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Shadow in the Mine by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCalled to investigate a mystery at a local gypsum mine, paranormal detective, Tempest Michaels, expects to find a rational explanation for the strange events …… instead, he discovers a body and a horrified staff.Recent earthworks exposed something ancient, twisted, and above all evil. It has claimed one life already and the staff are terrified for who might be next... -
![Four Horsemen by Dave Turner]()
Four Horsemen by Dave Turner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDecember 1874 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are looking forward to a traditional Christmas with plenty of food, alcohol and the odd duel. But then Death meets Elizabeth, a young girl with unusual gifts, who needs their protection... -
![I Have Been All Things Unholy by Bexless]()
I Have Been All Things Unholy by Bexless
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy Chemical Romance AU“He thinks I have stigmata,” Frank said, because what the fucking hell, it couldn't get any worse. He might as well just lay it out.“Oh, well,” said Brian into his hands. “Of course... -
![Medium Things by Erin Huss]()
Medium Things by Erin Huss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people. I'm not your typical medium. The kind portrayed on your favorite television shows. The spirits who visit me aren't interested in reuniting with loved ones. Nope. The spirits I connect with have sought me out for one thing and one thing only: justice... -
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![To Teach a Witch by Juliette Harper]()
To Teach a Witch by Juliette Harper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA pen scratches in the night. A rat faces his past. A wizard pays for his crimes. The opening of the magical sanctuary of Tír na nÓg has rocked the foundations of Fae society. Isherwood sits in the Tower of Londinium awaiting trial, while Jinx and the special ops team circle the globe dealing with nonconformi incidents... -
![Gilliflowers by Gillibran Brown]()
Gilliflowers by Gillibran Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings‘Fasten your seatbelts for another round of domestic adventures with houseboy Gillibran Brown. In his own words: ‘think of me as a gay male version of Flora Thompson writing not so much about Larkrise to Candleford as Arsehole to Breakfast Time. The BBC will never commission it as a series, but there you go, it’s their loss... -
![The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service]()
The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn 1986 Kids Can Press published an edition of Robert Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee" illustrated by painter Ted Harrison, who used his signature broad brushstrokes and unconventional choice of color to bring this gritty narrative poem to life... -
![To All A Good Night: A Mary O'Reilly Short Story by Terri Reid]()
To All A Good Night: A Mary O'Reilly Short Story by Terri Reid
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's Mary O'Reilly's first Christmas in Freeport and she's stranded by a snowstorm, so she can't make it home to Chicago for the holidays. During the storm she learns the true meaning of Christmas with the help of her new friends, Stanley and Rosie... -
![Uncharted Territory by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson]()
Uncharted Territory by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrab a latté, a box of Kleenex and a clean pair of panties. Carolyn Ridder Aspenson has done it again. —Lynn/Two Girls & a Book Suburban housewife Angela Panther didn't want to communicate with the dead, but the universe had other plans.. -
![A Ghostly Secret by Tonya Kappes]()
A Ghostly Secret by Tonya Kappes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmma Lee Raines, proprietor of a small-town Kentucky funeral home, Eternal Slumber, is a “Betweener,” helps ghosts stuck between here and the ever-after— only murdered ghosts. After Emma Lee solves who murdered them, only then can they cross over to the Great Beyond, Big Guy In The Sky.Emma Lee is up against a cold case that happened before she’d even gotten her “Betweener” gift... -
![Omnibus: Skeleton Crew / Different Seasons by Stephen King]()
Omnibus: Skeleton Crew / Different Seasons by Stephen King
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the back cover:Stephen King, the world's greatest writer of horror fiction, weaves tales of the purest terror with two of his bestselling collections in one outstanding omnibus volume.Read these pages and you will feel the hairs on the nape of your neck rise... -
![The Ghost of Crowford School by Amy Cross]()
The Ghost of Crowford School by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe year is 1988, and the old Crowford School building is about to be knocked down. Before that happens, however, three schoolchildren are determined to discover the truth about an old legend... -
![Sir Simon: Super Scarer by Cale Atkinson]()
Sir Simon: Super Scarer by Cale Atkinson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA delightful, funny story of friendship, ghost chores, a spooky house and a professional haunter.Meet Sir Simon, Super Scarer. He's a professional ghost who has been transferred to his first house. And just in time! He was getting tired of haunting bus stops and forests and potatoes... -
![Raven: The Balance: Book Two by Nick Shamhart]()
Raven: The Balance: Book Two by Nick Shamhart
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRaven is the second book in The Balance series - a collection of paranormal thrillers dealing with the unseen world of balancing powers.Too often life is viewed in terms of good and evil, black or white, and the balance point tipping in either direction is ignored... -
