At the dawn of the eighteenth century, Matthew Corbett, professional problem solver, has left New York for Charles Town on an assignment from his agency-and vanished. As his friend Hudson Greathouse, sets out to track him down, he has no idea that Matthew is across the sea in London's notorious Newgate Prison, accused of murdering a Prussian count and targeted by a masked vigilante. Now Hudson, accompanied by Matthew's beloved Berry Grigsby, must...

"A colorful, action-packed tale filled with sinister doings and plenty of good old-fashioned heroics . . . An entertaining ride" set in colonial times (Criminal Element). In the winter of 1703, Matthew Corbett's Manhattan neighborhood is shaken by explosions-and Matthew discovers his old nemesis, Professor Fell, will do anything he can to capture Matthew's attention and obtain his services as a professional problem solver. As a result, Matthew travels...

An inspired collection of short stories by an all-star cast of best-selling storytellers based on the thought-provoking illustrations in Chris Van Allsburg's The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. For more than twenty-five years, the illustrations in the extraordinary Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg have intrigued and entertained readers of all ages. Thousands of children have been inspired to weave their own stories to go with these...

Scotty is no stranger to being bullied, but after a chance encounter in an online chatroom, he finds hope in Rebecca. Scotty is about to find out that people on the internet can be worse than people in real life. Facebook. Twitter. These are the places the modern trolls thrive. How far would you be willing to go to bring a troll to justice? A horrific look at the reality of the damage internet trolls can cause, with a touch of bizarro...

Step onto the elevator and visit 17 floors of zombie hell, with a fatal stop in Planet Dead! In Austin, TX, Christian Fidal is coming to terms with a car accident that killed his father and placed his little brother in a coma. Chris just wants to leave the real world behind, but is forced by his office crush Trinity and his cousin Hector to go to the hotel's holiday party. What was meant to be a fun night turns into a fight for their lives when a...

In "The Net," a girl and her mother arrive at their secluded cabin on a frozen lake to find their fishing net has been attacked, a massive hole ripped through the middle. After the net has been mended and the night's catch eaten, the daughter sits awake playing with a bit of leftover netting string. When she was a girl, her grandmother taught her to make string figures-just as her mother had taught her-a game played by Inuit for generations, but a...

Perfect for fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Ray Bradbury. You never know what's lurking out of sight... Dealing with the tragic death of his father, 14-year-old Reggie finds the isolation of the woods near his house comforting. Until one day, a man - stumbling, bleeding, clearly distressed - emerges from the shadows. Reggie hides the man in his treehouse, and helps the stranger recover. Each with stories to share, soon the pair form a strange...

A bewitched doll, a vengeful spirit, and a haunted mansion populate three haunting tales from award-winning author Mary Downing Hahn. Spine-chilling and spooky, these stories of the supernatural will thrill readers who love to be scared... just enough. Set during the Flu epidemic of 1918, One for Sorrow introduces Annie, a new girl at school, who is immediately claimed as best friend by Elsie-a tattletale, a liar, and a thief. Soon Annie makes other...

Jem Barbary spent most of his early life picking pockets for a wily old crook named Sarah Pickles-until she betrayed him. Now Jem wants revenge, but first he needs a new job. Luckily Alfred the bogler, the man who kills the child-eating monsters that hide in the shadows of Victorian London, needs a new apprentice. As more and more orphans disappear under mysterious circumstances, Alfred, Jem, and Birdie find themselves waging an underground war in...

In tales that crisscross the boundaries of fear and imagination-from a haunted courtyard in New Orleans to a remote Arctic research station-swamp monsters, pool-cleaning robots, and cannibalistic spirits wreak chaos and terror across the pages. You'll be invited to a prom where a psycho hides inside a sparkly dress or rented tux; on a trip aboard a train to a destination that teems with ghosts; and into the darkest recesses of a human mind, the most...