Por fin la segunda parte de la saga de la Octava Familia, que continúa la historia relatada en "Dos Asesinos".
La guerra total entre las familias ha estallado y viene a cobrarse su tributo en sangre, sea de culpables o inocentes.

Nero se encuentra atrapado en la ciudad con Roger y sus rebeldes, bajo la sombra del Condottiero, que acude a cazarlos personalmente al frente de sus mejores. 

Mientras, César Santiago y Tetsuo Hinata, su mayor enemigo, chocan cuernos como animales de pelea, bajo la atenta mirada del resto de familias, que intervendrá para conseguir su parte del botín.

Y de fondo, el asesino en serie al que apodan el Carroñero sigue con su desconocido plan, uno que puede cambiarlo todo y que inevitablemente entra en ruta de colisión con la guerra de familias.

Cuatro noches se iluminarán con el fuego de la guerra y cuatro amaneceres despertarán con heridas que sangran, traición e inesperados secretos desvelados.

 Esta Profecía abarca desde el inicio de la humanidad hasta el desarrollo de las grandes religiones de nuestro planeta, para luego explicar el surgimiento de una Bestia terrible y feroz que esclaviza a los hombres a través del dinero. Se podría decir que este libro es un tratado filosófico que nos hace replantear el mundo en el que vivimos, nuestras creencias y hacia dónde vamos como sociedad. Un viaje lleno de simbolismo, aventuras y marcos históricos que nos mantiene atrapados hasta llevarnos a un grandioso final.

Pocas experiencias literarias pueden resultar tan transformadoras como adentrarse en los misterios de "LA PROFECÍA DE PEDRO EL ROMANO", sumemos a esto que en un delicioso Prólogo, el mismo escritor nos habla de la "visión" que inspiró el libro y el largo camino que recorrió el texto hasta tomar la forma actual. 

A second outing for failed businessman turned secret service agent Tim Frazer. The popularity of the trilogy of thrillers in which Frazer featured spawned a successful television series. Top special agent Leo Salinger is run over by a car in Amsterdam. But was his death a genuine accident, and is the driver of the car - the beautiful Barbara Day - as innocent as she seems? Sent to investigate, Tim Frazer strikes up a friendship while posing as a tourist. He returns to London convinced that Salinger's untimely death was pure misfortune, but then he finds a body instead of the drinks date he is expecting and immediately becomes a chief suspect in a murder investigation...

 Dos asesinos se enfrentan a sangre y fuego. Uno es un profesional de la Octava Familia, una organización mafiosa muy particular, el otro un psicópata despiadado que siembra el terror por las calles. El uno ha sido contratado para acabar con el otro, y lo hará como sea.De fondo, los recovecos sombríos de una ciudad deprimida y drogada, bajo el puño de hierro de César Santiago, el capo de la familia más poderosa del crimen. En el horizonte la negrura de una lluvia que nunca llega.

Lo que empieza como cacería crecerá hasta estallar en guerra, a la que todas las Familias y algunas otras facciones, acudirán guiados por la venganza, la avaricia y el poder.

Este es el primer libro de la serie de la Octava Familia.

Alberto es un joven escritor que junto con Alma, su vecina, deberá emprender un viaje a Acapulco para develar un misterio que pone en peligro su futuro. 

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人們說「她」不會再回來，他們錯了。
天才駭客莎蘭德回來了。
縱使敵人熟知她一切技術，卻不知她的最終武器是──不要命的勇氣。

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中莎蘭德毒的人，快去找一本《蜘蛛網中的女孩》，保證你看得比莎蘭德駭入國安局的速度還快。－－時人雜誌

無邊無際、隨時監視的邪惡之眼，她一舉挑下！
不料，載下的無解謎團竟引來凶狠異常的冷血仇家──

莉絲．莎蘭德──黑色皮外套、穿環刺青的天才女駭客，性格孤僻，絕不信任權威。
麥可．布隆維斯特──《千禧年》雜誌資深調查記者，為了追新聞，奮不顧身。

某天深夜，《千禧年》記者布隆維斯特接到詭異來電，對方聲稱握有人工智慧科技的爆炸性消息，至於是否屬實，可以找他倆共同認識的一名女駭客求證。這正是《千禧年》雜誌需要的大獨家。布隆維斯特立刻趕去，碰上的卻是槍擊、屍體，以及一個不能說話、不會書寫的目擊證人──自閉卻擁有「照相記憶」的美麗男孩。此刻，他只能求助於莎蘭德。

