What Was Left of Her
When two sisters inherit their aunt's house on the Norfolk coast, they are forced to confront the past. Thrown together on an eroding clifftop, increasingly haunted by memories of their aunt and disturbed cousin, they try to make sense of the present and its relation to their family history. Why did their aunt die? What does their neighbour want with them, or the house? And why did their late cousin seem to hate them so much it almost reaches beyond death? What Was Left of Her is a chilling modern gothic novel, perfect for fans of Susan Hill and Shirley Jackson.
What Was Left of Her
When two sisters inherit their aunt's house on the Norfolk coast, they are forced to confront the past. Thrown together on an eroding clifftop, increasingly haunted by memories of their aunt and disturbed cousin, they try to make sense of the present and its relation to their family history. Why did their aunt die? What does their neighbour want with them, or the house? And why did their late cousin seem to hate them so much it almost reaches beyond death? What Was Left of Her is a chilling modern gothic novel, perfect for fans of Susan Hill and Shirley Jackson.
Legends Of Torquay, &c
This is a collection of local legends and ghost stories from the seaside town of Torquay in Devon, England. From haunted hotels to ghostly apparitions, these tales will send a chill down your spine. This is a fun and spooky read for anyone interested in the paranormal.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Finding Maddy
In the second book of this psychic investigation series, Daphne Winters heads back to Southern California to face the one case that still haunts her - the case she was never able to solve.Madison Laurens has been dead for twenty years when her cold case hits Detective Winston Cayman's desk. But even with Daphne's help, they are forced to abandon the case, leaving it unsolved. Usually Daphne can't stop the spirits from talking to her, even when she doesn't want to listen. But in Maddy's case, her psychic abilities fail her. With a renewed determination to find Maddy, Daphne faces the very real possibility that the reason her psychic intuition is blocked is because the truth hits far too close to home.She'll have to face her past in order to move forward.
Accredited Ghost Stories
Experience spine-tingling thrills with T. M. Jarvis's collection of Accredited Ghost Stories. Compiled from a range of reputable sources, these tales of the supernatural are sure to leave readers feeling delightfully chilled. From spooky graveyards to haunted mansions, these stories are sure to please lovers of ghostly tales and paranormal adventures alike.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
The Haunted man and the Ghost’s Bargain
Ebenezer Scrooge-like Professor Redlaw is haunted by memories of a tragic mistake he made in the past. On Christmas Eve, he is visited by a spirit who offers to remove his painful memories, but warns him of the consequences. This chilling ghost story explores the nature of regret, forgiveness, and redemption. Beautifully written, this Christmas classic is not to be missed.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Evergreen
Evergreen is a small logging town in northern Maine. Out-of-the-way from the flow of tourists, the townspeople number only to a few thousand. But, Evergreen holds a dark secret. One that has sufficiently isolated from the rest of the world. But as Bobby and Katie, two of evergreens teenagers, begin investigating what has laid dormant in the town for decades, it falls to Christine, the town's sheriff, to keep them out of trouble.In the meantime, Katie's widowed father, Tom, has begun a passionate romance with Christine, One that seems to hold a promising future. But has winter closes in, the teens decide that their curiosity can only be satisfied by entering the old house in the woods, that is the source of Evergreens dark secret. By the time Bobby and Katie discover the evil that has, for so many years, lived within its walls, it is too late. And the town has, once again, become a victim of something brought to life by dark means.
Mim and Wiggy’s Grand Adventure
Meet Mim Webster: bored, underchallenged, hapless. A call-centre operative and wife to her childhood sweetheart, Mim's world is small and staid.That is, until it isn't.Meet Wiggy: aristocratic, small-minded and out of touch. Accustomed to a life of luxury, his judgemental, bigoted attitudes are at odds with Mim's working class sensibilities.When these two lost souls seeking closure of different kinds are thrown together at a badly-sung spiritualist church service, they find themselves horrifyingly stuck together. Intent on finding meaning in her tiny life, with or without a dreadful travel buddy, Mim ploughs ahead with her planned journey of a lifetime across Europe, Asia and Australia. After all, travel is the great leveller, right?Can Mim find purpose on the trip of her dreams, while saddled to the travel companion of her nightmares?
