From debut author Z.L. Johnson, comes a suspense-filled thriller set in a world of caged vampires. Grace is a reporter who wants answers. Her source wants bodies. This is the scoop of Grace's career. An exclusive from an inmate within the Quarter--a vampire prison camp no civilian has stepped inside and survived. Answers for bodies. That is the deal. However, Grace has experienced firsthand the destruction kidnappings reap on those left behind. To agree to this is unthinkable. But to decline means never learning about the victims dumped over the prison's walls. So what if Grace focuses on those who deserve some chaos? The guilty who are too powerful to face justice? One body per week. One question each. If only the vampire hadn't asked for live humans...

The Old Mayor’s Mansion sits just a few miles outside the town of Cemetery. When best friends Sean and Devon want to increase views on their ghost investigation channel, they know the mansion is the perfect spot to film. Armed with a slew of new equipment, the buddies set out to capture the paranormal hotspot that will make them famous—just maybe not in the way they were hoping.

As whispers of the wolf spread across the Russian Empire, Obrechen becomes the hunting ground for men more ruthless than the beast itself. The Salamonsky Circus dispatches the cunning Valerian Rostov and his band of Cossacks to capture the wolf as a prized attraction. But they are not alone. The Tsar's Imperial Huntsman, Arkady Volkov, and his Mongolian tracker are on a darker quest driven by vengeance. Facing danger from all sides, Oksana and Leo find themselves trapped between rival forces. With the hunters closing in, the lines blur between predator and prey as those trapped in Obrechen hurtle toward a final deadly confrontation that will leave only the desolation of hunters. The epic conclusion of The Wolves of Kalinin duology!

Have you ever wondered if there’s more to life? If we are destined for something great, part of a divine plan rather than just subjects of random chaos? Mason Cole has wondered these things. And he has the answer…No.How could that be when his parents were killed in an earthquake that destroyed the city of Jerusalem, yet he alone survived? How could he be destined for great things when he’s stuck in a town-shaped reststop where nothing he does makes a difference? And why would God do this to him in the first place? Then one day a stranger passes through town, bringing with him a unique explanation of his past, one he never could have imagined, and wishes he could forget. It sounds like something from one of his books, only this time it’s happening to him, and it becomes clear that not every miracle is a blessing. Now, with a red-haired devil hell bent on possessing him for his own sinister gains, Mason must discover the answers to these questions if he ever hopes to survive in a world where the dark no longer hides that which dwells within.

The newest residents of Fleet, Texas are out for blood. The town of Fleet, Texas is dying, and long-time resident Ebner Graves can only watch. Ebner grew up in Fleet, fought for it in Vietnam, grew old there, and now it’s drying up. Until the addition of Sunny Meadows, a planned community on the city’s outskirts. Built by foreign investor Oskar Fuchs, it’s bringing wealth back into the area, and Fuchs wants more. He’s buying up property all over town, and making generous offers with old money. But Ebner’s not buying it. Fuchs isn’t what he seems, and Ebner won’t see his town become something he hates. And then townsfolk start dying. Everyone who stood in the way of Fuchs, all ripped apart in gruesome murder. Suspicious, Ebner sneaks into Sunny Meadows and finds the source of the killings. Vampires. Sunny Meadows is their den, and Fuchs their master. Now Ebner must stop him, before Fleet is bled dry.

Whisked away from a medical conference in Sydney, world-renowned haematologist Dr David Reynolds is told that his expertise is needed for a top-secret case at the ECDC in Stockholm, Sweden. His confusion only intensifies when he finds himself in a room filled with a highly obscure collection of professionals. What could a haematologist have in common with a linguist; a historian; a psychologist; an occultist? Confusion turns to incredulity when those gathered are finally informed of the reason they have been summoned. An archaeological dig in Romania has unearthed something that had been buried for centuries; something that should be no more than skeletal remains; something that is still alive to this day – thirsting, lusting, scheming … The ancient vampire has been freed from his tomb and is slowly regaining his strength. A ‘prisoner’ at the ECDC, he plots his emancipation from captivity with one goal in mind: retribution against those who entombed him all those centuries ago. Dr Reynolds is dragged into a world of revenge and pure hatred spanning the millennia. A world where only he holds the key to putting a lid on things before the consequences become dire for all of humankind.

