There are things worse than death... Valencia Faelen never wanted to be anything more than a normal person. She was just one amongst a thousand Altered- humans that are given the blood of fantastical creatures to enhance their natural abilities. The Council made her into one of the abominations that fit in nowhere except amongst those that created them. Neither human nor supernatural, Valencia often went unnoticed by those around her. There was nothing special about her talents or her heritage, until she learned to defy her masters. The Council morphed her into a trained killer by the age of sixteen. She killed the enemies of the Council to ensure her survival. It was the only way to guarantee that she didn't turn into a Rabid- the humans that were given too much supernatural blood- and go insane. By age eighteen, she was a killer on the wrong side of a bounty that would change her life. That was what happened to tools that outlived their use, but Valencia would fight even harder to gain freedom for her people. Even if that meant betraying the men that loved her. ~cover by debnam-careys~

Why am I holding onto the sand that slips between my fingertips, when all I'm really trying to do is forget? When Cassie and her friends are shipped off to boarding school 4 years ago, in the 7th grade, their secrets from the past follow them. Now, in their junior and senior year, with her night terrors steadily worsening, her occasionally over-protective brother leaving her the following year on a full-ride hockey scholarship, a crumbling social life, and not to mention the murder of her mother from eleven years ago being brought back to the surface, Cassie finds herself wanting nothing more than to unravel the truth, and escape the demons of her past. Everyone at Thornwood has their secrets. But they won't be secrets for much longer.

~A collection of gothic tales~ Cover by: @Rynnabelle

Nella vita, c'è sempre un prezzo da pagare.

Kat Daniels had a fragile mind, shaped from years of abuse from her uncle. With each day it slowly fell apart more and more. It was only a matter of a time before before she went mad. She could have gone so far in life if she hadn't been kept home from school and denied the privileges any young girl should have. No one has told her story yet. The story that was too hard for some to even recognize. So I will tell anyone who is willing to read. Just remember...not everyone who is mad, was always that way. Sometimes, it can be forced on them in result to years of trauma and all that's left for them is insanity.

With the 1984 publication of Books of Blood, Clive Barker became an overnight literary sensation. He was hailed by Stephen King as "the future of horror," and won both the British and World Fantasy Awards. Now, with his numerous bestsellers, graphic novels, and hit movies like the Hellraiser films, Clive Barker has become an industry unto himself. But it all started here, with this tour de force collection that rivals the dark masterpieces of Edgar Allan Poe. Read him. And rediscover the true meaning of fear.