They were coming tonight to tell ghost stories 'A tale to freeze the blood' was the only rule Switzerland 1816 On a stormy summer night Lord Byron & his guests are gathered round the fire Felix their serving boy can't wait to hear their creepy tales Yet real life is about to take a chilling turn- more chilling than any tale Frantic pounding at the front door reveals a stranger a girl covered in the most unusual scars She claims to be looking for her sister supposedly snatched from England by a woman called Mary Shelley Someone else has followed her here too she says & the girl is terrified This breathtaking new book from Emma Carroll the critically-acclaimed author of Frost Hollow Hall The Girl Who Walked On Air In Darkling Wood & The Snow Sister is a deliciously creepy story inspired by the creation of Frankenstein & is brought to life by a leading talent in children's literature ...

Four short novels from the author of THE FIREMAN & HORNS ranging from creepy horror to powerful explorations of our modern society One autumnal day in Boulder Colorado the clouds open up in a downpour of nails splinters of bright crystal that tear apart anyone who isn't safely under cover ' Rain' explores this escalating apocalyptic event as clouds of nails spread out across the country & the world Amidst the chaos a girl studying law enforcement takes it upon herself to resolve a series of almost trivial mysteries apparently harmless puzzles that turn out to have lethal answers In ' Loaded' a mall security guard heroically stops a mass shooting & becomes a hero to the modern gun movement Under the hot glare of the spotlights though his story begins to unravel taking his sanity with it ' Snapshot 1988' tells the story of an kid in Silicon Valley who finds himself threatened by The Phoenician a tattooed thug who possesses a Polaroid that can steal memories And in ' Aloft' a young man takes to the skies to experience parachuting for the first time & winds up a castaway on an impossibly solid cloud a Prospero's island of roiling vapour that seems animated by a mind of its own ...

Tsukiko is in her late 30s & living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers ' Sensei' in a bar He is at least thirty years her senior retired & she presumes a widower After this initial encounter the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food & drink sake & as the seasons pass
- from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms
- Tsukiko & Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly & poignantly into love Perfectly constructed funny & moving Strange Weather in Tokyo is a tale of modern Japan & old-fashioned romance

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Painstakingly illustrated in a photo-realistic style the first Strangehaven trade paperback Arcadia collects issues 1 through 6 of the critically acclaimed & award winning comic book series Alex Hunter awakes from a car crash only to find himself trapped in a deceptively idyllic village deep in the English countryside He soon encounters some of the village&s bizarre inhabitants including an Amazonian shaman a man who claims to be from the planet Nimoi a woman with talking pets & the mysterious clandestine brotherhood The Knights of the Golden Light But who is the woman in the fish tank?

Includes:: an introduction by Cerebus creator Dave Sim The second Strangehaven trade paperback Brotherhoood collects issues 7 through 12 of the critically acclaimed & award winning series Alex Hunter tries to make sense of being trapped in England&s weirdest village the ghost of the beautiful woman who haunts his dreams & why the villagers celebrate Christmas in mid-summer The Amazonian Shaman Megaron reveals his tribe&s deadly cycle of vengeance & the village&s resident extraterrestrial Adam explains away the UFO phenomenon while behind the scenes a clandestine brotherhood pulls the strings Beautifully illustrated with pencil pen & ink painted watercolor & manipulated photographs With an introduction by Heart of Empire creator Bryan Talbot Strangehaven won the 1997 National Comic Award for Best Independent Comic & has also been nominated for an Eagle Award two Eisner Awards two Ignatz Awards & two CCG Awards over the past four years Strangehaven has also recently been optioned for TV & film by Hollywood production house Laninco

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Alex Hunter tries to make sense of being trapped in England's weirdest village the ghost of the beautiful woman who haunts his dreams & why the villagers celebrate Christmas in mid-summer The Amazonian Shaman Megaron reveals his tribe's deadly cycle of vengeance; & the village's resident extraterrestrial Adam explains away the UFO phenomenon while behind the scenes a clandestine brotherhood pulls the strings A complex & intriguing journey through romance mystery & the supernatural with a twist of bizarre humor beautifully illustrated with pencil pen & ink painted watercolor & manipulated photographs Introduction by Heart of Empire creator Bryan Talbot New full-color painted cover by Millidge ...

Tracklist A1 Thriller 248 A2 Farsan Sp Ihjl Sig Backing Vocals
- Kristina Karlsson Guitar Backing Vocals
- Kristoffer Ekberg

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One Dark Secret One act of revenge When Emma Joseph met her husband David he was a man shattered by grief His first wife had been killed outright when her car veered off the road Just as tragically their six-year-old daughter mysteriously vanished from the scene of the accident Now six years later Emma believes the painful years are behind them She & David have built a new life together & have a beautiful baby son Ollie Then a stranger walks into their lives & their world tilts on its axis Emma's life no longer feels secure Does she know what really happened all those years ago? & why does she feel so frightened for herself & for her baby? When a desperate Emma reaches out to her old friend DCI Tom Douglas for help she puts all their lives in jeopardy Before long a web of deceit is revealed that shocks both Emma & Tom to the core They say you should never trust a stranger Maybe they're right ...

When a young boy goes missing a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret recipes supernatural whisking forces & one strange ingredient In this 80s-tastic cookbook the Muffin Brothers bring you an out-of-this-world collection of delicious & disturbing edible treats Whip up a psychokinetic storm with recipes such as Elle's Special Dip Joyce's Alphabet Soup Mike's Secret Crush & Barb's Scone Missing Each crumb is sure to vanish without a trace ...

The original uncut edition of STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Hugo Award winner Robert A Heinlein
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' It is as if I have been waiting for someone to ask me these questions for almost the whole of my life' From 1945 more than four million British servicemen were demobbed & sent home after the most destructive war in history Damaged by fighting imprisonment or simply separation from their loved ones these men returned to a Britain that had changed in their absence In Stranger in the House Julie Summers tells the women's story interviewing over a hundred women who were on the receiving end of demobilisation the mothers wives sisters who had to deal with an injured emotionally-damaged relative; those who assumed their fiances had died only to find them reappearing after they had married another; women who had illegitimate children following a wartime affair as well as those whose steadfast optimism was rewarded with a delightful reunion Many of the tales are moving some are desperately sad others are full of humour but all provide a fascinating account of how war altered ordinary women's lives forever ...