Douglas Clegg

They know you're afraid. They smell your fear." Dead Poets Society meets Hell House..a page-turning breakneck-speed horror story " ★★★★★ America's most haunted house ever returns with a creepy fraternity of buried secrets in Book 2 of the Harrow series. **Get all the Harrow novels: Nightmare House, Mischief, The Infinite and The Abandoned.** Harrow has waited for years... The mansion looms above the Hudson River, just outside the town of Watch Point, New York. Converted into a school for boys, its evil has remained dormant for many years. But when a boy named Jim Hook enters Harrow Academy, all hell breaks loose - and his worst nightmare may just come true "Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation."- Bentley Little, bestselling author of The Haunted and The House." Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby." - Dean Koontz, New York Times bestselling author of Phantoms About the Author Douglas Clegg spent years researching hauntings as well as a specific ruins in the Hudson Valley to create Harrow and its history. He currently lives in New England, by the edge of a rock cliff, in a very haunted house. The Harrow Series: Harrow is a place of infinite hauntings -- and horror. Book #1, Nightmare House - set at Harrow in the 1920s, the grandson of its creator has come to claim his deadly inheritance and explore the terrifying mystery within the ancient stones and passages of the house. #2, Mischief - Boys will be boys -- and a dark fraternity of misfits seek out Jim Hook, the new student at Harrow Academy -- but something more terrifying is hunting Jim, as well. #3, The Infinite - A handful of psychic investigators are called in to document the horrors of Harrow -- but little do they know that the house is more than simply a haunted place -- it is the soul of evil itself. #4, The Abandoned -- In the village of Watch Point, New York, in the bucolic Hudson Valley, something toxic and horrifying has leaked from the old boarded-up mansion called Harrow. Throughout the town, people who sleep awaken with blood-lust in their hearts -- and hatchets in their fists. A rampage of mayhem, murder and madness begins -- and only those brave enough to enter Harrow may find a way to stop the terror. Harrow Prequels Necromancer - set in the 1800s, this is the story of the young Justin Gravesend and his initiation into a terrifying mystery cult. Isis - set right at the end of the 1800s, the story of the young Iris Villiers when she discovers the terrible price that must be paid to speak with the dead. Praise for Douglas Clegg's Fiction"Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows just how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills..." - Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series. "Clegg delivers "- John Saul, bestselling author of Faces of Fear and The Devil's Labyrinth." Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction."- Peter Straubauthor of Lost Boy, Lost Girl and the NY Times Bestseller Black House (with Stephen King)"Clegg is one of the best "- Richard Laymon"Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares "- Robert R. McCammon

"Clegg (The Machinery of Night) shows how the bestial aspects of horror and humanity are interchangeable in this quartet of psychological suspense stories....riveting reading." -- Publishers Weekly. From award-winning author Douglas Clegg comes a special quartet of stories dealing with creatures of the wild- wolf, bird, and the most terrifying of beasts: the human variety. Contents In "The Wolf" a hunter guides a younger man up a mountain to track down the creature that has been slaughtering in the valley below. "The American" takes place at a late-night cafe in Rome where foreigners gather. On this particular night a stranger steps out of the shadowy park to sit at the sidewalk tables and speak of love and murder. In "A Madness of Starlings," a father, teaching his children about protection from the predators of life, takes in a fledgling bird. But when it's time for the bird to fly away, the forces of nature come undone and a secret wisdom and terror enter the mind of the one who understands the language of birds., In the novella, "The Dark Game," a war hero and his men are captured and taken into a prison camp. There, tortures and torments await them, but the man named Gordon Raglan begins to use a childhood game of escape to help him discover a way to hunt the wolves surrounding him.

A School for Psychic Children, a Legacy of Nightmare....★★★★★ "Suspenseful, full of horror, and vastly entertaining."★★★★★ Called Project Daylight, the school in Manhattan burned in a horrifying fire years ago. Decades later, in the suburbs, terrifying paranormal invasions drive Julie Hutchinson to the edge of sanity. What if Julie-and her children- can't survive...the chilling touch of the afterlife? From award-winning author Douglas Clegg comes a page-turning supernatural thriller of heart-pounding suspense and horror.350 pages in print." Mr Clegg has an ability to create believable, realistic characters...and tighten the suspense and terror as they slowly descend into their own private nightmare... Afterlife is as good as the modern horror novel gets."-The SF Reader "Stoker-winner Clegg (The Hour Before Dark ) has an uncanny ability to frighten readers by chronicling everyday characters' perilous descents into their own private hells....guaranteed to unnerve the reader...captivating." -- Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review." Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows just how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills..."-Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series.

