Ghost Occult

Signed over 200 years ago, the Blood Contract ensured the sanctity of the Blood lands. In return, the Blood family dedicated their lives, and their deaths to the protection of the town of Thorne. For many years, the town of Thorne was nothing more than a picturesque New England village. But in modern day, the town is enjoying a boom in real estate development. To satisfy the developers with enough land, the town has decided to break the Blood Contract...and the people of Thorne are going to learn that there is a price for ignorance.

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 ...

Though enjoying an increase in business following his last case, life isn't all roses for private investigator Harlan Ulrich. His newest job, another missing person's case, is unlike any other he's ever taken on. Local businessman Michael Poole hires Ulrich to find his estranged daughter. The problem? She's been dead for a decade.

Lovecraft’s gothic horror masterpiece. During an investigation in Red Hook, Detective Thomas F. Malone, and discovers horrors that he never imagined. A horror classic.

New York jewelry designer Genie Darling has returned to her childhood home in quaint Cobblewood Cove for one reason only: to sort through generations of old family heirlooms and hand anything of historical interest over to the local museum. But after a failed mugging attempt, and the appearance of a beautiful but ghostly young stranger in a vintage evening dress, Genie realizes there's something suspicious—and spooky—going on. The glamorous and friendly specter turns out to be Genie's own great-great-aunt Adriana, who died in 1929 in mysterious circumstances.

For clarity of content, the author suggests reading the Bridgeton Park Cemetery books before reading this novella. Ghost story night brings a blast from Cassie Valentine’s past that Michael Penfield is unprepared to deal with, but deal with it he must as a story of a friend’s haunting leads to one family’s tragedy from the past. Cassie is keen to help out a friend and drags Michael, willing or no, into the process…

Housesitting an art-filled mansion with good friend and co-worker Nick Borja sounds ideal to Michael Penfield. This will be his first taste of independence and self-sufficiency. Nick, child of a large extended family, agrees. But things at the genteel old house aren’t all that they seem, and it isn’t long before Michael is disturbed by a mysterious unseen caller who visits in the night. And Nick himself begins to change, shifting from the funny and good-natured art student they all know to someone aloof, sharp, and dismal. Then the Poet’s Corner Bookstore begins to have disturbances ...

For Vincent Donnelly, waking up in a field in the middle of nowhere was just the beginning. Frantic and terrified, he has no idea who he is, or how he got there. Nor does he know the five dead bodies lying next to him. All he knows for sure is that he hears whispering in his head. Voices that are not his own. With no memories or friends to rely on, Vincent finds himself drawn to the town of Alder Falls. Somehow, he is certain this place is connected to his hazy past.

Shane Ryan returns to Nashua and the childhood memories that drove him to join the Marines. After a prolonged legal battle with his aunt and uncle, Shane has possession of the family home where his parents disappeared over 20 years ago. The house, a monstrous castle filled with ghosts and secrets, is more alive than its inhabitants.

A mysterious woman with dark secrets rocks Oyster Island to the core Embark on an exhilarating journey to the Big Easy with lighthouse keeper Jack Wiesinski and the last Atakapa Indian Grogan ‘Chief’ la Tortue as they indulge in their favorite pastime at Rockie’s strip club. When an alluring stripper named Vixen takes the stage, their wild night takes an unexpected twist. Vixen is an enigma—a mysterious woman living in squalor behind the club. With nothing but a duffel bag and a few meager possessions to her name, she captivates Chief with her otherworldly dance moves. When she ...

Supernatural Cozy Mystery Lovers, This One’s to Die For A ghost with unfinished business. A garden blooming out of season. A funeral home full of secrets. Rose Evergreen never expected her life as a mortician to include nightly chats with the dead—but in the eerie town of Ravenwood, the veil between worlds is paper thin. When a whisper from beyond pleads for justice and points to a rose garden with a buried truth, Rose must dig deep—literally and figuratively—to uncover a decades-old secret someone will kill to protect. Armed with a sarcastic pug, a theatrically gothic brother, and ...

A businessman discovers he has a ghostly twin whose presence may be far more ominous than he had thought.... Mischievous children learn that supernatural forces are nothing to toy with, after a Halloween prank goes wrong. And holiday festivities set the backdrop to a terrified teen’s worst fears, when his grandmother’s corpse comes looking for revenge....

‘Rebel Romance flourishes during Reconstruction’ A fateful and daring trip up north for the Teechams reunites star-crossed lovers Avery and Noah, but Noah is engaged to a fine Bostonian Socialite who is not about to ruin her wedding plans. By a strange twist of fate, Preston Venificus is in Boston on business and has an unusual proposition for Avery Rae that could place her entire family in danger if she does not agree to comply. Boston is a bustling city filled with modern wonders yet unseen in the South, which is still under Reconstruction after its crippling defeat in the War Between...

A horror parapsychology book set during the 19th to 20th centuries. Enter a realm of suspense and fear where supernatural encounters are tangible, and the spectral world intersects with our own time and again. "Haunting and Horror" uncovers chilling narratives of ghostly phenomena, historic investigations, and paranormal accounts that span continents and centuries. Each story within it, from the haunted alleys of London to the spectral-charged homes in Georgia, paints a vivid picture of otherworldly visitors. Discover how an innate **fear of darkness** shared by humans and animals alike, ...

Real-life cases of gut-wrenching demon encounters that’ll shock the daylights out of you! Best-selling author Hannah J. Tidy will introduce horrific stories and experiences of demonic encounters had by normal people who’ve dared to play with games such as the Ouija board.

When one man's scheme to create the Greatest Freak Show on Earth leads to an insane obsession that can only end in devastating tragedy. The ghoulish proprietor of a Victorian arcade specifically designed to showcase the myriad of freaks, outcasts, and oddities that abound in old London town is a man driven by his own dark desires. Rodney Thompson is an emotionless, sadistic person who craves glory above all else - at least until the beautiful Violet wafts into his world. From the very day when Violet first takes a dainty step inside the arcade, Rodney is determined to make her his own. A ...

A spirit who appears in a law firm reliving the exact moment she lost her chance at love, a man haunted by the trees cut down to build his house, nefarious specters that snatch anyone who steps into the shadows in which they live, and parakeets that serve as mouthpieces for the dead - these are just a few of the characters Kevin Brockmeier presents in this extraordinary compendium of spectral emanations and their wildly various purposes in (after) life.

The revelation that a significant, active curse rests on the Cottonwood family puts a damper on Carrie Jo’s excitement about her new baby. Worried about protecting the child and Ashland, she does all she can to help Ashland break the curse and keep their family safe from danger. When Hurricane Jasmine bears down on Mobile, everything goes wrong. When her mother shows up unannounced, Carrie Jo isn’t sure what to do. Can they heal and move on?

The island of Sainte Isabel seems like a tropical paradise. But Sara Hansen sees a different side to her beautiful home. A sinister legacy of bloodshed and death haunts the crystal blue shores. And her husband is still missing...swept away by the spectral vessel known as the Devil Ship. Struggling to keep her dive resort in business, Sara has no time to mourn her loss. But as she tries to put the past behind her, she finds herself plagued by terrible nightmares. Visions of drowned sailors and rotting corpses haunt her waking hours. And a sinister voice calls to her from the sea....

People throughout the ages have claimed to have mysterious and blood-chilling encounters with unexplained forces, such as Mothman, demons, ghosts, and extraterrestrials. Ann Gaiman has compiled an anthology of over 25 of the creepiest real-life short stories on the most shocking and mysterious supernatural events that have taken place - all based on eyewitness accounts telling their encounters with the supernatural.