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Displayed in "most viewed" order with titles such as Don't Close Your Eyes, Albert Fish, The Unexplained: Voodoo Rituals, Last Sword of Power (Stones of Power), Sudden Death (Horror High S.), Christopher Lee - Darkness Tolls, Covenant (Leisure Fiction), The Xander Years, Volume 1, Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3), Devil's Prey.
Don't Close Your Eyes
Nestled on the shores of Lake Erie, the small town of Port Ariel, Ohio, is a welcome haven for Natalie St. John. Back home for the first time in years, she plans to visit old friends, mend a broken heart, and take a break from her busy veterinarian practice. But her peace is shattered her first night back, when she discovers the murdered body of her friend, Tamara Peyton.Was it a random act of violence...or something personal? The answer becomes clear as Natalie is stalked by the voice of "Tamara,"…
Albert Fish
(2007)
ALBERT FISH tells the horrific true story of a sadomasochistic cannibal and serial killer, who lured children to their deaths in Depression-era New York City. Elderly but still deadly, Fish distorted biblical tales by taking the stories of pain, punishment, atonement, and suffering literally as he preyed on victims to torture and sacrifice. From John Borowski, award-winning director of H.H. Holmes: America’s First Serial Killer, comes the first docudrama and definitive chronicle of the life…
The Unexplained: Voodoo Rituals
(2008)
For centuries, this ancient system of rituals has fascinated and terrified the world. It is perhaps one of the most misunderstood religions, brought to the Western Hemisphere from enslaved Africans during the slave trade. Today millions of devoted practitioners still put their faith in these primitive spiritual traditions, and the rituals where they claim life's secrets can be found in a realm where only the dead subside. Yuseff Abdulla was no exception. We follow this man on an odyssey into…
Last Sword of Power (Stones of Power)
BLOOD KINGThe Goths followed a bloodthirsty new leader, one who sought to open the Gates of Hell: Wotan. His immortal power stemmed from human sacrifice and dark sorcery, and no sword could touch him. He rode the winds on a leather-winged steed, while his armies cut a deadly swath across the northern kingdoms. Even death's icy hand could not stop them. Only Uther Pendragon could save Britannia. To do so he must wield his birthright--Cunobelin's blade, the legendary Sword of Power.But Uther…
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Sudden Death (Horror High S.)
The first page of Sudden Death pulled me in and kept me turning pages due to the suspense.I have read it 4 times!The moral is kind of hard to see but it so saying that you don't need to take steroids for sports.It was saying don't sacrifice your body for something you don't even need to succeed."Would his father have taken steroids if the were available?Billy tried to convince himself that his father would have but inside he knew it wasn't true."All of this happens…
Christopher Lee - Darkness Tolls
(2005)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula - In London in the 1970s, Scotland Yard police investigators think they have discovered a case of vampirism and a Satanic cult. Further investigation reveals it is led by none other than Count Dracula himself. Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Joanna Lumley. Horror Express - An anthropologist has discovered a frozen monster which he believes may be the Missing Link. He brings the creature back to Europe aboard a trans-Siberian express, but during the trip the…
Covenant (Leisure Fiction)
Joe Kieran has found that unearthing the truth for a newspaper can be painful, and telling it, heartbreaking. Hiding from his past big city exposés in the quiet coastal town of Terrel, he stumbles upon a web of mysterious teen suicides that somehow connect a ring of five women. Is there really a malevolent presence inside Terrel Cliff that holds all of the town in thrall as Angelica, a fortune teller, suggests? Or is there a murderous covenant between five women to sacrifice their first-born?…
The Xander Years, Volume 1
"This is new territory for me. My valentines are usually met with heartfelt restraining orders." Unfulfilled crushes. Awkward first conversations. A date who wants you...dead. Having a Y-chromosome in Sunnydale is never easy. But Buffy the Vampire Slayer's friend Xander Harris seems to find more than his share of trouble with the opposite sex. At first Xander is happy being the teacher's pet -- until his schoolboy crush brings out her true animal instincts. Then his whirlwind…
Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3)
OATHS SWORN . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide.Following the colossal battle against the Empire’s warriors on the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still there is more at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep.First is Eragon’s oath to his cousin Roran: to help rescue Roran’s beloved, Katrina, from King Galbatorix’s clutches. But Eragon…
Devil's Prey
(2001)
