Ancient Ghosts

The must-read exploration of the earliest human ghost stories from leading expert Irvine Finkel, author of The Ark Before Noah 'It's enthralling stuff, mixing the scholarly with the accessible and placing storytelling right at the heart of the human experience.' - History Revealed There are few...

Murder, magic, and mayhem on tap—Turk’s pub has seen better grand openings. Sera Grass is used to waltzing through life—literally. As the manager of the Crystal Ballroom, her world revolves around grace, rhythm, and the occasional ghostly audience. But when a body drops in the middle of her best friend Turk’s newly renovated pub, Sera finds herself in the spotlight of a much deadlier dance. With Turk looking guiltier by the pint, Sera dives headfirst into the mystery, determined to clear his name. Her tools? A ghost who loves to meddle, magical powers she’s still learning to ...

When Alexander the Great died at the age of 32, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs - a mentally damaged half brother, Philip III, and an infant son, Alexander IV, born after his death - were jointly granted the kingship. But six of Alexander's Macedonian generals, spurred by their own thirst for power and the legend that Alexander bequeathed his rule "to the strongest," fought to gain supremacy.  

The Castle Point Witch Series weaves the enchanting tale of Alexandra Heale, a hypnotherapist and closeted witch. With her friends they navigate the challenges of balancing everyday life with their extraordinary abilities in Castle Point. The series kicks off with Alexandra coming to terms with her witch heritage, learning to harness her powers with the help of her ghost mentor, Waldo Cress, and her familiar, a mischievous cat named Blackjack. Each book introduces a new supernatural mystery or threat, from ancient curses and mysterious artifacts to magical misadventures which Alexandra and ...

The Ghost Warriors (Book 1): A fast-paced prehistoric adventure about bravery, friendship, and growing up in a dangerous world. Perfect for readers who love survival stories and heroic journeys. When two boys set out on a secret mission to help a friend, their plan goes awry, pushing them into a conflict with a rival tribe. Their survival depends on their wilderness skills, newfound courage, and their cunning brand of “ghost warfare” that mixes deception, ingenuity, and comic twists. The Ghost Warriors will appeal to fans of Hatchet, Wolf Brother, and The Ranger’s Apprentice, ...

2019 FIRST PLACE INDEPENDENT BOOK AWARDS WINNER FOR HORROR! 2019 SILVER IPPY AWARD FOR HORROR! 2018 FIRST PLACE EVVY AWARD WINNER FOR HORROR! TOP SHELF AWARD #1 FOR HORROR & PARANORMAL! Deep in the Louisiana bayou, an ancient mansion sits empty and abandoned. Callie Pilantro inherits the house and finds a mysterious child there who appears and disappears at will. Even the walls of the mansion hold long-forgotten secrets. Get your copy today! Follow Callie as she struggles to find the secrets of her house even as someone or something tries to stop her. It all ends one eerie night. Will it be...

In this terrifyingly twisted thriller, a young couple discovers the horror held within their newly purchased dream house. "Action-packed horror ... Fans of Stephen King and Paul Tremblay will find this a satisfying escape into the woods." ―Kirkus Reviews “This is classic supernatural horror...

"Excellent writing, fabulous characters, and fascinating storylines!" -Ronnie Rennae Powerful Viking warriors come together with modern-day women in seven heart-stopping Time Travel Romances. Join the Viking Ancestors' Kin on sweeping adventures rich with Scandinavian history, intrigue, passion, epic battles, dragon shifters, Norse mythology, and so much more! 1400+ Pages. RISE OF A VIKING- Hearts will be tested and lives forever changed. Will a new Viking King rise up and keep his people safe? Or will his endless draw to a modern-day woman be his ultimate ruin? VENGEANCE OF A VIKING- One a...

What if Halloween’s familiar traditions began with older fears? The Haunted History of Halloween: Creepy Origins, Ancient Beliefs, Forgotten Customs, and the Traditions That Shaped Spooky Season explores the eerie evolution of Halloween from ancient seasonal turning points to the modern celebration of costumes, candy, haunted houses, horror entertainment, and spooky nostalgia. Before Halloween became a night of porch pumpkins and trick-or-treating, it was shaped by harvest endings, winter darkness, firelight, wandering visitors, beliefs about the dead, household rituals, religious ...

There's a legend in this valley about a ghostly horseman that rides by night. There are many such legends and for schoolteacher Ichabod Crane the darkness of night holds a special fascination...and fear. For often there is truth in stories, especially ghost stories. And one fated night, Ichabod Crane will discover that the horseman of the legend is indeed... headless!

