Don't talk to strangers… Faced with his parents' divorce, eleven-year-old Lucas runs away from home in the hope that his family will get back together to find him. While walking through the empty streets, he is picked up by a mysterious woman, who offers to take care of him and provide him with a loving family. The boy then wakes up in shackles, confined to a bed in a decrepit house in the middle of nowhere and will have to face his deepest fears in order to survive in his new home. Join Lucas in a desperate attempt to get back to his family in Madhouse, the first published book from horror-thriller author Miguel Estrada.

A championship football game becomes the scene of a paranormal massacre.  Among the survivors is Max Knight. But he can’t recall how he avoided death, or why… Local high school hero Max Knight can’t silence the voices in his head no matter how many pills he takes. If only he could talk to his parents about it, but he’s never met them – his only family is his uncle, and he’s not revealing any secrets… Just after his 18th birthday, Max’s world turns upside down. Everywhere he goes he sees killer shadows and is tormented by jumps in time while he keeps running from a truth that threatens to tear his world apart. Can Max accept and control his supernatural abilities, or will his denial be his undoing?

Would you stop if you saw a little girl wandering through the woods at night? Andy did. He’s now dead. This is Andy’s story. The Girl in the Woods – A Ghost’s Story is the first in a collection of Off-Kilter Tales. It’s a short story about a man in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or the right place at the right time. You decide. What the reviewers are saying: 5 stars – “I read it straight through and couldn’t put it down.” – Amazon customer. 5 stars – “It keeps you reading until you go … wow!” – Amazon customer. 5 stars – “A brilliant story that takes all of your senses through a horrific experience.” – Amazon customer.

Discover the best in science fiction, fantasy, and horror with the 2020 Del Rey ebook sampler! 2020 is a year of new chapters. Max Brooks, who helped us survive a zombie pandemic, now searches for a more elusive threat: Bigfoot. Kevin Hearne, the author of The Iron Druid Chronicles, takes us back to that beloved world with a new spin-off series—and dreams up a different epic fantasy series with an entirely new mythology. Peter F. Hamilton masterfully builds a blazing space opera series. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, who dazzled us with her vision of 1920s Mexico and the Mayan underworld, reimagines the classic gothic suspense novel with the story of an isolated mansion in the 1950s Mexican countryside. These eleven recent and upcoming works are full of action. A young space pilot tries to save his best friend—the heir to a galactic empire—from a ruthless rebellion. A girl whose interdimensional doppelgängers have died in 372 worlds discovers a secret that puts her life in jeopardy. A man whose daughter has newfound, terrifying powers must risk his life to save hers. The last human in the galaxy hides her identity while trying to discover the truth about humanity. A woman traveling through time finds a mysterious child with unimaginable power. A spell allows women to control their own fertility in an epic feminist fantasy. This captivating ebook sampler contains excerpts from: DEVOLUTION by Max BrooksTHE WOMEN’S WAR by Jenna GlassSALVATION by Peter F. HamiltonINK & SIGIL by Kevin HearneA PLAGUE OF GIANTS by Kevin HearneTHE VANISHED BIRDS by Simon JimenezTHE SPACE BETWEEN WORDS by Micaiah JohnsonTHE LAST HUMAN by Zack JordanMEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-GarciaTHE NOBODY PEOPLE by Bob ProehlBONDS OF BRASS by Emily Skrutskie

John 5:19We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. Recently bereaved detective Nadine Meyers is assigned to investigate a brutal massacre, with eight-year-old Mary the sole survivor. Nadine suspects the parents were responsible for murdering all six of their adopted children in a single horrendous act. As she befriends Mary, she discovers a secret that takes the case in a whole new direction, one she could never have imagined.