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Brownie Snoddy is visiting the Snoddy mansion for spring break! Where Brownie goes, mayhem is sure to follow. He’s got his hands on a fedora and a stack of hard-boiled mystery novels, and he's ready to squirt metal at the nearest evil perpetrator, even though his reliable stun gun has been appropriated. When Janie, the niece of Willodean Gray, the beauteous sheriff’s deputy, shows up to participate, all heck breaks loose. Even Bubba and Miz Demetrice can’t stop the serious sleuthing of Brownie and the dame!

Another village has been found in ruin, with only the massive prints of a monstrous creature left to identify the culprit. The Honengyo has turned upon the people of the Hoshin clan, and only death and destruction will sate its appetite. Left with little choice, Lord Torogawa calls upon the infamous wandering samurai, Shintaro Oba, to deal with the beast. But can he and his demon-killing sword, Koumakiri, prevail against something as old as the very mountains themselves? And what of his own personal quest for vengeance?

Welcome to the Crucible - an artificial planet larger than our sun - an ever-growing patchwork of countless other worlds, filled with creatures, sentient beings and societies stolen from across the universe by the mythical Architects. Across this dizzying juxtaposition of alien biospheres, the enigmatic and godlike Archons seek to unlock the secrets at the heart of the Crucible. Everyone else is just trying to survive....

Brownie has returned to the Snoddy Estate. His mother is seven months pregnant, ordered to bed rest, and in desperate need of Brownie-free time. So off Brownie goes to visit the Texas Snoddys! It’s the middle of November, he’s 10 years old, and they’ve taken away his homemade Taser. How much trouble could there possibly be? Two men have decided to kidnap Brownie for the rumored Civil War gold the Snoddys reputedly have. And that was their mistake, because no one with a brain in their head kidnaps Brownie Snoddy. No one.

Susan Richards is a writer who never seems to meet a deadline, even when her job depends on it. When she loses two jobs in short order due to her tardiness, she decides it’s time to do something drastic. Susan turns to her cousin Mindy Winters, a Christian living in New York City, and asks to come and stay with her until she gets on her feet. Maybe New York will provide the opportunity she needs to build a new career as a writer.

A hardworking doctor, Chris James is generally content with life, but taking on extra hours at work is causing her to miss her favorite season of the year. A chance encounter introduces her to a cynical teacher armed with charm and refreshing honesty. Charlie Hughes, whose past causes him to dread Christmas, forms an instant bond with Dr. Chris, whose enthusiasm for the season challenges him to reconnect with his Christmas spirit. The two must battle the onslaught of old flames, preconceived notions, bumps, and bruises, in pursuit of forging a holiday romance with a shot of survival.

It’s that time of year again. In the shadows, otherworldly creatures lurk, under the gravestones, the dead begin to rise, and in that old house down the lane, ghosts rattle their chains. For once more, Trick or Treat Thrillers brings you our pick of the best Indie-paranormal short stories for 2020! Before you begin listening to our selection of 13 stories, however, we recommend you first check under your bed, in your closet, and outside of your window. You never know what may be coming your way.

A group of teenagers work as camp counsellors at a recently reopened summer camp. A camp that hides a sinister secret. It's home to an undead killer. A monster that picks them off one by one, until there's only one girl left standing. For Ellie Cartwright, that's not how the story ends. That's how it begins. Because Ellie's not the only girl to have faced evil and survived. There are others. And now, they've sworn to protect those in danger. They've sworn to fight back against the creatures that lurk in the darkness.

St. Mary's Marsh Campground, where the fun never stops... Except for that time in 1979, where the bullied young boy came back for revenge. Or when they tried to reopen the camp six years ago, and the murderer had returned. Oh, or the time after that, when the hikers went missing. Or the hunters that were mauled by what the authorities said was a bear. A bear that used a bladed weapon...For Ellie Cartwright and her friends, it's just a campfire story. But if the story turns out to be true...has a lifetime of watching horror been enough?

