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A skeletal demon stalks a Louisiana golf course. A groundskeeper's job—and life—hang in the balance. Only faith can survive what teenagers have unleashed. When Salty calls Holy Lake Investigation about violent supernatural attacks terrorizing his maintenance crew at Court Villa Country Club, Catholic-sanctioned paranormal investigators Hibbs and Ling expect another routine blessing. Instead, they discover a malevolent demon feeding on guilt and growing stronger each night—summoned by local teenagers using an ancient bone wand hidden in the building's walls. Armed with blessed weapons,...

Maddie Graves is psychic and can see ghosts. When she returns to her home in Blackstone Bay following her mother's death, she has more to do than find peace with her past, she also has to try and reclaim the future she discarded when she left town after graduation. Her former best friend Nick Winters has been bitter since she walked away without a backward glance. A murder mystery throws them back together, and Maddie must decide if she can trust Nick with her biggest secret - and her heart.

When the NEIC predicts a catastrophic 10.0 magnitude earthquake, Piper finds herself at the epicenter of chaos and devastation. Struggling to survive alongside her sister Lily, they embark on a harrowing journey through the ruins of their world. Amidst the destruction, the sisters uncover profound truths and answers to life's most crucial questions. Will their bond be strong enough to endure the ultimate test of survival? #earthquake, #survival, #Richter scale 10, #catastrophic, #sisters, #chaos, #devastation 4o

Evil is unleashed in Scare Street’s latest bone-chilling collection of supernatural horror. Fourteen tales of terror lurk within this new volume - more than enough to give even the bravest soul a reason to fear the night. As your eyes flutter open, you can still see dark images in your mind.... Horrifying monsters, demons, and ghouls with a hunger for human flesh.

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 ...

Karma is a beast—It will hunt you down… I am thrilled to put together this collection of creepy short stories set in different parts of the world!! From the bustling streets of Bangalore to the rugged plains of the Himalayas, from the sandy beaches of Phuket to the Savanna grasslands of Kenya— the locations are as beautiful as the horrifying events which unravel in them! All the short stories have a common thread— Revenge. This volume contains 5 horror stories that will have you feverishly turning pages, wanting more—Whether it is elderly spinster sisters who don’t want to sell ...

A young man’s attempts at breaking parole end in a night of horror. A child realizes that his Christmas gift might be a lot more sinister than he originally thought. An editor unveils his client’s sinister plan to cleanse the world of all evil. And a woman’s walk home is accompanied by a strange presence that promises a gruesome end. Scare Street’s authors Ron Ripley, David Longhorn, Sara Clancy, and A. I. Nasser come together to bring you some of the most horrifying short stories in a single collection.

Here are 23 terrifying tales, dark reflections of the silver screen from both sides of the camera. James Dean gets a second chance at life and death. The Wicked Witch is out of Oz, and she's made some very unlucky friends. When God decides reality needs an editor, what and who gets cut?

A varied collection of short stories from the acknowledged British master of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, Brian Lumley, in a single volume of all three domains of the imagination–but more especially the haunts of the sinister and macabre!

In "The Devil's Disciple," the remnants of the once-famous rock band The Serpents gather in the decaying grandeur of Steven Rex's French country house, now a haunting symbol of their past glory. As they confront their fading relevance, Steven proposes an outrageous plan: to invoke dark forces through an ancient ritual, hoping to regain their lost fame. Gathered with him are his bandmates—Mick, Barry, and Tony—along with Anna Divine, a former supermodel who embodies both beauty and desperation. The atmosphere is thick with tension as they commence the ritual, reciting archaic words from ...

The Lurking Fear includes examples of Lovecraft's earliest weird fiction including "Hypnos", "What the Moon Brings", "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs", and "Memory" (inspiration for the 2014 film of the same name), as well as the title story, "The Lurking Fear", a traditional horror study commissioned by George Julian Houtain to be run as a serial in Home Brew magazine in 1923 that has served as the source material for multiple films and been adapted into a comic book.

This stunning anthology of classic colonial suspense fiction plunges deep into the native soil from which American horror literature first sprang. While European writers of the Gothic and bizarre evoked ruined castles and crumbling abbeys, their American counterparts looked back to the colonial era’s stifling religion, and its dark and threatening woods.

When an accident kills the magician Miley the Great, his wife Amanda will give a piece of herself to exact her revenge.

Unaware of the mission they were born with, Maya, Isabella, and Raye all have ties to the Treasure Valley Counseling Center for Children. Ties that will haunt them to the point of destruction. These women are plunged into the darkest side of humanity with evil out to stop them. From teenage suicide to evil curses, can they survive long enough to complete their tasks? Buy Forgotten Lives today to stop the devil in his tracks.

When children begin to vanish in Paris, the Supernatural Investigation Bureau sends a powerful wizard to investigate. It doesn’t take him long to confirm his sneaking suspicion … … he’s got a real problem ahead. He’s about to face an ancient creature so twisted and evil even the demons fear it. But he’s not the only person on the hunt. His old ally the werewolf is here too. Between them, they pack quite the magical punch … … it’s enough to make their opponent laugh. Grab this magical short story and start your journey into the Realm of False Gods today. A new full-length ...

Tempest Michaels has a zombie problem. Crazy people craving human flesh have been appearing without warning in hoards in towns across Kent. He is just as mystified as everyone else, but when the elderly husband of the recent viral internet sensation known as Zombie Granny asks him to prove she is no such thing, he has to take the case. Then outside his office, people start screaming...

Having doubted the existence of the others, at the same time, to their shock and terror, a Ghost, a Time Traveler, and an Extraterrestrial appear to a man, who’s not surprised at all.

A young man discovers a Dark ritual, he believes will reanimate the dead, and through the aide of natural and preternatural forces, his deeds end in horror.

The fourth volume in the Max Porter Paranormal Mystery collection is here and it’s explosive! New allies, new foes, and a rivalry centuries in the making all come to a head in one fantastic showdown. And if that wasn’t enough, Max’s family faces its toughest challenge yet, one that threatens to tear away the Sandwich Boys just as they’re settling in. It’s all here and much, much more!

A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.