Matt (Matilda) Black possesses the unique ability to speak with inanimate objects and to witness the inner dreams of other people. She spends her days traveling from place to place alone, yet never lonely, for she can communicate with all that surrounds her. She finds a kindred spirit in Edmund Reynolds, a wandering witch on a spiritual quest to help those in need. Together, these two special people will embark on an odyssey of the imagination. They...

Tom can see ghosts-and that's the least of his gifts. Now he must harness his newfound magic to save Chapel Hollow. A drifter trying to hide his extraordinary powers-and find a place where he belongs-Tom Renfield has recently settled in the small Oregon town of Arcadia. But when Laura Bolte gets into his cab, he's plunged deep into a world of magic he didn't even know existed. The pair is thrown together by supernatural forces, and Tom learns that...

Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned horror and dark fantasy authors! Explore the uncanny world of mummies, ancient Egypt, and dark sorcery, with these 20 stories: • SYMPATHY FOR MUMMIES, by John Gregory Betancourt. • SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY, by Edgar Allan Poe. • THE POWER OF WAKING, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. • THE MUMMY'S FOOT, by Jessie Adelaide Middleton. • LOST IN A PYRAMID, OR...

The Vampire Megapack collection 27 tales of vampires! Authors represented included Bram Stoker, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Darrell Schweitzer, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and many more. The complete contents are: "Mrs. Amworth," by E. F. Benson "Lost Epiphany," by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro "Weeping Willow," by T. A. Bradley "The Greater Thirst," by Marilyn "Mattie" Brahen "Clarimonde," by Theophile Gautier "Waiting for the Hunger," by Nina Kiriki Hoffman "Kvetchula,"...

Christmas - the very word conjures up memories of the most wondrous childhood holiday of all-filled with the glitter of colorfully-wrapped presents, family visits, carols, photographs, decorating the tree, attendance at church to celebrate the birth of the Christ child, and tummy-stuffing dinners tucked with treats seen at no other time of the year. But the yule holiday has been celebrated for at least two centuries in North America, and our writers...

Featuring contributions from Jim Butcher, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Heather Graham, this horror anthology includes 26 terrifying tales, from a teenage virgin werewolf who gets a deadly surprise while visiting a brothel, to thrill-seekers who go looking for trouble at a B&B with a bloody history.

Sixteen original stories showcase some of the genre's most admired authors.

A collection of sixteen short science fiction and fantasy stories by award-winning authors.