Horror- & Geistergeschichten

Long Shot is a science fiction/horror novel set in the near future where a space-borne virus has killed most of the human population. Those still alive after being infected have now turned into flesh hungry mutants. Those normal humans left have organized into an army to annihilate them. Our hero, a once recreational marijuana dealer now turned reluctant leader and hero, must now face overwhelming odds to beat them.

Graceland Johnson and Noble Chavis had a secret he took with him to the grave. Now, Noble is back and Graceland must find a way to keep him around. As eyes shift and lips meet, Graceland knows he's using Jamie Locklear to communicate with her. What is Noble trying to say? Will Graceland figure it all out before the Reaper finds him and carries him to Heaven? What's so special about Angel Creek, North Carolina that keeps the undead around? Find out in this sweet paranormal romance series by Jen Lowry.

This novel is not so much about the exploits of a recently bereaved fourteen year old boy called Todd but intrinsic to bereavement itself and how death affects different people in very different ways. Todd attempts to overcome his grief by focusing his attention on a mystery surrounding Rolf Schnee the sole survivor from a war time submarine who escaped and left his shipmates to die. Schnee returned to Germany without making any attempt at a rescue. Laden with guilt he suffers a Life in Death punishment as a recluse ceremoniously returning once a year to the wrecked submarine to revive his dead shipmates in the most macabre manner. Todd, with the help of a disabled fisherman called Pepe and an amateur schoolgirl biologist discover the location of the wrecked submarine. Pepe' investigates the interior of the sub and discovers the dead seamen wired to their work stations.

All the children love to go to their Uncle Bob's house every Friday night to hear him tell ghost stories around his fire pit.One night when Uncle Bob decides to host a marshmallow pig roast, the kids are excited, even though they have no idea what a marshmallow pig roast is! After Uncle Bob carves big marshmallows into pigs to roast on a stick in the fire pit, he begins telling chilling tales of monsters and aliens, ghouls, and ghosts that lurk in the darkness. Even though the stories are scary, they also help make lasting memories for all the children as they listen intently and learn how to use their imaginations.In this fun tale, an uncle tells entertaining ghost stories around the fire pit to a group of enraptured children.

Something Inside London:Disturbing coincidences cause a loving family to question what they believe and who they trust.Chicago:Strange occurrences leave one family wondering where they went wrong.Winston-Salem:Something is very wrong, but no one in this family is prepared for who or what is behind that eerie feeling.Discover how one seemingly innocent man alters the lives of everyone he meets and ensures he will always be needed, no matter the cost to them, their lives, or their sanity. Uncover the truth behind the man with three names.

Julie had lived her life at 912 Linton Street. But the things she was telling me now had nothing to do with Linton Street. She dragged a sled up a snowy hill behind her house...but there was no hill on Linton Street. She scratched patterns with her fingernails on frosty windowpanes that looked out on a brick courtyard that was not on Linton Street. People came and went around her with the rustle of long skirts. Pleasant memories of some childhood that the Julie Wintcomb I knew had never known. But not all memories were pleasant...

Enjoying a Fourth of July picnic, nine-year old Pollye Franklin overhears a bitter argument involving Mr. Archer, an older man, and Rose Esther, a beautiful teenager. Rose Esther disappears after the picnic and the Sheriff concludes she's run away from home. A year later Pollye and her friend Mary discover Rose Esther's mummified body embedded in salt in the bottom of an abandoned pickle vat. Archer is charged with murder and Pollye, the only person who can identify him as the man arguing with Rose Esther, testifies as the prosecution's key witness. Archer is convicted and sentenced to death.Pollye later finds Spot, Mary's pet rabbit, in a neighbor's yard. Determined to return the little rabbit to the safety of its cage, she gives chase until it darts into a garage and hides under a workbench. Crawling under the workbench after Spot, Pollye is startled when Mrs. Archer enters the garage and discovers her. When Pollye attempts to escape, the woman captures her and brutally knocks her unconscious. Sometime later Pollye regains consciousness, stuffed in the trunk of a moving car with her hands tied. The car stops, the trunk lid pops open, and Pollye gasps - the car is at the edge of a pickle vat brimful of salty water and half-pickled cucumbers. Mrs. Archer drags Pollye out of the trunk and … you may be too young to read what happens next!

