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This tongue-in-cheek look at all the iconic, memorable, and not-so-great things we grew up with in the 1980s will make you laugh, cry, and possibly even re-evaluate your life choices. At the very least, it'll make you fire up ebay to go buy a vintage Mr. Frosty to see what you missed out on.

When Henry Baker finds a small, super-shiny black pencil on his way to school, his life is changed forever....

Nottingham has a rich and dark history that dates back well over 1,000 years and throughout this long history it has played the host to countless ghostly figures. Some ghosts date back to the cities very early days, and have been continually reported ever since, whereas other specters are recent additions to the county.

Throughout its long history there have been countless tales of the weird and the wonderful within its boundaries. Strange Manchester features a selection of ghost stories from across the whole of Greater Manchester. There phantom nightclub owners, cursed skulls, and a ghost that somehow found itself in Manchester despite having died in Chester. There's also a haunted police station and tales of ghost trains and buses too. There's even a mummy!

Sheffield is a strange city. Throughout it's long history there have been countless tales of the weird and the wonderful within its boundaries. Strange Sheffield features a selection of Ghost Stories, some well known but of them less so, from across Sheffield's history.

The poems of this book were written at very various times, one (“Wind over the Sea”) I believe even as early as 1910, but the order in which they are here given is not chronological beyond the fact that the third part contains only poems written after the outbreak of the war. Of these some were written in England (at Oxford in particular), some in Wales, and very many during a year in France from November 1915 to December 1916, which was broken by one leave in the middle of May.

After a dramatic change in character, a rather usual middle-aged man begins carrying out a series of rather unusual murders. Meanwhile Brad Shape, a crime beat reporter for the Manchester Daily News, is looking for the big scoop to revive his flagging career—and his crumbling marriage. But when he finds one of England's most notorious serial killers, it will be Brad's biggest break...in more ways than one.

The Penistone Line is a railway line in South Yorkshire, England. It runs from Sheffield to Huddersfield, via Penistone and Barnsley, and has a history that goes back almost two centuries. In that time, it has picked up more than its fair share of ghost stories, perhaps due to the fact that its early history was marked by a number of accidents and disasters leading one Victorian reporter to call the line "The Graveyard of the Railways".

In a quiet valley lies a guesthouse without sharp edges or straight lines. Its walls curve, its halls murmur, and its rooms seem to remember something you have forgotten. The Room Without Corners is an atmospheric literary short story set in a mysterious inn where guests arrive without knowing why and leave lighter than when they came. A traveller steps inside, drawn by the warm glow of candlelight. The curved spaces lead them through moments of memory, comfort, and rediscovery.

In the quiet hours before morning claims the sky, a train emerges from the mist—a train forgotten by maps, travelling only once a year along tracks wrapped in lavender and memory. The Train to Lavender Station is a gentle bedtime story for grown-ups, part of the Before Your Dream series. It offers a soft, meditative journey through grief, release, and quiet transformation.

Step into a quiet world where tranquillity takes form and peace becomes presence. The Garden of Starlight is a gentle literary sleep story for adults—crafted to be savoured at night. Through poetic prose and dreamlike imagery, it invites you to wander a sanctuary suspended above the clouds, where light, fragrance and silence move in unhurried harmony.

London, 1943. The streets of Hounslow hide more than ration books and blackouts. A killer is working to a quiet rhythm of death, leaving behind bodies drained of blood and arranged with disturbing care. The press have their theories. The police have few leads. Theodore Nash doesn’t believe in monsters. He sees detail, intent, and the human mind behind every crime. A forensic consultant by trade, and a man more comfortable with puzzles than people, Theo has made a life of distance and control.

Historians know that great wars hinge not just on grand strategies, but also on small decisions—moments of hesitation, chances not taken. With Britain now out of the fight, the world stands at a precipice, and Germany’s full strength is unleashed upon an unsuspecting Soviet Union. Stalin, blind to the threat, refuses to see the warnings of impending doom. As millions of German troops surge across the border, the very fate of nations hangs in the balance.

What began as a dream slowly turned into a story to be shared. A story I would like to share with you.

Historians describe great wars as the clash of armies, the strategies of generals, the choices of leaders. But history is also shaped by the smallest moments—the flick of a wrist, the turn of a head, a slight hesitation. A single moment, barely noticed, that cascades into something far greater. And the world changes forever.

In today's digital landscape, many organisations believe their security investments make them impervious to cyberattacks. Yet breaches continue to dominate headlines, leaving executives wondering: "How did this happen despite our compliance certificates and security tools?" Drawing from 19 years of frontline cybersecurity experience, Sandeep Jaryal reveals the critical blind spots that leave organisations vulnerable regardless of their security budgets.

What if your true love lived a hundred lives and you had to find her in each one? JJ wakes up aboard the most famous ship in history, with no memory of how he got there and a pocket watch ticking backward. He doesn’t belong in 1912. But somewhere on this voyage is the woman he’s been chasing across time. Her name is Evelyn. The moment he sees her, he knows: he’s been here before. But fate isn’t kind, and the ship they’re on is heading straight toward disaster.

After some trouble-making degenerates squatting on some farmland belonging to a kind peaceful farming couple decide to cut down the famous Sycamore tree of Sycamore Gap when receiving an eviction notice, they unleash an ancient avenging spirit of nature upon themselves, and will, hopefully, meet a ghastly end as punishment for their crimes.

Bernie O'Shaughnessy is a ruthless loan shark and small time gangster. After finding out his ex-wife Dawn has kept a dark secret from him for many years, he decides to make her pay. After a long stint in prison, Bernie is back and ready to confront Dawn. He wants to rekindle his relationship with his estranged son Jimmy and have him working in the 'family' business. Bernie hasn't considered the many enemies he's made along the way.

Follow along as Senior Demon Deumus teaches fledgling tempter Bentrock how to steer his prey, a Texas prison inmate, toward the wide gate that leads to destruction. One would think that securing the damnation of this "bunch of criminals, thugs, and addicts" would be an easy task, but, as Deumus notes, it is not. "If they start to consider themselves - now naked and in a cage - the terrible, awful, incontrovertible truth occurs to even the hardest heart: I was made for more than this."