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Out of work for months, Lussi Meyer is desperate to work anywhere in publishing. Prestigious Blackwood-Patterson isn’t the perfect fit, but a bizarre set of circumstances leads to her hire and a firm mandate: Lussi must find the next horror superstar to compete with Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Peter Straub. It’s the ’80s, after all, and horror is the hottest genre. But as soon as she arrives, Lussi finds herself the target of her coworkers’ mean-spirited pranks.

Summer 2018. Two years into President Donald J. Trump's first term in office, America has never been greater. The Even Greater Wall along the Mexican border is under construction, paid for by Mexico. Americans have more money in their pockets thanks to lower taxes and the president's creative money-raising strategies. Who else would have thought to pay for FEMA's budget by suing the Catholic Church over property damage caused by acts of God?

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Ghosts from Our Past by Erin Gilbert, Abby L. Yates and Andrew Shaffer, read by Hillary Huber, Emma Bering and Paul Boehmer. Years before they made headlines with the Ghostbusters, Erin Gilbert and Abby L. Yates published the groundbreaking study of the paranormal Ghosts from Our Past.

Ex-Vize-Präsident Joe Biden kann sich so gar nicht damit abfinden, ein Ex-Vize-Präsidenten-Leben zu führen. Er langweilt sich auf seinem Anwesen mit Hund und Frau beinahe zu Tode, außerdem vermisst er sein Idol und besten Freund, Ex-Präsident Barack Obama. Der scheint sich derweil prächtig zu amüsieren, ob beim Bungee-Jumping von einem Hochhaus in Hongkong oder beim Speedboot Fahren vor der Küste Südafrikas. Doch dann führt der Tod eines alten Bekannten das Dream-Team Obama und Biden wieder zusammen: Bidens Lieblings-Amtrak-Fahrer hat sich ausgerechnet vor einen Amtrak-Zug geworfen.

Few have seen the West Virginia creature known as Mothman, but everyone agrees nothing good happens when he’s around—there always seems to be an accident or some other mishap. Is he really an unlucky charm? Even he’s unsure. When Rudolph takes an unexpected vacation one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa Claus comes to Mothman with a request: “Mothman with your eyes so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?” Whether he saves Christmas or accidentally destroys it, one thing is for certain: the holidays will never be the same.