New Terrors

In the sleepy town of Shadow Cove, Maine, a woman’s desperate flight becomes a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse. After escaping Iraq with her twin sister, Jasmine seeks refuge from Qasim, the terrorist she was forced to marry. She’s determined to carve out a safe haven in this peaceful coastal town for herself and her unborn child. But her dangerous pursuer threatens to shatter her fragile world, leaving her with nowhere to hide. Enter Derrick, a guardian angel in the guise of a friend. Drawn to Jasmine's quiet strength, Derrick vows to shield her from harm, even as the boundaries of ...

Existentialism is the literary cri de coeur resulting from the realization that without God, everything good, true, and beautiful in human life is destined to be destroyed in a pitiless material cosmos. Theodore Dalrymple and Kenneth Francis examine the main existentialist works, from Ecclesiastes to the Theatre of the Absurd, each man coming from a different perspective. Francis is a believer, Dalrymple is not, but both empathize with the struggle to find meaning in a seemingly meaningless universe. This book is part literary criticism, part philosophical exploration....

In the shadow of Mount Hood in the US Pacific Northwest, 16-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister, Sophie. The girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the noise only gets worse....

Evil is raging on the 20th floor of an apartment building on the West Side. In an open window, a hideous blind nun perpetually gazing...watching. A body, burned beyond recognition. Then two more murders...strangely connected. And the discoverer, a beautiful young woman, raped. Her innocent child exposed to horror. Her husband, furious, relentlessly set on revenge.

During 1967 and 1968, when he was subject to nonstop surveillance and harassment from both human and supernatural spooks, intrepid Fortean investigator John A. Keel made extensive field notes concerning the phenomena he was confronting in West Virginia and New York: UFOs, Men in Black, creature entities, ultraterrestrials, and odd coincidences and synchronicities. The result was a series of concise, thematically related reports, many of which were incorporated into magazine articles for Saga, Fate, and Flying Saucer Review.

The shocking murders carried out by an unknown serial killer in London's East End during the autumn of 1888, haunted the public imagination at the time and have continued to exert a baleful influence ever since. But what was it like to live through those terrifying weeks? This audiobook looks at the crimes of Jack the Ripper through the eyes of Londoners, including the rumors that swept through the capital city, the alarms, the riots, the persecutions, the suspicions, and the sheer naked terror of the awful autumn when a killer stalked the streets.

A New Year’s celebration turns to terror as lovers and friends are besieged by inexplicable accidents. Someone is intent on murder. Is it a guest – or a ghost? In an independent sequel to McMahon's modern gothic romance, RETURN OF THE GULLS, Stacey Christian and Peter Mansfield pair up again to solve another mystery. Set at a secluded lake in the remote New England countryside, Stacey and Peter join a diverse cast of characters to celebrate the New Year holiday. From the moment Stacey sets eyes on the imposing old mansion, recently inherited by her childhood friend, Holly Purcell, she ...

Millions died the first few seconds of the Big One. Millions more the next minute. The Big One had finally come. But it was not caused by nature. It was created by an unknown group of terrorists, who live inside our planet. They flattened the world’s greatest cities by creating a giant Earthquake, the Big One. Earth gathered its best and formed an army to crush the terrorists: THE HOLLOW EARTH SPECIAL FORCES! First Team, as it was named, was led by the President of the United States. But now it’s been over a year, and nothing further has been heard from First Team. Two members of First ...

Lucinda Jones paced around the room, debating which kind of criminal she’d need more for her task: a drug kingpin or a mafia boss? They had both been summoned to this mysterious rendezvous. Lucy surveyed her thick black book of contacts who frequented Club Twilight during its off-hours. When someone asked for Lucy’s help in resolving their dilemma, she never said no—but there was always a caveat. She might come calling for assistance one day. It had been ten years since two men came begging for Lucy's aid; and now Lucinda was due to collect on that debt. Indebtedness to Lucinda Jones ...

What lurks within the darkness? What crawls outside of our perception? What happens when the world as we know it stops making sense? When reality isn't what it seems, and the rules no longer apply...

This book is a veritable and gripping snapshot of the opening half decade of the 21st century. From this perspective of the multifaceted social world, it is crucial to bear in mind that it was written from a type of historical and panoramic bird's-eye view in 2006. As telling as it is arousing, it leaves in its wake compelling implications for the future.

Twenty-three stories of horror, violence, blood, and evil to keep you up all night! Light a candle, and get comfortable as you are chased by maniacs, eaten by ghouls, and even buried alive....

You need to know that, in the 21st century, the military fabricates terror events to scare the populace into increasing their budget. This practice has only assumed center stage in recent times, since the 9/11 event. These events consolidate right-wing government and are used to demonize an innocent party which receives the blame, usually Muslims.

Dive into a world where an ancient gypsy mask holds power over life and death. In "Masked Shadows" retired NFL Saints coach Joe and his allies face a malevolent force emanating from the depths of Russian folklore. As they grapple with creeping algae that threatens annihilation, the key to salvation lies in secrets as old as time itself. Are you prepared to witness what lies within a giant New Orleans warehouse?