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![Critters from the Poo Lagoon : A 24/7 Demon Mart Creature Feature (24/7 Demon Mart Stories Book 2) by D.M. Guay]()
Critters from the Poo Lagoon : A 24/7 Demon Mart Creature Feature (24/7 Demon Mart Stories Book 2) by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and the creatures who just crawled out of the toilet at Jennifer Wallace's charity luau. Wait, what? Back up.It's Friday night, and the Wallace family is hosting a charity pool party at Caroline Ford Vanderbilt's super snooty Country Club... -
![Hide And Seek by M.L. Briers]()
Hide And Seek by M.L. Briers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarley had decided that it was time to step up to life and be a grown up. Her friends, Sage and Geri, however, were still living the party lifestyle that was about to bring trouble right to her door in the form of three sexy wolf shifters with an eye on mating. Sage was a nightmare all of her own making. When things went wrong she liked nothing better than to play hide and seek in Marley’s pantry... -
![Night of the Living Dummy II by Carol Ellis, Rick Drew]()
Night of the Living Dummy II by Carol Ellis, Rick Drew
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe may be used, but he's still alive and kicking. Slappy, the ventriloquist dummy, can walk, talk, and make a lot of trouble on his own. Amy was hoping to get a new dummy, but when her dad brings home Slappy, the horror begins... -
![The Revenge of the Mercy Belle by Amy Cross]()
The Revenge of the Mercy Belle by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe year is 1950, and a great tragedy has struck the town of Crowford. Three local men have been killed in a storm, after their fishing boat the Mercy Belle sank. A mysterious fourth man, however, was rescued. Nobody knows who he is, or what he was doing on the Mercy Belle... and the man has lost his memory.Five years later, messages from the dead warn of impending doom for Crowford... -
![Boot Points by Ann Charles]()
Boot Points by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsListening Length: 1 hour, 11 minutesIt’s not really about the boots … or is it?BOOT POINTS is a set of short tales about Violet Parker’s purple boots. It is set in the story time between the third and fourth books in the Deadwood Mystery series. Each tale not only explains more of Violet’s history, but also shows the role each character plays in Violet’s life... -
![Ten Timid Ghosts by Jennifer O'Connell]()
Ten Timid Ghosts by Jennifer O'Connell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's Halloween, and ten timid ghosts in a haunted house have a problem: a mean witch is preparing to move in and scare them away, one by one! Young trick-or-treaters learn to count backwards from ten to one as each ghost flies away to the woods after seeing a gleaming skeleton, a bat black as night, a frightening hoot owl, or an enormous rat, just a few of all the witch's tricks... -
![Monster Blood by Elizabeth Winfrey, Rick Drew]()
Monster Blood by Elizabeth Winfrey, Rick Drew
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvan and Andy are in a sticky situation when they buy a can of "Monster Blood" in an old toy store. The green goo is growing... -
![Odd Interlude #1 by Dean Koontz]()
Odd Interlude #1 by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLeading up to the highly anticipated arrival of Odd Apocalypse this summer, catch up with Odd Thomas in Odd Interlude, a special three-part eBook series by #1 bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz! Here is the spine-tingling 70-page first installment of this super-charged stand-alone Odd adventure. THERE’S ROOM AT THE INN. BUT YOU MIGHT NOT GET OUT... -
![Grey: The Balance: Book One by Nick Shamhart]()
Grey: The Balance: Book One by Nick Shamhart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrey is a paranormal thriller dealing with the unseen world of balancing powers. Too often life is viewed in terms of good and evil, black or white, and the balance point tipping in either direction is ignored... -
![Ghostbusters: Tobin's Spirit Guide by Erik Burnham]()
Ghostbusters: Tobin's Spirit Guide by Erik Burnham
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis dynamic in-universe book takes fans inside the world of Ghostbusters like never before. In the first Ghostbusters movie, Tobin’s Spirit Guide is a comprehensive supernatural encyclopedia used by our heroes to research ghouls and ghosts... -
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![Raven Revivals by Amy Cross]()
Raven Revivals by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeep beneath the village of Rippon, the Devil's body still rests in its tomb. But powerful forces are determined to break in and steal the body, and only one thing stands between those forces and total world domination.Her name is Sam and she's a gardener.One year after Grave Girl, Sam is still working at the cemetery in Rippon... -
![Ghost of a Chance by Lauren Barnholdt]()
Ghost of a Chance by Lauren Barnholdt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKendall takes drastic action when she encounters ghostly overwhelm in this third book in a tween series that Kirkus Reviews calls “bright, bubbly fun.”Kendall feels like she’s losing at life. The only people who will talk to her are ghosts, and she’s exhausted from trying to fix their problems... -
![The Picture of Dorian Gray and the Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde]()
