Publisher: Alien Ebooks
These stories were mostly written to pass a few hours of the long Arctic nights. Some are wholly fiction, others fact, or founded on fact, and the reader will easily discriminate.
Believe in witches, for sometimes you need magic to ward off the evil in darkness. It was my junior year at Hawthorne University when Mira dealt me a reversed Lovers card. That meant trouble in paradise. I thought nothing of it until Alondra introduced me to a new witch from outside our coven—Enora. Enora’s precisely the sort of witch you’d call wicked. Even worse, she used to be in love with my boyfriend. I just wanted a normal year. But as our leader fought illness, I fought with my friends trying to hold the Hawthorne coven together. I felt abandoned. And my loneliness dropped me into trances where I wandered the dark forest alone. These altered states were created by my magic, but I learned that they were spurred on by something far more sinister. Where did this evil come from? The wicked witch? The old devil? I had to find out because it threatened the people I love. Windstorm is the sequel to Broomstick—Book 2 in the Hawthorne University Witch Series. The books in this series are complete self-contained novels not ending in cliffhangers. Some spoilers cannot be avoided, but Windstorm is a stand-alone novel that can be enjoyed without reading the first book. Content warning: Windstorm is a new adult college paranormal romance containing profanity, sexual scenes, adult situations, and, of course, witchcraft.Show book
The fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk is written by J. Roberts. Jack, a poor country boy, trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, which grow into a massive, towering beanstalk reaching up into the clouds. Jack climbs the beanstalk and finds himself in the castle of an unfriendly giant.Show book
Charles Dexter Ward is a young man from a prominent Rhode Island family who has disappeared from a mental asylum. He had been incarcerated during a prolonged period of insanity, during which he exhibited minor and inexplicable physiological changes. His empty cell is found to be very dusty. The bulk of the story concerns the investigation conducted by the Wards' family doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, in an attempt to discover the reason for Ward's madness and physiological changes. Willett learns that Ward had spent the past several years attempting to discover the grave of his ill-reputed ancestor, Joseph Curwen. The doctor slowly begins to reveal the truth behind the legends surrounding Curwen, an eighteenth-century shipping entrepreneur and alleged alchemist, who was in reality a necromancer and mass murderer. A raid on Curwen's farm was remarkable for the shouted incantations, lights, explosions, and some not-quite-human figures shot down by the raiders. The raiders swore any witnesses to strict secrecy about what they saw and heard. As Willett's investigations proceed, he finds that Charles had recovered Curwen's ashes, and through the use of magical formulae contained in documents found hidden in Curwen's home in Providence, was able to call forth Curwen from his "essential saltes" and resurrect him. Willett also finds that Curwen, who resembles Charles enough to pass for him, murdered and replaced his modern descendant and resumed his evil activities. Although Curwen convinces onlookers that he is Charles, his anachronistic mindset and behavior lead authorities to certify him insane and imprison him in an asylum.Show book
The human race prides itself on being the most organised of animals. We manage the fate of all other species. All other animals bow to our control or suffer. In diminishing numbers we allow some to live in the wild but in increasing numbers we domesticate them and whether they become part of the family, a best friend or wonderfully decorative accessory we take their compliance for granted. Such a shame then when these creatures take umbrage and prepare their revenge on us they do so in ways designed to show that when the tables turn ‘mercy’ is just a word that we humans plead for, expect, but, of course, is always denied. 01 - Animal Terror - A Short Story Volume - Volume 2 02 - Rats by M.R. James 03 - A Lesson on a Tortoise by D. H. Lawrence. 04 - Tarnhelm or The Death of My Uncle Robert by Hugh Walpole 05 - Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling 06 - Tobermory by SakiShow book
He isn't your parents’ Santa Claus. Kris Kringle had a hell of a Christmas last year. This year isn't shaping up to be any better. The Workshop might have provided the enemy with a piece of jewelry she now wears around her neck. What is the purpose? Unbeknown to her and Kris, she is going to need it soon. She's a liability on the one side and a ticket to get Kris Kringle to bring the spycraft known as Santa's Sleigh into a position where it can be stolen. And Santa killed. Will Kris save Christmas? Will he be able to save his ex-girlfriend from execution? Will he even care after what she did last year? Finally, will the Workshop stop getting involved in Kris' personal life when he knows nothing about it?Show book
This audiobook is an independent and unofficial overview, created solely for educational and informational purposes. It is not associated with, authorized by, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. In Before Mars, a geologist and artist arrives at a Mars base expecting solitude and scientific discovery—but instead finds a note written in her own handwriting warning her not to trust anyone. As she unravels the mystery behind the message, reality itself begins to warp, and she must confront buried memories, questions of identity, and a chilling corporate conspiracy that stretches beyond the red planet. This gripping psychological sci-fi thriller explores isolation, memory, and the thin line between truth and madness.Show book
