Dark Occult

Karen and Joel are not the only ones inhabiting Joel's house. An unknown evil lurks within, and it's determined to rid itself of Karen, the troublesome new roommate. Stalked through the night by an ancient assailant, Karen must shift her focus. It's no longer enough simply to unravel the house's mysteries. Now, she must worry about making it out alive....

Tam Taylor’s first memory is drowning in the ocean. Although her father saved her, she has never returned. In fact, in the 20 years since, she’s barely left her sleepy rural hometown of Sylvester, Georgia. Every night she dreams of this horrible event. To help her cope and move on, her best friend Cary Jo forces Tam to take a trip to the beach. That’s when the tentacles sprout from Tam's skin. In a small town like Sylvester, everyone instantly knows when you change your hair color or start a new job. Blending in has always been Tam’s survival method. Now she’s forced to adapt.

Humanity lives in the sunlit world of what we believe to be reality. Unknown to most there is, unseen by most, another world, possibly many other worlds, running side by side with our own. The Marquette Institute and Department of Preternatural Activities (DPA) are the latest in a long and illustrious line of organizations established to help safeguard the human race from the monsters living in the spaces between reality and nightmares. These stories just scratch the surface of the operations and investigations conducted in almost 200 years of operation.

Valerie Randolf is a witch and an outcast in the small town of Junction. Valerie fights Colton Collins, the sheriff's son and class bully, only to be defeated and forced into silence. Lucky to be alive, she leaves Junction to start a new life. Ten years later, a private investigator tells Valerie that her sister, Jodie, has gone missing, and Colton is the main suspect. Valerie recruits the help of other occultists to lift her curse save her sister before it's too late.

The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, but even the light can't keep away all that goes bump in the night. From rituals and witches to summer slasher and sunny horror, this anthology has it all.

Accidents happen - sometimes. But sometimes accidents are planned. Somebody wanted Jenny Garrett dead, and now Detective Rick Walker has to find out who and why. But Jenny can't help with the investigation. Jenny's memory of the accident, and the weeks preceding it, are gone. Yet somehow Rick has to get to the truth before the killer tries again.

It's a nice house on a country road. Jack and Erika Harris expect to be happy there. It doesn't matter that they're living in a deserted suburb where, years ago, murders and mutilations destroyed the residents. It doesn't matter...until those that caused the deaths come back - those that sprang from the earth. Those that need. Those that are not human. The Harris's nice house stands between them and what they must have. Nothing has ever mattered more.

When a sheriff and his deputies discover half-eaten farm animals, a headless teenage girl, and the sudden disappearance of a 10-year-old boy who then mysteriously reappears happy, healthy, and with no memory of his ordeal, dangerous secrets are about to unfold.

Having survived the best efforts of the Dark Angels to kill him, Marley Fox is conscripted into the British army along with his companion, James Finnegan. The two are sent to South Africa to fight in the war against the Boers, the brutality of which swallows them up as they are thrown into battle after battle. In the midst of the war, the Dark Angels send supernatural forces against them, and old enemies from England suddenly appear and do their best to finish off the pair.

Someone or something knows that I'm looking into my brother's death, and now I've become the next target on their list. Death and danger have never frightened me before, but then again, I never imagined there was anything in existence that my powers wouldn't work on. Apparently, I was wrong. Dwade, Bron, and Lucian want me to stop this search. They want me to be safe more than they want the truth. But they should know me better than that; dark fae aren't exactly known for turning the other cheek.

East St. Louis deputy Patrick O’Shea is tired of living in the line of fire. So when he gets a chance to transfer to his wife’s small hometown, he doesn’t hesitate to load up the moving van. But his family’s bags are barely unpacked before their newfound peace and quiet shatters in a surge of demonic voices. The deputy has faced his fair share of evil, but nothing quite like this. Normally the first into the fray, he worries they’ve unearthed a force not even his special training and inner-city experience can combat.

How could Sadie have lived so long in this town without knowing it was harboring a very old secret? The dark side of the woods was a place she walked by nearly every single day and it seemed perfectly normal. But one day, she realized that nothing that walked in there walked back out. Curses and wolves are somehow entangled in Sadie's new romance, and a gruesome transformation threatens to change everything she has ever known. She's the only one who can save her town, her love, and herself. It has to end where it started, in the center of the forest.

It’s been four weeks since Ava López cursed her coven, extinguishing any chance they had of restoring their magic. But as Ava and her vampire nestmates try to rebound from the chaos she caused, she discovers the war hasn’t ended. The humans of Darkhaven are suspicious of recent events, and a mysterious note etched in the ashes of tragedy shakes Ava to her core. On top of everything, she is forced to rely on information provided by a newcomer - a fire witch hot on the trail of a particularly malicious rogue vampire.

Katie MacAlister’s sultry paranormal romances zip to the top of best-seller lists across the globe. Here, Corazon Ferreira discovers she was the mate of a gorgeous vampire in a previous life. But despite the lingering attraction Corazon feels, the image of the vampire killing a victim just won’t leave her mind. Only when her life depends on him does she finally decide to ignore her head and listen to her heart.

Life isn’t all that easy when you’re a paranormal private investigator involved with a police chief who’s convinced the paranormal world doesn’t exist. When he sees it up close and first hand, Jack knows that Miranda hasn’t been entirely truthful about her profession. Not that great for a relationship in its early stages.

Ava López's best friend from childhood is missing, and her former coven has asked for her help to find her. Despite all the pain the witches have treated Ava to with their rejection, she is determined to find Liv - even though her new allies harbor resentment. Ava hopes finding Liv will put an end to the feud between the two groups, but she realizes that to help the witches, she must turn her back on the vampires. But this is the least of her problems.

At Butler House, a series of grisly murders over a century have led many to believe it's haunted. To one scientist, it's the perfect place for an experiment in fear. Eight people, each chosen because they lived through a terrifying experience, are offered a million dollars to spend one night at Butler House. They can take whatever they want with them - religious items, survival gear, and weapons. All they need to do is last the night. But there is something evil in this house. Something very evil...and very real.

When actress Cassidy May lands the lead in the story of Hellen Grimaldi’s life, she believes it could be the boost her career needs. However, the more she looks into the past of Hellen and the shocking events that led to her death, the more fearful Cassidy becomes about taking the role. Did Hellen truly summon demons during that fateful performance? Was Cassidy about to unleash the same hell that Hellen had? What dark forces were really at play behind the curtain?

The life of deadly Russian slayer, Trace, has always revolved around death and preventing humankind from learning about the legendary creatures of the night. But now his position as a Watcher has become a prison, and dealing death for the Nation isn't as prestigious as he once believed it to be. College dropout Bessina Darrow has witnessed things she isn't permitted to see, a simple case of wrong place at the wrong time puts her life in danger. When Bessina becomes his mark, Trace is prepared to eliminate her.

A small-town psychic’s trailer burns, leaving little in the wreckage but her lovely green couch. A great find for a couple who make their living scavenging and selling secondhand items. Yet, Madame Cruller’s couch is imbedded with something unpleasant, and we’re not talking fleas.