Don't touch the clowns, and don't let the clowns touch you. Just off of highway 95 in the state of Nevada, there lies the small town of Tonopah. For miles around, it's desolate and in the silence, there lies one lonely motel. Across from the motel is an old cemetery where miners were buried. It's not the ghosts within the cemetery that will make you run in fear...for those of you faint of heart and fearful of clowns, this is not a delicate story. America's scariest motel is haunted...by hundreds of clowns. Spending the night in this creepy Motel is definitely a true test of courage, because it's full of clowns. There are clowns tacked onto the doors, shelves of clown dolls starring at you with their beady glass eyes, and collectibles in the lobby that are neatly seated in chairs as if guarding the place from harmful intruders. There are clown paintings on the walls that look at you. And if you have a second-floor room, you can look out from the balcony and see why the motel is so eerily quiet and dark at night. It's the cemetery. The Clown Motel stands right next to Tonopah's old, dusty, unlit cemetery. Closed for over one hundred years, it's packed with the graves of the town's miners who died very unpleasantly. That should be cause for panic and even more so, if you've ever watched the movie Poltergeist, and you decide to spend a night at this unique lodge. Spend at least a minute or two wondering if, just maybe, part of a cemetery full of graves of men who died horrible deaths once stretched underneath land now occupied by the Clown Motel... I tell this story with locked doors and windows. I was one of the lucky ones. They are coming. They are coming for me. As the saying goes, you can check out any time you want, but you can't leave. There's a lot more buried there than you might think...
England's most famous witch trial took place in Lancashire in 1612. Ten of the so-called Pendle Witches were hanged at Lancaster Castle, after being deemed guilty of witchcraft. Their ghosts reputedly haunt the village of New Church, which is where one of the witches is said to be buried. The Winter children can't pass up a good trouble- some mystery while traveling with their Archeological/Librarian Scholar father. On this trip, they travel to New Castle, England to solve the mystery of the Pendleton Witches and Gwen finds out some very scary and surprising results about her family history. Is this just plain Hocus Pocus or something real? Follow the stories of the Winter children in this epic, highly anticipated first installment
Introduction Welcome to Scarecrow Hollow The Urban Myth: The house was built around the turn of the century by an elderly man with many children. When the man died in the 1940’s of old age, he left his spirit behind in the home. The apparition drags people out of their beds during the night, leaving them in the hallway. The man also has an affinity for doors-every door in the house that is left open, and is always found closed again. The Fiction: WELCOME TO SCARECROW HOLLOW where things go bump in the night... Meet old man Wilson. Viciously murdered by his children for his money, his spirit is left behind. Outside, in the deserted cornfield, a lonely scarecrow dwells in the wind, and is used as a perch for the black birds. But with a closer look, it isn't a scarecrow at all. The birds flock to it like a moth to a flame, one by one pecking at the loose, decayed flesh hanging on the meat hook. People who visit the old farm house begin to disappear, one by one with no explanation...spray painted in red paint --the sign into the town of Scarecrow Hollow reads: Warning: Don't go into Scarecrow Hollow if you want to live... That's not what the Winter children had in mind while on their way to visit their favorite farm with their father, where things tend to go bump in the night. It will take the three siblings, Lance, Gwen and Merle to solve the mystery, in this middle grade thriller. Readers beware...you're in for a scare! Find out what happens in “Welcome to Scarecrow Hollow.”
The future is freedom. The Federation, a vast civilization of humanity and its allies and derivatives spanning across hundreds of worlds. The future is cutting edge. Ships travel infinite distances by folding space-time like cloth, to worlds where athletes fence with magnetic fields of atomic scale cross section rotating at near light speed (also known as ""lightsabres"") and genetically re-engineer themselves as nonchalantly as they would with plastic surgery. The future is dangerous. Pirates taking advantage of the libertarian environment, alien species of decidedly hostile intent, political intrigues motivated by the ever present urge to control and dominate other sentient beings. The future is a hunting ground. The future belongs to the Huntress...
The Monster in your closet is real...the monster under your bed makes you scream. You sleep with a nightlight thinking it will protect you from the evil that lies within your very soul. Murray Thompson has nightmares. Nightmares that stemmed from his childhood through the constant teasing by his older brother Jack, and his bullying. Murray knew the truth. Murray knows deep within his soul that he has indeed met the Boogeyman and the monster in his closet was not a figment of his imagination. The demon haunts his very being, his every waking moment, that instills fear like no other has. The thought of his red eyes and long pointed fangs is enough to point Murray toward the direction of his long time and trusted Psychiatrist, Doctor Rosen, who vows to make him forget what he has witnessed as a young boy. As time passes, Murray begins to question his deep dark thoughts and wonders if the dreams are real, or is it just all in his mind like Dr. Rosen suspects? Readers beware, you're in for a scare..
Meet Ophelia. Ophelia is a vampire who has lived for centuries. She likes cruising the club scene, classical literature, and men who know their place.
Meet Emma. Emma is a werewolf who lives above the pack owned garage. She likes bacon, working on bikes, bacon, cute boys with big brown eyes, and bacon.
Meet Sajan. Sajan is a Herbad, an apprentice Magi, who lives with his Dastur. He likes making people happy, hot girls in leather, and serving Ahura Mazda as a light shining against the darkness.
Meet Jan. Jan is a Veiðimaðr, a monster hunter, who lives with his grandmother. He likes working out, making friends, and not getting knives thrown at him by his grandmother.
Meet Agent Smith. Agent Smith works for the Federal government, keeping an eye on people like Ophelia, Emma, Sajan, and Jan. Agent Smith likes it when the people he keeps an eye on don't do anything... dramatic.
This week Ophelia, Emma, Sajan, and Jan are going to meet for the first time. Drama is about to ensue.