一如往常，莎蘭德有自己要忙的事情，尤其她才闖入層層保護的美國國安局拿下加密檔案。誰也沒想到，兩人竟是殊途同歸。不過，一切的線頭與節點，都落在不能說話的男孩身上。問題是，誰能接近他那深沉無言卻滿載的心靈？

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【作者簡介】
大衛．拉格朗茲╱David Lagercrantz

歌德堡記者學校畢業後，進入全國發行的《快遞報》，專責犯罪報導。1988年震驚瑞典的三屍命案在他細膩耙梳下，寫成精采的犯罪報導文學。拉格朗茲擅長刻畫孤高不隨俗流的特立獨行人物，能找出與各年齡層讀者溝通的頻道和語彙。他撰寫的傳記廣受好評，無論冒險家、發明家，都在他高度的好奇與理解中，呈現出傳主對抗與奮鬥過程的豐沛能量。他結合傳記與說故事功力，寫出以英國密碼學家圖靈為本的懸疑小說《Fall of Man in Wilmslow》，深具突破性的觀點引發熱烈迴響。

2011年，拉格朗茲與瑞典頂級足球明星合作撰寫傳記《I am Zlatan》，在當地大獲好評，吸引原本只看螢幕不看紙本的年輕讀者，兩個月內狂賣50萬冊，更突破國界，售出30餘國版權；更打破慣例，以運動員傳記入圍瑞典最具威望的奧古斯都文學獎，並闖入全球獎金最高的「威廉希爾年度運動好書獎」決選。此書贏得年度銷售冠軍並不意外，但超越「哈利波特」系列最後一集、贏過賈伯斯傳的銷售速度，著實震撼全球。

2013年，出版《龍紋身的女孩》系列作品的Norstedts出版社，與已故作家史迪格．拉森的遺產管理人共同宣布由拉格朗茲接下續寫大任。他在創作過程中展現高度熱情，更大膽向出版社宣告：「我是為此而生，這個任務沒人能做得比我更好。」書稿完成後，瑞典出版社以加密方式提供給全球46國的出版夥伴，接連而來的熱情迴響肯定了拉格朗茲的努力，無人不興奮於天才女駭客莎蘭德的回歸。2015年8月，《蜘蛛網中的女孩》英文版與瑞典版在全球矚目中同步出版，讀者隨著女駭客與調查記者的冒險腳步而亢奮，短短三個月內全球銷量突破350萬冊，各國暢銷榜、年度書單都出現了莎蘭德的身影。瑞典出版社也隨即宣布，拉格朗茲將繼續負責第五、六集的續寫任務。

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2. 作者簽名＋手寫霸氣留言

Drugi nastavak jednog od najpopularnijih jugoslovenskih romanesknih serijala svih vremena, roto-romana sa preko deset miliona prodatih primeraka na srpskom jeziku.

U ovom romanu pojavljuje se prvi put mornar Sam Mekferson koji će postati Lunov najbolji prijatelj i pratilac do kraha serijala.

Mnogi od motiva iz „Luna, kralja ponoći“, pisanih od kasnih pedesetih do početka devedesetih XX vela, kasnije su viđeni u serijalu o Džejmsu Bondu, serijalu „Nemoguća misija“, filmu „Ambis“, „Dosije Iks“ što Miloševića karakteriše kao vizonara u pop-kulturi.

Knjiga je objavljena na srpskom jeziku, a razumeju je oni kojima je maternji hrvatski ili bosanski.

