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Sunshine. It's a nickname I haven't heard since I lived on Woodbury Lane, where the houses were pretty, but the secrets? Deadly. It was a pet name known only to the Bullets. Rough, violent, and ruthless, they laid claim to the town - and my heart. I wasn't supposed to fall for a boy from the wrong side of the tracks‚ especially not four of them. But they were the only ones who understood that sometimes hell hides in plain sight.

From a young age, Lucy Nichol has always been on edge. Whether it's because of her fear of beards, a general sense that she can catch a disease from anything, or the belief that she's going to throw up at any given moment, she's never really felt safe. In A Series of Unfortunate Stereotypes, Lucy explores the different lenses through which she and other people have viewed her mental health problems. She tackles a number of different stereotypes placed on people living with mental illness, including the idea that they are narcissists, hypochondriacs, and psychos.

When your life changes where do you find yourself? How do you find yourself? This is a collection of short stories and poems describing the journeys of these women as they cope with life, accept the changes, and discover their new selves.

Nouma sah sich um und wischte sich das nasse Haar aus der Stirn. Saluta blieb lange unter Wasser. Sie bekam es mit der Angst zu tun. Irgendetwas hatte ihn nach unten gezogen! Da sah sie den schemenhaften Schatten neben sich auftauchen. Alles in ihr sträubte sich, als sich etwas wie eine riesige Hand aus dem Wasser erhob. Es waren Fangarme und dann... dann erblickte sie das tödliche Grauen! Top-Agent Larry Brent nimmt die heiße Spur auf! Wird er das Rätsel um die Blutsauger von Tahiti auflösen können oder wird er auch ein Opfer des Bösen?

In dem kleinen, kahlen Raum brannte nur eine helle Lampe. Sie leuchtete den schmalen Operationstisch aus, auf dem ein Mensch lag. Ein muskulöser Körper zeichnete sich deutlich unter dem weißen Laken ab. Zwei Personen beugten sich über den wehrlosen Körper... den wehrlosen Körper von Iwan Kunaritschew. Wird Larry Brent seinen Freund und Kollegen retten können oder ist es Iwan Kunaritschews Endstation?

Auf einem Wissenschaftskongress in Seoul ist Professor Amos Boaring mit Dr. Frank Haily verabredet, doch dieser erscheint nicht. Professor Boaring lässt das Hotelzimmer öffnen und findet Dr. Haily tot vor. Der Leichnam vertrocknet und ausgehöhlt... Die PSA ist alarmiert und schickt ihre besten Agenten in Sachen "Horrror": Larry Brent und Iwan Kunaritschew...!

Niemand ist sicher vor Dr. Satanas. Niemand weiß, wann und wo er wieder zuschlägt. Der PSA ist es immer noch nicht gelungen, diesen furchtbaren Feind unschädlich zu machen. Dr. Gilbert Roche bekommt tödlichen Besuch von Dr. Satanas und löst eine Welle der Gewalt aus. Was hat es mit den Skelett-Babys auf sich? Die PSA ist in Alarmbereitschaft! X-RAY 1 schickt seine besten Agenten nach Paris. Larry Brent und Iwan Kunaritschew! Werden die zwei Top Agenten Dr. Satans und seine Skelett-Armee aufhalten können?

In einem Antiquitätenladen kommt es zu einem tödlichen Unfall. Als sich der Interessent Pierre Trondell in den Uhrenkasten einer Standuhr beugt, löst sich wie durch Geisterhand das dort eingebaute Fallbeil und enthauptet ihn. Die Vorrichtung scheint von einem Bösen Geist besessen zu sein... oder etwa doch nicht? Es bleibt nicht nur bei einem Opfer von Satans Mörderuhr! Larry Brent, alias X-RAY 3, erfährt von einem Freund von den Ereignissen und übernimmt den Fall...! Auch er gerät in die Räder dieser unheimlichen Standuhr. Gibt es für ihn noch eine Rettung?

Er hielt den Atem an, als er die dunkle Tür erreichte. Gunnar Mjörk blieb lauschend stehen und sah sich noch einmal um. Am bewölkten Himmel stand kein Mond und kein Stern. Der kühle Wind vom See her heulte leise in dem vom Herbst gefärbten Laub. Es war finstere Nacht. Die Umgebung passte zu den Gedanken des jungen Norwegers und zu seinem Vorhaben. Er glaubte das Geheimnis zu kennen. Jetzt wollte er sich den letzten Beweis holen... Wird Larry Brent das Rätsel um das Beinhaus der Medusa lösen?

