P J Thorndyke

In the summer of 1999, four Maryland high school students died in mysterious circumstances. All of them were obsessed with the internet but when investigators looked into their alternate lives in cyberspace, they found something terrifying.Some judged it a suicide pact. Others, the work of a serial killer. But there is increasing evidence that the online activities of the victims attracted the attention of something more sinister, something that dwells within the internet itself ...For the first time ever, this book collects and presents all of the evidence in narrative order, including a recently surfaced online journal long withheld by the authorities. Read the harrowing accounts of the victims themselves through chatroom conversations and emails along with newspaper reports from the time as they paint a terrifying picture of America's youth on the cusp of the millennium and a new technological age.

What if your father was a mass murderer?That's the living hell of eighteen-year-old Lauren Mackenzie. Five years ago, Anthony Stevens, her estranged father, broke out of prison and descended on the small town of Crimson Bay to murder eleven people in vengeance for his incarceration. Shot by the police, his body was never recovered. Growing up with that kind of family history isn't easy. Treated as the town pariah, Lauren is bullied at school and can't even get babysitting gigs. Now, fresh murders have everybody asking the same question; has Lauren's father returned?But there are dark forces at work in Crimson Bay. Four teenagers who lost somebody to Anthony Stevens's knife five years ago have come into the possession of a book of Satanic spells which can resurrect the dead. In a bungled ritual atop a moonlit mountain, the four try to bring back their loved ones but instead awake a cosmic force that descends on Crimson Bay like a bloody whirlwind of death.Twilight of Evil is a chilling supernatural horror novel inspired by the slasher movies of the 1980s.

Evil cults Demonic possession Black magic The 1970s were gripped by an obsession with the devil and all his works. This book explores 100 devilish movies that blazed across the screens of the drive-ins and grindhouses of the decade.They were a product of their time. The counterculture of the 1960s had soured with the brutal actions of the Manson Family sparking fears of cults and hippie mysticism. Christian fundamentalism was on the rise and the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was just around the corner. But, for the 1970s, the devil stalked the screens as a figure to be feared, invoked, exorcised and worshiped. He possessed young girls, demanded blood sacrifice and caused nuns to cast off their habits and indulge their most blasphemous and erotic desires.From the heavy hitters like The Exorcist and The Omen to the drive-in favorites like Race with the Devil and The Brotherhood of Satan to foreign entries like Suspiria and The Wicker Man, this book takes a deep dive into the demonic movies that thrilled and terrified audiences of the 1970s.

It's 1977 and the devil stalks the groves of Orange County ...New York couple Rick and Diane have traveled across the country to find Diane's wayward sister who they fear has got mixed up in some sort of cult. But nothing can prepare them for what they discover in sunny California ...Rick and Diane's investigation leads them into the darkest corners of the Golden State, from the sleazy nighttime world of Sunset Boulevard to the horrific secrets of the snuff film industry. As an evil cult snares them in its sticky web, they learn that their very souls are at stake in a hair-raising race with the devil Road of Souls is a terrifying occult horror novel inspired by road movies and satanic thrillers of the 1970s.

It's 1968. Hendrix, hallucinogens and hate The secret military project 'Evening Shade' was designed to give soldiers in Vietnam heightened reflexes and a deadly bloodlust but when contamination from a crash site sweeps California on winds of death, members of the public turn into mindless, rage-filled psychos. Peace marches devolve into devastating riots. Police brutality skyrockets. Los Angeles dies as sane people flee.In a deserted, sun-scorched land of death, only the hard and the tough survive. Fleeing the city, teen runaway Alice Hannigan heads north and enters an acid-drenched fever dream of sex and violence. In a commune in the desert, hippies, bikers and Black Panthers live side by side. But hate is something they have inherited from the old world and as the bodies start to pile up, Alice begins to wonder if they are really so different from 'the Changed' who now haunt the ruins of L.A.An action-packed post apocalyptic thriller inspired by biker movies, hippiesploitation and zombie movies of the 1960s.

The year is 1957. Rockets, hot rods and rock 'n' roll When the meteorite landed on the outskirts of Ralston, California, it made the headlines and was forgotten in a week. But Claire Weldon, a scientist working for the United States rocket program, is convinced that the mysterious space rock was carrying something dangerous which has now slipped into the town's water supply. With an alien influence exerting its control over the town's populace, it falls to Claire's children - Judy and Tommy - to deal with the fallout.And the kids at Ralston High have no idea what's coming. Judy is a straight A student but longs for acceptance in a hipper crowd. Her little brother Tommy is a greaser and is attracted to a local hot rod gang. But how far is too far when trying to fit in? And what if the decision is made for you by something that wants everybody in its club ...?An action-packed sci-fi thriller inspired by alien invasion and juvenile delinquent B movies of the 1950s.

The year is 1942 and something deadly lurks in the shadows of the City of Angels.When private detective Rosa Bridger took the case of tracking down a drug-addled starlet for her fianc 's movie mogul father she figured it would be a simple missing person's case. But she's about to stumble over the trail of something much more sinister than the hoodlums and hop pushers she is used to dealing with.A military research project has spawned a terrifying virus that turns people into monstrous creatures who kill all in their path. When this virus infects a portion of Los Angeles, it's only a matter of time before the whole city is turned into a bloodbath. Rosa wants answers but there are some who will stop at nothing to cover up the military's mistake and others still who want to use the virus for their own ends.An action-packed mystery-horror novel inspired by Film Noir and monster movies of the 1940s.