 

一本沒有速限的Live實境小說

親愛的讀者：
希望這本書讓你精神受創，或至少有那麼一點點嚇破了膽。
娛樂你們就是我的唯一目的。
──作者J. S. 卡羅

小說以30分鐘為單位飆速進行，活命機會僅有七個章節。

坐滿好萊塢明星和電影圈內人的餐廳闖入一名炸彈客，在場的紀錄片導演被迫以手機拍攝實況上傳網路，媒體隨即陷入狂熱。炸彈客一邊折磨人質，一邊欣賞新聞報導。他以遊戲手法決定下一個殺害對象，並意外翻轉輿論風向，誘出媒體嗜血本色，讓觀眾開始以賭盤押注下一批死亡名單。

關乎人命的真實報導，竟成了荒謬的娛樂節目。這群受害者平時在大銀幕上呼風喚雨，然而當電影情節化為現實，身旁的人質陸續被一槍斃命，他們究竟要如何說服歹徒「下一個死的不該是我」？ 

好萊塢公關高手置身人質當中，提供第一手現場實況；躲在洗手間的年輕演員成了無人知曉的「隱藏目擊者」；意外搶到獨家的小電視臺則面臨道德兩難。三線敘事緊湊交錯，每一段30分鐘的Live實況，都充滿驚人的詭譎翻轉。你準備好翻開下一頁了嗎？

這是一場Live轉播的好萊塢殺人實境秀，
只不過，倒下的人在鏡頭移開以後，將不會再有呼吸。

【作者簡介】
J. S. 卡羅

本名詹姆斯．卡羅（James Carol），英國知名文學經紀人達利．安德森旗下最熱門的犯罪驚悚新秀，以「FBI犯罪心理剖繪專家」傑佛遜．溫特系列小說走紅文壇，主角的父親為美國惡名昭彰的連續殺人魔，血液裡有著與眾不同的黑暗成分，因此得以洞悉惡人的心理狀態和思考模式。卡羅擅長節奏明快的娛樂小說，文筆洗鍊犀利，《說說你為什麼不該死》是他在暢銷系列作之外，首次挑戰全新寫作題材，文字極具Live實境節目的緊湊張力，令新舊讀者驚豔。

卡羅於1969年生於蘇格蘭，80年代後移居到英格蘭生活至今，曾當過記者、吉他演奏者、錄音工程師，寫作之餘喜歡把時間花在訓練他的馬匹與騎師、彈奏吉他並錄製唱片，現與妻子和兩個孩子同住在赫特福德郡。

Hôpital de Cressac. Vingt-deux heures. Service des urgences. Plongé dans un coma profond, un homme impossible à identifier est conduit chambre 127. Pas de papiers, plus d’empreintes, un visage modifié par la chirurgie esthétique. La police soupçonne un cas de grand banditisme, et la presse s’empare de l’affaire…
Carole Masson, l’infirmière en charge du mystérieux « patient 127 », est intriguée. Sorti de sa léthargie, le blessé affirme être amnésique… Jusqu’au jour où il lui fait cette confidence : sur l’écran de télévision il s’est reconnu en la personne de Luigi Belladone, un chanteur de variétés oublié du public. La ressemblance est frappante, mais Carole ne sait que penser. Tandis que la police piétine, la jeune femme décide de résoudre le mystère et se lance dans une enquête qui la mène directement à… Luigi Belladone.
Et bientôt, les cadavres s’additionnent, car dans l’ombre rôde un assassin qui ne veut pas voir la vérité éclater et n’hésite pas à recourir au meurtre pour éliminer les témoins.
« 127 » est-il fou, ou bien cherche-t-il à manipuler Carole ? Peut-elle vraiment se fier à cet inconnu qui, s’il l’attire irrésistiblement, pourrait se révéler très dangereux ? Entre cet homme et le policier qui enquête, son cœur balance. Va-t-elle trouver l’amour ou bien la mort entre les mains d’un fou criminel ? Car, crime après crime, le meurtrier se rapproche d’elle.
Saura-t-elle l’arrêter avant d’en être la victime ?
Dans ce roman policier en trompe l’œil où les personnages se dédoublent, Gilbert Gallerne distille savamment fausses pistes, séduction amoureuse et conflits d’intérêts jusqu’à faire culminer une indicible angoisse.

Follow us on http://www.instagram.com/GOOD2GOPUBLISHING for Free Giveaways. Meet Anthony Stone one of the best detective's that New York City has ever seen. He lives by the motto shoot first and ask questions never. Stone's life changes when his lieutenant assigns him to a bank robbery case. His job is to take down four ruthless and vicious bank robbers who will do anything to stay alive and more importantly stay out of jail. The leader of the bank robber's is a man that goes by the name Ghost. When it comes to money Ghost and his team will do anything it takes to get it, even if that means taking innocent lives. Ghost's one weakness is his little sister Dana. Dana is a beautiful young lady that always seems to attract the wrong type of guy. But when she finds Mr. Right and refuses to leave him no matter what anyone says including her brother Ghost things take a turn for the worst. Join Anthony Stone as he goes deep into the underworld to track down a crew of the most violent and deadliest bank robbers.

