Occult Horror Mystery

Here’s a harrowing array of spine-chilling stories that will make your heart race nonstop. This book is full of twists and turns, dark corners, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and devilish plots that get your blood pumping. Horror Anthology contains 19 short stories of terrifying real tales of horror. With exceptional articulation and clarity, author Ann Gaiman spins dark but real tales that will make you sit on the edge of your seat.

Abby Cooper senses a convicted killer is innocent, but she'll need hard evidence to save the woman before it's too late.... A ticked-off judge has tossed Abby in the slammer for contempt of court, and during her brief but unpleasant stay she learns the story of a condemned woman who is facing a far more serious sentence. Skylar Miller has been found guilty of murder and faces the death penalty. Everyone believes she's guilty, including her own family and her ex-husband - everyone, that is, except Abby.

Emma Porter is 40, fat, frumpy, and a passionate amateur gardener. When her longtime lover dumps her for a younger woman, Emma escapes the cloying sympathy of family and friends by setting out on a summer-long driving tour of England's glorious gardens. A Dimity-contrived coincidence brings her to Penford Hall, a sprawling Gothic mansion in Cornwall, where she finds a duke in search of a missing lantern with extraordinary powers.

When Ellen and Sue discover that a demon is attached to Tanya, the three friends fly to New Orleans to enlist the help of a Voodoo high priestess. Soon they learn that Tanya's life depends on them finding and consecrating the remains of a Devil Child, cared for by Delphine LaLaurie and Marie Laveau. The key to finding the remains is hidden in a secret diary buried somewhere in a vacant Creole mansion in the French Quarter. It's time for the three friends to renovate and solve another mystery and hopefully live to tell the tale.

In Midcoast Maine, Jamie Flint and her K-9 team search for the cognitively challenged son of a local animal hoarder, while recently licensed private investigator Jack Juarez looks into a murder related to the case. Unfortunately, each new clue Jack finds in the investigation seems to lead him back to a suspect police already have in their sights: Jamie's son. Meanwhile, Jamie fights to save a critically ill pit bull pulled from the hoarder's home who could hold the key to the woman's dark secrets.

The Enchanted Village is abuzz when the old Tavistock house finally goes up for sale. Darcy's friend, Curecrafter Cherise Goodwin, is hoping she will have the winning bid on the home, but Darcy can't shake the feeling that something bad is about to happen - and her magical instincts are usually right.

Every hour, childlike Marc Rochat circles the Lausanne cathedral as the watchmen have done for centuries. Then one day a beautiful woman draws him out of the shadows—the angel his mother once promised him would come. But Katherine Taylor is no angel. She’s one of the toughest and most...

Das Wesen richtete sich mühsam auf, von einem unheiligen Zauber geweckt. Jahrtausende hatte der Gigant geschlafen; hier unten, auf dem finsteren, sandigen Grund des Meeres. Mit noch schwerfälligen, doch ungeheuer kraftvollen Bewegungen strebte er nun dem Licht entgegen. Schon spürte er die Nähe seines Opfers. Und wenige Augenblicke später sah er die dunkle Silhouette des Schiffes über sich.

When an elite group of Texas Marines—Echo Squadron—is sent into the remote mountains of Kazmira to investigate strange energy readings, they expect a mission of strategy and survival. But what they uncover is far beyond anything human warfare has prepared them for. Ancient beings stir beneath the earth. Giants rise in the shadows. Portals rip open reality. And whispers from Eden echo across the battlefield. Among them is Sergeant Samuel Carter—a soldier, a father of seven, and a man whose unshakable faith is about to be tested by a force older than time.

They've been with us forever - prowling the smoky roadhouse dives that are their watering holes and hunting grounds. Predators, lurking amidst the human herd. Changing shape at will. Lusting for blood and meat they are gods in the wild. Gods in disguise. And they feed on the spark inside each of us. Syd was just another lonely working class guy singing the steel-town blues. Then he met Nora. She's sensual, Erotic. Amoral.

Aleksandr Sokolovky is ready to die. Born into a legacy of blood and violence, trapped with his sadistic family in a sun-scorched desert town, he yearns for a freedom he can never have. Scare Street is proud to present the complete Wrath and Vengeance trilogy. Three spine-tingling novels of supernatural horror, plus exclusive bonus short stories from series author Sara Clancy.

The Gulf Coast Paranormal team's new client is someone the team knows! Sierra and Joshua have surprising news, and Cassidy and Midas aren't letting anything come between them. Peter returns, but can Midas trust him? The paranormal activity at the Dixie House Bed and Breakfast is beyond strange, and one person has already died. Can the GCP team uncover the truth about the case before another life is claimed?

When a restless college student and a weary bookstore owner cross paths with the Black Book, reality begins to fracture. Memories twist. Dreams bleed into waking nightmares. And as its influence spreads, a buried piece of history claws its way back: the violent 1933 farmers’ strike that scarred the region. The only one immune to its pull is an ordinary friend. But to stop the book before it consumes everyone he loves, he must uncover its secrets—and face the horrors that history tried to erase.

Moonfall, the picturesque town nestled in the mountains of southern California, is a quaint hamlet of antique stores, cider mills, and pie shops, and Apple Heaven, run by the dedicated nuns of St. Gertrude's Home for Girls, is the most popular destination of all. As autumn fills the air, the townspeople prepare for the Halloween Haunt, Moonfall's most popular tourist attraction. Even a series of unsolved deaths over the years hasn't dimmed Moonfall's enthusiasm for the holiday.

The Facility is gone. The cryptids being studied there are dead. Now the monsters are out in the open, changing the world forever. Dr Borm is on the run with Cryptid Nine, desperate to survive for the sake of the hybrid child his beloved ‘Nina’ carries.

A ghost story and supernatural tales based on actual events. A school in England is haunted by the apparition of a former Headmaster, who had died while giving his retirement speech to the end-of-term assembly, just before Christmas 1944. Since then, his spectre, wearing a traditional academic gown and mortar board, has been sighted many times patrolling the eerie, cloistered corridors. A member of the teaching staff develops a fixation with the ghost and an obsession with the paranormal. Be prepared to experience a wide range of emotions as he strives to unveil the ghost of Gerald Dowse.

We all can appreciate a good ghost story. But things get a little creepier when you realize that story is a true ghost story. Delve into delectable paranormal encounters from paranormal horror author Eve S. Evans.

Caitlin Nylo gave up everything to turn her father’s game company into a worldwide success. Along the way, she lost her mother, her marriage, and she barely sees her children. She’s rich, driven, and brilliant. But she’s also alone. After her eccentric father passes away, Caitlin is furious when she learns that instead of leaving the company and its fortunes to her, he has chosen to make his heirs compete in one last game: a scavenger hunt with a multi-billion-dollar inheritance waiting at the end.

Gregory knows something is wrong with his house. His parents don’t believe him, but he can feel it—and he’s frightened. DC Rose Gifford is called out after neighbours report a series of disturbances at the property, and she can feel it too. She knows Gregory and his family are in danger, and she knows that it will be down to her specialist supernatural crimes team to uncover the truth. Something terrible happened at number 42 Wyndham Terrace. And it’s Rose’s job to find out what.

It’s the day of his ex-wife’s wedding when Dan makes the winding mountain journey to a remote cabin for an escape from the life that another man has stepped into. Less than 48 hours into his reprieve, the forest tranquility is shattered when he looks through a telescope and witnesses the violent abduction of a young woman. Dan springs into action, but there’s no evidence of an abduction nor reports of a missing woman. That is, until Dan sees the missing person’s poster for Ivy Trent.