Once again Stevie encounters a phantom in need of assistance. This time it happened in a prison graveyard in Amarillo, Texas. That’s also where she found her dad, Big Steve, but it didn’t end there. This phantom not only coaxed Stevie and Jase across state lines, she coaxed them across all kinds of other boundaries, too. Of course she did, after all, this one was the Phantom of Forever.

Sefira Carrington is no stranger to tragedy. The death of her father as well as the curious mental decline and subsequent imprisonment of her mother, have left her truly and utterly alone. Despite her misfortune, she has managed to carve out a decent life for herself. She's found a good family, friends and at sixteen, she's finally realizing a semblance of normalcy. That is, until she moves to Southern California. Strange things begin to happen. Things that become increasingly difficult for her to ignore. Suddenly, she finds herself thrust into a supernatural underworld that defies human comprehension. In this new world, a war is raging and in a cruel twist of fate, Sefira is somehow at the center of it. Something's coming, and it will force her to reevaluate everything she's ever been told and unearth the demons she thought she'd left behind. Once she travels down this road, there's no turning back….

THE HAUNTED GARDEN is a modern day fantasy adventure.A ghost. A school girl. A family secret.City girl, Evie Watson, hates that her family has moved to the small country town of Barralong away from her friends. Until she meets a ghostly being in the garden of a deserted old villa. Evie hears her sad tale and decides on a mission to help the dark soul and set her free.With her new friend, Cooper, they snoop around the villa grounds at the risk of being caught. But they can't finish the mission alone. How to convince their parents to believe in a ghost and help them achieve their goal?THE HAUNTED GARDEN is a story about dealing with change, the importance of family and believing that sometimes miracles do happen.

Worlds apart, and just 'round the bend...For years, Jack Parsons dreamed of escaping the tiny community of Maple Bend, West Virginia. Now he is trapped in another world entirely. Seeking help to protect the crossroads from the immortal "man in the white suit" and his Coven, Jack ventures into the world 'Round the Bend, a mirror-image of West Virginia more wondrous, and more dangerous, than he had ever imagined.On the other side of the crossroads, the Coven pursues Jessabelle Rose with plans to use her shape-shifting powers for their own dark ends. Jessabelle must choose between flight or fight; to escape the Coven forever, or risk everything to protect her family.What began with mysterious deaths deep in the Appalachian Mountains now threatens to engulf two worlds. Witchcraft and creatures of folklore mix with shadowy high-tech organizations and political intrigue in this thrilling tale of magic and adventure.

The illustrious E6 NO. 466 locomotive ("Lundbergh Engine") is a historic tribute to humanity's ingenuity, strength, and determination...and she's making her final journey from Newark to Atlantic City, New Jersey before her permanent retirement. Within the crevices of her iron body and fiery belly, there is something most peculiar about the Lundbergh Engine. A young passenger, named Tommy, soon discovers that Walter, the train's conductor, is in possession of a special pocket watch that harbors a strange secret connected with the mysterious occurrences on board the antique train. Find out what happens next when the secret of the pocket watch falls into the wrong hands, as you embark on this railroad adventure, descending the tracks of time! This book is also available as a fully dramatized audio book on https: //mychildstorytime.com/kids-stories-ages-8/ and on Audible.com.

Summer camp is a traditional teenage rite of passage, but when you add supernatural powers to the typically high dosage of adolescent hormones - you get an even more combustible mix. Sixteen-year-old werewolf twins Kate and Logan Danvers are none too thrilled at being shipped off to a supernatural youth leadership conference in West Virginia.From the moment they arrive at the camp, the twins sense something is off and they react in their usual manner - Logan reserving judgement and surveying the setup, while Kate charges forward determined to get answers. Kate and Logan quickly ascertain that most of the conference attendees have already formed hostile factions, leaving the twins and a few other misfits to band together.What seems like teen hormones in overdrive becomes something much more dangerous, even deadly. Add in a strange magic-warded cabin in the woods and a local history rife with curses and macabre legends, and it becomes clear this was a really, really bad place to build a camp for teenage supernaturals.

There is more than we think there is. As long as the mind is closed, you don't see. This happens to be my main encounter that changed my mind.I never imagined a simple person like me would experience something so definite. This night was forcing me to look deeper. I step down two stairs and look back at my friend. "Okay, I'll go down first. You follow."