Nina Papez had wanted to be an actress all her life. With help from her family, and her ambition, she was on her way to achieving that dream. That is until one day her career took an unexpected turn that forced her to wait tables in order to make rent. Afraid of disappointing her family Nina has kept her failure a secret from her family. One day she receives a call from her Uncle Hector, asking her to fly out to Maryland to help with his sheep farm. Nina is unaware of the danger she is about to encounter. Some Secrets Will Kill

Craig is a recovering junkie seeking redemption from a life that took a wrong turn. But when he crushes a spider on his porch in a seemingly innocent act, his life spirals into spinetingling terror and his home turns into a waking nightmare. Soon, Craig's sanity begins to unravel as lines blur between nightmare and reality when he must confront the demons deep in the darkness of both his home and himself. "Recluse" is a creeping descent into psychological terror pushing on the boundaries of fear and the fragility of human perspective.

Nothing exciting ever happens in the border towns of Scotland, and the village of Newcastleton, with a population in the hundreds, is no exception to the rule. That is until kids start going missing and turning up dead, and violently mutilated, in the surrounding forests. A group of teens will be forced to put down their NES controllers, walk away from their VHS collections, and try to figure out what has descended upon their quaint, little village.

Calliope Johannsson has her hands and her plate full. She goes to school, cares for her ailing grandfather, and works nearly full-time cleaning buildings, including one that is probably haunted. Her friends who are interested in the paranormal think it’s exciting… until one of them goes missing. When mundane tragedy strikes, a freakishly bizarre explanation is revealed that turns the world upside down, and nothing will ever be the same. A chilling blend of supernatural and sci-fi horror with X-files themes and the emotional punch of Stranger Things and Us, this book is a dive into the depths of terror.

In the tradition of Brotherhood of the Wolf, comes a terrifying werewolf tale in the final days of Czarist Russia. As winter looms, a wolf of unusual size and intelligence descends upon the rural nineteenth-century Russian village of Obrechen. Forgoing local livestock, the beast preys upon human victims, confounding the local constabulary and hunters, whose efforts to kill the beast meet with disaster. The village priest blames the wolf's deprivations on the presence of Galina Sekova, mistress of the Countess of Kalinin, secreted away in a cottage outside of Obrechen. Aided by a young village girl in her employ and an outcast boy orphaned by the pogroms of Kalinin, Galina seeks to unravel the wolf's secret before they become its next victims. This is the first of an incredible forthcoming duology.

What would you do for more time? Christmas Eve, 1984. Montgomery Nolan is about to die. Even at ninety years old it's never enough. But he has a way out. A way to live...beyond death. No longer hunted by time, he will become the hunter. And the night will be anything but silent. From Marcus Hawke, author of The Miracle Sin and Grey Noise, comes a bold new vampire tale. One of greed and lust. Power and immortality. Age and youth. And of course, blood!

Fleeing their shameful past, the Puller family has just moved into a new home in a cozy little subdivision. Their neighbors are friendly, the house is beautiful, but their new home harbors a deadly secret. Soon after they move in, a child suffers a debilitating injury. Night time brings terrifying events with no logical explanation. As the strange activity surrounding the house ramps up, the weight of the Puller’s past threatens to tear the family apart. Why did their house cost so much less than all the other houses in the subdivision? Who is the mysterious figure lurking in the woods beyond the Puller’s back yard? Who or what is stalking the family? The Pullers need to find the answers to their questions fast because the family is fracturing, and an unknown evil lurks in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to spill innocent blood.

Welcome to Sinner’s Pass … A small town, barely a speck on the map, but those who are condemned there rarely return. When a single father sends his only son to stay the summer with his parents in his childhood hometown, he is immediately worried by a cryptic letter from his son. He must now go to the godforsaken town to seek out his son. There, he will be forced to face not only his family’s history and demonic creatures lurking in the dark, but his own internal demons. Without honesty, there can be no redemption. Without redemption, there is no leaving the evil within Sinner’s Pass.

For Max and his friends, the weekend at a remote cabin was supposed to be a celebration, a final hurrah before life takes them in different directions. But as the sun sets and laughter fades, something dark and deadly stirs in the surrounding woods.

When Dr Emma Lloyd relocates to the quaint English parish of Hagley, she hopes to leave her painful past behind and reinvent herself as a forensic investigator. But her fresh start takes a sinister twist when she’s drawn into the parish’s most infamous cold case: the mysterious 80-year-old murder of a Jane Doe found discarded in a tree’s hollow. A woman the locals have come to know as Bella. As Emma digs deeper and secrets come to light, she faces unexpected resistance—from her superiors to Bella herself. Haunted by Bella’s vengeful ghost, Emma begins to suspect the case is far more dangerous—and personal—than she ever imagined. To uncover the truth, Emma must navigate a tangle of lies and confront the dark secrets buried in Hagley’s past. But some mysteries refuse to be answered, and as Bella’s restless spirit grows increasingly violent, Emma will have to decide how far she’s willing to go to lay her and the town’s ghosts to rest.Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? is a spine-chilling tale of obsession, betrayal, and the deadly consequences of secrets left too long in the dark.

