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Written as the letters of the five members of Squire Bramble's household sent as they journey around Britain, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker is a grouchy, very funny examination of how one story varies depending on who's doing the telling. The tale is centered around the arrival of Mr. Clinker into the otherwise uneventful household, who never speaks and does not even enter the novel until a third of the way through.

Deep in the dirty sewers of London there is a Breeding Ground... The slugs have come hack... slowly... silently... they slither along dank, fetid tunnels into the city in search of human flesh. Their insatiable need knows no bounds. But now they bring a new horror - a plague which spreads insanity and death, transforming its victims into grotesque, crazed killers.

One female slug can lay one and half million eggs a year, a fact which holds terrifying consequences for the people of Merton. As the town basks in the summer heat, a new breed of slug is growing and multiplying.

The past few days have taken their toll on Frank, but R&R is not an option. Eden isn’t quite the utopia he’d expected. When they come under attack from zombies and humans alike, difficult decisions must be made. With the horrific events still fresh in their mind, Amy and Ben finally feel safe in their secluded cottage. But that’s when things start to go wrong. The undead are getting faster. They’re smarter. They’re mutating.

The end of the world usually signals the end of life. But for convicted murderer Frank Lee, it was only the beginning. With his newfound freedom, Frank suddenly has the world at his feet. The only downside: all the damn cannibals!

The army base had been an ideal refuge, secure and well-stocked. But with supplies running low and Gus Razor’s worsening mental state, Frank and Lisa leave in search of pastures new, only to end up in the worst place imaginable—the one place Frank vowed he would never return to.

Listen to this varied collection of dark tales today.

Jack is an ordinary boy with ordinary friends. But he is about to find himself thrown into a very extraordinary situation! When Jack’s grandfather uncovers a mysterious secret at a Roman burial site, a series of events begin which could alter the future of the world and put Jack, his parents, and his friends in grave danger.