A Warning to the Curious, and Other Ghost Stories
This book is a work of fiction and collection of some Ghost stories.This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. This has been published with the best technology to reproduce historical work in the same manner it was first published to preserve its original nature.
Grim Reflection
Ghosts are real.Shay and her friend Max are filming a podcast in a haunted house when things go horribly wrong. A spooky house turns out to hold an entity that can not only touch Shay, but tries to drag her into an antique mirror.Trouble escalates when her brother is seemingly possessed and disappears. Someone, or something, is riling up and gathering ghosts in the little town of Teton Falls.Shay, with the help of friends and new acquaintances, has to solve the mystery of who, or what, is responsible for this paranormal activity - before they destroy the town and everyone she cares about.Fans of The Taking of Jake Livingston and Lockwood and Co. will love this debut from A. Lawrence.
The Unknowing
"Our pain isn't here to hurt us. It only wants to be seen." When tragedy takes the life of sixteen-year-old Devan Jacoby, grief shatters his family. Desperate to see them happy again, the boy's soul remains in the earthly realm, at his grandmother's house on the rocky Connecticut coast. In the years that follow, his parents and siblings neglect each other, cheat and lie, wall themselves off, and cling to grudges. Stagnant and stuck, attached to their suffering, they can't move on until they all let go. After a decade apart, the estranged family reunites at a wedding in Rhode Island-on New Year's Eve at a run-down inn with its own dark past-and Devan risks his place in the afterlife to help his loved ones find forgiveness. To heal though, they'll have to dig up their guilt, unearth the truth, and exhume old secrets. But are some secrets best left buried?
Grim Reflection
Ghosts are real.Shay and her friend Max are filming a podcast in a haunted house when things go horribly wrong. A spooky house turns out to hold an entity that can not only touch Shay, but tries to drag her into an antique mirror.Trouble escalates when her brother is seemingly possessed and disappears. Someone, or something, is riling up and gathering ghosts in the little town of Teton Falls.Shay, with the help of friends and new acquaintances, has to solve the mystery of who, or what, is responsible for this paranormal activity - before they destroy the town and everyone she cares about.Fans of The Taking of Jake Livingston and Lockwood and Co. will love this debut from A. Lawrence.
Apartment 14F
When Jerry leaves his old life in London behind and travels to Beijing to take up a teaching position, at first he is enchanted by the brave new world he finds waiting for him. However, things soon take a turn for the worse. Upon his arrival he learns of the mysterious disappearance of his predecessor, and after he moves into his new apartment he is plagued by strange dreams in which he shares the dwelling, and his bed, with a ghostly entity. Then things start going bump in the night, and Jerry soon finds himself embroiled in the kind of supernatural drama that had previously been unthinkable to him. An encounter with a fortune teller with a difference proves the catalyst for a new wave of terror and eventually, he is forced into the accepting the realisation that something else was waiting for him on the other side of the world, and perhaps even in the next world. What's more, his time is quickly running out. Bonus content: Inside Apartment 14F (essay)Little Dead Girl (short story)"The author shows amazing depth and realism supported by interesting and well developed characters as well as a plot that will require a night light after reading. You might also want to consider checking under the bed."- Bitten By Books
The Disconsolate
Aislin receives an unexpected phone call from James' brother. The only man she's ever loved is dead. She immediately packs her car and starts the long drive from the Pacific Northwest to her college town. Settling into the guestroom at James' mansion is complicated by the uneasy company of his widow. As the summer heat winds down in Coachella Valley, California, Aislin finds James haunting the hallways. Death cannot stop love and sparks reignite. But it turns out that Aislin isn't the only one who can see James. Soon, a spiral of uncertainty ensnares the family. A plan to help him move on conflicts with the pain of saying goodbye forever. Questions arise about the mystery of his death, and the family scrambles to cover up a secret that will tear them apart.
The Disconsolate
Aislin receives an unexpected phone call from James' brother. The only man she's ever loved is dead. She immediately packs her car and starts the long drive from the Pacific Northwest to her college town. Settling into the guestroom at James' mansion is complicated by the uneasy company of his widow. As the summer heat winds down in Coachella Valley, California, Aislin finds James haunting the hallways. Death cannot stop love and sparks reignite. But it turns out that Aislin isn't the only one who can see James. Soon, a spiral of uncertainty ensnares the family. A plan to help him move on conflicts with the pain of saying goodbye forever. Questions arise about the mystery of his death, and the family scrambles to cover up a secret that will tear them apart.
