Occult Horror

Max and Holly were trying to leave Phoenix in their rearview mirror but it wasn’t safe to just cruise down the freeway, people could be watching. Things had degenerated so fast as the necrotics spread, having a working vehicle made them a target for anyone trying to escape. How would they make it out of Phoenix, let alone all the way to Flagstaff? With the world on the line, there was a zero percent chance something wouldn’t go wrong.

A fierce sandstorm hits southern Algeria and uncovers a lost ruin, its location unknown to modern man...until now. A team led by slacker archaeologist, Harrison "Hank" Boyd, is called in to investigate the find. In way over his head, Hank must lead his team through countless dangers and survive brutal encounters with enemies both human and inhuman alike. And if that's not bad enough, a shadowy group with a thirst for violence and a blind ambition is hot on their heels and will stop at nothing to obtain what has been found. Hank and company should have heeded the warning left by the ancient ...

SOME HOUSES NEED US… Fifteen years after she swore never to set foot in Ashwell again, Althea Gardner is brought back to her hometown by the suicide of her high school best friend, Claire Appleton. Beatrix, Claire’s grief-stricken mother and now the last surviving member of the Appleton clan, begs Althea to stay with her at Appleton Hill. Nursing her own broken heart, Althea ends up as a guest in this vast and isolated property filled with the shadows of people that no longer walk this earth. As the days go by, the locals’ suspicions about Claire’s death create doubts in Althea’s ...

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...

When I was a child, one of my favorite stories was about a haunted house on the edge of town. The tale was embellished with gory details and bone-chilling twists, leaving me both terrified and fascinated. Despite the fear that crept into my bones, I couldn't get enough of these gruesome tales. As I grew older, I found myself seeking out horror stories in books, movies, and even podcasts. The adrenaline rush that came with each jump scare and the thrill of being transported to a world of darkness and terror became almost addicting. I reveled in the feeling of being scared out of my wits, yet...

"Wow, the writing is intense, the plot nothing short of vicious, the characters as flawed as any I've read, the action includes some of the oddest fights ever, and throughout this strange novel I never lost interest." - KOBAM "Good Read. Loved it, different. ... I loved the storyline. Looking for more!" - Ardythe M If you step in the shadows, you die. When Ben Reilly returns to his home town after a bad break-up, all he's hoping for is to live a nice, quiet life and fade into the shadows. But in this town, the shadows are the last place you want to be... And when Ben's high school ...

Shane Ryan returns to his hometown of Nashua, and the childhood memories that have haunted him throughout his life. Something sinister prowls the shadows of his family home. And a darkness threatens to destroy all he holds dear.

The shadows of the past come alive. After twenty years of silence, Dina returns, driven by an insatiable hunger for power and revenge. Her eyes are fixed on the legendary scarab, the key to an ancient power that can reduce the world to ashes. Lillian and Roy Sawyer are the only ones who know Dina's true intentions. But as the swinging sixties are in full swing, Dina's next move remains a mystery. Will they uncover her plans before it's too late, or will Dina finally triumph and plunge the world into a new era of darkness?

With Coal Region Hoodoo, Maxim W. Furek continues his exploration of high strangeness inside the Pennsylvania wormhole that gave birth to The Night of the Living Dead, The Blob, and The Philadelphia Experiment. His journey takes us beyond the netherworlds of Centralia, Sheppton, Chestnut Ridge, and The Pennhurst Asylum. It looks into the eyes of demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren and the twisted souls of serial killer Gary Heidnik and con artist Richard Sharpe Shaver while exploring the preternatural secrets of Bigfoot, cryptids, Kecksburg, The Smurl Haunting, Pennsylvania Dutch Powwowing...

Qiang is a tetrachromat—a young woman born with a rare genetic mutation that gives her color vision a hundred times more nuanced than ordinary eyesight—and she is being hunted. Living on her own for the first time, Qiang was eager to begin her college career and develop herself as an artist. Then, she began noticing people with subtle markings that no one else could see. At first, she was curious, but when the strange people learned she could see them for what they were, Qiang had no choice but to leave her life behind and run. The truth is shapeshifters live among us. They wear our ...

