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 ...

There is a voice in your head right now. You did not choose it. It comments on your performance. It rehearses old conversations and drafts ones you'll never have. It reminds you of who you were supposed to become by now and quietly catalogs the ways you've fallen short. It has opinions about your work, your body, your relationships, and the driver who just cut you off. You did not hire this voice. You cannot remember agreeing to any of it. And yet it has been narrating your life for as long as you can remember—so seamlessly that you've assumed it was simply you. It isn't. This book calls ...

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 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. ...

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...

They are not killing him. They are unwriting him. On the salt roads east of Rayy, a shadow takes a caravan apart in the space of forty breaths and leaves a black feather in a dead man's throat. The survivors call him the Black Blade. Some say he is a revenant. Some say he is the last Assassin, condemned to outlive his own creed. Malek al-Aswad has stopped correcting them. A rumor is harder to erase than a man. The Dominion has finished hiding. It no longer needs to. Languages are going quiet in the mouths of the people who spoke them. Cities are remembered wrong. Names fall out of the ...

“Fast-paced and exciting adventure that will enthrall every reader.” —Erin Hunter, author of the New York Times bestselling Warriors series In the conclusion of Michelle Paver’s bestselling Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, the ultimate battle between good and evil is waged. A...

"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...

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!

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.  

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...

The Night Mother: An Old Croatian Hearth-Tale A Short Story from Echoes of the Old Country In the villages between forest and field, families once believed that night was never truly quiet. The darkness held its own presence, and among the many shadows that moved through Croatian homes, none inspired more whispering than the Noćnica, the Night Mother. She was not a witch and not a demon. She was something older, a figure who visited sleepers when the fire burned low and the house grew still. In this chilling and intimate retelling, a weary mother named Marija struggles to protect her ...

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?

Stay Away - An amazingly original horror novel from Ike Hamill Every small town has secrets. Some secrets can kill. He’s always been there, the old gentleman in the funeral suit, hanging around the big oak tree. Even before the cemetery was dug, the natives knew about him. He was just as much a part of the landscape as the rocks or the river. If you ever needed anything, especially if it was a matter of life and death, you could find him and make a trade. He always trades fair. Everybody says so. Eric is about to trade without even realizing it. He isn’t tricked. It’s only a mistake. ...

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 ...

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...

In a masterful epic of timeless mystery and ripped-from-the-headlines scientific intrigue, James Rollins, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sigma Force series, takes mankind to its endpoint, to a fate written in rock and ice in an event known as The Sixth Extinction A remote...

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, ...

A mother and her daughter come to the remote Orkneys to grieve and find themselves instead dealing with a ghostly Viking legend. A Dark Ages king doesn’t realise his wife carries another man’s child and she is desperate for him not to find out. A young woman, who has spent her whole life hiding her supernatural strength, discovers on the eve of her wedding that she is Odin’s daughter. Sir Percival’s sister finds herself trapped in a castle of bloodletting sorcerers with only her sexuality as a weapon.