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For more than 50 years, not a day goes by when Caroline doesn't think of her brother, Andy. The last time she saw Andy was when he left home to spend 30 days at Florida's largest reform school. Caroline's family was told that Andy ran away in the middle of the night. Fifty years later, Sean O'Brien receives a letter from a dead man. A year earlier the man had hired Sean O'Brien and chartered his boat for a fishing trip. Now the man is reaching from the grave to hire him again.

This is a collection of short stories based upon a few of the thousands of predictions of the man simply known as Nostradamus as well as some historical accounts. The stories contained inside bring the prophecies to life, however, the characters in this program places are fictitious and are based up on no real person or location, but the predictions and words of Nostradamus found within the stories are very real.

A crash landing leads to a crash course in survival...and passion. En route to a tropical paradise, overworked and dedicated Aimee Myller is ready to begin her new life. But when the plane defects, the pilot, sexy Tristan Bress, needs to make an emergency landing in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Aimee Myller's dreams of a fairytale getaway in Brazil come crashing right down with the plane.

Peter Galaxy and his sidekick, Dr. Simon, used to be big stars on the radio. Now they're just two retired actors playing cards on the front porch and riding herd on the grandchildren. But can these two old-timers find work for 300 billion illegal aliens? Yeah, we wondered about that question too.

When Courtney Burke appears at Ponce Marina on a humid summer morning, she leaves Sean O’Brien with a haunting tale. Her story could lead O’Brien down a path that began with a brutal crime 40 years earlier and hidden family secrets spawned from the desecration of the innocent. O’Brien learns that Courtney is linked to a series of carnival murders. Police are convinced she’s a serial killer, and all of her victims are men. But like the illusions found in the carnival’s house of mirrors, nothing is as it appears.

When an old man sees an unidentified Civil War photograph of a woman in the newspaper, he begins a desperate search for a 160-year-old painting that he believes will match the image of the enigmatic woman in the photograph, and if it does, it will prove that his great-great-grandfather did not run from battle. After the old man hires Sean O’Brien to find the mysterious painting, O’Brien discovers it’s linked to a secret letter and map that will lead to a trapdoor where a hidden key to the most horrific war on US soil lies buried.

Before the death of his wife, Sean O'Brien makes a promise to her that he has no plans to break - until he starts building a new life in an old cabin on a remote stretch of a tropical river in the heart of Florida. It's there that he discovers an injured young woman who whispers a cryptic message into his ear.

A priest hears the confession of a frightened prison inmate, and he learns that a man facing lethal injection in 84 hours is innocent. The lead investigator on the high-profile case was his old friend, Sean O'Brien. And now O'Brien has a chance to right a horrible wrong. But he has less than 84 hours to uncover clues to a crime that sent an innocent man to death row.

Glenda Lawson believes her husband was the only US serviceman shot and killed on American soil during World War II. But in 1945, investigators ruled that Billy Lawson died in a “mugging turned ugly.” Sean O’Brien is learning the ropes of commercial fishing when he gets his anchor caught on something underwater. He discovers a German U-boat partially buried in sand, and inside is a frightening cargo. The media pick up the story, and a 35-year-old woman who has a haunting tale visits O’Brien.

Abby and her sister Zara are not real people. They were made, created by pandimensional beings - the Grace - to help save space and time. The Grace gave them special powers. With just a thought they can be anywhere or when in the universe. They can affect people, see into their heads, influence their thoughts.... They’re still learning what they can do. Now they've completed their mission, the Grace have left them to fend for themselves. The universe is dangerous, unpredictable.

Vier mörderische Kurzgeschichten werden Sie verzaubern und erschaudern lassen. Der Erfolgsautor Andreas Gruber und die faszinierenden Sprecher Reiner Schöne, Detlef Bierstedt, Thorsten Michaelis und David Nathan erstellten und der Leitung von Lars Peter Lueg "lebendige Literatur".