Editorial Review:  Kirkus - "Veteran author White (Tears of a Hustler PT 6, 2014, etc.) once again demonstrates a keen mastery of the genre. Pacing is swift
and plot twists are plentiful." "Fans will enjoy another winner from White"

Una investigadora que desarrolla un trabajo con nanotecnología obtiene
un resultado inesperado: las nanoválvulas cargadas con serotonina han
cristalizado formando perlas clonadas. No sospechan en ese momento que
las perlas ocultan algo más que una belleza perfecta.



La novela relata la serie de acontecimientos que las extraordinarias
perlas desencadenan en el que se verán implicados una variedad
increíble de personajes, desde religiosas y enfermos mentales que
cohabitan en un convento, hasta mafiosos que operan y residen en la
Costa del Sol en un mundo de ostentación e impunidad, pasando por
traficantes, buscavidas, abogados gibraltareños, clanes gitanos,
guerrilleros colombianos y atípicos inspectores de policía.



Una historia contada desde la pasión de sus personajes, de sus
contradicciones, sus motivaciones y su desesperación. En un mundo en el
que nada ni nadie es lo que parece, HÁBITOS QUÍMICOS engancha cada vez
más según se entra en su trama, a través de una historia de acción que
nos invita a contemplarlos con sinceridad mostrando un catálogo humano
mucho más cercano de lo que creemos.

Tras la muerte de su mujer, Daniel Martín compra una casa en la Urbanización El sepulcro, alejada del bullicio de la ciudad. En ella espera curar sus heridas y comenzar una nueva vida. Pero pronto, esa tranquilidad se convertirá en un infierno cuando viva una serie de sucesos extraños en la casa. Ruidos, presencias, sombras en la noche… Poco a poco, Daniel irá descubriendo los secretos del número diez de la Urbanización El sepulcro... y a partir de ahí, nada volverá a ser lo mismo.

Depuis que Daniel Berger - traumatisé par une agression nocturne qui a failli lui coûter la vie - a confié à Martin Lançoix sa protection, celle de Nicole, sa femme, et celle de leurs deux enfants, celle-ci ne peut se défaire d'un sentiment d'angoisse diffus. Avec ses faux airs de voyou et son arrogance de beau ténébreux, cet ex-flic l'inquiète plus qu'il ne la rassure. Son zèle envahissant l'exaspère et provoque des heurts qui la minent.
Tandis que Daniel, accaparé par ses affaires et de nombreux déplacements professionnels, ne prête qu'une oreille distraite à ses réticences, la jeune femme s'efforce d'ignorer le malaise palpable qui accompagne chaque apparition de Martin. Mais comment museler son imagination quand d'inexplicables drames viennent bouleverser une vie familiale jusque-là sans histoires ?
Dans ce thriller psychologique à huis clos, Gilbert Gallerne excelle à distiller un suspense qui va crescendo jusqu'aux tout derniers rebondissements d'un dénouement haletant.

Par l'auteur de "Je suis le gardien de mon frère", "Teddy est revenu", "Le patient 127" et "Au pays des ombres" (prix du Quai des Orfèvres 2010)

Grand Finaliste au Prix des Univers Parallèles 2008

Adam est un jeune médecin impétueux. Au bout du rouleau, il décide de se reposer enfin et loue un chalet près d'un lac. Avec bonheur, il retrouve ainsi la forêt de son enfance, à Sainte-Philomène. Mais le village qu'il a quitté il y a si longtemps a bien changé. La région est désormais entourée d'une nature sauvage qui semble habitée par le secret d'anciennes rivalités entre villageois et le souvenir d'amours mortes, qu'Adam avait complètement balayés de sa mémoire. C'est sans compter l'étrange tronc d'arbre aux branches tordues qui trône telle une Gorgone au-dessus du manteau de la cheminée du chalet. Lentement, très lentement, les vacances d'Adam tournent au cauchemar...