A ghostly child and a violent gang of rumrunners invade the listless New England town of Stony Harbor, which is quietly bleeding to death as the Great Depression and Prohibition suck away its vitality. Sophia finds herself struggling to unravel a supernatural mystery while trying to fight off the very real, and very deadly, bootleggers who want to silence her.

Her ears buzz, day and night, like a wasp has taken up residence in her brain. The solution? Call whoever it takes to get rid of it. No matter what the cost. If you love stories that leave you glancing over your shoulder with a chill down your spine, don't miss The Wasporcist. 1500 / Horror (Lite) (No Gore) Welcome to Inklets, a series of short (and sometimes short-short) stories ranging from sci-fi to fantasy to lingering just on the edge of normal. One thing's for sure: you won't look at the world the same way again.

Sara Grey's world shattered ten years ago when her father was brutally murdered. Now at seventeen, she is still haunted by memories of that day and driven by the need to understand why it happened. She lives a life full of secrets and her family and friends have no idea of the supernatural world she is immersed in or of Sara's own very powerful gift.In her quest for answers about her father's death, Sara takes risks that expose her and her friends to danger and puts herself into the sights of a sadistic vampire. On the same fateful night she meets Nikolas, a warrior who turns Sara's world upside down and is determined to protect her even if it's the last thing she wants.Sara's life starts to spin out of control as she is hunted by an obsessed vampire, learns that her friends have secrets of their own and reels from the truth about her own ancestry. Sara has always been fiercely independent but in order to survive now she must open herself to others, to reveal her deepest secrets. And she must learn to trust the one person capable of breaking down the walls around her.

A beguiling vampire. The besotted girl who agreed to be his champion. The ongoing battle to save not only the vampires, but also the world.Ember Goodwin didn't realize that falling in love would mean sometimes transforming into a vampire-or that she'd be able to shoot fire from her hand. Though she never wanted her step-sister to be her enemy, she can't just stand aside and let the merfolk proceed with their wicked plans. After walking amongst the undead, she knows that vampires are the true heroes of the ancient conflict, and she'll do what it takes to make sure they win-even if that means going against the sibling who got caught up on the wrong side of the war.The third book in the Blood, Bloom, & Water series takes the war between fangs and fins to new heights as betrayals and secrets threaten to unravel even the best of intentions.

Twelve-year-old Ann Jones is unhappy with her life. She thinks her best friend has deserted her for the new girl in town. Then while Ann is at the cave on the mountain, the town and surrounding area are hit by an earthquake. Ann is at ground zero. Immediately after the quake, strange things begin to happen to her. She has the sensation she is being watched, hears voices in her head and sees ghosts. Ann begins to have headaches, as the spirit world unleashes a host of spirits and supernatural beings-some for good and some evil. Others don't see or feel what Ann does, and the one person she confides in doesn't believe her. It's no wonder Ann doubts her sanity. Then Ann meets Melisse, the ghost of a girl her age, who befriends but also asks her to do something she is afraid to do. Ann is warned that bad things will happen if she doesn't do what Melisse asks. Can Ann do what she is asked to do? Will anyone ever believe her? Will she succeed in her mission? Will she ever be the person she was again?

While their parents are away in India, Caroline, Charlotte and Charles are left with their great uncle Charles. Looking for entertainment, they come across an old book entitled ¿The Language of Flowers¿, which seems to contain a variety of magical spells. The trio waste no time in trying to perform these invocations, which may or may not have been the cause of the decidedly queer things that happen next. Edith Nesbit's 1911 ¿The Wonderful Garden¿ is a fantastic example of children's literature that would make for perfect bedtime reading and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of her seminal literature. Contents include: ¿The Beginning¿, ¿The Manor House¿, ¿The Wonderful Garden¿, ¿In Thessalonians¿, ¿The Midnight Adventure¿, ¿Hunted¿, ¿Being Detectives¿, ¿The Heroine¿, ¿The Morning After¿, ¿Brewing the Spell¿, ¿The Rosicrucians¿, ¿The Other Books¿, ¿The Rosy Cure¿, ¿The Mineral Woman¿, ¿Justice¿, ¿The Appeal to Caesar¿, ¿The Le-O-Pard¿, ¿The Leopard's-Bane¿, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

THE FINAL BATTLEThe aliens have been defeated. The nightmare is over. Or so Jennifer thinks. Lurking in the shadows of Thaler Academy, the last surviving creature plots its vengeance in blood.One by one, her friends are stalked by the wolf-like beast. And one by one, they are rendered helpless. Now, Jennifer is alone. Can she put an end to the alien terror?

