Verlag: Charles River Editors
Violet Paget was a British writer who wrote under the pseudonym of Vernon Lee and is best remembered for her supernatural fiction. Lee's most famous work is Hauntings, a collection of classic ghost and supernatural tales that was published in 1890.
Ben's niece Joan suddenly arrives for a visit, before Harvey can find the loot! Harvey finds his old friend Ben living like a hermit afraid to spend the money he embezzled but Harvey is sure he has it and that it must be hidden somewhere in this old house. When he is sure Ben is asleep Harvey lets him self out, slips quietly down the hall to the stairs. The fire is still throwing a good light as he moves around the room searching systematically checking the floorboards, the walls when suddenly Ben appears and challenges him. Harvey strikes him with a heavy bookend then he puts the heavy bookend on the table and stares down on the floor where Ben fell and he realizes that Ben’s dead, that he killed him…Zum Buch
Enjoy this short story by Mace Styx. "Don’t be a fool! There’s no such thing as aliens, Roxy” Branden said in a tight, strangled voice. “Let’s get Frank out of this damn water." He wrapped his arms around Frank who was now moaning and wailing like a baby. They all surrounded Frank. Gathering their strength, they heaved him up, and as they began to make their way towards shore. They all heard another thunder-like ricochet. But this time, it was multiple ones, and they were undoubtedly fired at them. They froze in shock as they looked up towards the sky. Racing at them, with menacing swiftness, was a plethora of laser beams. Roxy was the first to realize what was going on. "I don't know what that thing is, but it wants to kill us." She wailed. "Guys, run."Zum Buch
A couple’s move to an old West Virginia house stirs up a haunting hundred-year-old mystery . . . June 23, 1923: Local Couple Disappears Under Suspicious Circumstances Thanks to a new job opportunity, and with their children now grown, Mary and her husband, Rick, have moved from Indiana into a one-hundred-year-old home in West Virginia. But while adjusting to such a big change in her life, she has no idea that she is about to encounter the ghost of a woman named Jillian—and become instrumental in helping her solve the mystery of how she and her beloved disappeared without a trace so long ago, after the warm moonlit night they planned to meet under the old oak tree and elope . . .Zum Buch
The Third Gate Part 1 is the first in the Amercian Isekai series. Some people found the first edition to be long from chapter to chapter. I reduced it and added some extra information in the book, but skill the same story. I this version is designed for the people that want a quick chapter before bed. Jacob Smith was killed in a freak accident in the first world. He is brought to a place called the Void. Where he is sent to a second world by an angel. The angel's job is to help build him up as he gains abilities and grows strong enough to defeat the Demon Lord. A being that is works from the shadows and has his evil presence in everything in the world. Due to some scenes listener discretion is advised.Zum Buch
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet and novelist, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. 'The Two Frogs' is the story of two amphibians who live in different cities in Japan. Each desires to see the world, so each sets out on a journey towards the other's home city. When they meet at the top of a mountain, the two frogs make friends and devise a plan to work out whether their journey is worthwhile - with unintended consequences.Zum Buch
There are places in the world where darkness rules, where it's unwise to walk. Sunshine knew that. But there hadn't been any trouble out at the lake for years, and she needed a place to be alone for a while.Unfortunately, she wasn't alone. She never heard them coming. Of course you don't, when they're vampires.They took her clothes and sneakers. They dressed her in a long red gown. And they shackled her to the wall of an abandoned mansion-within easy reach of a figure stirring in the moonlight.She knows that he is a vampire. She knows that she's to be his dinner and that when he is finished with her, she will be dead. Yet, as dawn breaks, she finds that he has not attempted to harm her. And now it is he who needs her to help him survive the day.Zum Buch