City of the Forgotten
A malevolent force lurks beneath the streets of Scotland...Jess and Hannah Ballard's determination to protect the Gateways brings them to Edinburgh's Old Town, where a strange phenomenon threatens to disturb the delicate balance between the worlds of the living and the dead. Spirits who wish to cross over are vanishing, and it is up to the Ballard sisters to discover why. The historic Royal Mile holds many secrets, some buried deep beneath the streets of the city itself, and soon, Jess and Hannah find themselves lured underground, facing a threat they could never have imagined. Will they be able to free the forgotten souls, or will the missing spirits be lost in the labyrinth forever?City of the Forgotten is the ninth installment in E.E. Holmes' best-selling paranormal series, The Gateway Trackers.
The Repossessed Ghost
Do you think ghosts haunt only houses?As a repo man, Mel just pulled off the smoothest take of his life. Kate, a college student, was undecided on which major to pursue. All of their plans went out the window the night Mel found Kate in the back of a '74 Nova.When Mel becomes a suspect in Kate's murder, he must leave his life behind and make a new start in Sacramento, where he and Kate meet other people with supernatural gifts. But not everything is sunshine and roses in California. Awakening to power comes at a cost, and all ghosts eventually become monsters.Can Mel trust these new friends in Sacramento? Can he help Kate find some peace without landing himself in jail?The fateful night Mel slipped behind the wheel of an old Chevy, it wasn't just the car that became repossessed.
Mistress Bridget and Other Tales
It is seventeenth century England, a country divided in the aftermath of the English Civil War, and paranoia and superstition are rife throughout the land. In the village of Rithycombe in Somerset, Bridget Conyngham, the squire's beautiful young daughter, is abandoned to the mercy of lawless soldiers and paranoid villagers. Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder General, is going about the country torturing anyone he doesn't like the look of, and the villagers of Rithycombe, suspicious of Bridget's healing abilities, are determined to save Hopkins the trouble of burning their witch. The novel 'Mistress Bridget' was originally published in 1898. This volume also includes all seven of E. Yolland's incredibly rare short stories.Before now, not a single fact, not even the tiniest tidbit of information, had been discovered to shed light on the identity of E. Yolland. There was no clue to the writer's full name or sex, let alone anything more substantial. However, in the introduction to this volume, Gina R. Collia reveals the true identity of E. Yolland and paints a full and vivid picture of this forgotten Victorian author's life.
Double Cross
While serving as nurses in a remote village, twins Lillian and Lisa learn their grandmother has died under mysterious circumstances. Arriving home weeks after the funeral, they discover their younger sister, Meg, has just helped solve a nefarious plot responsible for the elderly woman's death.But that's not even the crazy part. Apparently, Grams helped solve her own murder, having materialized from "the other side" to give Meg a hand.Now Grams is hanging around with a quirky host of dearly departed relatives and friends, and they've noticed something strange: the girls' other grandmother, Willowmina Garrison, presumed dead for ten years, has never been spotted on "the other side."Is she dead or not?With Meg planning her wedding, it's up to the twins to join forces with the dearly departed to uncover the truth about Willowmina.If the Garrison girls think life in their sleepy hometown of Elk City, Colorado, can ever return to normal, they're in for a big surprise.
Out of the Darkness
Out of the Darkness is a haunting, sometimes heart-breaking, contemporary novel with a supernatural twist. A tale of friendship and redemption, of love and loss, and life after death. Set in the lively coastal town of Brighton, Out of the Darkness tells the moving story of three women, complete strangers, each burdened by their own secrets, fears and emotional baggage. Their lives are changed irrevocably when they are brought together by one remarkable connection: someone who wants to help them.....from beyond the grave.
Patapsco Spirits
A bohemian artist obsessed with a lonely woodland pond haunted by preternatural entities... an old man and his grandson who maintain their strong connection after the former's death... a revenant summoned for vengeance through a carefully guarded secret "conjuring song"... a priest mysteriously called upon to rescue the soul of a woman guilty of a decades-old brutal murder... These are just some of the stories told in this chilling collection. All the tales are set in the early 1960s, in the region surrounding Maryland's long and twisting Patapsco River-a setting known for its dark lore and eerie locations. Despite being set in the United States in recent times and along a well-known waterway, the spiritual entities teeming in these pages are the demons, faeries, ghosts, shape-shifters, goblins, fetches, tricksters, sprites, elementals, and angels that have occupied our phantasmal folklore for millennia. Here, then, are eleven stories to unsettle, disturb, and-we hope-entertain the reader.
Patapsco Spirits
A bohemian artist obsessed with a lonely woodland pond haunted by preternatural entities... an old man and his grandson who maintain their strong connection after the former's death... a revenant summoned for vengeance through a carefully guarded secret "conjuring song"... a priest mysteriously called upon to rescue the soul of a woman guilty of a decades-old brutal murder... These are just some of the stories told in this chilling collection. All the tales are set in the early 1960s, in the region surrounding Maryland's long and twisting Patapsco River-a setting known for its dark lore and eerie locations. Despite being set in the United States in recent times and along a well-known waterway, the spiritual entities teeming in these pages are the demons, faeries, ghosts, shape-shifters, goblins, fetches, tricksters, sprites, elementals, and angels that have occupied our phantasmal folklore for millennia. Here, then, are eleven stories to unsettle, disturb, and-we hope-entertain the reader.
