Occult

On the Day of Reckoning, the witches of Eileanan were outlawed - and violations of the new order were punishable by death. Eileanan’s Great Towers, once meccas of magic and learning, were left in ruins. And now, the entire land trembles in fear....

Shipped off to Ravenscroft University, a graduate school for the supernatural elite, I have a lot to live up to. As heir to America’s most powerful pack, I was locked away. Not to be protected, but because I was a disappointment. A wolf who couldn’t shift. This is my fresh start....

As the daughter of Dracula, you would think I’d be born the perfect monster. You couldn’t be more wrong. As far as monsters go, I’m a screw up—if I’m not tripping over my own feet, I’m accidentally murdering someone (it’s a real issue, guys)....

I spent my whole life believing magick was a curse - and that I didn't have enough of it to worry about, anyway. I'm so much more than a magick-blessed Academy student. I'm an Arcana Witch, bound to a sacred order whose sole duty is to protect magick - and one another - at all costs....

In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth's last survivors have been drawn into the final battle between good and evil....

Rachel's inner evil—an actual monster within—is set free when she sleeps, and if Adrian wants any chance at figuring out the salvation of Europe, they first must contain the entity Rachel harbors. But you just can't put her down like a zombie. What if that sets the evil free?

Caught behind the lines of Hitler's Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Until he finds himself face to face with an evil far older, and far greater, than the Nazis themselves....

In the summer of 1994, psychologist Daniel Hill buys a rustic farmhouse nestled in the rolling hills of West Virginia. Along with his wife and teenage daughter, the family uproots their lives in Ohio and moves south. That soon changes when they discover a hidden room in the basement....

The UEC has been fighting a losing battle against the demonic hordes, forced to surrender more ground every day. But aboard the U.S.S. Shotgun Opera, the Overmaiden—a sixth-generation Ghost AI—has just forged humanity’s perfect weapon and best hope: a supersoldier.

An alcoholic teacher and father’s world spirals out of control when a former student is killed and he is left with her dog and the dark presence that follows it.

In this initiatic novel, bestselling author and acclaimed spiritual teacher Barbara Hand Clow weaves an erotically charged story of romance, deep earth forces, psychic powers, the aristocracy, and Vatican world control revealed by an ancient ruby that inspires mystical visions.

Ripley Todd just wants to live a quiet, peaceful kind of life. But she has special powers that both frighten and confuse her....

The identity of Elizabeth Cage has always been a mystery. Even she doesn't know who, or what, she is. But she's learned to live with it. Until now, when what should have been a peaceful holiday turns into anything but, and Elizabeth is forced to recognise that she isn't what she seems....

How far will she go to save the damned? Keira is caught in a deadly battle. Her ability to help ghosts move on from the mortal world has made her a threat to Artec, a powerful corporation intent on trapping the tortured dead for profit.

She’d always been my destiny. The woman whose life was tied to mine. I just hadn’t planned on falling in love and being forced to choose between my vows and my soul....

The Facility is gone. The cryptids being studied there are dead. Now the monsters are out in the open, changing the world forever....

Cora Glass’ humdrum existence as a bank teller flips upside down when a long-abandoned circus mysteriously returns to life. But the entry fee to this big-top show is far more than Cora bargained for....

Graham Richards was shopping with his family at an outlet mall when an active shooter began indiscriminately murdering people with a rifle. Graham was shot in the face and when he woke up in the hospital, his family was dead....

Lifestyle journalist Katrine escaped past traumas by moving to a coast renowned for seaside holidays and natural beauty. But when a vast hoard of human remains and prehistoric artifacts is discovered in nearby Brickburgh, a hideous shadow engulfs her life....

Supernatural detective Jack Nightingale used to be a police negotiator in a previous life—back in the days before he confronted devils and demons for a living. So when a young woman embarks on a killing spree in a Houston mansion, Nightingale is the perfect choice to intervene.

A sudden burst of radiation is detected beneath the desert in Iran....

Ramses the Great, former pharaoh of Egypt, is reawakened by the elixir of life in Edwardian England. Now immortal with his bride-to-be, he is swept up in a fierce and deadly battle....

From Vulture’s “master of horror” Clay McLeod Chapmancomes a relentless and emotionally charged social horror novel about a family on the run from a demonic possession epidemic that spreads through media, for fans of The Last of Us and Where Evil Lurks

Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of Witchaven all her life. But when an overseas property developer threatens to evict the residents from their homes and raze Witchaven to the ground in the name of progress, all seems lost . . . until a mysterious fog bank creeps inland.

It’s never a good combo to be broke and desperate. You do stupid things. Like accidentally sign your soul over to hell. When I interviewed for a new security job, I didn’t bat an eye that it was for a literal graveyard shift...headstones and all....