JENNIFER IS FIGHTING A BATTLEFOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE PLANET.The eerie night cloaks Thaler Academy in silent shadows. Jennifer and her friends know that something is out there. It is infinitely dangerous and it comes from a distant world; intending to destroy all that lives on the planet.Two of Jennifer's friends have been kidnapped-dragged down into the Alien laboratories on the edge of the lake known as the Witch's Eye. And Now, Jennifer realizes there is only one way to stop the relentless terror of the hideous wolf-like creatures:Enter their lair and destroy them. . .or die. . .

TRAPPED LIKE A FLY-IN A WEB OF MOUNTING TERRORThe aliens were taking over. At first, Jennifer thought the horrible menace was confined to posh Thaler Academy. But now, she and her friends were beginning to realize that no one could be trusted. Not even the police.The terror was growing. The hideous creatures that roamed the school grounds assumed human forms.And worse yet, the unearthly beasts knew about Jennifer and her plan to expose them. Could she stop the escalating nightmare before the aliens found the key to Earth's ultimate destruction?

WHERE FEAR LURKS-HORROR MAKES ITS HOME…They were out there. Watching, Waiting, in the looming shadows around Thaler Academy, the wolf-like creatures were hiding their terrible secret from the world. A student was dead, a teacher was missing…and Jennifer Field was terrified. She and her friends were the only ones who knew the awful truth. For only miles away from the school, beyond the murky waters of a legendary lake called Witch's Eye, the alien horror had set up its unearthly home-killing trees and plants, and perhaps, anyone who knew too much.

Wrath of the Wendigo is the third book in J.L. Hickey's bestselling YA adventure the Secret Seekers Society.Hunter and Elly prepare for their second year in their Enlightenment classes which includes a dangerous field trip alongside their parental Seekers deep into the Michigan wilderness to investigate the recent sightings of one of the most vicious cryptids they've ever encountered, a Wendigo. Elly struggles with her new "curse" stemming from her run in with Solomon's Seal, and Hunter attempts to come to an understanding over his true feelings for Olivia.

The harmony between humans and fianna, a species of shapeshifting deer, begins to wither as racial tensions and deeply rooted resentment turns violent.Ruthless hunter Finn Hail and prophesied liberator Adelaide may be heroes to their own species, but they are enemies to each other. With war on the horizon, the reluctant pair must team up to find the most elusive of prey: the god of the Forest.As enemies press in from all sides, true intentions begin to show. For Finn to save the boy he cares for most, he might need to aim his gun at the very god he seeks. And Adelaide, with her festering hatred for mankind, will have to determine if peace holds true salvation for her people.

Wicked shadows. Hidden powers. A secret society as old as time.Confront your worst nightmare or lose your best friend forever? Talk about a lose-lose situation.The darkness appears unannounced. It lays in wait, ready to attack, ready to maim. It never backs down. I would know, since the day the shadows attacked me twelve years ago, I've lived in terror that everyone will discover just how insane I am. So every second, of every minute, of every day I pretend. I play the part of Becca Grayburn: sane, inconspicuous, normal. I nail the role better than any A-lister in Hollywood.At least I did, until Gabe DiAngello, Chico High's star point guard, creates a swirling vortex of darkness that assaults Gwyne, my best friend, activating her wicked alter ego. As if my nightmare life isn't bad enough, Gabe starts haunting my every step. With that olive skin and Rat-Pack grin, why does he have to be the Master of Shadows and Gwyne's crush?Now, even if it means falling headlong into insanity, I have to find answers, I have to face my deepest fears. I have no choice. If I don't, it means losing Gwyne forever. And I will save her, no matter the cost.GATEKEEPER is the thrilling first installment of The Guardians of Orendria Series. A coming of age YA paranormal urban fantasy. With swoon worthy moments, jaw-dropping revelations, and a cast of character you'll wish are your best friends, it will keep you turning pages late into the night.Perfect for fans of The Mortal Instruments, The Raven Boys, and Daughter of Smoke and Bone.