Occult Horror

Rick Yancey won the Michael L. Printz Award for the stunning first entry in his Monstrumologist saga. In the series’ third entry, Will Henry is left behind as Dr. Warthrop and his eager new assistant Arkwright embark on a quest to find the “Holy Grail of Monstrumology.” But when Arkwright returns with news of the doctor’s demise, Will sets off on his own quest, to the Isle of Blood, to determine the truth.

Some mirrors reflect your face. Others reflect your fate. When down-on-her-luck mortuary cosmetologist Lena Holloway inherits a decrepit flat on London’s forgotten Pearl Street, she thinks she’s found the perfect escape from a past full of ghosts. But beneath her floorboards is something older. Hungrier. Waiting. A hidden barbershop sealed since the 1800s. A string of pearls that whisper secrets. And a cursed razor known as the Crooked Blade—carved to cut not just flesh, but souls. As the boundary between mirrors and reality cracks, Lena is pulled into a supernatural spiral of ghostly...

Halloween, 1963. They call him the October Boy, or Ol' Hacksaw Face, or Sawtooth Jack. Whatever the name, everybody in this small Midwestern town knows who he is. How he rises from the cornfields every Halloween, a butcher knife in his hand, and makes his way toward town, where gangs of teenage boys eagerly await their chance to confront the legendary nightmare. Both the hunter and the hunted, the October Boy is the prize in an annual rite of life and death. Pete McCormick knows that killing the October Boy is his one chance to escape a dead-end future in this one-horse town.

An ancient evil stirs beneath the lake. Trying to recover from the gruesome events that took place in Thouria, Esther seeks respite in the bustling capital. Unfortunately, dark forces haunt her in the form of a book that holds forbidden knowledge. Meanwhile, Henry is dealing with his own demons when he is tasked with tracking down a mysterious cult responsible for stealing a precious heirloom from an influential family. Despite their personal struggles, the two shall partner again to track down the Yellow Sign Brotherhood. Their investigation will take them on a journey through the dark ...

A story of youth and promise, of loss and the search for love, of secrets and destiny, Blackwood Farm brings together the Vampire Chronicles and the story of the Mayfair Witches, and is Anne Rice at her mesmerizing best.

Every time Benton sleeps, he becomes a trapped passenger within a murderer’s skin: able to hear, see, and feel every part of their kill. When he wakes up, he knows it’s only a matter of time before his dreams become reality. No matter how hard he tries to stop the murders, it always ends the same way - with death.

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 ...

Mackenzie keep is cursed so the local’s say. But Audrey’s partner bought it anyway. The pipes are making a terrible racket, at least she hopes it’s the pipes, after all, what else could it be? Audrey’s partner surprised her when he told her he’d bought MacKenzie Keep, then he left on a red eye out of London the next day leaving her to move in on her own. Audrey was furious but needs must, and Audrey moved in. When the keening started she put it down to old pipes. When a woman appears in Audrey’s kitchen bearing the name MacKenzie, Audrey is unnerved but she listens to her story....

Step into the madness… My name is Samantha. In theory, or Hebrew or even Aramaic it means “God heard” or “Listener.” Epic, really, considering I’ve never believed in God and that I’d rather poke my ear drums out with dull spoons than listen to the daily yammering around this place. I’ve never been a listener. Truth is, I take after my mother, who’d also rather be on stage. I guess that comes natural when you grow up as a side show act in a freaky-assed carnival. But I’m getting ahead of myself. People call me Cat, and, yes, with a C, not a K. Cat as in feline. Of course,...

Psychic photographer Jocelyn Graves is back! From M. L. Bullock, author of the Gulf Coast Paranormal series, comes another gripping tale of supernatural mystery and peril. In this installment of the Jocelyn Graves series, paranormal investigator Jocelyn Graves takes on one of her most dangerous cases yet—a haunted bridge nestled deep within a national park, where strange disappearances have plagued the area for years. Locals report sightings of a mysterious cryptid lurking in the shadows, and some even whisper of a shapeshifter that takes the form of an eerie owl. When a little boy ...

Where does the story of the Owens bloodline begin? With Maria Owens, in the 1600s, when she’s abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. Under the care of Hannah Owens, Maria learns about the “Nameless Arts". Hannah recognizes that Maria has a gift and she teaches the girl all she knows. It is here that she learns her first important lesson: Always love someone who will love you back.

When Sir Peter Pendragon, a retired pilot of the Great War, meets the free-spirited Louise, a devotee of the mysterious occultist Basil King Lamus, the two immediately get married and set off across Europe, on a drug-fueled honeymoon of heroin and cocaine. Eventually, in an attempt to break free of their recently acquired habit, the newlyweds find their way to the Abbey of Thelema in Italy, where the adults perform invocations to the sun and the children freely recite passages from the Book of the Law.

Hearken, O seeker of mysteries, to a tome of shadows and dread portent! Within these hallowed pages lie sixty and six harrowing tales, each a journey into the abyss of human desire and the perils that await therein. Set amidst the fog-laden landscapes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, these narratives chronicle the fateful deeds of those who dared to invoke the mighty spirits of the Ars Goetia through the sacred tongue of the Enochian chants. Boldly do these stories unveil the souls who, in their pursuit of power, love, vengeance, or forbidden knowledge, summoned entities whose ...

Thrust into Nightmare Penitentiary, I meet a group of hard, alpha, psychotic inmates who believe I’m the answer to all their prayers. Me? I’m just trying to survive and figure out what it means to live. My new home isn’t just a prison, but a labyrinth with horrors around every corner.

With Will Reisner recovering from his near-death encounter with Roland while battling his own demons, the remaining elements of the U.S. fleet in the Gulf are undertaking last-ditch efforts to secure the remaining fuel supply for their vessels amidst growing hordes of Paras along every seaside port. Unknown to them all is the presence of a new, hybrid alpha living in their midsts and watching their every move. Doctor Selene Munroe is heading to a new facility in the Bahamas to continue large-scale development of the bioweapon when she learns of a potential method for eliminating the alphas,...

Here’s a dirty little secret. Spirits can kill you. Sandy couldn’t take it anymore. Her work as a psychic for the LAPD was tearing her apart. Murders. Playing out in her head at night and slipping into her thoughts during the day. She quit. Her friend Mary Grace was still in the game, working with the police and running psychic investigations on the side. She had a séance planned. One that was right up Sandy’s alley. All she had to do was convince Sandy to join her. Holding a séance is the psychic’s way of opening doors, and Mary Grace was an expert. Sandy reluctantly said yes, ...

Medical assistant Alfred Whale's obsessions with experimentation lead him to steal a corpse from the morgue of the hospital where he works. With the help of a magical text whose name he cannot pronounce, he attempts to conjure forth an entity from the other side - one that can give him the power of prophecy. Whale will soon understand the secrets of life and death, who will live, and who will die.

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.

Consummate master of his craft, Stephen King has kept millions awake past midnight shivering at tales that probe the shadows and reveal the dark side. Now listeners can chill to this second dramatic unabridged production of short stories from his best selling book, Night Shift. It brings Stephen King's demonic stories fully to life - and the terror even closer to home.

Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of Witchaven all her life. She was born there, and she intends to die there. But when an overseas property developer threatens to evict the residents from their homes and raze Witchaven to the ground in the name of progress, all seems lost . . . until the day a mysterious fog bank creeps inland.