Magic Horror

Brant's always had trouble with the ladies... ...becoming the Wizard's Apprentice is helping...a bit! Working at Burke and Dunne to pay for college, Brant had always considered the curiosity shop a fun place, where he could unwind. Following the death of one of it's owners, though, things get somewhat more complicated. Dutch Dunne, the surviving owner, seemes to want Brant to be his apprentice...The Wizard's Apprentice. Is the old codger full of it? Brant thinks the downhill slide to dementia is accelerating for his beloved boss, but that was before weird things started to happen to him. Is...

“This is a shop where people rarely find what they desire. But they always leave with what they deserve.” –Payvand Reed Enter a strange little shop. Look. Over there. Behind the counter. Its owner is waiting for you. Who is Payvand Reed? And why does he keep inviting you into his nightmare? This shop is a place where strange events happen every day. Why does each item come with its own mysterious story? What is the source of Mr. Reed’s power? What do customers really buy here? Each person who enters Payvand Reed’s Curiosity Shoppe leaves with something–if they’re willing to ...

“Family ties are the strongest magic.”Nine-year-old Mona is a witch's apprentice living in the Seventh Realm. Every summer, she must go home, so her mentor can regenerate, and Mona can spend time with family.She is reluctant to go home to the earthen plane—especially because she has to go to school for a few weeks. The kids are cruel to her since she is different. Things take a turn for the worse, when a mean boy calls her sister, Christi, a slut, and Mona accidentally releases a demon into the earthen plane. . . . Will Mona defeat the creature despite her lack of experience? Will she...

In the bustling city of 1920s New York, where the streets are alive with jazz and the air is thick with opportunity, Zelda thought she had found her perfect match in the charming Eli. But little did she know, their whirlwind romance would lead her down a dangerous path. As Eli's dark secrets come to light, Zelda finds herself caught in the crosshairs of his powerful boss, the infamous Snake-Eye. With her life in danger, she turns to the mysterious Alder for help. But his solution comes with a hefty price - transformation into a living doll. Trapped in a ragdoll body, Zelda's once vibrant ...

In the heart of the walled city of Sanjiken, where magic fuels desire, the prestigious Sanjiken Magical Academy faces a new peril. A potent substance known as Dust is spreading, amplifying magical quirks and dangerously enticing students and staff alike with pleasure. Sophia, once a reserved student, now embraces her evolving powers, before her growing strength takes a transformative turn as she grapples with newfound abilities that challenge her very identity. Alongside her girlfriend Maya, whose psychic abilities conceal deeper secrets, they delve into the mysteries threatening their city...

I never asked for these powers. I never asked to be yanked away from my perfectly good life and forced to come here. But the gods have gifted me with magic, and now I have no choice. If I was smart, I’d keep my head down and play it safe until I can graduate. And I definitely wouldn’t go up against the three gorgeous, infuriating men who rule the school - Trace, Merrick, and Lachlan. But when we’re all chosen to compete in the Gods’ challenge, a deadly competition for the honor of meeting the gods themselves, teaming up with my bullies may be my only chance at survival.

During an upturn in the economy, faced with a downturn in the soul buying business, The Devil resorts to telemarketing.

Eleanor Zarrin has been distanced from her family for years. When she returns home after a violent incident at boarding school, trying to fit back into the space she left becomes even more difficult when their headstrong matriarch unexpectedly dies. Eleanor's bloodthirsty family is left unchecked for the first time in decades, and when her Grandmere arrives to help the family adjust, it's clear that something dark is lurking beneath her genteel exterior.

Maine, 1846. Gabriel Stone is desperate to escape the ghosts that haunt him in Massachusetts after his wife’s death, so he moves to Maine, taking a position as a minister in the remote village of Pale Harbor. But not all is as it seems in the sleepy town. Strange, unsettling things have been happening, and the townspeople claim that only one person can be responsible: Sophronia Carver, a reclusive widow who lives with a spinster maid in the eerie Castle Carver. Sophronia must be a witch, and she almost certainly killed her husband.

To make ends meet, Stacy decides to develop her special…powers. Everyone can use a touch of magic now and then, right? Soon she’s got clients lining up to receive her signature potions - until a few of them go awry.

