The New York Times bestselling and Bram Stoker award-nominated author of The Hive and Come with Me returns with five novellas, including one brand-new original story. Perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay and Joe Hill
A collection of five terrifying novellas from the New York Times bestselling master of modern horror.
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Borealis
On a routine crabbing expedition in the Bering Sea, Charlie Mears and the rest of the men aboard the trawler Borealis discover something a young woman running naked along the ridge of a passing iceberg. The men rescue her and bring her aboard the boat. But they will soon learn her horrible secret. By the time they find out why she was alone on the ice—and what she truly is—the nightmare will have begun, as one by one she infects them with an evil that brings about unimaginable terrors.
The Mourning House
Devastated by tragedy, Dr. Sam Hatch is a shadow of his former self. He travels the byroads of America, running away from a past he cannot escape. There is no salvation for him.
And then he sees the house. Like a siren, it calls to him. Yet the house is not what it appears to be. Is it a blessing, a gift… or a curse?
A Shrill Keening
Carl Thompson spends his days confined to a psychiatric ward for a gruesome murder he can’t remember committing. But his nights are spent elsewhere, patrolling an evacuated stretch of beach for some purpose that is not readily apparent.
Are these two realities linked? Could the answers to the mysteries in one reality be found within the other? Carl must find out before time runs out, and the sound of a shrill keening threatens to destroy both realities.
Mr. Cables
For bestselling horror novelist Wilson Paventeau, the scariest novel of his career is one he didn’t write. It bears his name on the dust jacket and contains his bio near the end, but this enigmatic tome is not part of his oeuvre. And the most frightening thing about it may not be the tale between the covers, but the reason for its mysterious appearance in Paventeau’s life.
Fate is a Shadow
Bret, a bestselling author struggling with writers’ block, heads down to his East Coast holiday home, hoping the calm and quiet will help him break the back of his next masterpiece. But a series of terrifying dreams brings with it a strange state of anxiety, made only worse by the sudden arrival of Caleb Kindred, a man Bret thought he’d never see again.
Bret and Caleb have a past together – a single, brief summer working an amusement park – and now he’s back in Bret’s life. He seems charming enough, winning over Bret’s beautiful wife and loving son. But something’s off about Caleb, something Bret can’t put his finger on. And as Caleb inveigles his way in to Bret’s life further and further, Bret comes to realise just how close Caleb has always been.