A collection of steampunk and supernatural tales that breathes new life into the Victorian and Edwardian ghost story for a new generation of readers.

A painting of masked revelers at the Venice carnival has a secret: to stare into the painting is to play dangerously with the unseen demons it hides, and become the victim of its macabre beauty.

From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Skeletons at the Feast, and Secrets of Eden, comes a riveting and dramatic ghost story.
 
In a dusty corner of a basement in a rambling Victorian house in northern New Hampshire, a door has long been sealed shut with 39 six-inch-long carriage bolts. 
           
The home's new owners are Chip and Emily...

A chilling collection of ghost stories by notable, classic authors.

"In the town of Night Vale, there's a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone's home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from... until now. Told in a series of eerie flashbacks, the story of The Faceless Old Woman goes back centuries to reveal an initially blissful and then tragic childhood on a Mediterranean Estate in the early nineteenth century, her rise in the criminal underworld of Europe, a nautical adventure with...

An inveterate traveller, Sir James Monmouth has spent most of his life abroad. He arrives in England on a dark and rainy night with the intention of discovering more, not only about himself but his obsession with Conrad Vane, an explorer. Warned against following his trail, Sir James experiences some extraordinary happenings.

Lord Betrayus plans to render Pac powerless by getting Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde to feed Pac so much he'll be too full to eat anything else, power berries or ghosts! But Pac isn't getting full, even when he's eating everything in both worlds! A big, bustling world of action, chills, chases, and comedy, starring three unique and winning teenagers who will stop at nothing to protect their friendship, their freedom, and the future!

"Discover Borneo's Gomantong Cave, where literally millions of bats, cockroaches, spiders, and rats coexist; in pitch darkness. Learn about mythical creatures like the Mongolian Death Worm; and scarily real ones like killer bees, which were accidentally created by scientists in the 1950s. Visit New Orleans' Beauregard-Keyes house, where Civil War soldiers are said to still clash in the front hall. Plus ghost stories from around the world, a cross-cultural...

"Carolyn Hart--New York Times bestselling author of Ghost to the Rescue--returns with a new Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel in which one woman shatters the glass ceiling...with a little help from beyond. Bailey Ruth Raeburn's latest mission is to guide the happy-go-lucky spirit of a deceased young man named Jimmy to the next life. But Jimmy is determined to watch over his still-living girlfriend Megan, whom he wants to be happy even without him--which is...

Thanks to the school bully, Pac-Man accidentally opens the portal to the Netherworld, unleashing an army of ghosts, led by the fiery Lord Betrayus! Lucky for Pac World, the Legend of Last Yellow Orb proves to be true. Thanks to power-berries from the ancient Tree Of Life, young Pac has the ability to eat the ghost and burp out their eyeballs! Wow! Unfortunately, the ghosts manage to steal the Tree Of Life, which could mean the end of Pac World!