Magic Horror

The devils dance around her bubbling cauldron. The search for his missing son leads retired police chief William and three members of his former crew to a remote town nestled in the shadow of the mountains. They are met by decaying buildings and shady locals whose weathered faces harbor a sinister pact with an evil entity. As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the town, the coming of darkness unveils the true nature of this secluded place. Surrounded by chaos, they find themselves in the ultimate battle for their mortal souls. Will William reunite with his son? Can they escape the ...

"Rivaling both Stephen King and Thomas Harris, without doubt, the edgy and provocative Luke Romyn is destined to emerge as the 21st century's newest Master-of-Horror."-- Dee Marie - Award-winning author of the Sons Of Avalon saga. New York’s underworld trembles at the mention of his name, evil courses through his veins like blood, and his conscience has lain dormant for over a decade while he slashed and burned his way to the top of the food chain. Vain. In the world of killers, he reigns supreme, and yet, he is chosen for a task of utmost compassion. Why would this assassin save a young ...

Rory Morris isn’t thrilled to be moving back to her hometown, even if it is temporary. There are bad memories there. But her twin sister, Scarlett, is pregnant, estranged from the baby’s father, and needs support, so Rory returns to the place she thought she’d put in her rearview. After a night out at a bar where she runs into Ian, an old almost-flame, she hits a large animal with her car. And when she gets out to investigate, she’s attacked.

The nightmare home. We thought we'd found our haven, a cottage deep in the heart of the forest. Quaint, charming, maybe a little run-down, but so peaceful. The woodland animals and birds couldn't have been more neighbourly. That was the first part of the Magic. Midge's painting and my music soared to new heights of creativity. That was another part of the Magic. Our sensing, our feelings, our love for each other - well, that became the supreme Magic. But the cottage had an alternative side. The Bad Magic.

This traditional fantasy adventure follows the early adult life of Bengallen as he emerges from the ashes of a broken destiny and is thrust into an uncertain future. In many ways Bengallen wants to restore, reclaim, or revenge aspects of his old life, but he is presented with a place and people, living under the threat of an ancient evil, who are in desperate need of a hero. He will face difficult choices and be called upon to perform deeds that cause even the gods themselves to shudder. He will know pain. He will be cast down. The question before him is not whether to rise, but how. The ...

In "The Baker Street Universe," Readers are transported to a thrilling alternate universe where magic and science intertwine, and monsters roam free. In this world, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle discovers that he has created a universe where his iconic character, Sherlock Holmes, is alive and well. Conan Doyle finds himself drawn into this new world, where he will join forces with other literary legends such as Professor Challenger, Watson, Ms. Hudson, Captain Nemo, and even Dracula, in order to help Holmes solve a series of dangerous and mysterious cases. As Conan Doyle explores this new universe...

In the heart of the walled city of Sanjiken, where magic fuels desire, the prestigious Sanjiken Magical Academy faces a new peril. A potent substance known as Dust is spreading, amplifying magical quirks and dangerously enticing students and staff alike with pleasure. Sophia, once a reserved student, now embraces her evolving powers, before her growing strength takes a transformative turn as she grapples with newfound abilities that challenge her very identity. Alongside her girlfriend Maya, whose psychic abilities conceal deeper secrets, they delve into the mysteries threatening their city...

Three sisters. One evil killer. This is the complete Bayou Magic Series.

Embark on a thrilling urban fantasy journey where Americana, fantasy, and ancient mythology collide. Join FBI agents Carina Keel and Jon Canopus as they navigate a world teeming with demons, witches, and fallen angels. In 'The Hive,' Carina Keel makes a chilling discovery—the creature that killed her father has returned, preying upon the residents of Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Keel wants revenge. Meanwhile, Vince, a mysterious drifter, finds himself in Portland, haunted by the ever-present voice of the Red Girl in his mind. Each day, he can pose three questions to her, but doubts arise—can ...

In isolated British Columbia, girls, mostly native, are vanishing from the sides of a notorious highway. Leo Kreutzer and his four friends are barely touched by these disappearances-until a series of mysterious and troublesome outsiders come to town. Then it seems as if the devil himself has appeared among them.

