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.

This collection of stories spans 10 years in the career of writer J.A. Cummings. Through genres of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, she delves into the souls of killers and the killed and the horrors of the past, present, and future.

Hauntings, banshees, incubi, nightmares, phobias, cyborg disease, hit men, serial killers, vampires, and more. The range of these 10 stories is wide and inclusive of many genres. Each story packs a one-two punch, and will leave the listener questioning what it means to be human from "A Snitch in Time" to "Human Error" and "Bed Bait & Beyond", these tales skewer what we think we know and supplant it with what we should have known from sentence one to end.

Bereits zum dritten Mal entführt Markus Krüger seine Leser hinab ins Untere Reich. Werden Sie Zeuge, wenn ein junger Mann besser nicht der verführerischen Fremden in den Wald gefolgt wäre. Werden Sie Zeuge, wenn in einer einsamen Berghütte der Wahnsinn und ein Virus um sich greifen. Werden Sie Zeuge, wenn eine Mutter nach einem tragischen Unfall um das Leben ihrer Tochter kämpft. Diese und noch weitere gruselige, ekelhafte und morbide Ereignisse erwarten Sie bei "Geschichten aus dem Unteren Reich" Band 3.

Roland Butler's life is falling apart. He has been fired from his job only to come home to a furious wife. To make matters worse, he discovers his wife's infidelity. Defeated and hopeless, Roland loses all direction in his despair. In his time of need, Roland meets a mysterious man who vows to change Roland's life.

Stories include: "Epistaxis"—Actual vampires don’t need fangs in order to feed. "Starlight, Starbright"—An astronaut defies orders not to return to Earth, but he does anyway…with dire consequences. "Rescue"—Two detectives go in search of thirteen missing children and the person responsible for their disappearances.

Where do you start? Where do you end? At some point, you stop, sit, and enjoy, or else you become enveloped in the darkness. The Minstrels Are Calling is a book of nightmares, spooky stories, and poems; homages to Hunter S. Thompson and Allen Ginsberg; and a prequel for the author’s graphic novel NUMB. Spiders, zombies, vampires, psychics, supernatural beings, death, creation, and obscure mythology are some of the topics that are embraced within this book.

"The Playground": Jack Francis has lost his zest for life. Retirement has left him feeling old, and divorce has left him feeling useless, until one day, he witnesses something extraordinary. "The Crack in the Wall": The old stone wall that runs the length of Hendersonville Road in Milner's Hollow has a strange crack in it. On a beautiful summer's day, two little girls discover the terrifying truth about that crack. "Bossman": Disenchanted with his dead-end job, Eric Pendergrass discovers a strange way to make his boss pay.

The Reluctant Seamstress is an outcast among her people. Cursed to never set foot on land, she swims in the dark depths below the ocean’s surface. Now her life depends on making the perfect suit for her master. The only problem is that everyone knows human flesh is a fickle material. Some family traditions must come to an end.

Selbst der Aufenthalt in der Psychiatrie kann Horror-Autor Markus Krüger nicht davon abhalten, schaurige Geschichten zu veröffentlichen. Mit sieben brandneuen Kurzwerken führt der Meister des Makabren seine Leser hinab ins Untere Reich. Seien auch Sie dabei, wenn ein junger Arzt bei einem Patienten eine unerklärliche Krankheit diagnostiziert, eine alte Dame besser niemals aus dem Fenster heraus die Vögel gefüttert hätte und ein Hausverwalter im Keller seines Auftraggebers eine grausige Entdeckung macht!

The race against time is now in full effect as Timothy, a servant of God, finds himself in a dark place after losing nearly all of his family due to COVID-19; each of them becomes his guardian angel and begins to show him signs and wonders that the end is near. Timothy locks in on the antichrist, and those in power around him fight to keep the truth covered. Will the truth be revealed? Find out in the riveting novel that will keep you on your feet and leave you wanting for more and more!

Selbst der Aufenthalt in der Psychiatrie kann Autor Markus Krüger nicht davon abhalten, Horror-Geschichten zu veröffentlichen. Mit fünf brandneuen Kurzwerken führt der Meister des Makabren seine Leser wieder hinab ins Untere Reich. Werden Sie Zeuge, wenn die Experimente an einer Laborratte grauenhafte Folgen nach sich ziehen, ein Paketbote eine unheimliche Lieferung durchführt und ein Mann von den Geräuschen in seiner Wand in den Wahnsinn getrieben wird. Diese und weitere unheimliche Kurzgeschichten bietet Ihnen der zweite Band von "Geschichten aus dem Unteren Reich".

Author Casey O offers a thought-provoking and tantalizing set of captivating horror tales that beg the question: What marriage can come from demented love? Each story, featuring a fearsome wedding, depicts a fresh and effortless set of scares that will linger in the minds of all who dare to hear them. This collection is a new take on horror, one that questions the fabric of our reality, producing an overwhelming eerie atmosphere to overtake the senses with three frightening narratives made up of unique characters, situations, and frights.

Magpie’s Ladder comprises five stories that came to me while working on my visual art. My preferred drawing technique is stippling in ink, creating images with countless dots using a mechanical pen or brush. During those long hours, my imagination would wander, introducing strange characters and settings. The elements began to cohere into stories. Writing them down became a new path for expression and for approaching the worlds that I enjoy creating.

A collection of seven classic short stories that draw us into that hidden world where fear is just around the next corner, and where loving hands can touch across the boundaries of death. Edith Nesbit, author and poet, was known for her over 60 adventurous children's stories; however, she was first known for her poetry and her venture into the supernatural short stories for adult audiences. She called her collection Grim Tales. Her classic style and imagery has proven to be ageless and inspirational to modern writers.

This book contains 10 short stories from the deepest depths of the psyche. Are you brave enough to read these tales of chilling terror? If so draw the bed covers close, light the bedside lamp, and prepare for a rare treat of an audiobook.

From A Year in the Borderlands author Kevin Candela comes another thrilling double feature, drive-in style! In "Shore Leave", shipwreck survivors Heatherine Daniels and Sheila Grange penetrate deep into a mysterious cavern only to discover that there is much more to their desert island than coconut palms, seashells and sunburn.

Quattro racconti di Nathaniel Hawthorne, caratterizzati dall'essere ai confini della realtà. "Il gran carbonchio", una caccia da una preziosissima pietra, ambientata nel far West; "La statuetta di neve", in cui si mettono in guardia coloro che vogliono far del bene a tutti i costi; "La figura di prua", in cui lo spirito dell'arte passa come una folata angelica, o diabolica, a scelta del lettore; e "La vergine dei veleni", in cui si ribadisce che l'essere amati è da preferire all'essere temuti.

If you take enough rides with the devil, pretty soon, he'll drive. Jake learns this the hard way when the devil gives him a task he thinks he can't finish. Or can he?

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.