The Village of Strong Branches
The Village of Strong Branches is a hieropoeic ghost story, interweaving family and professional duty. Ke簸, a member of the international military peacekeepers, has hidden her mental health breakdown after the death of a close comrade, Wiren, from her family. On her first voluntary leave after her recovery, she visits her family, intent on restoring peace with her sister, Tantas. But Ke簸's troubles are far from over when Wiren's ghost starts haunting her, threatening her stability and challenging everything she has taken for granted and all she has hidden from others as she is drawn into a world of the restless dead and the Goddess of the Mountains. This poignant tale of liminality, grief, change, and resilience will be an enjoyable read for anyone who loves phantoms lurking in the dark. Readers who love conlangs and non-Earth settings may also enjoy this story.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Percy's Demons
In Percy's Demons, The Mystery of the Haunted Motorhome, old boy Percy Terwilliger hits the road as the proud owner of a 40-foot motorhome to explore Arizona. What begins as a fun and romantic trip with his girlfriend Sally on the copilot's seat, turns into a spooked and dangerous journey when a rough-looking evil spirit -The Stinky Man- begins chasing them. Follow Percy and Sally on their road trip turned spooky adventure through haunted and scenic places that ultimately leads them to uncover a century-old mystery and to a showdown with what haunts them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Hauntology
In this compilation of twenty supernatural short stories, brace yourself to go to realms where the unbelievable becomes believable and the mundane becomes extraordinary. From haunted albums to devilish poker games where the wager is your eternal soul, from necromancers to Martian monsters, each story in this collection features chills, thrills, and unexpected twists.Explore the dark corners of the human psyche as you journey through these tales of terror and suspense. Meet a young girl who discovers paradise on a Scottish island, but at a terrible cost, Britain's newest paranormal detective and the only moving images of Oscar Wilde. Then there's the living shadow that wants your soul, Lucifer's demon hitman, and Sid Vicious living in an attic.
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.
Virginia Creeper
This is the large print edition of a supernatural mystery series written by USA Today bestselling author Eva Pohler, in which three friends in their fifties get in way over their heads as they attempt to solve the mystery tethering ghosts to their house renovation.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 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 Haunting of Hoover Dam
This is the large print edition of a supernatural mystery series written by USA Today bestselling author Eva Pohler, in which three friends in their fifties get in way over their heads as they attempt to solve the mystery tethering ghosts to their house renovation.An entire city is at stake, so the ladies get busy.When Boulder City is inundated with strange occurrences, the local, state, and federal authorities come up emptyhanded. Motivated by heart-wrenching appeals on Sue's blog, Ellen and her friends offer to help. But the pressure's on like never before when their paranormal investigation is met with scrutiny at every turn, especially when they discover, with the help of a one-hundred-year-old ghost, a sickening coverup from the days of the building of the Hoover Dam.The books in this series may be read in any order."A history buff's delight! This was such an interesting book. I got hooked in straight away and was rooting for the 3 main ladies the whole time. I loved the history that was guiding this story. Haunted twists were awesome. Another great read from the wonderful Eva Pohler."--Shawnae, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★"Our intrepid heroines commit themselves to uncovering the whole truth behind the deaths of the many workers who "died to make the desert bloom". The story is captivating, the characters are fun and relatable, and the underlying mission of these wonderful ladies to help all people to the best of their abilities, regardless of whether they are living or long dead, is uplifting. I will definitely be on board for their next adventure."--txdoc, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★"I really enjoyed this book, as I do all of Eva Pohlers' work. Ellen, Tanya & Sue have done it again. Solved the mystery, put things to rights and onto their next adventure. They never give up, even in the face of adversity. These women are true "ghost healers". If you're into the supernatural, mystery and intrigue and feel good endings - the 'Mystery House Series' books are definitely for you!"--Jenny, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★
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 Haunting of Church Cottage
When Julia, Tim`s wife dies of fright after seeing weird ghoulish apparitions in their new home, Church Cottage, Tim asks for help from the localpolice. When there are multiple unexplained deaths and all eff orts to obtain help are refused, Tim calls on his friend David Hartley, the vicar from the parish where he used to live. When things go wrong two higher ranking church members are sent to investigate the mysterious happenings at Church Cottage. They are unexpectedly attacked by an invisible being and left for dead in the depths of the newly discovered sinister crypt. Seeing the news on TV, six prisoners of Armley Jail, Leeds off er to go into the crypt and bring out the three bodies in return for a reduction in their prison sentences. Their offer is accepted, but when they enter the crypt they discover traces of cannibalistic ritual black magic, then there are more dead bodies!
Hanging Corpses
From demons to cannibals...Fifteen horrific tales explore vast landscapes of terror whether it's the woods at the end of the street or the icy reaches of space.Nothing is off limits.Fear creeps through the tales and threatens to make the nightmares a reality.Delve into Hanging Corpses and prepare to commune with the dead. They await your company.
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!