The Picture of Dorian Gray and the Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLista de obras por géneroLista de obras por orden alfabéticoLista de obras por orden cronológicoBiografía de Oscar Wilde Lista de obras por género Prosa :: Cuentos :: Poemas :: Teatro Prosa El retrato de Dorian Gray (su única novela)El crimen de lord Arthur Saville y otras historias:El crimen de lord Arthur SavilleEl fantasma de CantervilleLa esfinge sin secretoEl modelo millonarioEl retrato... -
![Go Eat Worms! by Tracey West, Rick Drew]()
Go Eat Worms! by Tracey West, Rick Drew
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey're creepy and they're crawly -- they're totally disgusting! Obsessed with worms? That's putting it mildly. Todd is so fascinated with worms, he keeps a worm farm in his basement! Most of all, Todd loves torturing his sister and her best friend with worms. Dropping them in their hair. Down their backs. Until one day, after cutting a worm in half, Todd notices something strange... -
![The Coldwater Haunting by Michael Richan]()
The Coldwater Haunting by Michael Richan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn isolated house. Ghosts in the windows. Something climbing the stairs.Ron lands the home of his dreams, isolated on a rural mountain, away from the noise and crowds of the city. With the house in need of repairs, he works on fixing it up before his wife and son join him. Unfortunately, the more he repairs, the more problems he uncovers... -
![Cradle to Grave by Amy Cross]()
Cradle to Grave by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“We still don't know who he is. Sometimes he seems to be a madman, other times he seems calm and clinical. It's almost as if he's two different men at once.” Desperately in need of help, Maddie travels to Stratford so she can start hunting for her only friend. When she arrives, however, she discovers that the city's obsession with Jack the Ripper is getting worse... -
![The Ghosts of David Brook by Amy Cross]()
The Ghosts of David Brook by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery year, on the last night of January, the ghost of Catherine Bannister walks the streets of Alford. And every year, she claims another victim. When he sets off for another all-night shift in his taxi, David Brook knows all the ghost stories about Alford, but he can't turn down the chance to earn some extra money... -
![Dead Romantic by Ruth Saberton]()
Dead Romantic by Ruth Saberton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat do you do if you come face to face with a ghost? Put it down to a bump on the head and work stress if you’re a respected academic like Cleo Carpenter. With Christmas approaching, professional rivalry afoot and a best friend determined to interfere in her love life the strain is clearly starting to get to her... -
![Who Killed the Ghost in the Library? by Teresa Watson]()
Who Killed the Ghost in the Library? by Teresa Watson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCam Shaw is an out-of-work ghost writer who places an ad in the newspaper looking for a new client. When she gets a reply and meets the client, she gets more than she bargained for. She's thrown into a 60-year-old mystery, but somebody doesn't want the truth to come out, and they are willing to go to any lengths to keep that from happening...even if it means killing Cam... -
![Honeybear Halloween by Jacqueline Sweet]()
Honeybear Halloween by Jacqueline Sweet
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Double Shot of Shifters! Two steamy Halloween novellas will get your blood pumping, and your heart racing. This pair of stand-alone paranormal romances are hot enough to steam up your Kindle. In Midnight Feast, a mischievous shifter spikes the punch at the town's Halloween party. Only Sebastian, the Alpha's son, can stop the mayhem before it rips the tavern apart... -
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![Sexting with a Ghost by Ashlynn Mills]()
Sexting with a Ghost by Ashlynn Mills
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDarcyStarting over isn't easy. My boyfriend was abusive, my family controlling, and I lost my studio where I kept most of my work. The new room I'm renting isn't much to look at but the owner said I could use the basement as a new working space. Weird things start to happen the more I go down there and even though I'm the only person in the room, I can't help but get a feeling I'm not alone... -
![他们都说我遇到了鬼 [They All Say I Encountered a Ghost] by Cyan Wings, 青色羽翼]()
他们都说我遇到了鬼 [They All Say I Encountered a Ghost] by Cyan Wings, 青色羽翼
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHello, everyone. My name is Shen JianGuo. I’m a night school teacher. I mainly teach the subjects of (Marxist) philosophy and ethics. I occasionally review new policies and measures for the students. I never see my colleagues and students during the day. The training institute classrooms are all abandoned schools, hospitals, or houses... -
![Scary School by Derek The Ghost]()
Scary School by Derek The Ghost
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou think your school's scary?Get a load of these teachers:Ms. Fang, an 850-year-old vampireDr. Dragonbreath, who just might eat you before recessMr. Snakeskin—science class is so much more fun when it's taught by someone who's half zombieMrs... -
![Connected by Jolyn Palliata]()
Connected by Jolyn Palliata
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA rock group’s rhythm guitarist, Rhys Alexander, dies and finds himself bound inside the body of a woman he’s never met... -
![Broken Spirits by S.A. Hunter]()
Broken Spirits by S.A. Hunter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere is the long awaited third book in the Scary Mary Series -- Broken Spirits! Mary has been through a lot recently. She defeated a Shadowman, saved Vicky from a coma, and got a date to homecoming. She's ready for life to settle down and be a bit boring so she can catch her breath and process everything that she's been through. But she isn't going to get any downtime... -
