Occult Paranormal Horror

When Mara hits her limit, her foster father meets her blade, and so starts her induction into a life of death and darkness. The initiation into the Infernal Blade is filled with pain and fear, but what comes out on the other side is one of the most powerful creatures to walk the Earth. Years before meeting her men, Mara, living as a homeless teen, meets the Elders just as her life is thrown into upheaval. With her best friend Rora by her side, Mara tries to work out what her life has become and works to come to grips with the fact that nothing will ever be the same.

Zoe Armstrong is used to tiny little ghouls darkening her door on Halloween, but what she isn't expecting to see is a hot, brooding vampire accompanying her last bunch of the night. She's certain she's never seen him before in town, and with a face like that, she would've remembered. But Luca Marchetti is much more than a pretty face - he's a vampire with a penchant for defending those in need. When tragedy befalls Zoe's household, will her life as a mortal be in danger? Or can she find a safe haven in her new protector's arms?

Howling from a pack of wolves that were getting closer made me stretch my back with horror. I didn't have anything to defend myself with. They were most likely going to eat me alive. Maybe they already devoured my friends. I heard them sniffing, the howling that followed was so loud that I had to cover my ears. A red wolf slowly walked towards me. His shiny eyes were gray. I could hear mom's voice telling me. "Never think like prey, think like a predator!"

Elizabeth has a gift. Every night, allowing her mind to travel into dark and mysterious places, she sees a world of vampires and creatures of darkness; a world she knows is real and feels compelled to paint. But her gift - her talent - is going to be put to the ultimate test when she dreams of Xander Stryker. Driven by a need to depict her new subject in all the horror and splendor that she felt in her dream, she resorts to the unimaginable. Her need will pull her into the depraved depths of the very supernatural world that she'd dreamt of for so long.

Imagine a world covered in darkness with black flakes falling with no sun. Where vampiers and minions have control of life in a time of redemption.This is my short story book called "Redemtion Beckons" and it will make you think of what yet is to come for mankind.

Tonia Brown brings you three werewolf stories. Enjoy! In "Moonshine", Carson discovers the cure to his unfortunate curse in an old woman's still. In "Beauty of a Beast", an inventor learns the truth about his beautiful assistant's secret life. Will he abandon her to her hairy fate, or rescue her with his own well-guarded secret? And in "House Rules", a werewolf and a vampire walk into a bar...

Al centro di questo racconto di Tarchetti vi è una visita inaspettata che terrorizzerà il protagonista e stupirà l'ascoltatore.

"La stagione della morte" è un racconto tutto italiano, un mix di pulp e horror con scene toste e a tratti raccapriccianti, ambientato nella Maremma toscana di inizio anni Ottanta. Ilio è un reietto e la sua vita in paese è stata sempre un inferno. Quando decide di lasciarsi alle spalle quel luogo tanto opprimente, l'unica persona che desidera portare con sé è Lara, la sua giovane fidanzata. Nessuno potrà fermarlo, è questo ciò che pensa quando bussa alla sua porta. Ma un oscuro mistero si cela dentro quella casa.

My father's name is Naoko Kasai. He is a handsome, brave, wealthy Samurai from the island of Tochigi, Japan. When he married my mother they wanted to have children right away. My father wanted the baby to be a boy to teach him how to be a Samurai, and fight side by side. Destiny intervened and a girl was born. My mother named me "Aiko". A few days before I turned 11 years old, my father asked me what I wanted for my birthday. Without hesitation I told him that I wanted a sword. I earned my "Samurai" status when I was 18.

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.

Fabiana is my name and I live in an Austrian forest. When I turned seventeen years old I inherited a responsibility that has been carried on for the last four-hundred years. I have to guard a magic fountain until I have my own children and one of them turns seventeen. According to our legend a young female vampire ancestor of mine named Nola; was hunting humans one rainy night when she spotted a beautiful gray stone fountain.

"Over the course of a single summer Egan Kulwicki turned 15, fell in love, and got his ass kicked, roughly in that order." A fun adventure short story about summer crushes, yard work, and demonic forces.

Queen Meredith of Brighton hears the whispers. Her people call her a witch. They don’t know how right they are. Prince Tyson of Tamb broke his engagement with Meredith years ago, but he has never stopped loving her. Despite the rumors. They meet, after 10 years of strife and prejudice, on the field of battle. But when Meredith takes Tyson prisoner it may signal the destruction of both their kingdoms.

I was found by a river one full-moon night, inside a wooden basket, when I was two months old. According to the old couple who found me, I was wearing a leather necklace with a large wolf's tooth attached to it. The name Amelia was engraved in it. I am 17 years old and a horrible curse will manifest on my 18th birthday. Without knowing, I am part of a werewolves and vampires prophecy. A good-looking werewolf named Alek will win my love. Unfortunately, my love for him will be tested by his dark side.

Classic author H.G. Wells turns his attention to a mystery at sea and a litany of creatures that seemed bent on the destruction of human life. A short story that may leave you feeling the beach and ocean may not be as safe as you thought.

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.

In this prequel to Island Ghosts: A Will Castleton Adventure, "slightly psychic" US Marshal Will Castleton receives one of his most powerful visions of danger while delivering a federal witness - all he knows is a blood-covered man holds a woman captive in an unspecified motel room. Within minutes Will is racing through the streets of Phoenix - can he fight and subdue the killer and rescue the woman, all while keeping his witness safe?

Join ghost investigator DeDe Rose as she journeys through the world of the paranormal with six bizarre and scary stories taking place in Pennsylvania. Each creepy story has an element of truth to rock your disbelief in things that go bump in the night. A special author note for each tale gives you the scoop. Find out about a werewolf legion in Strasburg and visit a haunted book store in Phoenixville.

In addition to being a prolific writer of Theosophical and occult teachings, Madame Blavatsky also penned a few tales of short fiction; although, she often claimed the events of her tales to be true, for added effect. This one recounts the tale of a traveler abroad, while searching for her lost dog and with aid of the whirling dervishes, encounters a strange humanoid creature known as the Oracle of Damascus, which they attempt to subdue.