This collection contains terrific tales of terror and suspense from a million-copy-plus national bestseller. Brainchild: Alex Lonsdale was one of the most popular kids in La Paloma, California. Until a brilliant doctor's medical miracle brought him back from the brink of death. Now, Alex seems the same. But in his eyes there is a blankness. In his heart there is coldness. If his parents, his friends, his girlfriend could see inside his brain, inside his dreams, they would be terrified. One hundred years ago in La Paloma, a terrible deed was done. A cry for vengeance pierced the night. That evil still lives. That vengeance still waits. Waits for Alex Lonsdale. Waits for the...Brainchild. Nathaniel: For a hundred years, the people of Prairie Bend have whispered Nathaniel's name in wonder and fear. Some say he is a folktale, created to frighten children on cold winter nights. Some swear he is a terrifying spirit returned to avenge the past. But soon ... very soon ... some will learn that Nathaniel lives still--that he is darkly, horrifyingly real. Nathaniel--he is the voice that calls to young Michael Hall across the prairie night ... the voice that draws the boy into the shadowy depths of the old, crumbling, forbidden barn ... that changing, compelling voice he will follow faithfully beyond the edge of terror. The God Project: Something is happening to the children of Eastbury, Massachusetts. Something that causes healthy babies to turn cold in their cribs. Something that strikes at the heart of every parent's darkest fears. Something is taking the children one by one. Now, an entire town waits on the edge of panic for the next nightmare. There must be a reason for the terror. They all know it. But no one ever suspected...