The prophecy is foretold as the siren of the unholy is sung over Arcana. The blood of the innocent burns for justice, as the ring calls out to the brave. The stand between the Maker’s champion and the Reaper herself will shape the world like never before.

In 1850 in Massachusetts, Whittaker House stood as a stop on the Underground Railroad. It’s where two freedom seekers, Little Annie and Clementine, hid and perished. Whittaker House still stands, and Little Annie and Clementine still linger, their dreams of freedom unfulfilled. Now a fashionably distressed vacation rental in the Berkshires, Whittaker House draws seekers of another kind: Black women who only appear to be free.

When a young girl visits her favorite bookshop one rainy day, something isn’t right. The building is dark and cold. Rats skitter past the door. Soft chewing and scratching sounds echo up from the basement. Can the mighty Librarian help the girl defeat the horrors lurking within the bookshop?

When a chance invitation to a magical ball revives Lina’s spirit, but none of her memories, she’s left with more questions than answers. Lucky for her, she was also left with someone determined to help her uncover them. With her Guardian, Nord, at her side Lina begins her search, but neither of them expected that the dangers of her past would resurface and threaten her future. A future she finds herself hoping will include the Viking-like man who makes her heart race.

Praise for Alice Crowley's writing: "I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~ Multiple Fans "Alice Crowley is one of our best living authors!" ~ G. Taylor In this 5,000-word sensual story, a woman named Laura is marooned on a lifeboat with a gang of masculine, alpha males. At first, Laura is frightened because this pack of brutes is hungry and raring to go. Now our heroine realizes she wants them as much or more than they want her, so she decides to jump into and on to the action. Laura decides to demand they pleasure her. Then, after the reverse ...

At night, Roddie still dreams of sitting at his mother’s feet while she braids his Afro down. But that’s a memory from before. Before his mom died in a tragic accident. Before he was taken in by an aunt he barely knows. Before his aunt brought him to Dogwood House, the creepiest place Roddie has ever seen. It was his family’s home for over a hundred years. Now the house—abandoned and rotting, draped in Spanish moss that reminds him too much of hair—is his home too.

Stu Boling is just a normal guy who wanted to grow up to be a policeman. That didn’t happen. Instead he met an evil leprechaun that stuffed his head full of knowledge he shouldn’t have… knowledge of the world hidden within ours… the world of the supernatural. Stu is just about at the end of his rope, unemployed and shy of prospects he’s hit a new low. But when a stranger comes knocking on his door things change. Soon Stu finds himself facing death in a most unlikely place- a strip club! Stu is going to need more than a handful of dollar bills to get out of this one alive because ...

A fierce sandstorm hits southern Algeria and uncovers a lost ruin, its location unknown to modern man...until now. A team led by slacker archaeologist, Harrison "Hank" Boyd, is called in to investigate the find. In way over his head, Hank must lead his team through countless dangers and survive brutal encounters with enemies both human and inhuman alike. And if that's not bad enough, a shadowy group with a thirst for violence and a blind ambition is hot on their heels and will stop at nothing to obtain what has been found. Hank and company should have heeded the warning left by the ancient ...

When her widower father inherits a castlelike estate in the mountains of West Virginia, twelve-year-old Jen is thrilled. It seems like a wish come true. But she quickly realizes that not all change is positive. Her dad has a mysterious new girlfriend, Moura, who slowly drives a wedge between Jen and her father. Furthermore, Moura has an unusually strong—almost obsessive—interest in the antiques that fill the mansion, especially a beautiful glass globe that Jen finds hanging in a window.

Fame, power, and control—are they worth the price of your soul? Evelyn’s life has always been one of invisibility—the kind of girl who blends into the background, unnoticed by the world. But when she stumbles upon a documentary about the mysterious and powerful Queen Dorian, a legendary 60s diva, everything changes. Desperate to be seen, Evelyn embarks on a dangerous path to channel Queen Dorian's spirit—through the legendary woman’s skull—hoping to unlock the power, beauty, and fame she’s always craved. What begins as a ritual to gain power spirals into something far darker. ...