Bel Amour
New love makes her feel uncertain. Buying her dream-home makes her a target for murder. Can she silence the ghosts of the past and find love for the future?Kate Jennings had no intention of falling in love with the up-and-coming Country Music singer David Nelson after arriving in Memphis to expand her business. And she could not have foreseen that purchasing a new home would bring back memories and ghosts from her past. David Nelson finally lands a record deal and his success is imminent. However, he does not involve Kate in his private affairs, leaving Kate feeling ambivalent about their relationship. And one day Kate disappears from his life. Too late, David discovers that his affair with Kate is anything but casual, and he rethinks his priorities. While a heartbroken Kate seeks refuge at the family mansion in England, David gets the offer to tour in Australia with his band. With more than distance between them, they try to pick up their lives again. But Kate's aristocratic existence has lost its charm and her heart is half a world away. Can this unlikely duo overcome the odds and discover that true love cannot be stopped by borders? Scroll to the BUY button and find out !
The Station
Taking place in Norway, Maine, Samantha is a typical high school loner. Although she prefers to be left alone, she finds herself as the object of admiration for Henry, an often harassed fellow student. Even though she tries to maintain a distance, they are brought together by the one thing they have in common, an interest in the paranormal. Together, they team up to investigate a notorious hot of ghostly activity, only to discover how dangerous the paranormal can be. At first, Samantha is the strong one, while Henry struggles to overcome his fear and prove himself as the person he believes Samantha wants. But their decision to explore a former ambulance station with a traumatic past acts as the catalyst for something that changes them both, and at the same time, brings tragedy to the town of Norway. This is the story of two teenagers caught up in the changes brought on by youth. At the same time, the two are dangerously consumed by their shared curiosity of all things unearthly, pushing them together, then driving them apart.
The Seer
Gordon Richards was only a few months into his practice as a psychiatrist when, after suggesting an unorthodox means of relieving stress, one of his patients commits suicide. In an attempt to find out why, Gordon chose to experience the same method. But something went wrong and his life changed forever. Now, with the ability to interact with the dead, he seeks for an answer, and finds himself in the company of a paranormal investigations team. Also entering his life is Donna, a member of the team. Almost immediately, they develop a strong bond with the potential to go far beyond a simple friendship. However, Gordon finds himself held back by the questions that have plagued him since the beginning. Now, as a member of the team, he has come to believe that his new-found ability can be used to help the deceased move on. Meanwhile, he and Donna find themselves being drawn closer together as Gordon struggles to maintain rational thinking in the face of the unknown. But, the gift that has been forced upon him is not without a price, and while investigating the remnants of Maine's Augusta Mental Health Institute, Gordon discovers the dark side of his need to help the departed. Once again, his life is transformed, taking him down the path of personal disaster. A journey from which he will never escape.
Short Horror Stories
As you turn the pages of this book, be prepared to enter a world where the line between reality and nightmare blurs. Each story will take you on a journey through the darkest corners of the human mind, where fear and terror reign supreme. So, settle in and breace yourself for a journey into the unkown. These stories will entertain you, scare you, and leave you wanting more just be sure to keep the lights on...
Don't Date the Haunted
Does the heart beat faster from love or terror?As a born-and-raised citizen of Horror, Pansy Finster has survived Hauntings such as mad killers and poltergeists by living her brother's rules, including, "Avoid dolls, clowns, and masks." But after the death of her fianc矇, Pansy finds herself alone-which is a dangerous status in Horror. When she flees to Heartford, Romance, she's startled that a masquerade has Regency ladies screaming... in excitement.Culture-shocked, Pansy struggles to avoid any ill omens, such as repeated glances from the curiously handsome Lord Theo, from Fantasy. With a seemingly useless magical ability, he could be the Romance Pansy never knew she needed... or her most deceitful Haunting yet. Pansy must learn to love like a Romantic and teach her new friends to survive like a Horror before the masquerade becomes a massacre.Follow Pansy Finster's hauntings and romance in "Don't Date the Haunted," first book of the Haunted Romance trilogy, by C Rae D'Arc. If you like Seth Grahame-Smith, Isaac Marion, or Christopher Moore, then this dark romantic comedy will keep you up! Don't forget; it's never just a power-outage.
