Publisher: BookRix
A retired paranormal investigator accepts a challenge to stay in a haunted house for one night. Will he manage to survive the night in this house of nightmares?
The Palatine Guard, a powerful secret demon-hunting unit of the Vatican, has hired Meena Harper. With Meena's ability to predict how people are going to die, they finally have a chance against the undead. Sure, her ex-boyfriend was Lucien Antonescu, son of Dracula. But that was before he went up in flames. Meena knows with her past, winning over her new co-workers won't be easy. But when The Lamir, most feared clan of all vampire kind, arrives, she gets her chance. But Meena isn't the Palatine's only hope; Father Henrique has fought more Lamir than anyone. So why doesn't Meena trust him? As she begins unraveling the truth Meena finds temptations she never even imagined existed, but finds impossible to resist.Show book
"The Unnamable" is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in September 1923, first published in the July 1925 issue of Weird Tales, and first collected in Beyond the Wall of Sleep. The corrected text appears in Dagon and Other Macabre Tales, (revised ed, 1986). The story's locale was inspired by the Charter Street Historic District Burying Ground in Salem. Carter, a weird fiction writer, who is likely the Randolph Carter who features in some of Lovecraft's other tales such as "The Statement of Randolph Carter", meets with his close friend, Joel Manton, in a cemetery near an old, dilapidated house on Meadow Hill in the town of Arkham, Massachusetts. As the two sit upon a weathered tomb, Carter tells Manton the tale of an indescribable entity that allegedly haunts the house and surrounding area...Show book
Enjoy all the suspenseful, fast-paced whodunits in the award-winning, bestselling supernatural mystery series—collected for the first time in one volume. In author Rochelle Staab’s bestselling A Mind for Murder mystery series, classic Hollywood noir gets a modern, mystical twist. An L.A. psychologist who eschews all things supernatural matches wits with a handsome professor of the occult as they team up to solve Tinsel Town’s spookiest murders . . . Divorced psychologist Liz Cooper doesn’t believe in fate, but it sure seems like an otherworldly force is bent on her working with occult professor, Nick Garfield. Whether Liz is tracking a tarot card killer, investigating a neighborhood witch, or clearing her own name in an unusual murder, the strange cases keep coming. And while Liz takes a practical approach to sleuthing, Nick explores the more alternative theories. But be it with practical evidence or preternatural clues, Liz and Nick won’t quit until the cases are solved. Packed with snappy banter, sizzling chemistry, and a supporting cast of characters as unique as L.A. itself, the A Mind for Murder mysteries are a smart and sophisticated series that proves it’s far more fun when great minds don’t think alike . . . Praise for the series “Brava! Staab delivers effortless chills that eerily wash over you, leaving you shivering in wicked delight.” —Seattle Post-Intelligencer “A spellbinding blend of voodoo and tarot traditions. Who Do, Voodoo? is a superlative supernatural mystery.” —Cleo Coyle, New York Times–bestselling author “Smart, sophisticated, and utterly spellbinding.” —Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today–bestselling author “[A] fantastic series.” —A Book ObsessionShow book
A "Bluebeard" story in which a young woman marries a man whom she discovers has killed his previous wives and is trying to kill her as well. (Summary by Jane Greensmith)Show book
A large scale and much publicized expedition to Antarctica is about to take place. While excitement runs high in the scientific community over this expedition, one geologist tries his hardest to stop the trip from ever happening. This is because William Dyer has been to Antarctica on an expedition before, and knows of the unspeakable horrors that lie in its frigid terrain. Dyer goes into explaining that during his last trip, he and another small group led by Professor Lake, encountered ancient alien life forms dubbed The Elder Things. Told from Dyers perspective, this story goes into detail of Dyer's fatal encounters with the aliens in Antarctica and how this new expedition will surely end in nothing but more tragedy.Show book
Coroner Blake is interviewed on tv show about murder, and how some people do it to get noticed, the host kills co host to get ratings for show and blames killing on necromancer a good scapegoat. Except the Necromancer was at another killing. Lance the Necromancer and Blake try to find the killer. The killer is busy trying to get the Necromancer arrested. People watch the show because of the crime.Show book
