Halloween House

Kyle is a man riddled with guilt. He knows it’s now up to him to put it right, but will he and Vana manage to end the curse before Detectives Fairway and Grain discover the truth? He suspects that the clue to stopping Hagatha is hidden somewhere in his childhood, but can he find the answer? With the help of Vana, he hopes to stop Hagatha once and for all.

Sacred – Ghostly Tales. Three traditional Victorian ghost stories from David Ralph Williams. For many, the ghost stories of old and particularly, from our Victorian forebears have always been popular. The Victorians excelled at telling them as they had an uncanny flair for capturing the feeling of malevolence and unearthly horror. Christmas eve has traditionally been the time to tell such frightening and eerie stories whilst seated around the fireside. Montague Rhodes James a principal of King’s College Cambridge was a master of this art and would invite students and friends to his ...

Thirteen-year-old Britney Danison longs to be back home in Vermont after her family moves to Willowild, Louisiana. In this lonely, creepy place, she misses her old friends, her old school, and her old house, especially after she hears about the famous phantom that haunts the swamp. When she sees the ghost and odd things start happening, she and her new friend, Zack, familiar with the bayou all his life, are determined to uncover the truth. Who or what is the phantom? Is it dangerous? Why does the Phantom of Willowild seem particularly interested in Britney? The answers lie hidden deep in ...

Five college students on Halloween night set out to discover the secrets of the town's most famous haunted house. A fun thrilling time. A fun thrilling night. Or so they thought until they started dying one by one. Will any of them survive the night? Bonus Story: Demon Energy This short story is about a man possessed and tormented by a thousand demons and his struggle against a losing battle to save his soul. Bonus Story: The Man from the Road A man suddenly appears on a road. He's lost, confused, no clue as to how he got there. He starts to walk and stops. There's a bonfire in a field. He ...

A House Mouse at Christmas Follow the adventures of Edam Mauz, a house mouse who goes to visit his country cousins at Christmas. A House Mouse Picnic Edam and Gouda Mauz have gone into the woods to gather nuts and berries. Gouda wants to go to the meadow and Edam to the pond. Edam's adventures with the wild animals in the marsh teach him that there are many scary things in the world beyond the farm, but there are many wonderful things and new friends waiting too. Cinder Mouse A House Mouse at Halloween Edam Mouse has found the best club house in the world-- a giant pumpkin where someone has...

Finn hates Halloween. Yet this year he let his best friend, Ryan, peer pressure him into going through a haunted house. When Ryan comforts Finn during the frightening experience, though, Finn realizes there are some perks to being spooked. This sweet and steamy MM short story features first time, friends to lovers, and a haunted frat house.

Kids who love video games, especially Minecraft, will love the hilarious ‘Game on Boys’ series. Designed to appeal to the heart of any boy or girl with its captivating story lines, whacky illustrations and side-splitting humor, as well as lots of awesome gaming content. They won’t want to put it down. Check out the 'look inside' option for a sneak peak. Warning : There are some thrillingly chilling moments, but House of Horrors is not as scary as its name sounds. Could this be the end for Ryan James and the PlayStation club? Will he ever get to play Minecraft or see his PlayStation ...

Chloe Rossi wants to retire with her husband and move away from suburban sprawl to bucolic Morelville; the only trouble is, Morelville is experiencing its worst crime wave ever and Marco Rossi wants no part of a move there. What to do? Faye Crane would like nothing more than to have her good friend Chloe move closer to her and to Chloe’s own daughter. She’s got Chloe convinced it’s a smart move but Marco is a tougher nut to crack. A string of brutal, ritualistic style murders around Halloween with no witnesses and little evidence to work with has Fayes’ Sheriff daughter and her ...

Not even a memory ago, Waterford lost one of her daughters. Under circumstances not understood, a daughters friends search for answers. Those friends are few. Their questions are many. In this time and place help is in short supply. He whom holds the key to the answers has been secured away himself. As Jingles might say, circumstances are not conducive to revelation. Fortunately, Jingles is never alone in his search for truth. As always, his best friend Lazar is at his side. Also, lurking about is Lazar's younger brother, Nipsy. An inquisitive little lion who has offered to lend a hand. ...