A Theory of Haunting
Kyle Murchison Booth, archivist at the Parrington Museum, has heard of Thirdhop Scarp. Everyone has. The house has been notorious ever since the night that homeowner J.A. Cathcart murdered his entire family, and was found cupping the heart of his eldest daughter in his hands as tenderly as he would a wounded bird.It is not the first time the house has experienced unsettling events. And it will not be the last.Now the new owner of Thirdhop Scarp, one Marcus Oleander, is gathering an esoteric order at the house, including Miss Griselda Parrington, daughter of the museum's founder. The museum director demands that Mr Booth discredit Oleander's occult teachings and end his influence over the credulous Miss Parrington. Reluctantly, Mr Booth joins the weekend s矇ance.In the beautiful but eerie surrounds of the house and gardens, Mr Booth is drawn into an investigation that spans years - and reveals the house to be much, much more than it seems...
Woodworm
The house breathes. The house contains bodies and secrets. The house is visited by ghosts, by angels that line the roof like insects, and by saints that burn the bedsheets with their haloes. It was built by a smalltime hustler as a means of controlling his wife, and even after so many years, their daughter and her granddaughter can't leave. They may be witches or they may just be angry, but when the mysterious disappearance of a young boy draws unwanted attention, the two isolated women, already subjects of public scorn, combine forces with the spirits that haunt them in pursuit of something that resembles justice. In this lush translation by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott, Layla Martinez's eerie debut novel is class-conscious horror that drags generations of monsters into the sun. Described by Mariana Enriquez as "a house of women and shadows, built from poetry and revenge, " this vision of a broken family in our unjust world places power in the hands of the eccentric, the radical, and the desperate.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Shadow Legacies Omnibus
A ghost trapped on the earthy plane. A demon cat and a sexy psychic debunker locked in the haunted halls of an asylum. A cat shifter detective determined to save a witch with a ghostly stalker.Hunter MoonZoe is invited to go to a weekend retreat at Mercer Cliff House to help her friend determine if it's really as haunted as they say. She reluctantly goes, her ghostly tagalong, Randall, along for the ride. But when she encounters a familiar face among the dead, her weekend is about to get more interesting and she may just have more at stake than her heart.Ghost MoonGhosts are drawn to Laurel, and like her Nana says, with any great gift comes a great responsibility. When she agrees to take a job investigating the disappearance of a fellow ghost hunter at Greystone Asylum, with the help of her demon cat, Thickety, she is totally unprepared for a sexy and stubborn psychic debunker to be a part of the package.Blood MoonMaggie Baldwin is having a bad year. Her soon-to-be-ex might just be a serial killer and someone is stalking her. She decides to hire a private investigator to find some answers, but what the detective discovers turns her world upside-down. Her not-so-dearly-departed may be dead, but his ghost isn't finished with her yet and it may just take all of her wits to survive.
It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over
WINNER OF THE 2024 URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE CO-WINNER OF THE 2022 NOVEL PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BOOK AWARD This third perspective on myself is disconcerting. The heroine of the spare and haunting It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over is voraciously alive in the afterlife. Adrift yet keenly aware, she notes every bizarre detail of her new reality. And even if she has forgotten her name and much of what connects her to her humanity, she remembers with an implacable and nearly unbearable longing the place where she knew herself and was known--where she loved and was loved. Traveling across the landscapes of time and of space, heading always west, and carrying a dead but laconically opinionated crow in her chest, our undead narrator encounters and loses parts of her body and her self in one terrifying, hilarious, and heartbreaking situation after another. A bracing writer of great nerve and verve, Anne de Marcken bends reality (and the reader's mind) with throwaway assurance. It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over plumbs mortality and how it changes everything, except possibly love. Delivering a near-Beckettian whopping to the reader's imagination, this is one of the sharpest and funniest novels of recent years, a tale for our dispossessed times.
