Horror Fairy

"The light from the fire against the tent cast some strange shadows, but nothing out of the ordinary, as Tony whispered that it was probably Bumi going to pee in the foliage. Leaning slowly to one side I raised the flap of the tent and stared out. Panic gripped me when I suddenly realized that the tent opposite, Bumi’s tent, was empty. Not only that, but his backpack was missing. Why would he take his stuff if he’s just going to pee? I asked myself and then Tony, out loud. In response he told me not to panic. Surely wherever Bumi had gone he would be back by morning".

A Year in the Borderlands writer Kevin Candela's wild second excursion into alternate realities includes 17 tales, twelve of which have appeared in previously released anthologies and are collected here for the first time. These short stories combine with five never before released works, including the novella It's Only Funny if You Laugh, to produce a wide-ranging panoramic view of the worlds and realities that exist beyond our own. Playing With Reality is another vividly detailed page in the Atlas of the Unknown.

How would the Puranic gods interact with humans in the modern age? The stories in this collection imagine it. They re-mythologize our world, infusing it with divinity. These new myths are educational, as well as thought-provoking. The stories weave in many verses from the Vedas, Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Puranas, and other wisdom texts. They also have a deeper message. They show that gods are helpers in man’s evolutionary journey. When humans become instruments of higher powers, an individual’s life takes on a new meaning in the grand scheme of things.

It was just a dusty old Buffalo Skull, but in it's own way, beautiful. With love and care, she restored it to a beautiful piece of art. Following old drawings, she thought it was perfect. But now that it was back to it's old self so was it's magic. No one noticed and if they did it wasn't spoken of. But now its power is making itself known.

Razor-sharp teeth. Vicious claws. The soul-piercing eyes that stare you down right before it pounces. What will you do when it’s you against a purveyor of pure evil? You think it’s just a dream? Think again. These nightmare creatures have transcended the pages of the books they were written into, they’ve ripped their way from the silver screen, and now they are coming for you. There is nowhere to hide - they will find you. But the question remains. Do you have what it takes to conquer the beast or will you let it destroy you?

While the image of Boris Karloff slowly shuffling across the screen with wraps of what looked like toilet paper wound around him may not have frightened me. The less well lit corners of esoteric magic did. As a scholar of history and particularly folklore, I had occasion to research the origins and uses of ritual magic within the Middle Ages. I was stunned by how much of what we think of as "medieval" magic actually finds its roots with the Ancient Egyptians.

Beneath the surface of a London top university, an ancient society known as The Seechers, operate. They protect the world’s biggest secret. A hidden gateway to the subconscious world. Unlocked only by a mysterious liquid, found deep within the human brain. Dark forces close in, as subjects, known to possess the liquid, are kidnapped and experimented on.

The Sorority: They are the envy of every young woman - and the fantasy of every young man. An elite sisterhood of Greenbriar University’s best and brightest, their members are the most powerful girls on campus - and the most feared.

Standing against the trunk of the oak tree was a man. His hair was silver, but not in a way that made him look old - it glinted faintly in the patches of light that punch through the crown of branches above. For a moment, Tansy wondered if maybe her eyes were playing tricks on her. That often happened when she was tired; she’d see something out of the corner of her eye and think it was something entirely different. When she blinked, though, he was still standing there, with a concerned look on his face.

The Piper clan emigrated from Scotland and founded the town of Santo Verde, California. The Gothic Victorian estate built there has housed the family for generations and has also become home to an ancient evil forever linked to the Piper name. Now a widower with two children of his own, Rick has returned home to build a new life. He wants to believe the greenjacks don't exist, that they were a figment of his own childish fears and the vicious torment he suffered at the hands of his brother.

Upon the occasion of her own demise, Mary Seacomb was buried, as was her wish, between the roots of the tree - despite the malevolent elements of her work and the fact that she was expressly forbidden from entering any of the church buildings within the surrounding areas. Accounts and parish records from the time reveal that she was regarded as something of an asset to the local area. This was particularly on account of her apparent ability to shield the town and a number of local villages from the effects of the black death.

An old-fashioned ghost story with a twist and a chuckle, The legend of Countess Bertha shows us the more playful side of Alexander Dumas.

Evil lurks in the ancient dark forest. Those perilous dangers have protected the Aljo-Gari tribe for generations. This year, however, the pleasant weather and mild climate have made the forest uneventful. Irritated with the monotony, Thulvia rashly ventures out to find excitement worthy of the nightly story circle. The forest does not disappoint; unspeakable terrors await.

This strange tale by Vladimir Odoyevsky takes the listeners from Finnish backwater to St. Petersburg during the era of Peter the Great to Moscow in the years that followed Peter's death; from solid everyday reality to alchemy and surreal visions of a crazed brain. Follow us on this fantastic journey with the characters of Salamander.

In an isolated mountain community, sometimes a child is born with two hearts. This child is called a striga and is considered a demon who must be abandoned on the edge of the forest. The child s mother must then decide to leave with her infant, or stay and try to forget. Nineteen year-old striga, Salka, and her mother, Miriat, made the choice to leave and live a life of deprivation and squalor in an isolated village. The striga tribe share the human belief that to follow the impulses of their other hearts is dangerous, inviting unspoken horrors and bringing ruin onto them all.

Did you know Helen of Troy had fangs? No matter...the secrets of Helen are about to be revealed. Stories of Greek mythology are richly revisited, and Helen finally tells all in this terrifying historical novel. Helen is revealed to be a huntress by night, seeking out blood-wine and seducing men as she is cursed to be the most beautiful woman on earth.

Alan Edgars, a veteran struggling with PTSD, is working a security job at an art museum when suddenly he is kidnapped by a demon named Clive Smith, who tells Alan that he’s taking him to the Omega. An unknown entity that needs an army of trained souls in order to have a chance of destroying God. The training methods involve endless years of torment until they become immune to the pain. After a change of heart, Clive feels like the training methods are too extreme and tries to find a way to free himself and other unfortunate slaves of the Omega.

Zoey Sanders is thrilled to spend her senior year of high school in a medieval, gothic castle located in Scotland. When she meets her Prince Charming, everything seems to be clicking into place, and she dreams about having the perfect fairytale.But suddenly, things take a drastic turn. Zoey becomes increasingly disturbed as paranormal activity picks up all around her.

So packend war Rotkäppchen noch nie: Der neue Bestseller von Fantasy-Horror-Königin Christina Henry! Geh nicht allein in den tiefen Wald! Doch Red hat keine Wahl: Seit die Krise vor drei Monaten über das Land kam, ist sie auf sich allein gestellt. Ihre einzige Hoffnung besteht darin, sich zu ihrer Großmutter durchzukämpfen. Red fürchtet nicht die Unwesen, die nachts durch die Wälder streifen. Die wahre Bedrohung geht von den Menschen aus: von ihren dunklen Sehnsüchten, niederen Beweggründen und bösen Hintergedanken.

When FBI Agent Chad Nelson catches up with the only suspect in a string of disturbing serial murders, the strange man he's been chasing uses a power beyond Nelson's imagination to send him somewhere...else. And when he wakes up in the body of another Chad Nelson - a brilliant, violent serial killer - he struggles to understand what has happened to him. But he soon learns the nightmare has only begun when he wakes again paralyzed in his own body, now taken over by the "other" Chad Nelson - the serial killer.