Carter Meacham is lonely, bored, and dreading the beginning of school when he finds some antique toys in the attic - a wooden soldier, a snake, and a jack-in-the-box. But something's strange. Carter thinks they're looking at him, even moving when he turns away. Then the wooden soldier salutes him and Carter finds that the toys not only move, they can talk! He promises to keep their secret, and the living toys soon become his best friends. But when odd and dangerous things start happening at school and around his house, Carter wonders if his new friends could be responsible. Are the toys just playing games, or are they deadly serious?

Can dolls really become haunted? Can demons take possession of people’s playthings? According to a large number of paranormal investigators, exorcists, and demonologists, the answer is a resounding yes. Not only are such phenomena possible, they happen fairly often, with dolls being one of the most frequent targets of spirit attachment. Sometimes those spirits are benign, or at the most mischievous. But many are outright evil and dangerous. This book examines some of the world’s most famous haunted dolls. Some you may have heard about. Others will be new. All will make you reconsider the world you thought you knew. Here is some of what you’ll find inside: * Robert, the haunted doll from Key West. A lot of the information out there about him is wrong. Find out the truth behind the legend. But don’t think the truth is any less terrifying. * Annabelle, the demonic doll featured in the movies The Conjuring and Annabelle. Find out why the real Annabelle is much, much more frightening. * Peggy, the Internet sensation. Why you should think twice before looking at her picture. * Find out which doll started as a hoax, turned into a terrifying reality, and is now considered one of the most "active" haunted dolls in the world. * Discover which exotic locale and tourist attraction is a pediophobe’s biggest nightmare. You won’t believe such a place exists. * Clown dolls. Need more be said? These stories and many more are what you’ll find in this collection of true accounts from the frightening yet fascinating world of haunted and demonic dolls. Reading this book will undoubtedly raise more questions than it answers, but one thing is assured: you’ll never look at a doll the same again.

Walter and Bernie set a trap for the lion, tiger, and elephant who break Walter's toys that are left outside overnight.

This colorful children's book is written in classic limerick style. It's the tale of a terrible, troublesome old man who wants to steal every child's toys. The Cool Christian Kids won't have that! With their help, the old man finally learns what's important and a better way to live!

Even though Tumford the cat is well loved by George and Violet Stoutt, they despair of ever teaching him to apologize when he does something wrong.

A jazzman faces a phantom from the Dreamlands. A student willing to do anything to avoid Vietnam learns just how high the price for evading the draft can be. The world’s greatest fencer duels a terror from the stars. Hezekiah, scion of the infamous Whateley clan, attempts to crowdfund the rise of Cthulhu. An astronaut can save humanity, but only by committing genocide against an innocent alien race. The Hep Cats of Ulthar and Other Lovecraftian Tales collects thirteen of Richard Lee Byers’s best stories of cosmic horror. They range from the Middle Ages to H. P. Lovecraft’s own 1920’s New England to the future and include three never before published, the title novelette and two more.