**“This is rich, florid, funny history, with undertones of human grief . . . Knight is shrewd and perceptive . . . [he] pushes his material into neurobiology, into the nature of placebos and expectations and self-fulfilling prophecies . . . Knight’s book is crisp.” —Dwight Garner, New York Times"[E]legant and eccentric . . . [Knight's] prose glides like mercury and he does not waste a word. With deft skill, he explores historical theories of perception, time, death, fear."...

Filtering Out the Filter Words. A guide to understanding and identifying filler words, filter words, filter phrases, and conclusion words, and how they affect your writing, both positively and negatively.

Et s'il était possible de prévoir les catastrophes ?Personne, au pays de Galles, n'a oublié ce drame abominable : au matin du 21 octobre 1966, un effondrement de terrain emporte toute une partie du village d'Aberfan. Bilan ? 144 victimes, dont 116 enfants. Parmi les spécialistes envoyés sur place, un membre de la fameuse Société de recherche psychique, le clinicien John Barker. Rapidement, celui-ci découvre que de nombreux habitants du village avaient " senti " quel...

Jack is about to see the world in a whole new light.A light revealing the hidden world around us.A world of demons.One of them has just stolen his wife's soul.

Je denkt aan een vriend die je al lange tijd niet hebt gesproken. En precies op dat moment word je gebeld. Maar wat als je voelt dat er iets vreselijks gaat gebeuren? Je ziet in een droom een plotselinge flits, de woorden Centraal Station. Vier dagen later ontspoort buiten het station een overvolle sneltrein. Wat als je je visioen had gedeeld en die trein had kunnen stoppen? Zouden voorgevoelens zoals deze gebruikt kunnen worden om rampen te voorkomen? 'Een griezelig en verbazingwekkend ve...

New Mexico Territory, 1851The Grand CanyonSomewhere down there, silver is lying around on the ground, left behind by the Spanish, just waiting to be picked up.At least, that's what Chaddock and the others have been told. Never mind the curse of El Tesoro del Diablo—the reason why it was left behind.A Weird Western Novelette by Sam Knight

Mermaidens 2: Darker WatersThe darker the water, the deeper the ocean.The deeper the ocean, the more terrifying the inhabitants.And the ocean is very, very deep.And full of inhabitants.The thing about mermaids is…They're not always pretty.They're not always nice.And there's always a tale.Maybe you'll be okay, if you just dip your toes…14 darker tales about women with tails featuring stories by:Sara K. A...

15 Stories, 15 AuthorsDown an abandoned hallway lie forgotten rooms.Each room contains secrets left, forgotten, lost, or locked away.Some are wonderful and beautiful, others are dark and terrible.There's no way to know which until you step inside.So take a deep breath and open the door.Particular Passages 4: South WingWith stories by Alex Zalben — Thea Hutcheson — H.Y. Gregor — Sonny Zae — David Powell — C. Dan Castro — W.O. Hemsath —...

Short story.Igor is content working in secret, in the dungeon, in the filth, for the master.Mostly.Because no one else had ever cared for or paid attention to Igor. But when Igor finds a new friend in the sewer below the castle, things change...

An undercover officer, believing he is being invited inside a new illegal venture, finds himself the target of a homicidal gambling ring that bets on the outcome of unsuspecting people given the ‘bath salts’ drug.

A door that had never been there before opened...Black shadows danced across the red-lit walls of the hallway, some spidery, some humanoid, none human."It's time, Daniel. I have come for you."When Blaze walks through a doorway into Hell, he is offered a proposition. Do Satan's bidding now, on Earth, in exchange for a very comfortable eternity -in Hell.How do you turn down Satan when you find out he already owns your soul?Blaze is going to try...

Der Überraschungsbestseller über die Wissenschaft des Paranormalen.Im März des Jahres 1967 sagt der Telefonist Alan Hencher einen Flugzeugabsturz im Mittelmeerraum mit 123 oder 124 Toten voraus. Genau 30 Tage später wird eine Bristol Britannia am Flughafen Nikosia, Zypern, in den Boden geflogen. 124 Menschen sterben sofort. Diese wahrgewordene Prophezeiung ist der erste von vielen »Erfolgen« des »Büros für Vorahnungen«, das in den 1960er Jahren unter der Leitung de...