The Lost Children of Gloam’s End
A story inspired by a doll and her world, and people and times long pastWhen young Josie Harwood is forced to stay at Miss Gordy's gloomy old house down the road, she's prepared for the worst - a dreary waste of the holidays with a creepy old lady. But she soon finds out that Bramstone Hall harbours things far more unpleasant than Miss Gordy.An encounter with a creature emerging from the walls is a clear sign that something is terribly wrong at the Hall and the unsolved mystery of the children who went missing over a century ago is far from dead. As Josie finds herself increasingly drawn into their lost world, she must find the courage and determination to lift the children's curse or doom them all to a fate worse than death.Haunting and surreal, The Lost Children of Gloam's End weaves together original art and antique photographs in a magical tale of loss, love and redemption.Note: This is the black and white version. A premium full-color version is also available.
Slither
The trichinosis worm is one of nature's most revolting parasites. Certain types of this tiny worm alter a host's DNA by injecting a virus which mutates the reproductive system. This forces the host to bear the worm's young. Typically these worms are never longer than a few millimeters. But guess what? Now there's a subspecies that's thirty feet long... When Nora and her team arrive at the island, she expects a routine zoological excursion...but it doesn't take her long to realize they're not alone. Are her lurid sexual dreams making her paranoid...or is she being watched? The dead bodies they find are bad enough, but then her own team members begin to disappear, and when they return, they've...changed. Indeed, there are other people on the island...along with something else far worse.
Miss Preston's Predicament
It was a truth universally ignored, most principally by the dowager Dame Hartwell, that ghosts and gatherings did not mix. In this short story, the fashionable and eccentric dowager Dame Hartwell has lured the reclusive Miss Tessa Preston to attend her drawing room s矇ance. If Dame Hartwell can't convince Miss Preston, her former prot矇g矇, to return as her medium-in-residence, she doesn't know how she will protect her son and his new fianc矇e from the brewing storm of malcontent spirits surrounding them.MISS PRESTON'S PREDICAMENT is a short story between novels. It is a standalone referencing characters and events from the cozy Victorian fantasy romance, HAUNTING MISS TRENTWOOD, the first in the Hesitant Mediums series.
A Haunting in the Arctic
A deserted shipwreck off the coast of Iceland holds terrors and dark secrets in this chilling horror novel from the author of The Lighthouse Witches. The year is 1901, and Nicky is attacked, then wakes on board the Ormen, a whaling ship embarked on what could be its last voyage. With land still weeks away, it's just her, the freezing ocean, and the crew - and they're all owed something only she can give them... Now, over one hundred years later, the wreck of the Ormen has washed up on the forbidding, remote coast of Iceland. It's scheduled to be destroyed, but explorer Dominique feels an inexplicable pull to document its last days, even though those who have ventured onto the wreck before her have met uncanny ends. Onboard the boat, Dominique will uncover a dark past riddled with lies, cruelty, and murder--and her discovery will change everything. Because she'll soon realize she's not alone. Something has walked the floors of the Ormen for almost a century. Something that craves revenge.
Dead Blood
In a world where the dead walk, even vampires must fight to survive.Dorian Wilde awakens to a nightmare-a world consumed by the walking dead, where survival is a savage game and every day is a battle against the unknown. The streets are overrun with flesh-hungry zombies, and humans are no less dangerous, driven to desperation by a crumbling society. But for Dorian, there's an even greater challenge: finding fresh blood in a world where the food chain has completely collapsed.Forced to flee from hordes of the undead and steer clear of those who see him as a threat, Dorian must navigate a broken world that constantly pushes him to the edge of his limits. Desperate to reconnect with his brood, he faces one harrowing obstacle after another, his thirst for blood rivaled only by his longing for freedom.In this brutal apocalypse, the cost of survival is steep, and nothing is guaranteed. Every waking hour is a lifetime of longing and struggle. But for Dorian, an eternity of darkness has prepared him for the fight of his undead life.Dead Blood: The Complete Series delivers all three heart-pounding novels in the best-selling series, plus exclusive bonus content. Fans of The Walking Dead, The Strain, and 30 Days of Night will devour this gripping tale of survival, chaos, and the eternal thirst for blood.Join Dorian Wilde as he battles zombies, humans, and the dark hunger within to carve out his place in an unrecognizable world.
