Short Stories Occult

For Lori's senior thesis she has set out to answer the age-old question: Is there life after death? What she discovers is something beyond her wildest dreams. Unfortunately, without hard evidence, no one will believe her. So she delves even deeper into this unknown realm, only to find that being an uninvited guest has its consequences.

A sleazebag looking for a one night stand gets more than he bargained for in the form of a mysterious woman with red lipstick. Things do not end well for all parties.

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.

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.

A world destroyed by itself but not totally alone. An age that prophesied Earth's destruction by meteors. Out of the air comes infestation, which appears in the year 2013 to kill the President and the populations of vamps and werewolves.

It is the final days of the Civil War and a column of Union Cavalry has met stiff and unexpected and stiff resistance at Mosquito Creek, Virginia.... From one very strong young Southern woman. It is them against her. And they will lose.

Imagine living in a house over 100 years old, and of course wondering about the former occupants, and now the couple living in the home meets the former residents. Only one problem; the former residents have been dead for many years, and these are the ghosts of the loving couple who lived in the home searching for treasure. Glenn Hascall does a magnificent job performing as the narrator of this charming story by Virginia Woolf.

Charlie just didn’t listen. Charlie insisted on performing the ritual from the strange ancient book with the imperfections on the leather. Charlie wouldn’t listen to reason. And now he was dead. He was dead in a pool of blood in the center of the pentagram that was supposed to protect him, and I had to escape from all his ritual had wrought.

A terrifying short from the Hugo-winning author of The Man in the High Castle, narrated by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, in which paranoid Verne Haskel suddenly gains almost godlike power over two towns named Woodland - one of them just outside of San Francisco, the other lovingly constructed in the basement of his home.

A genius vampire named Sinclair creates an alternate world where vampires can experience a traditional human life of love, marriage, and children. Sixteen-year-old Gabriel is his beta tester and volunteers to fall in love with a coffee shop girl. But when the pain of love becomes overwhelming, Gabriel wonders about his decision. “It's too real,” he tells Sinclair. “You made it too real.”

Jenna is a beautiful girl who has always dreamed of seeking immortality on the Hollywood screen. When she comes across a beautiful woman named Kharis, she is offered a proposition for true immortality: life as a vampire.

Una joven monja pierde su fe al sentirse vulnerable en medio de una epidemia, en Etiopía. De regreso a casa es perseguida por un ser que ella siente, pero no conoce. Al final tendrá que enfrentarse a este ser para descubrir su propósito en este mundo.

A lot happens in this very short story by H.P. Lovecraft, but it begins as the title might lend itself to imagine - with a terrible old man. As three thieves find out about this old man’s treasures, they decide to visit with the man with the intent to steal his riches. Their plan goes horribly wrong when one of the three hears screaming from the getaway car. When he enters the house, he finds the hideous, yellow-eyed man staring evilly at him, waiting to usher in his doom.

Though The Street tries to remain in the realm of horror and the supernatural, what it really amounts to is one of the earliest written documents of Lovecraft’s political stance and stance on other races. In this story, the street is the protagonist. Lovecraft documents its growth from quaint and colonial New England town to downtrodden and dirty as immigrants move in after the first world war. When a “vast group of terrorists” living in the neighborhood plot to overthrow the federal government on July 4th, the street decides to take matters into its own (metaphorical) hands.

Blue Moon of Ake is a dark fairy tale about a magical OG (Original Goddess) named Jinabadi from the west, ancient America. Known as Badi for short, she experiences a couple of lives on her destructive journey. Blue Moon of Ake shows the early stage of the evil immortal queen building her kingdom to rule over all of ancient Africa (Ake). However on her deadly path she gets confronted with a different type of magic that traps her, and puts a pause on her wicked journey.

Emily Walters is a sharp, inquisitive fourteen-year-old north Florida girl who loves maps, her rusty old bike, and the forest behind her house. Sometimes her dreams tell her the future and sometimes her waking hours bring wise birds and other spirits into her life. In these three short stories, join Emily in her adventures and mysteries.

Sit back, turn the lights down low, and get ready for the scare of your life. This audiobook contains four short stories from 31 Horrifying Tales from the Dead by Drac Von Stoller, read by Peter Jude Ricciardi . Immerse yourself into some of the best horrifying short stories ever told, including "The Dead Sea Captain", "Koimeterion Gates to Hell", "Necronomicon", and "Once Upon A Nightmare".

When three burglars break into an old man's home, they take home more than they bargained for.

What would you risk to escape death? This is the question and test Thomas answered - and failed. Now he's on a race against time to save his daughter before she makes the same mistake - a mistake that will leave her enslaved to Death for all eternity.

Nel bel mezzo di un'accesa discussione sull'esistenza del soprannaturale, Porfirji Kapotonic racconta del fantasma canino che tutte le notti, accucciato sotto il suo letto, con i suoi ululati gli impediva di dormire. Ma quel fantasma canino recava un messaggio che gli avrebbe cambiato la vita.