Agnes Leeland groaned when her mother pulled up in front of the abandoned home, they were going to rent for who knew how long! "Oh Mom, this house looks like a witch's house! It's bad enough that you and I are witches, but now people will automatically assume it's true! Why did you have to pick this house?" Agnes and her mother were constantly on the move after it was discovered that they each possessed magical powers. Agnes especially had a difficult time fitting in at school, and without meaning to, would sometimes let her peers have it with her magic when their taunting would go too far....

When a baby is kidnapped in broad daylight with no witnesses, an otherwise sleepy suburb is rocked by scandal and ten-year-old Flora Lanyon is terrified. Decades later, Flora takes a job as a live-in carer for elderly couple, Agnes and Abraham, moving into the decrepit watermill where they live. As strange and unexplainable occurrences start to happen, Flora grows increasingly suspicious. What dark secrets are hiding in the house? Is Flora safe there? And can she unearth the truth before the past catches up with the present?

One bite of temptation, and now I'm navigating a world of candy, curses, and second chances... Slipping after getting out of the bathtub and hitting my head on the toilet seat wasn’t exactly the way I’d imagined ascending to the pearly gates, but nevertheless, there I was, Bethany Snow, knocking on heaven's door. Looking back, I should have suspected something when I spied the freshly baked devil’s food cake next to the manna on the buffet. I would have blamed my choice to go for the devil's chocolate on PMS if I’d still been alive; however, after one bite of sweet temptation, I was...

It's time for Halloween, and Mr. Fish is nervous about visiting a haunted house with his friends - but he just may be surprised that it's not all so scary!

For the tenth year, Mary O'Reilly Alden and her friends and family gather around the Jack O'Lantern to share tales of paranormal events that have happened in their lives. From creepy dolls to frightening ghosts, these stories will send a chill up your spine and have you sleeping with the lights on. So, light the candle in your Jack O'Lantern, pull together some close friends and family, and share these spine-tingling stories based on actual events.

When Frankie looked down at the dead clown in the coffin with its whitened features and lifeless eyes now closed with copper lids, he never thought that stealing money from the dead would have such serious consequences for years to come. There was something cold, something unsettling about the Happy Fair penny arcade, and now it was hers. Tamela could feel it, as though the place was alive, watching her and listening to her as she opened its doors for the first time in fifteen years. Pieces of the past had lingered, enclosed within like old crisp leaves from a forgotten summer. Perhaps it ...

From Dust Bowl freakshows to modern day existential horror, Deathtripping collects thirty-five short stories written over a twenty-year period. Disturbing, provoking, surreal, absurd, and bitingly morbid, these stories are invitations to a world that wants to swallow the reader whole. Contains the following stories: ROOM 19 • MARKET ADJUSTMENT • THE DUST SEASON • THE MAN WITH THE FACE LIKE A BRUISE • THE PHOTOGRAPHER • THE FUNERALGOER • THE NIGHT THE MOON MADE A SOUND • THE JACKTHIEF • THE SCREAMING ORCHARD • GLOWERS POINT • CRUEL WOMEN WITH WHIPLIKE SMILES • THE SMOKE...

Only a few days before Halloween, and young Marvin is already in for a big scare. When the time is right, he strikes out late in the night, to visit that spooky house up there. You're in for a treat when you listen to find out how Marvin gets tricked out of being frightened, once he bravely enters the Kooky Spooky House!

Fellow cozy mystery lovers, it is time for you to become an amateur sleuth too! Can you figure out what… A retired librarian, An old letter found hidden in a library book, An abandoned estate noted for its tragedies …have in common? Retired librarian Marty Frost finds a hidden letter from her long-lost cousin, Felicity, in an old book. Dated ten years ago, the letter hints at a dark secret in their hometown of Whispering Creek. As Halloween approaches, Marty stumbles upon chilling tales surrounding an abandoned estate where Felicity once served as the personal assistant to its owner. ...

I wrote “’Twas Halloween Night” with a mind towards how Dickens, in his great holiday story, makes sure both to comment on society and to suggest ways in which we, as its members, might make it better. Thus, Jorlyn’s experience, like Scrooge’s, leads her to a greater understanding of her human family and her responsibility to it. Years ago, when I first began working on the poem, I had in mind the need for my own little boy to be aware of, and sensitive to, the world around him.

Chris Landrum’s least favorite holiday was rapidly approaching, and his wish was that Halloween would slip away like a phantom disappearing into the fog. The retired bureaucrat’s hopes were shattered when a man walking within inches of him was gunned down. Chris then learns the dead man was on Folly for a conference of psychics, mediums, witches, palm readers, and others with paranormal powers.