1998: Lily Lawlor and Drake Morgan form a punk band. Drake inspires faith in some. Fear in others. Lily is a believer. 1999: A Battle of the Bands ends in a shocking death, and a riot that claims the lives of three teenagers. 2009: At the height of her stardom, Lily walks into a police station and confesses to murder. Now: The band has refused to talk to the press about the night of the riot, Lily’s confession, or anything else. It's been over a decade, but Lily has finally agreed to an interview. And the band is following her lead.

It's been forty years since Becky Sharp's mother vanished without a trace. Becky has given up all hope of finding her, until she makes a strange discovery that may hold the key to solving her mother's disappearance. Three unmarked videotapes, hidden in the wall of her childhood home. And as Becky watches the tapes, she finds herself drawn into a horrific mystery far greater than she could possibly have imagined.

The Jock. The Gamer. The Outsider. The Goth. The Overachiever. They don't get along at all. They'll have to set aside their differences to make the movie for their class's final project, or risk failing. But there's more to these kids than their stereotypes. Jay, the gamer, is working with his former science teacher on a very troubling scientific device. Brittany, the overachiever, hides a dark and deadly secret. And Cassandra, the goth, has a little sister with paranormal abilities.

Dawn is breaking over the Guilleries, a rugged mountain range in Catalonia frequented by wolf hunters, brigands, deserters, race-car drivers, ghosts, and demons. In a remote farmhouse called Mas Clavell, an impossibly old woman lies on her deathbed. Family and caretakers drift in and out. Meanwhile, all the women who have lived and died in that house are waiting for her to join them. They are preparing to throw her a party.

It's the ultimate haunted house challenge. A crumbling stone mansion nestled in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona, it may be the best-kept secret in Europe—a little-known attraction featuring nine escape rooms to explore, nine puzzles to solve, and a large cash prize for anyone who makes it to the end. There's just one catch: no one makes it to the end of The No-End House . . . When Joe Hadfield hears about the house from a pair of backpackers, he's intrigued but not interested. He's trying to escape a nightmare of his own.

Layne's brother, Brian, was once a happy, vibrant man—full of life and laughter. But that was before the darkness took hold. After his sudden, inexplicable death, Layne inherits his house—an ominous shell of secrets and shadows. Hoping to unravel the truth behind his descent into madness, she moves in with her young son, Cade.

Savage madness seizes vampires worldwide. Relentless hunger gnaws, no matter how many drained, withered mortals litter the street. Not since the Black Death has Owain ap Ieuan seen anything like the fatal disease sweeping across the world—but this time vampires are the victims. The anarchs suspect a plot by their elders. The elders blame the Sabbat who lurk in the darkest shadows. The Sabbat fear the return of the Antediluvians—and no one is ready for them.

Every year, Six Mile Island has a seasonal shutdown for serious weather. This year, the forecast is calling for the storm of a century, so most of the population has agreed to an evacuation in order to more safely ride out the storm on the mainland. When a child goes missing on the cusp of the oceanic storm, a select few inhabitants are left behind to perform a frantic search. Little do they know that the ocean is bringing more than a storm to Six Mile... An ancient species hungers from the sea.

The Story of Noichi the Blind blends Japanese classicism with the tropes of contemporary horror to create the most literate yet stomach-churning tale this writer has ever told.

After four years working in a New York brothel to pay off a debt to the mob, Nina is nearly paid up and ready to go home. She just needs to see one more client, a recluse who always pays a half-million in cash for a night with the brothel's best girls, but this last trick soon becomes a battle for Nina's soul. Meanwhile, the brothel's sadistic madam has been secretly hoarding money so she can move up in her family's organization, and she's depending on that windfall to tip the scales in her favor, but her driver Ramón has other ideas, making off with the money in a bid for his own freedom.

Henry Kuttner's "Hydra" falls primarily into the genres of horror and fantasy, with elements of occultism and science fiction. The story deals with a dangerous experiment in occultism that opens a door to another dimension, resulting in horrific consequences. It's also considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos, a subgenre of cosmic horror created by H.P. Lovecraft and his associates.

In the quiet town of Hollow Creek, four friends—Derek, Jamie, Liam, and Alex—set out on a late-night adventure to explore the town’s most infamous legend: the abandoned train station. For years, whispers of strange voices, eerie shadows, and a clock that never ticks have surrounded the decaying structure. But legends are just stories... right? What begins as a harmless dare quickly spirals into a waking nightmare. As the boys step onto the crumbling platform, they realize something is waiting for them—something old, hungry, and very much alive.

