Occult Anthology

Though The Street tries to remain in the realm of horror and the supernatural, what it really amounts to is one of the earliest written documents of Lovecraft’s political stance and stance on other races. In this story, the street is the protagonist. Lovecraft documents its growth from quaint and colonial New England town to downtrodden and dirty as immigrants move in after the first world war. When a “vast group of terrorists” living in the neighborhood plot to overthrow the federal government on July 4th, the street decides to take matters into its own (metaphorical) hands.

Short Story Press Presents Lies We Tell One Another by Don Codner. A woman that was living a normal, mundane existence with her fiancé is thrust into a world that she isn’t equipped to deal with. Her life is shattered, and she must pick up the pieces with the help of a strange man who appears in her room.

In questa novella di Pirandello magistralmente interpretata da Gaetano Marino facciamo la conoscenza di Poponé, anziana che viene accompagnata da una schiera di angeli in un suo viaggio notturno. Al termine del suo viaggio, però, le verrà profetizzata la sua imminente morte.

Una donna in punto di morte è tormentata da un ricordo lontano e che potrebbe sembrare a tutti dimenticato. Ma lei ha promesso che rivelerà quel fatto soltanto "dopo morta". E così sarà.

Delbert Mason has it all - or so it seems. His career is a success, and he is an important man in his small town. His future is mapped out. He knows just where he's going.

Until the night he strolls home late and sees a hearse and a limousine pull into the local cemetery. Who were those strange men by the hearse, and whose grave was that being dug nearby?

Dall'opera di Grazia Deledda "Racconti Sardi" credenze magiche, superstizioni e riti di una volta....

In questo racconto si ritrovano i principali elementi che caratterizzano l'Opera di Tarchetti, ed in particolare il gusto per l'elemento fantastico e stregato e l'acuto sentimento della coesistenza di amore e morte, dosati con misura e rivestiti con un colorito linguaggio e punte di umorismo.

Dall'opera di Grazia Deledda "Racconti Sardi" una storia di superstioni e magie con un finale a sorpresa...

Life gets crowded on the open road. Jason loves the open spaces of the western US. There is contemplative quiet that comes with crossing the endless miles. And that's his job, traveling, doing mobile repair and maintenance work for an office equipment company. When they send him into New Mexico, an overnight stay at a motel that is haunted changes his life. Who knew spirits could be so tenacious or complicate your life so much? A short, fantastic adventure in surreal New Mexico.

On the first day of my stay, I just spent most of my time roaming about the woods and taking pictures. The selling point of this place was undoubtedly the beautiful nature that was surrounding it. I didn’t use the motor bike since its noise would scare away the animals, and I was able to take some great shots of the gorgeous scenery and its inhabitants. As I was strolling, I noticed some peculiar etchings on the trees that were clearly carved by a human. It was some kind of sigils or characters that were foreign to me.

Tonia Brown brings you three werewolf stories. Enjoy! In "Moonshine", Carson discovers the cure to his unfortunate curse in an old woman's still. In "Beauty of a Beast", an inventor learns the truth about his beautiful assistant's secret life. Will he abandon her to her hairy fate, or rescue her with his own well-guarded secret? And in "House Rules", a werewolf and a vampire walk into a bar...

Invoking Hellion: My name is Leila and I was named an 'Earth Sentinel' by my dead twin sister Lia. My mission is to battle dark spirit entities with the help of an attractive 19-year-old Earth Sentinel named Max and his sister April. : Millionaire aristocrat, Emerik Jakob Pavic, surprised her adopted 18-year-old daughter Klara with a space shuttle trip. His choice proved to be the wrong one when they found themselves stranded in space.

>"Chi insiste nell’idea peregrina che il racconto fantastico italiano è stato un episodio minore quanto tardo apparso sulla scena europea, non valuta appieno il contributo di Tarchetti". Tarchetti "per ardore sperimentale" scosse "la tradizione del fantastico con una invenzione formale che non avrà emulatori." Lo fece con i suoi Racconti fantastici e in particolare con il racconto I fatali.

In Collecting Feathers, Daniela I. Norris blends pitch-perfect storytelling and a keen spiritual awareness to bring us a beautiful and haunting set of tales from the beyond. A feast for the heart, mind, and soul, each story is layered with unfolding intrigue, and each one will stay with you long after the pages have been turned.

This story by H.G. Wells is about two entomologists who engage in a feud which gets nasty and bitter. When one of them dies, the other, oppressed with guilt, find himself plagued by a moth of an totally unfamiliar genus, which he just cannot catch.

This book is the cornerstone of Guinn’s story so far, where not only the relationship between the person behind the mask and the superhero who wears it is clarified, but we also discover something game-blowing about Guinn’s past. In a burning hot summer day, under a blinding sunlight, things change for W - forever? Don’t miss this story of W, and for the first time, see Guinn for what our hero really is.

W awakes from daydreaming about the past to fall back to square one, where we left our hero at the end of book four. But now W only has a few seconds to escape from the impossible situation fate has constructed. How will W accomplish this mission? What will the superhero attempt to find more answer to questions from a forgotten past?

Jenna is a beautiful girl who has always dreamed of seeking immortality on the Hollywood screen. When she comes across a beautiful woman named Kharis, she is offered a proposition for true immortality: life as a vampire.

Nel bel mezzo di un'accesa discussione sull'esistenza del soprannaturale, Porfirji Kapotonic racconta del fantasma canino che tutte le notti, accucciato sotto il suo letto, con i suoi ululati gli impediva di dormire. Ma quel fantasma canino recava un messaggio che gli avrebbe cambiato la vita.

When 35-year-old office worker Avery Brocus set up a profile on an adult hook-up site, he never dreamed a 22-year-old hottie would contact him. Nor did he imagine she’d want to meet him in person. After agreeing, he immediately has second thoughts. He’s expecting someone out to rob him of his money or identity. He’s not expecting to encounter creatures that want his very soul.