate a derelict Nazi base in Antarctica, he expects to find only ice and dead men. But there is something in the domed hangar bay that has been waiting for decades for release.

It was supposed to be a simple mission. A suspected Russian spy boat is in trouble in Canadian waters. Investigate and report are the orders. But when Captain John Banks and his squad arrive, it is to find an empty vessel, and a scene of bloody mayhem. Soon they are in a fight for their lives, for there are things in the icy seas off Baffin Island, scuttling, hungry things with a taste for human flesh. They are swarming. And they are growing.

In this collection, you'll find some Mi-Go, Yog-Sototh, Shoggoths, King Arthur, British soldiers, some Deep Ones, scientists of various competencies, Roman centurions, the Antoinine Wall, a fair bit of singing, and some green blobby stuff.

DIE KREATUREN RUHEN NICHT – ZEIT FÜR DAS S|SQUAD! Wieder einmal hätte es ein Routine-Einsatz werden sollen - eine Gruppe von Archäologen sicher aus der Wüste Gobi zu führen. Aber als unerwartet Regenfälle einsetzen, gerät das S|Squad in Schwierigkeiten …Da ist irgendetwas im Sand, riesig, und zieht unterirdisch seine Bahnen. Es giert nach Wasser ... und nach Menschenfleisch ... Monster. Riesige Kreaturen. Kugeln. Und Flüche ... jede Menge Flüche.

DIE KREATUREN RUHEN NICHT – ZEIT FÜR DAS S|SQUAD! Auf der Suche nach gefangen genommenen WHO-Ärzten begibt sich das S-Squad auf eine Mission in den Kongo, die von Anfang an unter keinem guten Stern steht und rasch immer auswegloser wird. Die Truppe wird aufgerieben, isoliert und sieht sich alsbald furchterregenden Kreaturen gegenüber, die längst als ausgestorben galten. Denn in diesem Dschungel geht Mokele-Mbembe um ... und er ist nicht allein ... Monster. Riesige Kreaturen. Kugeln. Und Flüche ... jede Menge Flüche.

DIE KREATUREN RUHEN NICHT – ZEIT FÜR DAS S|SQUAD! Die eisigen Gewässer der Nordsee vor der Küste Schottlands sind ohnehin gefährlich genug, doch sie werden noch gefährlicher, als etwas die dort befindlichen Ölplattformen attackiert. Deshalb bittet ein alter Freund des S|Squads die Männer um Hilfe – doch bei ihrer Ankunft sehen sie sich mit einem Gegner konfrontiert, der größer ist als alles, womit sie es bislang zu tun hatten. Dieses Mal brauchen sie größere Kanonen ... Monster. Riesige Kreaturen. Kugeln. Und Flüche ... jede Menge Flüche.

The members of S-Squad are looking for a break from their run of cold climate travails. So when a seemingly simple mission in Amazonia comes their way, they are looking forward to some welcome warmth.

S-Squad are relieved to be home, and even an order to investigate animal mutilations at a local wildlife park does not seem like an onerous detail. But things take a turn to the twilight zone all too quickly around the S-Squad, and even their homeland is not immune.

When Captain John Banks and his squad are sent to investigate a zoo in Siberia, he expects to find tigers, bears, maybe elk. But there is something there that is new, yet very, very old.

Here, you'll find some glowing fog, mad scientists, tentacled things, booze, dreaming gods, cigarettes, boats of various sizes, a bar or two, stiff upper lips, a ghosthunter, a great detective, and a multitude of universes, among other things.

Tom wants to see a dragon. And his Granddad wants to make one. But neither of them are prepared for the consequences when they accidentally spill Granddad's special growth formula on the ground.