Gothic Mystery Fantasy

Fanatically attracted to antique lamps, Gerard Archer stops at a yard sale when he sees a vintage lamp with a very unique base, which has been crafted from silver and gold. Asking the seller how much he wants for the artifact, the man shockingly replies that a five-pound note will send it up the road.

Years after the Salem witch trials one witch remains. She just doesn’t know it...yet. Growing up, Lydia Montrose knew she was descended from the legendary witches of Salem but was warned to never show the world what she could do and so slowly forgot her legacy. But Willow Hall has awoken something inside her.... 1821: having fled family scandal in Boston, Willow Hall seems an idyllic refuge from the world, especially when Lydia meets the previous owner of the house, John Barrett. But a subtle menace haunts the grounds of Willow Hall, with strange voices and ghostly apparitions in the night....

Type: short story word count 18,700 Begin this novella series by reading this short story 'Monster of Monsters #1 Part One: Mortem's Opening' and enter a world of wonder and monsters. Light and darkness... All Kein wanted was to be devoured. As an orphan, she had been told since joining her school that it was very important that a house or clan devour her so when she met a creature promising to devour her, she was confused at first but then she was consoled that someone wanted her. A world of monsters and vampires and a world of humans... Loneliness can be a very strong emotion but it can ...

Morning Falls Asylum. Many women have been sent there. None have returned. Until now... 1922. Lorelei Alba, a fiercely independent and ambitious woman, is determined to break into the male-dominated world of investigative journalism by doing the unimaginable: infiltrating the gothic hospital to which "troublesome" women are dispatched, never to be seen again. Once there, she meets the darkly handsome and enigmatic Doctor Roman Dreugue, who claims to have found the cure to insanity. But Lorelei's instincts tell her something is very wrong, even as her curiosity pulls her deeper into Roman's ...

Zusammen mit den Tempelrittern betritt Robert Craven erneut das unheimliche Haus in Amsterdam, um das Kristallhirn, welches das mörderische Labyrinth erschaffen hat, zu zerstören. Das Vorhaben scheitert und das Hirn wird entwendet. Bei dem Versuch, es zurück zu bekommen, merkt Robert plötzlich, dass ihm ein scheinbar unüberwindlicher Gegner auf den Fersen ist. Das ist das letzte Abenteuer aus der Welt von Wolfgang Hohlbeins Hexer-Zyklus.

Ein riesiger Mottenschwarm belagert Andara House. Alles, was die scheinbar harmlosen Tiere berühren, zerfällt in Sekunden zu Staub. Als Robert Craven versucht, das Rätsel um die Herkunft der mysteriösen Insekten zu lüften, stößt er auf eine Spur, die ihn zu jemandem führt, den er bisher zu kennen glaubte: zu seinem Freund H. P. Lovecraft.

Als Robert Craven nach einer Panne im Haus des mysteriösen Mister Boldwinn unterkommt, ahnt er nicht, dass er in eine sorgfältig vorbereitete Falle tappt, die ihm einer der Großen Alten gestellt hat. Er stellt sich dem Kampf - und muss einen hohen Preis dafür bezahlen.

Das Wesen richtete sich mühsam auf, von einem unheiligen Zauber geweckt. Jahrtausende hatte der Gigant geschlafen; hier unten, auf dem finsteren, sandigen Grund des Meeres. Mit noch schwerfälligen, doch ungeheuer kraftvollen Bewegungen strebte er nun dem Licht entgegen. Schon spürte er die Nähe seines Opfers. Und wenige Augenblicke später sah er die dunkle Silhouette des Schiffes über sich.

Auf der Fahrt nach London geraten Robert Craven und seine Begleiter in eine Falle der Grossen Alten: Ein Shoggote ergreift Besitz von dem Wald, den sie durchqueren. Zu spät erkennen sie, dass kein Weg mehr hinausführt. Dem Hexer bleibt keine Wahl: Er muss sich dem Kampf mit der Kreatur stellen.

In the shadows, forbidden desires ignite, and salvation becomes the ultimate temptation. Abigail Harper is no ordinary healer. In the quiet, judgmental village of Gracefall, she hides a dark secret: a demonic nature she battles to suppress. Haunted by forbidden dreams and the sins of her past, Abigail longs for redemption—but her power whispers promises of liberation, seduction, and destruction. When Jonas Ward, a devout farmer, confesses to visions of Abigail in his dreams, and Pastor Preston grows suspicious of her presence, the fragile walls of her humanity begin to crumble. As desire,...

Turn to me, Natalie. His mental call to her was dangerous, of course. Dangerous for him. Dangerous for her too, but she was in danger, anyway. Look at me now. Her gaze traveled slowly upward. With every moment, physical awareness stretched tauter between them. Her eyes wandered over Julian's face, over his slashing dark brows, down the ridge of his aquiline nose to his chiseled mouth.