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Essie Singh has defined herself by her ambitions, a fiercely independent woman whose only soft spot is her husband, Sanjay. She never imagined herself as a mother. It was never part of the plan. But then she finds out she's pregnant. As her difficult pregnancy transforms her body and life into something she barely recognizes, her husband spends the nights pacing in the attic, slowly becoming a stranger, and the house begins to whisper. Essie's pregnancy...
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In the Old South of the 1930s, when a gentle giant of a man is sentenced to death for the murder and rape of two little girls, the fact that he is Black and the girls are white is inflammatory enough, but the situation is further complicated by his near muteness and gift for healing.
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"One of Blackwood’s most popular paranormal stories, this classic novella tells the story of two friends who embark on a canoe trip down the Danube only to find themselves caught in a nightmare world of dark forces and malevolent spirits. As they travel further downriver, they realize that they are not alone in this strange place and that something is following them, stalking them through the night"--Amazon.
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"Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro. Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro's favorites, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Ray Russell's short story "Sardonicus," considered by Stephen...