Publisher: Charles River Editors
Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents. The Turn of the Screw is a famous gothic ghost story written by Henry James. The novella is still popular among academics today who try to determine the nature of what is hinted at in the story.
From a New York Times–bestselling author, “a superbly creepy modern horror story” about a family who discovers their home is inhabited by an evil spirit(Sunday Mirror). Ollie and Caro Harcourt are moving into a new house with their twelve-year-old daughter Jade. Ollie is desperate to leave the city. Caro is less sure. Then they view Cold Hill House, a dilapidated rural mansion, and fall instantly in love. It’s expensive, but with its space, seclusion and huge grounds it seems like a brilliant idea. That is, until they arrive. It soon becomes apparent that they are not alone. A spectral woman appears on screens and walks the corridors, vanishing before she can be challenged. Strange occurrences become ever more common. Then Caro starts seeing faces, always looking out of the same upstairs window. The room behind it could hold the key to the disturbing secret behind the house’s mysterious past. Except for the fact that the room doesn’t seem to exist . . . “James is a compelling storyteller and he ratchets up the tension in increments, so that his readers will be suitably terrified. By the time you want to scream ‘Look behind you!’, it’s already too late.” —Daily Mail “Impeccable.” —The Sunday Times “James neatly interlaces the traditional . . . with the modern . . . never losing the essential heart of the horror as it derails the lives of its victims.” —Publishers WeeklyShow book
"One way or another the dues of the past must be paid." Mysterious forces are driving a deadly wedge between Riley and his best friend, a fallen angel named Jonathan. A year ago, Riley had come to put his trust and his very life in Jonathan's hands, but something is happening to Jonathan, something very dark, and it's putting Riley at risk. He was once Reiley's most trusted friend, but now Riley is beginning to fear him, and for good reason. They will both face impossible decisions, which means only one of them will survive as the forces of evil once again come after them.Show book
The paranormal investigators at Gulf Coast Paranormal thought they knew what they were doing. Midas, Sierra, Sara, Josh, and Peter had over twenty combined years of experience investigating supernatural activity on the Gulf Coast. But when they meet Cassidy, a young artist with a strange gift, they realize there's more to learn. And time is running out for Cassidy. When Gulf Coast Paranormal begins investigating the ghosts of Kali Oka Road, they find an entity far scarier than a few ghosts. Add in the deserted Oak Grove Plantation, and you have a recipe for a night of terror.Show book
Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.In dark Baudelairean tradition, Théophile Gautier weaves his characteristic Romantic prose into this disturbing 1836 tale of a devout priest lured victim by the wiles of beautiful and enigmatic Clarimonde.Show book
THE REAL WORLD Kurt is a lonely and broken man serving a self-imposed exile from life as he treks, homeless, across the country in search the next phase of his destiny. One dark and stormy afternoon, he stumbles across a grand old abandoned mansion in the deep woods, far from anywhere. Taking shelter within, he becomes entranced with the painting of a beautiful Victorian-era woman he finds hanging in the mansion’s dusty old library. Etched into the painting are two puzzling lines: “Scattered by the wind that blows across four worlds, She longs to come back home, this poor, ensorcelled girl.” THE WORLD OF FIRE A mystery within the painting sets him upon a quest across parallel worlds accessed through inter-dimensional portals inside the mansion. Worlds which test him, pushing him to his limits, and ultimately providing him with pieces of – of what? He doesn’t know…but he doesn’t let his ignorance stop him. THE WORLD OF THE ALL-SEEING EYE IN THE SKY What is he searching for? And what will happen when he finds it? The mystery of the house at the center of the worlds drives him on, questing blindly toward the climax of a century-old tragedy. THE WORLD OF THE WARRIOR WOMEN A paranormal fantasy romance, The House at the Center of the Worlds is a novella that reaches across time and the boundaries of the universe itself to right an old injustice and bring union to two sundered souls.Show book
Heather Radcliffe, a successful author, is approached by Fiona, a ghost, to write Fiona’s memoir. What follows is a tale of love, betrayal, madness and the quest for atonement. It is the story of two women—one living, one dead—and the man they both love . . . and the issue of love’s ability to endure beyond death itself. “. . . strong characters and the fact that one of them is a ghost who dictates her memoir to a woman who becomes her rival in love is fulfilling and genius!”Show book
