Jenny Villiers
Once passionate about the theatre, playwright Martin Cheveril is now disillusioned and contemplating a change of career. His new play, a bitter and cynical piece, is about to premiere when something strange happens. After stumbling upon an old pamphlet about a talented young actress named Jenny Villiers who died in 1846, Cheveril dozes off and finds himself somehow transported back to the theatre of her day. By some mysterious means, he will find himself a spectator of the tragedy of Jenny's life and death-a tragedy whose effects will echo strangely into the present day.One of the prolific J. B. Priestley's favourites among his own books, the unusual ghost story Jenny Villiers (1947) returns to print at last in this new edition. Ten other classic titles by Priestley are also available from Valancourt."J.B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th century. And it is time that we all became reacquainted with his genius." - Judi Dench"One of the finest and most popular storytellers of the last hundred years." - Margaret Drabble
A Lot Going On Upstairs
Prepare to follow teenage Robert McEvoy and his mother, Valerie, as they bite off more than they can chew on a search for excitement after they leave behind their boring suburban lifestyle. Both mother and son will be put through disturbing challenges with their already shaky mental health. This is a story of divorce that drives an entire family to misadventure, monsters, and ghosts. Showing how truly ugly the art of separation can become.
Robert E. Howard’s Favorite Yarns and Rimes
This edited collection compiles the stories and poems (yarns and rimes) that pulp author Robert E. Howard identified as being among his favorites.
Scanlines
In 1987, Congressman Benjamin Hardy III died by suicide on live television amidst accusations of political corruption. Years later, rumors of a recording surfaced among VHS trading groups and urban legend chat rooms. Dubbed the "Duncan Tape," after the deceased cameraman who attempted to sell the video, the rumors allege that anyone who watches the tape is driven to suicide. Or so the story goes. In truth, no one has ever seen the supposed Duncan Tape, presumably because it doesn't exist. It's a ghost story perpetuated on the forums and chat rooms of the internet, another handful of bytes scattered across the Information Superhighway at blistering 56K modem speeds. For Robby and his friends, an urban legend is the last thing on their minds when a boring Friday night presents a chance to download porn. But the short clip they watch turns out to be something far more graphic and disturbing, and in the coming days, they'll learn even the most outlandish urban legends possess a shred of truth...
Tales of Damnation
If you enjoy a nail-biting roller-coaster ride through hell, you'll love Tales of Damnation, an anthology of short horror stories. The Spot: Watch a school bully finally get his comeuppance in grisly fashion. The Cab Ride: Witness a malignant narcissist realize a little too late that it's time he started caring. Fire and Fury: Feel the heat when a pyromaniac learns that playing with fire also means getting burned. The Succubus: Discover the horrifying consequences when a loser succumbs to the seduction of a succubus. Fake Friends: Learn the shocking difference between real friends and fake friends.The Stalker: Ride shotgun with a demented stalker as she tracks her prey through the haunted woods. And there's more.A total of thirteen finely crafted short horror tales guaranteed to educate, terrorize, and entertain.
Marvelous Millie
Millie is a grand ole broad who has a secret - a best friend named Irma who happens to be a ghost! Come along for their quest to make wishes come true with their Fairy House. Will Irma find out why she is here and will knowing that make her leave forever? That is not a chance Millie is willing to take. Enjoy this laugh out loud book 2 of the Millie series.
Bargain Haunter
Everly Dupree has handled her fair share of ghostly encounters, but this one takes the dog biscuit.She had no intention of getting involved in Mooselick River's annual town-wide yard sale, but saying no to Martha Tipton is like trying to wrestle a cat into a bathtub.One minute, Everly's sorting through attic junk and dodging cutthroat bargain hunters-the next, an oversized chocolate lab comes barreling straight toward her.And drags her right to a body.Buried under a mountain of shredded paperwork at the recycling center, Everly's overbearing, micromanaging boss, Spencer Charles, is very dead. Unfortunately for her, his ghost shows up before the cops do.Spencer is just as nitpicky and demanding in death as he was in life and seems to think Everly is his own personal psychic detective. He's convinced he was murdered and-you guessed it-won't stop haunting her until she proves it.Officer Ernie Polk already finds Everly's involvement way too suspicious. How else could she have known Spencer's death wasn't accidental before the police did?To top it off, it turns out Molly, the massive, tail-wagging pup who led her to the crime scene belonged to Spencer-and now refuses to leave Everly's side.Between dodging Ernie's mounting questions, fending off nosy small-town gossips, and trying to keep Molly from digging up more trouble-literally and figuratively-Everly has enough bones to pick without adding a murder investigation to the pile.And it doesn't take long to become clear that someone in Mooselick River really wants Spencer's secrets to stay buried.In a town where everyone talks, only one witness can sniff out the truth... and she has four paws."Smart, funny, full of surprises-and a cute dog! Everly's latest investigation is an entertaining, eerie delight that keeps you guessing!"
