Short Stories Occult

At the end of our days we will most likely lie for eternity in the cemetery or graveyard. Many of these, now wreathed in time, have a romance and overgrown beauty as nature keeps and shelters the dead. For our varied and talented authors, a major theme, or indeed character of the stories in this volume is that very location, and how they weave it into their narratives is both fascinating, enlightening and a wonderfully distinct way of telling classic short stories.

Detective Jack Nightingale fights his battles in the shadows, in the grey areas where demons and monsters seek their prey. In this collection of nine short stories, Nightingale matches wits against demons from Hell, monsters created by humans, and Satanists who have done their own private deals with the devil.

The Rules have allowed Andrew Phillips to commit the most heinous of crimes for decades. He meticulously plans and executes kidnappings, murders, and other unspeakable acts to children. No one has ever come close to solving the atrocities he perpetrates every few months. Phillips thinks he's successfully committed the perfect crimes. And then he meets Asher Benson.

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 ...

Tarn and Beck have reset the clocks and gone back to the beginning. They used the power of the elfin light to time travel and save their family and friends, changing their pasts. Now they’re living new lives, free from shadows, but they’re separated from each other. Tarn and Beck have never met, nor have they met their friends. But the villains Komotuvu, Tobias, Damian and Orfea have teamed up. They remember their past lives and how Tarn, Beck, and their friends ruined their plans before. The villains hold grudges against Tarn and Beck as they’re trying to reach the mystical city of ...

narra la historia de Walter Gilman, un estudiante de la Universidad de Miskatonic obsesionado con las leyendas de Arkham, y un ávido lector de libros como el Necronomicón, El libro de Eibon y el Unaussprechlichen Kulten. Es así que decide rentar una habitación en la Casa de la Bruja, sitio donde vivió Keziah Mason, una vieja bruja que consiguió escapar de los juicios de Salem gracias a su habilidad para viajar a otras dimensiones.

Take a chill pill, get ready to catch boogie fever, and turn it up to 11! Do You Fear Like We Do is set in an alternate scary ’70s where "disco inferno" isn’t just a song tile, an FM radio DJ who works the graveyard shift finds out what "catch you on the flipside" really means, and a rock band faces death flying the not-so-friendly skies. Stories include "Tiny Danger", "Comfortably Dumb", and "While My Guitar Gently Reaps".

J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) was a versatile and prolific novelist and playwright, but in The Other Place (1953), he shows an unexpected talent, proving himself a master of the weird tale. In "The Grey Ones", Mr. Patson visits a psychiatrist after he becomes convinced that a race of demons masquerading as men are plotting the overthrow of the human race...but what if he's not insane? In "Guest of Honour", a banquet speech becomes a horrifying affair when the keynote speaker realizes his audience is made up of monstrous and menacing creatures.

Un investigador que resuelve casos a partir de rastros en los insectos, una mujer acechada por un detective para desentrañar un misterio relacionado con la sangre, un hombre que sueña con cataclismos aéreos, centros siquiátricos que esconden historias escalofriantes, un asesinato colectivo que involucra a varios matrimonios, un espantapájaros que guarda los secretos de un grupo de niños, una pitonisa que sólo vaticina atrocidades, así como una guerra a muerte desatada en un pueblo durante la noche de brujas.

A young man discovers a Dark ritual, he believes will reanimate the dead, and through the aide of natural and preternatural forces, his deeds end in horror.

When outside a man’s home, a bush, inflamed, but not burning says to him, “I am the God of thy father,” knowing nothing good comes when God speaks to you in person, he acts.

Paranormal crime stories by best-selling fiction writers like Kelley Armstrong, Anne Perry, Simon R. Green, Patricia Briggs, and more. A massive, monumental volume of paranormal crime fiction by best-selling authors. Gripping tales of mayhem include both novellas and short stories like "Stalked By", by Kelley Armstrong; "The Judgment", by worldwide best-selling author Anne Perry; "Appetite for Murder", by Simon R. Green; "Road Dogs", by Norman Partridge; "The Hex Is In", by Mike Resnick; and many more.

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.

The endlessly inventive mind of Joe R. Lansdale whips up yet another batch of stories to amaze, surprise, and entertain you. His new offering covers a lot of territory, producing what may be his best short story collection yet. It's the usual wild and crowd-pleasing display of what has become a subgenre of modern literature as only Joe R. Lansdale can present it.

This bundle features all six of 2018's AngelStories in one set: Including "My Angel Comes", "The Tree House", "Sunset Beach" and a special edition of "My Father's Hands".

El irlandes Bram Stoker, que supo sobreponerse a la invalidez que lo aquejo en la infancia para convertirse en notable atleta, recogio esos temores al crear el personaje del Conde Dracula, un vampiro que tiene que alimentarse de sangre humana para sobrevivir.

Travel to the year 1967, when San Francisco became the place for young people to explore their sexuality, find freedom and transcend. What Willow never expected was to experience a ghostly presence that haunted her dreams and terrorized her waking hours. Will she discover what the stranger wants from her before it's too late? Over 18 recommendation due to mature content concerning references to drug use and its culture.

Whether exploring the tenebrous bottoms of the ocean, traveling into the cold recesses of uncharted space, or battling other supernatural creatures for world dominance, these vampires mean business! So gather your stakes and clutch your garlic tight as daylight draws to a close—and the vampires claim the night!

The events in the seven short stories are based on actual paranormal occurrences that are described in haunting detail in The Dead: A True Paranormal Story.

There is evil in the woods and it wants you dead. They warned us not to enter, but we didn't listen. The call too strong to ignore. And now there is no one left to save us. Beware, these things within the forest will rip out your heart and devour your soul. You will tremble as they revel in your madness, taking everything from you and leaving you with nothing. Delve inside this anthology of what truly lurks within the shadows of the trees.