![The Old Man's Back in Town by Ann Charles]()
The Old Man's Back in Town by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA sizzling, suspenseful SHORT STORY wrapped in a puzzling mystery that will leave you hungry for more. **It’s “Groundhog Day” meets the modern day Old West!** In the lonely mining ghost town of Goldwash, Nevada, Christmas has come early... -
![Stalking Shadows by S.A. Hunter]()
Stalking Shadows by S.A. Hunter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMary’s back, and she has to help Vicky, her nemesis. While on a date, Vicky gets into car wreck that leaves her in a coma. Through dreams, she reaches out to Mary for help. Mary isn’t happy to help her, but she’s willing to do almost anything to get the cheerleader out of her head... -
![The Bake Shop Ghost by Jacqueline K. Ogburn]()
The Bake Shop Ghost by Jacqueline K. Ogburn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCora Lee Merriweather baked the best pies and cakes for miles—fluffy meringue pies, flaky strudels, layer cakes, sheet cakes, and cakes with frosting finer than Irish lace. But now Cora Lee haunts the shop she used to own.When new bakers arrive to take over her empty bake shop, Cora Lee scares them away, each and every one. Then Annie Washington comes to town . . .Jacqueline K... -
![The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume 1 by James D. Jenkins, Pilar Pedraza]()
The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume 1 by James D. Jenkins, Pilar Pedraza
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat if there were a whole world of great horror fiction out there you didn't know anything about, written by authors in distant lands and in foreign languages, outstanding horror stories you had no access to, written in languages you couldn't read? For an avid horror fan, what could be more horrifying than that?For this groundbreaking volume, the first of its kind, the editors of Valancourt... -
![Wife of the Left Hand by M.L. Bullock]()
Wife of the Left Hand by M.L. Bullock
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAvery Dufresne had the perfect life--a rock star boyfriend, a high-profile career in the anchor chair on a national news program. Until a dangerous threat brings her perfect world to a shattering stop. Avery loses everything but when she emerges from the darkness she finds she has a new ability--a supernatural one... -
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![The Haunter by R.L. Stine]()
The Haunter by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and after you. Just in time for Halloween, a super special edition!Sammy Baker is a quiet kid who wishes he wasn't so shy and timid. He is frightened but eager to prove he can be brave. On Halloween night, he follows his friends to the Marple House, an abandoned mansion on the other side of town... -
![Arcane Dropout 2 by Edmund Hughes]()
Arcane Dropout 2 by Edmund Hughes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter forming a pact with the ghost of a former student, Lee Amaranth has gained a limited amount of spellcasting ability. It’s anyone’s guess how far three spells per day will take him, however. Now that he’s serving as an apprentice to Harper, his sister’s former lover and the school’s resident ice queen, the expectations on him are higher than ever... -
![Dudes, the School Is Haunted! by R.L. Stine, Trip Park]()
Dudes, the School Is Haunted! by R.L. Stine, Trip Park
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJoe Sweety is the worst kind of bully -- big, mean, and always ready to use his fists. Chipmunk is the shiest, clumsiest kid at Rotten School. When Chipmunk is paired with Joe on the class trip, things get ugly -- and fast! Chipmunk spills his apple juice on Joe, he barfs on Joe, and he pulls down Joe's pants. All accidents, of course... -
![I Just Want You To Be Happy by Amy Cross]()
I Just Want You To Be Happy by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA ghost story about love, loss and a dying woman's last words to the husband she must leave behind. Desperate to find a room she can rent, Hazel answers an advert placed by reclusive widower Michael Emery. When she visits Michael's home, Hazel is given a shocking offer: she can live there rent-free, with no bills to pay, provided she agrees to spend one night with him in his bed each week... -
![The Girl in the Woods by Michael Robertson]()
The Girl in the Woods by Michael Robertson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou’re tired, it’s the dead of night, and you’re driving down a dark country lane alone. You think you see a child wondering through the woods. Do you stop? Andy must make that choice. Either option will change his life forever. But with a life like his, maybe change is a good thing.The Girl in the Woods - A Ghost’s Story is the first in a collection of Off-Kilter Tales... -
![This is Gonna Hurt by A.I. Nasser]()
This is Gonna Hurt by A.I. Nasser
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPhilip is terribly upset.Things have not been going well. He lost his job, his home, and his girlfriend is sleeping with his best friend. Life just doesn’t seem worthwhile anymore.But he has a plan. He will bring suffering to every single person who hurt him. Every cruel act visited upon him will be met with grave retribution.Revenge has never been more horrifying...
![他们都说我遇到了鬼 [They All Say I Encountered a Ghost] by Cyan Wings, 青色羽翼](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/668bba28f88bc0eb2d5b9915.jpg)
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