The Headless Boy
Reeling from the loss of a child, Maggie finds her job at the local daycare unbearable and errands around town impossible. She knows every child, every single parent, and they're all reminders of what she's lost. Unable to heal, she sinks further into the grip of grief and depression. Jake is a good guy, a great husband, and wants only the best for his broken wife. Therapy and medications aren't helping, and a change of scenery makes perfect sense. A new home. A fresh start. He is nothing but patient, giving Maggie the space and emotional support needed to move on. But once they've settled in, Maggie offers him an alternative. And though Jake doesn't believe in ghosts, he plays along with the charade in the name of helping his wife. Until he discovers it's not a game. They are not alone.As the subtle activity grows violent, Jakes realizes the thing in their house has chosen Maggie as a surrogate mother, and it does not want a father figure. Jake and Maggie's fresh start has become a battlefield, and he's no longer sure which side his wife is on.Does Jake have the strength to save them both?Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing-Tales from the Darkest Depths
The Scars That Bind Us
In the long-awaited sequel to the Spark That Left Us, we return to the shattered world of Adeline Byrne and the scraps of a life left behind after battling the collectors and the supernatural force of Levina. However the world of soul collectors and psychic assassins cannot leave them alone --as the group becomes haunted by their dead, and the choices they made. Can they finally close the door on the souls that were lost, or will they forever be tormented by the past? Together, they will fight to bring an end to the selling of souls but who will be left to save theirs?
The Red Bench Bunch
A Story of a Soldier coming back home from the Vietnam war, who wants to desperately see his love Jenna at the bench they promised to meet at, but instead meets THE RED BENCH BUNCH, listening to their tales, of how they become THE RED BENCH BUNCH, and eventually finding out the true secrets of the RED BENCH.
The Devil Snar'd
George R. Preedy is one of the pen names of Margaret Gabrielle Vere Campbell, the writer best known as Marjorie Bowen. First published in 1932, 'The Devil Snar'd' is an eerie tale of supernatural influence; it was described by the Daily Herald as a 'ghost story fit to stand beside The Turn of the Screw.' Grace Fielding and her husband Philip have taken a house-Medlar's Farm-at a remote spot in Northumberland to get away from London and repair their broken marriage. Philip is in love with Angela Campion, an actress much younger than himself, but Grace will not give her husband a divorce, and Angela will not have him without the prospect of marriage. Philip, a well-known author, intends to use the dark history of Medlar's Farm-a tale of adultery, jealousy and murder-to write his next book, but Grace, already unwell due to the strain caused by her husband's affair, begins to see parallels between her own story and that of the murdered woman, Susanna Vavasour, who she believes is guiding her actions. As Philip works on his manuscript, his behaviour becomes more and more suspicious, and as Grace's mental state deteriorates, a tale of adultery and marital discord soon becomes one of jealousy, obsession and murderous revenge. 'The Devil Snar'd' has not been reissued since its last publication in 1933. This edition includes an introduction by Gina R. Collia: 'The Many Masks of Margaret Campbell'.
Discerned
Hayley Johnson has taken a vacation from seeing the dead and envisioning the past, present, and future, or so she thought. While in London, England, with her soon-to-be husband, Lee Franklin, and other members of the Saviors of Souls, Hayley is haunted by a little girl who had died during World War II. After multiple encounters with the ghostly girl, they follow her to a small town, where the team is shocked to learn that their fate and the fate of the townspeople lies in the church graveyard.
Element of Doubt
An eight-year-old boy's strange behavior may have something to do with the ghost of his older brother, whose death was written off as a tragic accident - but was it? A man is lured into the clutches of a centuries-old woman who plans to use him for a terrible purpose. An academic is haunted by the mad theories of a dead colleague. An old woman's conviction that her fur coat is actually a dead dancing bear may be more than just senile delusions. These thirteen stories are about hauntings both literal and figurative: not only ghosts of the deceased, but also of the past, of lost loves and dead relationships, and explore the ways the uncanny can creep into our everyday lives.A. L. Barker (1918-2002) was critically acclaimed in her lifetime, becoming the first writer to win the Somerset Maugham Award as well as being shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In addition to her literary fiction, she wrote a number of fine ghost and horror stories during her long career, the best of which are collected in Element of Doubt (1992), now available at last in a new edition.'There is no better living woman writer in the English language.' - Martin Seymour-Smith, Financial Times'She writes with a precision and economy of words which had me gasping with admiration.' - Auberon Waugh, The Independent'Exquisitely paced . . . superbly crafted . . . inventive and thrilling.' - The Observer
Virginia Creeper
Colonial Williamsburg has secrets.During the holidays, Ellen, Tanya, and Sue want to go to the most Christmassy town in America, which Google says is Williamsburg, Virginia. While they're enjoying the magnificent light display at Busch Gardens and touring Colonial Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown, they sense someone following them. They quickly realize the creeper is not among the living.At first, their efforts to communicate with this unknown entity provide no answers. Little do they know that he will share his message on his own terms, in his own way. The unsettling truth he shares will rock their world, but it may give them a chance to bring peace to dozens of American Revolutionary War heroes who have been lost for centuries--that is, if they can convince the creeper that they are on his side.The books in this paranormal mystery series can be read in any order.
