Ghost Trauma

The instant New York Times bestseller By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing. In this revolutionary book, renowned physician...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Stephen Graham Jones, the master of modern horror and New York Times bestselling author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, a novel of revenge and identity hailed by Stephen King as “thrilling, literate, scary, immersive” that is equal parts psychological horror...

Know that you are no longer alone. For a long time, I didn't know what triggered my anger. Past and present were mixed together, and it was impossible for me to tell them apart. I felt rejected and abandoned. To get to see it more clearly, I undertook several therapeutic approaches, in groups, alone. The secret was buried deeply in my memory and poisoned my existence. All I wanted was to feel better. I simply did not know how and what was causing my suffering.

Some bonds are forged in blood. Others are bought with it. When Ezra Kane's brother is dying, he'll do anything to save him—even hack the accounts of Edmund Cross, Manhattan's most dangerous billionaire. But Edmund doesn't call the FBI. Instead, he makes Ezra an offer: become his personal weapon in the criminal underworld, and Tommy lives for as long as possible. For five years, they're perfect partners—Edmund the architect, Ezra the executioner, building an empire on invisible crime and unspoken desire. Their signature "ghost trades" move billions through the global economy without a ...

Flickering neon lights and hot Miami nights turn deadly in this gothic horror about a daughter investigating her best friend’s disappearance at an abandoned island resort. You may not escape, but the truth will. Twenty-five years ago, the Ripley Memorial High School senior class entered the...

Winner of the 2025 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel Finalist for the 2025 Shirley Jackson Award From Bram Stoker Award–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes an “emotionally devastating, character driven ghost story” (CrimeReads) about three childhood friends who...

She thought she married into privilege. Instead, she walked into a trap. Marlys Brannigan believed she was stepping into a life of luxury. Instead, she’s caught in a house of secrets and under the suffocating control of her powerful husband, Hunter. Then Hunter vanishes after a dinner party. Days later, his body is found buried in the woods. The police have only one suspect: Marlys. To clear her name, she must dig into Hunter’s past, uncovering a mysterious care home, handwritten notes about a woman no one will name, and a black SUV that won’t stop following her. But inside the ...

GHOSTS OF ALHAMBRA A supernatural suspense novel by Elisabetta Panzica In the quiet basement of a California college, a mannequin opens her eyes—and a century-old secret awakens. When Safi, a young CNA student, agrees to make up a class on a quiet Saturday morning, she expects to study in silence. Instead, she and her instructor experience something terrifying: a mannequin—nicknamed Megan—moves. Speaks. Watches. Haunted by what they saw, the two women are drawn into a chilling mystery that transcends time. Megan isn’t just a teaching tool—she’s a vessel for a soul trapped ...

Alex's world is shattered in one tragic moment, leaving her unable to dance or believe in love again. Fleeing to the quiet town of Chernut, she finds solace at Lovelet Manor, where the troubled family residing there mirror her own pain. Amidst the enchanting gardens, Alex meets Edward, igniting a spark of hope in her heart. But as she grapples with her haunting past and uncertain future, she's left wondering if she's truly losing her mind. Will Alex confront her demons and embrace love once more, or will the ghosts of her past continue to haunt her? Dive into this captivating tale of ...

The Arctic summer is short. Jennifer is working hard to experience all the intensity the Arctic has to offer. But she struggles with old scars of childhood trauma and new wounds from climate crisis. As polar night descends, Svalbard is haunted by an ancient monster, rekindled by an impulsive murder, taking direct aim at Jennifer’s world. Or is she destroying things herself?

A haunted mirror. A broken past. A woman on the verge of uncovering the truth. When Mara inherits an old mirror from her late mother, she expects it to be just another family heirloom. But the reflection staring back at her isn’t her own. It’s something—or someone—else. And the more she stares, the more she realizes that the mirror holds a secret far darker than she could have imagined. At first, it’s just strange. A flicker in the glass. A shadow moving when she doesn’t. But soon, the mirror becomes a gateway to her past—a past she’s spent years running from. The ...

