Paranormal Mystery Short Story

The first time they meet, she pelts him with bunchberries. The black wolf would suffer the sticky mess for an entire day if it meant listening to her sweet laughter and the soothing sound of her wings... but he had a job to do. ~ Priss Starwillow & the Wolf In addition to tales in the Tsuga Kingdom, featuring Priss Starwillow and her handsome black wolf, enjoy this eclectic mix of genres, characters, and worlds in this pretty collection of thirteen stories from the author of The Starlight Chronicles paranormal romance series. Meet the giant Greek god Tityus in his underground grotto, ...

Over 30,000 words of passion in this LESBIAN BUNDLE COLLECTION This is a 3 book Lesbian Romance collection that contains an explosion of HOT and INCREDIBLY SEXY stories sure make you sweat and get your heart pumping!! This collection includes: 1. Swept Away By My Surfer Girl 2. Taking Kara 3. A Matchmaker's Paradise Add this sizzling collection to your Kindle library today!

Regina Hartley has had enough. The demands of life have taken a toll on her and, no longer feeling equipped to endure the strain, she decides to end it all in watery surrender. But instead of drowning to death, she finds herself being revived on shore by a concerned, handsome stranger. After saving her, the stranger refuses to leave her alone. Regina realizes she doesn’t mind his attention and finds herself more interested in what else life has to offer overall. But after saving her spirit, will the handsome stranger eventually disappear? Gabriel finds himself in the right place at the ...

A teenage girl’s unnatural obsession with an ancient coin leads to bloodshed. Supernatural evil bides its time, as it lurks within the gears of an old grandfather clock. And a new bride discovers her mother-in-law is willing to go to terrifying lengths to build the perfect family....

Private eye. Vampire. Single mom. Professional badass. All Samantha Moon wanted was a routine cheating-fiancé surveillance gig. Instead, she ends up hanging off the landing gear of a helicopter racing out to sea. Because of course she does. What starts as a standard background check spirals into bank robberies, kidnapping plots, suppressed rifles, and a high-stakes rescue aboard a container ship. When a wealthy senator’s daughter is drugged and abducted by the very man she planned to marry, it’s up to Sam—armed with psychic commands, vampire strength, and trademark sarcasm—to save ...

For ages, people have been interested in the supernatural. Investigators and science researchers have written many books on the subject. The reality of the supernatural explains phenomena in a new light. Ghost sightings, poltergeists, angels, demons, the old hag syndrome and life after death are just some of the true personal accounts in these pages. Scientific research along with two thousand year old bible references mentioned to support some of these occurrences. For believers and skeptics!

An unlikely duo vs. pure evil! Disgraced ex-professor Harrison Hunter gets a knock on his door while hunkering down for the storm of the century. The strange guest, Boris Lattier, is a bear of a private investigator with a troubling demeanor. Lattier requests Harrison's assistance in solving a murder, but something about Lattier's story isn't adding up. Harrison gets swept into the case, pitted against good and evil, but there's no telling which is which.

Goblin seems like any other ordinary small town. But with the master storyteller Josh Malerman as your tour guide, you’ll discover the secrets that hide behind its closed doors. These six novellas tell the story of a place where the rain is always falling, nighttime is always near, and your darkest fears and desires await. Welcome to Goblin....

Villains have all the fun - everyone knows that - and this anthology takes you on a wild ride through the dark side! The top villains from 16 urban fantasy series get their own stories - including the baddies of New York Times best-selling authors Jim Butcher, Kevin Hearne, Kelley Armstrong, Seanan McGuire, and Jonathan Maberry. For every hero trying to save the world, there's a villain trying to tear it all down.

Samantha Moon is used to monsters, magic, and murder cases. But this Thanksgiving, the only thing she wants to hunt is a giant turkey with her family. When her long-lost brother Clayton unexpectedly shows up—looking decades too young, thanks to faerie magic—Sam's happy reunion takes a turn. Clayton’s cursed with insomnia and guilt after failing to stop a faerie abduction. Now it’s up to Sam, her shapeshifting daughter, her empathic youngest, and her psychic witch bestie to travel into the dark faerie realm, face down ogres, and rescue a stolen infant before it’s turned into a ...

Leader of the Underworld Halloween LaVeau is attending an award ceremony. Brothers Liam and Nicolas have been nominated for Coven Leader of the Year. Things take a strange turn when ghosts and magic collide during the ceremony. There will be no awards given out if Halloween doesn’t gain control of the event.Previously published in the Spell of the Ball anthology.

Time slips. Doomsday scenarios. Killer butterflies. C. J. Tudor's novels are widely acclaimed for their dark, twisty suspense plots, but with A Sliver of Darkness, she pulls us even further into her dizzying imagination. Riveting, macabre, and explosively original, A Sliver of Darkness is C. J. Tudor at her most wicked and uninhibited.

An aging woman sacrifices more than she bargained for in her quest for eternal youth. A group of kids explore a decrepit slaughterhouse only to find that one of them won’t be coming home. And when a deep freeze strikes a small town, one man discovers something sinister lurking beneath the ice and snow....

Ettie’s magic shop is infested…with hamsters? How is that possible? Unless whoever had sabotaged her in the past is back at it, trying to shut down her shop and drive her and her warlock husband out of town. Could it be the church-owning neighbor? The nosey reporter? Or the town’s mayor? Even Ettie’s own father-in-law is a suspect. The hamsters must go before they get her business shut down, but there’s just one problem: Ettie’s fallen in love with those cute little fuzzy critters. Read The Mail-Order Witch, Episode 2 to find out. This series contains a prequel plus three ...

For more than 30 years, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror fans crave. Now, with the 11th volume of the series, Daltow's back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. This light creates its own shadows. The Best Horror of the Year chronicles these shifting shadows.

Stranded on a desert island, a young man yearns for objects from his past. A local from a small coastal town in England is found dead as the tide goes out. A Norwegian whaling ship is stranded in the Arctic, its crew threatened by mysterious forces. In the nineteenth century, a ship drifts in becalmed waters in the Indian Ocean, those on it haunted by their evil deeds. A surfer turned diver discovers there are things worse than drowning under the sea. Something from the sea is creating monsters on land.

A collection of short stories involving the paranormal, where things aren't always black and white. Echo Lake: A woman is pursued by a younger woman, and the truth behind their connection sends both of their worlds spiralling out of - or in - control. Field: A grieving man visits the last place he'd seen his love. Will she ever come back? Highway 13: A cop investigates a murder in this crime noir tale. The Visitor: A killer stalks a small town. One woman discovers who he is, and must find a way to stop him.

All his life, Reyes Alexander Farrow has suffered the torments of the damned. Only one thing has given him hope: the woman who radiates a light that no mortals can see; a light that only the departed can see.... Told from his point of view, Brighter than the Sun chronicles the first time Reyes ever encountered Charley, and how their relationship has been the one thing that can either save him or doom him.

OVER-THE-TOP INSTA-LOVE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . So many Valentine's Days alone . . . *sigh* No cards . . . *sigh* No flowers . . . *sigh* No heart-shaped boxes of candy . . . *sigh* But this year in my mailbox I see something! It's red and heart-shaped! A heart-shaped card? A heart-shaped gift? Um, no. It's a heart-shaped . . . HEART! I scream and fumble for my phone so I can call the cops, the FBI, the CIA, maybe even the freakin' psychic hotline . . . But then my mystery admirer emerges from the shadows. And he says I'm his. His Valentine. Over-the-top novella with drama and darkness...

National Organization of Magic Detective Tom Owenton has come back into Elly's life to ask for her help with a spell. It just happens to be Valentine's Day though. Does that mean love is in the air?