In the lounge of the Lincolnshire Aviator pub, situated deep in the heart of the Lincolnshire Wolds in England, just over a mile and a half down the road from the old air base, some locals were in deep conversation about the expected arrival from London of an American couple. The couple were expected to arrive that very evening, and due to an unfortunate overheard remark by the landlord of the pub, Jack Hastings, to his wife, Jean, gossiping and speculation were now rife in the lounge and public bars about the reason for the Americans visit. Jack had been talking casually about the reasons for the couples visit to Jean, saying the couple was more than just a little bit interested in the old air base down the road and that a relative of theirs flew from the base with The Pathfinders during the Second World War. That chat between Jack and Jean Hastings, overheard by one of the locals, led to gossip amongst the regulars and the speculation that the Americans were CIA agents after some dark secret. In fact, the truth was far more terrifying than the speculation in the pub. A few days later four other visitors arrived at the pub. They were the newly formed Paranormal Investigation Project, and under their investigation the horrifying truth began to emerge.

Twelve-year-old Alice England is curious, truthful and smart, but when you work in your father's funeral home and you get messages from the dead, it can be difficult to make friends. When she comes across the peculiar case of George Devenish, who was allergic to sunlight, Alice is convinced there's more to his death than meets the eye. Is the truth of George's death destined to never see the light of day, or can Alice and her companions, George's niece Violet and a boy named Cal, put the clues together to solve a mystery much bigger than anybody imagined?

Members of the Paranormal Investigation Project are on another questthis time, to find a missing heiress. But things are far more dangerous for the members of the project led by psychic medium Jenny Sylvester and her daughters, Christine and Jackie. Attempts at ending the lives of Jenny and her daughters are made by an evil man trying to keep his activities hidden from the project members and the police (a fast-moving/action-packed drama).

Jenny Sylvester and her eldest daughter Christine are watching TV, her youngest daughter Jackie is in bed. Outside the house and all across England is the worst weather in years. Her husband Mack is a night driver for English-Scottish Transport, he is at that moment in his thirty two ton articulated truck heading north up the M6 motorway for Glasgow, Scotland. Jenny cannot help but worry for his safety driving in the terrible weather blanketing England and Scotland. Just after ten thirty that evening the doorbell rings, fearfully she answers the door, upon opening it she sees standing there in the pouring rain a work colleague of her husband Mack. Asking him in, she finds out from him that Mack her husband is in serious trouble. The events that follow that evening bring horror that changes the lives of Jenny and her two daughters Christine and Jackie forever as the horror unfolds.

Scary stories of thrilling survival ... and restless spirits. Disasters can strike anytime, anywhere, leaving death and destruction in their wake. But what can also be left behind? Ghosts.In True Hauntings: Deadly Disasters, veteran ghost writer Dinah Williams explores the stories and alleged hauntings of some of the deadliest catastrophes in history, from lost souls left behind in the 2011 Japanese tsunami to a headless ghost frightening miners deep underground.With historical photos and sidebars that are equal parts educational and terrifying, readers will find that sometimes fact is even scarier than fiction.

Hollow Pine Manor stands as a silent witness to the passage of time. Hidden deep within the woods, its weathered walls and empty halls have long been abandoned by the living. But the house is far from lifeless. Whispers of its dark history have crept through the town for generations—stories of shadows that move when no one is watching, and of strange sounds that echo through the night. This short story, Deadly Dwellings: Haunted, invites you into the chilling world of Hollow Pine Manor, a place where the boundary between the living and the dead begins to blur. Based on the horror game Deadly Dwellings, this tale unravels the terrifying events that unfolded when the Wilson family unknowingly made the house their home. What began as a fresh start soon turned into a descent into madness, as the family faced an ancient evil determined to claim them. Step inside, if you dare. But remember: some doors should never be opened, and some homes are best left undisturbed.

Life is a Trial, says Henderson. Like he knows S about S. Every year on March 1 comes the Alive Day of Roberto (“Robot”) Larch. Down on the Rez, Jim Fence still walks the mesa—or does he? And Snap and Henry B. are way up there on Tuesday Island, like hummingbirds trapped (as if by clear glass) along the Pacific Coast. “What goes around comes around”—Daniel Boone (among others—we won’t say who—long dead). AND THEN— The saga of The Haunted Refrigerator has not easily been contained (try it sometime). Book One is called In; Book Two Bifurcated Proceedings; Hoist a Few Cold Ones is Book Three and not the traditional place to start. Yet here we are. Our advice? Read the first book first, the second second, and this one last. Or not. Like we know S

In plenty of time for the holidays, here is a gathering of thirty tales of ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal happenings purported to have taken place on or around Christmas, or that are otherwise related to this holiday. By a long-time believer in the paranormal who in the introduction tells the story of her own Christmas ghost, Haunted Christmas includes stories such as: HAUNTED BETHLEHEM—Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is famous for haunted locales such as the Hotel Bethlehem, the first house built in the town, in 1741. There, guests have come to expect visits from several spirits. Predictably, things heat up at Christmas—after all, this is Bethlehem. THE DEATH COACH OF CHRISTMAS—One Christmas Eve in Ireland many years ago, young Nora Mahoney was returning from the bogs when an invisible something suddenly rushed past her with the sound of grinding wheels and thundering horses’ hooves. Had Nora encountered the “death coach” of Irish legend?

From the acclaimed author of Red Island House, Andrea Lee’s brilliant, outrageous collection of short stories confronts identity, desire, colliding cultures, and self-discovery. In vivid prose infused with wicked irony, award-winning author Andrea Lee takes us on a dazzling international journey into the hearts and minds of a number of extraordinary women—intelligent, cosmopolitan, and fiercely independent—who, with wit and style, grapple with questions of identity in an increasingly connected world where everyone has become, in some way, a foreigner. In “The Birthday Present,” a seemingly conventional American wife explores the wilder shores of marital devotion by giving her Italian husband an outrageous gift. “Winter Barley” is the account, alternately lyrical and perverse, of the brief love affair in Scotland between an elderly European prince and a thoroughly modern New England beauty half his age. And in the collection’s title story, “Interesting Women,” a woman on vacation in Thailand reflects with wry detachment on the confessional relationships that spring up between women (“another day, another soul laid bare”), before falling into one herself, which culminates in a hilarious and absurd odyssey through the jungle. Lee’s beautifully crafted stories offer a rare combination: a sensual evocation of the moment, and profound insight into the underlying struggles—of gender, race, and class—that continue to shape our world. Critically acclaimed when it was first published, this collection is ready to be embraced by a new generation of readers.

Matt Stone doesn't believe in ghosts. But there are those who are convinced his home, a historic Virginia estate that dates back to the Revolutionary War, is haunted. Pressured to get at the truth about some strange happenings at Melody House, he agrees to let Harrison Investigations explore the house. But he isn't ready for beautiful, intriguing Darcy Tremayne. As a paranormal investigator, Darcy has learned to believe in the unbelievable. And she's given Matt fair warning: sometimes people don't like the skeletons she finds. She never dreamed that warning would apply to herself. For she's about to discover that Melody House holds much more than a simple mystery from the distant past. What it holds is a very real and lethal danger, one that will cast her into a struggle against the worlds of both the living and the dead.