Bricked
Jobless and divorced, Pat Riordan takes a little-sought-after teaching job at the district's school for the hard-to-handle, Wolfcreek. Dispirited by their banishment to the at-risk program, students refer to themselves as "bricked." But Riordan sees potential in the behaviors others have deemed unmanageable. Together with other school staff, Riordan works to bring structure and inspire hope, unraveling the troubles and trauma behind disruptive behaviors and learning delays. But, when their emotionally-responsive tactics are criticized by district leaders for being too gentle, looking to bring "more promising" students to the community, their plans are thwarted by threats to close the school. As tensions rise with the pressure to prove results, Riordan builds a deep bond with his student Bobby. When Bobby's mother is abused by her live-in boyfriend, Riordan steps in to help, forced to declutter his own troubled life in order to help his student's.Will Riordan be able to put aside his own sense of loss to inspire his students to rise above theirs? Can Wolfcreek prove that these young adults are worth investing in, despite troubled behaviors, in order to save the school from closure? Bricked follows Riordan, the students and staff in what might be the school's final year.
The Ghost and the Mountain Man
Life is about to change for Brian Henderson, now that he knows the secrets of Beach Drive.Unbeknownst to Brian and the others, they have brought something else home with them after their misadventure in the forest. The spirit of a mountain man has followed them to Frederickport with a secret of his own.Large Print Edition.
The Ghost and the Mountain Man
Life is about to change for Brian Henderson, now that he knows the secrets of Beach Drive.Unbeknownst to Brian and the others, they have brought something else home with them after their misadventure in the forest. The spirit of a mountain man has followed them to Frederickport with a secret of his own.(Book 27 of the Haunting Danielle series, a paranormal cozy mystery series.)
Ghost Stories
GHOST STORIESHorror, mystery and suspense abound in this collection of seven new ghost stories by Clifford James Hayes.Packed with tales of restless spirits and malevolent things from The Other Side, Ghost Stories is guaranteed to goose a bump or two!Seven 'lost souls' wander across a deserted landscape. They meet the mysterious 'Mr Charon', and one by one recount their sinister and supernatural tales. The book is a homage to the writings of M.R. James and E.F. Benson, and the 'anthology' horror movies made by Hammer and Amicus in the 60s and 70s (such as Dr Terror's House of Horrors), which comprised of several short stories instead of one.
Haunted Hocking
Good ol' fashioned ghost stories from the Hocking Hills!One night, not long in the past, a park ranger was alerted to a hound baying deep in the hollow of Old Man's Cave. He made his way from the park office and along the dark trail to search it out, flashlight in hand and following the howls until he was sure the dog was just within reach. Louder, the cries rang out, circling the ranger whose flashlight caught no sign of the dog in its beam. Then suddenly, the howls stopped as quickly as they had begun. He had come face to face with a legend-the baying hound of Old Man's Cave. This is just one of the many legends in the regions in and around Hocking Hills and Old Man's Cave: The Old Man of Old Man's CaveAsh Cave Pale LadyRock HouseLegend of the Dead Horse ThiefThe Bully, The Engineer, and Lavender Lady of Moonville TunnelThe Weeping Angel in AthensThe Lone Grave at Shallenberger Nature PreserveDead Man Hollow at Shawnee State ForestAthens AsylumBloody Horseshoe GraveOver 55 frightening ghost stories and folk tales along with haunted places to hike: Hocking Hills State ParkWayne National ForestOhio State ForestsMoonville Rail TrailThis is the first edition of Haunted Hocking and is updated to reflect the same as the Haunted Hocking Ghost Hunting Guide. Jannette Quackenbush has authored over 30 books including Ghostly Guides: *Haunted Hocking Hills*Ghosts of Moonville 1-2*Haunted Ohio Hiking Trails With Ghost Stories*Haunted Hikes of the Appalachian Hills and Hollers 1 & 2 *Haunted Hocking: A Ghost Hunter's Guide to the Hocking Hills*Ohio Ghost Hunters Guides 1-9*West Virginia Ghost Stories Legends and Haunts 1-3*Pennsylvania Ghost Stories*Ghost Stories and Folk Tales of New Orleans *Little Book of Gettysburg Ghosts and many more!*Monsters, Cryptids, and Mysterious Wild Beasts Hiking Guides: *Hocking Hills Hiking Trails*Ohio Hiking Trails: The Adventurer's Guide to Ohio's Best Hiking Trails to Explore. Some little-known. A few much traveled. All unique.
Thesis of Evil
What would a heartless millionaire with terminal cancer want for his dying wish? Sweet revenge, a final statement to take to the grave and remedy his main loss in life. For Reid Larkin, a man used to having his way, this act of vengeance will become reality.But the afterlife has taken notice. A trio of the undead-ghosts of past tragedies on American soil-vows to stop Larkin before innocent lives are lost. Yet in order to intervene, they need allies in the world of the living.Conner and Erin, grad students who work part time for Larkin, begin to experience a series of hauntings, each hinting at an atrocity in the making, a plot as sinister as the man behind it. But once they learn of the evil that's to come, can they put a stop to it?
