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Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The

“All shall be done, but it may be harder than you think.” Author: C.S. Lewis The world is at war, but for four English children, this is a distant reality. They’ve been sent from the bustle and danger of London to a professor’s remote country manor for safety. Here, their days are filled with exploration, and one rainy day in particular, the youngest, Lucy, makes a discovery that will change everything. In this creaky English manor, there is a wardrobe filled with old furs, but it is no ordinary wardrobe. It leads to a magical world – one that is [...]

2025-12-08T15:53:51-07:00December 8th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Staircase in the Woods, The

"Home is where the hurt is." Author: Chuck Wendig Four outcasts. One-star student. Five friends. Matty is the star student, the good one, the one who watches after the others. The one who fights bullies, who throws his lot in with his traumatized friends, who sinks his reputation by hanging out with the “bad” kids. The druggies. The kids with no future. Matty is the glue, the hope. Until one night, camping in the woods, when they find a lone staircase. Matty goes up it . . . and is never seen again. Twenty-years later, everyone in the town still thinks [...]

2025-12-08T13:50:48-07:00December 8th, 2025|Tags: , , , , |

Haunting of Paynes Hollow, The

Ancient Dutch Folklore and Serial Killers Author: Kelley Armstrong Samantha Payne hasn’t been the same since the day she discovered her father burying a boy’s body on their summer property at Paynes Hollow. She hasn’t been back there since the discovery and its tragic aftermath either. Now, her father is long dead, branded a serial killer, and she and her entire family are infamous. But Samantha’s cruel grandfather insists on bringing the past back to life, arguing that her father was never a killer and that she doesn’t know what she saw – she was just a child, after all. But [...]

2025-12-06T16:51:46-07:00December 6th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , , |
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