Road Trip Horror, Creature Feature★★★★★"A terrifying quick punch of horror."★★★★★ "Grabbed me on the first page and wouldn't let go." What's the "unspeakable horror" the desert billboards advertise-and why is it locked up in a glass coffin? From the twisted imagination of Douglas Clegg comes this short novel (200 pages) of first loves, first trips, and first horrors. Some Mysteries Should Remain Buried Five college students hit the road to travel cross-country during spring break. Seeking fun and adventure, they pull over to a roadside gas station after they see signs along the desert highway that read Come See the Mystery "... A vivid story that will separate the timid from their sleep and the bold from their complacency whenever they next visit a sideshow or museum mummy display "-Midwest Book Review. "A terrifying quick punch of horror."-Alternate Reality Webzine Reviews. "I couldn't put this book down. It grabbed me on the first page and wouldn't let go."-Horror World Reviews.

Face of Innocence, Mind of Nightmare Award-winning author Douglas Clegg collects three short horror and suspense novels of youth, murder, and monsters in this collection, 400 pages in print. Includes Purity, The Words, and The Attraction. Purity A twisting, dark psychological thriller of dangerous obsession when a young man seeks to destroy his rival for a young woman's affection. "Douglas Clegg turns the screws dexterously in this sleek, multifaceted suspense story..."-Publisher's Weekly. The Words When teenager Mark befriends outsider Dash, he believes his new friend to be an outcast rebel. But a dark mystery unfolds as Dash leads Mark into dangerous games and rituals that allow them to see into another world-a world of absolute darkness and terror. The Attraction The signs along the desert highway read Come See the Mystery But some mysteries should remain buried forever. "Clegg takes the idea of a cheapjack tourist hustle for a decrepit gas station in middle-of-nowhere Arizona and turns it into a terrifying quick punch of horror..."-Alternate Reality WebZine

Why does it keep growing? Jason and his wife have a perfect life. But when Jason notices a dark stain along the collar of his son's t-shirt, a new, creeping horror enters his perfect home. "Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby."- Dean Koontz, NY Times bestselling author. 30 pages in print. Additional book excerpts are included at the back of this ebook.

Something's terribly wrong with Belinda... There's more to Michael's daughter than meets the eye - and some of it is disturbing. "Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby."- Dean Koontz. A short story, approximately 30 pages in print. Also includes excerpts from other books by Douglas Clegg.

They will get under your skin. New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg brings us his classic supernatural horror novella of teen alienation at the crossroads of darkness and absolute brotherhood. Never speak the The Words or they will follow you long after the lights go out. 110 pages if in print. The Dark Coming of Age series books do not need to be read in any specific order -- they are stand-alone short novels built around a theme of "dark coming of age.""Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby." - Dean Koontz, New York Times bestselling author. When teenager Mark befriends outsider Dash, he believes his new friend to be an outcast rebel. But a dark mystery unfolds as Dash leads Mark into dangerous games and rituals involving stories of the occult and a strange drug that allows Dash to see into another world -- a world of absolute darkness and terror. "Your flesh will remember the words even if your mind forgets.""Clegg delivers " - John Saul"Douglas Clegg is one of the best "-- Richard Laymon"Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation " -- Bentley LittleAbout the AuthorDouglas Clegg is the award-winning and bestselling author of more than 25 books, including Neverland, The Children's Hour, Naomi, Purity, and Afterlife.

They'd love to have you over for a bite... Lizzie Borden, Dr. Crippen, the Windrow Sisters - murderers whose mystique has lasted more than a century. But of them all, the legend of the Windrow girls is unrivaled in its acts of depravity and innocence corrupted. One October night, authorities discovered two teenaged girls at Bog Farm surrounded by a scene of unimaginable carnage. A legend grew of their cannibalistic night of terror, but young Lucy and Sally Windrow were never put on trial and no one has ever before gotten close enough to interview them. Twenty years later in 1910, an inexperienced reporter travels to their New Hampshire farm, determined to shed light upon the events of that dark night. But what is the truth of it? Who are these girls now? And why live on the same farm where the horrors took place so many years before? No one knew the real story behind the legend of Bog Farm...until now. 100 pages in print.

