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1) Black dove
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"In a tall and narrow house, on a stained and busy street, live twelve-year-old Oliver and his father, a story-loving writer. Haunted by the ghost of his alcoholic mother, Oliver finds comfort in his father's impromptu tales: the Black Dove, an elusive flower that gives strength; the girl who consumes it as she battles attackers and yearns for happier realms. Stories where lonely souls keep searching despite their losses and grief. Running from a...
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First published in 1917, "The Terror" is a short novel by Welsh author Arthur Machan set in England during the First World War. After an inexplicable series of murders are committed with no clue as to the perpetrator, a mystery starts to unravel in front of the townspeople. A gripping murder mystery by a modern master of the genre, "The Terror" is not to be missed by those with a love of the uncanny and unexplained. Arthur Machen (1863 – 1947) was...
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The Great God Pan (1894) is a novella by Arthur Machen. Condemned as decadent and obscene upon publication, The Great God Pan earned praise from Oscar Wilde and H. P. Lovecraft, and is now regarded as one of Victorian literature's finest-and most unsettling-stories of horror and the occult. Throughout the years, it has influenced such figures as Stephen King, Guillermo del Toro, and Josh Malerman with its depiction of the god Pan and unsettling blend...
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When they come across a mummified body in a forgotten Kansas ghost town, the discovery transforms Carter into something his talking dog, Fred, can no longer trust: a younger, healthier, physically fit specimen of humanity that to Fred just doesn't smell right anymore. As Carter spends his days in a secret government installation being poked and prodded by scientists, Fred enlists the aid of their cat-loving friend, Julie, to figure out what happened....
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Once-human monsters, giant robot spiders, human statues and a madman with a thirst for destruction … Professor Kurou is back and more dangerous than ever.After five years of incarceration, Jun Matsumoto is released from a mental hospital. With his hatred for Professor Kurou still consuming him, he enlists the help of some old friends and tracks his nemesis to Barcelona, where he hopes to rescue Ken Okamoto's missing daughter, Nozomi.Kurou, however,...
6) Formula-12
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In 1946, Herr Dr. Schmitz was interrogated after his harrowing escape through German, and then Allied, lines. A man who, during WWII, worked for the Nazis, perfecting an unthinkable weapon.
Our sources have obtained the report. This is his account of what really happened at his bioweapons lab just outside Berlin...
Uses deja vu font.
7) Spider legs
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From pollutants in the oceans a spider-like creature mutates into a fierce monster that begins stalking the Newfoundland coast looking for new food sources.
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In a world decimated by catastrophe, a lone warrior emerges. With unparalleled skills and an unwavering resolve, he navigates through the remnants of civilization, leaving destruction in his wake. Tasked with both saving lives and carrying out lethal missions, he battles with the weight of his actions and the fading memories of a lost world. As he confronts his own mortality and the desolation around him, he searches for purpose and redemption. Follow...
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Hunter
Scientists have accidentally tapped into the deepest recesses of the human mind-and unleash a terrifying force. Now, with an infected creature is loose in the Alaskan wilderness, the America military asks expert tracker Nathaniel Hunter to locate the beast before it destroys mankind.
Cain
A top-secret project brings CIA hit man Roth Tiberius Cain back to life as the ultimate predator. But this killing machine has the soul of a devil....
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In the midst of preparations for a critical mission, Leland Andersen can't afford the return of a childhood nightmare. Yet night after night the vision torments him, of an astronaut dying in flames.Nora McKinzie is a Houston police officer -- and a member of an ancient order founded to fight eldritch entities wherever they might flee. When she receives a warning that a sworn enemy is on the move again, her obligations come into conflict with each...
11) Agent Wolf
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When Jack Allman is almost mauled to death at a crime scene, he awakes to find himself with a telepathic link to a werewolf. Jack has to use his mental connection to help solve a series of grisly murders and discover how they are linked to a forty-year-old conspiracy.Meanwhile, he must come to terms with the consequences of his own physical transformation. However, all is not what it seems, and Jack is soon embroiled in a present-day international...
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The steel mesh started to break: first one joint, then another. Napoleon stood sideways on the fence like a parrot, his splay toes gripping the bars. He braced himself with his legs and pulled at the grid with his teeth. The muscles of his neck rippled; his growl was a steady trill. Metal squealed as he peeled a section back.Lightning flashed nearby, followed by a crack-kaboom! In the wash of light, the man saw the dinosaur looking at him. Glaring...
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Shocking. Intense. Profound.It's not rocket science, it's food science. What counts as food and what happens when a global criminal enterprise combines two of humanity's most terrifying inventions-cannibalism and Multi Level Marketing? After discovering that a technology designed to grow human muscle tissue causes people to hunger for the output, the Japanese Yakuza move in and decide to monetize it. Ruthlessly killing anyone standing in their way,...
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Dogs bark. It's what they do. Sometimes you know what they're barking at - a squirrel, the neighbor's cat, the mailman, another barking dog down the street - but more times than not what set off their barking is a mystery you will never solve. Fred is different. He's my dog. When something happens that upsets him, I have no doubt what it is that set him off. He tells me. That's right, my dog can talk. And he's telling me there is something under the...
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In the era of mullets, Reaganomics, and Hollywood heavy metal, Josh Cooper and his girlfriend Rana set out from Florida to Tennessee to reunite with an old friend to form a new rockabilly band. What was supposed to be a scenic turnoff from the main highway turns into months of captivity, terror, and unorthodox experimentation at the hands of a disgraced professor and his hillbilly followers. Arriving in Nashville months late, Josh finds that his friend...
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When his evil superiors create a new strain of genetically modified food (GMO) that transforms ordinary people into ravenous, bloodthirsty zombies, a disillusioned scientist turns whistle-blower and becomes their next target....
Seeds Of The Dead is a story about a man at the crossroads, one which will, in turn, jeopardize the very fate of humankind. On one hand, this man supports the creation of GMO's (genetically modified organisms) to help feed...
17) The Hunt
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Jack Havoc and his team previously met the monstrous threat and sent it reeling back into the hole from which it sprang. But now, a new threat was emerging as the creatures turned their attention elsewhere. Its first attack came quietly upon its victim, the young woman completely unaware until the moment her life was savagely ripped from her. Her cries fell upon the morning breeze, wafting over the rocky terrain while her blood poured profusely upon...
18) Nuke Jersey
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It has only been a couple of weeks since the events of Exit Zero, yet in the Garden State, life goes on as usual-except it's with zombies. The state is still sealed off from the rest of the nation, but those trapped inside have learned to adapt and overcome. President Callahan and the Post Conflict Restoration Corp are firmly in charge at the new Cape May, New Jersey based White House. A new mutation has emerged targeting those that have survived...
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The steel mesh started to break: first one joint, then another. Napoleon stood sideways on the fence like a parrot, his splayed toes gripping the bars. He braced himself with his legs and pulled at the grid with his teeth. The muscles of his neck rippled; his growl was a steady trill. Metal squealed as he peeled a section back.
Lightning flashed nearby, followed by a crack-kaboom! In the wash of light, the man saw the dinosaur looking at him. Glaring...
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IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Having devoted his studies to optics and refraction, an impulsive scientist named Griffin has rendered himself invisible. Unable to reverse the effects, his struggle to survive grows desperate until he realizes that there are benefits to living out of the public eye. Increasingly isolated, he soon spirals into a life of crime and degenerates into madness. He can't see that he has become his own worst enemy. Exploring the loss of identity and the willful...
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