Short Stories Occult

It’s business as usual on the set of another cheap sword-and-sandal production by Pharos Pictures—until the lead actress suddenly falls into a deep, mysterious sleep. Jordan Harper can talk down high-strung starlets and knock sense into stuntmen, but this…this is the kind of uncanny problem that he’d usually bring to Mrs. Hope. Unfortunately, the preternaturally capable secretary is on a business trip with the studio head. Harper must get to the bottom of the mystery on his own before another cast member succumbs—or worse, they blow the budget.

Having doubted the existence of the others, at the same time, to their shock and terror, a Ghost, a Time Traveler, and an Extraterrestrial appear to a man, who’s not surprised at all.

Amidst the vibrant chaos and suffocating heat of Haiti, Father Thomas O’Neill arrives with a sacred, and terrifying, Vatican mandate. Accompanied only by his remarkably intuitive feline companion, Ezekiel, their mission goes beyond pastoral care. Deep within the shadows of a struggling Catholic-run medical clinic, a malevolent Voodoo sorcerer known as a Houngan preys on the vulnerable. He isn't just stealing souls; he's twisting the sick and desperate, binding their spirits to his will, transforming them into the dreaded, mindless creatures of nightmare: the zombie! Drawn into an ancient ...

This volume covers H.P. Lovecraft's "apprentice years" - roughly the first half of his literary career, the half written before his return to Providence in 1926. Every story written for publication under his own name is included in this volume, from 1917 through 1925.

The events of the story occupy a single June day in post-World War I Central London, as wealthy and fashionable society hostess Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for a party she is to give that evening. Through her thoughts and memories, the voices of others who have touched on her life and will attend her party, Virginia Woolf shows her genius as a writer who is both accessible and popular.

Unlock the door to a world where myths breathe, mysteries fester, and fiction blends with reality. The Horror Files brings together an enthralling collection of short stories that merge the eerie beauty of legends with gripping mysteries, unsettling horrors, paranormal activity and mystery. From cursed relics, ghostly enigmas, modern day vampires, and real life fight for survival stories, these tales transport readers into dark corners where the boundaries of imagination dissolve. For fans of spellbinding horror and stories that linger in your mind long after the last page, The Horror Files...

FBI special agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder go hunting in the shadows for dangerous truths in this new collection of original, never-before-published tales of The X-Files. Edited by New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry, Secret Agendas features heart-stopping stories by some of today's hottest writers of mystery, thrillers, science fiction, and horror.

I again participated in the Flash Fiction February challenge hosted by the Storytelling Collective (https://www.storytellingcollective.com/). The challenge was to write a daily flash fiction story of between 500 and 1500 words. Each day the Storytelling Collective provided a prompt of a picture or a word, and the participants wrote their flash fiction based upon it. I enjoyed the challenge even though I was unable to finish all 28. I wrote more flash fiction throughout the year, and this anthology includes all of those stories. I tried to correct them for typos, spelling, and gross grammar ...

A varied collection of short stories from the acknowledged British master of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, Brian Lumley, in a single volume of all three domains of the imagination–but more especially the haunts of the sinister and macabre!

A monster is slaughtering women and taking only their wombs. Tim Roberts, a detective, is hot on this monster’s trail trying to figure out why it is doing this. Will he catch this monster in time or will this monster kill until it has completed its task? Be careful Tim, this monster has a secret yet to be revealed. Bonus Story: Killer Treads A man sees a flashy ad online advertising a twenty dollar treadmill. Big Bob buys the machine, too cheap to be scared or cautious, and realizes much too late that this machine has a taste for blood. Rub Big Bob run. Bonus Story: Gluten Free Death by ...

When the NEIC predicts a catastrophic 10.0 magnitude earthquake, Piper finds herself at the epicenter of chaos and devastation. Struggling to survive alongside her sister Lily, they embark on a harrowing journey through the ruins of their world. Amidst the destruction, the sisters uncover profound truths and answers to life's most crucial questions. Will their bond be strong enough to endure the ultimate test of survival? #earthquake, #survival, #Richter scale 10, #catastrophic, #sisters, #chaos, #devastation 4o

In "The Devil's Disciple," the remnants of the once-famous rock band The Serpents gather in the decaying grandeur of Steven Rex's French country house, now a haunting symbol of their past glory. As they confront their fading relevance, Steven proposes an outrageous plan: to invoke dark forces through an ancient ritual, hoping to regain their lost fame. Gathered with him are his bandmates—Mick, Barry, and Tony—along with Anna Divine, a former supermodel who embodies both beauty and desperation. The atmosphere is thick with tension as they commence the ritual, reciting archaic words from ...

Survivors trapped in a sunken vessel find themselves hunted through the depths by a deadly adversary. A skeptical journalist discovers the sinister inhabitants of a fake haunted house are all too real. And a husband commits murder to protect his wife, only to learn he has created something even more dangerous....

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies", which consists of an essay each on ants, butterflies and mosquitos. According to the author, most of the folk tales and ghost stories in the first part were translated from old Japanese texts. The themes encompass resurrection, sacrifice, magic, and the realm of dreams.

This stunning anthology of classic colonial suspense fiction plunges deep into the native soil from which American horror literature first sprang. While European writers of the Gothic and bizarre evoked ruined castles and crumbling abbeys, their American counterparts looked back to the colonial era’s stifling religion, and its dark and threatening woods.

A Stephen King ghost story in the grand tradition, Riding the Bullet is the ultimate warning about the dangers of hitchhiking. Lock those car doors before listening!

A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

After crossing paths with fire imps in Paris, Samantha Moon and the gang continue their whirlwind European tour... Next stop: Prague. Dealing with Anthony's mind-numbing "Czech" jokes is one thing...but dealing with magic-wielding vampires is something else entirely. It begins after a few peaceful days in Prague. The sites are awe-inspiring. But the sounds not so much. Especially the banging at night. And then the screaming. Sam and Allison investigate...and come across something they're not entirely prepared to see... A monster of epic proportions, controlled by a nefarious group of old ...

Developed from a personal interest in American witchcraft, Raffaelle Pezzella has brought together a gifted group of authors whose interests lie in a similar field. Here you will find a wealth of interesting short stories that draw as much on historical documents as they do folklore, classic novels, and short stories or even modern cinema. In his previous volumes of short stories, Raffaele Pezzella, through his measured curation has developed a back catalogue of wonderful stories from a magnificently diverse group of writers. His volume of Lovecraftian tales, The Black Stone: Stories for ...

In the quiet, seemingly idyllic neighborhood of Eden Gardens, the ordinary collides with the extraordinary in this thrilling collection of supernatural, fantasy, and horror stories. Suburban Tales: Book One unveils three dark and mysterious tales that haunt the hearts of its residents. In “The Rock Star,” a drum technician’s late-night bike ride takes a terrifying turn as he encounters a ghostly presence that refuses to let him go. “The Piano” tells the story of a recently divorced man who wakes up to find an old street barrel piano on his lawn, but its haunting melodies soon ...