Frank Carlson Library

Left without family and with financial resources, Mara Marsden learns she has inherited a property in Colorado Territory from an unknown benefactor. She travels west, not knowing someone or something is determined to keep her away from Trail's End. In searching for a storied treasure hidden in the ranch house, Mara discovers another, more precious and enduring treasure.

When the beautiful Jane Ashmore is tried for being a witch, the clergy are determined to convict her - even if they have to manufacture the evidence.

A novel of innocence, young love, and gothic mystery that is a sapphic reimagining of Mary Shelley's life, and a wonderfully imaginative exploration of the roots of her literary masterpiece, Frankenstein. Europe, 1816. A volcanic eruption in Indonesia envelopes the continent in ash and clouds. Amid the gloom of this "year without summer," eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley, her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley, their baby boy William, and her stepsister Claire...

A heartless man abducted me. He treats me like his plaything, but I suspect I mean more to him than idle amusement. He wants to make me his. The monster needs me.Trapped in the dark, I'm coming to need him, too. He sets my body on fire, and his touch is a tender mercy.Maybe he's not heartless, after all.

"Blackwater Hall" weaves a gripping tale of mystery, ancestral curses, and the quest for redemption. In the shadowed corridors of Blackwater Hall, Mia Blackwater discovers her family's dark legacy and the curse that has plagued them for generations. Alongside Thomas Reed, a knowledgeable historian, she delves into ancient rituals and confronts ghostly apparitions to uncover the truth. As supernatural forces gather, Mia must brave her fears and the...

Dolores is staying with her grandmother for the summer. Dolores discovers a very old mirror in her grandmother's attic. Someone in the mirror talks to her, tells Doll what she must do, how she should behave, how she should be. No one knows what Doll is doing up in the attic. But they are going to find out soon.

From author Christopher Joyce comes a collection of dark and disturbing tales of horror and insanity.A young boy is convinced he's dead.A grown man can't shake his recurring nightmare.A travelling carnival comes to town.Little Lydia just wants to play...From the twisted to the macabre; from the primal to the cosmic; 19 tales of dread and terror await in A Chorus of Chaos.

In this page-turning novel of unparalleled romantic suspense by master storyteller Dorothy Eden, a woman disappears and her best friend is plunged into mortal danger Alice Ashton arrives in the middle of a fierce downpour to visit a longtime friend. But when she arrives, there's no sign of Camilla. The cottage's only occupants are a black magpie who quotes Poe and a yellow cat. And the intruder who just crept out the back door. With no one to turn...

The world of the Bird Brain Books has landed and this is your chance to take a peek inside. Are the birds watching us? Can humans find a way to live in a world where the rules of nature have changed, and new dangers swoop from everywhere? What's it like to be a species abandoned by their creator and teetering on the brink of extinction? Humans are about to find out.This collection of short stories will give you the origins of a magical new reality,...

Featuring tales collected from 'A Chorus of Chaos' and 'The Deathless Gods', 'Which Only the Dead Can Know' showcases Christopher Joyce's complete horror works.This omnibus edition includes tales of human depravity, supernatural phenomena, and legends of dark and deadly gods from the farthest reaches of the cosmos.