The Dead Show
On this week's episode of The Dead Show...Barrington Prison is no place for the living. When ghost hunters film a reality show in the prison, Snow and Cadence must make sure the ghosts behave and follow the rules. Elsewhere, the spoiled ghost of a young southern belle begins harassing a family. As both the living and dead teams divide and conquer, Cadence and Snow wonder if this all just a coincidence. Or has something more nefarious been set into motion?What Cadence and Snow don't know is that the ghost hunters didn't just bring EMF meters and night vision cameras. They have a new, experimental piece of equipment that could threaten everything-if the prison's occupants don't get them first.
The Dead Show
On this week's episode of The Dead Show...Barrington Prison is no place for the living. When ghost hunters film a reality show in the prison, Snow and Cadence must make sure the ghosts behave and follow the rules. Elsewhere, the spoiled ghost of a young southern belle begins harassing a family. As both the living and dead teams divide and conquer, Cadence and Snow wonder if this all just a coincidence. Or has something more nefarious been set into motion?What Cadence and Snow don't know is that the ghost hunters didn't just bring EMF meters and night vision cameras. They have a new, experimental piece of equipment that could threaten everything-if the prison's occupants don't get them first.
The Quiet Stillness of Empty Houses
Theodora Corvus can hear the whispers of her crumbling family home. She can hear the whispers of Kingsward Manor, her place of employment. She sees the watchers by the lake, black-eyed and waiting.But Broken Oak is silent. Broken Oak is empty. When Theodora takes the job as governess to young Ottoline Thorne, she leaves behind her beloved grandmother and the decaying ruins of her childhood home to travel far north to Broken Oak Manor. There, she finds a house filled with secrets. Under the stern eye of the foreboding housekeeper, Theodora quickly navigates the dark and winding corridors of Broken Oak, only to find herself irrevocably drawn to the mysterious lord of the manor. But someone walks the hallways late after nightfall, their footsteps leading to the attic. The only place in the sprawling house that does not remain silent. As her scandalous feelings for Cassias Thorne grow, Theodora fights to unearth the secrets of Broken Oak. Who wanders the house at night? Where is the Lady of the manor? What lies behind the attic door high up under the eaves of the house?"Where is Lady Thorne, Cassias? Where is your wife?"
The Room Opposite
In 1935, Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd. published The Room Opposite: And Other Tales of Mystery and Imagination by F. M. Mayor, a collection of sixteen tales that had been left unpublished at the author's death. It was issued with a recommendation from no less eminent a critic of ghost stories than M. R. James, who wrote, 'The stories in this volume which introduce the supernatural commend themselves to me very strongly.' Secondhand copies of the first edition are incredibly hard to come by, and the book has never been republished... until now. This new edition contains all sixteen stories, along with a long article which originally appeared in The Queen newspaper in 1905 entitled 'Life in a Touring Company'. This edition also includes an introduction by Gina R. Collia: 'F. M. Mayor: Author, Actress & Champion of the Superfluous Woman'.
Inhumanity
Enter a hidden world of darkness with Benjamin Price! A lone banker cannot fight back the darkness in his family's past. Set in the nineteenth century, Inhumanity brings an unusual tale of sinister beings, fear without end, and a novel romance. When Benjamin's aunt left her manor behind, he must uncover a way to rid himself of it. Along the way, he is challenged and often called upon to find courage against all odds. Set in Hillsborough, North Carolina, this thriller greets you with twists and turns of an otherworldly nature. To set things right, Benjamin must overcome himself and call upon strangers to aid him. Read about a world you never thought possible until now and face Inhumanity!
The Girl with a Porcelain Face
A hellacious thunderstorm rages overhead of the small southern English tin mining town of Bleddington, waking teenager, Willard Jennings, from his sleep. Through the fleeting flashes of lightning, he sees a broken and twisted figure of what appears to be a young girl with a porcelain mask embedded onto her face. With each new lightning flash, he sees the spirit one step closer to his bed, before vanishing, as mysteriously as she appeared. In the days that follow, Willard, accompanied by an unlikely ally, who has shared a similar vision, begins to uncover clues about the true identity of the girl and learns that her vengeful spirit may have been the cause of many premature deaths for the townsfolk of Bleddington. The unexplained deaths within the town recommence and Willard finds each new fatality is getting closer to the Victorian home overlooking the town in which his father and he reside. In a race against time, he must find out who the girl is, how she died, and what she wants. Set against the backdrop of 1985, The Girl with a Porcelain Face mixes traditional ghost story elements with mystery, intrigue, and a (blood) splattering of wit.
