Supernatural Metaphysical

Rael wakes to find herself at an unexpected crossroads in her young life. She has come on vacation to Europe in hopes of forgetting about the past, including failing at the most critical thing in her life: skiing. Of course, at sixteen nearly everything can feel like the most important thing in your life at any moment. Still, Rael is pretty sure training for six years and losing her big race by a tenth of a second is the lowest possible point her life can reach. Well, she was sure of that—until she wakes up in a stone room, alone, bound by rope, and in the care of a vampire. A situation ...

"Highly recommended!" — The Prairies Book Review. Young runaway Mig isn't like the other children. When Mary Ellen catches him stealing eggs from her henhouse, she decides to help him hide from his pursuers. Little does she know that her simple act of kindness will change the Universe forever.

SYNOPSIS: In 1993, a young Italian dramatist and his wife arrive at an island resort, where they meet an old Impressionist and his granddaughter. Surprisingly, the teenage girl looks like the author’s first fiancée, who has been missing since 1982. The same night, the artist and the girl disappear, as if only to create a much greater mystery that cannot remain unsolved forever. (This standalone story is available in print as part of the STARCALL Anthology, Vol. 5, illustrated by the author.)

How did Hank Boyd get his start in the world of archaeology? The Hank Boyd Origins will give readers a look into the years preceding the events of BLOOD & SAND, starting with THE CURSED PHARAOH. Renowned historian, Dr. William Boyd, and his rebellious son, Hank, are called in to investigate an exciting discovery after the tomb of an Egyptian monarch is located. What they find is equal parts perplexing and alarming as Hank contracts a long-dormant virus hidden within the crypt, one that is warned to be a "scourge against humanity." Now, the father and son duo, along with a close friend and ...

Shapeshifters, conspiracy theories, and an urban myth brought to life. Welcome to the Australian High Country, where secrets and magic lie beneath the melting snow. After Grace Atkinson's city life crumbles, she’s forced to move back to her childhood home—the sleepy alpine town of Targangil. When she arrives, she finds herself in the centre of not only her own family drama, but a flurry of mysterious black panther sightings—elusive predators rumoured to roam the wilderness, but whose existence has never been proven. But when Grace comes face to face with a black panther in the shadow ...

When the NYTF reports that a golem, a large rock creature, is terrorizing parts of the city and destroying hubs of power, Ezra calls on Montague & Strong to investigate and stop the creature. Their first reaction is to refuse. Except there’s one problem. No one refuses Ezra, a personification of death, without grave consequences. Now, Monty and Simon, together with Ursula of the Damned, must uncover how the golem was created and who would use it to destroy hubs of power, without being crushed in the process.

The bizarre surrounds us. Science has all the answers, right? Wrong! Since the beginning of time mysterious creatures, weird events and numerous other anomalies baffled even the wisest of intellectuals or experts. Let's take a look at the unanswerable...at that which is BIZARRE AND UNEXPLAINED: TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The Old Hag 2. Haunted Dolls 3. Bad Little Boys 4. Ghoulish Little Girls 5. Magic Mirrors 6. Shadow People, Shadow Pets 7. Blood-Sucking Vampires 8. Psychic Vampires 9. Peculiar Places 10. Freaky Faces 11. Cursed Cars 12. Evil Clowns 13. Creepy Castles 14. Not So Sweet Dreams 15....

“The Tracing: Secrets Within, is an incredible and brilliantly penned five-star novel that stands out in the science fiction category, whose intriguing plot is set to exhilarate, thrill and enlighten." READER VIEWS "The perfect five star novel for readers who enjoy cutting-edge technology, high-paced action, and strong characters. Highly recommended!" Readers' Favorite __________________________ Imagine that within the spirals of your DNA remain secrets deeper and more intricate than the double helix itself—secrets that Jack Shaw, a molecular scientist grappling with his own ...

Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest is a small village called Dark Root, a town steeped in magic, mystery, and secrets. But for Maggie Maddock, Dark Root is also a prison - a place where she is forced to work in her mother's Magick Shoppe while the rest of the world moves forward without her. When a mysterious stranger offers to take Maggie away from it all, she leaves without looking back. Seven years later, Maggie is called home by her beloved older sister.