 Roman einer tödlichen Leidenschaft---Obwohl er nur die Stimme kennt, kehrt er in den Libanon zurück, um den Mann zu finden und zu töten, der ihm bewiesen hatte, dass die Würde des Menschen antastbar ist. In dem von Wahnsinn und Bürgerkrieg zerrissenen Beirut beginnt eine dramatische Menschenjagd - die große Geschichte eines bitteren Kampfes, einer einzigartigen Freundschaft und einer leidenschaftlichen Liebe - realistisch und mit vibrierender Spannung erzählt.

"Mit GEGNER hat Voss den großen Beirut-Roman geschrieben."

Par l'auteur du Prix du Quai des Orfèvres 2010 : Nathalie, jeune médecin, revient dans la ville de son enfance. Elle y ouvre un cabinet et retrouve Gisèle et Béatrice, deux amies de lycée avec lesquelles elle formait jadis "la bande des quatre". Amélie, la quatrième, a disparu sans laisser de traces. Mais le retour de Nathalie dérange : voix mystérieuse la menaçant la nuit, appels anonymes, et pire encore...

C'est clair, quelqu'un veut la chasser, ou à défaut, la tuer. Mais qui ? Serait-ce Claudia, la femme idéale qu'elles avaient inventée au lycée : belle, intelligente, sexy, audacieuse... Mais Claudia n'est qu'un produit de leur imagination. Claudia n'existe pas...

N'est-ce pas ?

 

Gilbert Gallerne est un écrivain français né en 1954. Il est
l’auteur de nombreux thrillers, parmi lesquels « Teddy est revenu », « Le
prix de l’angoisse », « Le patient 127 », « Je suis le
gardien de mon frère » et « Au pays des ombres » qui a obtenu le
Prix du Quai des Orfèvres 2010.

Il vit en région parisienne où, lorsqu’il n’écrit pas, il s’adonne
au golf, à la photo, et aux échecs.

 

 

 Dr. Raven Cane was the lead scientist at the Atomic Space Lab. Even though his colleagues had high regard for his work he always had one dream in the back of his mind and that was to develop an invisibility cloak and become the envy of every scientist abroad. Well after years and years of blood sweat and tears his dream came true but at a heavy cost because the fame and fortune went to his head and that’s when a good thing turned evil.

Even all the money and fame that was brought his way you would think he would have been satisfied but that would not be the case because he was not satisfied with the millions of dollars that flowed his way instead his ego got the best of him and he broke into the Atomic Space Lab and stole the cloak from his own employer that bought the cloak from him and made him famous.  

Lorsqu’elle ouvre le colis, Laura n’en croit pas ses yeux : Teddy est revenu. Teddy, l’ours en peluche que sa fille avait avec elle lorsqu’on l’a kidnappée cinq ans plus tôt.
Mais qui peut le lui envoyer aujourd’hui ? Et pourquoi ?
Pour résoudre ce mystère, Laura ne peut s’adresser à la police qui, à l’époque, n’a pas cru à l’enlèvement d’enfant et l’a accusée de l’avoir tuée pour reconquérir son mari. Elle ne peut se tourner non plus vers ce mari, qui l’a abandonnée depuis pour refaire sa vie.
Et elle ne peut rester les bras croisés. L’énigme du kidnapping qui a bouleversé sa vie demeure entière ; il lui faut la résoudre.
Animée par un fol espoir, elle décide de reprendre seule l’enquête. Même si cela signifie traverser la moitié de la France sur la foi d’un simple cachet postal. Même si cela signifie se mettre hors la loi et se heurter à la haute bourgeoisie d’une ville de province défendue par le policier local. Et même si cela signifie qu’elle devra affronter Simon, dont le passe-temps est de tuer les jeunes filles pour profiter d leur cadavre. Simon : un serial killer à la française, un tueur en série « bien de chez nous ».
Mais Laura ne réfléchit pas à tout cela. Elle n’a qu’une idée en tête : son enfant est vivante, quelque part. Et elle va la retrouver. Même si pour cela il faut déterrer des cadavres vieux de cinq ans.
Par le lauréat du Prix du Quai des Orfèvres 2010, un suspense dans la lignée des meilleurs thrillers  signés Harlan Coben ou Mary Higgins Clark.

