Magic Horror

Dos escuelas de escritores hiperbreves luchan por hacerse con el dominio del género. Los fundadores de las escuelas son los gemelos Salazar, irremediablemente enfrentados por su ideología y por un odio fratricida. Es este libro se recogen las obras de los excéntricos o los desgraciados que formaron parte de una de estas escuelas. Fantasía, horror, ciencia ficción, noir y realismo mágico quedan miniaturizados en los cien microcuentos que recoge la antología.

In this touching Christmas tale, a Minnesota widower has a magical encounter with an enchanted snow man—and gets a last glimpse of the love of his life. Originally appeared in Cicada Magazine. Narrated by Scott William Carter.

Three magical romances set in the contemporary English countryside and the fight for good versus evil....

A regular life isn't in the cards for Dorian Lake, but with his charm-crafting business invigorated and the prospect of a serious relationship within his grasp, life is closer to normal than Dorian could ever expect. In the heat of the Baltimore mayoral campaign, Dorian has managed to balance his arrangements with Deputy Mayor Julian Bright with his search to find his lost soul. Dorian soon learns of a Netherworker, the head of a dangerous West Coast cabal, who might be able to find and return his soul.

Shona and her family no longer live in Scotland, but the influence the country and her grandmother have had on her is undeniable. Her parents don't want to believe it, but something suspicious occurs when Shona falls asleep. It's almost as if she goes to another place entirely in her dreams. As Shona continues to have these unfathomable dreams, she becomes entangled in something she never could have expected.

She’s 5’11” of frizzy red hair, freckles, and a whole lotta attitude…and her name is Probably Magic. She was the product of hippie parents who have their own secrets. But Probably has the biggest secret of all - she sees dead people.... Peter Euclid is a Confederate soldier, who wrote the love of his life a love letter while in battle with the Union on Cemetery Ridge. The letter was never delivered.

Heather Beck presents Shivers, an anthology of curses and secrets. In "Night of the Vampire", there’s something wrong in Kristine’s new town of Darscadia. In "Long Live the Bonsai", Caddy and Cody find a bonsai tree that holds the secret to eternal youth. In "The Wildest West", a school trip turns into a nightmare when the class arrives in a ghost town once home to three evil cowboys. In "Curses Never Die", amateur divers Erin and Dustin discover a rare and beautiful diamond, but they learn the hard way that it’s cursed.

Jack et le haricot magique nous plonge dans le folklore des îles britanniques. On y trouve toujours une transaction qui semble désavantager Jack, une longue tige qui grimpe jusqu'au ciel, une harpe magique... Dans cette nouvelle version pleine de suspense, tous les ingrédients sont présents, mais ce n'est plus un jeune garçon qui affronte le géant...et le combat se révèlera beaucoup plus sanglant!

For Vanessa, Pairs is a nightmare come true.But she tries her best to keep the creepy and downright terrifying down by being a fixer. So when she gets a job by the famous Madame VanGelder to retrieve stolen property its just another chance at two hundred francs a day and a pint of O negative every fourth day. Wrong. Buy Your Copy Today

The Confabulist is a clever , entertaining, and suspenseful narrative that weaves together the rise and fall of world-famous Harry Houdini with the surprising story of Martin Strauss, an unknown man whose fate seems forever tied to the magician’s in a way that will ultimately startle and amaze. It is at once a vivid portrait of an alluring, late-19th/early-20th-century world; a front-row seat to a world-class magic show; and an unexpected love story. In the end, the book is a kind of magic trick in itself: There is much more to Martin than meets the eye.

Once the most powerful mage in the land, defeater of dragons, Jenny Waynest is now a broken woman. She was possessed and corrupted by a demon, losing all she held dear - including her love’s trust. Rebuilding her life seems impossible. Her husband, Lord John, now bears his own torment far away: he tricked the beautiful and cruel Aohila, a rival hell’s demon queen, in order to free his wife from possession, and now he is plagued by her memories.

