Occult Paranormal Horror

Over 100 years ago, a group of witches escaping a second wave of witch trials made their way from New England to Whitewater, Wisconsin, known as Second Salem. Others, seeking knowledge in spiritualism and the occult, also made their way to the city and, through their ignorance, unleashed an evil entity poised to destroy the city. Three sisters, the Willoughby Witches, created an incantation strong enough to ensnare the demon. Now, 120 years later, the incantation is at its end, and the demon grows stronger every day.

There is nothing more dangerous than an insane witch. Liliya Romanov is bipolar and schizophrenic. Her mother, Dima, had no choice but to curse her with an invisible fence. Nineteen-year-old Astra Romanov is an outsider among normal people. She would like to be anybody but who she is, a third-generation witch. Her family are magical. Astra struggles at the family witchcraft business. Her grandmother Dima is a 187-year-old shapeshifter.

Former Potions Master-in-training Elizabeth Grace Sloan left the paranormal world - and her magic - behind more than 20 years ago to go off and see the mortal world. She married a mortal and had two wonderful children. Now, her firefighter husband is dead, killed in a tragic house fire when the ceiling collapsed on top of him. With nothing left to tie her to the mortal world, Elizabeth packs up her kids and moves home to the paranormal sanctuary town of Fairweather Falls, where the magic, the family, and the love she left behind wait for her still.

The Book of Revelation describes a war in heaven between angels led by the Archangel Michael against those led by "the dragon". Adalia Moore and her guild, The Lords of Light, return from Hell broken and on the precipice of madness. Mending their bodies proves easy. Addressing their heightened aggression and thirst for violence is another matter.

They call me a monster. They say that my bloodlust is too dangerous. That my other form is too powerful. But I can’t change what I am. A berserker. A species that has so few females we’re more legend than reality. But the day I shifted into my monstrous form and killed, it didn’t matter. Sent to a reform school as a last chance before execution, I now have to survive amongst the worst of my kind. And there’s a reason people fear berserkers. A good reason. Not only that, but my rare ability has attracted the attention of a dangerous man who will stop at nothing to have me.

In a quiet country farmhouse, Britain’s vampires gather. The Coven meet once every 50 years to discuss territories, disputes, threats, and food stocks - and to approve new members. For one is coming tonight who could be joining their ranks if they all agree. Unwitting Essex boy Sebastian Crockett thinks he’s on a promise with sexy Vanessa.

Thousands of years ago, I made a mistake. A terrible mistake that cost me everything. My dearest husband. My beloved children. Even my humanity. My curse makes me dangerous to all those around me, so I've secluded myself where I can never hurt another person again. But the Fates have other plans for me that don't include hiding for eternity.

After discovering an army of rogue vampires hiding in a network of secretive caves beneath Darkhaven, Ava López finds herself trapped by the sun with an enemy who bears a striking resemblance to someone she believed was lost forever. The longer Ava is imprisoned with the mysterious newcomer and his legion of undead, the more she questions everything the hunters have taught her. She fears the worst - that they too have lied to her. Out of allies and losing hope, Ava is forced to turn to a very unlikely source for help. A human.

Instructed in the Wiccan path by her mother and father, Abigail is a solitary Witch and very accomplished for her young age. After her mother's sudden death leaves her feeling isolated and alone, she finds solace in the art of witchcraft and dedicates herself to the study of the Old Ways. Between her father's new girlfriend, and being caught in a love triangle with her childhood friend Vic and fellow witch Erica, 17-year-old Abigail finds herself growing quickly dissatisfied with her life and the world.

After Ava López’s deepest secret is exposed, Sofía discovers the vampires are hiding a staggering truth: Ava is a hybrid - part witch, part vampire - a creature that should not exist. Sofía worries the repercussions of allowing such a powerful being to remain as sole protector of the amulet will have everlasting and dire effects. Even as the line between protecting the amulet and harnessing its power begins to blur, Ava assures her friends that she alone must carry this burden.

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.

Can't have a midlife crisis if your entire life is a crisis. After that bombshell of discovering the identity of the evil entity roaming the halls of my estate, burning down the house to root it out was looking like a good idea. If only it was that simple. Knowing who it is and finding it within the labyrinth halls of this estate is proving to be a challenge. And now the house itself is sick? Can a house even get sick? Looks like I've got some ghostbusting to do.

Saoirse Madigan, an Irish witch, has seen the little girl in her visions since she was a child. Her investigation into who the child was and how she died has led her to the Savoy. Felix Spenser, the Head Concierge at The Savoy, knows she is his soul mate from the first time he met Saoirse. He is convinced that her obsession with one of the Savoy’s famous ghostly residents could be dangerous. When Saoirse begins to question those who have kept the secret for more than a century, she unknowingly sets off a course of events that will prove Felix right.

Only very special people are chosen by children's author Laura White to join 'The Society', an elite group of writers in the small town of Rabbit Back. Now a 10th member has been selected: Ella, literature teacher and possessor of beautifully curving lips. But soon Ella discovers that the Society is not what it seems. What is its mysterious ritual, 'The Game'? What explains the strange disappearance that occurs at Laura's winter party, in a whirlwind of snow? Why are the words inside books starting to rearrange themselves?

A masterful anthology featuring 19 pieces of short fiction, Growing Things is an exciting glimpse into Paul Tremblay's fantastically fertile imagination. From global catastrophe to the demons inside our heads, Tremblay illuminates our primal fears and darkest dreams in startlingly original fiction that leaves us unmoored. As he lowers the sky and yanks the ground from beneath our feet, we are compelled to contemplate the darkness inside our own hearts and minds.

The gentlemen with the wicked brown eyes - the beautiful young man whose image had been immortalized more than two centuries before by the artist's brush - seemed much more than pigment and paint and canvas. When best-selling author Rachael Lafferty sees the painting on the auction block, the beautiful young man captures her heart and her writer's imagination. She knows she has to have the painting.

Wild fire threatens Los Angeles again, but this time there is something unusual about the fires. Alex Ascher finds herself caught up in a power struggle between factions she barely knew existed. Danger lurks around every corner and at every tick of the clock. And then her mother shows up with an ominous warning that Alex has no choice but to ignore. Crossing an ancient evil like Mahlat is never a winning bet, but the alternative could be worse than death.

Lillian Bowan has seen a lot. A former war correspondent turned struggling journalist, she has been searching for the one story that will satisfy her ambition to be part of something meaningful. When she rushed down for a coveted TV spot covering a gas main explosion, she never dreamed it would put her on a dangerous path of discovery.

At the edge of sanity lies an extraordinary truth. Discovering it may be the last thing she ever does.... Hannah thinks she’s losing her mind. After hitting and killing a man with her car, his body and blood vanish without a trace. Desperate to prove she isn’t insane, she searches exhaustively until she finds him - alive and unharmed. Taken under the wing of the handsome stranger, she’s stunned to learn he’s part of an ancient race of immortals. But so is his deranged sister, and she murders every person who learns his secret.

During one of the TMI exercises, I had an "event" that turned into an in-depth lecture on something a small group of Spirit Guides (aka Guardian Angel or however you personally relate to as being the unseen guides influencing your life) provided. They focused on something they called "Order Effect Theory" which we would understand as systemic effect. In other words, they wanted me to understand the details and importance of what one person does in their life and how it can affect others.