Ghost Anthology

Come on board for a Gothic journey in a funicular railway in Victorian England, a freight train in the Carpathian mountains, a high tech sky train in Bangkok, an underground railway in Tokyo. Visit stations which lure with the promise of safe shelter but harbour unexpected dangers. Meet the people who work on the tracks – stationmasters, porters, signal-men – and those who travel – commuters, tourists, dead bodies, murderers and ghosts. In this volume, editor Rayne Hall has collected twenty of the finest– and creepiest – railway tales. The book features the works of established ...

Long lost to the public in out-of-print pulp magazines, dusty Victorian anthologies, and the pages of now defunct newspapers, these vintage vampire stories have truly proved immortal. Resurrected now for the year 2011, this is a stunning collection of nineteenth-century vampire stories by heavyweights such as Sabine Baring-Gould and Bram Stoker. These rare stories are arranged in chronological order from 1846 to 1913 and are compiled by two of the world's leading vampire anthologists and experts.

Welcome to Parsons Where the Ghosts Are Burly and Tattooed and the Witches Commune With the Dead Kacie Thatcher likes to use her powers to speak to the dead and pad her wallet at the same time. However, when she's called back to her hometown to settle her estranged dead sister's affairs, she discovers a world of enchantment and murder. While not wanting to stay, one herbal potion witch, a fae, and her dead sister's familiar, a crayon kitty, persuade her to remain in town. A muscular and bald ghost also implores her to stay and help him where her dead sister left off. When a murder occurs in...

He looks fragile, but he’s a rare wolf shifter. By the nine chasms, I didn’t even know they existed before that day. That day when I first experienced the feel of his arms around me. My heart racing and my thoughts muddled by the hidden thoughts of romance. Being rescued by a wolf shifter –I never thought I’d want it. Now I want to start a romance that will make him mine. I had no interest in dragon shifters or bear shifters. But wolf shifters, they are the right kind of alpha to be instructor, protector, and lover. This Box Set Includes: Grace’s Royal Taming Naomi’s Royal ...

Who would suspect that the same mind that created the most famous literary detective of all time also took on the eternally popular genre of vampires? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a contemporary of Bram Stoker, gave us some fascinating works of vampire fiction. From the bloodsucking plant in "The American's Tale" to the bloodsucking wife in "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire," he reveled in the horror created by creatures who survived on the blood of men and women.

Beneath the brilliance that was behind The Age of Innocence and Ethan Frome was a dark side. A dark side which produced magnificent tales of the unseen influences in our lives, such as "Mr. Jones", "The Eyes", "Kerfol", "The Ladie's Maid's Bell", and "The Looking Glass".

Dive into this complete collection of Steam Dragon Shifters filled with romance, magic, and sexy dragons! In the Iron City, factories belch, people work, and tensions are fraught between dragons and humans. Alliances are made to be broken, but maybe some alliances of the heart aren't. Follow the stories of astonishing women as they live and breathe magic in the Iron Reaches, and of the dragons they tangle up with. This box set includes: Ice Blood Forge Blood Green Blood Stone Blood WARNING: This ebook contains sexy mature themes and language, intended for 18+ readers only.

Welcome to Heaven Springs Where the Devil Wants His Due Mandy Maples has returned to her hometown Heaven Springs to regroup. She fled LA when embarrassment encapsulated her life. Living with her Grandmother Angelica, the town's mayor, and working at the local antique store has given her some well needed guidance and grounding. But when a suspicious murder takes place and her grandmother is a suspect, will these new events toss her back into a tail spin? Fortunately for Mandy she's a witch with powers she's now starting to sharpen. Her familiar, Angel, an old soul in a white kitty's body, is...

The Found by the Dragon series is set in a world of drakes, wyrms and humans, and it gives you eight characters who find their way to one another, despite all odds. You’ve got the headstrong, courageous women who carve their own way in life, and their powerful dragon partners. In a world of slavery and freedom fighters, and the gradual return of magic, you have drama, and romance, along with the ever-present threat against the character’s lives… For those who love fantasy, dragons, and women who don’t sit around being useless. Books Included in this box set: Anya’s Freedom ...