The Ghastling
A beautifully designed modern day penny dreadful. This issue is guaranteed to slip you a bit of the weird, the uncomfortable, the creepy, topped up with a garnish of terror. Nine short stories designed to raise the hair on the back of your neck, twist your perspective and leave you with a funny feeling in your gut. In Warren Benedetto's 'Uncle Pumpkin's Tongue', a seemingly innocent fairground ride turns into something revoltingly sinister. In Paul Buchanan's thoroughly disturbing tale, 'The Bynum Girl', a community anticipates the release of one of its most terrifying members: a girl who once tormented them all. JP Relph's mind bending story, 'Delirus', tells of a doll, kept out of sight in the basement of a house gathering dust. She is discovered by a little girl who becomes quite taken with her. But what the little dolly harbours inside will make your skin crawl... Reggie Chamberlain-King's, 'Living With It', is a deeply troubling story of a mother unravelling in her domestic surroundings. Has she really just committed the most unmotherly act? Where is her son, really? Rory Say's thought provoking story, 'The Other Door', tells of a boy who keeps finding a door in strange places, but one that he cannot ever open. In Mark Blayney's, eerie story, 'Coin, Mirror, Manoeuvre', a man lives alone in the woods surrounded by his memories of an unrecognisable past - familiar, yet, unfamiliar. Something utterly life-changing has happened, but what? And which version of events is correct... ? 'The Catafalque' by Victoria Dowd is a spine-chilling story of a couple who convert a disused chapel, novel indeed, but is it ever a good idea to use a catafalque as a dining table? In Eve Chancellor's story inspired by true events, 'The Resurrection Man', a corpse-hauler delivering freshly dead bodies receives a visit from someone unexpected prompting a series of disturbing events. It is 1916 in Neil A. Wilson's, 'In the Bleak Midwinter', and an invalid soldier is convalescing in Marsham Hall after a mustard gas attack. He should be improving but the nightmares keep leaking in, getting worse, almost as though something is tormenting him on purpose...
Sleep with the Lights On
From page to screen, the haunted house continues to terrify and intrigue those who dare to spend a night within its walls. Explore the golden age of the haunted house in this anthology of Victorian and Edwardian ghost stories. The anthology includes "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in an Old House on Aungier Street" by Sheridan Le Fanu, "The Haunted and the Haunters" by Edward Bulwer Lytton, "The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth" by Rhoda Broughton, "At Chrighton Abbey" and "The Shadow in the Corner" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, "The Open Door" by Margaret Oliphant, "To Let" by B. M. Croker, "The Judge's House" by Bram Stoker, "The Red Room" by H. G. Wells, "The Empty House" by Algernon Blackwood, "The Jolly Corner" by Henry James, "Thurnley Abbey" by Perceval London, "The Toll-House" by W. W. Jacobs, and "The Whistling Room" by William Hope Hodgson.
The Curse of the Old Mansion
The Curse of the Old Mansion: An Unsolved Mystery is a spine-chilling novel that will leave you breathless with suspense.Nestled in the heart of the countryside lies an old mansion, abandoned and shrouded in mystery. Its dark history and supernatural powers have been the source of local folklore for generations, but few have dared to venture inside its walls.When a group of amateur sleuths stumble upon the mansion, they are determined to uncover its secrets and put an end to the curse that has held it captive for so long.As they delve deeper into the mansion's dark past, they begin to unravel a web of mystery and intrigue. Ghostly apparitions haunt the hallways, and the mansion's garden holds the key to a series of gruesome murders that have gone unsolved for years.As the group uncovers more clues, they begin to realize that the curse is far more powerful than they ever imagined. The mansion's supernatural powers are as real as they are dangerous, and breaking the curse will require more than just solving a few puzzles.The group must confront their deepest fears and unravel the enigma of the curse if they are to break its hold on the mansion and its inhabitants. But the closer they get to the truth, the more perilous their journey becomes.Will they be able to break the curse, or will they become its next victims? The Curse of the Old Mansion: An Unsolved Mystery is a gripping tale of supernatural suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.
Ophelia
High school is difficult enough, but when you're dead, it comes with an entirely differentset of problems. Ophelia is a fifteen-year-old spirit who found sanctuary in The Academy of Souls, a schoolfor teen souls who haven't found their way to the next life. When the spirit of her youngersister, Haven, is kidnapped, Ophelia refuses to move on without her. But searching for Haven isn't the only issue Ophelia is forced to face. Her soul still has alink to her former body, creating even more obstacles. To add to her already confusingafterlife, she finds herself mesmerized by a new student, a seventeen-year-old boy who isvery much alive.
