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Belle is welcomed and becomes a living nightmare for parents Lucy and Vince, and their daughter Ruma. Can Lucy and Vince convince Ruma to get rid of Belle or will Belle be in their lives forever???
Onions wrote several collections of ghost stories, of which the best known is Widdershins (1911). It includes the novella The Beckoning Fair One, widely regarded as one of the best in the genre of horror fiction, especially psychological horror. On the surface, this is a conventional haunted house story: an unsuccessful writer moves into rooms in an otherwise empty house, in the hope that isolation will help his failing creativity. His sensitivity and imagination are enhanced by his seclusion, but his art, his only friend and his sanity are all destroyed in the process. The story can be read as narrating the gradual possession of the protagonist by a mysterious and possessive feminine spirit, or as a realistic description of a psychotic outbreak culminating in catatonia and murder, told from the sufferer's point of view. The precise description of the slow disintegration of the protagonist's mind is terrifying in either case. Another theme, shared with others of Onions' stories, is a connection between creativity and insanity; in this view, the artist is in danger of withdrawing from the world altogether and losing himself in his creation. (Introduction from Wikipedia)Ver livro
Two tragedies, a few months apart and multiple states away from each other, leaves four people dead with one fighting for their life. As a result, this uproots the lives of teenagers Ledger Elliot and Iris Brubaker, who know nothing of each other. Fifteen years later, their paths cross when Iris moves to the small Maine island Ledger has lived on his whole life. After her grandmother's death, Iris inherited a lodge on the island and intends to reopen it as a hotel. Unbeknownst to Ledger and Iris, their lives are about to collide, and their dark pasts will come to haunt them with the help of the history and possession of the lodge. Through an unexplainable draw they are cast together and find themselves fighting for their lives, and the protection of the island residents, against unseen foes. Demonic forces which followed them from their pasts, are determined to take over the lodge and reopen a portal to hell. Through this battle Ledger and Iris discover they were sent to stop one another, yet through their connection unleash a power they'd never known existed.Ver livro
Kay Norris, a successful single woman of thirty-nine, moves into the posh Carnegie Hill district of Manhattan's Upper East Side, into an apartment in a slender high rise, a ""sliver"" building. A man watches her. He watches her unpack, watches her make her bed. He owns the building; a shocking secret is concealed within its brick and concrete. Sliver is a hypnotic story of obsession, suspense, and stunning surprises. It is a novel about ultimate power, and the temptations the use of that power brings. With ice cold precision, Levin, the author of Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives, creates a mesmerizing story that culminates in a scene of electrifying suspense.Ver livro
Twenty-three-year-old Devon Owens receives an unexpected message from an online stranger. One curious reply takes on a sinister turn when Devon suddenly finds himself trapped in an inescapable nightmare of online terror.Ver livro
Behind every righteous man lies a shadow hungry for the dark... and some dare to set it free. London is veiled in impenetrable fog and gripped by terror. A sinister, deformed figure named Edward Hyde is stalking the cobblestone streets, leaving a trail of brutal violence in his wake. As respected lawyer Gabriel Utterson investigates the horrific trampling of a child and the savage murder of a beloved gentleman, he discovers a baffling connection: Hyde's sole protector is none other than Utterson's dearest friend, the brilliant and esteemed Dr. Henry Jekyll. Why has the charitable doctor drafted a will surrendering his entire estate to a remorseless monster? As Utterson descends into the labyrinth of London's grimy alleyways and locked laboratory doors, he unearths a chilling secret that defies the laws of nature and sanity alike. Why you will love this: This definitive Gothic Fiction audiobook immerses you in a gaslit world of suspense, psychological terror, and mad science. If you crave dark atmospheric mysteries, morbid doppelganger tropes, Victorian era dread, and profound explorations of the duality of man, this gripping performance will leave you questioning the monsters lurking within us all. Robert Louis Stevenson was a literary titan of the Victorian age, celebrated for his unparalleled ability to blend sweeping adventure with profound psychological depth. His haunting exploration of human morality remains a timeless cornerstone of classic English literature.Ver livro
In 1897, Reverend Elias Crowe leads eleven desperate followers into the Olympic Peninsula and builds a cabin in a clearing where daylight feels thin. He calls it a sanctuary. It is a transaction site. The ritual is simple: union first, blood second. The cabin learns the order, remembers it, and stains its floor with a hunger that never dries. In the present, Ryan Harlan and Kayla Voss drive into the same forest for one last attempt at saving their marriage after a loss they cannot speak about without breaking. They find the cabin waiting, warm wood in cold rain, a door that closes too easily, and a dark mark on the floor that feels less like a stain and more like a heartbeat. Once they cross the threshold, the rules return. The cabin does not haunt like a ghost. It records. It fuses what should remain separate. It opens mouths where there should be none. It takes names, then uses those names as leverage. And when help arrives, the cabin adapts, spreading through touch, blood, and borrowed voices. Shadows of Flesh and Bone is extreme body horror rooted in Pacific Northwest dread, where grief becomes bait and the forest keeps receipts. For mature readers.Ver livro