Fearful Rock and Other Precarious Locales is the third volume of Night Shade Books' five volume "Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman." This volume is made up of eight novella length stories. It includes Wellman's "Judge Pursivant" and "Sergeant Jaeger" stories, as well as a lost classic from Strange Stories (1939).

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" - READERS' FAVORITE From the best selling and multi award winning author of "Gated" "Asylum" and "Abra-Cadaver" comes the third installment of the anthology series "After Darkness Falls". These are stories with a horrifying beat, a black heart and a vicious twist in the tale. Here are 10 more tales to read with the lights on. TALE #1 - "Ride Like the Wind" TALE #2 - "One Hell of a Knockout" TALE #3 - "Healing Hands" TALE #4 - "The Price of Fame" TALE #5 - "Return to Sender" TALE #6 - "Heist of a...

My new boss is a talented and sexy cop. He’s also a bear shifter. We have to go up north to solve a new case. It’s a small town with an apparent secret – a cult operating in the shadows. A rumor of a danger that might affect us all if not placed under control. Seems like we’re the team to deal with it. My magic, his strength. I’m determined to make a good impression. Enough for him to see me as I am… and perhaps a little more than just a colleague at work. This Box Set Includes: Taskforce Bear Boss Police Bear Boss Valentine's Bear Boss Secret Agent Bear Boss Trapped with my ...

The supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real...tales of the dark. Such stories have always fascinated us, and modern authors carry on the disquieting traditions of the past while inventing imaginative new ways to unsettle us. Chosen from a wide variety of venues, these stories are as eclectic and varied as shadows.

Everyone loves ghost stories but this book of true ghost stories is only for kids! Whether you're huddled under the covers with a flashlight, camping out with your family or having a sleep-over with your friends you'll get a shiver out of these spooky stories.

I hired him once more to help me. But maybe I just can’t help myself… So, yeah. I’ve got to be there for my little brother’s wedding. And I’m not about to go to it single. So of course I hire someone to be my boyfriend. The person I hire is one familiar to me. One I’ve been with before. Felix. A dragon shifter. We’re here for a job. Just clients. Clients working on a fake front. A client I may or may not have fallen for, in spite of everything telling me not to… This Box Set Includes: Date Monsters for Bad Boys Prequel (Short Story) Claire's Bad Boy Shannon's Bad Boy Rita's ...

Dive into the complete Paranormal Romance Series full of romance, adventure, and intriguing characters. The White Tiger Shifter Series is full of magic and dangers as women with magical abilities pair up with white tiger shifter guardians. The code of mystics and the Order of Guardians forbids romantic entanglements, but nature doesn’t follow their rules. As different pairs risk their lives to protect loved ones, each other, and a nation, romance is almost inevitable. Book 1 – Callie’s Guardian Book 2 – Iris’s Guardian Book 3 – Alexis’s Guardian Book 4 – Freya’s Guardian ...

Hiding in the shadows of new America, the shifters laid their roots. Their stories are different, the mail order bride, the Regency royalty, the gold-seekers, and the bank robber but the outcome is the same. Through the hardships of olden times, they fought and prevailed…through the love of their mates. Books in this Box Set: The Werewolf's Bride The Vampire Viscount Dragon's Gold The Bear Bandits Author's Note: These books are intended for 18 and over due to their steamy nature.

"Matt Drabble is a name that will one day be as widely recognized as Stephen King & Dean Koontz" - READERS FAVORITE One ghost ship legend, one man's obsession, 10 tales of terror. 200 years ago The Damnation terrorised the Caribbean waters. Captained by an exiled British aristocrat Devereux Bonney who'd been banished form his homeland due to long held rumours about his violent dark appetites and occult beliefs. Ruling the ocean waves and evading the naval forces sent to sink him The Damnation brought about fear as her deeds grew into legend before she disappeared without trace. Willard ...

Fifteen-year-old Bren doesn’t scare easily, especially since her father left, making her head of the house. So when a group of kids dare each other to pass through a tunnel rumored to be haunted by a train that steals people away to "the Nevermore," Bren steps up. But when she reaches the other end of the tunnel, more than she bargained for awaits. For fans of “kids on bikes” ‘80s-style horror.

The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks, and vampires. There, the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains, and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is a sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray. And Jem is searching through the Shadow Markets, in many different cities over long years, for a relic from his past.