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John Sharp, a.k.a. One Eyed Jack, is a man on the lookout for people just like you and me. And as blackmailers go, he’s as professional as they come. He’s a full-time snoop, but he’s not for hire - he’s on the hunt. His days consist of discovering, documenting, contacting and then collecting from his various targets. And that target could be you. Think of him as a spider that takes nest in a web of your own making. But he isn’t a blood sucker, he’s just a man who knows how to keep a secret - for a price.

June, 1951. It's a tense summer in the City of Angels. A killer is on the loose. She's blonde, she's beautiful, and she murders bad guys. On three different occasions, she thwarted a mugging in progress, saving the innocent, dispatching the guilty, and fading away like a whisper in the rain. She never waits around for thanks. Apparently, she doesn't want any. Who is this woman?

Logan Talbot is no stranger to war. Retired from the Marine Corps, he watches as his best friend now fights a different kind of battle against a deadly illness. A fight that requires more money that either of them have. So when Logan is approached by a stranger with an offer that seems too good to be true—a chance to win millions of dollars in cash on Black Friday—he knows it’s his only chance to help his friend. What he doesn’t know is that he will find himself locked in a shopping mall with dozens of other desperate contestants.

Join Harrison the chipmunk on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment in 'OUCH!' As he grapples with bullying at school, Harrison learns valuable lessons in self-advocacy and empathy with the guidance of Counselor Dan. Through heartfelt storytelling, this book teaches young listeners the importance of standing up for oneself and fostering understanding and friendship.

Tom Stodulka has loved to write for many years, though as a child he found this form of expression was a struggle. As the years progressed, through high school and law school, Stodulka gained an appreciation of language and how it could be used as a tool for making a difference. His confidence grew enough to write diaries of his life in the Navy and eventually in 1976, on board the HMAS Duchess, he wrote his first poem, The World and the Future, which features in his first publication, Storm Clouds and Silver Linings; My Journey.

Tom Keeler is in Ankara, Turkey, on a joint CIA / JSOC mission. A routine signal from a safe house is missed and he's the one sent to check it out. Things get a little tricky from there. The missed signal leads Keeler on a devastating journey into the heart of the Syrian civil war. He needs to beat the clock and get to a wounded comrade before it's too late. At the same time, multiple intelligence agencies are drawn to a mysterious woman, who might or might not be related to the most wanted man on the planet.

Ren has a problem, and it’s not his heroin addiction. Or that he’s wanted for murdering his step-father. He’s being haunted by something far worse than the ghost of his dead sister. When he hitches a ride with Lefty, Jersey, and Geena, a group of itinerant addicts on the run from their own problems, he starts to believe maybe things are looking up. But there’s something wrong with Lefty. Something unnatural. Something that wants to see them all dead. Can Ren stop it in time, or will he end up torn apart on the side of the highway? Or worse?

From the award nominated author of It Eats Your Hunger, comes the story of Adam Bell, a young man who accepts a job at Wild Mountain Wolf Sanctuary, a hidden facility in a secluded corner of the New Mexico desert. The work is hard but fulfilling, helping Adam come into his own and take hold of his humanity. However, beneath the earth, The Rabbit Man is awakening, a wretched terror hellbent on stripping that humanity away. Plagued by horrific visions and running out of time, he has a choice to make: fight to survive, or become nothing more than a forgotten Dead Rabbit.

A depressed young orphan discovers a room that changes every time someone enters. A repair store owner who seems to be able to fix everything. A dangerous imaginary friend who might not be entirely imaginary.

Mick Winters spent three summers as a child with his aunt in a small, rural town, where everyone is your neighbor. He hasn’t been back in 20 years. But when his aunt passes and leaves her house to him with the note “and you know why”, he finds the old town exactly the way he remembers. Everything is the same—including the thing in the cellar he tried so hard to forget. Except now, the rules have changed. What once lurked in the dark, hiding, only to disappear again if you looked closely, is now more powerful than ever before.

