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When a young man inherits his grandfather's palatial mansion and movie studio, he learns of a mystery surrounding a film that was never finished because the leading actress vanished 75 years before. As he finds clues left by his grandfather, he is able to piece together what may have happened.

The zombie bats have escaped from the cave and are unleashing their terror on the nearby town and, to make matters worse, it's Halloween. Once again the teen hero, Sean, and his friends must find a way to save the day and restore peace. Along the way a bunch of new characters surface and add even more color and fun to the adventure in book two of the Zombie Bat series.

When the magical WoodRock is stolen from the Land of Elyk, a wizard must find six volunteers to go with him on a dangerous journey to the Land of Nodnarb in the hope of retrieving the stone before something evil can take over the world. Along the way, these adventurers will face many obstacles, as well as their own mistrust of one another. On the Ocean Road, teens will be forced to become adults as they battle goblins, wicked trolls, and the fiercest creature of them all - the Gothmur.

When a group of Ninth graders go on a field trip to a local cave that has been closed for 50 years because of rumors the army once stored dangerous chemicals there, it becomes a game of survival after they are attacked by mutated bats. The reluctant hero is a kid named Sean who must step up and take charge if he is going to protect himself and his close-knit group of friends. Things become even more complicated when the kids learn their remote little town has also been invaded by the zombie bats.

This is the third book in the Zombie Bats series, which once again finds a group of teens battling the zombie bats and trying to save their small Utah town from total destruction. Of course, matters become more complicated when gold is discovered in the old mine where the bats have made their home after the openings to the Lugosi Bat Cave have been closed off. Some new characters appear, as well as some of the old favorites. Come along for the adventure and enjoy the ride. Totally suitable for the entire family.

This is the fourth and final book in the Zombie Bat series. When the zombie bats once again find a way to escape from their cave, all havoc breaks loose in the small Utah town that had been terrorized previously by the deadly creatures. And once again a group of teenage boys must come to the rescue in order to save those they love.

This novelette is a spoof of all those Hallmark movies that women love and men love to hate. There are nine different stories tied together by a challenge from an aging movie star to her daughter's friends: that they find love within a year. A fast-moving parody that should leave the reader entertained and with a smile on their face.

A Christmas story for the entire family that introduces several stories from the Bible in a unique and different way - from the perspective of mice. Two orphans are lost in a blizzard when they happen upon kind Nicholas, keeper of the mountain church. Then a young couple arrives as well, slowed down by the storm. Nicholas gives them a haven from the cold as he shares his stories of some very special creatures in this inspirational novella.

When the notorious gunman, Santiago, arrives in southern New Mexico looking for someone to hire him, he sets off a war between two powerful men that are mining for gold and silver on the opposite sides of a large mountain. It is the independent prospectors between the two mines that pay the price in blood first.

While on vacation in Sedona, Arizona, retiree Darren Stevens starts to have strange dreams of murder. When the young couple next door begin to fight, he realizes the man is the person in his dreams. After telling the local police chief, newly appointed Margo Stanton, he is at first met with skepticism, but then as a series of murders in Sedona begin to happen, she starts to come around. Then the FBI is brought in on the case as they try to connect the recent murders with those of the past.

A fast moving tale of terror that takes place on Halloween night when a bunch of teens, thinking they are at a radio station's haunted house, find themselves taking a hayride to the real thing. It is the 20th anniversary of the McConnell farm slaughter, and several of the teens start to realize the special effects are a bit too realistic. How many will survive the night?

Maddie Carson is a happily married wife and mother of two who enjoys her simple life in North Carolina. Her father visits from his home in California every holiday, always bringing the family down with his sad stories of his dearly departed wife who has been gone for 30 years. When Maddie's husband happens to open a Christmas card with a strange message in it, her world is turned upside down.

A small, isolated mountain town is thrown into fear as teens begin to turn up dead, completely drained of blood, but with no apparent puncture wounds. Fearing a serial killer walks among them, the local sheriff sets his eye on a young man who has had past trouble with the law and foretold the disaster on his radio program. Also showing up in town is a well-known newscaster looking for a big story that she can spin into national news. There is also an old legend about a blood demon....

A tale set during the start of World War II that involves the passengers of a cruise ship on its maiden voyage from New Brunswick to Iceland to pick up some European refugees. Once the new passengers are on board a group of Nazis take over the ship with the hope of finding the inventor of a doomsday bomb. The noble captain uses a snowstorm to head the ship straight into an ice-field at the Arctic Circle, thus leaving them snowbound. Decisions have to be made as to staying with the ship or making a dangerous trek across the snow and ice to a remote village.

The tale of a 1928 excursion up the Amazon River to the Black Trench, a dangerous waterway through the jungle which leads to another mysterious river. The group of adventurers include a rich playboy and his two party girls, two priests with their own agenda, a famous hunter, and the man who brought them all together on this venture. With an experienced captain and crew, the steamboat will take them all to one of the most dangerous places on Earth as they discover a lost city, hostile natives, and more.

Henry is a man ready to spend Spring Break with his best friends and their kids in Aspen, Colorado when he gets left with the five-year-old on the plane while the others do some last minute shopping. Delayed by the weather, his friends insist Henry and the boy go on and they will catch up later. A snowstorm is brewing as the plane takes off with 44 passengers and crew headed for the ski resort. When the plane crashes at the top of a 10,000 foot mountain, Henry realizes it is a miracle that almost everyone is alive and unhurt.

When Broadway diva Veronica Cagney is caught with the smoking gun over her dead husband, the private eye she hired pulls out all the stops to protect her in this 1940s noir inspired novelette. The fun really begins when the detective starts to piece together a puzzle of intrigue and murder as he finds himself involved with a gangster, the local sheriff, and the beautiful mistress of the victim. A fun little who-dunnit for a cold winter's night.

When notorious gunfighter Santiago returns to Cabella, New Mexico, he finds that the town has burned down since his last visit, and all that is left is the saloon and stables. The place is now simply a stagecoach station in the desert. He meets Beth, a showgirl from his past, and has a short reunion with her before a troupe of soldiers arrive with their prisoner, Apache Joe, a renegade Indian.

A romantic and fun little novelette about what happens when Venus and Cupid bet on who can make someone fall in love first. To make it fair, their grandfather, Zeus, decides to forbid them the use of magic and then goes a step further by sending them both to Earth as neighbors to a teenage girl and her widowed father - who are also his chosen mortals for this little experiment.

When a group of teens go for a weekend camping trip in the rugged granite mountains of southwest Oklahoma, they encounter danger from a mysterious killer who has already taken the lives of several others. Unknown to the teens is the fact that a local woman is also searching for answers as to what happened to her son and his friends after they have gone missing from their job. Only one man knows the secrets that have invaded his land, but he's not telling in this terrifying adventure novelette.