crime thriller

The things we want are so very rarely the things we need. Clifton Heights, a modest Adirondack town, offers many unique attractions. Arcane Delights sells both paperbacks and hard-to-find limited editions. The Skylark Diner serves the best home-cooked meals around, with friendly service and a smile. Every August, Mr. Jingo’s County Fair visits, to the delight of children and adults. In essence, Clifton Heights is the quintessential small American town. Everyone knows everyone else, and everyone is treated like family. It is quiet, simple, and peaceful. But shadows linger here. Flitting in dark corners, from the corner of the eye. If you walk down Main Street after dark, the slight scrape of shoes on asphalt whispers you're not alone, but when you look over your shoulder, no one is there. The moon shines high and bright in the night sky, but instead of throwing light, it only seems to make the shadows lengthen. Children disappear. Teens run away. Hunters get lost in the woods with frightening regularity. Husbands go mad, and wives vanish in the dead of night. And still, when the sun rises in the morning, you are greeted by townspeople with warm waves and friendly smiles, and the shivers pass as everything seems fresh and new... Until night falls once more. Handy's Pawn and Thrift sits several blocks down from Arcane Delights. Like any thrift store, its wares range from the mundane to the bizarre. By daylight, it seems just another slice of small town Americana. But in its window hangs a sign which reads: We Have Things You Need. And when a lonely traveling salesman comes looking for something he desperately wants, after normal visiting hours, after night has fallen, he will face a harsh truth among the shelves of Handy’s Pawn and Thrift: the things we want are rarely the things we need. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

After being saved from Mr. Stone, the one who used her as his personal slave, Clair faces days of PTSD. However she is too shy and anxious to share her problems with her well wishers. And to make things worse, she meets Levi, some one who she falls for. However, she refrains herself from dating him because she fears ruining it. Levi is adamant on winning the girl of his dreams, despite the hurdles in front of him. There was one moment that he thought he had won her. That his dreams had finally come true. However, life had other plans for them. Will they ever be able to over come her fear and face her troubles? Will they be able to overcome the troubles that life throws at them and finally be together?

Coincidence is a gamble, a deck of cards with loads of probabilities. Coincidence leads them into an experience that haunts them still after so many years.Coincidence drags them into decisions that scar their consciences forever.Coincidence drags them into the drama that ensues as a resultant effect.But no, it is not the regular drama.For the country is on fire, the government is burning and lives are in chains, ravaged by the demon of their past - Medusa.But lo, Medusa is not a demon.It is not an ancient Greek myth.It is not a god or goddess.It is not a religion.It is not alive.BUT IT IS HERE!

In 1982, Anne Stewart and Jack Miller successfully rocked America with their song Terrifying. Anne and Jack had incredible popularity as artists. They were like a magnet as well as a money field for businessmen in the entertainment world. Unfortunately, a tragic incident occurred, Anne and Jack committed suicide in the middle of the last concert on New Year's Eve. A big riot occurred as a result of that. Hundreds of spectators died from crowding and trampling each other when they wanted to get out of the area to save themselves. Not to stop with these conditions, the next day the three states where Anne and Jack performed concerts experienced a major hurricane disaster. Many people died and hundreds of major public facilities were badly damaged. People began to associate the song Terrifying with a curse. They assumed that Anne and Jack were involved in the illuminati sect and worshiped Lucifer. As a result, the authorities banned the song's circulation in all media and destroyed millions of copies. Since then, Terrifying has never been heard from again, and Anne and Jack's names have sunk to the bottom of the deepest trough. -*- In October 2023, a group of teenagers broke into an old house to live stream on TikTok. They found a cassette tape containing the song Terrifying. And without realizing it, they've brought back a long-lost terror!

Choi Aera adalah seorang mahasiswi yang popular di Universitas Garuda, ia sangat cantik dan ia memiliki darah keturunan Korea. Aera juga ramah dan humble kepada teman-temannya. Karena kecantikan dan keramahannya, banyak mahasiswa di Universitas Garuda yang menyukai Aera. Namun hatinya sudah di kunci oleh Aaron saat itu, Aaron Beldiq, mahasiswa terpintar di kampusnya ini pun menembaknya dan menjadikan dirinya seorang kekasih. Sejak menjalin hubungan pacaran dengan Aaron, Aera sedikit terlihat aneh, dan ketika mereka kencan di malam minggu di sebuah restoran ternama di pusat kota, Aera merasa kalau dirinya sedang diawasi oleh seorang laki-laki yang tidak tahu itu siapa. Karena laki-laki itu memakai topeng, Aera pun merasa penasaran, akhirnya Aera pamit kepada Aaron untuk pergi ke toilet. Semenjak kepergian Aera ke toilet, Aera tidak kembali ke meja makan mereka. Aaron pun khawatir dan pergi mencari Aera.

Every relationship needs trust, honesty, and love. But what if the person you trusted the most, is the cause of your parent’s death? What if the people you loved the most didn’t believe even after begging in front of them? What if the friend you thought to be your angel sent by god suddenly becomes devil? What if the person you thought to be your pillar of strength broke all the relations with you? Who will you blame? Whose fault it is? “That is my only fault” is going to be the journey of four persons who are different by characters but connected by heart. This plot contains love, friendship, betrayal, revenge and lots of mysteries to unfold.

Jack Lewis, the son-in-law of Matthew Williams and CEO of Williams Corporation asks his subordinate to marry a girl with whom he fell in love at first sight. Being already married, he could only have her mistress. So he offers $10 million to his assistant as he says, " After you marry her, you will give her to me because your wife is mine."

It was all a mystery. Can love really conquer everything despite having a mental condition? Or is it gonna tore you apart?

" Aura will you be the mother of my baby?" he asked staring into her face. "Huh? Sir?..." "You heard me. I want you to be the surrogate mother of my child"... Love they say is a beautiful thing but love is hurtful with the wrong person and Aurora has had her share of that. She resolves not get married but what happens when she becomes the surrogate mother of her boss's baby? Weird right? Find out from this interesting and suspense filled story. Osamudiamen Joel.

There is an abandoned cottage in the hills. Neel and Ishita go on a trip to the hills in the hope to fix their broken marriage. They decide to stay in that cottage. But when they reach there, strange things start to happen. Ishita's behavior start to change as if she knows something more than she is saying. what is she hiding? what is the story behind the cottage in the hills?