Peter, Michael and Emma are strangers, each despatched by their parents for a week's holiday with the Myers in their cottage at the foot of a Welsh mountain. Coincidence? Or has the strange neighbour, Mrs White, somehow lured them to enact an awesome...
Collects the poems and stories of people from many cultures who speak in defense of the fragile Earth, from a Kayapo chief's plea to save the Amazonian rain forest to an Australian Aboriginal woman's description of the destruction of mining....
This story is about two young people who both grew up in families with strong religious beliefs. They met and fell in love in high school. After graduation they went their separate ways to different colleges in different states, but remained close to...
A rollicking romp of a tale by Whitbread Children's Book Award-winner, Judy Allen. "I've cast thousands of spells," said the witch to her cat. "I've flown twice around the world, and my battery's flat. I wonder what kind of place would be best. It's ...
In the cottages around The Green sleeps a memory of long-dead hands that once wielded a terrible power. Now it is only slumbering, waiting for somewhere to feed and grow, someone to embrace its awesome power and turn it to new purposes. On the eve of...
The label on the bottle reads 'There be a witch in here. Let her out and there be a peck of trouble'. But Mike is always trying to emulate his impulsive sister or his responsible brother. Then his friend Lee swears he sees something fly out of th...
It is mid-July, the time of year governed by Cancer - the moon's sign. David's archaeologist father is excavating a Roman mosaic found in Yorkshire. David becomes fascinated by an ancient stone circle on a nearby hillside, but his interest turns to a...
For some months, Katie's mother has woken screaming from a recurring nightmare. Katie becomes convinced the dream is a buried childhood memory, and that her mother needs to remember to overcome it. She finds out where her mother grew up and persuades...
?The Encyclopedia of the Unexplained is a comprehensive guide to the mysterious and strange, whether natural or unnatural. Even with today's hi-tech science, many events and ancient mysteries, such as crop circles, ghosts, the Holy Grail and the Nazc...
Some odd things are happening to Mike. First a meteorite hits his backpack, then his garden starts sinking and he begins to have bizarre dreams. When Mike hears about a kidnapping that seems identical to his night-visions, he and his best friend Scot...
Our Millie used to say that she lived in the hairy armpit of life, but I didn't know what she meant until I met her Ma, Big Mil. Big Mil stood almost six feet tall with muscles built from hard work and harder play. She could scare the bull out of the...
Our Millie stories recounts an innocent and simple time when the important things in life were family, friends, helping people, animals, giving and living with nature and seeing life in a clearer and more honest way. The stories are amusing, fun to r...
Etta’s husband George died, and if George could die anything could happen. Etta is overwhelmed with feelings of panic â€" unable to breathe, to think, to move. Wanting to run home, but there is no home any more, only a house. That’s when Etta ...
The cemetery is supposed to be a place for the dead to rest in peace. But what if things between the gravestones aren't so peaceful? Travel the world, visiting real graveyards with creepy legends and unbelievable events. Are the stories of strange fi...