The flames flicker. The night deepens. Something's moving in the shadows. Alone on the moors they gather round the fire, all waiting to tell their own horror story. Just listen…

Tonight is the night of the full moon.Eyes shine in the darkness. The howling begins. Once human, now beast, the werewolf stalks his prey. And in the heart of the forest there are stories to be told…

It's late at night. The fire's burning low and something's howling outside.Now it's time for a ghost story. Just make sure you're not on your own...

'I couldn't imagine a better guidebook for making sense of a tragic and momentous time in our lives. Covid by Numbers is comprehensive yet concise, impeccably clear and always humane' Tim HarfordHow many people have died because of COVID-19? Which countries have been hit hardest by the virus? What are the benefits and harms of different vaccines? How does COVID-19 compare to the Spanish flu? How have the lockdown measures affected the economy, mental healt...

It's dark. A light snow is falling.Down in the crypt there are tales of vampires to be told. Could they be true?Vampire Stories to Tell in the Dark - Spooky Vampire tales for young adults.

The storm rages. They huddle closer round the flames as the wind howls in the night.Another ghost story begins. But is the old house really deserted, or is something screaming in the darkness? Do you dare to find out?

Every night Gary wakes sweating with fear. Every night the dreams come.Gary does not know what the dreams mean. Who is the stranger who hammers at the door? Who is the baby whose cries can be heard? He and his family are newcomers to the Isle of Wight, but Gary is soon to find his life inextricably bound up with both the island and the supernatural.'Masters evidently believes in giving his...readers more than thrills and spills' - Sunday Telegraph

Hidden Gods: The Doorway is a metaphysical thriller in which two journalists, in an attempt to discover who or what is really behind the chaos in the Middle East, spin back through time to discover the secret codes of Atlantis. Their search for the grail begins with a night in the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Giza...International news photographer Hugo Fitzroy, his schizophrenic son Brent and writer Phillipa Neville, have one vision in common - a great pyramid th...

First published in 1964, Anthony Masters' early collection of short stories , A Pocketful of Rye, is preoccupied with problems of social marginalisation and inequality. With his typical sensitivity, Masters observes universal human struggles caused by ageing, impoverishment, alienation and disability. These short stories are touching and poignant without being sentimental or patronising.

Jenny and David, twins whose close connection makes them understand each other without words, also share a secret of being able to see things other people can't. When a local homeless tramp disappears from their street, they decide to look for him for as they suspect the old man is ill and in need of medical help. They find him in an abandoned cinema, which is squatted by the local vagabonds, and the old man is taken to hospital with a chest infection. Jenny and David feel good about their...

Deserted by her husband, Anne Lucas wants him dead.Small-time villain Joe Barrington wants out from the manipulations of gangster-on-the-run Michael McMarn. Joe's brother, Eamonn Coyd, emotionally and physically scarred, wants to get him and his family abroad fast. As a result, Coyd comes up with what is to prove a deadly alliance. If Joe Barrington takes up Anne Lucas's contract on her wealthy husband, then he can not only walk away with £30,000 but bleed her financially for month...

The extraordinary, demonic monument to Franco broods over the Valley of the Fallen, north of Madrid. Here, in the hallowed seclusion of the confessional box, Eduardo Tomas, Spain's Home Affairs Minister, is gunned down by a manipulative killer. Senior Interpol officer, Marius Larche, heads the investigating team; his number two, Detective Superintendent Alison Rowe, seconded from Scotland Yard because of her special knowledge of one particular political assassin, suspected of the murder.