In the summer of 1993 a group of teenagers unwittingly unleash an ancient evil slumbering, in the bowels of an Abandoned prison, on a nearby summer camp. Together, they must try to survive and confront the monster before it can commence its merciless slaughter of their fellow campers. Terror stalks the night in this woeful tale of bloodshed and horror.

History is penned by the victors—and the legend of Dracula was the lie Van Helsing needed the world to believe. In the waning days of the 19th century, a crime was buried, but not forgotten, the cold-blooded murder of Transylvanian Prince Vlad Lupescu at the hands of Van Helsing and his conspirators. Now, deep in the Carpathian shadows, the Voal Negru, a clandestine sisterhood of Dacian priestesses, invoke forbidden rites to summon their prince from the grave. Bound by blood and vengeance, he rises once more to hunt those who betrayed him. Haunted by the ghost of a fallen soldier, a disgraced US cavalry officer accepts a mysterious commission: protect the widowed Mina Harker as she flees America aboard a ship bound for England. But the voyage soon descends into nightmare, taking him from the storm-lashed Atlantic to the mist-drenched alleys of London, and to a final reckoning in the desolate strongholds of Romania. There, in the ancient heart of Eastern Europe, he must face a legacy of blood—his own, and that of the resurrected Prince.

Can love triumph over evil from Hell itself? Donald Leal is slowly losing himself, and Beverly, his wife, is trying to hold on. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Don’s mind is falling apart. Married for 40 years, Bev will happily shoulder the burden of caring for Don. But it’s more than just foggy thoughts and forgotten memories. Something dark lurks behind Don’s eyes, and drives him to despicable action. It calls itself The Other. When it’s in control, Don changes into something unrecognizable, a stranger in their house, who laughs at trauma and relishes in death. Bev soon realizes her husband isn’t just facing dementia. Her husband is possessed. The Other delights in pain and misery, and feeds off the love between Bev and Don. It surfaces more and more, hurting Bev whenever it can, and she desperately searches for a way to cure her husband. As it pushes Bev closer and closer to the breaking point, she must answer a terrible question. How much will she sacrifice to send The Other back to Hell?

When haematologist-turned-vampire David Reynolds killed his vampiric father and brother in a bloody showdown, he thought he had rid the world of the vampire menace. Aside from himself, that is. Recruited for a top-secret case to study the ancient vampire Csanád Farkas, a freak accident resulted in David’s conversion into the very creature that he was trying to understand. Accompanying this change was a dramatic shift in personality and an ever-growing lust for blood and destruction. Only through the compassion of an unlikely accomplice was David able to maintain the humanity within him for long enough to complete his mission and ensure the vampiric scourge was no more. Or so he thought … One more vampire has appeared. A vampire with a terrifying connection to his own twisted vampiric family tree. The Siren has arrived, and she is out for blood.

Welcome to the Hotel Genovie, where perfection is the standard—and the past never seems to stay buried. Lawrence Erlik, the meticulous and anxious manager, prides himself on running a flawless establishment. But when a guest checks in with a tragic story and an unsettling plan, Lawrence’s world spirals into chaos. Roman Pavlovich Kosorukov claims his wife’s ghost has haunted him for decades and confesses his intent to rid himself of her haunt once and for all. When Roman’s plan unfolds, Lawrence finds himself entangled in a chilling mystery that goes far beyond a single death. As visions of Roman’s wife, Sonya Ivanovna, torment him, the hotel’s other guests bring their own secrets and tragedies into the fold. From the ravings of a haunted old man to the chaining of his wife’s ghost. From the stalking of the raven to death knocking at the door, Hotel Genovie becomes a crucible of grief, guilt, and madness. As Lawrence struggles to unravel the truth, he’s forced to confront haunting memories of his own—ones that reveal he may not be the upstanding manager he prides himself in being. As for you, our esteemed guest, it is the pleasure of the manager, and of all the staff here at the Genovie to welcome you to our beloved hotel. We do hope you accept the extension of the ownership’s regards when we ask that you do your best to enjoy your stay.

How long can you keep something dead… before it starts waking up? When a trembling officer delivers a frozen corpse, mortician Hank Blevins assumes it’s just another favor for the sheriff. Secure the body. Lock the door. Don’t ask questions. Don’t let it thaw. But when the sheriff arrives acting like a stranger, the night turns violent. What follows is a descent into madness as Hank and his assistant uncover a horror that won’t stay buried. The truth behind the body—what it is, where it came from, and who sent it—threatens to consume them both. Something has escaped the cold. And it’s evolving.