Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road. One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen but he is young, friendly, and he wins her over almost instantly. Leonard and Wen talk...

In a matter of weeks, Massachusetts has been overrun by an insidious rabies-like virus that is spread by saliva. But unlike rabies, the disease has a terrifyingly short incubation period of an hour or less. Those infected quickly lose their minds and are driven to bite and infect as many others as they can before they inevitably succumb. Hospitals are inundated with the sick and dying, and hysteria has taken hold. To try to limit its spread, the commonwealth...

A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club, A Head Full of Ghosts, and The Cabin at the End of the World.

Paul Tremblay has won widespread acclaim for illuminating the dark horrors of the mind in novels and stories that push the boundaries of storytelling itself. The fifteen pieces in this brilliant collection, The Beast You Are, are all monsters of a kind, ready to loudly

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"A chilling collection of psychological suspense and literary horror from the multiple award-winning author of the national bestseller, The Cabin at the End of the World, and A Head Full of Ghosts"--

Narcoleptic Southie PI Mark Genevich returns in this sequel to The Little Sleep from the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Survivor Song and The Cabin at the End of the World.

Like most private eyes, Mark Genevich is something of a lone wolf. So group therapy isn't a great fit. But his landlord/mother is convinced it will help his narcolepsy—ignoring the fact that his disorder is a physical condition.

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Today's military is comprised of patriotic men and women who take an oath and are willing to give their lives in defense of our nation. Our nation's service members are well-trained and prepared for the rigors of deployments and combat, but unfortunately, most are ill-prepared for the rigors of marriage. “Help Me, I'm Married in the Military” is based on my twenty years of experience as a Navy Chaplain and the thousands of hours I've spent working...

La apacible vida de los Barrett da un giro cuando su hija Marjorie, de catorce años, empieza a mostrar síntomas horribles de esquizofrenia que los médicos no consiguen mitigar. Muy pronto, la situación ha empeorado tanto que su descenso a la locura parece imparable. Desesperado, el padre pide ayuda a un cura para practicar un exorcismo. Y es entonces cuando se produce una vuelta de tuerca: debido a sus problemas económicos, acepta la oferta de...

A young boy's father becomes obsessed with interplanetary visitors; an adolescent's game reveals devastating possible futures; twin siblings receive a visit from an aunt they don't remember in the wake of their mother's disappearance; a grieving widow finds herself drawn into a crypt and the companionship of other mourners left behind; a group of teenage girls at summer camp discover something powerful--and hungry--in the woods; a writer reeling from...

While on vacation, a family is taken hostage by a group of strangers who demand that they make a choice to avert the apocalypse.