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A fierce thunderstorm on the moors forces a traveler to seeks shelter at a seemingly derelict house. Unfortunately for him, it's not as empty as he'd like it to be...

'God, it's good'STEPHEN KINGOn a windswept moor, an old house guards its secrets... The new standalone horror novel from'a true master of horror.'All Hallows Hall is a rambling Tudor mansion on the edge of the bleak and misty Dartmoor. It is not a place many would choose to live. Yet the former Governer of Dartmoor Prison did just that. Now he's dead, and his children – long estranged – are set to inherit his estate.But when the dead man's family come to stay, the atmosphere of the moors seems to drift into every room. Floorboards creak, secret passageways echo, and wind whistles in the house's famous priest hole. And then, on the same morning the family decide to leave All Hallows Hall and never come back, their young son Timmy disappears – from inside the house.Does evil linger in the walls? Or is evil only ever found inside the minds of men? Praise for Graham Masterton:'A true master of horror'James Herbert'One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time'Peter James'A natural storyteller with a unique gift for turning the mundane into the terrifyingly real'New York Journal of Books'This is a first-class thriller with some juicy horror touches. Mystery readers who don't know the Maguire novels should change that right now'Booklist'One of Britain's finest horror writers'Daily Mail

A twisty, chilling psychological thriller cum gothic ghost story set in a Victorian psychiatric home with a disturbing history, and someone set on revenge… LONGLISTED for the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize Number One Bestseller in Ebook'Cements Holliday's position as one of the most gifted and entertaining psychological thriller writers in the business'Steve Cavanagh'Saunters from creepy to genuinely terrifying … I was completely unable to put it down'Elizabeth Haynes'In the new wave of gothic novels, The Lingering is a stand-out triumph'Eva Dolan'An atmospheric chiller of a book … reminiscent of early James Herbert'Fiona Cummins Married couple Jack and Ali Gardiner move to a self-sufficient commune in the English Fens, desperate for fresh start. The local village is known for the witches who once resided there and Rosalind House, where the commune has been established, is a former psychiatric home, with a disturbing history. When Jack and Ali arrive, a chain of unexpected and unexplained events is set off, and it becomes clear that they are not all that they seem. As the residents become twitchy, and the villagers suspicious, events from the past come back to haunt them, and someone is seeking retribution… At once an unnerving mystery, a chilling thriller and a dark and superbly wrought ghost story, The Lingering is an exceptionally plotted, terrifying and tantalisingly twisted novel by one of the most exciting authors in the genre.'Utterly beguiling and darkly sinister, this superb Gothic ghost tale is a brilliantly crafted rug puller'Lisa Howells, Heat Magazine'A wonderful cross-over novel that ranges from taut psychological chiller to supernatural suspense … Nail-biting stuff, superbly executed'Sunday Times'Readers will find this contemporary gothic tale hard to put down'Publishers Weekly'A thrilling, chilling, shocking tale, perfect if you take delight in an icy shiver scuttling down your spine'LoveReading'Brilliantly chilling and perfectly paced'Anna Mazzola'One of the most original ghost stories I have ever read'Cass Green'Like Stephen King meets Thomas Harris'Derek Farrell'A serious spine-chiller from an exceptional talent'Chris Whitaker'Tense and chilling, with a creeping sense of unease'Neil Broadfoot'Perfectly paced and guaranteed to cause you sleepless nights for all the right reasons. Fans of Susan Hill and Andrew Taylor, take note'David Mark'Creepy, unsettling and all-consuming'Jenny Blackhurst'Spooky, compelling and chilling'Jane Isaac'Eerie and unsettling, with a bittersweet beauty'Fergus McNeill'Unnerved me right from the start'June Taylor'A perfect winter read'Lisa Gray'An unsettling tale of haunting … that lingers in the mind'Mason Cross'A relentlessly unnerving mystery – like shuffling footsteps from a long-locked attic'Matt Wesolowski'Gets under your skin and stays there'Quentin Bates'The story is at the same time a locked room mystery, a chilling thriller and a dark and complex ghost story which has been described as both creepy and chilling'Mystery People

When she unearths the bones of a young child, Beverly Vernon's life is transformed in ways she never expected.Widowed Beverly Vernon, a displaced East Coast children's book illustrator and mother of two childless adult daughters, is finding it difficult to settle in rural Florida. Filling her days by painting the portrait of a longed-for imaginary grandchild, she is struggling to find meaning in her life. But everything changes when she uncovers the bones of a young child in her backyard. A child who evidently died through violent means.Determined to find out who the child was and how and why they died, Beverly notices that the portrait she's working on seems to change of its own accord – and that's not the only unexplained phenomenon taking place within her home. Is she being haunted – or is she going mad?In her efforts to uncover the truth behind the bones, Beverly finds her relationship with her two daughters coming under threat, and her faith and beliefs tested to their very limit.

Excerpt:'The summer was a very happy period of repose for us all. The warmth of Indian suns was still in our veins. It seemed to us that we could never have enough of the greenness, the dewiness, the freshness of the northern landscape. Even its mists were pleasant to us, taking all the fever out of us, and pouring in vigor and refreshment. In autumn we followed the fashion of the time, and went away for change which we did not in the least require. It was when the family had settled down for the winter, when the days were short and dark, and the rigorous reign of frost upon us, that the incidents occurred which alone could justify me in intruding upon the world my private affairs. These incidents were, however, of so curious a character, that I hope my inevitable references to my own family and pressing personal interests will meet with a general pardon.'

Bram Stoker award-nominated author Mary SanGiovanni returns with a terrifying tale of madness, murder, and mind-shattering evil... Nilhollow—six-hundred-plus acres of haunted woods in New Jersey's Pine Barrens—is the stuff of urban legend. Amid tales of tree spirits and all-powerful forest gods are frightening accounts of hikers who went insane right before taking their own lives. It is here that Julia Russo flees when her violent ex-boyfriend runs her off the road... here that she vanishes without a trace. State Trooper Peter Grainger has witnessed unspeakable things that have broken other men. But he has to find Julia and can't turn back now. Every step takes him closer to an ugliness that won't be appeased—a centuries-old, devouring hatred rising up to eviscerate humankind. Waiting, feeding, surviving. It's unstoppable. And its time has come. Praise for the novels of Mary SanGiovanni“A feast of both visceral and existential horror.” —F. Paul Wilson on Thrall“Filled to the brim with mounting terror.” —Gary A. Braunbeck on The Hollower“Nightmarish and vivid.” —FearZone on The Hollower

At last, the true story can finally be told of my participation in the investigation of a haunted bookshop in Barry, South Wales, organized by my good friend and fellow science fiction writer Reverend Lionel Fanthorpe. As a result of the haunting in question, or perhaps the abundant coal dust that accompanied it, I was enabled to meet the Devil and make a mutually rewarding pact with him. The story also relates my subsequent close encounter with the Devil's opposite number while participating as a volunteer in a psychology experiment at the University of Glamorgan, intended to open up a more effective conduit between the conscious and the unconscious mind. That one did not go as well, perhaps understandably given the inevitable conflict of interests, but was, and remains, no less intriguing.

Mysterious things begin happening to a young advertising man after visiting The Haunted Bookshop.