The Man with the Black Feather
The Man With the Black Feather (1909) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. Originally a journalist, Leroux turned to fiction after reading the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, The Phantom of the Opera, has become legendary through several adaptations for film, theater, and television, including Andrew Lloyd Webber's celebrated 1886 Broadway musical of the same name. Walking into his office one morning, a journalist discovers a stranger waiting there for him. Holding an ornate wooden box, he reveals himself to be the executor of M. Th矇ophraste Longuet, a deceased manufacturer and a former acquaintance of the journalist. Suspicious at first, the journalist accepts the box, opening it to reveal the voluminous memoirs of Longuet. Within their pages, presumably unread by anyone else, Longuet describes his discovery of documents revealing that he is, in fact, the reincarnation of infamous French highwayman Louis Dominique Cartouche, a vigilante figure who haunted the roads of 18th century France in order to steal from the rich and give their wealth to the poor. Skeptical, the journalist reads the memoirs, which lead him to the legendary "Treasure of Cartouche," virtually ensuring the accuracy of Longuet's claims. Assured of their worth to the public, the journalist convinces his editors to release their discovery to the world. The Man With the Black Feather, which is also known by the title The Double Life, is a mystery novel by Gaston Leroux, one of the leading French detective writers of his generation. Like much of Leroux's work, the novel is partly based on historical events-Cartouche was an actual figure whose campaign of thievery and charity came to an abrupt end with his brutal public execution in 1721. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Gaston Leroux's The Man With the Black Feather is a classic of French literature reimagined for modern readers.
Dickon’s Tudor Christmas Carol
It's Christmas Eve. Henry VII lies abed, after a hard day counting money ...After bedtime visits from "Mummy" Beaufort, and bidding a fond goodnight to Groat - his pet monkey- Henry's plans for another frugal Christmas and a 'taxing' New Year go awry when he is visited in the night by four spirits demanding he change his ways. First is the ghost of William Stanley, minus a head. Second, Richard III, whom Henry defeated at Bosworth, demanding he stops slandering his reputation. Next, 'the pretender' Perkin Warbeck, confusing him and making him doubt...and, last of all, a strangely familiar, rotund hooded figure whose presence shakes Henry to the core.Will the Queen ever get rid of the tin buckles on her shoes? - Will Henry find redemption and stick Morton's Fork somewhere Morton has never dreamed of?A familiar Yuletide story retold as a humorous Tudor era spoof; offering japes, jests, mayhem, monkeys, and porky princes... ...
In Ghostly Japan
"Think not that dreams appear to the dreamer only at night, the dream of this world of pain appears to us even by day." In this book, famed author Lafcadio Hearn presents 14 fascinating stories--including deathless ghosts and yokai, local folklore and haunted places, as well as Buddhist traditions. This edition includes a new foreword by Michael Dylan Foster which explains the book's importance as a Japanese cultural and literary classic. The Japanese have two kinds of ghosts in their folklore--the spirits of the dead and the spirits of the living. In Ghostly Japan examines both and, in the process, offers a fascinating window into Japan's supernatural and spiritual world. The 14 stories include: "Fragment"--A young pilgrim encounters a mountain of skulls and is shown a terrible truth"Ingwa-banashi"--On her deathbed, a dying wife bequeaths to her young rival a sinister and horrific gift"A Passional Karma"--A spectral beauty transcends death to return for her handsome samurai lover"Story of a Tengu"--A priest saves the life of a Yokai monk and is granted a wish, but the outcome is not as expectedWhile some stories contain spine-tingling imagery, others offer looks into Japan's rich culture and folklore. "Bits of Poetry" offers an engaging study on the nation's fascination with verse, "Japanese Buddhist Proverbs" explains the meaning of several traditional Zen Buddhist sayings and "Incense" examines its use in rituals to summon and banish spirits. Whether you're interested in classic ghost stories, or simply want to enjoy the prose of a legendary writer, In Ghostly Japan affords countless delights.
Ghost Tales from Virginia
In these ghost tales, I intentionally show the ruthlessness and greediness of the world as I attempt to reveal the corrupt nature and treachery of some evil people who seek in the world their own survival and prosperity at the expense of others. I wisely use the word concepts of irony, superstition, name connotation, symbolism, sorcery, assumption, ignorance, deception, greed, foolishness, chance, and psychological persuasion to deliver the unpredictable gist of the ghost stories' themes to you. Moreover, the themes in my ghost tales are about foolish and wicked people who tend to create falsehoods and fantasies from their own imaginations for the purpose of psychologically fooling or impressing others with their falsely conceived delusions of self grandeur and intellectuality. But the worst part of their premeditated falsehoods and fantasies is that they consciously and foolishly believe in it, or in them themselves. So they ironically fall for the very falsehoods and fantasies that they have wisely concocted to deceive or to impress others about their imagined delusions of grandeur and intellectuality. And this is the main reason why I have written my ghost stories portraying the world that deliberately takes advantage of the ignorant-and idiots, so they can survive and prosper in human society at the expense of the ignorant, and idiots. But sometimes serendipity or providence is on the side of the ignorant, and some idiots, to help them to unknowingly escape their evil schemes, even though some wise and evil fools deceitfully seek their humiliation and downfall in the world thinking there is no help for the ignorant, and idiots, of the world.