My name is Erin Stone. I’m 43, with a daughter away at college and a successful career as a communications officer with the 911 dispatch center for the Toronto Police Service. My life had just returned to a new normal after my divorce and everything was going smoothly. Then, boom! I dreamed of a plane crash - only it wasn’t just a dream. The crash happened in real life. A vision, plain and simple. Not exactly. My family certainly wouldn’t understand. And me…psychic? I’d dabbled in new-age spirituality in the past, but never plunged into the deep end.

The final part in the story that started with Gifts, and the tale of Gry Barre of Roddmant and Orrec Caspro of Caspromant, two children with extraordinary powers. They play a part in Voices too, the sequel to Gifts, in which Memer, a girl who has grown up in a captured city, is part of the people's fight for freedom. And now, in Powers, we have the conclusion to Ursula Le Guin's beautifully written, powerful and moving story of the Western Isles, a tale that will leave every listener begging for more.

Read by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, this short story by Philip K. Dick takes us where the powers of earth had finally exterminated the last of the horrible tribes of mutant freaks spawned by atomic war. Menace to homo sapien supremacy was about ended - but not quite. For out of the countryside, came a great golden, godlike youth whose extraordinary mutant powers, combining the world's oldest and newest methods of survival, promised a new and superior type of mankind.

Sam Meeko never thought that he’d ever get a superpower, especially one that allows him to smell everything. Everything. With his unconventional power, Sam joins forces with a group of women hellbent on getting to the bottom of a countrywide conspiracy. It’s going to take some thinking outside the box, and when that doesn’t work, Sam and his group might need to tear the walls down.

Buried secrets. Magical lies. With a shadow’s whisper, darkness begins to rise… When June Morgan returns to her hometown of Stonebridge, she isn’t expecting it to be easy. Having denied her magic for far too long, she feels it beginning to break free, leading her to seek out the Stonebridge Witches for help. Turning to her one-time mentor, Alistair Blackthorn, June begins to seek control…only to find herself in the midst of shadowed whispers of a rising darkness that feels all too familiar. A power so consuming that claimed her parent’s lives and sent her running. A power, that ...

I’m Natasha, a dark blood. In plain speak, I'm naturally drawn to dark magic and forces of the wrong kind. That's not the half of it. The powerful Guild of Mages, in charge of maintaining order among the magical, is all too eager to brand me a rogue. I wanted to be normal, away from magic, free from the perpetual tug-of-war between light and dark that rages within me. Had it not been for the money I needed to keep my brother alive, I would have totally fought off that intense craving to use my powers. Being a magical investigator seemed like an easy and respectable way to have it all. ...

"Maybe God Is An American" reveals what happens after Father Sean disappears, and welcomes readers into a new adventure on the other side of the pond. From political maneuvering in Washington to protecting the innocent and battling child sex offenders, this novel is fast-paced and unpredictable and gives readers a view of how an apocalypse could occur. Vinnie is just as interesting in this second installment as he was in the first, forever doubting and succumbing to his baser instincts, but his friendship with Sean hasn’t dimmed, and for much of the second part of the book, he works to ...

During an upturn in the economy, faced with a downturn in the soul buying business, The Devil resorts to telemarketing.

The Buried Giant begins as a couple, Axl and Beatrice, set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen for years. They expect to face many hazards—some strange and other-worldly—but they cannot yet foresee how their journey will reveal to them dark and forgotten corners of their love for one another.

A werewolf civil war. A vampire blood ritual. To stop both, werewolf Sloane will have to go to war. Barely escaping with their lives, Sloane and Chaser are on the run. The Fortitude Wolves are split down the middle, the Hollow Men are on their tail, and the threat of death hangs over their head at every turn. Their only choice is to keep their heads down and find a way to end the madness once and for all. Short on friends, Sloane is backed into a corner with little hope remaining. Her only way out is through a maniacal vampire who wants to sacrifice her in a blood ritual—which isn’t her...

A rookie empath battles superior psychics–and more demons. Can life get harder for Diane? Aided by a secret order of wraith hunters and an angel, she defeated a line of immortal killers and their possessing demon. Now, as she tries to leave behind the unwanted battles, she’s thrust into the maelstrom of a raging psychic war.A new enemy is leaving a bloody trail, casting a widening shadow of death, and only Diane has the skill to stop it. Though still learning her powers, she’s the strongest empath on our side. She’d rather walk away, marry a charming hunter, and live normal life, ...