Pagan Horror

So, you like ghost stories? As you’re reading this, I suppose that you do. But will you like these? Ah, now that very much depends. If you have a taste for stories set in the English shires, which draw deep upon their historic and folkloric past, then yes, you could well do, especially if you appreciate an added dash of sardonic humour. However, if you’re into slasher horror and a highly contemporary vibe, I’d suggest that you steer clear. Included within are the following previously published tales: The Ghost of Scarside Beck Old Crotchet Old Crotchet’s Return At Fall of Night ...

When a folklore PhD student begins researching Britain's ancient stone circles, she doesn't expect them to research her in return. Twenty-eight-year-old researcher arrives at Stonehenge before dawn, camera ready, academic theories prepared. What she isn't prepared for are the handprints that appear on her chest when she touches the stones, or the way time begins to slip, or the realisation that she's been marked for this moment since childhood. The stones are counting, and she's being added to their tally. Across twenty-three days, she visits twelve ancient monuments—from Stonehenge to ...

This town's dark secret tried to be nice... John Weston has been living the good life. A successful relationship, a good business, and not one but several women on the side. Tonight, he found out why. Every seven years, the town where he lives chooses a sacred king. For seven years, he has everything his heart desires; at the end of the seventh, he is sacrificed to ensure the prosperity of the town. That's bad enough, but something weird is going on - well, even weirder. All of the people trying to kill John Weston tonight are being as nice about it as they can, and they act like they're ...

Carter Keane's Morsel is a delicious folk horror debut about learning to bite back when the world is determined to eat you alive. Lou did what the children of parents with backbreaking, poorly paying jobs are supposed to do: pulled up her bootstraps, went to college, and got an office gig with...

Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it. Connecticut, 1666: An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil. To...

A creature lurks in Bryndis Ashglo’s mind. It sees what she sees and hears what she hears, and it won’t be silenced any longer. In the town of Bouldermore, governed with stringent laws and nightmarish tales of monsters, no one will be spared if found harbouring magic. Not even Bryndis, the governor’s daughter. On the cusp of Samhain, Bryndis attracts the unwanted attention of the famed and feared bastard prince tasked to enforce the king’s laws and conduct this year’s witch reaping.

When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their lives and reconnect with one another. But when Luke, the only man still single and living a precarious existence, finds he has little left in common with his well-heeled friends, tensions rise. With limited experience between them, a shortcut meant to ease their hike turns into a nightmare scenario that could cost them their lives. Lost, hungry, and surrounded by forest untouched for millennia, Luke figures things couldn't possibly get any worse.

In a new and major novel, the creator of fantastic universes of vampires and witches takes us now into the world of Isaiah and Jeremiah, and the destruction of Solomon's Temple, to tell the story of Azriel, Servant of the Bones. He is ghost, genii, demon, angel--pure spirit made visible. He...

If you want to study Paganism in more detail, this book is the place to start. Based on a course in Paganism that the authors have taught for more than a decade, it is full of exercises, meditations, and discussion questions for group or individual study. This book presents the basic fundamentals of Paganism. It explores what Pagans are like; how the Pagan sacred year is arranged; what Pagans do in ritual; what magick is; and what Pagans believe about God, worship, human nature, and ethics.

Before there were churches. Before there were kings. Before there were names. There were the first gods. Across the British Isles lie ancient places older than memory — stone circles raised to unknown powers, burial mounds sealed with dread, moors that whisper in forgotten tongues, and forests that do not welcome trespassers. The land remembers what humanity has tried to forget. In The First Gods of the Isles, Adrian Cave delivers twenty chilling tales of folk horror and ancient evil rooted deep in Britain’s sacred and cursed ground. Archaeologists unearth what should have remained ...

A prominent New Jersey doctor and members of a notorious outlaw motorcycle gang transform the doctor's office into a drug ring, pumping thousands of highly addictive opioid pain pills onto the streets in exchange for cash. Everything was going smoothly until one person discovered their plan: the doctor's wife. When she threatened to divorce him, the doctor's unholy alliance with his partners in crime turned deadly, and the doctor hired a hitman to kill her.