Swamp Magic
The family dynamic of Charmed and the paranormal magick and mayhem of True BloodIn this, the final book in the Misty's Magick & Mayhem Series: Poachers become a real threat to the livelihood and safety of local folks fishing in the bayou. When Marc and Tarana ask for help, Luke and Misty battle against more than they bargain for.Can swamp magick triumph over evil and greed?
Possession of the Heart
With each attempt to destroy his dead father's mansion, Cole Barlow's workers are frightened off by his father's evil ghost. In order to bring the workers back, Cole has no choice but to hire Paranormal Investigator, Angela Haven. Cole, brooding, intelligent, and brutally handsome, is a savage skeptic, but Angela sees that more than the mansion is haunted. Can Angela help Cole rebuild the ruins of his heart before he becomes the man he hated?
Luna
The family dynamic of Charmed and the paranormal magick and mayhem of True BloodDuring a trip to the New Orleans Zoo, Diana discovers a grizzly secret the panthers are keeping. Using the powers bestowed upon her at Beltane, Diana is the key to solving the mystery.
The Ghost Variations
Ghost stories tap into our most primal emotions as they encourage us to confront the timeless question: What comes after death? Here, in tales that are by turn scary, funny, philosophic, and touching, you'll find that question sharpened, split, reconsidered--and met with a multitude of answers. A spirit who is fated to spend eternity reliving the exact moment she lost her chance at love, ghostly trees that haunt the occupant of a wooden house, specters that snatch anyone who steps into the shadows, and parakeets that serve as mouthpieces for the dead: these are just a few of the characters in this extraordinary compendium of one hundred ghost stories. Kevin Brockmeier's fiction has always explored the space between the fantastical and the everyday with profundity and poignancy. As in his previous books, The Ghost Variations discovers new ways of looking at who we are and what matters to us, exploring how mysterious, sad, strange, and comical it is to be alive--or, as it happens, not to be.
To Sleep, Perchance to Scream (hardback)
"The Stephen King of Manitoba" - Western Report MagazineSeven-year-old Krissie Carver is haunted each night by terrifying dreams where she is pursued by horrific, misshapen entities. The girl lives in constant fear and panic-until she meets Adamm. He appears as a comforting presence, a beautiful, angelic-type being who tells her wondrous things and protects her from the hideous dream demons who want to claim her. Adamm explains to Krissie that she possesses a great gift, a mysterious power called the "ability" that he will teach her to use. A power that Adamm promises will benefit them both. In her waking hours, Krissie experiments with her "ability"-with tragic and shocking results. Who is Adamm? Only one person suspects the truth, and he must conquer his own demons before he can summon the strength and courage to confront the inevitable-a battle that he alone must fight, and one that ultimately may decide the fate of humanity.
Hanging House
An unsolved murder. A reluctant psychic. Hanging House never sleeps, and neither will you.Emmie just wants to get as far away from her psychic past as possible. Who can blame her? Seeing dead children isn't a "gift." It's heartbreaking terror.But once she loses her job in the big city, there's only one place for her to go: back into the heart of her trauma and fears. Her childhood home.Hanging House.Determined to make the best of her new life, she soon realizes she can't outrun the ghosts of her past.She needs to face and conquer the looming darkness, or she won't get out alive.Hanging House is the first novel in a new Paranormal Mystery series that delivers an unsolved murder, ghostly mysteries, and a twist of horror.Fans of Wendy Wang, Darcy Coates, Abe Moss, Cheryl Bradshaw, or Heather Graham will love this exciting new supernatural suspense book.
The turn of the screw
A new edition of a Gothic novella which has inspired many horror and psychological thrillers since its publication. This new edition of The Turn of the Screw offers students the definitive text and extensive appendices. An unnamed young governess is sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Yet she is soon oppressed by a sense of foreboding and deep disquiet, becoming convinced that something dark is menacing her young charges. But are supernatural forces at work, or is the danger something altogether more earthly? Henry James's masterpiece, and widely considered to be the greatest ghost story ever written, The Turn of the Screw remains the apogee of suspenseful, haunting writing in the English language.
R矇demption
Le monde est injuste vu d'un lit d'h繫pital quand on a une vingtaine d'ann矇es et un cancer. Alban Meurisse est un jeune homme dont la vie s'矇coule au rythme des perfusions, celles de ses traitements. Ce quotidien morne est bouscul矇 lorsqu'un soir il re癟oit la visite d'un spectre. Celui-ci se nomme Chris et d矇clare agir au nom d'une certaine justice. Chaque semaine, l'esprit rencontre Alban afin d'exaucer un de ses souhaits et ainsi am矇liorer le quotidien de ceux qui l'entourent. Mais il est difficile de se montrer altruiste quand on sent la maladie se propager dans son corps.C'est au moment o羅 Alban songe ? rompre le pacte avec Chris en lui demandant sa gu矇rison qu'il d矇couvre ses v矇ritables motivations.Tous les chemins ne m癡nent pas ? la r矇demption...
