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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.

Cade Colter’s world is coming apart. Stalked by a ruthless crew of fanatical assassins determined to silence him, he lives in fear, haunted by grief and the guilt of a tormented past. But even as he struggles with his own demons, a new tide of terror is rising -- an ancient darkness more dangerous than any vampire. A malignant presence stalks the rain-soaked streets. Cloaked in widow’s black, she comes with the fog, her poison rotting victims from within, leaving nothing behind but hollowed corpses and the echoes of their final, desperate screams.

It's been a year since the bloody showdown at the infamous Crimson Corset nightclub, but in the mysterious little mountain town of Crimson Cove, the dead don’t rest in peace for long. Haunted by guilt and desperate for redemption, Cade Colter has come into possession of an ancient ceremonial dagger -- a mythic blade that bridges the worlds between the living and undead. When he unwittingly awakens a malevolent entity that feeds on fear and death, no one is safe.

Hank Flynn is a tormented man. He’s an outcast among humans and condemned to confront evil for as long as he lives. Serving a higher power, Hank wanders the earth alone, until he stumbles into Protection, Kansas. Mortally wounded and delirious after a demonic encounter, Hank Flynn is desperate for help. Wallace Bixby, a local merchant and man of faith, graciously opens his home to the broken stranger. Hank Flynn discovers the meaning of family and community, and the avenging drifter finds peace with Josie Bixby, the young woman who heals his body and his heart.

A woman battles a madman to save the package she ordered…and her life! A Christmas party in the mountains is invaded by otherworldly creatures. A man teams up with his son’s favorite toy to kill someone. And a Halloween prank might lead to the end of two boys’ innocence.

A village on the brink of ruin seeks salvation from something dark and ancient. When payment comes due, they discover they aren’t so willing to pay the price, but the flames must be fed. Moloch comes.

Everyone told her that her father wasn’t missing, but Catherine Dalton knew better. That old man could handle his horse like nobody’s business, and not only was he able to survive in the wild—he thrived there. So after many days passed since he headed for the mountains of western Carolina and still hadn’t reached his destination, Catherine knew with certainty something was wrong. Ill fortune had undoubtedly befallen her father. Former outlaw Henry Hardin and his gang weren’t known as the helpful type, but with time and terror mounting, Catherine had run out of options.

Not all angels are sane... Someone saved David Barker’s life, but he doesn’t know who—or what—she is. Now he’s haunted by the image of that beautiful, nebulous vision with the features of a woman and determined to find out why she appeared when he almost died. David uses an angel board in hopes of contacting her, and unfortunately for him, he succeeds. This angel has loved him all his life, guarded him and protected him. And she’ll hurt anyone who interferes with that love. David’s guardian angel is obsessive, possessive… and homicidal.

In the Desert of Dudael, the demon Azazel is freed from the pit where he has dwelled for millennia. On the frozen world of Abyss, fallen angels banished from earth in the time of Enoch, prepare for their return. But the world is vanishing. Soon there will be battleground for neither man nor demon. Rick Scott has sworn off magic, but when he receives a summons from his former mentor, he must travel the ravaged wasteland of time and gaze into the mirror of eternity before the world plunges into the white-hot singularity of creation.

Five years after the end of the Civil War, Victoria Montgomery has lost everything in her life that mattered. Her parents, her home, security, her freedom, and all hope of ever being happy again. Despite her reservations, she decides to honor the arrangement made by her father before his death to marry a man he chose in Montana Territory.

Uncomfortably Dark presents DARK DISASTERSIn this third installment of the Dark Dozen series, stories collide with the real-life horror of Mother Nature in all her glory. See what happens when twelve spectacular authors rise to the challenge to combine the worst natural disasters imaginable with something evil and nightmarish hidden at its core. Curated and edited by Candace Nola, with a foreword by Patrick R.

A dying wife of three children places an ad in The Matrimonial News to find her replacement. Eliza Hartzell’s letter stood out from all the others as she already had experience with children, was a Christian, as well as a midwife. On her deathbed, her last wish was that her husband, Wolfgang, agree to treat this woman with kindness, if not love.

Language Arts teacher Mrs. Kelsey Swan randomly has her students pick a writing assignment to be completed in two weeks from a top hat. Seventeen-year-old Veronica "Vroni" Swan draws the legend of her two times great-grandfather having buried treasure somewhere in Swanson. Not only must she write about her family, but her partner on this assignment is the awkward Suzie Carmichael.

When Cordell Kennedy's young wife dies, his life falls apart and he leans on family members to care for his daughter and maintain his focus on running the Double K Ranch. After a year of juggling fatherhood and work, he believes the time has finally come for him to hire a woman to care for his daughter and his home. Before he can enlist the help of his family to find an older, grandmotherly-type woman, he learns his family has already solved the matter for him when a beautiful young nanny unexpectedly shows up at his front door.