Evinn Eaglefriend’s boyhood was filled with stories of the free eagles that used to roam peacefully behind his people’s citadel, of Roftome the Untamable, whose fiercely sought allegiance had only been given to one man. Now, at 16, near the end of rigorous battle training that had once turned youths of the realm into Eaglemasters, he regards these accounts as little more than fanciful children’s tales. There are no free eagles, only Pyrnaq, the rattle of their chains a prelude to the blood they shed, their screams icy with insatiable wrath.

Un joven se ve obligado a huir de su país, al ser confundido con un asesino en serie. Muchos años más tarde, se descubrirá una sorprendente verdad.

Jack Harper can raise the dead, and those she resurrects she also controls. She belongs to an ancient race of magical beings called “ferrics,” though she is the first of her kind with this power. Having just escaped Jonathon Roth and his kill-for-hire organization, her new target is the demonic Builder, architect of damnation. She must act fast, too, because the ferrics’ last countermeasure - a plasmatic weapon - is dwindling away.

Können Maud und Lady Christabel den guten Ruf einer Lady retten? London, Sommer 1912. Ihre unkonventionelle Tante Lavinia bittet Lady Christabel um Hilfe. Eine Freundin Lavinias ist dem Charme eines Lakaien erlegen, der ihr eine Kette gestohlen hat und sie nun damit erpresst. Lady Christabel und Maud sollen versuchen, das Schmuckstück zurück zu stehlen. Nachdem Maud den Verdächtigen kennenlernt, kann sie nicht glauben, dass er zu einem Verbrechen fähig ist. Sie setzt alles daran, seine Unschuld zu beweisen - und bringt dadurch sich und Lady Christabel in Lebensgefahr.

Grab your partner and join the spirits on the dance floor. Scare Street’s latest collection of supernatural horror is a grand ball of fear and nightmares. This sinister collection is bursting with 14 tales of terror - more than enough to keep you dancing with demons all night long.

In a time when there were few options for a woman, the main character Andrée finds the courage to grow as a person and the strength to survive as a strong woman. Through a series of life-threatening ordeals, Andrée's journey begins when she is abandoned by her family, with no other option she becomes a nun, and is assigned to a mission in Haiti. She soon has to flee for her life in order to survive a revolution between the Vodun and French farmers.

DECEPTION: A ruthless international cartel’s mission is to control the global economy by whatever means necessary, going as far as exploiting undocumented and slave-trade workers. Visions of community unfold to satisfy workers’ needs and increase profit - a perfect worry-free environment hide a murderous agenda.

Murder reignites dormant passions between Toledo Homicide Detective Veronica Jadzinski (Jadz) and her ex-husband, retired-cop-turned-PI Nate Solomon - not all of them good. He’s pushing to reopen the shooting of his boyhood friend, a case that Jadz and her partner wrote off as a drug deal gone bad. Emotions and egos collide as Nate and Jadz clash over who to believe: the victim’s grieving mother, his estranged sister with secrets of her own, or the demanding lieutenant who warns Jadz off the case for questionable reasons.

Un joven sacerdote se ve en la obligación de hacer justicia tras enterarse de un asesinato, y sin poder denunciar los hechos a las autoridades para no violar el secreto de confesión.

Tras el fallecimiento del médico de familia de un pequeño pueblo, se suceden una serie de extrañas circunstancias, que concluyen con el asalto de varias personas al cementerio del municipio, cada una de ellas con motivos diferentes.

War der Tod des Lords wirklich ein skandalöser Unfall? Lady und Zofe ermitteln... England, Frühling 1912. Geplant ist ein erholsames Wochenende auf dem Land, das die junge Lady Christabel von ihrem Kummer ablenken soll. Stattdessen stolpert sie über die Leiche des jüngsten Sohns ihrer Gastgeber. Unterstützt von ihrer weltklugen Zofe Maud begibt sich die begeisterte Leserin von Detektivgeschichten auf die Suche nach Motiv, Mittel und Gelegenheit. Doch wie findet man einen Täter, wenn alle Anwesenden gute Gründe haben, das Opfer zu hassen?