Spiriting Through Christmas
Its that time of year again! The time when we shut the curtains at four o'clock, the time when we walk home blowing clouds of steam as we go, and the time when we tell ghostly stories around a roaring fire.This book of fifteen spooky stories will leave you quaking, smiling and crying. Take a trip along the haunted path to find ghosts in unexplained places...
A Ghost for Christmas
It is always one of the highlights of the Crowvus year when we can share our Christmas ghost story book with you all. This year, we are offering you a treasure trove of ghost stories: ones which will terrify you, others which will make you smile and cry at the same time.This has been a very tricky year for everyone. For some people, it has been a more than tricky year: it has been a painful or horrible year. Most people will be pleased to put it behind them. But it is a year when we have needed creativity and imagination more than we ever have done before.This year, we had more entries than ever, with an outstandingly high standard overall. Thankfully, we had already enlisted another judge, so we had an extra pair of eyes to help us make the difficult decisions of who to longlist, shortlist and place.But really, the competition is only one tiny part of the book. The main part is you, the readers. Each and every one of these writers has created a doorway for you to open, walk through, and explore what's on the other side while you get a reprieve from the stresses of 2020.Enjoy!
Suicide Souls
Death is not always final...Naomi and Luke have only one thing in common: they both died by suicide. They can earn a second chance at life by efficiently guiding their loved ones through grieving their untimely deaths. Naomi excels at making her friends and family mourn, but the Death Shadow stalks ever closer to Luke. The dark entity carries non-compliant souls straight to Oblivion where unspeakably terrifying torture and the final goodbye await. The two are forced to work together to navigate the in-between world in which they're stuck. The only certainty is that the rules are unclear and shifting, and things are not always as they seem. The pair must prove they're worthy of another shot at life before time runs out. Can Naomi and Luke get better at living now that they're dead?
Saving Grace (Katie #1)
A humiliated attorney. An unexpected second chance. Can a house with a twist help her find love and answers?Texas attorney and alcoholic Katie Connell's career just melted down before her eyes. After very public failure during a doomed celebrity trial and a heart-wrenching breakup, she avoids rehab by retreating to the tropical island where her parents tragically died. But when she arrives, it becomes obvious that her parents' supposed accident was cold and calculated... As Katie sorts through the clues, she gets help from an unexpected source: a spirited house named Annalise. Between the kindred ghost, a local singing sensation, and a handsome chef, the quirks of the island throw the former attorney for a major loop. Can Katie pick up the pieces of her life and solve her parents' murder as part of her fresh new start?Saving Grace is the first standalone book in the Katie trilogy and Book #1 within the What Doesn't Kill You romantic mystery series. If you like island getaways, compelling characters, and witty dialogue, then you'll love USA Today Best Seller Pamela Fagan Hutchins' suspenseful story of voodoo and redemption. Buy Saving Grace to pack your bags for a humorous mystery today! ˃˃˃ See why Pamela's novels have won contest after contest. USA Today Best Seller #1 Amazon Best Seller Top 50 Amazon Romantic Suspense and Mystery Author Silver Falchion for Best Adult Mystery USA Best Book Awards Cross-Genre Fiction Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Romance, Quarter-finalist ˃˃˃ Once Upon A Romance calls Hutchins an "up-and-coming powerhouse writer." If you like Sandra Brown or Janet Evanovich, you will love Pamela Fagan Hutchins. A former attorney and native Texan, Pamela lived in the U.S. Virgin Islands for nearly ten years. She refuses to admit to taking notes for this series during that time. ˃˃˃ The reviews for Katie are in, and they're good. Very, very good. "Taut suspense." -- Midwest Book Review "Quick, entertaining read." -- Kirkus Reviews "Fantastic mystery." -- Once Upon a Romance ˃˃˃ Catch more adventures with Katie and her friends in the What Doesn't Kill You romantic mysteries. Scroll up and grab your copy of Saving Grace today.
Albrecht Drue, ghostpuncher.
