Magic Horror

A college professor encounters a magical computer network and struggles against demonic forces, his life and the lives of his friends hanging in the balance. Aided by a genuine witch and the ghost of his murdered friend, his quest involves crossing the country to go up against the System Operator of the magic web. "The ghost in the machine" can be taken quite literally in this instance. On his hero's journey, the professor runs up against a menagerie of magical creatures, some comic, some threatening, one very dangerous. Not only space and time but reality itself warps to bring the story ...

When we dream of falling, we inevitably awaken at the moment of impact. When we run for our lives from nightmare monsters, we invariably rouse before the bloodthirsty end. Myth and folklore imply we die in the waking world when we die in our dreams, and this is why living human beings never dream all the way through such slumberous events. This assertion begs a question. How many of the dead have suffered such fates? Countless anonymous people populate our night visions. Who are they? What becomes of them when we lay violent hands upon them in lividity of dreams?

For some reason, Jeff Whitmore has decided to make Jacob’s junior year of high school a living hell. The bullying has gotten so bad that Jacob considers changing schools. That is, until a Spellbook shows up in his backpack one afternoon. Inside Jacob finds a spell for help dealing with an enemy. After seeing how simple it is to cast, he grabs a few household items and performs the ritual. Problem is, the spell does not work out the way Jacob planned, because somehow he's summoned an evil entity that looks just like him, Jeff is dead, and he can’t figure out what went wrong. Now he's ...

Wild rabies runs rampant through the woods. The foxes are gaining ground, boldly making their way into the village. In Dichtersruhe, an insular yet charming haven stifled by the Swiss mountains, these omens go unnoticed by all but the new parish priest. The residents have other things on their mind: literature. Everyone’s a writer - the nights are alive with reworked manuscripts. So when the devil turns up in a black car claiming to be a hot-shot publisher, unsatisfied authorial desires are unleashed and the village’s former harmony is shattered.

Richard Milhous Nixon lived one of the most improbable lives of the 20th century. He faced down the Russians, the Chinese, and, ultimately, his own government. The man went from political mastermind to a national joke, sobbing in the Oval Office, leaving us with one burning question: How could he have lost it all? Here, for the first time, is the tale told in his own words: the terrifying supernatural secret he stumbled upon as a young man, the truth behind the Cold War, and the truth behind the Watergate cover-up.

Ancient dead gods are about to awaken. And one boy holds the secret to their resurrection. Fifteen-year-old Allan Green has stumbled into the realm of Andakar. To find his way home, he must travel across half a continent, aided by fantastical creatures, crazed wizards, and a few more less than savory accomplices. But there are others wanting to cut his journey short. Murderous cutthroats, savage forest creatures, and a cabal of vampires, just to name a few. Will Allan succeed? Will his greatest enemy hold the key to his very survival? Get your copy of Andakar today and find out!

WELCOME TO THE CULT Joaquín Colt is young and happy to appear just like millions of other Londoners who inhabit 21st-century mania. Except appearances are only surface-deep. Submerged in a hectic lifestyle that suits him, one in which he is a successful photographer working for trendy travel publications (a golden ticket that opens many doors, especially women’s), no amount of distractions or shallowness can hide a much deeper and disturbing truth – his belief that he's cursed. Ordered by his agent to take a short break before his next big assignment, Joaquín drives to the lakes and ...

She’s being used as a killing tool and now they’re out to destroy her. With a baby on the way, can she hope to survive? Hannah Ciric is so tired of running. With her uncle using her unique blood to turn dangerous immortals into humans, she’s desperate to find a safe place for the life growing inside her. But the pregnancy has unexpectedly changed her into a lethal toxin, and now all eternals want her dead. With nowhere to hide, Hannah is terrified her unborn child will never see the light of day.

When a vampire serial killer sends Anita Blake a grisly souvenir from Las Vegas, she has to warn Sin City's local authorities what they're dealing with. Only it's worse than she thought. Ten officers and one executioner have been slainï¿¿ï¿¿paranormal style. Anita heads to Vegas, where's she's joined by three other federal marshals, including the ruthless Edward. It's a good thing he always has her back, because when she gets close to the bodies, Anita senses "tiger" too strongly to ignore it.

Chalon is about the 11th book in the series or maybe the 12th. Ahi ended up being two books. This book has its own unique type of gimmick, like the others. I tried to make this book in a way that it takes place all in a day. I read that there was a book that takes place all in a day. I forget the name of it. Chalon explores a day in the life of a character. The Book takes day during the course of one day.The problem was that the book jumped from character to character. Mine focuses only on Chalon. You get a fairly good idea of his entire life story in a day. The book has a couple of horror ...

Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago's lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous little Monstrilio she keeps hidden within the walls of her family's decaying Mexico City estate. Eventually, Monstrilio begins to resemble the Santiago he once was, but his innate impulses—though curbed by his biological and chosen family's communal care—threaten to destroy this fragile second chance at life.

How far would you go to find the one you lost? "The Midnight Mirrors grabs you from the first page and never lets go. It unfolds at a heart-stopping pace and twists reality on its head. Every shock and revelation will keep you guessing right up to the end." --Reviewer Augustus Lyre is a pen maker. A skilled crafter of writing instruments. Or at least he used to be. Since his wife’s death, he hasn’t had the heart for work. Paralyzed by grief, he wanders aimlessly through the streets of Chicago, unable to comprehend that he is now living in a world void of her warmth. Then comes the day ...

This fantasy/horror/detective Novelette is the prequel to the case of 'LUCY RISING' (the first book in the Birch and Kane detective series, first two chapters included). The personal journal of tattooist Greg Bentley who, after a late-night visit by a mysterious young woman, becomes embroiled in a fantasy world in modern-day London. The document, later taken into evidence, tells the story of how the strange 'Lucy' uses her knowledge of angels, obtained through the book of The True Grimoire, to call upon the 18 Angels in service of her Master. The True Grimoire is the handbook of magic. A ...

The Price family isn't your average family. Andrew and his kids, Jamie and Paula, have just moved into a house in the middle of a cemetery with their ghoulish friends, a blood-phobic vampire, a vegetarian werewolf, a headless ghost, and an Egyptian mummy. But not even their spooky pals can protect them from the sinister Ebenezer Krim and the gravedigger's ghost who are willing to do whatever it takes to get the Price family to move out of their new home.

You might have read many fantasy books but this epic fantasy book will blow your mind with the amazing descriptive writing style. Author Wendy Zheng is determined to write more enticing and compelling fiction books in the future. About the Book: Skullduggery Nightmares When Renata walks into the school, she gets a strange feeling. It's a sensation she's never felt before, but she dismisses it because she's too excited for her first day. Her face is adorned with a constant smile, and despite the students' denials of her politeness, she continues to walk around with a smile on her face. She ...

Two stories that follow the adventures of two of Sherlock Holmes's best friends. 1. Pumpkin Nightmare Harry Houdini is forced to tangle with pirates who use supernatural powers and a giant monster man named Pumpkin. 2. Ghost of a Chance Professor Challenger and a young Queen Mary of Scots go on an adventure that turns into a nightmare, when they decide to prank a Baker.

When two best friends witness a meteor crashing to Earth, and then the aftermath of government agents flooding their town, they know they’ll need to do something drastic to hide what they know. Watching through their bedroom window to the rich widow next door, they devise a plan, a plan that will change all of them, forever. Stealing Mrs. Tingle is a male-to-female body swap and gender transformation story. A mixture of dark and sweet, there are sci-fi themes, along with body theft and a HFN (happy for now) ending.

Ponder this: Your wife gets the lauds and kudos, and finally a chance to make it big in Washington DC. But you, year after year, get the short end of the stick—and that in the rear-end. Your life is spent crawling in the shadows of your wife's success. What ends will you take to even the score? In this horror story of love, passion, rivalry, body-swapping, and ultimately revenge, we confront the dark side of human existence, at its grizzly worst.

24 Strange Stories of Ghosts, Magic, Hurricanes, and Frogs from the Author of Error Message Eyes, Release 2.0, Space Time and Other Dimensions, and Murder in Luna City. These stories are written in the pulp magazine style of stories from Weird Tales, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Planet Stories and Amazing Stories. Keith Graham's influences include Ray Bradbury, Ambrose Bierce, Robert E, Howard, and Edgar Allan Poe.

Cutthroat NYC lawyer Mary Whelton just buried her problematic old mentor. But as she leaves the mourners and protesters behind, the press stays hot on her heels. Desperate to escape, she unwittingly barrels deep into a remote forest in upstate New York. Until a collision—with a buzzing, oozing throng of cicadas—stops her dead in her tracks. She awakens in a crude cabin, held captive by Girl, a simple, hulking woman who mistakes Mary for her derelict mother and obsesses over a mysterious Brood.