Occult

I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me. I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh. But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave. He's always there, watching and waiting. And I can never look away. Not when I want him closer....

A mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite.

Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont....

When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic, rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true....

Diana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself—and her family history—in the highly anticipated fifth novel of the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls series.

As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention....

Meet Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip Witch and her crazy witch family in this ten-book cozy mystery box set....

On a brisk autumn day, a 13-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park....

Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance....

A dark and sweeping adventure, Dreamcatcher is set in the haunted city of Derry - the site of Stephen King's It and Insomnia....

Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to number one on the New York Times best seller list. In The Book of Life, Diana and Matthew time-travel back from Elizabethan London....

An unpopular teenage girl, whose mother is a religious fanatic, is tormented and teased to the breaking point by her more popular schoolmates....

A terrible accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind....

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....

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New York’s deadliest serial killer: Pendergast’s own ancestor…and Constance’s greatest enemy....

Glasgow law student David Hunter is drifting through life and feels something is missing. When on a night out someone tries to kill him and he discovers he is from a long line of witches known as Dream Dancers, his life is turned upside down....

Four decades after it first shook the nation, then the world, William Peter Blatty's thrilling masterwork of faith and demonic possession returns in an even more powerful form....

The first collection of stories Stephen King has published since Nightmares & Dreamscapes nine years ago....

Presenting the complete collection of Edgar Allan Poe's stories, read by award-award winning narrators Jonathan Keeble and Peter Noble....

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....

From New York Times best-selling author Erik Larson comes his first venture into fiction, an otherworldly tale of intrigue and the impossible that marshals his trademark approach to nonfiction to create something new: a ghost story thoroughly grounded in history....

Yeah, I’m the one they talk about. The headmaster’s prized possession, locked away in the bell tower of Notredame Parochial College. To most of the students, I was just a myth. An urban legend. The girl who rings the bells up in the tower, the one who talks to gargoyles....

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....

From the author of the sensational bestseller The Lost Apothecary comes a spellbinding tale about truth, illusion and the grave risks women will take to avenge the ones they love....

Against all odds, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins, New York City in the late 1800s, and sets off on a quest to prevent the events that lead to the deaths of her sister and brother, and stop Manhattan’s most infamous serial killer....

A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom from ancestral ties.

Prepare yourself for a spine-tingling experience as you enter the lair of Bernie Brown’s The Holy Ghost and Other Spooky Stories. This collection features 27 captivating tales including, “The Estate Sale,” “Hopscotch,” “The Ghost in Produce,” “Whispering Pines,” and many more.

Brandy doesn't believe in ghosts. She likes science, things she can prove. So when her friend Bob tells her a scary story she just laughs. A haunted bridge and a murderous ghost? Nonsense! But Bob insists the story is true, and he is determined to prove it. Brandy agrees to sneak out and look for the ghost. They won't find anything anyway. Right? The Haunted Bridge tells the story of two friends who stir up the supernatural and must find a way to survive it. Will they be able to fight off the trouble? Or are they doomed?

A collection of spooky short stories to keep readers up at night! This volume contains: Blood Moon: A woman is attacked by a giant dog while she's jogging. It was scary, but she didn't think it was a big deal. But as Christmas and the full moon draws near, her family begins to notice her behaving strangely. Will they realize what's wrong? Or is it already too late? All That Glitters: in which a young woman is given a beautiful music box for Christmas. But as soon as she takes it home, strange things begin to happen. Is it all in her head? Or is something truly sinister going on with the box...

Book #0 in the Spirit Finder Files! Learn more about the Being that haunts Storm and London Benson in this short story! Olivia and her friends are excited to celebrate Halloween with awesome costumes, trick-or-treating, and a sleepover. It's their last year for trick-or-treating, and Olivia is determined to make it the best night ever. But her friend Ivy has plans of her own for their group of friends. Plans for revenge.

Originally documented in the Discovery Channel’s A Haunting: The Forgotten, Harvesting Shadows delves into the aspects of violent hauntings and discarnate intelligences that prime time reality television and pop-culture ghost hunters ignore or refuse to discuss.