Albrecht Drue, ghostpuncher. punches ghosts, right in their goddamn ghostfaces.Al's a shady drunk who used to be a fighter, but now spends his time pounding shots and starting brawls at his local pub. After a particularly nasty fracas, he gets his wasted ass lost in a haunted ghetto where he runs afoul of the ghost of a brutal seventies-era pimp. With said pimp-ghost threatening to shuffle him right off the mortal coil, Al reaches back and punches that mother#$%&@# straight to Hell. Once he sobers up and takes stock of what just went down, Al realizes he's got something he never had before: a reason to drag himself out of his $#%&@ life and find somethingreal in the unreal world. See, Al lives in the Quiet City of Bitburg, a place whose residents have turned a blind eyeto the messed-up paranormal #$@% infesting their home since its inception. The rotting metropolis hides innumerable unnatural horrors, and one little ghostpuncher ain't gonna be enough to fight them all. Now Al don't know #$%@ about all that. But he's gonna learn quick, because Bitburg is an old place with a past darker than his blackest blackout, and the things lurking in that darkness aren't likely to take too kindly to the light he's about to shine on them. With a little help from some unlikely friends and whole $%#&load of booze, he might just survive the tropes and trials that come with playing his part in the horror story unfolding around him."I can still smell the stale beer and ectoplasm." -Brian Jacobson"...Bukowski meets Bachman." -Pete Peru"Albrecht Drue, ghostpuncher. delivers action and laughs, with a big boozy grin. - SS Whitaker"Paul Miller's Albrecht Drue Ghostpuncher... pulls you in and hits you with paranormal visions with a technicolor punch." -Gabriel Boyer"A bizarro must read!" -James Bodden"Paul Miller has managed to create a saga so drenched in beautiful filth and visceral savagery that the laughs come from a place of fantastic, surreal fatalism - or just the gallows. A fever-dream of violence and visceral humanity, written masterfully and with an incomparable wit. Macabre, funny, poetic, uncompromising." - Nicholas Morine
The Haunting Season
Eight bestselling, award-winning writers return to the time-honored tradition of the seasonal ghost story in this spellbinding collection of new and original haunted tales. Long before Charles Dickens and Henry James popularized the tradition of supernatural horror, the shadowy nights of winter have been a time for people to gather together by the flicker of candlelight and experience the intoxicating thrill of a spooky tale. Now eight bestselling, award-winning authors--all of them master storytellers of the sinister and the macabre--bring the tradition to vivid life in a spellbinding new collection of original spine-tingling tales. Taking you from the frosty fens of the English countryside, to the snow-covered grounds of a haunted estate, to a bustling London Christmas market, these mesmerizing stories will capture your imagination and serve as your indispensable companion to cold, dark nights. So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the ghostly spell of winters past . . .
The Voivod
Praise for The Voivod by Dominic Selwood 'The story has subtle and terrifying hints throughout ... fans of M. R. James and of ghost stories will really enjoy this (*****)' The Reader's Hollow 'A really creepy tale ... darkly atmospheric (****)' Shari Sakurai 'Selwood has successfully added another gem to his collection and his reputation ... nothing short of amazing' Horror Palace - Featured Review A SHORT GHOST STORY London, 1897. An elderly bibliophile receives a letter from the recently retired head of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. But the tale it relates of a book buying journey to Cracow soon turns into a hellish nightmare. A homage to M R James, the undisputed master of the Victorian antiquarian ghost story . Please note: this is a short story like the original M R James short stories. It is about 4,000 words long, in a 32-page small format book (7" x 4.3").
Like My Mother Before Me
"You're not crazy... But nothing is okay."Spoiled and self-centered daddy's girl Aliz矇 Salvas spends her time texting with friends, cutting class to get high, and playing volleyball.When Aliz矇 witnesses a horrifying sight of a skeletal woman vanishing from her father's study, she's certain she's losing her mind. She quickly goes into denial, but her avoidance only makes things worse. Now, plagued by horrible visions and other unwelcome specters, Aliz矇 finds her world spiraling out of control-effecting the lives of the people closest to her.Pursued by a personal demon, she must overcome her selfish habits and embrace the truth about her family's past, and herself, or suffer the same fate as her mother.CONTENT WARNING: This book contains light violence, attempted rape, physical abuse, mentions of child abuse, adult language, reference to suicide, gaslighting, and recreational use of drugs/alcohol.
The Journalist
If Jeff can't save his ghostly ancestors from disappearing, so will he.Writing for a cheesy Boston tabloid, Jeff Beekle fabricates a whimsical tale about a mob-built CIA prison for ghosts.Which turns out to be true.Now both the mob and the CIA have Jeff in their sights.Even worse, Jeff discovers that his great-grandmother is an inmate and that she and the other spectral residents are being groomed as CIA spies. (And why not? They're invisible, draw no salary, and won't hop into bed with enemy agents.)To his horror, Jeff learns that ancestors held too long in earthly captivity will vanish as if never born, taking with them all their descendants, which includes him.Can Jeff outwit the mob and the CIA, free his ghostly ancestors, destroy the prison and save himself?
