The sea roils. The siren calls. The kraken awakens. Will you join the voyage into the unknown?In the murky depths lurk the strangest, most frightening creatures, things that thrive in the dangerous waters of the night. From wandering ghost ships to murderous mermaids to the horrifying kraken, the ocean is rife with dark legends that enthrall and fascinate us to this day.Prepare to be taken under by an incomparable group of writers who have crafted a collection of unforgetta...

**A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (NPR, The Washington Post, Lit Hub, The Telegraph, Goodreads, Tor.com, them, and more)A FINALIST for the LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD and GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD**“A deeply strange and haunting novel in the best possible way…An impressive and exciting debut novel that may leave you thinking about your own relationships in a new light.” —NPR“Shocking…Achingly poetic…Sharp and beautiful as coral polyps…Armfi...

Solving puzzles can be murder when a PI and a crossword editor join forces to catch a killer in the first novel of Nero Blanc's fiendishly clever crossword mystery seriesPlayboy Thompson C. Briephs has just been found strangled in his bed. The police believe the Newcastle Herald crossword editor, a scion of a blue-blooded New England family, died from kinky sex gone wrong. But cop-turned–private investigator Rosco Polycrates thinks there's a six-letter word...

In print and on-line, science fiction and fantasy is thriving as never before. A multitude of astonishingly creative and gifted writers are boldly exploring the mythic past, the paranormal present, and the promises and perils of myriad alternate worlds and futures. There are almost too many new and intriguing stories published every year for any reader to be able to experience them all. So how to make sure you haven’t missed any future classics?Award-winning editor and anthologist ...

From New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter comes a dark romantasy of twisted justice, forbidden attraction and survival at any cost.When twenty-year-old college dropout Moriah Shaker ducks into an empty chapel to escape a sudden storm, she’s catapulted into another world, Wizard of Oz style. Unfortunately, she lands in Hakeldama, a brutal, fantastical realm where the powerful never pay for their crimes, and the innocent always do. Worse, Moriah is next on the chopping bl...

A Bram Stoker Award–winning anthology featuring twenty stories based on local legends and ghost stories from around the world.Wherever you're from, there are local stories of ghosts, unexplained phenomena, or some thing that people are afraid to talk about. You can dismiss them as old wives' tales, and yet they stay with us, haunting our everyday lives. In Haunted Legends, these tales are brought disturbingly to life by some of the best horror and ...

In each of these stories from some of greatest writers of horror and dark fiction, water plays the dual role of accomplice and executioner. With accidental drownings, irresistible calls of sirens from the deep, strange whisperings from household plumbing, faces of the dead in droplets of water, rabid fish, leviathan monsters, and more, these thirty-nine tales of death by water will make you think twice about taking that long-awaited cruise, going for a midnight swim, or taking your next sh...

Water has always intrigued humanity. We walk along the shores and banks of oceans and waterways, take boats across the surface, or swim in the waters.But water hides secrets - including those of the creatures that live in its depths...- What if mermaids really do exist, and they lure men to their deaths?- Why might bodies suddenly start washing up on shores all around the world?- What if you discovered a lost girl is the daughter of a water spirit?This...

These fun-filled chapter books mix school, monsters, and common kid problems with hilarious results. You'll scream with laughter!It's the end of March, and Hubie is struggling to prepare his pranks for the big day. The whoopee cushion, the rubber tarantula, and the fly in the ice cube just aren't good enough anymore--not when the worst joke comes from the place he least expects it. Will Hubie play the fool on this day?

SOMETIMES THE BIGGEST HORRORS COME IN THE SMALLEST PACKAGES…There's nothing better than a short, sharp slice of flash fiction to get the mind working. 99 Tiny Terrors is an anthology that the reader can dip into for something deliciously dangerous in a short amount of time, or spend an afternoon trolling through blood-soaked stories from all over the world, including Canada, England, Germany, Greece, Ireland, India, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the United Sta...

These fun-filled chapter books mix school, monsters, and common kid problems with hilarious results. You'll scream with laughter!When a blizzard hits, Hubie knowsd that doesn't mean a snow day, it means a "no day"--nothing moves, nothing happens. After spending all day zipping zippers, snapping snaps, and buckling buckles, he's finally ready to explore the winter wonderland. Can Hubie plow through his snow-venture or will he be left out in the cold?

How about a relaxing trip to another world?The two beautiful girls Kudo befriended in Do-Melta finally meet! Scrael the Long-Ears and Eldrid the Tail immediately start sizing each other up, leaving Kudo completely bewildered. Now he has to dive into the dungeon with them, but how is this going to play out?! The fifth volume of this laid-back otherworld adventure from the duo Gamei Hitsutsuji and Karei is finally here!