Dark Occult

Bailey is - at best - a loner before Lucien. When he steps into her world, it is like something from a dream. Every encounter leaves her breathless and wanting more. They are perfect together. That is, until he takes everything from her. Her heart. Her sanity...Her life.

If you long to leave the real world behind for a dose of danger and the supernatural, then this collection of three tales - "Carnival", "Only the Moon", and "Strange Sushi" - is for you. Authored by best-selling author, Lea Ryan, Dark Dreams and Troubled Souls is a series of short fiction based on horror and dark fantasy genres.

The trick of accepting redemption is finding something in yourself to redeem. A scary Halloween-themed ghost tale from Michael Lynes in The Trick.

Der Arm der Hölle reicht weit. Aus den Archiven des Wächterbundes kommt diese aufregende Erzählung in der Welt des populären deutschen Rollenspiels "HeXXen 1733". Im Dreißigjährigen Krieg öffnete sich ein Tor zur Hölle, und die Menschheit muss sich seither mit Hexen, Vampiren, Dämonen und anderen widernatürlichen Bestien herumschlagen. Als zwei entkräftete Fremde in ein Wirtshaus an einem Alpenpass stolpern, nimmt ein bitterkalter Winterabend eine brenzlige Wendung.

The story takes place at a cottage situated in the rugged moors in the north of England. When Ariadne, a maid at the guesthouse, meets a dark, handsome stranger by chance, sparks begin to fly. Can love endure in this remote place?

A man who's reincarnated through several "game-like" worlds bites off much more than he can chew when he decides to visit a world with an "impossible" clear difficulty. Will lifetimes of previous knowledge be enough to combat the effects of deadly curses? Oh, and did I mention - he can only level by purifying curses?

When an American man discovers that he's the last descendant of the De la Poer family, he travels to England to take over their crumbling estate. Accompanied only by his cat, the man follows the incessant sound of rats to a dark place beneath the estate, unearthing horrible, dark, gruesome secrets about his ancestors and the type of activities they partook in. Taken by madness, the man falls into a dark pit of despair and commits unthinkable crimes. This jarring story from a renowned writer of horror fiction utilizes fear-inducing themes to entice its audience.

Emily Schmidt has been locked away in an asylum for a long week since DilDozer first struck, but she can still feel his presence inside her. Breed. Incubate. Multiply. Repeat. Are you ready for the second cumming?

Lovecraftian themes abound in the tales of an intern at a madhouse and an illiterate madman. Slater, the madman whose unspeakable crimes led him to the madhouse, is continuously awakened in this story by surprisingly literate hallucinations of a glowing entity seeking revenge. Inspired by Slater’s uneducated background and the telepathic machine that he had made in his yesteryear, the intern delves deep into Joe Slater - who is receiving telepathic messages from a being of light.

Beneath a dead, forgotten city in north central Texas, an ancient evil strengthens. Guarded by a collection of monsters, demons, and freaks of nature, Gate 4 is our only defense. As long as its dark keepers remain on our side. Part One: The Eater: Paul Marrane is a forever man cursed with the bite that never heals. The hunger that never ends. Ambushed outside a honky tonk in Lake Worth, Texas, Paul is taken to the deep underground bunker of Gate 4 where the secrets of his past and the purpose of the gate intersect.

Lux and his younger brother, Lunam, enjoy the full freedom of the simple life and all the childhood adventures offered by growing up in a small village in a picturesque glen. Life is tranquil, peaceful, and just about perfect - except for one formidable fact.... Every day is followed by night. And, with the night, comes the DARKNESS.

Detective Chetwyn has a problem. He believes his chief superintendent might be vampire. He believes that mysterious eccentric Freddie Valentine might be one as well, and that he's going to be bumped off by Valentine's Polish hard-man Oneski.

When 35-year-old office worker Avery Brocus set up a profile on an adult hook-up site, he never dreamed a 22-year-old hottie would contact him. Nor did he imagine she’d want to meet him in person. After agreeing, he immediately has second thoughts. He’s expecting someone out to rob him of his money or identity. He’s not expecting to encounter creatures that want his very soul.

Aus der Tiefe des Pazifischen Ozeans ertönt infernalisches Gebrüll, das alles Menschliche verhöhnt. Die Welt, wie wir sie kennen, ist dem Untergang geweiht, denn Seine Zeit ist gekommen! Die Geschichte nimmt uns mit in die Zeit des Ersten Weltkriegs. Ein Matrose landet auf einem deutschen Kriegsschiff in Gefangenschaft. Es gelingt ihm, bei Nacht und Nebel mit einem Beiboot zu entkommen, ungewiss, ob Rettung wartet. Nach vielen Tagen auf offener See taucht unerwartet ein geheimnisvolles Eiland aus dem Meer auf und bringt eine schreckliche Wahrheit an die Oberfläche.

Jeremy flees into the subway beneath the streets of New York City to escape the undead horde. But he quickly discovers that there is more than darkness in the Tunnel.

Enter the hidden world of blood mages - and their victims.The underground few who practice blood magic - casting with a swipe of the blade and a few secretive Words - are not good people. Lem and Mags live in this world, and they try to be good, try to skate by on Cantrips and charms and scratch out a meager existence without harming anyone... much.

The workings of heaven are shrouded in mystery and myth, leaving us to only theorize as to what awaits us when we pass. There are those among us, however, that are special cases. These are good people who have committed a horrendous crime, such as murder. What makes their cases special, however, is the fact that by committing these egregious acts, one could argue that they have made the world a better place.