(W) S.A. Check, James Kuhoric (A) Claudio Avella (CA) Puis Calzada The woods are alive with the sound of Evil! Straight from the pages of the swampy legends of the Louisiana bayou comes a new generation of terror with BITE! The Grunch! Part twisted human part ghastly beast and all teeth and hunger! Come along with your tour guide, Johnny Detour, and his band of misfit vloggers as they delve deep into the murky myths surrounding the murderous brood! Finding the carnivorous clan is only half the battle. Getting out alive is the real trick. Don't turn out the lights, Brudder! The Grunch are having YOU for supper!
In the South, mystery comes heaped with added richness. And in this collection of comfort food for the curious mind, author Alan Brown guides readers into the most delightful medley of mystery the South has on offer. Witches in Tennessee. The devil's hoofprints in North Carolina. Voodoo in New Orleans. In this South, meat rains from the sky in Bath, Kentucky. A professor's thigh makes the case for spontaneous combustion in Nashville. UFO-induced radiation sickness befalls Huffman, Texas. From bluesman Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil in Arkansas to the oak tree that defends the innocence of a man executed in Mobile, sometimes the inexplicable is truly the most satisfying.
New Orleans, 1971. Nick "Iceman" Eismann is a high school newspaper reporter with a talent for getting into trouble. When his two best friends are brutally murdered, the police won't tell him what happened. So he starts an investigation of his own, and comes face-to-face with a frightening legend from the city's past... and a loose canon cop who will stop at nothing to protect the terrifying secret of Grunch Road.
Gilding is only so thick. Helena escaped the city, chased out by those that wanted to control her. Now she is on the run across the country, many of her friends falling to the side as she fled, her home in flames. She must regroup and discover the mystery of what her parents sought and why they disappeared. Old enemies dog her progress, willing to risk everything to stop her. New allies will help in her quest. Will Helena discover the truth? Don’t miss Saint Augustine, the fourth installment of the Brandywine Series by Greg Alldredge. If you like Adventure and Fantasy with a strong female lead, then this Young Adult Steampunk novel will have you turning the pages!
Creatures, Monsters, and Madmen... who’s a woman to trust? Fearing for her freedom and life, Helena escaped her estate in San Francisco. Branded a witch, her neighbors and peers turned on her with torches and pitchforks. To hell with them all. Now in the air, she is driven to find any clues that lead to her parents. Her only hope the mysterious Mister Nobody and The Draco Society. Unfortunately, unnamed forces purse across North America. Russians stalk her every move. Many false friends have fallen. Can she trust new comrades? Will Helena find safety? Read the second trilogy in the Helena Brandywine series, The Draco Society now.
"Lean back into Louisiana lore with an earful of New Orleans jazz and a bellyful of Cajun cuisine. But when the music dies down and the lights flicker out, hushed conversations bleed into the darker mysteries of the Pelican State. Storied outlaws like John Murrell, Eugene Bunch and Leather Britches Smith steal into the room. Voodoo priestesses Marie Laveau and Julia Brown are already there, along with the Phantom Whistler and the Axeman of New Orleans. Folklorist Alan Brown educates and entertains with tales of the unseemly, bizarre and otherworldly, like the legends of the Rougarou, the Lutin and the Honey Island Swamp Monster."--Back cover.
Every region, every city, every neighborhood has its haunted house. But no area has an edifice like the Grussen Place. The Grussen Place was built almost a century ago in a swampy region across the Mississippi River miles from the nearest village of Westwego. It was built on a land that was inhabited by an indigenous people that dwelt there ages before the Native Americans settled the region, a region they soon enough vacated, leaving it to its cryptic secrets. Dark rituals were held on that site, making it an unholy ground. Nobody knew about the evil that still hovered over that area until doctor Arthur Grussen, a reclusive physician who had a secret of his own he didnt wish to share, built his opulent home there at the turn of the century. Nobody ever found out exactly what had happened to the Grussens. Legend has it that one of the children disappeared on a Halloween, followed by the wife and another child. Eventually the house was left alone, abandoned on the accursed plot of ground where it withered and decayed for decades. As time and progress moved forward, civilization rediscovered the Grussen Place with a tragic death that occurred as a result of a Halloween dare over thirty years ago. Now the legend of the Halloween dare is widely known in areas stretching all the way to the other side of the river and into New Orleans. Jip is a likeable thirteen year old kid whose biggest weakness is his determination to be accepted by his peers and Darren is a rather unlikable seventeen year old who tauntingly relates the legend and the dare to Jip. Being basically a sensible, and somewhat scary, kid, Jip scoffs at the invitation at first; but fears of his friends labeling him a coward, and other developments, eventually goad Jip into taking the most dangerous step of his life. He decides to take Darren up, with some rather interesting conditions and terms, on a dare to visit the Grussen Place, at an hour near midnight, on Halloween. It is a dare he will soon discover he should have never, ever made! The full fury of the horror that lives on that land and the legend itself comes to life, unfolding in this tale. By the end of this story many questions about what exactly happened at the Grussen Place are answered, and many new ones are raisednever to be answered. Go ahead and read on, but do it alone, at night, in a dark room with the only light being just enough illumination for reading the book. Go ahead! I dare you!
He'll cheat fate to save the one he loves. Noah L'Eveque is a werewolf who can’t shift. Only the eldest offspring of the pack have that ability, and his twin was the lucky one to be born first. But Noah refuses to accept his fate. As the alpha's sister, Amber Mason has six months to find a mate or the consequences for her family will be dire. Noah has been in love with Amber since they were kids, and he’s determined to awaken his dormant wolf and help her fulfill her duty to the pack. But achieving his dream comes at a cost he never considered. A new demonic threat has been awakened, and it's reigning terror on New Orleans. If he can't vanquish the demon and keep his pack from discovering the truth about the fiend's appearance, it could mean the end of the Crescent City Wolf Pack.
George Santos has lost his job, his wife, his savings, and his best friend in one afternoon. He has nothing left to live for, until he stops at the smallest bar in the French Quarter for a final drink. The people that he meets, and the adventures he encounters, force him to reexamine the world, reality, and his place in it. French Quarter Saints is set in New Orleans as it was in 1972. The city, and the world, are in turmoil as young people question traditional roles and views. The book is carefully researched and persons who are interested in the New Orleans of 1972 and its rich, vibrant history, as well as the joyful music of the Crescent City, are invited to come along for the ride.
