Publisher: BookRix
An ancient spirit breaks free from its magical prison, causing death in its wake. Who will stop this evil and end the bloody mayhem?
Blake is caught by the police riding a broom on a tollway he is rowdy and drunk and also gives a false name so he is taken to the magician-proof cell where he is recognised by his Uncle Reynard the policeman who has been looking for him what will happen when the fugitive meets his wife after he abandoned her will Reynard betray him or help him. "Edgar Blackstone is awake," said a policeman to the man in charge of the station. "I will see him, now," said the Sergeant to the guard. "Want me to bring him?" asked the guard. "No, I'll go see him," said the sergeant, "he might trust another Magician with who he is more than a normal policeman." "Ok, Sarg," said the guard. That's him, Sarg," said the guard to the sergeant in the guarded cells. "Turn off that light?" moaned the drunk magician. "Oh my god? It's you!" said the sergeant, shining a torch in the face of the last man he expected to see. "You know him, who is he?" asked the guard. "Dr. Blake Alexander, my grandnephew," said Sergeant Reynard Alexander.Show book
A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection From the Depths. There is a dark mood aboard Serapis, driven by its distracted captain. It was agreed that this ship would not be returning from its voyage, the insurance money paying for a new ship. But the captain loses more than he bargained for, and it is years until he is at peace when he is unexpectedly reunited with the wreck on the coast of Chile.Show book
Humanity is in a race against extinction. Having survived a horrific attack by the Creeps, Adam Blake is badly scarred and weak. Though no one believes him, the attack—and subsequent coma—cursed Adam with prophetic visions wherein the Creeps evolve, the vines grow out of control, and a new threat rises to bring genocide to the human race. When his visions come to fruition, it falls to John Sage to stop the threat with the tools he's found at the research facility. Combining science and weaponry, he faces off against familiar foes, but can John survive when aliens are involved?Show book
Lana is a psychic ghost hunter working in The Circle Of Roses shop. She wants to help solve a case when a man’s wife leaves him because of ghosts tormenting her in the attic, but she ends up with a haunting dilemma of her own. Terra’s ghost is haunting one of her teens in her small townhouse. Sylvie and Dana are teenagers who just want to live but when Sylvie’s room is repeatedly thrashed, psychic Rose is called to investigate. She knows Terra from way back and thinks she wants more revenge, but why is the other teen Dana not affected? Sylvie and Dana have their own group called the Rosebuds. Started when they were kids, they wind up the only two in it. When old enough they will go into training to become real psychics. As for this story it is their first everything, except their first time seeing a ghost. How long can Terra’s ghost be kept a secret from Dana? And will Rose be able to solve both cases at once?Show book
"Peppered with pop culture and brand name references to lend realism, these unnerving stories offer witty yet foreboding observations of humanity’s folly. Readers who relish the blending of genres will be pulled in by the humor, humanity, and horrors." ~ Booklife Reviews by Publishers Weekly Readers' Choice Award-winning author Stacey Longo is back with a collection of darkly funny, spine-tingling fiction that will haunt your dreams long after you've turned the final page. Journey across the Donner Pass with young newlyweds whose dreams of grandeur turn gruesome. Dare to venture to a carny retirement community, where the echoes of past tortures still resonate. In Tempered Glass, Longo masterfully weaves together a tapestry of dread, seamlessly blending psychological terror with supernatural horror. Can you handle the horrors that lie within?Show book
THE NEXT HUNT IS ABOUT TO BEGINWhat do you do when the person that is supposed to help is the one you’re running from? Angel Evanston is about to find out. Emily Bright and her best friend Harper White have big dreams, but a chance meeting has changed the course of their future. Now they may not have any future at all. Two years ago, Angel survived something so traumatic it sent her into hiding. She’s committed to living a life that honors the losses of her past, despite her physical and emotional scars. That means proving she isn’t the coward she was once accused of being. When Angel finds Emily, bloody and traumatized, in a truck stop bathroom. The story Emily tells is incredible: a sheriff abducts and tortures women, then turns them loose on his ranch to be hunted like animals. No one has escaped… until now. Emily got out, but Harper is still on the ranch. Angel must choose between turning a blind eye or being the kind of person who helps others, even if it means putting herself in peril – again. If you like Karin Slaughter, Criminal Minds, and fast-paced stories that keep you on the edge of your seat, you'll love The Hunted: Sins of the Father.Show book
