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Three years after a solar storm wiped out the power grid Adrian Hunter embarks on a journey to the mountains, determined to live and survive by utilizing his knowledge of stone age techniques. He encounters a band of raiders who attempt to take him prisoner - and Adrian's War begins.

On December 15, 1967, trauma erupted in West Virginia as the small river town of Point Pleasant had just experienced the deadliest bridge collapse in US history. Early that evening, lives in the Ohio River Valley were forever altered as the Silver Bridge connecting Point Pleasant to Kanauga, Ohio collapsed into the icy river below.

In 1863, a young woman's heritage is stolen from her, and she lays a terrible curse on the City of Angels. Now, in the 21st century, a teenaged girl with lethal psychic abilities arrives in Los Angeles, ready to ally herself with vengeful spirits of the past to feed her insatiable appetite for destruction. Only Gwen Michaelson, a natural healer afraid of her gifts, and Sam West, a broken amnesiac who was once a brilliant historian, stand against the psychotic and increasingly powerful May Blanco.

Stansbury is best known for the odd covered bridge that spans Stansbury Lake and goes nowhere, connecting no roads and serving no known purpose. The locals call it the Lakebridge. Very few know of its mysterious origins and fewer care to know more. Those visiting the town perhaps take a few snapshots and leave, their curiosity quelled by an uneasy feeling that they shouldn't think about it anymore.

Brad Steiger has communicated with literally hundreds of individuals who claim to have received messages directly from God - or from spacemen, angels, spirit guides, or other superhuman entities. It would be easy to dismiss these latter-day prophets as deluded, but amazingly, their revelations all have an internal consistency, a common theme: A time of judgment is at hand, and humankind must change its ways to avert disaster. Revelation: The Divine Fire presents actual warnings, predictions, and messages from a wide spectrum of contemporary revelators.

A collection of short stories ranging from horror to dark fantasy. All the stories herein share the mouth-watering carnal expectation of a dark embrace, a thrilling and forbidden kiss that promises to shred moral constraints and open the path to a new life of acceptance.

Mysterious Beauty: Living with the Paranormal in the Hudson Valley is a brief but thorough brief survey of the unique natural and cultural history of paranormal experience in the Hudson Valley region. It includes Native and early colonial reports and then profiles select individuals whose lives have been touched by the paranormal, either as experiencers, investigators, or both.

It's three years after the electrical grid was obliterated by a huge coronal mass ejection, and ninety-seven percent of America's population died. Adrian's war with the mountain cannibals is over and his uncle has called him home with chilling news. Something is going to annihiliate Adrian's home village, Fort Brazos. Roman won't say more than that over the radio. It takes Adrian three weeks to get home and find out what the coming threat is, and what he can do about it. Eden's Hammer begins with his arrival.

Four years after a massive solar storm knocked out the world's power grids, Adrian Hunter is off on another adventure. He has heard that the US Navy may have docked some ships at Corpus Christi, so he saddles up and heads that way. Before he gets there, he unintentionally rescues several girls,and has no idea how to get rid of them. So he does what comes naturally and trains them in hunting and combat proficiency, turning them into a tough and deadly fighting unit.

The final volume of the five-part Distant Eden series. Adrian isn't allowed to rest on his laurels but now must face an invasion from China. He faces an enemy that is ruthless and has vastly more manpower and resources.

Two bodies, one soul, breaking the rules of love and decency - pissing off the afterlife has never been more fun, and nothing will ever be the same.

Sten Jenkins was a Marine on a mission. That is until Miss High IQ ruined his plan. Now, instead of going undercover as a “Black Hat”, a criminal hacker, to the biggest hacker convention in Las Vegas, Sten has to babysit Izzy while she tries to draw out those who are selling her IT work on the dark web. But it all sounds a little too convenient to Sten when he realizes Izzy’s boyfriend is a global tech wizard, known to have dealings with North Korea. Elizabeth “Izzy” Benson has the brains to rival some of the best IT minds out there.

The ghost story has long been a staple of world literature, but many of the genre's greatest tales have been forgotten, overshadowed in many cases by their authors' best-selling work in other genres. In this spine-tingling anthology, little known stories from literary titans like Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton are collected alongside overlooked works from masters of horror fiction like Edgar Allan Poe and M. R. James. In bringing these masterful tales back from the dead, Ghost Stories will enlighten and frighten both longtime fans as well as new listeners of the genre.

What started out as a childhood friendship grew into an attraction that would have meant nothing but trouble for strait-laced Finn Jenkins and Sophie Dean, a daddy’s girl who liked to party with rock stars. When Finn returns home to Seattle after two tours of duty as a Navy SEAL, it doesn’t take long to realize he still has feelings for Sophie, who is no longer the impulsive, irresponsible young woman he walked away from all those years ago. Sophie Dean has worked long and hard to shed the rock-n-roll bad girl reputation she earned at college.

Truth and fiction meet in this collection of unnerving tales that merge Lovecraft with actual paranormal experiences, current events, and conspiracy.

Dive into the complete collection of tales from the Cobalt City’s Adventurers Club. From the gaslight mysteries of the nineteenth century, to mayhem in the twentieth century, to high-tech thrills of the twenty-first century, explore the city with its champions. Meet two generations of Wreckers, American Spirit, Wild Kat, and more. This expanded edition includes the beloved novella "Wrecker of Engines" plus new stories and bonus content. Welcome to Cobalt City, where the adventures keep changing but some superheroes are timeless.

World-renowned painter Alex Restin seems to have everything: Wealth, youth, a beautiful face, and an amazing body. Then his perfect life is shattered when his lover, Tony, is stricken by a mysterious illness which baffles medical science. Powerless to save the man he loves, Alex is caught in a maelstrom of conflicting, haunting emotions. In desperation, Alex turns to the Zodiac Men - 12 statues of indescribable beauty which decorate the converted library building where he lives.

It's the late '70s and Max and Little Billy are back from Vietnam trying to mind their own business when they stumble onto the murder of a local boy. With organized crime and local thugs on their trail, it's up to these two local heroes to solve the murder.

In this instance you might have bitten more than you can chew. I'm a little worried about you; you see, not everyone can handle this epic madness and trust me, this madness was not created for everyone. The team at SpookyNinjaKitty sent out 10 copies to supposed horror fans for feedback and by the very next day, six had dropped dead from heart attacks, three committed suicide and the last one has never seen again.

Within the first Modern Madness collection, Gateway to the Grotesque, the modern-day dark-hearted master of horror Tim Chizmar introduced the world to his quality tales of terror. Now, in The Screaming Virgins, he seeks to usher in a brand-new group of masterful storytellers to shock, disgust, and scare you out of your mind!