Mark Hannigan is a homicide detective in the isolated town of Pacific Glade, located in the dense forest regions of Washington. The town is so shut off from the rest of the world that it has earned the nickname "Neverglades" from its longtime residents. The Neverglades are no stranger to bizarre and inexplicable events, and Hannigan has seen plenty of things on the police force that seem to defy earthly explanation.Enter the Inspector. A mysterious figure always seen with a cigar a...

The universe of the Neverglades grows bigger than ever in this collection of terrifying short stories, including four brand new tales never before seen on Reddit.Written for the r/NoSleep format, these stories are like found objects: snippets of various lives at their eeriest. A Southern boy falls afoul of a teenage psychopath. A high school student obsessed with beauty sees her inner ugliness manifest. A controversial doctor unleashes a terrible force in his quest to look behind t...

The Neverglades have seen their fair share of supernatural phenomena over the years, but a new threat has arisen in town: the Semblance, a shapeshifting entity with a centuries-old grudge against the Inspector. Plagued by walking nightmares and unable to trust even their own neighbors, the people of Pacific Glade have never faced a more insidious foe.Thankfully the Inspector and Sheriff Olivia Marconi are on the case. But the Semblance knows how to hit the Inspector where it hurts,...

It's been one year since the Inspector and Sheriff Marconi disappeared into the netherwastes. One year of relative peace and quiet for the people of Pacific Glade. The monsters are gone, crime is down, and things are starting to look... well, normal.But normal can't last forever. Everything changes when the unconscious bodies of Marconi and the Inspector are discovered in the forest. Nothing will wake them up, but that's not the only problem - their return trip has torn open the wa...

The fantastic seventh book in the horror anthology series which Booklist called "Highly recommended for longstanding horror fans and those readers who may not think horror is for them."Ghost Lights is the seventh volume in the non-themed horror series of original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 original horror stories, 15 of which have been commi...

Someone is keeping watch over the machine. Should it ever have been built?Suspense and Sci-fi readers will love this page turner from a USA Today bestselling author.The lure of the find behind the loose hearthstone at Hazleton House was too great. The schematic excited Evan, Reenie and Ivy for different reasons but it is Kayla who actually begins building it. Her ability to focus to the exclusion of all else is just one of the effects of her Asperger's....

Most days, Anwen regrets working at a funeral home. With the residents no longer inclined to stay in their coffins where they belong, she’s got her hands full making sure everyone follows the rules:In the funeral home, there is no screaming, no murdering, no mutilation, no possessions, no kidnappings, no resurrections, and no cursing of any type. Be quiet and stay polite.The day Old Man McGregor decides to take a walk and disturbs her peace, Anwen learns there’s a lot more ...

Hope for a new life clashes with old secrets when the past and present collide.A family tree steeped in mystery. A new town filled with old secrets. One woman is determined to uncover the truth about her past, but Everwine Manor won't easily give up the truth.Runa Brandon is naïve and uncertain, and she has been taken advantage of more than once. After disentangling herself from an abusive relationship, Runa begins a new life in De...

Rowan Summerwaite is no ordinary woman. Honed into a weapon, she wields her ancient knowledge in New York Times bestselling author Lauren Dane’s sweeping Goddess with a Blade urban fantasy series. The volume 2 collection features At Blade’s Edge, Wrath of the Goddess, and Blood and BladeAt Blade’s EdgeThough she’d hoped the deadly events in Venice would end the th...

An assassin’s work is never done.With forty-nine hits under my assassin belt, ascension is one kill away. Better pay and a swanky flat in Soho are all part of the deal. All I need to do to achieve my goal is take out one more scumbag.No big deal.Until it is.When a man with golden eyes and epic wings interrupts my ascension ceremony, everything I knew to be true is turned on its head.I’m a weapon.A key.And I’m one kill...

Like Frank Victorsson, some things will not stay dead.Two hundred years ago, Victor Frankenstein reanimated a stitched-together corpse. But the man once known as Frankenstein's Monster refused to embody his father's malice. He escaped his origin – and stumbled into a small Minnesota town overflowing with magic.Enter the uniquely magical world of Northern Creatures with the first three stories:Monster Born: Now, the ...

After alienating her friends, getting benched by her coach, and nearly decapitating a teammate with a bat, college softball player Lexie Rodriguez’s life feels like it can’t get any worse.Little does she know it’s about to get a whole lot weirder.When she answers an online help wanted ad, she never expects it to lead to the revelation that magic exists. She certainly never expects to experience it firsthand. But after teaming up with washed-up sorcerer Larry Stuttgart, swor...