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This book contains 101 bite-sized horror stories that are intended to scare and unsettle you. These are real peoples' accounts of the creepy and the occult - of their near-misses with madmen and paranormal entities. Each chapter is a short, stand alone campfire tale, a retelling of a frightening or gruesome incident that has stuck with the teller, something that gives them pause to this day when they find themselves alone in the dark. These stories have been collected with the knowledge that real life is scarier than fiction.

"Children of the Bedtime Machine”, a story by Robert McCammon, was originally published in the 2012 anthology Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury.

Tales to soothe tired souls. A nighttime companion for frazzled adults, including calming stories and poems for a good night's sleep. This cheering audiobook of best loved short tales, extracts and poems will calm and restore an anxious mind before sleep. A good night's sleep is essential for our well-being and our health, but in our busy lives sleep is often poor and overlooked. Now is the time to stop a while and find consolation and wonder in other worlds where all is well.

All you need in order to get a great night’s sleep tonight is a story. See, as fast as the human race is evolving, we still haven’t discovered a more efficient way to help our brains relax and achieve a calmer mental state than good ole storytelling. If you are having trouble falling asleep, this audiobook is for you. It combines two magnificent bedtime stories with relaxing sounds of nature that will knock you out faster than any medication your doc has the authority to prescribe. Just a few minutes and you’ll be on your way to the best night’s sleep you’ve had in months.

Have you ever wanted to kayak down a gorge in New Zealand? Or run night-time marathons through the Californian desert? How about rollerblading 100 miles around Amsterdam? You have? Then pour yourself a cup of cocoa, get those jim-jams on, and prepare to escape into a world of adventure with this collection of life-affirming short stories from award-winning adventurer Anna McNuff.

See, as fast as the human race is evolving, we still haven’t discovered a more efficient way to help our brains relax and achieve a calmer mental state than good ole storytelling. A well-told story takes your mind off plans, worries, and recapitulations, providing a safety net beneath your brain, like the pillow under your skull.

Fall asleep fast a with Icelandic Fairy Tales: Soothing Bedtime Stories for Adults, an enchanting audiobook that will transport you to a serene world and effortlessly lull you into a restful slumber. This audiobook is designed to create the perfect ambiance for a restorative sleep experience.

You finally get home after a long, stressful day of work, counting down the seconds until you finally get to hug your bed. But as soon as your head hits the pillow, you get left alone with a swirling storm of thoughts and worries. You realize that another long night is in front of you. An hour later, your mind is still racing, well aware of the passing time and the unlikelihood of waking up well-rested. It’s time to put an end to this, once and for all.

All you need in order to get a great night’s sleep tonight is a story. See, as fast as the human race is evolving, we still haven’t discovered a more efficient way to help our brains relax and achieve a calmer mental state than good ole storytelling. If you are having trouble falling asleep, this audiobook is for you. It combines two magnificent bedtime stories with relaxing sounds of nature that will knock you out faster than any medication your doc has the authority to prescribe. Just a few minutes and you’ll be on your way to the best night’s sleep you’ve had in months.

This audiobook is this year's scariest mega-anthology series, featuring the crème de la crème of horror stories that will send shivers down your spine. The stories will make your blood run cold. Your heart will skip several heartbeats. You will never look at the world in the same way again! The stories include the occult, paranormal occurrences, cult practices, mystical fantasies, extraterrestrial horror narratives, spooky ghosts, classic fables with a haunted twist, mind-bending psychological thrillers, and much, much more.

Some of today's greatest storytellers reveal their choices of the ideal grown-up bedtime story: writers such as Margaret Drabble, Ken Follett, Tessa Hadley, Robert Macfarlane, Patrick Ness, Tony Robinson, and Warsan Shire. Fold away your laptop and shut down your mobile phone. Curl up and crash out with the ultimate bedside book, one you'll return to again and again. Full of laughter and tears, moonlight and magic, Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups joyfully provides the dream way to end the day - and begin the night....

Everyone loves a bedtime story. And here are eight of the best from BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime, each with a Christmas theme, written by an array of literature's best-known names. They include Laurie Lee, Charles Dickens, and Hans Christian Andersen - just some of the storytellers included in this collection.

This cheering book of best loved short tales, extracts and poems will calm and restore an anxious mind before sleep. A good night's sleep is essential for our well-being and our health, but in our busy lives sleep is often poor and overlooked. Now is the time to stop a while and find consolation and wonder in other worlds where all is well and sleep just a minute or two away.

Don't go to sleep. You never know where you'll wake up. Little Darcy Walker is getting the bed she's always dreamed about. A black bed that's one-of-a-kind. But Darcy's bed may not be as new as it looks, and she could be falling into a deathly slumber. From the Amazon best-selling author of Kransen House comes a horrific tale that takes the reader into the depths of an ancient evil. There's no turning back once you've slept in The Bed.

ASMR Bedtime Stories for Adults contains 10 relaxing short stories narrated in a soothing, softly spoken voice, to help you destress and slow down your racing mind before sleep. Each calming tale has been specially designed to contain no real plotline or overly stimulating action, but instead, lots of descriptions of relaxing scenarios and pleasant sensations (including some popular ASMR triggers). Join the characters in a stroll along the beach, a massage at the spa, a camping trip under the stars, and a visit to a majestic castle!

The book contains 17 beautiful stories. In the first chapter, the writer has explained the beauty and serenity of the canal of Utrecht. The Martin Cathedral, whose tower has been separated, is the highest tower with the bell. The second chapter, "Treehouse by the Sea", beautifully describes the beauty of the Indian Ocean, under the exotic flowers and African sky of Madagascar.

I might be a typical guy, but these last few years, my love life's been anything but. From crazy ex-girlfriends to one night stands who are stage-five clingers, my relationships go bad faster than the milk in your fridge. The only constant has been my best friend Maggie. Fresh off a bad breakup of her own, I invite Maggie to my guy's skiing weekend knowing she needs an escape from reality. But then something funny starts to happen. I start noticing things about her that I never noticed before.

Bedtime stories are part of the intimate and personal baggage of many adults who were once children. Even today, the value of the fictional stories is unchanged and fundamental for facing the small challenges of everyday life with serenity and courage. Through their heroes, a person learns to manage anxiety and not to fear difficulties. The stories remain etched in the mind of the adults and accompany them forever throughout their lives.

படைப்பிலக்கியத்தின் நோக்கமே மனிதநேய அடிப்படையையும், வாழ்வில் ஏற்ற இறக்கங்களையும் படிப்பவர் மனங்களில் ஏற்பட செய்வதே. திருமதி சிவசங்கரி அவர்களின் இச்சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்பு அதனை செவ்வனே நிறைவேற்றி உள்ளது. இந்த சிறுக்கதைகள் தொகுப்பில் ஆசிரியர், நம் தற்போதைய வாழ்வின் பல நிலைகளை பிரதிபலிக்கச் செய்து உள்ளார். இப்படைப்புகளின் வாயிலாக தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தை வளப்படுத்தி இருக்கிறார்.

From the subway tunnels of Boston to the rain-swept streets of Quebec City to the deepest snow-filled forests of Hilton, Maine, no one in these chilling stories by horror master Rick Hautala is safe from the darkness or the dangerous things that lurk in the shadows. Waiting for us. Reaching for us....