Doors are fascinating, from the normal house door, hiding its multitude of secrets from the neighbours, through the elegant crafted doors of high flying businesses in tower blocks, where who knows what wheeling-dealing goes on, to the solid ancient lost-in-antiquity doors of churches behind which are hundreds of years of prayers and confessions and acts that are beyond the imagination of the average churchgoer. Doors that say KEEP OUT and doors that invite you in. Countless thousands of th...

Mythical creatures or tribal memory of a creature once living, dragons hold a fascination for so many of us. This anthology is a mixture of dark, fairy tale, humour and outright admiration for the dragon. One for all lovers of the unusual!

Sinister hooded riders are terrorizing farmers at night, and most of the farmers are reluctant to talk. Meanwhile, a man named Blake makes a generous donation to the Riverview orphan's camp and offers to buy their land, but Penny suspects that he is somehow trying to cheat the orphans. Penny links the hooded bandits to Blake and prevents the orphans from being cheated...

When every clock in the city strikes thirteen, reality begins to unravel. When the Clock Struck Thirteen is an atmospheric mystery told in three gripping acts, where an impossible event sets in motion a chain of secrets, betrayals, and unexpected revelations. As strangers become connected by a single unexplained moment, they are drawn into a puzzle that challenges everything they believe about time, truth, and the stories people choose to hide.Each act peels back another layer of t...

Private Investigator Elias Thorne is used to the grit and greed of the city. But when a gold-plated envelope appears on his desk at midnight, he is pulled into a conspiracy that defies the laws of physics. In the 13th hour, silence is a weapon and time is a trap. A gripping blend of hard-boiled noir and temporal sci-fi.

We are all passengers somewhere, at some time, even if it is no more than a journey through life. Here are a whole collection of stories exploring the theme of passengers. There are a lot of variations on the theme, all dark, all engrossing, all encompassing, from cars to Death himself. Time to take a ride on the dark side...

Clowns, white faces and huge painted smiles, underneath which lurks... Clown phobia is very very common and very real. No one knows what they are at, what they're thinking, what they're planning... The talented Thirteen O'clock writers have had a serious attempt at getting behind the painted smiles and revealing the true nature hidden behind the white face - death.

Peter Packer discovers a secret room in his grandfather's attic, full of various knick knacks, and old chests. He also finds a clock - a strange clock that has thirteen hours on it, instead of the usual twelve. Curious, he takes it downstairs into his workshop, and winds it up.But when the clock strikes thirteen, Peter finds himself getting sick with nausea as he is transported to another world. A world filled with witches, and demons, and all sorts of strange inhabitants.Peter quic...

In "The Clock Strikes Thirteen," Mildred A. Wirt likely crafts a suspenseful story involving a mysterious event or crime that occurs at an unusual hour, adding an extra layer of intrigue to the narrative. The plot may follow amateur sleuths or young protagonists as they work to unravel the mystery, uncovering clues, encountering suspects, and piecing together the truth behind the enigmatic occurrence.Mildred A. Wirt's writing style is known for its engaging plots, lively characters, and fa...

A yellow word has appeared beneath GREYBOROUGH on a city sign. It should not matter. To Alyse Merrison, it does. At fourteen, Alyse returns to Vellumgate University more capable, more curious, and far less willing to accept the first explanation she is given. But another year in Wonder brings more demanding magic, fiercer competitions, dangerous encounters, and mysteries in which appearances can be every bit as misleading as lies. The deeper Alyse and her friends investigate, the more they...

Sci-fi fan or not, aliens hold a fascination for humans. The mystery of UFOs, the thought they may walk among us without us knowing, the thought they may be watching us all the time... these things ensure that we, as a race, are absorbed with thoughts of ‘aliens’, however they might show themselves. In giving Thirteen’s talented writers a theme like that, it was guaranteed that the stories which came in would cover every possible interpretation of the alien theme that you can imagine, and ...

There are many myths and legends in all cultures around the world. The theme for this anthology was taking one of those legends, a real one, and spinning a story around it. This is the end result, a collection of extremely diverse very dark tales to delight.