Part I The house on Dunstable Street wasn’t much to look at. It was a slouching Victorian leftover; its white paint had yellowed and peeled ...

Eli Carver was the quiet one, and everyone knew it. Even the younger kids, who shrieked over cartoons and scraped their sneakers across the kitchen ...

Part I The air in Miami didn’t sit right on Raul Mercado’s skin. It wasn’t just the heat—he’d dealt with that during those strange, sweaty ...

You don’t forget the sound of a girl being swept downriver. You don’t forget the moment her scream cuts off, as if something grabbed her ...

Have you ever done something so dumb as a kid that it scarred you for life? I don’t mean embarrassing dumb. I mean life-altering, body-mangling, ...

“We all have days where we have to face the very worst—whether it’s work we don’t want to be at or some task we don’t ...

I am Gideon St. James, and I have seen the face of the Divine. You do not believe me? It is not a surprise. I ...

Jamie stood awkwardly in the nightclub under the flashing lights and sweaty bodies moving to the thumping bass beat of the music blaring from the ...

As I walked into his office, the first thing I noticed was how tidy everything was; psychology books neatly placed on the bookshelf, his couch ...

Edward Branner is given a second chance at life through an experimental drug trial that promises to treat his diabetes. At first, the results are ...

Part I Raina Alvarez woke in a cold sweat, feeling something awful blooming in her belly. It wasn’t pain exactly—not sharp or stabbing—but a thick, ...

Part I I wasn’t even supposed to be there. The whole trip was for Lucas. He’s one of those guys who seeks out the weirdest ...