Bentley Little

Lowell Thurman, his wife and their three sons are checking into the exclusive Reata, an isolated resort in the Arizona desert, for a five-night off-season stay. Soon, though, unnerving encounters with strange employees, wild parties in empty rooms and bizarre sex antics in the family restaurant prompt the Thurmans, as well as other key characters, to think about leaving early.

Flowing seamlessly between time and place (from the present-day hassles of HMOs to the once-uncharted territory of the American West), the Bram Stoker Award- winning author's ability to transfix his audience while relinquishing scant details about the foreboding evil is superb.

A pregnant woman gives birth to a cactus, a small church grows hair and bleeds, a man sprouts an umbilical cord and, one by one, residents of a tiny Southwest town die violently.

Diese Universität erteilt den Studenten eine Lektion … An der berühmten Universität von Kalifornien hat ein neues Semester begonnen und plötzlich bricht auf dem Campus der pure Wahnsinn aus. Brutale Vergewaltigungen, Folter, Suizid und Morde häufen sich. Die beiden Studenten Jim und Faith suchen nach einer Erklärung. Bald entdecken sie etwas wirklich Furchterregendes. Offenbar gibt es eine unheimliche Macht, die den Campus zu eigenständigem...

Julian and Claire Perry and their two children, Megan and James, have made the move to a bigger, nicer home in the city's historic district. But something isn't right. The neighbors seem so reluctant to visit. Claire can't shake the feeling that she's not alone. Megan receives increasingly menacing and obscene texts. And James is having dreadful dreams. No wonder, considering what he's seen int he corner of the basement, staring at him, and shuffling...

Cathy was six when the man next door killed his wife and himself. It was early morning and she was playing outside when she heard the first shot. And then another shot. And another. The sounds echoed around the neighborhood like thunder. People came out of their houses to see what was happening. Later, she saw the blood and the bodies....Now, the house is no longer vacant. Someone new has moved in. Something terrible is happening to the neighbors....

CompWare is in serious trouble after a promised merger falls through, so they do what other businesses have done to bolster their public image: they hire a consulting firm to review and streamline their business practices. But there's something strange about the firm they hire-more specifically, the quirky gentleman who arrives to supervise the project: Mr. Patoff, tall and thin and wearing a bow tie and with an odd smile that never quite reaches...

"The shrine. How does it operate? Do you just pray to it or do you have to bring it something or what?" In this unsettling novella by Bentley Little, many strange occurrences unsettle the inhabitants of William Tell Circle: For Helen, a knock on the door brings an unexpected visitor along with lavish gifts, and it seems all her wishes have been granted...but at what cost? For young Frank and his friends, a fabled neighborhood shrine may answer...

From the mind of the man Stephen King calls "a master of the macabre" comes a brilliant new collection of no-punches-pulled horror stories, some never-before-collected and many originals that have never been published anywhere before. Bentley Little can take the innocuous, twist it around, and write a story that will change your way of thinking. Walking Alone: Short Stories is a shining example of his talent to scare you, creep you out, and make you...

Daniel Martin has never forgotten his childhood encounters with Frank Watkins, the man who built his family a summer home out of cardboard and plywood. Frank's gaze was oddly confusing, as if he was attempting to discern the proper way to behave because he didn't know how to respond in a human manner. Since Frank obviously wasn't an alien, young Daniel thought maybe the man was crazy. In the end, Daniel would learn the terrifying truth about Frank...