The town psychiatrist has decided to switch everybody in Pine Cove, California, from their normal antidepressants to placebos, so naturally—well, to be accurate, artificially—business is booming at the local blues bar. Trouble is, those lonely slide-guitar notes have also attracted a colossal sea beast named Steve with, shall we say, a thing for explosive oil tanker trucks. Suddenly, morose Pine Cove turns libidinous and is hit by a

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When an experiment in a remote desert outpost creates a merciless monster, a scientist is summoned to destroy his creation. Opposed to the experiments from the start, he can only rely on his intelligence to undo the horror that lurks within the dark halls.

From horror master Stephen King comes his most terror-filled tale yet... Gates Falls, Maine. When an abandoned textile mill is reopened, several employees meet mysterious deaths. The link between the killings: all occurred between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. – the Graveyard Shift. The sadistic mill foreman (Stephen Macht) has chosen a group to clean up the mill's rat-infested basement. But what the workers find is a subterranean maze of tunnels...

The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic BEOWULF, tells his side of the story.

A book of jokes featuring monsters, like "Why was the Abominable Snowman so popular? Because he was cool."

The gods are dead. Decades ago, they turned on one another and tore each other apart. When 15-year-old Hark finds the still-beating heart of a terrifying deity, he risks everything to keep it out of the hands of smugglers, military scientists, and a secret fanatical cult so that he can use it to save the life of his best friend, Jelt. But with the heart, Jelt gradually and eerily transforms. How long should Hark stay loyal to his friend when he's...

A PROPHECY IN MOTION. MANKIND ON ITS KNEES. CAN ONE BOY CHANGE THEIR FATE? Thirteen-year-old Toby Thornton never expected Father Christmas to break into his parents' townhouse in the dead of night, bruised, pale and on the run. After all, it was only hours ago that the old man and his elves helped him save the world from shapeshifters. But a lot can happen overnight. Thanks to a nefarious plan, their enemies have unleased Nicko's most frightening...

ONE BOY. TWO WORLDS. AN ANCIENT EVIL THAT WANTS THEM BOTH. It's been a year since thirteen-year-old Toby Thornton found his long-lost family. But already cracks are appearing in his dream life. Forbidden from seeing his magical friends at The Winter Freak Show, he begins to realise how much he misses adventure. So when he gets word that the elves are in danger, that's all the excuse he needs to run away from home. It isn't long before he discovers...

When a local rite of passage goes frightfully wrong, what began as a comedy of errors becomes a Darwinian gore fest, as four teenage boys must fight for survival amid a sinister hunting party, a bloodthirsty tribe and a mythical beast in the backwoods of New Hampshire.

"Berkeley and her best friend, Garth, live on an old cruise ship, scavenging for supplies from the drowned cities left behind on the ocean floor after the sea swallowed up all the land. They think they've seen every kind of aquatic creature, but they never expected to find sea monsters... After awakening a Hydra, Berkeley and Garth are sent to live on a submarine, where they study and hunt sea monsters. But the Hydra wants revenge on their home ship--and...