"Outstanding . . . full of emotional realism and resonance." — FOREWORDRigsby, Wisconsin: Amid the placid, scenic small-town beauty, the teens of Rigsby are roiling with struggles over what might come next, where to turn, and what's standing in their way.When Anna welcomed new friend Bethany to town, it gave her some distraction from simmering issues of her own. Now, we turn to Anna's story and . . . it's not great. Her school lunc...

It's 2002 in rural Rigsby, Wisconsin, and Bethany, searching for stability and an escape from her oppressive family, finds solace in new high school friends. But everyone is struggling beneath the town's idyllic surface, and everything is about to change.Rigsby, Wisconsin: It's just another nowhere town, but Bethany has finally found some stability here, far from the baleful, watching eyes of her oppressively disapproving mother. Jeordie and Erik are welcoming new ...

"Embraces death as a concept with due complexity." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review"A very powerful collection that aims right for the heart, and is strongly recommended." — CEMETERY DANCE,Death — the one aspect of life we all have in common — is waiting for everyone, yet our practices, beliefs, myths, and stories about it are as diverse as we are. YOU DIED celebrates these vibrant cultural expressions of the g...

If aliens made you an offer you couldn’t refuse, would you still wager everything on your faith? What price would you pay to save your city? Can the last member of a doomed church find hope once again?Since the original 2016 anthology, Mysterion has carried readers to settings strange and wonderful with stories about the challenges of belief, about characters struggling to understand worlds that cannot make sense—and, when that fails, to be true to their convictions, to ho...

Allison Symms had forgotten everything about that night over twenty years ago. The night she was held captive in an old cabin in the woods. Last thing she can remember is running through the woods and crashing head on into something, falling back knocking herself unconscious. She doesn’t remember anything about that night until one day she gets knocked over by a city bus taking a turn to sharp and hits her head against a flower planter and goes unconscious once again. Then she begins to ha...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Four chilling true crime stories expose the darkest depths of human evil across decades and continents. From the American Midwest farmhouses where Paul Runge terrorized elderly couples in a methodical killing spree, to the sanitarium where Dr. Linda Hazzard systematically starved her wealthy patients to death while convincing them it was medical treatment. Journey into the twisted mind of Jack Unterweger, who used his literary celebrity...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Enter the darkest corners of the human psyche in this unflinching true crime audiobook chronicling five of history’s most horrifying killers. From Gary Heidnik’s Philadelphia house of chains and cannibalism, to Anatoly Slivko’s Soviet-era ritual murders captured on film, each chapter plunges you into a nightmare of manipulation, obsession, and methodical brutality. Witness Cayetano Santos Godino—the Argentine child killer dubbed “The An...

Is there any little thing better than a book? Grover does not think so, and he will tell you why! Join your Sesame Street friends in this special ebook to learn all about why books are the very best. Created in celebration of Children's Book Week.

**Forget settling or “settling down”—you deserve a love that upgrades every aspect of your life. A love that empowers you to get hotter, happier, and more fulfilled . . . together.The host of the podcast New Mindset, Who Dis? helps you find a partnership that fills your life with “can you believe we did that?” moments, where “let’s book a flight and go” is as common as “I love you.”**Are you looking for a love that offers you clarity, not confusion? Does it feel li...

From The Genesis Code to The Murder Artist, John Case has established himself as the master of unrelenting suspense. Now Case choreographs his most diabolically chilling novel to date, as the very fabric of civilization threatens to come apart in the hands of a brilliantly vengeful madman.Photojournalist Mike Burke carried his camera into every war zone and hellhole on earth–and came back with the pictures (and battle scars) to prove it. He was flying high until, quite suddenly, he...

The bestselling author of The Genesis Code and The Eighth Day now strikes his most harrowing chord, with a chilling novel that pushes suspense to nearly inhuman limits.As a television news correspondent, Alex Callahan has traveled to some of the most dangerous corners of the globe, covering famine, plague, and war. He’s seen more than his share of blood and death, and knows what it means to be afraid. But what he’s never known is the terror that grabs him when, on...

A straight-to-the-point, honest-as-hell grief recovery handbook, offering a refreshingly honest approach to healing, empowering you to navigate your journey without the fluff and generic advice.Embrace the concept of radical honesty with a raw and unfiltered perspective on the grieving process. From acknowledging the messy and complex nature of grief to exploring unconventional methods for healing, this book is your partner in reclaiming your emotional well-being a...