Außerirdische Kadaver schauderhafter Kreaturen in den Bergen Neuenglands? Die umfassende Korrespondenz zwischen dem Erzähler und Mr. Akeley wird Sie fesseln. Und Sie werden fühlen wie der Wahnsinn leise über Ihnen schwebt. Der unterschwellige suggestive Horror dieser Erzählung lässt Sie den Atem anhalten. Raffiniert und subtil. Spannend ohne Entspannung. Und dabei besser als jeder Horrorfilm!

Graf Dracula, der Fürst der Dunkelheit, verlegt seinen Wohnsitz nach London, um seine unstillbare Gier nach Blut zu befriedigen. In einer dramatischen Jagd verfolgen der junge Dr. Seward und sein Lehrmeister Prof. van Helsing gemeinsam mit dem Anwalt Jonathan Harker und dessen Frau Mina den "Jäger der Nacht" bis nach Transylvanien, um ihn auszuschalten...

18. Jahrhundert. In einer kleinen, armseligen Waldhütte in Fuldaer Forst: Der junge Revierjäger Andres weiß nicht mehr aus noch ein, seine wunderschöne italienische Frau Giorgina ringt mit dem Tode und sein neun Wochen altes Baby droht zu verhungern. Doch da klopft wie ein Engel in der Not ein wahrer Gentleman an seine Tür: Ignatz Denner. Teuflisch ist die Falle, die Denner mit Geduld und Weitsicht stellt... und unaufhaltsam stolpert die junge Familie hinein.

Der junge Norddeutsche Erasmus Spikher reist zu Studienzwecken nach Florenz. Dort lernt er die außergewöhnlich schöne Giulietta kennen - und verliebt sich Hals über Kopf in sie. Aber in Giulietta stecken ungeahnte Fähigkeiten - und Erasmus kommt im wahrsten Sinn des Wortes in Teufels Küche.

Berlin. In der Prachtsraße "Unter den Linden" fällt dem Schriftsteller Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann unter all den Stadtvillen und vornehmen Geschäften ein schäbiges, verwahrlostes Häuschen auf. In diesem öden Haus lebt ein alter, menschenfeindlicher Hausverwalter und ein großer schwarzer Hund, der des Nachts auf grausige Weise den Mond anheult. Auch von unheimlichen Spukerscheinungen hört Theodor munkeln... Immer und immer wieder starrt er wie unter Zwang hinein!

New World Order: The Conspiracy to Rule Your Mind chronicles how the ruling elite have established global domination and the ability to effect the thoughts, decisions, and world view of human beings across the globe by systematically infiltrating the media, academia, industry, military, and political factions under the guise of upholding democracy.

A missing girl. A ruthless killer. A rookie P.I....Jake Abraham is a child of the 80s, brought up by Jim Rockford, Thomas Magnum and three beautiful girls who worked for a man named Charlie. He's loving his new job as a Private Investigator and already has his first client - a disgraced former police captain whose daughter has disappeared. When the girl shows up dead, Jake is drawn into a dangerous world of organised crime, police corruption, infidelity and serial murder.

This collection of five short stories touches on themes and topics throughout the genre including zombies, superheroes, artificial intelligence, and the changing role of birthdays in the future. "Billy and the Zombies" is a story about a boy who spent most of his life preparing for a zombie apocalypse and now has to deal with one in real life. "Mom's Special Day" talks about an indeterminate future where birthdays have a much different meaning than they do today. "The Trial of WLQC-73" discusses what happens when we create computers that are as human as we are with all of our faults and failings. "The Heist" is a story about a future where Superheroes aren't as clean cut as our comic books show them to be. "Chance Encounters" describes what happens when a simple misunderstanding spirals out of control.

After 40 years in San Quentin, Luke Palmer leaves with a state-issued suit, $100 dollars to buy a bus ticket, and a map that will lead to a promise and into the heart of a dark forest. College graduate student Molly Monroe is about to release rare butterflies not far from where the FBI used 4,000 bullets in a shootout to kill Ma Barker and one of her gangster sons in 1935. Molly snaps a picture that will frame something she never sees coming.