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  The Black Church - A Short Story

  J.F. Penn

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  A week alone in Iceland's most isolated church. A grief too heavy to carry. An ancient darkness stirring beneath.  
  Pastor David Thornwell has lost his wife, his faith, and any reason to keep preaching. When he's offered a week-long silent retreat at the Black Church of Búðir — a tar-blackened chapel on Iceland's remote Snæfellsnes Peninsula — he accepts, hoping the vast silence of winter will either restore his shattered belief or give him permission to let go entirely.  
  But the Black Church holds secrets older than Christianity.  
  Strange journals left by previous caretakers describe lights that pool where they shouldn't, voices beneath the foundations, and an archaeological dig that was abandoned without explanation. Claw marks scar the heavy wooden door. And as the aurora borealis blazes across consecutive nights, David begins to understand that this church was not built to celebrate God's presence — but to keep vigil against something far more ancient.  
  With the ground cracking beneath the altar and shadows advancing across the frozen lava field, David must make an impossible choice: surrender to the vast indifference of deep time, or ring the bell — not as an act of faith, but as a single, defiant act of human will.  
  Set against the real landscape of Iceland's Snæfellsnes Peninsula — the inspiration for Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth — The Black Church is a story of grief, geological terror, and the thin line between worship and containment.  
  For readers who love the atmospheric dread of M.R. James, the cosmic scope of H.P. Lovecraft, and the emotional weight of literary horror.First published as part of The Buried and the Drowned: A Short Story Collection by J.F. Penn

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  The Crag

  Claire Sutherland

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  Will the mountain give up its secrets? 
   
  While walking on an isolated track in the windswept Wimmera, rock-climber Skye discovers the body of a young woman. The body has injuries that suggest a rock-climbing accident, but it's been found more than 5km from the nearest cliffs at Mount Arapiles. 
  Police ask Skye to help them navigate the perilous world of rock climbing as they try to unravel what happened. Skye is secretly thrilled to be part of the investigation, but as it becomes clear that a killer is on the loose, all thrill turns to fear. In the isolated crags of the mountain, stark beauty can conceal horrific truths. 
  ‘I devoured this thrilling crime novel… a gripping, vertigo-inducing read.’  HAYLEY SCRIVENOR

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  Hard Trauma

  Franklin Horton

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  No uniform. No badge. No rules of engagement. Ty Stone isn't afraid to cross the line when the stakes are high.  
  When a child goes missing from a busy interstate gas station, all leads point in the wrong direction. Ty Stone is afraid he's too damaged to help but his gut--and his conscience--won't let him sit this one out. 
  Even as he's searching for the missing child, law enforcement is searching for him. Ty's anger and bad decisions are catching up with him. But sometimes a broken hero is what the world needs. A man who understands that real justice doesn't always come from the courts.

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  Peter Ruff and the Double Four -...

  E. Phillips Oppenheim

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  Peter Ruff, a small London agent with a genius for the discreet, is recruited into the Double Four — a European criminal directorate — and finds the way out is to run it. Oppenheim worked in his father's leather business for twenty years while writing at night, then produced some hundred and fifteen novels from the Riviera; this is his most cynical, and the criminals have better manners than the Foreign Office. Fifty-nine plates by painters including Walter Sickert and John Atkinson Grimshaw follow the story through nocturnal harbour lights, London streets and music halls, the shadowed city that was Oppenheim's own.

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  Short Horror Stories: Spine...

  Scare Street

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  The darkness never ends. It only grows deeper… 
  Spine Chillers Volumes 11–15 brings another wave of terrifying short stories, each one designed to leave you breathless with dread. 
  Within these pages, shadows stir in forgotten rooms. Whispers echo from the walls. Doors open on their own, revealing places that should never exist. Ghosts, curses, and things older than time reach out with cold hands, eager to claim the living. 
  This collection is packed with haunted houses, restless spirits, and creatures born from midnight’s blackest dreams. Whether you face the chill of an abandoned asylum, the silence of a cursed forest, or the gaze of something watching from just beyond the light, each tale will remind you why you fear the dark. 
  Once you step inside, there is no safe way out. 
  Step into the eerie world of Scare Street, where supernatural horror and suspense await you at every turn. Our collection of ghost stories, paranormal encounters, urban legends, and haunted house stories offer the perfect mix of scary and spooky tales. Whether it's a creepy campfire classic, short horror stories, or unsettling creepypasta, our tales are crafted to bring thrills and chills that will keep you hooked. 
  For a detailed list of our books, please visit scarestreet.com/books

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  Highway to Hellebore - A Village...

  Nancy Warren

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  Beware of men in fast cars… 
  When a fancy sports car whizzes down the high street of Willow Waters in the Cotswolds, florist and witch Peony Bellefleur senses it could bring trouble. She is right. Bad boy Dennis Ratslaff left Willow Waters many years ago, and the community breathed a sigh of relief. After a couple of decades in Australia, he’s returned with an Aussie accent, a lot of money, and a plan to stay. He’s bought a beautiful historic property with an award-winning English country garden that he plans to dig up for his swimming pool. 
  The neighbors are angry, and the historical society is horrified, but Dennis doesn’t care. He’s rich, he’s romancing the town’s most eligible widow, and he’ll worry about the rules after he’s broken them. But when his digger unearths a major archaeological find, Dennis is forced to stop. Then it turns out there’s more than a Roman burial site in his garden…. 
  Meanwhile, the town’s most eligible bachelor and secret werewolf has asked Poppy out on a date, and her mother and housemates all want to help her prepare for the first real date she’s had in years. 
  Join Poppy and friends for a cozy mystery that promises no gore, sex, or bad language, just plenty of murderous fun.

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