The woods looked dark and ominous. Between the trees, where the darkness was blacker than black, dozens of slanted yellow eyes flicked open and stared back towards the house. They weren't the eyes of anything human. When Paul and Christy purchase Croft House, they are both looking forward to a new start. Christy's abusive father is dying and she is ready to put the past well and truly behind her. But the house has other ideas. They soon realise there is something in the house, something that's trying to communicate with them. In their fear, they ask a local psychic to remove this entity. ...

A blast from the past: Five years ago Brian's sister gave a toast at his wedding... and he hasn't spoken to her since. She's returning home with something to share with everyone. As if that wasn't enough? How about a balloon bending street person who takes a liking to her? Add to that Mel's mother-in-law, and Brian's parents, and put them in a room for Thanksgiving Dinner... What could be more stressful than that? Well, maybe, a Jumbo jet crashing into a neighborhood in the Rockaways - but just barely.

These three lighthearted ghost stories unfold in the Blue Ridge Mountains. A young woman inherits her late aunt’s renovated, century-old mansion. After converting Evergreen into a bed & breakfast, evidence mounts that it may be haunted. Book 1, Inheriting Evergreen, follows Kristy Miller as she settles Aunt Leslie’s estate and uncovers surprising secrets. In Book 2, Haunting Evergreen, Kristy opens the bed & breakfast, and guests report seeing ghosts in the honeymoon suite. Book 3, Revisiting Evergreen, reunites the descendants of the original owners—possibly joined by their ancestors.

What if the thing that saves your child opens a door you’re not ready to walk through? When author and journalist Bennett Carlton takes his young family to a London park, he doesn't expect to watch his four-year-old son vanish beneath the cold surface of a lake. Nor does he expect the mysterious woman who rescues him—a stranger who moves through the water like she belongs to it. Charlene “Charlie” Morrow is a psychiatrist with a past she doesn’t talk about and a gift she tries not to use. But the lake doesn’t care about her boundaries. Neither does the whisper of a little blonde...

Amazon Bestselling Author D.K. GREY, creator of INHERITED SECRETS and DARKENED SECRETS, returns with ECHOED SECRETS— Book Three in the chilling Hale Mansion SECRETS Collection, where supernatural horror, spiritual warfare, and the evils of humanity collide. Nearly twelve years have passed since the events of INHERITED SECRETS, and six years since the haunting aftermath of DARKENED SECRETS. Amber Hale’s intuitive gifts and extrasensory perception (ESP) are intensifying as she steps into adolescence. The Hybrid Curse stirs once more—rooted in ancient forces, shaped by psychology, and ...

Amazon Bestselling Author D.K. GREY, creator of INHERITED SECRETS, DARKENED SECRETS, and ECHOED SECRETS, returns with WHISPERED SECRETS— the chilling finale to the Hale Mansion SECRETS Collection, where supernatural horror, spiritual warfare, and generational trauma reach their haunting climax. Now a college freshman, Amber Hale returns with her parents to the Cartwright Mansion—built atop cursed ground and saturated with generations of silence, suffering, and secrets. As she steps into being a young woman, Amber stands at a pivotal threshold—coming of age at eighteen, with her ...

“An often poignant and resonant rumination on the enduring effects of abuse and what it takes to overcome, survive, live, and love again.” —Kirkus Reviews Grandson of a Ghost explores how a family’s unspoken, festering grief impacted a boy born 25 years after the suicide of his grandfather. It follows the struggle of Scott as he grows up but fails to see how abuse from his mother clouded his perception of the world, and fueled his self-destructive behavior as an adult. Following a tumultuous childhood, Scott moves from northern New England — driven by his demons — to New York in...

This book examines the effects and impacts of intergenerational trauma. It also explores the effects of both single-event traumas and multigenerational trauma in addition to examining the history of traumatic events that have affected entire cultures and societies. The book examines the development of treatments for trauma-related disorders. Additionally, the author explains how a few therapeutic approaches can be applied to intergenerational trauma.

FINALIST FOR THE PARAGRAPHE HUGH MACLENNAN PRIZE FOR FICTION WORD GUILD AWARDS BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR By the author of the award-winning The Ghost Garden, a bravely imagined, deeply empathetic novel of two adolescent boys, bound by friendship and a terrible secret. With love and sex so...