Magic Horror

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 ...

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 ...

I’m an occultist living in a haunted brownstone in upstate New York. The building is a ghostly double-image of itself, like a picture painted brightly over an older, weirder picture. It’s an equinox place, my mother once said, where dark and light things are equally in power. I want to tell you, dear strangers, why I was there and what I found.

In South Korea, a 105-year-old woman receives a letter. Ten days later, she has been thrust into the afterlife, fighting to head off a curse that will otherwise devastate generations to come. Hak Jeonga has always shouldered the burden of upholding the family name. When she sent her daughter-in-law to America to cover up an illegitimate birth, she was simply doing what was needed to preserve the reputations of her loved ones. How could she have known that decades later, this decision would return to haunt her?

Only very special people are chosen by children's author Laura White to join 'The Society', an elite group of writers in the small town of Rabbit Back. Now a 10th member has been selected: Ella, literature teacher and possessor of beautifully curving lips. But soon Ella discovers that the Society is not what it seems. What is its mysterious ritual, 'The Game'? What explains the strange disappearance that occurs at Laura's winter party, in a whirlwind of snow? Why are the words inside books starting to rearrange themselves?

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 ...

Lance and Luna Lingmell are orphans… Twice, actually. On top of that bummer, they also see ghosts, or “clingers,” as they call them. In a world that doesn’t understand them, the brother and sister protect their secret at all cost. Especially when a kind and loving couple agrees to adopt them. All Lance and Luna want in the world is for the adoption to work out, and more than ever, they know they must not reveal their special abilities. But, when they are brought to their new and strange home, a sprawling mansion in a strange town called Mistylock, they soon find out that not only ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

There is a famous cave located just outside of Spooksville. A lot of stories surround the dark place: scary ones as well as exciting ones. Adam decides to explore the cave with his friends, Watch, Sally, and Cindy. But the moment they go into the cave, the entrance closes behind them. They are trapped. In the dark. They walk deeper into the cave, frantically searching for a way out. The batteries in their flashlights begin to run low. Then they realize something is following them. Something that has been in the cave for a long time. Something big, black…and hungry.

Heading off for a weekend in Las Vegas with her friends, Jessie Ralle has only one worry: how to make it through the road trip in the same car as her ex, Jimmy Kelter. The guy she hasn’t come close to getting over since he broke up with her five months ago. The guy who’s finally ready to tell her why he did it, because now he wants her back. Only, sometimes knowing why doesn’t actually make things better. Sometimes it leads to bigger, more terrifying questions.

Darwin is a down-on-his-luck gravedigger, newly arrived in the Trinidadian city of Port Angeles to seek his fortune, young and beautiful and lost. Estranged from his mother and the Rastafari faith she taught him, he is convinced that the father he never met may be waiting for him somewhere amid these bustling streets. Meanwhile in an old house on a hill, where the city meets the rainforest, Yejide's mother is dying.

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.

One of the best ways to turn an average camping trip or sleepover with friends into an all-out adventure is to spark your kid’s curiosity with a nail-biting and edge-of-your-seat tale of terror. Whatever the case may be, these captivating and mind-bending stories are sure to capture their attention and leave them begging for more. On top of that, all of the characters are easily relatable and will even empower your children toward a deeper understanding of some powerful moral life lessons.

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.

A haunted stadium, a long-buried secret, and a team that’s better at banter than battling the supernatural. Can they crack the case, or will they end up on the sidelines?When Jackie Thompson’s paranormal documentary team is called to investigate eerie disturbances at Smoky Stadium, she’s skeptical but intrigued. Rumors of restless spirits, ghostly pranksters, and a notorious serial killer’s remains are too enticing to pass up. As the crew explores the maze-like underbelly of the iconic structure, they uncover more than just creaky floorboards. A scandalous history, spectral football...

Everyone is looking for shortcuts in life, but rarely do they find the kind they're looking for, and when they do, it never turns out like they thought. But what if you were to accidentally fall into cahoots with an other-worldly creature, who could provide those shortcuts and so much more? Of course, there's always a price attached to such favors, but killing gets easier the more you do it, and everything is great as long as the rewards outweigh the risk.