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Nothing ever happens in the little village of Pittsburg—that is, until it does. For 14-year-old Joe Anderson, that was the case during the summer of 1992. The events that unfolded following a childhood game of hide and go seek in the woods changed the face of a small town and left a mark that was forever etched into the recesses of a boy's heart and mind.

Fresh on probation for his unconventional methods of handling exorcisms, Father Schnitt is burdened to describe his encounters with the possessed. With brutal honesty and nothing to hide, the rogue Father details his procedures for extraction and his arsenal of weaponry, including a crucifix, shotguns, and machetes. Last, but not least, whiskey is not only the Father’s cause of addiction, but also serves as his greatest weapon and ally.

From the author of Yellowstone Shifters come three frightful tales set in America's renowned parks. A Yellowstone dishwasher catches a grotesque trout, unleashing an insidious catastrophe... A young ranger in the Everglades releases a slinking killer in her shallow waters... And a former pro-wrestler is pitted against a hairy, bipedal creature that isn’t what everyone thinks it is.

Daniel Nash, a recent widower drifting through life, takes a job remodeling an isolated old house in the Louisiana bayou. His life takes a sudden terrifying turn when an 18-year-old woman staggers out of the misty darkness, bloodied and beaten. She desperately pleads for Daniel’s help, and warns him that her attacker is right behind her.

In this installment of the Jackson Stafford series, we find ourselves in the office of the new reporter, Jacob Jacobson. He and his fellow reporter Ronald Hollingsworth have been given an opportunity of a lifetime when Senator Bailey’s assistant calls them. Don and Nancy, the NSA professional dissecting the Pandora Project case, will connect the dots and draw the conclusions as to who and what is going on at the Project.

In this historical fiction, we follow our main character, Mike Allen, throughout his journey of modern exploration on the Queen Mary. Mike quickly makes the company of a young concierge named Katharina, who he avails on his journey. The two are deadest for a flash in the pan romp on the Queen Mary, but soon find out that they both might have gotten more than they bargained for.

When their father disappears and their mother dies, child siblings Rose and David Wells face the cruel streets of 1844 Buffalo, New York. Daring to dream beyond their wretched circumstance, they escape a brutal slave master, change their names to Deacon and Marie Hickman, and begin a new life on the shores of Lake Erie in the care and nurture of Ken and Lorna Hunsaker.

In the soul-crushing beige of an Idaho IRS office, where fluorescent lights hum endless and the radio loops forgotten hits, Elliot toils over tax forms, auditing losses that mirror his own. Trapped in a purgatory of mildew-stained carpets and petty office wars, he’s haunted by dreams he never chased, a life unlived. Amid the droning despair of coworkers reduced to shadows, each clinging to their rituals of donuts, weather reports, and futile team-building, a spark of chaos ignites, threatening to unravel the fragile order.

Stephen Bradford is a teenager who continually suffers from inner turmoil revolving around the family dysfunction he experiences at home as well as complications in school. He decides he wants to throw a high school party right around the time his mother leaves for a business trip. On the eve of the celebrations, Stephen begins to notice subtle changes in the atmosphere that call to mind traumatic and horrifying experiences from his childhood that are about to intermingle with the present in the most unexpected of ways.

Guns, hatchets, swords, and fists all come into play in this fast-paced, thrilling, emotionally gripping adventure of family, friendship, heartache, and romance. What price is Deacon willing to pay to preserve his new life? Will he squeeze the trigger on one friend to save another? But then, who will save him?

One Last Shindig—the new novella from the author of The Sound of Suffering, Nana, Crows, and Chasing the Dragon. The world as we know it is coming to an end, but this group of geriatrics on one last shindig have no idea what’s in store. As far as they’re concerned, they’re on a quick jaunt to see a cave full of glow worms and then back to the hotel for apple pie and custard. So, get the muscle spray ready and change into your big underpants, because you’re going to need them. Take your seat on this hilarious and terrifying coach tour into Hell.

Thirty years ago, the town of Peace Falls was flooded to build a hydroelectric dam. To this day, its ruins remain below the surface of Chapel Lake—including the church, miraculously undamaged after all these years, its steeple visible above the water. When his younger sister's body is found washed up on the shore, Owen Saddler follows in her footsteps to the cabin she'd rented on Chapel Lake, diving among the ruins below the surface.

After leaving her fiancé and quitting her job, veterinarian student Sadie Burrows meets with friends at a rental cabin on coastal Alabama’s Ward Island. Instead of a peaceful weekend, Sadie experiences devastation. A shadowy figure at the edge of the forest kills her best friend—her Australian Shepherd, Buddy—with a breath of smoke. The event leaves the once-reserved woman with a foggy memory of a tall man in a bowler hat and gentleman’s coat…and an unquenchable thirst for vengeance.

Geoff Ringer was a police detective, who never wanted to be more than that. Although he knew he had a telekinetic talent, it wasn’t something he wanted anyone to know about. Even though his reticence made him a loner, he hid his power from his friends and colleagues. Using it also reminded him of that night, which he never wanted to think about again.

Coming of age amidst Oceanside, California's ghostly pandemonium, Douglas Stanton learns that half of his soul remains trapped in the afterlife. All the while, a porcelain-masked entity, sculpted from history's worst atrocities, strategizes for massive scale bloodletting. How are The Phantom Cabinet's protagonist and antagonist linked to the missing Space Shuttle Conundrum? And how much havoc can haunted satellites wreak?

Park Ranger Henry RedMoon holds a dangerous family secret. When strange yet familiar murders begin to take place around Yellowstone, his worst nightmare is realized. A rogue shifter is killing people, and he wonders if his family has anything to do with it. One thing is plain to him, though: renowned archaeologist Dr. Donnan MacLeod is knee-deep in whatever trouble is afoot.

Hopes, dreams, and fears collide in this spellbinding collection of short stories by best-selling author Russ Towne. Find mystery, adventure, and romance in unexpected places, mixed with twists of irony and the supernatural in the 21 tales compiled from Towne's previously published collections, The Jagged Edge of Shadows and Shattered Darkness.

Investutech owns our world and others. Its technology fills our hands and heads, shaping our personalities and biology. What’s next for the company? What atrocities do its R&D facilities conceal? And how will the body-hijacking Flux Facers oppose biggest business?

On death’s door, broken, bleeding and wracked with pneumonia, Deacon believes his race to save loved ones is thwarted, but by the healing hands of a legless stranger, he is miraculously delivered. What will he do with a second chance at life? . . . at friendship? . . . at love? Accompanied by Tim Finlinson and Dillan McCall, Deacon resumes his race to save his family, but when he finds a collapsed chimney and charred rubble where the Lambert home once stood, grief consumes him. Soon after, one of the grave markers left by Ben Halladay provides consolation and new hope — Cole is alive!

Sylvia and Henry are an estranged couple. She is a romance writer living in New Haven, Connecticut, in a revolutionary mansion built by a relative of the then governor Trumball. Henry is Sylvia’s publisher, but is living in New York City. He occasionally visits as publishing duties require and to see their two children, now adults.