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  The Spectre of Tappington - A...

  Richard Harris Barham

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  Richard Harris Barham was born in Canterbury, England on 6th December 1788.  
   
  His father died when he was seven leaving him a small estate, including the manor of Tappington of Denton in Kent.   
   
  As a nine-year old he was sent to St Paul's School where, in an accident, one of his arms was partially crippled.  His focus went from the physical to the mental and he became a dedicated reader and diligent student. 
   
  In 1807 he entered Brasenose College, Oxford, to study Law. However he decided instead that his path in life was to be religious and in 1813 he was ordained and accepted a country curacy and in 1821 he received the post of minor canon of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, where he served as a cardinal. Three years later he became one of the priests in ordinary of the King's Chapel Royal. 
   
  In 1826 Barham first contributed to Blackwood's Magazine; and in 1837 he began to write, for the recently founded magazine, Bentley's Miscellany, a series of tales and poems known as ‘The Ingoldsby Legends’. These became very popular and were later published in book form. 
   
  Richard Harris Barham died at the age of 56 after a long and painful illness in London on 17th June 1845.

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  On Demon Wings

  Karina Halle

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  When the life you wanted has crumbled beneath your fingers, there's nothing left to do but pick up the pieces and soldier on. You've done this before.But what happens when you no longer feel like yourself anymore? When fires spontaneously start-up around you, when you hear growling coming from underneath your bed, and you no longer recognize your face in the mirror. What happens then?Ghost-hunter Perry Palomino doesn't have much time to find out. Now, the evil she used to hunt is a lot closer to home. It's inside of her, taking over her life bit-by-terrifying bit, and there's only one person who can help her.If part of her doesn't kill him first.Contains mature themes.

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  Cayneian: A Man From Blood

  Aaron Dennis

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  A man stands resolved. Dysart, clan Bloodhammer, has returned to the island of Volgunther to purge it of the evil called Salamandrus. He has given his tongue, so that he may speak no contracts. He has given his manhood, so that he may not know his power as a man. He has given his mind, so that no God may take pity upon him. Wielding the forbidden power of Sang Daemanus, Dysart imbibes the blood of Daemons to cast his spells, to grow his strength, to fuel his powers, but will he be able to stave off the bloodlust before the evils upon the island claim him?

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  The Pit and the Pendulum

  Edgar Allen Poe

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  Embark on a heart-pounding journey of survival in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum," where an unnamed narrator finds himself trapped in a nightmarish world of the Spanish Inquisition. Condemned to a ghastly death, he navigates the terrors of a dungeon's darkness, tormented by the threat of a descending, razor-sharp pendulum. Poe's evocative prose draws listeners into the narrator's desperate struggle for escape, painting a vivid picture of fear, suspense, and the triumph of the human spirit in the face of relentless horror.

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  The Dark Hour

  K.J. Young

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  “Deliciously creepy!”—Barbara Taylor Sissel, bestselling author of The Truth We Bury Mark Norman can’t catch a break—until he’s hired as a live-in home health aide for two elderly siblings who live at Alden Manor, a run-down mansion mired in the past. His charges, former stage magicians Roy and Alma Walgrave, give off an eerie vibe, but they are also wealthy and careless with their money. Seizing the opportunity, Mark soon makes himself indispensable to the old folks, losing himself in fantasies of inheriting the Walgrave fortune upon their deaths. When another employee, a young woman named Lisa, shares her dark premonitions and insists that evil lurks in the house, Mark thinks she’s paranoid and unstable. Until he begins to notice odd, unsettling things himself. When nightmares begin to plague him and the house gradually reveals a web of lies and twisted secrets, he can no longer deny the possibility that Alden Manor is pervaded by some sinister force. He’s terrified of losing his mind—or worse, his life. But he’s so close to landing a big financial windfall that walking away is not an option. In the past, Mark has always known when to cut loose and get out. But if he can just stick this out a bit longer . . .

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  The Last Stop

  David Llewellyn

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  Tony Peterson is a lucky man. He's just caught the last train back to Collinsport. It's been a good day – he's renewed an old friendship and been offered a job he cannot refuse. His life is about to change.But Tony Peterson's luck has just run out. The last train home will turn out to be a very long journey. Will Tony be able to trust the only other survivor? And what decision will Tony make when he's presented with another offer he cannot refuse?

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