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.
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.
Echoes on the Pond
When thirteen-year-old Missy Walters goes to child counselor Cheryl Turcotte under court order, their combined troubled pasts raise a deadly ghost from her watery grave. The ghost wishes to return to life by possessing Missy. Now Missy and Cheryl must face their pasts and fix their present in order to stop the ghost from making Missy disappear forever. Missy is new to the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain. She got in trouble, again, and now lives with her father, Blake, after the court granted him custody. Part of Missy's continued freedom hinges on her undergoing counseling to deal with dark secrets from her past. Her new counselor, Cheryl, also has dark secrets from her past. She and her younger sister, Kristen, were terribly abused by their mother, who Cheryl killed in self-defense when she was seventeen. When the ghost of a teenage girl begins haunting them, their lives descend into a hell of self-doubt, fear, and violence. In order to defeat the evil spirit, Missy and Cheryl must find out who the girl is, why she haunts them, and how to move beyond their own tragic pasts to save themselves and their loved ones. Equal parts ghost story, coming-of-age tale, and story of relationships, Echoes on the Pond is a supernatural suspense/horror novel about love, secrets, and fear. It's a story about people from different places in their lives with similar pasts, and how those pasts weigh them down, but how they can gather strength to move forward again.
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.
Granny Bael
Tugville is a town full of secrets.Jemma, Mary, Dom, and Teek have been friends since elementary school, brought together by family trauma and their shared mutual outcast status at high school. Their fragile foundation is shattered when urban legend is proven to be local history rather than myth. They've stuck by each other through everything-bullies, murderous foster families, abusive stepfathers, alcoholic mothers, and more-but can they survive the wrath of Granny Bael?
Dissonance Junction
Plunge into ice cold realities.Embark on a journey to experience the breadth of humanity from terror and despair to hope and justice. Lauren Patzer crafted thirteen stories in everyday settings as well as fantasy and dystopian fiction sure to make you think about the human condition. Take the plunge into ice cold realities written to entertain, tantalize, and maybe even horrify.Dissonance Junction collects all twelve stories written by Lauren Patzer for the first generation of the Prompt project plus a bonus story and an extensive interview with the author. Prompt collected nine diverse storytellers-a spectrum of style, ideology, politics, race, sexuality, and religion. For one year, authors were sent a monthly writing prompt, creating flashpoints to craft their best work. Explore Prompt Winter, Prompt Spring, Prompt Summer, Prompt Autumn, and The Prompt Guidebook to discover their original stories.
Pendle Cottage
Award-winning author, Alan Reynolds' first supernatural thriller. Barrister Liam Drake, his physiotherapist wife, Jo, and their two young children, embark on their annual three-week summer holiday. Needing a complete break, they choose a charming cottage in a remote Cornish village. Only after they arrive do they find out that the cottage was the scene of a brutal murder just a few months earlier. It is clear something is not right. Villagers believe the cottage is cursed, others that it is haunted. The family soon discover that both descriptions are accurate as it becomes a battle for their survival.A fast-moving page-turner that will have readers holding their breath.'A suspense-filled supernatural thriller with a strong cast of characters.' The Wishing Shelf Awards
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 Town of Ghosts
A Town of Ghosts is a collection of 19 original illustrated ghost stories set in the Buckinghamshire town of Stony Stratford in Milton Keynes. The stories are loosely inspired by the history, characters and landscape of the town; most have an element of dark humour, though several nod towards the cryptic, brooding tales of the great ghost story writer MR James. You will meet a host of bizarre and macabre characters such as the resentful decomposing corpse of Thomas Farrar residing at the bottom of ancient well in a coffee shop. Look out for Death rebranded and pushing a dust cart around the streets, gathering souls and finally meeting his match! As a compliment to the film Bladerunner there's even a futuristic tale of malicious robots plotting the downfall of their creators. The final story is a tongue-in-cheek attempt to present the author and illustrator as two decrepit characters seeking to complete an unfinished literary work! As a former archaeologist the author tries to weave an archaeological perspective into some of the stories, suggesting that change is not always progressive. Spooky but fun!