While exploring her new home, a young girl named Coraline unlocks a door to reveal a hidden passage. Intrigued, she ventures deep into a mysterious mirror realm, a world eerily similar yet darkly different from her own. There another mother and another father greet her, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.

Developed from a personal interest in American witchcraft, Raffaelle Pezzella has brought together a gifted group of authors whose interests lie in a similar field. Here you will find a wealth of interesting short stories that draw as much on historical documents as they do folklore, classic novels, and short stories or even modern cinema. In his previous volumes of short stories, Raffaele Pezzella, through his measured curation has developed a back catalogue of wonderful stories from a magnificently diverse group of writers. His volume of Lovecraftian tales, The Black Stone: Stories for ...

Candy Quackenbush's adventures in the amazing world of the Abarat are getting more strange by the hour. Christopher Carrion, the Lord of Midnight, has sent his henchman to capture her. "Why?" she wonders. What would Carrion want with a girl from Minnesota? And why is Candy beginning to feel that the world of Abarat is familiar to her? Why can she speak words of magic she doesn't even remember learning?

Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghostalker - and they sure do love to talk. Now she speaks to Edinburgh’s dead, carrying messages to those they left behind. A girl’s gotta earn a living, and it seems harmless enough. Until, that is, the dead whisper that someone’s bewitching children - leaving them husks, empty of joy and strength. It’s on Ropa’s patch, so she feels honor-bound to investigate. But what she learns will rock her world.

Everyone’s favorite fifteen-year-old ghostalker, Ropa, arrives at the worldwide Society of Skeptical Enquirers’ biennial conference just in time to be tied into a mystery—a locked room mystery, if an entire creepy haunted castle on lockdown counts. One of the magical attendees has stolen a valuable magical scroll. Caught between Qozmos, the high wizard of Ethiopian magic; the larger-than-life Lord Sashvindu Samarasinghe; England’s Sorcerer Royal; and Scotland’s own Edmund MacLeod, it’s up to Ropa to sort through the dangerous secret politics and alliances to figure out what really happened.

Twig lives in Sidwell, where people whisper that fairy tales are real. After all, her town is rumored to hide a monster. And 200 years ago, a witch placed a curse on Twig's family that was meant to last forever. But this summer, everything will change when the red moon rises. It's time to break the spell.

To make ends meet, Stacy decides to develop her special…powers. Everyone can use a touch of magic now and then, right? Soon she’s got clients lining up to receive her signature potions - until a few of them go awry.

Brant's always had trouble with the ladies... ...becoming the Wizard's Apprentice is helping...a bit! Working at Burke and Dunne to pay for college, Brant had always considered the curiosity shop a fun place, where he could unwind. Following the death of one of it's owners, though, things get somewhat more complicated. Dutch Dunne, the surviving owner, seemes to want Brant to be his apprentice...The Wizard's Apprentice. Is the old codger full of it? Brant thinks the downhill slide to dementia is accelerating for his beloved boss, but that was before weird things started to happen to him. Is...

It's not good to live in the past; even worse to die in it Paranormal investigator Wyatt Thomas awakens from a vivid dream in his French Quarter apartment. He finds an antique double-moonstone pendant placed in his hand by the ghost of a voodoo mambo. One of the two moonstones is missing, and both gemstones are needed to make the pendant magical. The rightful owner of the pendant is a supernatural fairy named Maurelle. Someone chopped off Maurelle’s wings and buried her alive in the ruins of a French Quarter Creole townhouse. A mystical beast still haunts the grounds of the estate. Now, ...

The dead do not rest. They whisper. They hunger. They remember. I was eleven when I first heard the dead. My grandfather’s voice drifted from the shadows, his hand—cold but familiar—brushed my cheek. It should have been impossible. The Order of Thanatos called it a gift. They took me in, trained me in their sacred rites, and taught me how to lead souls beyond the threshold. They told me we were shepherds, guiding the dead to their final peace. They lied. There is nothing sacred about what we do. The Order does not serve the dead. They consume them. And the deeper I descend into their ...