Short Stories Occult

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.

Unspeakable rituals are performed by an occult group residing in the Red Hook region of New York City in this haunting short story by H P Lovecraft, and told by Mike Vendetti.

Agatha isn't looking forward to Christmas. While other eight-year-olds are hoping for a pile of presents, she just wants her evil stepsisters to leave her alone. Summer and Rain have a cruel idea of what passes for fun, and it always involves tormenting Agatha.

Le venti storie che compongono questo volume spaziano nel tempo dai primi racconti rarissimi degli anni '60 al recentissimo Ontalgie. Una stupenda cavalcata attraverso i mondi dell'animo umano, che rimane uguale sulle rive del grande fiume natale come nell'immensità degli spazi siderali o nelle profondità del tempo.

"Prey for the Daughter of Hell" is a captivating short story by Conrad Kimball that combines elements of horror and romance. The story revolves around a 12-year-old girl who becomes the victim of a curse imposed by an Asian mystic. The mystic hypnotizes her, making her believe that her love life will mirror that of a female praying mantis, where she mates with males and then consumes them.

Joining together, nine Babylonian necromantic sorcerers were appointed as secret protectors of the royal court and the city by the King. In the shadowy halls of Babylon’s underground temples, they met under the veil of night, engaging in the most secretive of esoteric rites. In their ancient Akkadian tongues, they shared their dark secrets, communed with the dead, and joined with sister witches for intense sexual magic rituals.

A time so very long ago decided the very fate of our race. Men and women once survived below the core of the Earth's crust. Our faces, banished from the warmth of the sun, and left to the darkness and the cold stone. Visit a world where Vampires, Witches, Elementals, Demons, and Humans once ruled the land. Part four continues with the tale of Gerwulf, as he torments a small village under the command of a demon. The witch Isabella intervenes and provides him with some troubling news.

A time so very long ago decided the very fate of our race. Men and women once survived below the Earth's crust. Our faces, banished from the warmth of the sun, and left to the darkness and the cold stone. Our tale has been told so many times by so many different people. Yet, no one heeds the warnings, and the message of the tale is lost from generation to generation. The time is coming again, oh so very soon it will be upon us. Darkness will fall upon the Earth, and one of the five races will reign supreme.

"Cancellation" - A young woman discovers there's a penalty for having excessive non-payments to her credit card company.

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.

Tommie works hard. His job is not as glamorous as say a movie star or lawyer, but that doesn’t mean he shouldn't have time to relax once and a while. When his boss gives him the weekend off Tommie gets a chance to get away from it all. After work he and his gal head upstate for a weekend away with some friends. A cozy, secluded lakeside cottage awaits them. So does the Blood Mist.

First published in 1911, A School Story is a classic paranormal tale written by M. R. James, an author considered to be the originator of the modern-age ghost story. In this particularly story, a Latin teacher is troubled by unusual phrases from the dead language that start to show up among the work he sets his students; something about the phrases remind him of a dark secret from his past.

Jack Nightingale was always happier dealing with criminal cases or even divorce than he was with matters of the supernatural. So when a client came with a simple request to uncover the meaning behind her father's last words, he was happy enough to take the case. Little did he know that the investigation would lead him to one of the vilest demons to ever walk through the gates of Hell.

Jack Nightingale knows the dangers of doing a deal with a devil, but sometimes beggars can't be choosers. And when his nemesis Proserpine comes up from the bowels of Hell to ask for a favour, he has no choice other to help. Which is why the supernatural detective finds himself going up against the Undead, and putting his own life on the line.

Something out in the Everglades is killing people - and eating them. Supernatural detective Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate and discovers that evil is at work out in the swamps, and that more people will die unless he can stop it.

Supernatural detective Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate when an old man appears to have been hit by a train on an abandoned railway line. But there hasn't been a train there in more than 50 years. So what killed the old man? As Nightingale investigates, he realises that there are dark forces at work and his own life is on the line.

Supernatural detective Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate a case of stigmata. A young girl is bleeding from her hands and feet and claims to be talking to the Virgin Mary. But Nightingale soon realises that all is not as it seems - and the girl is in mortal danger.

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.

Classic horror stories from the 19th and early 20th centuries - annotated for modern listeners. This collection of stories and poems was originally selected with oral readability in mind, making this audiobook a sure-fire hit for listening to around the campfire at night, or to play for students - or for friends and family at Halloween get-togethers. For horror fans of all ages, these stories are guaranteed to intrigue, delight, and frighten!

Tonia Brown shoots for the weirder side of horror with this collection of strange tales.