The Ghosts of Oakleigh House
When Midas and his crew of paranormal investigators take on the Historic Oakleigh Mansion they assume they'll encounter a few residual haunts but they're completely wrong. Besides the standard Lady in Black sightings and the sounds of crying children, a newer more modern entity threatens the Mobile landmark. The paranormal activity escalates in the cookhouse and an evil presence hides in a hidden room. When Midas enters the forgotten space he meets a spirit he'll never forget. Can Cassidy sketch the secrets of Oakleigh? Will Sierra and Joshua find the answers the client needs? The Ghosts of Oakleigh House is Book 13 in the Gulf Coast Paranormal series by M.L. Bullock.GULF COAST PARANORMAL Season One (featuring Midas, Cassidy and Sierra)#1 The Ghosts of Kali Oka Road#2 The Ghosts of the Crescent Theater#3 A Haunting on Bloodgood Row#4 The Legend of the Ghost Queen#5 A Haunting at Dixie House#6 The Ghost Lights of Forrest Field#7 The Ghost of Gabrielle Bonet#8 The Ghost of Harrington Farm#9 The Creature on Crenshaw Road#10 A Ghostly Ride in Gulfport#11 The Maelstrom of the Leaf Academy#12 The Ghosts of Phoenix No 7#13 The Ghosts of Oakleigh House#14 The Spirits of Brady Hall#15 The Gray Lady of WilmerBonus The October People (A Gulf Coast Paranormal Extra) GULF COAST PARANORMAL TRILOGY#1 Ghosted#2 Haunted#3 Spooked#4 Dead#5 Paranormal#6 Delta HexGulf Coast Paranormal Season One Boxed Set GULF COAST PARANORMAL SEASON TWO (featuring Sierra and Joshua)#1 The Wayland Manor Haunting#2 The Beast of Limerick House#3 The Haunting at Goliath Cave#4 The Skeleton's Key#5 Death Among the Roses#6 The Spiritus Mirror#7 The Captain of Water Street#8 The Rising of Lucy VallowBonus Horror Ever After (A Gulf Coast Paranormal Extra)
Haunted River
Don't Deny the DeadA woman, clad only in a white nightgown, is dead - her body discovered on the banks of Black River. Her unsolved murder, and her ghost, still haunt the small town where she lived and died. Twenty-five years later, Detective Gordon Daniels inherits his estranged grandfather's home on the property where the body was found. Anxious to sell it, Daniels invites his partner, Detective Aaron Remalla to help him clean it out and enjoy some time off from their high-pressure job. But their getaway is interrupted when a second woman's body is found on the river, clad in a white nightgown, and they are unwittingly thrown them into an investigation they would prefer to avoid. Their scrutiny of the nearby town uncovers colorful suspects, including a cranky elderly woman and her entitled grandson, two fortune-telling sisters, a paranormal-investigating sheriff, a drifter with a dubious past and Daniels' own grandfather. As strange occurrences, frightening dreams, and spectral encounters stack up, Daniels and Remalla are forced to confront the town's ghosts and will uncover a sinister secret so shocking that someone is prepared to kill to keep it hidden. Can the specters of the past help them find a killer before the killer gets to them first? If you love a heart-stopping murder mystery ghost story, a riveting supernatural thriller whodunit, and an engaging and charismatic partnership between two detectives, then enjoy Haunted River. Follow J.T. Bishop on her Amazon page to be notified of new releases.
The Ghosts of Phoenix No 7
After the devastating loss the team experienced on their last investigation, Midas is hesitant to return to the paranormal field. However, a desperate phone call from a local fire chief and a terrifying experience at an old Mobile fire station draws the leader of Gulf Coast Paranormal back to find answers for the chief and the firefighters. Cassidy immediately goes to work on her sketch while Joshua meets an otherworldly being face to face. Bruce brings his archaeological expertise to the table while Sierra finds the third floor intensely haunted. Can the Gulf Coast Paranormal team pick up the pieces and move on or will this be their last ghost hunt together?The Ghosts of Phoenix No 7 is Book Twelve in the Gulf Coast Paranormal series by M.L. Bullock.
The Curse of Becton Manor
Rumour has it that Becton Manor is haunted. But that's all just local gossip. Or is it?1957Tom Winchett never wanted to move house, and certainly not to a decrepit old Elizabethan manor house inherited from an eccentric uncle. While his parents fret about the work that needs doing to Becton Manor and how they are going to pay for it, Tom starts to notice odd things.Ghostly faces in windows, mysterious whispers, strange shadowy forms. And a vicious raven, that will not leave him alone.1597The Earl of Becton enters the newly constructed Becton Manor at a time of political upheaval: as a prominent member of Queen Elizabeth's court entrusted with questioning Catholics suspected of plotting against the Crown, he is in a perilous position. Not least because he and his friends still cling to the old faith.The departure of his old friend and confidante Father Peters, and the arrival of a stern new tutor for his son, puts in motion a chain of events which will end in a tragedy which will echo down the ages.The Curse of Becton Manor is a gripping tale of betrayal through the ages, and how the ghosts of English past still haunt all the way to the present day.