A grim horror overshadows the village. A horror over three hundred years old. Here lives a witch who seeks vengeance on the folk who live beneath Raven Hill. A witch gone rogue, an evil crone with a vengeance that must be satisfied at all costs. Fish are dying. Crops are withering. The birds no longer sing. Everywhere, flocks of malevolent ravens darken the skies. The air is poisoned. Nate fears the life is slowly being choked from the village. But he has no idea why. For the villagers, time is running out. Who is the mysterious but enchanting Abbie who has set up camp close by? Is her ...

They Never Left When disgraced journalist Rex Mallory returns to the small town of Whisper Ridge, he expects rust, rumors, and a few ghosts from his past. What he doesn’t expect is a missing woman, a mutilated corpse, and the burned remains of a notebook that points to decades of disappearances. As Mallory digs deeper, he uncovers chilling whispers of an abandoned asylum, a preacher with too many secrets, and a sheriff who doesn’t take kindly to questions. Every lead pulls him closer to a horrifying truth buried beneath the town’s sleepy surface—one the townspeople are willing to ...

She came seeking blessings. She found something already inside her—watching, waiting, waking. Karen leaves New York believing she’s prepared for India. She’s read the books. Taken the shots. Practiced the mantras. Her fiancé is Hindu, and she wants to honor his culture. A destination wedding in a sun-drenched Punjabi village seems like the perfect start. But the India that greets her is not the one from brochures and Bollywood dreams. It is humid, hungry, and humming with invisible eyes. From the moment she touches the soil, strange things begin to happen—dreams of temples that ...

ARCHAEOLOGY IS HIS PROFESSION. PROTECTING HUMANITY IS HIS CALLING.On some level, Dr. Gideon Wolf hoped that being a demigod would have its perks. Not necessarily throngs of adoring worshipers continuously bowing at his feet, but at least, you know, a lull maybe in the endless onslaught of assassins sent to kill him and steal his power. But since reluctantly assuming the mantle of one of seven guardians of humanity—for Gideon a perplexing and occasionally unwelcome “honor” bestowed upon him by fate—he’s been shocked by how many lost souls he’s supposed to protect want him dead. ...

Sometimes...evil can be good. The story as revealed on a mysterious clay tablet discovered recently near the Dead Sea. The fate of the Kingdom of Babylonia hangs by a gossamer thread. The Babylonian gods are in a cataclysmic struggle with the Jewish god; King Nebuchadnezzar has become a savage beast; murderous traitors surround Queen Amytis and her children; and evil creatures prowl the streets at night. The high priestess of Marduk prays for a saviour to deliver the city from evil. Ereshkigal, the Queen of the Underworld, hears her entreaties and searches through time for a dark champion. ...

It's my third year at The Academy of the Devil, and things finally seem to be falling into place. I've reached a tentative agreement with my new lovers. My life is finally headed in the right direction. Until he shows up. They say he is an exchange student. They call him Lucian and cluster around him like flies drawn to honey. They are blind. I know the truth. I can see his true identity in his eyes, in his smile, in the sinful power bubbling under his skin. He is Lucifer, the Fallen One, the Brightest Star. He wants me to be his. There's just one problem with that. Callum, Stefan, Mikael, and Meph aren't willing to hand me over to anyone.

The perfect location at the perfect price. It even had its own ghost, so the locals told them. Well, that didn’t matter – did it? Stuart and Cleo are in need of a sea change, so when a bargain priced house in a ‘to die for’ location becomes available, they immediately place an offer. Initially, they discounted the stories of the ghost. After-all their weekend retreat seemed like a slice of heaven on earth and they weren’t about to let anyone ruin it for them. Yet, as night falls, they become reluctant witnesses to the house's malevolent past. A sudden chill, a faint whisper, and ...

In the beginning was the Oak, its hungry roots reaching deep into the earth, its gnarled limbs searching the distant heavens. Two hundred years ago, Obediah Magrute worshipped the Oak and died violently beneath it, feeding it with his blood and bone, shouting his chilling curse to the skies. Now, Laura and Mark Avery have come to the bustling little Vermont village.

Barely surviving his last brush with evil, ghost hunter Shane Ryan's investigation into the supernatural killings in Ontario takes him to Detroit. A former police officer, Wyatt Hawthorn’s vindictive spirit is obsessed with vengeance and bloodshed. And he’s determined to make Shane’s ally, Detective Jacinta Perez, his next victim.... Locked in a sinister game of cat and mouse with this undead madman, Shane and Jacinta struggle to locate his victims, before their life is snuffed out for good. But as more blood is spilled, the two begin to realize this killer may be more than they bargained for.

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 ...