A little girl has to save Wanderal Woods - and her own world - from an evil waldgeist.

Carly Clare needs to get away from it all for a while. There have been...problems at work. So she and her mother, Rachael, and her grandmother, Nan, take a little trip to a vineyard and hotel. And it's all fun and games until the bodies start piling up. A holiday shouldn't be such hard work; this one is murder.

One book holds the spell that can make gods into men. One book holds the key to death. One man's life hangs in the balance. One world could die with him. When The Book of Mandragore is ripped apart by feuding gods, it is up to three young adventurers to find the scattered pieces before anyone else does. If they find the pieces first, they can save a man's life. If their enemy finds them first, the world will end in fire. And the gods, good and evil, will just watch as the story unfolds...

Who's that trip trapping over my bridge? It's the echo of a childhood bedtime story read on a mother's knee, but this story is definitely not for children. Eliza is excited when she gets her first assignment as a newspaper journalist, even if it does mean she has to travel to the back of beyond to get the story. But with a slew of missing persons and some weird weather warnings, there is definitely something going on in the little village of Bailby. The villagers stick together, and local policeman, Fraser, is Eliza's only ally. As they grow closer, something else is ripping the village apart - and it's coming to gobble them up...

Villipede Publications' first horror and dark speculative fiction anthology will tenderly caress your amygdalae and viciously twist your imagination. With fifteen short stories and four poems from both established and upcoming authors, this haunting collection will force readers to reevaluate their thoughts on what darkness really is: something we're all born of yet perpetually trying to flee; a malevolent force that desires our servitude or destruction-or something that simply wishes to lock us in its cold, scaly, fathomless grip. Or perhaps, even, it's an asylum for our jittery minds and confused hearts-a place of solace where humans may patiently inspect their primal natures and desires . . . a place where the barriers between monster and man begin to shift and break down. The authors' origins span the breadth of the globe: the UK, Greece, Australia, Sweden, the US-and their stories are just as diverse. While the styles and subject matter of the stories may differ greatly, what is consistent is the dedication each author has harnessed to create unique fiction and scenarios of bewitching caliber. Holding Darkness Ad Infinitum in your trembling hands, you may find yourself faced with a simple ultimatum: Do you turn around and embrace the darkness of your own free will . . . or will it embrace you first? Contents: LONGBOAT - Becky Regalado, IN THE WALLS - Adam Millard, LOVE GRUDGE - Dot Wickliff, EARTH, RISEN - Pete Clark, SMUDGE - Jonathan Templar, THE HIGH PRIEST - C. Deskin Rink, STEALING DARKNESS - Geoffrey H. Goodwin, THE WESTHOFF VERSION - Patrick O'Neill, THE BURNING MAN - Tony Flynn, BLESS ME FATHER - Lisamarie Lamb, A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS - Lawrence Salani PILING UP - Kallirroe Agelopoulou, DOOR TO INSANITY - Mathias Jansson, BRANNIGAN'S WINDOW - John Mc Caffrey, THE SONG THAT CRAWLED - Adam S. House, HUNGRY AS THE WIND - Jonathan Moon, THE GOOD MAN - David Dunwoody, THE UNDERTAKER'S MELANCHOLY - Sydney Leigh, THE TUNNEL RECORD - J. Daniel Stone WITH ARTWORK FROM: Wednesday Wolf, David Shearer, Justin Wheeler, Mark Thompson (Monstark Studios), Eric Ford, Dennis Anderson (Dennis A ), Luke Spooner (Carrion House), Adam Domville, Stephen Cooney, and Matt Edginton.

A woman is plagued by nightmares and soon begins to sleepwalk during which time she is chased by an unknown and invisible predator. She also begins to see visions, which start to make sense of her life, but which she can't bring herself to believe. How can she save herself, and the world, when she doesn't believe the danger is real?

Celebrate fall with this multi-cultural collection of stories that explore what it means to listen to the leaves. Romance, suspense, poetic prose, vampires and fantasy - there's something for everyone in this literary buffet from authors in five countries. What will the leaves tell you?

Six short stories set on the Isle of Sheppey and written by local authors.

What truly scares you? A knock at your door in the middle of the night? A surprise visitor out at sea? The ghost of a camp counsellor? The figure of a man walking across the road in the fog or that shadow standing at the foot of your bed? The spirits of the former residents of your home remaining in ghostly form? Presented to you are true ghostly encounters from eight authors. So, the next time you hear footsteps or someone knocking at your door, you may think twice and want to remain hidden under the covers. Stories include: My Life with the Dead Kristina R. Mosley Sneak Lisamarie Lamb A House Build for Two Tammy A. Branom Knock, Knock Paul S Huggins The Dark Man Melinda Derfler Chinese Takeaways John Irvine Tucker's Court David Price The Old Man of Hopton Emma Bunn

Some Body's At The Door is a collection of 14 tales to chill the soul and to haunt the mind. Duncan Kennedy thinks he is alone in his hotel room. But who is knocking at the door? A woman wants to win...at any cost. A little girl refuses to grow up, and a little boy isn't allowed to. Paul Colenrook believes a monster lurks in the plughole. Maybe he's right. He probably is.

A woman looks out over the water - what does she see? In this collection of nine flash fiction stories you'll find tales of love, loss, betrayal and redemption as each author meets the woman at the water's edge. Water's Edge by Ann Partridge London by Sarah Bella Her House by Lisamarie Lamb Siren's Call by Carol R. Ward The Loch by Amanda Buxton Turning of the Tides by Jo-Anne Russell One More Year by Jamie DeBree Never Forget by Heidi Sutherlin The Boatman by Jaimie Krycho