Да се Чете по Здрач
Едно две три четири пет. Бяха петима.Петима куриери, седнали на пейка пред манастира на върха на Великия св. Бернар в Швейцария, гледайки отдалечените височини, зацапани от залязващото слънце, сякаш върху върха на планината беше извадено мощно количество червено вино още не беше имал време да потъне в снега.Това не е моето сравнение. За случая е направен от най-силния куриер, който е германец. Никой от останалите не забеляза по-добре това от мен, седнал на друга пейка от другата страна на вратата на манастира, пушеше пурата ми като тях и - също като тях - гледаше зачервения сняг и самотната барака, където телата на закъснели пътници, изкопани от нея, бавно изсъхват, без д
Specter Within
Three families are part of a triad curse. Many accused the Blackwood family when the curse started in the civil war. For years the ghosts in this town has gone unseen, spirits in purgatory unheard; it takes one girl by the name of Millicent Williams, who can somehow tap into the spirit world, and when she meets the specter within after a horrendous fever -- thus her journey begins.
August Nacht
The year 1791. A famous Venetian doctor, illegitimate son of the German opera singer Dorothea Nacht and the Spanish aristocrat Duke de Valsombra, after the death of his ailing mother, goes to distant Cantabria to personally convey the sad news to his father, and to claim his birth-rights. He comes to the masquerade ball, given by the prince on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. In the garden, he meets by chance his brother C矇sar, the Marquis de Viciosa and officially the only son of the prince. Rejected by his father, August Nacht vows revenge on him and his entire family. He goes to the old forest where Iduna lives, a woman gifted with great intelligence and a rare gift of telepathy. She once saved his and his mother's life. Just as August wants to take revenge on the prince for the harm he suffered so does she...From that day, Augustus' odyssey begins in a strange and mysterious land of forests, streams and ghosts, in which Celtic traditions and beliefs are still alive, in a world to which he himself belongs, but which he is afraid of and does not fully understand.
Ghost Stories and Folk Tales of New Orleans
Ghost Stories of New OrleansSome have heard a deep voice chanting on early morning strolls along Pirates Alley and near St Anthony's Garden. They believe it is an actor practicing for the nearby theatre. It is not. It is the ghostly voice of Pere Dagobert, a monk long-dead from the St Louis Cathedral . . .Walking tour map of the French Quarter! Pictures of the Haunted Places and addresses/GPS so you can find them!If you plan on dying, do it in New Orleans because there is a pretty good chance you will get to come back for eternity as a ghost here!Others have from thieving pirates, Vodou Queens, misers, monks, shopkeepers, and angry children . . . the tortured, the vengeful, the lost, the rich, the poor- well, just about anybody who is still not ready to go.-Ghosts along Bourbon Street-Charm Gate at the Court of Two Sisters-Mysterious Tale of the Sultan's Disappearance-Marie Laveau- Vodou Queen of New Orleans-Red-headed Ghost of Old Parish Prison-Congo Square and the Tale of the Haunted Tree-Devil's Mansion-The Axeman-St Louis, St Patricks, Lafayette and too many cemeteries to name!-Vampire of New Orleans-LaLaurie Mansion (The Old Haunted House)-The Pirates of New OrleansTake a stroll through the book-there are over 100 terrifying ghost stories and old tales of the macabre passed down and packed into this book and including: -Walking tour map of the French Quarter-Addresses/GPS to find the haunt.-Haunted Cemeteries of New Orleans like St Louis No 1 and 2.-Ghostly bayous.-Haunted plantations nearby.
The Journalist
If Jeff can't save his ghostly ancestors from disappearing, so will he.Writing for a cheesy Boston tabloid, Jeff Beekle fabricates a whimsical tale about a mob-built CIA prison for ghosts.Which turns out to be true.Now both the mob and the CIA have Jeff in their sights.Even worse, Jeff discovers that his great-grandmother is an inmate and that she and the other spectral residents are being groomed as CIA spies. (And why not? They're invisible, draw no salary, and won't hop into bed with enemy agents.)To his horror, Jeff learns that ancestors held too long in earthly captivity will vanish as if never born, taking with them all their descendants, which includes him.Can Jeff outwit the mob and the CIA, free his ghostly ancestors, destroy the prison and save himself?
Rest Easy Resort
A cursed resort. Ghosts. Soulmates. Or not...Hannah O'Connor wants nothing more than to enjoy her honeymoon at the newly revived Rest Easy Resort with her true love by her side. But, when the past and present become intertwined and an awakened curse threatens those around her, Hannah must decide whether her marriage is worth the cost to human life.How much will Hannah sacrifice for the one she loves? Rest Easy Resort is the debut novel of Jo Buer. If you like Barbara Erskine, Kate Morton and Shani Struthers, then you'll love this compelling, haunting, gothic love story.
Collected Ghost Stories
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James is the title of M. R. James' omnibus collection of ghost stories, published in 1931, bringing together all but four of his ghost stories (which had yet to be published).Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a medievalist scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasize the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions. (wikipedia.org)
Collected Ghost Stories
The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James is the title of M. R. James' omnibus collection of ghost stories, published in 1931, bringing together all but four of his ghost stories (which had yet to be published).Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a medievalist scholar; Provost of King's College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasize the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions. (wikipedia.org)