Many rumors and stories surround the Forgotten Cemetery. Rachael is a young girl who dwells in quiet hillbilly community. She decides to visit the cemetery on one dark evening alone. Her hope of fame and fortune fuels her imagination. She must discover if the legend is true or just a made-up story told to frighten the children of the community. Soon Rachael will know the truth.

Nevia was born into her coven and feels the strength of their blood bond every day as she learns her craft. Part of her training brings her to an historic library that is kept by a human couple and their two sons. When tragedy strikes both the coven and the human family, Nevia must make a decision. Should she risk everything to protect the innocent humans she has grown to love...or blindly follow her coven's new king?

Grimm End is a mysterious old mansion sitting high on a cliff overlooking the town of Shadow Bluffs on the shores of Lake Superior. Nothing in Shadow Bluffs is what it appears to be and danger lurks everywhere for Sara Cross and her family as they seek refuge with their relatives at the mansion. Can Sara and her brothers battle the supernatural forces that control the town and threaten Grimm End and its inhabitants?

In a world of banned magic, these witches are forced to contend with authority and their conscience while trying to go about their daily lives. Can they survive until the ban is lifted or will they live their lives as rebels? Read as thirteen characters by fourteen authors decide their fates. Stories by: Meg Boepple, Angel Blackwood, Jim Postlethwaite, Melissa Robitille, Layne Calry, Laurie Bis, Victoria Harrison, Diane Drake, LiAnne Kay, J.E. Feldman, Joann M. Shevock, Nicole Cunniff, and Strivion Jacobs.

An innocent man is arrested for a murder committed by a woman. A guilty killer confesses to a murder - but the police arrest an innocent woman. A man finds the woman of his dreams - only to discover that he's entrapped in a nightmare. The tenants of a new block of flats are so delighted with their home that they don't ever want to leave - little realizing that they can't leave. A husband and wife find that all their wishes can come true - but with death as the price. Eight great macabre stories of murder, mystery... and magic!

Rich with atmosphere of the Roaring Twenties and New Orleans, A Peril in the Bayou begins when Clover Flanagan, assistant to renowned psychic medium, Daphne Moultrie, travels with her to New Orleans to see a spiritualist leader. Mother Leafy agrees meet Daphne, but on one condition — Daphne must travel a haunted bayou so she will understand those spirits. However, Leafy has a rival who is a dangerous woman. . Despite cryptic warnings from a spirit, they head to New Orleans. In the bayou, Clover’s gifts begin to awaken. So do Voodoo gods in want of a sacrifice, and powerful primeval ...

In reality, in real actual life, that kind of magic doesn’t belong to one group and the object doesn’t have to look like them at all. It doesn't even have to look like a person. As long as you wish, dream, and know hard enough, it can be anything. A stick, a leaf, a piece of fruit, a candle. My grandmother used to do with an egg. She would write the name of the person onto the surface of a hen’s egg and then...picking up a rock, she would smash - Smash! Smash! - the top, so that it fractured and dented, yolk spilling and oozing out everywhere!

The haunting journey continues in the second installment of the Haunted Nightmare Trilogy, where the line between reality and terror is blurred even further. Ravna, once a victim of a chilling spectral encounter, believed his nightmares were left behind. However, a simple road trip transforms into a spine-chilling odyssey as the malevolent spirit, Preta, re-emerges, threatening to shatter the fragile peace Ravna has found. In this gripping sequel, Ravna’s life is once again thrown into turmoil. His blossoming relationship with his new love is on the brink of being torn asunder by the ...

In the gripping finale of the Haunted Nightmare Trilogy, Doug, an unyielding hunter of the paranormal, is thrust into a relentless battle against the insatiable ghost, Gaki. Believing his comrade, Ravna, possesses the key to vanquishing this spectral terror, Doug plunges into an alliance fraught with danger and dark secrets. As the spectral web tightens, Doug joins forces with a seasoned Hunter, weaving a treacherous path through a world riddled with demons and apparitions. With time slipping through their fingers, they race against a looming darkness that threatens to engulf reality itself...