Sie waren die letzten Besucher. Anja drängte sich enger an ihren Freund. Sie waren im "Monster - Panoptikum". So nannte der Besitzer der Burg Höllenstein ein Kellergewölbe, das täglich Hunderte von Besuchern besichtigten. Das Paar betrachtet die zahllosen Figuren aus dem Horror-Kabinett. Sie waren allesamt furchteinflößend... man hätte meinen können, dass sie lebten... ein unheiliges Leben... Dann passiert das Schreckliche und Larry Brent muss sich um den Fall um Monsterburg Höllenstein kümmern. Das Grauen lauert im Verborgenen. Alarm für das PSA-Team mit Larry Brent!

The explosive conclusion of the Toucan Trilogy. As Colony East scientists coldly implement their vision of a utopian society, Abby goes on a desperate journey to find her brother and sister, and save the lives of millions.

When Jo Brand hosted Have I Got News For You late last year, her calm explanation of the effects of sexism on women to a bemused all-male cast turned into a viral phenomenon. There has been a whole tradition of books over hundreds of years where a father shares his wisdom with his son - started by Lord Chesterfield in the 18th century - while women have been silent (aka bullied into thinking their advice wasn't worth writing down). This book puts a stop to all that.

I never forgot her. Not for one minute. Not from the last time I saw her, at 17, to today. I measured all women against her, and all women came up short. But being with her was unfeasible in high school, and it's taboo now. I see her sometimes, but I've never spoken to her. She runs, or I run. We're in the same town, on the same block, in the same building, and the gulf between us has been just too wide to cross. Until tonight.

The idea is a guaranteed ratings winner: a reality TV show where six contestants audition for a part in a horror movie, a chance to be a "scream queen." Whoever lasts the night in a haunted house, rigged with shriek-inducing special effects, will walk away rich and famous...if they make it out alive.

The four previous volumes in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's anthology series of fairly-tales retold with a distinctively modern edge have been hailded by reviewers as "brilliant", "provocative", and "disturbing". In this triumphant new collection of original fiction, 21 of today's leading writers spin the cherished fables of childhood into glittering gold - offering magical tales for adults, as seductive as they are sophisticated.

From the author of The Rope Walk, the story of a woman's life in its twilight, as she looks back on both a harrowing childhood and the unaccountable love and happiness that emerged from it. As the novel opens we see the Derry School in all its glorious New England fall colors and witness the loosening of the aging Peter's grasp - he will soon have to retire, and Ruth is wondering what they will do in their old age, separated from the school into which they have poured everything, including their savings.

In My Daughter, Myself, acclaimed journalist Linda Wolfe chronicles her 38-year-old daughter's near-fatal stroke, the arduous course of physical and mental rehabilitation that led to the young woman's remarkable recovery, and the profound ways in which that journey from morbidity to health tested and changed every member of their blended family.

To get into a man's heart, you have to get into his head. With this insider's guide to evaluating a man, Caroline Presno, EdD, PCC, teaches women how to apply psychotherapists' tricks of the trade to finding Mr. Right. Caroline Presno has developed systematic ways to "profile" a man for his degree of commitment readiness, his aptitude for love and intimacy, his chance of lying, or being unfaithful, his tendency toward big, bad personality problems like narcissism and paranoia, and his ability to fulfill his potential.

Manda is a 38-year-old, tough, sarcastic woman who has yet to make peace with the town she was brought to as a teenager after her parents' messy divorce. Her mother is estranged, her father is ill, her brother and stepbrother are emotionally distant and growing restless, and all the while, her tight-lipped and depressed husband is pressing her to have a baby. Full of barbed dialogue and macabre, deadpan descriptions of family dynamics and the awkward social dances performed daily, this novel depicts those who feel permanently out of place.

Do not go gentle into that good night, wrote Dylan Thomas, and Canadas notorious Ladies Killing Circle has taken his advice to heart. In Going Out with a Bang, the dangerous dames have brought together an explosive mix of authors from across the country. Whether its the boom of drums, the cacophony of a train wreck, or the thud of a body crashing down the stairs, no one goes out without a fight. Twenty authors, along with poet Joy Hewitt Mann, will chill you, entertain you or plain blow you away in this eclectic fictional brew.