Spectral Voices
From across the void, whispers tease the paranormal investigators of Spectral Analysis, could one of them actually be speaking to spirits? As the ghost hunters seek paranormal activity in the windy city, they stumble upon an ancient curse linked to a charm necklace, a coven of witches, and to Janine Stinger. As Doctor McNally shares his scientific theory on paranormal energy, Janine becomes emotionally entangled all over again; with the doctor, the paranormal, and her violent past. Will she take a leap of faith and embrace a witch's pagan philosophy? Doing so might just excise her of past ghosts, and that could manifest in her happily ever after, or...it could result in her own demise
Wraith
Death wasn't the end of everything for Warren Sumner, not with unfinished business to attend to and a partner to kill.Infuriated over the late night attack that has left him and his children murdered and his wife fighting for her life in an ICU, Warren returns to the world of the living to take revenge against the trio of street thugs who attacked them, and also against Jordan, his business partner, who has embezzled their investment firm's assets.It's a race against time as Jordan prepares to flee the country, taking millions of dollars with him in an elaborate scheme to elude law enforcement. In order to to keep the firm from collapsing, leaving all of its employees and investors destitute, Warren struggles to find a way to stop him... not an easy task for a disembodied person with no easy way to communicate with the living."Bolton gets into the meat of relationships, and makes you care about his characters - which is all too rare, yet essential, in horror. Combined with a cracking story, it makes for quite the read!" Paul Kane - award-winning and bestselling author of Hooded Man, Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, and Arcana."Raymond Bolton's Wraith presents an intriguing view of the intersections between the living and the dead. Beginning with a triple murder, this dark paranormal novel explores the consequences of betrayal, greed, infidelity, and vengeance on both sides of mortality...and in each instance, provides unexpected twists that propel readers onward, page after page. Bolton deftly shifts perspectives between the world of the Wraith and those he pursues with a fury that transcends death itself." Michael R. Collings, named Grand Master at the 2016 World Horror Convention
Departing Souls Volume 1
An omnibus edition of the short stories from three different collections, plus one brand new tale not found elsewhere. This volume features the stories from Horripilations Volume 1, plus their continuations and conclusions from the first two volumes of Liberty Gibbens, Ghost Whisperer.The stories in Horripilations, each designed to be read in a few minutes, contain a selection of tales to send a shiver down your spine.The Voice in the Trees - a short piece of flash fiction to get you looking over your shoulder.The Spirit of the Loch - the tension builds in this tale of two friends caught up in the story of Scottish lovers parted by death.A Bit of Friendly Persuasion - a tale of ordinary greed, with a shiver at the end.The Cleansing - a young woman inherits something terrifying when she buys a new home for herself and her unborn child.Death in the Nightmare - a heart-pounding recurring dream; what can it mean?In the Ghost Whisperer stories, the spirits in these Horripilations stories meet the heroine of Past Sins, Karen's novel-in-progress. Liberty Gibbens is a talented medium, who can talk to ghosts, find out their stories and help them pass over into the next world. There are three new stories in these volumes that don't follow on from Horripilations tales. Finally in this volume, there is a bonus tale, only for readers of this omnibus.
The Perfect Possession
For centuries, demons have possessed vulnerable and unsuspecting people. But this time, they're aiming to seize an entire town. Rand Casey, demonologist and paranormal investigator, returns to face a new threat unlike anything he's ever seen. Mere weeks after his last case, Rand is physically and spiritually drained. The elite demon Shindael has vowed to haunt Rand forever--a punishment for all the times he has been victorious over the forces of hell. Seeking the protection of God, Rand visits a new church in the small town of Finnick, Louisiana, pastored by the charismatic Deckard Arcan. When Rand witnesses unexplainable miracles from Deckard, Rand is skeptical. With the entire population of Finnick worshipping this preacher, Rand knows he must discover the truth about Deckard Arcan--is he a true messenger of God or a charlatan? What Rand discovers is a deception so vile that it can only be the work of supernatural, evil spirits. With the devil's tactics disguised as the miracles of God, it will take all of Rand's strength, cunning, and determination to rescue the town of Finnick from the darkness that threatens it. This time, hundreds of lives and souls are depending on Rand. Does he have what it takes to save the town of Finnick from the clutches of hell? The Perfect Possession is a supernatural horror thriller for readers who love stories about hauntings and battles with the demonic--the truest form of evil that exists in our world.