Some places are famous because they are beautiful. Others are famous because somebody swears the chair kills people, the highway is cursed, the hotel has permanent guests, or the island should absolutely not be visited after dark. Welcome to WEIRD TRAVEL: CURSED PLACES, a funny, strange, and surprisingly useful journey through haunted castles, forbidden islands, deadly roads, ancient curses, ghost towns, mysterious objects, bizarre legends, and destinations where history and folklore have spent centuries arguing over who gets top billing. From the Hope Diamond and the burning town of ...

The ocean guards its secrets jealously. But some mysteries, once disturbed, unleash a terror that infects the soul. An unnatural fog descends upon the Archer's Wake, swallowing the horizon and the crew's courage in its chilling embrace. When a ghost ship, the Vanta Grey—lost to the abyss for half a century yet impossibly preserved—drifts into view, duty and a gnawing curiosity compel them to investigate. What they uncover aboard the silent, eerie vessel is not just a maritime enigma, but a descent into a horror that defies sanity. A forgotten logbook whispers of an ancient, slumbering ...

What does it take to make a monster real? Not much. A beast hunted a French province for three years, and the king's own army could not bring it down. A tomb was opened, and the newspapers began counting the dead. Sixty seconds of film caught something walking out of the California woods - and no one has explained it since. These are the monsters, hauntings, and mysteries the world refused to give up: not because the proof was ever strong, but because the story was better than the truth, and the dark too tempting to leave alone. The second volume of The Greatest Hoaxes in History takes on ...

Rome was not built in a day, but it has been blocking traffic ever since. Welcome to a city where emperors fought as gladiators, sacred chickens influenced military decisions, sewer covers judged liars, and anonymous statues insulted popes before social media made public humiliation convenient. Weird Rome Travel takes you beyond the standard ruins-and-gelato tour and into the stranger side of the Eternal City. Wander through the Colosseum and Roman Forum, descend beneath churches into forgotten temples, follow a papal escape passage to Castel Sant’Angelo, and meet the cats now ruling the ...

Magic, danger, and epic fantasy collide in this spellbinding first book of the Silent Archmage series, where an archmage seeking peace enrolls in a magic academy, only to be swept into a treacherous magical adventure. Syl, an archmage who tirelessly fought the monsters spilling from the magical...

What if the real history of magic is stranger than the tricks themselves? Long before rabbits popped out of hats and assistants started disappearing into suspiciously small boxes, magicians were fooling kings, terrifying crowds, exposing fake ghosts, escaping impossible traps, and occasionally making decisions that were spectacularly bad for their health. STRANGE BUT TRUE: THE WEIRD HISTORY OF MAGICIANS takes you behind the curtain for a hilarious journey through centuries of illusion, deception, showmanship, rivalry, and outright weirdness. Meet ancient tricksters, Victorian superstars, ...

The second thrilling installment in the epic Silent Archmage fantasy series unveils a tale of magic, war, and a kingdom on the brink of destruction. War is coming. The kingdom is not ready…but Syl is. Syl’s first semester at the Aurian Magical Institute has been more eventful than he hoped...

An ancient site holds the key to unlocking the truth about the end of days. But Delaney McPhearson is in no condition to take on this particular challenge. With the world on the brink of collapse and the Chandler Group in disarray, Laney must stay one step ahead of the US government and uncover the truth behind a new global crisis. But as the clock ticks and chaos reigns, will Delaney have the strength to save humanity before it's too late? Or will the end of days mark the final downfall of mankind?

Uncover the Lost Kingdom That Nearly Conquered the Ancient World Deep in the mountains of western Turkey lie the ruins of a civilization that time forgot—until now. In Ghosts of Arzawa, archaeologist R. Jay Driskill resurrects one of the Bronze Age's most fascinating and overlooked kingdoms, revealing a sophisticated empire that dared to challenge the mighty Hittites and corresponded as equals with the pharaohs of Egypt. The Kingdom History Almost Lost For over 3,000 years, Arzawa remained buried beneath layers of history, known only through fragmentary mentions in enemy archives. But ...

The perimeter was supposed to keep the nightmare contained. It failed. Deep in the Pacific Northwest, a federal quarantine zone surrounds the ruins of the Blackwater Ridge research facility. Deputy Cal Renner patrols the logging roads, enforcing a quiet isolation. He expects bored soldiers and restless locals. He does not expect to find a massive, unidentifiable kill cached twelve feet up in the canopy of an old growth cedar. Mara Keene survived the initial outbreak by fleeing into the timber. Now she carries the stolen data detailing the genetic resurrection program that started it all. ...