 Do you ever get the feeling sometimes when you’re all alone in your house or cabin in the woods especially when you’re watching a scary movie with the lights out and it’s storming outside that any moment someone or something is going to open the door and scare the hell out of you. Sometimes when you’re getting a little scared while watching the movie the door you thought was closed all the way just happens to open and intensifies the situation even more. Then you nervously and slowly go to the door and shut it so you’ll feel safe again and continue to watch your movie and even turn the lights on to bring the scare factor down to a minimum. This is where the story begins.

Tom, Linda, Jack and Susan loved camping and hiking out in the woods. Tom’s cabin was the  place for a weekend of fun, but this time their little fun filled weekend at Tom’s cabin would be filled with terror and murder.

 It was a day like any other day until curious teens knocked on the door of Bartholomew Manor. It was given the nickname “Dead Manor,” because of the hell that went on behind closed doors. No one suspected anything was going on at the manor until too many people came up missing.

Legend has it that a man by the name of Bartholomew that owned the manor went a little crazy after his wife was murdered and was found hanging by the neck from their crystal chandelier. It was going to be their first anniversary together at the beautiful manor they had just purchased. Bartholomew just purchased a one carat diamond ring and a bouquet of flowers along with some wine to celebrate their occasion, but when he opened the door expecting his beautiful wife to greet him with a smile instead his whole world came crashing down. Bartholomew dropped the flowers and wine from his hands and rushed over to the chandelier frantically trying to cut the rope that was tied around her soft beautiful neck, but when he was able to free her she was already dead. Bartholomew dropped to his knees sobbing and holding her in his arms like a baby saying “Why! Why! Dear lord did this have to happen to her?”

 Martin Davis played piano and Claire Jackson sang at the Starlight Night Club every Saturday night. They were so in love so thought Martin until the night Martin seen Claire kissing another man outside the nightclub. Martin lost it and got into a fight with the man locking lips with his girl. Martin beat the man up pretty good enough to make him leave the scene. Then as the man got in his car and sped off down the road Martin turned to his girlfriend and said “You just destroyed everything!” Then Martin put both hands around her neck, and squeezed so hard he severed her juggler vein which caused Martins hands to be soaked in her blood. Martin dropped Claire’s body right where she was murdered and got in his car and sped off down the road to his house to try and forget about everything and hope it will go away but he had blood on his hands now and he was about to see the murder he thought he got away with was going to haunt him until his death. 

 Beth and Michael Bridges loved restoring old Victorian homes, and decided since they both always wanted to live in one the next Victorian home they restored would be theirs, but their dream would soon be shattered because the home that just took their breath away had a horrid past. The owners of the home that sold this fixer upper to the Bridges were acting very nervous and very anxious to sell at any price. The owners also lied to them saying they needed something bigger, and more modern, and that they had been living in the home for over three years. Just before the owners grabbed the check from the Bridges and ran like hell out of the house the owner said “There is one thing I need to tell you both, whatever you do don’t open the door to the basement, here’s the keys to the house.” The owner grabbed the Check from Mr. Bridges hand like he was in a hurry and then grabbed his wife’s hand and made a b-line to the front door. The owners took off like a bat out of hell in their car leaving a trail of smoke behind never to return.

Mr. Bridges ran out the front door yelling “You forgot your stuff,” but their car was long gone and they could care less about what they both left behind, they were just happy to be alive and rid of this demon house. Michael turned back around and walked back inside the house shaking his head at what just happened. His wife came up to him and said ”Honey don’t worry about it we have got our dream home and that’s all that matters besides, they’ll probably realize that they forgot their things and turn their car around and head back soon. “Maybe you’re right” replied Michael.

 Life for Hilda was everything but rosy growing up in a small village in the 17th century Salem, Massachusetts. Her looks were atrocious, but even though she tried to overlook the torment that was caused by it the resentment and hatred of the townspeople were eating her up inside.  Finally, Hilda decided it was time that the townspeople pay for their despicable behavior. She went to her bedroom, opened her top dresser drawer and pulled out an old dusty book that contained spells that her aunt Helga who was a witch gave to her when she was a little girl.