There was something about the small house in the Indiana woods that wasn’t quite right. At first Cathy Ballard thought it was the size. But she and her husband were soon to learn it was something beyond earthly dimensions. Like the bulging doors...the taunting voices...the heart-wrenching vision of a hollow-eyed, spectral boy...the rapacious monsters in human form. The house was haunted by angry, restless ghosts—both the victims and the perpetrators of past, unspeakable acts.

On a dark New England night, Cassie Stevens startles awake–something’s in the room with her. Something she can’t see or hear, but feels in the icy air, and the weight of unseen eyes watching her from the darkness. Ever since surviving a near-death experience in a crash, Cassie’s been haunted by this malevolent presence. She sees brief flashes of it from the corner of her eye and in the subtle stir of shadows in dark corners. It’s coming for her, invading her mind and thoughts with dark, grotesque horrors and madness

One year has passed since a string of vicious murders shocked the quiet block of Goshen Street. While deep scars remain for the survivors, William Parson lays in his hospital bed tormented by the murders committed by his hand, but not of his will. Completely paralyzed, he has no means to communicate. Thought to be in a vegetative state, and utterly despised, he is deprived of music, books, movies or even a single soul to speak to him.

Weird Tales magazine is known for launching a number of sub-genres of fiction—cosmic horror, swords & sorcery, dark fantasy, and others. It has also greatly added to existing genres like science fiction, horror, and—a personal favorite of editor Jonathan Maberry—weird mystery stories. Or, as they became known—occult detective tales.

When Elara's husband vanishes in the Panamanian jungle, she's forced to trust their enigmatic guide, Miguel, to find him. But as Miguel disappears into the wild, Elara's worry turns to terror. Desperate, she ventures into the heart of darkness alone, stumbling upon ancient ruins hiding a malevolent presence. Trapped in a nightmare, Elara must confront the unspeakable evil lurking there if she hopes to uncover the truth behind her husband's disappearance and escape alive. In this pulse-pounding thriller, one woman's search for her missing husband becomes a fight for survival against the ...

Aging rock star Stevie Wilde knows about demons. He has been battling them for most of his career. Drugs, alcoholism, sex addiction – you name it, he’s tried it. But his days of selling out stadiums ended a long time ago. In an effort to thrust himself back into the limelight, Stevie joins a team of paranormal investigators in an attempt to do something that has never been done before: they want to haunt a house that isn’t haunted, and Stevie is the best guy to foot the bill. A psychic with a secret; a ghost hunter with a cancelled reality show; a skeptical ex-history professor; a ...

Howie Schmidt and Tommy Wilkins met when they were eight-years-old. That was also about the time that Howie fell madly in love with Shelby, Tommy’s twin sister. When Howie first moved to town, Shelby warned him against being friends with Tommy. She told him life would only get worse because Tommy wasn’t one of the popular kids. In fact, he was far from it. He’s been picked-on and bullied his entire life. His father is an alcoholic ex-marine with a short fuse and a violent streak. Despite Shelby’s advice, Howie befriends Tommy. He soon learns that Shelby wasn’t exaggerating. Tommy ...

Young Bobby Cromwell had no idea what to expect when his adoptive parents took him hiking in the eastern Oregon wilderness, but when they decided to scale the rugged terrain around Mount Eras to catch a spectacular view of the Blood Moon, they stumbled on something more sinister: an old legend that slaughtered the living and devoured their flesh. Spared the fate of death, Bobby was allowed to escape that fateful encounter, but only under the oath that he would lure additional victims to the mountain once a year, when the Blood Moon would allow the spirit to be its most ravenous. Now an ...

In the heart of a dense forest stood a solitary cabin, forgotten by time. Within dwelled Eli, a recluse obsessed with an ancient cricket trapped in a gilded cage, believing it held the key to immortality. Neglecting his well-being, Eli conducted dark rituals in pursuit of power, until one stormy night, he performed a forbidden ritual, binding his fate to the cricket's.