A Town of Ghosts
A Town of Ghosts is a collection of 19 original illustrated ghost stories set in the Buckinghamshire town of Stony Stratford in Milton Keynes. The stories are loosely inspired by the history, characters and landscape of the town; most have an element of dark humour, though several nod towards the cryptic, brooding tales of the great ghost story writer MR James. You will meet a host of bizarre and macabre characters such as the resentful decomposing corpse of Thomas Farrar residing at the bottom of ancient well in a coffee shop. Look out for Death rebranded and pushing a dust cart around the streets, gathering souls and finally meeting his match! As a compliment to the film Bladerunner there's even a futuristic tale of malicious robots plotting the downfall of their creators. The final story is a tongue-in-cheek attempt to present the author and illustrator as two decrepit characters seeking to complete an unfinished literary work! As a former archaeologist the author tries to weave an archaeological perspective into some of the stories, suggesting that change is not always progressive. Spooky but fun!
Master of Demons
Sometimes demons come from a bottle...Mike Vogel is a burned-out, washed-up janitor who turns to alcohol to quiet the voices of his failures. So did his father, and it ended up killing him.But one night, his drinking leads him to a hellish nightmare where he is forced to confront his demons head-on.Called by the adventure of a new life, Mike enters a landscape where he must face a new enemy determined to attack his very soul.Can he survive this onslaught, or will he discover that there is a deeper place than rock bottom?
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.
Dark Moments
Short stories of horror are like nightmares. Each night we fall asleep, not knowing what we will dream of. The terror that meets us there is every changing and ready to strike us at any time. Come with me as we explore these horror stories that only nightmares are made of.
Distant Memories
Grab a glass of wine...Morgan's life has become a wild ride! Here we go again! Distant Memories, Book Two in the Nurse Morgan Series is about Emergency Room nurse Morgan Cutler, who has made peace with the ghosts in her little house on Melody Lane in Metro Detroit. That is, as long as resident spirits Elisabeth and Jonathan Wilkerson abide by the rules and limitations. All is well until one day the seductress, Esmeralda Camarillo Castillo, visits from the other side. Man-hungry and voluptuous, Esmeralda has set her sights on Caleb Lightfoot, MD, Morgan's boyfriend. Mr. Too Good to Be True and so handsome he makes her mouth water, Caleb Lightfoot, MD, is moving a little too fast in their new relationship. As a woman in her early 40's, Morgan is too wise and smart to fall in love with a heartbreaker, but is this guy for real? Could he be the one for her? Either way, Morgan's not willing to let the seductive Esmeralda to get her hands on him.On top of that, the house, car, and hospital are filled with ghosts-some of whom are up to no good. Morgan has to keep the balance in her head, life, career, and universe as she battles the demands placed on her by this world and the next.Will this apparition take away the best relationship Morgan has ever had? Will Esmeralda turn the Wilkersons against her? Will the ghost destroy the hospital Morgan cherishes? Or will Esmeralda ruin the tough nurse's career and work family that she has worked so hard to maintain? Questions fill Morgan's head, giving her many sleepless nights. Insomnia is dangerous for a nurse on-call but worse when Morgan must keep everything she holds dear safe. Grab that glass of wine or your favorite beverage and join Morgan as she sorts through the changes she has witnessed in the past and the new ones that have arrived. Be prepared to laugh a lot, cry a little and learn what a family really is-here in this dimension and in the afterlife. Distant Memories is for everyone with a sense of humor who believes in hope, miracles and feeling good.
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 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
