Chet Williamson

Seven year old Jackson receives a holiday gift of a harmonica from his Uncle Tee, a "magic man of music" who is himself a harmonica professional. Uncle Tee takes Jackson on an instructional tour of the amazing variety of sounds, emotions, and mental images that can be created through dedicated practice and performance on this simple wind instrument Colorful graphics convey the excitement of playing a musical instrument. The reader learns the basics...

"Welcome to Dreamthorp A sleepy little Pennsylvania resort town where city folks can get away from it all. . . A town where a woman who saw her best friend mutilated by a crazed sex killer can hide - and forget. . . . . .until haunted relics of another age awaken an ancient evil and unleash a human horror that has no place outside of Hell. . ."--

"Carlton Runnells is gay and has profited mightily from a marriage of convenience... he's become one of the richest men in his rural Pennsylvania area. Now his lover has disappeared and Runnells is afraid that something might have happened to him. McKain has dealt with domestic cases before; the sexes may be different, but the procedures remain the same. Until the lover turns up dead and McKain has every reason to believe that his client is responsible....

"He is The Prisoner, ageless, deathless, powerful beyond measure - and now he is free. A being as old as time, he has always been. For centuries a clandestine order of knights has guarded him, keeping his existence secret from an unsuspecting world. But The Prisoner has escaped his shackles, cutting a bloody swath of terror across America. His time is now."--

"Three men are offered a million dollars each if they will spend a month in an isolated Pennsylvania mansion, The Pines. There they will confront madness, murder, and the ultimate evil - so that their billionaire host might find the key to life beyond the grave. But as they learn, dead souls dwell in The Pines. And death is just the beginning. . ."--

"Deer season in northern Pennsylvania, when the woods explode with gunfire and bloody carcasses hang from cross-poles. Only this time, the carcasses aren't just deer."--

"Laika Harris, Tony Luciano, and Joseph Stein are the Searchers - deep cover government agents directed by a man they dare not trust, exploring phenomena they cannot fathom. Now their hunt for the mysterious entity known as the Prisoner is leading them to a desiccated corpse in the Southwestern desert . . . and into the deadly midst of violent fanatics determined to set the enigmatic captive free."--

"The original Psycho novel by Robert Bloch was published in 1959 and became an instant hit, leading to the smash movie only a year later, which brought Norman Bates's terrifying story into the public consciousness, where it still remains (proven by the success of the tv series, Bates Motel). It took Bloch 23 years to write another Psycho novel, revealing that Norman had been in a mental institution the entire time. In that sequel, Norman quickly escapes...

When there is no longer any reliable source of news, there is nothing to trust... and The Terror descends. For decades, the Rulers have been at work, using prisoner/slave labor to construct Underground, believing that all those who flee there will trade their freedom for security. Now, truth is what the Rulers say it is, and the Rulers rule all. But even within this antiseptically evil world, a revolution is brewing. A new breed of journalists - known...