Ana and Arthur have a simple plan: Escape Ireland for the forests of Southern Poland to wait out a global pandemic. But, deep in the Suedete forests, their own ghosts await them – drawing them into a dilemma that could cost them everything.Crossing continents, cultures, and time zones, Life During Wartime tells the story of Mother and Daughter at war with each other, of a country deep in a culture war, of a writer at war with himself after a bereavement, and the struggles of a coup...

Named a Top Ten Best Book of the Year by Time and PeopleNamed a Best Book of the Year by: Washington Post * Kirkus Reviews * New Yorker * Chicago Public Library * NPR * Oprah Daily * Philadelphia EnquirerA taut, groundbreaking, and highly acclaimed novel from bestselling and award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken, about a writer’s relationship with her larger-than-life mother—a...

The first Czech astronaut navigates the peril of deep space in this intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discovery.Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents, Jakub Prochv°zka has risen from small-time scientist to become the country's first astronaut. When a dangerous solo mission to Venus offers him both the chance at heroism he's dreamt of, and a way to atone for his father's sins as a Communist informer, he ventur...

Although written in first person, this fourth volume of Haunted is a recounting of ghostly encounters from several of my friends. As with the other volumes, all stories are believed to be 100% true. Each story teller has been carefully questioned about any and all details pertaining to the story they had to tell. Unlike the other three volumes, there are no sweet little blue girls, or protective entities to be found among these frightening tales of diabolical occurrences. This is an adult ...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE LAST DAYS OF JACK SPARKS:Experience horror like never before in A Sincere Warning About The Entity In Your Home, a bone-chilling short story set in the home of whoever reads it.That's right: a ghost story that takes place in your home and takes the form of an anonymous letter sent to your address. It details the terrifying events which happened in your home and which continue to this day.You have inherited a curse and...

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Alex Rider series!A teen gang leader taken for a deadly ride by a car with a mind of its own. . . . A boy haunted by a phantom cobra. . . . A reality TV show pitting teens against grown ups, with only one survivor . . . From whose twisted mind can such gruesome stories unfold? Only Anthony Horowitz. From the internationally bestselling author of the Alex Rider missions, this collection of harrowing tales is...

My brother Peter killed himself on May 13th, 2010 sometime between noon and 5pm. My world lurched on its axis and will never recover.There is nothing I can do to bring Peter back home to us, but I can tell you that if you are worried about a loved one or a friend, you need to intervene and help lead your loved one to some relief. Do not worry about "butting in" or being "nosey". Get them to a doctor for a diagnosis. Walk with them. Call them. Follow up on whether they are taking th...

True Tales of Demons, Ghosts, Evil, and Things That Go Bump in the Night...If you enjoy creepy true tales of the paranormal then this book is for you. This is just the book you were looking for, but never found, at Halloween.An excerpt – To my utter amazement, the windows behind me suddenly rattled and with a loud cracking noise, blew wide open. A rush of air entered the flat, blowing her hair back and scattering the pile of poems all around the room. Her eyes, probably lik...

This story came to me in a message over the internet. The man claimed to need an anonymous way to get the word out about this disappearance. He told the story to me in its entirety and then offered to release to me all rights if I would publish it under my name, title it "This is a true story!", advertise it locally and forward any comments or information about it to him. The guy sounded so sincere that I think that he actually believes this to be true. Anyway, I love weird tales and besid...

Ian Watson is one of the finest writers of SF and fantasy stories, and Butterflies of Memory is his 10th collection, a selection of stories that are by turns serious and playful, and always wildly imaginative...In the title story, what if mobile phones were to become truly mobile, flying about like butterflies? 'An Appeal to Adolf' tells of gay sailors on a Nazi battleship many kilometres long during a Second World War unfamiliar to us; 'Lover of Statues' of an enigmatic alien visi...

In a world that demands faith in progress and growth, Limbo is a companion for the stuck, the isolated, delayed, stranded and those in the dark. Fusing memoir with a meditation on creative block and a cultural history of limbo, Dan Fox considers the role that fallow periods and states of inbetween play in art and life. Limbo is an essay about getting by when you can't get along, employing a cast of artists, ghosts and sailors – including the author's older brother who, in...

'A delight . . . a glorious, witty and life-affirming ragbag of autobiography, cultural commentary and hard-won wisdom.' ANDREW TAYLOR, author of The Shadows of London'Perceptive, wise and illuminating . . . an unmissable farewell.' Barry Forshaw, FINANCIAL TIMES'The most hilarious, life-affirming book you’ll read this year.' SAGA magazine'Wit and wisdom that make every page turn ....