Ghostly Dead
Sometimes it's not even your own ghosts that come back to haunt you.Just when Everly Dupree thinks she's put all her spectral problems to rest, her mother becomes the prime suspect in a psychic's murder.When elderly resident Baxter Thomas vanishes from Mooselick River's assisted living facility, renowned psychic Davina Benet swoops into town offering her expertise. As a specialist in finding missing persons, Davina promises quick results-until she turns up dead before her search can begin.The main suspect? Kitty Dupree, Everly's mother, who made no secret of her grudge against the self-proclaimed medium.With the sheriff eyeing her family and a ghost who's surprisingly tight-lipped, Everly must unravel decades-old secrets if she wants to clear her mother's name and help Davina cross into the light. But digging into Kitty's past reveals family skeletons better left buried.Between finding missing Baxter, solving Davina's murder, and uncovering what her mother's been hiding all these years, Everly's hands are fuller than a cemetery on Halloween night.After all, the dead may tell no tales-but family secrets have a way of refusing to stay buried.
Wedding Ghost
Everly Dupree expected cake and canap矇s. What she got was murder.Being Maid of Honor for her friend Patrea's wedding means Everly has a full plate-dress fittings, menu tastings, and one very controlling mother-of-the-bride who's determined to micromanage her way to the altar.But things take a deadly turn when Everly and Patrea show up to the caterer's tasting party and find the chef face-down in a bowl of frosting.The cause of death? Poison.One murder might be coincidence, but when another one of the caterer's clients turns up dead the very next day, Patrea's wedding is hanging by a thread.Everyone's hoping it's a coincidence. Everly's gut says otherwise-and she's not the only one. Sheriff Ernie Polk needs proof to move forward, and while he's not exactly asking Everly to investigate, he's not telling her to stay out of it either.But he caterer's ghost isn't being helpful, the guest list is thinning, and Everly's starting to think the big day might end with a body count instead of a bouquet toss. She'll have to untangle this knot of secrets fast-before someone decides the Maid of Honor should be next.Because in Mooselick River, even a wedding can be a killer event.
The Herron House
Those who enter The Herron House were never meant to leave... It's been three quiet months since paranormal investigator Rand Casey's last encounter with the demonic, yet evil still lurks around every corner, hiding within every shadow. Rand's reprieve ends when wealthy businessman Jackson Herron hires Rand to remove a dark spirit from the Herron family's mansion-an entity who, years ago, drove Jackson's father to insanity. At first, Rand figures a simple cleansing ceremony should do the trick. But the Herron House is no ordinary mansion. Built by a madman under the influence of demonic oppression, the once-grand home has become a sprawling monstrosity filled with darkness and death. When Rand becomes trapped inside, all hope of banishing the evil is lost. Now, Rand has only one goal-get out alive. But to escape, Rand must navigate twisted corridors, avoid collapsing rooms, and survive trap-filled chambers-all while being hunted by one of the deadliest demons to ever walk among humanity. But in the darkest depths of the decrepit mansion Rand discovers unexpected secrets that might explain the origins of all demonic activity on Earth-and the knowledge he needs to finally defeat it once and for all. The Herron House is a supernatural horror thriller for readers who love stories about hauntings and battles with the demonic-the truest form of evil that exists in our world.
A Moonlit Path of Madness
GRIEF HAUNTS HER EVERY STEPInheriting a family heirloom in the form of an antique clock with a broken moon dial as well as a seaside house in Wales, Grace Morgan mourns the loss of her mother and dreads the manifestation of a family curse that threatens to lay claim to her and everything she holds dear.Set around the turn of the 20th century, A Moonlit Path of Madness traces Grace's journey from the United States to the distant parish of Newport on the West Wales coast. Partly epistolary and laced with Welsh folklore, this tragic gothic tale delves into the prevalent mental health challenges of the era in the face of unrelenting fear and all-consuming trauma, as Grace reckons with the insidious specter of her lingering grief.
The Ghost and the Wedding Crasher
With two weddings on Beach Drive, Danielle's plan to temporarily close Marlow House Bed and Breakfast is put on hold.Not everyone showing up on Marlow House's doorstep is a welcome wedding guest.Nor is everyone from the living world.Book 32 in the Haunting Danielle Series. Large Print Format.
The Ghost of Bethel Church
The witches are in a race against time to stop an ancient entity from being resurrected. Past life regressions become windows to the past as they search to find ghostly artifacts before time runs out. The clock is ticking in this mind-bending sequel to The Dark Ledger.
The Ghost Inside Me
Henry enjoyed her simple life living in rural England but that all began to crumble after her best friend cajoled her into taking part in a 'Ghost Hunt'. Believing they had unleashed something quite evil from the empty house, Henry begins trying to piece together who the departed soul is that now has its energy set on hurting her and those closest to her. Can she defeat this evil spirit before it defeats her?