In "Devil's Prey", we have the most unconvincing looking punk Mama's boy satanists the world has ever seen, and they are out to sacrifice the stupid teenaged drug using partiers that come near their unsuspecting lair. A very boring, pathetic and unconvincing cat and mouse game ensues and languishes on until its flushing of the toilet bowl conclusion. I simply could not stop laughing at these dorks. One is not likely to run into this many wusses in one place anywhere else in the…
Watchers in the Night (The Guardians of the Night | Book 1)
Vampires.They hunt in every major city, hidden by the crowds, shielded by disbelief. They are Killers, and their prey is human.Not all vampires are Killers. The Guardians of the Night sacrifice the superior physical and psychic strength that comes with feeding on humans to protect them. But the Guardians walk a thin line, for even a single kill could leave them helplessly addicted to murder.When detective-turned-P.I. Carolyn Mathers was left at the altar, she never once thought her fiancé…
The Winter People
Saxso is fourteen when the British soldiers attack his Canadian village. It is the year 1759, and war is raging between the British and the French, with the Abenaki people-Saxso's people-by their side. In fact, most of the men of Saxso's village are away looking for the British elsewhere on the day of the attack. There aren't enough people home to put up a proper defense, and the village is destroyed. Many people are killed and some are taken hostage, including Saxso's own mother…
Assignment Outer Space (1960)
(2007)
A reporter on a routine mission in the 21st century. Finds he is wrapped up in a mystery that will take him from nervous intruder to a heroic mission. On the way reporter Ray Peterson (IZ41) and botanist, co-pilot and all around cutie Lucy (Y13) find time to fall in love. In the process George the Commander (David Montresor) learns to be human and give a few rousing speeches about how man carries his nature to space with himself. Al (X15) (Archie Savage) find an opportunity to sacrifice for man…
Puppetmaster vs. Demonic Toys
(2006)
It’s the night before Christmas Eve, and oddball inventor Robert Toulon (Corey Feldman of THE GOONIES and STAND BY ME) has discovered his great granduncle’s formula for reanimating the master’s lethal puppets: Six-Shooter, Jester, Blade and Pinhead. Meanwhile, diabolical industrialist Erica Sharpe (Vanessa Angel of KINGPIN and WEIRD SCIENCE) is finalizing her satanic plan for unleashing her father’s foul-mouthed, blood-guzzling toys upon the world’s underprivileged…
Son of the Shadows (The Sevenwaters Trilogy | Book 2)
Beautiful Sorcha is the courageous young woman who risked all to save her family from a wicked curse and whose love shattered generations of hate and bridged two cultures. It is from her sacrifice that Sorcha's brothers were brought home to their ancestral fortress Sevenwaters, and her life has known much joy. But not all the brothers were able to fully escape the spell that transformed them into swans, and it is left to Sorcha's daughter Liadan to help fulfill the destiny of the Sevenwaters…
Secrets in the Shadows (The Guardians of the Night | Book 2)
VampiresThey hunt in every major city, hidden by the crowds, shielded by disbelief. They are Killers, and their prey is human.Not all vampires are Killers. The Guardians of the Night sacrifice the superior physical and psychic strength that comes with feeding on humans to protect them. But the Guardians walk a thin line, for even a single kill could leave them helplessly addicted to murder.Jules Gerard has vowed that he will never become a Killer. But when he discovers that the man who…
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood
(2009)
The search for the third segment of the Key to Time leads the Doctor and Romana to the English countryside and an ancient stone circle called the Nine Travelers. There they meet Professor Amelia Rumford and her friend Vivien Fay, who are conducting a new survey of the stones. Curiously, the number of stones has not been consistent in the historical sources the professor has researched. The circle is also sacred ground to a cult of druids. Dismissed as harmless crackpots by Vivien, they are in fact…
The Woman Eater
(2000)
SEE the nerve-shattering Dance of Death! SEE The Woman Eater ensnare the beauties of two continents! SEE its hideous arms devour them in a death-embrace! It devours only the most beautiful! Half-mad scientist James Moran (George Coulouris--The Long Good Friday, Citizen Kane) returns from the Amazon jungles with a sacred tribal tree which feeds on beautiful, young girls. The sap he extracts from the tree will, he believes, revive the dead. A blonde showgirl, Sally (Vera Day The Prince and the Showgirls,…
Stories by O. Henry (Tor Classics)
Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title—offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.Tales of laughter and tears, love and loss...Tales of old and young, rich and poor, the best and the worst...Tales of…
Brides of Blood
(2002)
Fright and sensuality collide when Blood Island chiefs sacrifice beautiful young virgins to "The Evil One," a horrid creatured bred by radiation and metamorphosed from an innocent man. New arrivals to the island include scientists Kent Taylor and John Ashley, along with the alluring Beverly Hills, but their jungle search for mutated life forms is interrupted by attacks from living vegetation and terrifying beasts! This second entry in the hugely popular "Blood Island" series…