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Working as a security guard sounds pretty boring, right? But what would you do if your company gave you a very strict set of mysterious rules to follow, which make no sense; like not leaving your guardhouse at a very specific time during your shift, or ignoring the tapping you hear on your window, or hearing your partner calling out to you from the dark, but he's right there with you?Read the tales of the guard who works for an organization simply known as The Company, which specializes in securing areas with reported paranormal, occult and otherwise mysterious occurrences. The collection includes the story of the night guard, a recruit who responded to a job listing and found himself fighting for his life, as well as the story of The Survivor, a hardened intervention security unit member, who has been on countless suicide missions and seen things that no other human could witness and live to talk about.
There's something lurking in the Grayson mansion. Alex and Blaire are freelance journalists and former romantic partners. When they learn that the rich and corrupted Gary Grayson might be involved with the disappearance of a young woman, it's a scoop that could make their careers - if they can only find proof. Breaking into Grayson's secluded mansion is not the safest idea, but they decide to take the chance. They think they understand the risks. They think they know what they're getting into. They're dead wrong. Now, trapped inside a big, old mansion, Alex and Blaire face a horrifying truth. These twisted corridors hold more than an eccentric recluse. There is something far worse, and it's hunting them...
Their mother is in a coma, and yet the house is anything but quiet at night. Jill and Cheryl are two estranged sisters who are brought together after their mother with dementia mysteriously falls into a coma. Eager to return to their own lives, the sisters wait for an attorney to arrive and finalize the legal issues around the house. Forced to spend time together in their childhood home, the sisters begin experiencing strange phenomena in the house. Creepy sounds carry through the walls at night, nightmares plague them in their sleep, and dark figures manifest themselves in the corner of their eyes, only to disappear when they look at them. The longer they spend in the house, the more they begin to realize that something unnatural is going on. They follow in their mother's footsteps to find the dark secret that drove her to lose her mind and finally fall into a coma. But the more they find out about the foreign darkness that inhabits the house, the more they start to realize that leaving the house will solve nothing, and they have only two choices. Put their differences aside to defeat the evil in the house, or stay divided and share their mother's fate.
There's something wrong with Apartment 401... When the newlywed couple Brad and Julia decide to move into their new home, they are ecstatic to start their new lives. They finally have a home of their own, and with a baby on the way, this couldn't have come at a better time. However, just one day in the apartment is enough to tell them that something is very wrong. Things go missing only to reappear in strange places, footsteps and whispers echo in the rooms, and every night, the same song plays from somewhere inside the apartment. The longer Brad and Julia spend in the apartment, the more they learn about the dark secrets that haunt it. No longer able to afford moving to a new place, they have to make a decision - run away from their new home, or face the apparitions that plague it. One thing is for sure, though. They are not the only inhabitants of Apartment 401.
If you hear whistling, stop moving immediately. Vincent is an online English teacher looking for something to distract him from the recent breakup with his girlfriend. When his brother Brent, and Brent's girlfriend Amira, invite him on a boat trip to an isolated island, he agrees to come. Yōkai Island is believed to be haunted, and that's exactly why so many young people want to visit it. Everyone wants to see the ghost of Junko Isaka - a young Japanese woman roaming the island and whistling. The boatman getting Vincent's group across the lake warns that the island is dangerous, and threatens to leave without them if they don't come back before nightfall. What starts off as harmless exploration of an abandoned island turns into a struggle for survival as the group soon realizes that the boatman was right. By then, they no longer have any means of escaping Yōkai Island. Their only hope for survival is waiting until dawn - and hoping the whistling doesn't find them in the meantime.
No one ever leaves Woodberry... Chris Townsend is a software engineer who has trouble dealing with his past. When his company assigns him to a new project situated in a small town in Oregon, he initially refuses the offer, until he realizes that this change may be exactly what he needs to come to terms with his problems. While the town of Woodberry is perfect at first glance and his neighbors friendly, this quickly changes when Chris starts asking about the radio tower perched on top of the highest hill in the town. He is warned not to talk about the tower and soon becomes increasingly aware that he is closely watched. To make things worse, each time the tower lights start blinking, the townsfolk go into a hypnotic trance and their behavior turns hostile. Chris' new life quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival, as he realizes that he's not the first victim to become trapped in the town.
If the counselors of Camp Firwood send you into the woods, you're as good as dead. When the rebellious teenager Kevin gets sent to a summer camp by his parents, he initially has no idea what's in store for him. Every two weeks, the camp organizes an event called The Trial. The campers all dread it. They don't want to spend the night in the woods with the Firwood Wraith roaming around. And the more they misbehave, the higher the chances they'll be chosen. By the time Kevin realizes what Camp Firwood really is, he is trapped - and every week, more and more campers go missing.
What's behind the locked door in Nathan's new apartment?He doesn't care - until he starts hearing eerie scratching noises coming from behind it. Footsteps resound in his apartment, objects are mysteriously moved out of place, and no matter what he tries, he can't get the door open. Then one night, the door opens on its own, revealing a long, dark corridor. Nathan is immediately compelled to explore it, going further inside each night, ignoring the distant creaking sounds. By the time he realizes what horrors lie inside the corridor, he becomes trapped in his own apartment, with only one way out - through the corridor.
Success is random. And there are a number of things that we can do to capture this randomness and focus it in our favour. According to bestselling author Frans Johansson strategy, planning, and careful analysis no longer guarantee strong performances. But dig deep into the actions of successful people and organizations and you'll find one common theme. A turning point occurs - a major client signs on, a new competitor redefines the market, an unlikely idea surfaces - and they take advantage of that 'click moment' to change their fate. Diane von Furstenberg saw a matching skirt and top on TV and the wrap-dress was born. Microsoft Windows was on the brink of being shut down until two people me...
Not all love stories have a happy ending... Get ready to lose yourself in this collection of tragic stories from our authors that will fill your heart and tear it out at the same time. Sometimes a happy ending is not possible despite our best hopes, and things end in a way we never anticipated. Prepare to have your heart strings pulled and your resolve tested as these heart-breaking stories of love and tragedy leave you spinning. These stories range from paranormal to contemporary, but no matter the genre, they will fill you with emotions, give you hope and then shred your heart in a million pieces. Get lost in this collection of incredible stories that show you that sometimes the most tragic of stories are some of the most beautiful. Each story is accompanied by a poem by Helle Gade Till Death Do Us Part by Boris Bacic Never Wake Me Up by Anne Samara Ember Aglow by Victoria Larque Love to Live by Ada Rossi The Cell by KR Fajardo Killing Love by Annelie Janssen