Schrei nicht, wenn du das Echo nicht verträgst. Das Highlight des Jahres, der traditionelle Sommerurlaub einer eingeschworenen Clique, führt tief in die Bayerischen Alpen. In dem idyllischen Dorf Oberstgruben wandelt sich die ausgelassene Stimmung jedoch schleichend in blanken Horror, als die fünf jungen Leute nichts ahnend auf die Existenz einer uralten, erbarmungslosen Macht stoßen. Zerrissen von Zweifeln und Angst wird ihre Freundschaft und alles, woran sie je glaubten, auf eine mörderische Probe gestellt. Wie weit werden sie gehen, um einander zu retten?

After suffering a tragic loss, former MLB pitcher Jackson Taylor purchases a home in idyllic Lake Tahoe at a bargain price while shrugging off its dark history. When a long-dead child begins leaving cryptic messages, Jackson unearths chilling details of the home’s past, and is determined to expose the horror hidden within the haunted halls.

Aspiring-comedian Raely is the sole survivor of a disastrous train wreck. While faced with the intense grief of losing her best friend, she realizes that someone is following her—and has been following her all her life. Trouble is, no one else can see him. For a ghostly tag-along, Casper’s not so bad. He might even be the partner Raely needs to fight the evil spirit hell-bent on destroying her.

Every month at St. Pete’s Tavern in rugged western Montana, a meeting is convened by the Basic Bigfoot Society’s members—both of them. Jute and Vergil are lifelong friends, bound by an affinity for the elusive North American Wood Ape. Their monthly meetings and annual expeditions are a tradition that keep their friendship alive when so much else about their small town has fallen away. But things are about to get exciting for the Basic Bigfoot Society.

The air in the hospital was thick with the scent of antiseptic and something more primal, a lingering fear that clung to the walls like the shadows of the past. For years, I had been a caretaker, a healer devoted to the well-being of others, but the echoes of trauma and the weight of my own experiences began to manifest in unsettling ways. A new beginning was not just a transition; it was a reckoning with the darkness that lurked within the depths of my mind and the very fabric of the hospital itself.

Colton Hardesty is a video game coder with a haunted past. From his youth, he felt like he had to be strong to keep his parents together. His parents’ well-intended, doting attention felt smothering. In addition to subsuming his own needs to keep his family together, he suffered from severe bullying from a classmate, Max. As a defense mechanism, Colton retreated into himself, cutting off his feelings and allowing people around him to think of him as a cold, emotionless monster.

In 1561, with Elizabeth I on the throne and Catholic plots brewing, a young German prince arrives in England claiming to be the rightful heir–the son of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves. Armed with jewels, letters, and Tudor looks, his claim threatens to upend the dynasty. But as poison spreads and secrets unravel, astrologer John Dee and his companion Margaretta must uncover the truth behind the prince’s origins.

Volume one of the Stories of the Unfortunate. This edition is focused on stories inspired by true events. This book includes ghosts, ouija boards, and scary stories from childhood.

Amos Lee has never played well with others. He prefers to live his life alone. When the mother he’s never known dies and leaves him a remote trailer house on a few country acres, he jumps at the chance to live life as a hermit. But there seems to be more to this property than he bargained for. Memories he thought were gone return, bringing feelings he didn’t know he had. A couple of people from the area seem way too interested in him. He’s hearing and seeing things that can’t be real. What has gotten into him? Can he survive it?

Wrong place, wrong time. Eighteen voices share their harrowing encounters with the uncanny, the grotesque, and the utterly inexplicable. Stories of old gods and new nightmares, of the evil men do, and of the terrors lingering in the dark.

Braylon lives at home while trying to determine the best course for his future. He believes everything should be planned out, and all possible scenarios accounted for. Until now, he has yet to find something he's unprepared for. Woken in the middle of the night by his sister's screams, Braylon learns not all problems can be solved with a plan. Now, they're on the run from shadows that desire one thing—the life of his sister, Adaline. As the darkness draws closer, both have to face the fears of an uncertain future. Time's running out.

In the blistering heat of the desert, a desperate doctor lives in solitude with his beloved daughter. Struggling to make ends meet, he never imagined that one fateful night would change everything. A knock at the door. A mysterious stranger in the moonlight. A chilling bargain that should never have been made. When his daughter vanishes without a trace, the doctor is thrust into a terrifying game where the rules are twisted, and the consequences are permanent. A pale, enigmatic man with piercing gray eyes offers him a deal—one that will push him to the very limits of his sanity.

The Island of Lost Souls, shrouded in mist and mystery, has long captured the imaginations of those who dare to explore its depths. Nestled in the heart of the Caribbean, this cursed land is said to be a realm where the boundary between life and death blurs, a place where the spirits of the departed roam freely. Legends abound of those who have ventured to its shores, lured by the promise of forbidden knowledge and the allure of untold power. Yet, for every seeker who has returned, countless others have vanished without a trace, swallowed by the island’s dark embrace.