1977. In a small town called Midnight, North Carolina, 12-year-old Kyle Mackey ventures toward a strange new world called manhood. Kyle's older brother Dan is going away to college. The night before Dan's flight leaves for Florida, Kyle visits what he calls his "Secret Place"—an old shack in the woods bordering Midnight. But Kyle stumbles upon something that proves his favorite spot in the world is neither as private nor as innocent as he once thought. It begins with the naked, battered corpse of a young woman. And, standing over her, a man Kyle knows....

Meet Caitlyn Grey. She can blink, separating her mind from her body. She should be a hero. Instead, she’s on the run, on the far side of the world. Because what hunts her is an agency like no other. From the devices in our pockets to the media that shapes our perception, the Foundation has access to everything…and answers to no one. Except Agent Michaels, an eccentric investigator who once walked its shadowy halls. Alone, they won’t stand a chance. Together, they might have a shot at stopping an unthinkable new weapon, one that will shatter the very fabric of our world.

Join Jackson Arthur in calling out the strange, unnerving, and terrifying in these and other haunting tales. During a power outage, phantoms from the past return to carry out primitive vendettas. When a lonely boy loses his new best friend, fear and anguish pierce the veil between life and death. A bad trip results in a visit by not-so-funny clowns. Can a mourning father save his lost boy at a deserted cabin in the woods?

It’s the '60s: a time of war and revolution. It is a time of demonstrations and riots. The nation is tearing itself apart. Robbie Doyle's life, too, is in chaos. Robbie's father had died suddenly. He and his mother had moved to Florida, and now he was lost in a new school and town. Then the day Kennedy was shot, he would meet people that would define his next years: Samatha (Sam) and Nick, both from the wrong side of things. Civil rights, Vietnam, and the draft would change them all. The one place he found peace was surfing at 29th Street South.

Something strange is happening in Cleveland. Peaceful, law-abiding citizens are turning into violent criminals. Homicide detective Noah Wright isn’t willing to accept the incidents may be supernatural in nature…until he comes face-to-face with the True Self, a dark elemental determined to blanket the world in darkness. Can Project Specter stop the force in time, or will all secrets be revealed?

Some art takes on a life of its own. A beautiful house. A loving family. Two kids, a dog, and a tenure-track professorship teaching art at the local university. Dan Rineheart is living the dream. But all dreams must end. When an anonymous painting arrives at the university, Dan is tasked with uncovering the artist. No title. No name. No signature or frame. It’s a disturbing work of grotesque perfection. A work of art...that changes with each viewing. So begins the nightmare. Where painted clocks tick-tock in the dark hours before dawn.

Driven is a candid and entertaining personal story taking the listener through the little known world of the stuntman. Forty-five years of memories offer a fascinating look that chronicles the rise of a stuntman turned director. With behind-the-scenes tales from such films as Predator, The Warriors, Rollerball, and James Bond, listeners will experience the sheer determination it takes to maintain a career as a stuntman and climb the ranks of the film industry to become a director.

Meet Caitlyn Grey: 26, agoraphobic, and blind. She travels the world without leaving home. Caitlyn can blink - sending her mind across earth. It’s a skill she’s kept hidden, one she shares with this killer. To the police, it’s the impossible: How could a blind woman see a crime that didn’t leave prints? But to Michaels, it’s just the break his investigation needs. He’s uncovered a pattern among the dead doctors, scientists, and professors - a connection to a Cold War experiment that weaponized the mind.

A street gang has moved into the old neighborhood, selling drugs and leaving their mark. When Slater steps in to help a woman being harassed by a gang member, he makes a dangerous enemy, and befriends a small boy. Slater and Maggie are both suspects when the woman is found dead, but there are plenty of possibilities. A billion-dollar land deal, a victim with a drug habit, and a grizzled police detective that might be on the take, all offer plenty of intrigue.

In 1945, Isabela de Cordoba’s great-grandfather, the famous silent movie actor Lorenzo de Cordoba, mysteriously hid a legendary, multimillion-dollar emerald somewhere on the family’s sprawling Eucalyptus Street estate. Seventy years later, the gem remains concealed. Nicknamed the “Green Curse”, the emerald is blamed for the Southern California familia’s numerous, untimely deaths.