Hilda did not know her aunt very well because days after her aunt presented her with the spell book she was burned at the stake for practicing witchcraft.  Being that Hilda was only five years old when this happened she could not comprehend why anyone would want to hurt her aunt.  She thought the world was perfect and that no one died until the day her aunt did, and that turned her whole world upside down.  Hilda gathered her thoughts knowing that she is now an adult and that happened many years ago, but it still haunts her to this day, and the townspeople only made the memory of her aunt’s death compound on her own hatred that was building up inside of her.  Hilda wiped the tears from her eyes, and opened the spell book, and said an incantation while staring into her dresser mirror, but the tears kept coming.  

 It was 1944 and it would not be long before World War II was over and the Germans would be defeated but when the war was long forgotten some ghosts would still be hanging around not able to pass through to the other side. It all happened when a train that was carrying some SS Nazi soldiers on a cold winter December night derailed killing everyone aboard. 

Samantha Stone never had chance to really mature into a beautiful woman because of her looks that she was born in the eyes of a man’s world. Samantha’s beauty was not earth shattering even though her mother said she was beautiful just the way she is. Samantha stood six feet tall with matted hair and brown eyes. It’s a shame her hopes and dreams of becoming a model someday would be shattered before she fully grown up as a woman. Every man that gazed upon her was not in a respectful way. After years of disappointing relationships Samantha snapped and decided these lustful dogs would pay dearly for not treating her as any woman would want to be treated.

Samantha always confided in her best friend Sarah to help her get through her rough times. One night as Samantha was crying on Sarah’s shoulder Sarah chimed in and said “I’m sick and tired of the way these dogs (men) are treating you, so being the friend that I am who loves and cares about you, I want you to call this woman who can help you. Her name is Gilda and yes she is a Witch, but if any one person in this world can help you she can. Yes, I too said the same thing about why would I call upon a Witch to solve my problems. I feel like I can conquer anything that stands in my way thanks to Gilda the Witch, so please give her a call?” “Thank you so much Sarah, you are a true friend and don’t worry you have my promise that I will call her in the morning,” said Samantha in a confident voice.

Morning came and Samantha contacted Gilda by phone to seek revenge on her tormentors. Gilda reassured Samantha she had the perfect spell to help her solve her problem. As Samantha hung up the phone she wiped the salty tears from her cheeks and took in a deep breath as she stared into her bathroom mirror saying “I’m going to get my life back and make them all pay!” 

 Tom and Brenda had been married for over forty-five years and all the love they once knew was gone. They fought constantly, but neither one of them had the guts to leave fearing if they divorced they would lose their beautiful mansion, and expensive cars so they both just stayed together only for the material side of the marriage. Every time they fought they would say to each other “I wish you were dead!” They both meant it wholeheartedly. They both slept in separate rooms and slept with one eye open fearing the other one would do them in.

Brenda still cooked for her husband out of guilt. One night when they sat at the dinner table eating the dinner she cooked for them she decided to add a little surprise to his meal. She put some roaches in his mash potatoes and with a big smile on her face she watched him shovel the mash potatoes into his mouth, but it only took seconds for him to realize something was not right. When he spit out the mash potatoes onto his plate one of the roaches was not quite dead yet and crawled out of the mash potatoes. Tom said “What in the hell is going on here?” Brenda laughed and said “You should have seen the look on your face.” Tom yelled back “I don’t find any of this very funny!” He threw his napkin down on the plate and said “I’m going to get me something else!” She just laughed as he slammed the front door behind him as he got in his car and sped down the road in search of a fast food restaurant.

 Greg, Billy and Bobby were a wild bunch when they are together and had a thing for taking things to the limit, but their thrill seeking days were about to come to a screeching halt when the three boys piled into Greg’s ’68 Camaro and decided to show their friends back at school that dead man’s curve is not such a dangerous curve after all, and should not be called dead man’s curve.

As the three boys were heading to their final destination dead man’s curve Billy was handing out the beers to add to the excitement and could not wait to laugh at their scared friends about how they sped around dead man’s curve and lived to tell about it. The road conditions were not in their favor because of the rain and wind making it hard for Greg to keep control of his car at all times. To make matters worse a black car appeared out of nowhere with its headlights too bright for Greg to see where he was going around dead man’s curve. Greg and his friends were pumped up ready to make that deadly turn around dead man’s curve and return back to school the next morning to make a laughing stock of his scared classmates,