“Hail, Old Father…” Everyone in Field Rise knows not to wander onto the Ackers farm. The monstrous tales of that inbred family have been told for generations. Some say the soil is still dark with blood from the living scarecrows that Seth Ackers made of anyone who crossed his path. But not all of its secrets were unearthed, as Police Chief Mike Haberlay realises when a property developer attempts to reclaim the abandoned land. What he discovers causes the evil entombed below the farm to spread its tendrils once more. For Seth Ackers – Old Hodmedod – was far more than just a ...

This book covers everything from Norse mythology and the Norse pantheon to Celtic Mythology and the Celtic Pantheon as well as rituals and practices. Most importantly, you’ll learn all about the complete freedom paganism offers its practitioners. At its core, paganism focuses on you and your well-being. Throughout this book, I will also help you begin your journey of enlightenment and show you the wonders that the runes have to offer.

Have you ever wanted to understand the sophisticated belief systems of ancient religions? Have you always been intrigued by the intricate mythologies of Greece and Rome? Were you compelled toward the mysterious and spiritual nature of the universe but did not know how to access it? If so, then you've found the right audiobook! You can learn about the history and diversity of Paganism and how Paganism exists today.

An eviction notice, a failed career, and one last chance to salvage her life. Desperate journalist Audra Winslow accepts a strange assignment from an obscure magazine: travel to the isolated village of Zavolya, deep in the Carpathian Mountains, and investigate a 300-year-old witch trial. The pay is just enough to be a stay of execution. But Zavolya is not welcoming. The air is heavy with an oppressive silence, and the villagers are bound by a suffocating fear. The innkeeper's warning is dire: bolt your door when the sun sets, and do not, under any circumstances, listen for the toll of the ...

Dare to uncover the hidden truth of Halloween’s 2,000-year journey? For most, October 31st is a night of candy bowls, glowing pumpkins, and playful costumes. But few people know that behind the laughter and porch lights lies an extraordinary history stretching back to ancient bonfires on Celtic hillsides, Roman rituals for the dead, medieval prayers for souls, immigrant folklore, and billion-dollar industries. Halloween is not just a holiday—it is humanity’s oldest conversation with fear, death, and community. In The Real History of Halloween You Never Knew, Raven Blackwood takes you ...

Spring brings renewal. Light returns, the world stirs, and balance is restored. But not everything that awakens is kind or gentle. Tumble through six dark stories where the thaw takes an unsettling turn. Lovers spiral into twisted, angst-filled passion. Gods of the forest whisper to the lost. Ancient forces stir beneath melting soil, and sunlight carries something contagious. From folklore-infused terror to psychological unraveling, these stories reveal what happens when rebirth curdles. Every equinox is a threshold. Are you ready to step across and see what waits on the other side? Bonus ...

There are some oddities here. Nine of them in total. And yet, not one of them resembles any other. But they are all, of course, ghost stories. Chilling, facetious, satirical, their tone is not of a piece, but all bar one are rooted in England’s dark dreaming. Reputations are not to be scoffed at, monuments cast down, or emotions to be tested, for the results may prove, at the very least, disagreeable. Sometimes, the old gods intrude, slumbering, yet not quite forgotten. The yelp and snap of some lingering cur, the unbidden banter of those patrolling the roads or supermarket aisles, mix ...

★★★★★ "Creepy Christmas. I must be a sucker for punishment. I am not a fan of scary stories, but this one hooked me in, and having dealt with my own version of pre-Christmas horror, I'm kinda liking the idea of an anti-Santa dishing out punishment for those on the naughty list." ★★★★★ "His darkness is awake in full garb, down to his bag of skins. Terror grips those who almost expect him. He is well explained in this horror short." 'Before the first child took a breath, he already existed. Not as a man or a beast, but as a shadow swirling around forgotten stars and in ...

A psychotic modern-day shaman caught in a zombie apocalypse without her meds. Scientific studies of Jocelyn Radomski, immune to a zombie pathogen, may lead to a cure. But first she must find a military safe zone in a world of countless zombies and few survivors. Fortunately, she possesses shamanic and zombie-like powers. And a tenth-century magic sword forged to fight zombies. But without her meds, no one is safe from her violent psychotic breaks. Especially the eclectic band of survivors pledged to her cause. Overwhelmed with guilt at what she has become, Jocelyn is driven by the hope that...