Occult Anthology

Invoking Hellion: My name is Leila and I was named an 'Earth Sentinel' by my dead twin sister Lia. My mission is to battle dark spirit entities with the help of an attractive 19-year-old Earth Sentinel named Max and his sister April. : Millionaire aristocrat, Emerik Jakob Pavic, surprised her adopted 18-year-old daughter Klara with a space shuttle trip. His choice proved to be the wrong one when they found themselves stranded in space.

Two short horror stories, "Ezekiel Sykes: A Journal of a Daemon" and "Don't Drink Alone", compiled together. "Ezekiel Sykes: Journal of a Daemon" is a tale of a man who comes into possession of a journal, purportedly written by a demonic agent. Fact or fiction, Caleb, the new owner, becomes obsessed with the book. "Don't Drink Alone", is a story of a selfish, alcoholic, in-denial murderess who hasn't paid for her crimes...y et.

In a sleepy, coastal, New England town, three men decide to rob and, if need be, torture a very old sea captain to learn where he keeps his wealth - a man who is so old no one ever remembers him being young; a man who pays for his purchases not with dollars but with ancient gold and silver coins minted over two centuries ago; a man who speaks to spirits in bottles; a man who may not be a man at all.

From time to time when I take a break from researching and writing my thrillers, I write short stories such as the ones collected for the first time in this new anthology, Trust and Other Nightmares. Each of these stories has its germination in nights when my sleep was suddenly savaged by ethereal visions and sounds sufficiently disturbing to wrench me from tangled, sweat-drenched sheets.

West Central Scotland - 1989. Hard-headed Glaswegian Ray Conrad lands himself a week's suspension from his job as a tyre fitter for brawling with a co-worker. Deciding to use the opportunity to disappear for a few days with his tent to a familiar camping area in the secluded village of Bakerage, he is completely bewildered to discover that the entire place has vanished! This is when he finds himself entering the barren desolation of Gilliemoor.

Three short stories of the paranormal and the unknown, to delight, chill, and make you wonder. This book contains "The Hollowers", "The Other Side", and "The Night of the Fairies", published under single stories and now together.

Is there a connection between the Sasquatch and UFOs? The answer is yes. The government knows this, but they're not talking. Barbara and Carl live on a horse ranch just outside of Tyler, Texas, and their life, and belief system, received an inconvenient overhaul after they witnessed a UFO land in the forest nearby. Carl went to investigate and to his surprise, out walked two tall, hairy "creatures" that had a message for mankind.

While the world's still choked with monsters - their work is never done. Tireless and dedicated, the Aces scour the globe in pursuit of the creatures that seek to terrorize humanity. For this ongoing mission, they leave no stone unturned - and no monsters alive. Whether it be in far-off wilderness, small-town America, or among the concrete canyons of the big city, Cap'n, Gats, Joker, Digger, and Trill continue to risk their lives at the cost of their own identities to keep us safe from the things that go bump in the night.

Sarafian's good buddy, homicide detective John Mayfield, once told him over drinks belly up to the bar of FOP DC Lodge #1 that the devil is always depicted as a pitchfork-toting, horned, cloven hoofed red beast with a tail, but he's not. "The devil is not repulsive," Mayfield continued, "He's attractive. Evil must be inviting... seductive. Charismatic. Tantalizing. The devil is a handsome man, a beautiful woman." Mayfield was right. Vickie was the devil. And it was high time for Dr. Thomas Sarafian to send his wife back to hell.

From the author of The Cadaver Island trilogy comes nine tales to chill, thrill, and challenge listeners to go places they may never return from. Featuring short stories submitted by Kevin Rodgers since Pro Se entered the publishing field, Chaos and Doom is your guide to some of the most amazing characters and imaginative worlds in genre fiction.

Robert Cavanaugh, a traveling salesman, wakes up in his bed to find himself transformed into a large insect. He looks around his room, which appears normal, and decides to go back to sleep to forget about what has happened. He attempts to roll over, only to discover that he cannot due to his new body - he is stuck on his hard, convex back.

When an author helps the police to identify symbols carved into two dead bodies, he becomes the focus of a murderous cult. He has to become the hunter to survive.

She can't escape the stare of the poison-eyed boy, and she's not sure she wants to. The intensity of his gaze calls to her, consumes her. Why is she drawn to his stare, compelled to give herself to him? And how, when he finally moves to take her to himself, is she somehow powerless to resist him, even knowing that to give in to his advances is to lay her soul bare before him, to expose her every secret?

A bold new Jack The Ripper Story. A love story with time travel that will knock your socks off. Duke Kidwell and Trea set the stage in this time traveling story of intrigue. Jack The Ripper as you never thought of before. Just the beginning; more books to follow.

David Bain presents six tales of small town supernatural horror.

Sergeant Jacob Knox leads the Head Knockers, a unit of scout-saboteurs in the war against the Dread Duke and his armies. They are the favorite squad among Captain Brighton's Stormwalkers, until an ambush by shapeshifters kills the Captain, half the company, and Knox's best men. Now the new Captain has new orders: he's sending the Head Knockers to investigate an abandoned village, the possible source of the attack.

Cristina trascorre i primi giorni di settembre riordinando la secolare casetta di montagna ricevuta in eredità da una anziana prozia. Ancora non ha deciso se tenerla o venderla: il borgo di cui fa parte è abitato soltanto in estate e la ragazza, ogni sera, si sente obbligata a tornare in città. Non è ancora riuscita a trascorrere una sola notte là dentro, e le sembra impossibile viverci in totale solitudine, come sua zia Terzilia faceva da anni.

The dark strains of madness that permeate many of the works of Edgar Allan Poe make their way through this macabre story. This memorable short story bears a resemblance to Poe's Tell Tale Heart. In both stories guilt leaves a murderer with a singular choice.

In this collection of 19 short stories, Craig Nybo invites you to visit the lives of mostly unfortunate souls as they face the most terrifying moments of their existences. With everything from vampire hunting to zombie bashing, from steampunk death devices to shifty soul brokers, Nybo brings his own sense of perspective and, of course, his sense of humor to this collection of departures from reality. Terrifying Lies contains Nybo's acclaimed story, "The Mechanic", along with 18 other tales of the macabre.

He listened attentively when Grandpa talked. Curiosity is a terrible curse, he decided. And curious Zander was. He knew that they were considered outsiders on their street even when he was in the second grade. He just knew it even though people were nice to him and to his mother.