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Writer Cyril Glendinning is waiting for his big break. He is well reviewed by cultured newspapers, but he makes very little money. Then he is commissioned to write a novel for a big publisher, but before he is able to finish, disaster strikes. His wife, Gertrude, is left penniless and alone, until she is awoken one night by a mysterious clicking metallic sound....

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Layla is my crown, my purpose, the sheer essence of life. She’s the key. The key to unlocking the darkness in my soul. There is no reform. No restitution. Only retaliation and fear. I’ll decorate my throne with the broken wings of my enemies. Their blood will run like a river, a red carpet at my feet. The games have just begun. The players have been cast. And in this world of darkness and sin, all will bow to their king.

Thelma and Ezra have decided it is time to move forward with their plans to have a family, but first they need to move to a larger living space. When Thelma finds her “home sweet home” and they make it so, things begin to change in unsettling ways. Ezra sees what’s happening, but Thelma doesn’t - not really. He must find a way to save them before it’s too late.

On the idyllic island of Lute, every seventh summer, seven people die. No more, no less. Lute and its inhabitants are blessed, year after year, with good weather, good health, and good fortune. So it’s only fair that every seven years, on the day of the tithe, the island’s gift is honored. Nina Treadway is new to The Day. A Florida girl by birth, she became a Lady through her marriage to Lord Treadway, whose family has long protected the island. Nina’s heard about The Day, of course. It's all superstitious nonsense. Then The Day begins. And it's a day of nightmares.

Valle Vampyr bor med sin familj i en jättemysig grotta. Det bästa Valle vet är mat. Han älskar att smaka på ny mat från hela världen. Om någon skulle fråga honom vilken hans älsklingsrätt är skulle han inte kunna svara. Så galen är han i mat! En dag när Valle har lagat mat i flera timmar vill inte mamma och pappa äta maten. Hur ska Valle få mamma och pappa att smaka på hans goda mat?

Nefarious by Dameon Thorn is a weekly podcast hosted by Metaverse artist Dameon Thorn. If you're into conversations about tv, music, film, and tech, you're in the right place.

Große Träume in einer zu engen Welt. Frankfurt, 1950. Christa hat ihre große Liebe, den Lyriker Jago, wiedergefunden. Doch die Vergangenheit wirft allzu schwarze Schatten auf das junge Glück. Auch sonst merkt Christa überall, wie schwer es ist, ihrem Herzen zu folgen: beim Schreiben ihrer Doktorarbeit und bei ihrem Wunsch, als Buchhändlerin den Menschen Freude durch Literatur zu schenken, ihren Horizont zu erweitern – und ihnen den Staub aus den Köpfen zu fegen. Alle sehnen sich nach einer heilen Welt, im Leben und in Büchern.

Dane Golden - best friend. Temptation in football cleats. Roommate? I’m screwed. His followers don’t call him Pretty Boy D for nothing. The guy is, literally, God’s gift to women. I should know. I’ve watched chicks throw themselves at him since puberty. Sharing his loft should be simple. Easy. But shortly after I settle in, we realize being "just friends" was so much easier when we weren’t sleeping under the same roof. Seven years of thinking we had this down to a science goes out the window the night Dane sees my “Never Have I Ever” list.

Into the Everwood, Prep's Dungeon Dive is here! Closing towards the end of Prep, Terrence and his team are now working harder than ever to Rank Up and progress in their Affinities. When an old acquaintance decides to stand in their way, will the team be able to deal with the threat? Packs of monsters will stand in their way, but will their fellow students be their most significant burden to overcome?

Lucifer has descended on Fortune Academy Underworld a whole five days early — leave it to Cole to be a big fat liar about his timetable. He wasn’t lying about Lucifer’s secret weapon, though, and the truth will take us all for a ride. Olivia is my best friend and she has a past almost as dark as mine, one even she’s not ready to remember and one Lucifer is ready to exploit. I want to help her through all of this, but two of my newest Virtues are trapped in the pit, the lowest level of Hell and Lucifer’s territory.

There’s a little wild west amusement park in California’s high desert. Old Madelyn Ghost Town attracts tourists every weekend. There are all sorts of rides and attractions peppered among the historic buildings. Here, you can take a ride through the Haunted Mine, have an old-fashioned chicken dinner, or watch a Wild West show.... And if you camp out, you just might see a UFO or two.

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is perhaps the most famous ghost story of all. For nearly 200 years, this tale has singlehandedly extended the haunting season from autumn through winter, and ghost lovers everywhere are happy about that. Traditionally, A Christmas Carol is told and retold each year in every form from plays to movies and TV shows. But, originally, the tale was read aloud as folks sat by the hearth, drinking mulled cider or hot cocoa as they warmed their hands at the fireplace. Many of us first heard the tale as children.

West Golden - fierce protector. The one. The cocky jock I once wanted to kill with my bare hands is now the only one I trust with my heart. In a city full of corruption and dark secrets, knowing who’s on your side gets harder to determine every day. Especially now that Vin’s on the warpath, passing out threats he fully intends to see through to the end. His power here in Cypress Pointe seems limitless, and I don’t have time to see if that’s true. I’m prepared to make sacrifices to keep my family safe. Even if what’s sacrificed is my own happiness.

Rhode Park was like any other prison. But former inmate, Jim Ridge, knew the true horror was inside the empty cells. Upon hearing that the prison he spent his young adult years in is set to be demolished, Jim must step back inside to save the souls of his inmate circle of friends. That is only priority one though, as Jim must also break the prison curse to stop its most vile inmate, Francis McCready, from roaming the earth once again. Having seen the violence up close and in person, Jim fears what the dead will do in a prison break.

Taken to a Black Ops location off the coast of Louisiana, Staff Sergeant Jason “Ransom” McIlwain and his team are dropped into a surreal world of cyberterrorists, gateways between alternate planes of existence, and saving the world from an otherworldly entity known simply as Corruption. Learning to navigate this new world where vampires, shapeshifters, and elves are real, Ransom and his team are soon fighting forces on both sides of the veil.

Sophie has always believed her mother abandoned her, and tries not to dwell on memories of laughter and bedtime stories. Arriving at the renowned Ayredale Library deep in the English countryside, Sophie feels strangely at home among her fellow bookbinders and the endless shelves of antique books. But everything changes when a beautiful door – engraved with a leaf matching her mother’s old necklace – swings open at her touch. Sophie gasps at the impossible sight inside: a silver tree growing higher than the library itself.

I’m used to getting anything I want. Power. Fame. Women. It’s all mine, but boredom has set in after 500 years as the Fae King and ruling mankind. She’s the only thing that excites me. She’s forbidden, but that won't stop me from making her mine.

The Witch's Path is all about taking your witchcraft practice to the next level-whether you're a beginner who feels overwhelmed, a disillusioned adept, a jaded coven leader, or anyone in between. This book shares specific, hands-on tips for what you can do to move forward spiritually today, no matter what your starting point.

In the 1920s, Henry Manning ruled Ravencrest with an iron fist. He held debauched parties that would have inspired Jay Gatsby himself. From the Manning fortune to a beautiful wife, the silent-film star known as the White Violet, Henry had it all...including a loyal cult that worshipped the demon Forneus.