He feels safe in his cage. But if he escapes, you'll never feel safe again. They are the most dangerous mother-son serial killer team in history. "Bloody Mary" Chilmark is certifiable - just ask her doctor. The Darden State Hospital is home to the most dangerous psychopathic killers in the country. But Bloody Mary got out, and raised her baby away from that bad environment. But her son Doc's been arrested, processed, and held at Darden State -- and is considered one of the most dangerous of the hospital's inmates. As wildfires burn out of control in Southern California, authorities face the overwhelming task of relocating hundreds of Darden's patients to other prison hospitals before the raging inferno descend In the frenzy, "Bloody Mary" finds her opportunity to free her son. It's up to Trey Campbell and officer Jane Laymon to hunt for the mother-son duo in the dark underworld maze of the old asylum beneath the hospital. The Criminally Insane Series: Book #1, Bad KarmaBook #2, Red AngelBook #3, Night CageAuthor Note: Night Cage was originally published in paperback under the author's pen name, Andrew Harper. Books by Douglas Clegg AfterlifeGoat DancePurityDark of the EyeThe WordsWild ThingsThe Children's HourThe Criminally Insane Series: Bad Karma Red Angel Night CageThe Harrow Series: Nightmare House Mischief The Infinite The AbandonedThe Hour Before DarkYou Come When I Call YouNaomi The Nightmare ChroniclesThe Machinery of NightIsisThe NecromancerWith more to come... Praise for Douglas Clegg's fiction "Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation."-- Bentley Little, author of The Policy"Clegg delivers "-- John Saul, bestselling author of Faces of Fear and The Devil's Labyrinth." Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction."-- Peter Straubauthor of Lost Boy, Lost Girl and the New York Times Bestseller Black House (with Stephen King)"Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby."-- Dean Koontz"Clegg is one of the best "-- Richard Laymon"Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares "-- Robert R. McCammonauthor of The Queen of Bedlam and Speaks The Nightbird. FIC030000FICTION / Thrillers / SuspenseFIC031040FICTION / Thrillers / MedicalFIC025000FICTION / PsychologicalFIC022000FICTION / Mystery & Detective / GeneralFIC015000FICTION / HorrorFIC050000FICTION / Crime

You see him every day. But you don't know who he is...on the inside. "Dark suspense at its best " ★★★★★ "Suspenseful page-turner that you won't be able to put down."★★★★★ Among palm trees and swimming pools of California, a new killer hunts. Pursued by rookie cop Jane Laymon and psychologist Trey Campbell, this murderer's pathology may be linked to inmate Michael Scoleri -- AKA Abraxas -- at the Darden State Hospital for Criminal Justice. Do they communicate with their minds? The young man in the straitjacket doesn't want the Red Angel to be caught. But his skin holds the name of an upcoming victim. And up on Moon Lake, in the San Bernardino mountains, a terrifying killer plans to descend into the valley to find his next victim. For fans of James Patterson, Dean Koontz and Thomas Harris." Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills..." -- Tess Gerritsen, New York Times Bestselling Author. The Criminally Insane Series: Book #1, Bad KarmaBook #2, Red AngelBook #3, Night CageFIC030000FICTION / Thrillers / SuspenseFIC031040FICTION / Thrillers / MedicalFIC025000FICTION / PsychologicalFIC022000FICTION / Mystery & Detective / GeneralFIC015000FICTION / HorrorFIC050000FICTION / Crime

Spend a night with our inmates...and go a little mad. From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Douglas Clegg come 18 tales of mind-bending supernatural horror and spellbinding suspense in this single author short story collection. "Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby, " -Dean Koontz, NY Times bestselling author. Enter the Night Asylum to meet: Belinda, whose father has begun to suspect she's more dangerous than anyone knows; mysterious children surrounded by houseflies; boys trying to survive a terrifying boot camp; fraternity brothers who find a deeper brotherhood during a wintry Hell Week; a cop named Paul who discovers a tenement that opens the door into a place of nightmares - or heaven; an asylum patient who holds the key to the secret geometry of night itself...and more. Table of Contents: "The Stain""The American""Belinda in the Pool""The Skin of the World""A Madness of Starlings""Subway Turnstile""Where Flies are Born""Becoming Men""People Who Love Life""Fries with That?""The Machinery of Night""The Wolf""The Wicked""265 and Heaven""Ice Palace""Why My Doll is Evil""The Five""The Dark Game"

A little girl possessed. A small town engulfed in dread and horror. A dark house at the edge of a frozen lake. What secret lies within the place known as the Goat Dance? New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg blends supernatural suspense with heart-pounding horror in this dark epic novel. "Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby."- Dean Koontz, #1 New York Times bestselling author. A young man - Malcolm "Cup" Coffey - returns to Pontefract, Virginia, to find the girl he once loved. A town must face its terrifying past as a possessed child threatens to unleash an unspeakable horror upon them all and a dark house at the edge of a frozen lake remains locked and abandoned... For fans of Guillermo del Toro, Stephen King, and Dean Koontz." Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares " - Robert R. McCammon, New York Times bestselling author." Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows just how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills..." - Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author.

Will they stop her - or will she stop them? A mother and daughter on the run fall prey to a monstrous hunt in this heart-pounding supernatural horror novel. A tragic accident leaves young Hope Stewart with an extraordinary power that is both blessing and curse. Her touch can heal those suffering from horrifying afflictions...or subject them to an unspeakable fate. Hope's scientist father is determined to exploit her frightening gift, a relentless government agent is out to kill her - and a damaged soul called Monkey vows to deliver her to the mercies of the fiendish forces he serves... For fans of Dean Koontz, Stephen King, and Guillermo del Toro." An omnibus of unexpected horrors " - Publishers Weekly"Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows just how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills..." - Tess Gerritsen, New York Times Bestselling Author