Jonathan Janz
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"Ten writers are selected for a summer-long writing retreat with the most celebrated and reclusive author in the world. Their host is the legendary Roderick Wells. Handsome, enigmatic, and fiendishly talented, Wells promises to teach his pupils about writing, about magic, about the untapped potential that each of them possesses. Most of all, he plans to teach them about the darkness in their hearts. The writers think they are signing up for a chance...
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"When David Caine, a celebrated skeptic of the supernatural, is invited by an old friend to spend a month in "the most haunted house in Virginia," he believes the case will be like any other. But the Alexander House is different. Built by a 1700s land baron to contain the madness and depravity of his eldest son, the house is plagued by shadows of the past and the lingering taint of bloodshed. David is certain there will be a way to explain the supernatural...
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"In the spring of 1912, American writer Arthur Pearce is reeling from the wounds inflicted by a disastrous marriage and the public humiliation that ensued. But his plans to travel abroad, write a new novel, and forget his ex-wife are interrupted by a lovely young woman he encounters on a London-bound train. Her name is Sarah Coyle, and the tale she tells him chills his blood. According to Sarah, her younger sister Violet has been entranced by a local...
4) Veil
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"The voice in Veil is as present, strong, charming, singular, and desperate as any I've read. The story of a family man who will stop at nothing to protect those he loves. Even if those threats are beyond sanity, reason, and a once agreed upon reality. Janz has written another absolute gem of the genre." —Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box
From beloved horror author Jonathan Janz, Veil
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Set during and after the events of The Stand, this authorized anthology gathers original stories from acclaimed writers who expand on the novel's apocalyptic world, exploring survival, morality, and human resilience amid civilization's collapse and the uncertain rebuilding that follows.
Since its initial publication in 1978, The Stand has been considered Stephen King's seminal masterpiece of apocalyptic fiction, with millions of copies sold and adapted...
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Possessed by a demon...or by the urge to kill? Chicago is gripped by terror. "The Sweet Sixteen Killer" is brutally murdering sixteen-year-old girls, and the authorities are baffled. When the police are called to an aaffluent home in the middle of the night, they learna that a seemingly normal fourteen-year-old boy has attached his family.. The boy exhibits signs of demonic possession, and even more troublingly, he knows too much abou the Sweet...
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The image in the mirror of fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Cuttner is that of the fey and long-dead Frances, who introduces Elizabeth to her chilling world of the supernatural. Through Frances, Elizabeth learns what it is to wield power - power of a kind that is malevolent and seemingly invincible. Power that begins with the killing of her parents ...
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"Will Burgess is used to hard knocks. Abandoned by his father, son of a drug-addicted mother, and charged with raising his six-year-old sister, Will has far more to worry about than most high school freshmen. To make matters worse, Mia Samuels, the girl of Will�s dreams, is dating his worst enemy, the most sadistic upperclassman at Shadeland High. Will's troubles, however, are just beginning. Because one of the nation's most notorious criminals...
10) The raven
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"All cultures share versons of the same legends: vampires, witches, werewolves, and other macbre creatures. There's a reason for this. They were all once real. When the missiles containing a terrifying virus first expoded, no one realized what was happening. But within a month, the deprogramming of human DNA became apparent. Millions of years of evolution fell away, revealing the long-forgotten genetic strands that caused people to thirst for blood,...
11) Blood country
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"Three years ago, the world ended when scientists unleashed a virus that awakened the bestial side of humankind: werewovles, satyrs, and all manner of bloodthirsty creatures. Within months, nearly every man, woman, or child was transformed into a monster-- or slaughtered by one. A rare survivor without special powers, Dez McClane has been fighting for his life ever since, alongside Iris, the woman he's falling for but can never be with because of...
12) Wolf land
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The small town of Lakeview offers little excitement for Duane, Savannah, and their friends. They're about to endure their ten-year high school reunion when their lives are shattered by the arrival of an ancient, vengeful evil. The werewolf. The first attack leaves seven dead and four wounded. And though the beast remains on the loose and eager to spill more blood, the sleepy town is about to face an even greater terror. Because the four victims of...
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"When family man Joe Crawford confronts a young mother abusing her toddler, he has no idea of the chain reaction he's setting in motion. How could he suspect the young mother is part of an ancient fire cult, a sinister group of killers that will destroy anyone who threatens one of its members? When the little boy is placed in a foster home, the fanatics begin their mission of terror"-- Amazon.

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