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  Carry Me to My Grave

  Christopher Golden

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  From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden comes a high concept horror novel about a man trying to protect his dead mother's body from the evil that is hunting them.Maggie Wise will take your eyes.When Malcolm was growing up, the local kids made up that chant about his mother, claiming she was a witch. He and his siblings did their best to ignore it. Now, Maggie is dying, and those same siblings have left Malcolm and his sister-in-law Violet to hold a vigil at her bedside.But they’re not as alone as they think they are. A dark figure waits and watches from beneath the willow tree across the street. Hundreds of miles away, an ancient evil stirs in its burrow under a farmer’s cornfield. Across the country, other buried things begin to dream in anticipation of Maggie’s demise. On her deathbed, the old woman elicits a promise from Malcolm, her youngest child―when she dies, he and Violet must return her body to her birthplace in Shediak, Maine.From the moment she takes her last breath, before her remains are even loaded aboard the baggage car of the Imperial Limited, there are forces trying to stop Malcolm from fulfilling that promise. Violence erupts on the train, evil preys on its passengers, and once the sun goes down, those long-buried things are coming to make Maggie Wise pay for her past. God help anyone who stands in their way.

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  Him Standing

  Richard Wagamese

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  When Lucas Smoke learns the Ojibway art of carving from his grandfather, he proves to be a natural. He can literally make people come to life in wood. Then Lucas’s growing reputation attracts a mysterious stranger, who offers him a large advance to carve a spirit mask. 
  This mask is to represent the master, but Lucas must find its face in his dreams. As his dreams become more and more disturbing, he feels himself changing. And the mask takes control of his life. Then a chance encounter with an old woman introduces him to the identity of the master. He is an ancient sorcerer named Him Standing, a powerful and dark wizard. The more Lucas works on the mask, the closer Him Standing comes to emerging from the dream world to walk the earth again. What follows is a race against time and the forces of evil in this supernatural thriller.
  		 
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  The Body Snatcher - Classic...

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  Two student anatomists purchase the remains of humanity in the small hours of the morning. The shadowy men who bring the bodies seldom speak, and the suspicions of the students are never spoken aloud.Until one morning, when the drapery is lifted from the face of a new acquisition and one student recognizes it as the face of a dear friend, alive and well only yesterday.

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  Enter The Marchioness

  Rachel Lawson

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  "Midnight what Happened," asked a policeman offhandedly of an oddly dressed man who looked like a stage magician in blue wearing a mask. 
  "Are you mad there was a school shooting," said Midnight looking slightly greenish. 
  "No I just got here," said the policeman, "is anyone else here?" 
  "Dante, and Dark Starlight," said Midnight offhandedly. 
  "Don't you mean Dark Star?" said the policeman. 
  "No Starlight she's Dante's wife the Marchioness of Mars," 
  said Midnight. 
  The policeman laughed. "The Martianess of Mars are you kidding me?" 
  "What's so funny about my title?" a tall black-haired masked woman in a black suit said. 
  "Dark Starlight I take it," said the policeman nervously. 
  "Yes," said the woman insulted. 
  "Nice to meet you where is your husband?" asked the policeman. 
  "The Marquess of Mars is inside the building," said Starlight. 
  The policeman went inside the building to see her husband. 
  Tried to keep it light

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  Last Breath

  Joe Hill

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  From the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Horns comes this e-short story—from Joe Hill’s award-winning collection 20th Century Ghosts. 
  Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . . 
  Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . . 
  Francis is unhappy. Francis was human once, but that was then. Now he's an eight-foot-tall locust and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . . 
  John Finney is locked in a basement that's stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead. . . . 
   

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  Rest Stop: Book summary & analysis

  Margot Langley

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  This content is an independent and unofficial summary created for informational and educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. All rights to the original work belong to its respective copyright holders. This summary is not intended to substitute the original book, but to offer a concise overview and interpretation of its main ideas.
   
  
  
   
  Recharge your drive with Rest Stop, a transformative journey through life’s literal and metaphorical pit stops. Follow a seasoned traveler as he pauses under moonlit pines, masters micro-rest rituals, fosters human connection by helping a stranded stranger, and navigates storms with calm precision. Blending cinematic storytelling with actionable performance strategies—intentional pause protocols, adaptive pacing methods, empathy-driven collaboration, and reflective big-picture journaling—this audiobook equips busy professionals to harness every break as a catalyst for clarity, resilience, and renewed momentum. Elliott your path forward by turning each rest stop into a launchpad for lasting impact.

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