Horror/Occult

//Horror/Occult
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  • Book III of The Omen. His coming was foretold in a prophecy of ultimate evil from beyond the dawn of time. A prophecy which spelled destruction for those who ignored the warning until it was too late, and which is about to be fulfilled...From a crumbling monastery in the depths of Northern Italy, Father DeCarlo has watched the relentless progress of the Anti-Christ. Now he knows the world is on the edge of a nightmare that it will not survive. Around the globe, drought, famine and flood strike down helpless millions. There is trouble everywhere. Damien Thorn, the handsome, thirty-two year old head of one of the world's most powerful corporations... and certain to be president of the United States by the time he is forty. Damien, believed to be the son of Satan, reaching out to claim the Earth for the forces of darkness... Now is the time of prophecy, and Mankind's only hope lies with twelve men and one woman who must fight a desperate battle that will carry them across the very frontiers of darkness in the final showdown between good and evil. From the screenplay by Andrew Birkin and based on characters created by David Seltzer.
  • The Sineater...according to legend, a dark and mysterious figure of the night who devours food from the chests of the dead to allow them to ascend to heaven. In the small American town, children have to lock themselves away on the rare occasions the Sineater calls at their home. Now the order has been broken - the Sineater has children of his own. But when Joel, the last born, begins to lead a normal life, strange and disturbing events begin to affect the peaceful life of the community. Before long no-one is safe from the dark forces that have been set loose. But does the evil come from the Sineater? His family? Or some other mysterious force?
  • When Danny moved to Blackbriar, he thought the house would be quiet and peaceful, a change from the big city. But there's something sinister about the house, something...strange. Danny begins to dream of fires and witches. Night after night he is awakened by a peal of laughter that seems to belong to a different place and time. Then Danny and his friend Lark discover an ancient doll abandoned in a corner of the house. They know it has something to do with the mysteries of Blackbriar - but they don;t realise it will lead them to a secret more awful than they can imagine and a mystery that could take their lives to solve..
  • Amy Redwing is famous in her chosen field of dog rescue.  She'll risk everything to save a dog. When she confronts a violent drunk in order to rescue Nickie, a beautiful golden retriever, she has no misgivings. Dogs always do their best, and so will she. But Amy's past is about to catch up with her, threatening to turn her into a desperate, hunted creature - like those she has devoted her life to rescuing. And Brian, the one man who might save her, ha a problem of his own in the shape of the terrifying Vanessa, his ex-wife, who's come crashing back into his life just as Amy needs him most. The darkest evening of their lives is approaching...
  • What would you do for love? Would you die? Would you kill? We have your wife. You can get her back for two million cash. Landscaper Mitchell Rafferty thinks it must be some kind of joke. He was in the middle of planting flower beds for one of his clients when his cell phone rang. Now he's standing in a normal suburban neighborhood on a bright summer day, having a phone conversation out of his darkest nightmare. Whoever is on the other end of the line is dead serious. See that guy across the street?  Rifle fire shatters the stillness as the man goes down, shot in the head. An object lesson. The caller has Mitch's wife and doesn't care that Mitch runs a small two-man landscaping operation and has no way of raising such a vast sum. He's confident that Mitch will find a way. If you love your wife enough...Mitch does love her enough. He's got sixty hours to prove it. He'll pay anything...He'll pay a lot more than two million dollars...
  • The ordered world of Tayo, famous pop star, is suddenly and alarmingly thrown into chaos as he finds himself inescapably bound up in the world of the occult; a world in which Tayo and his family are forced to live a nightmare. He is warned from Beyond by his unborn child who has fought her way past the Powers of Darkness to beware of his own son.  But Tayo does not believe he has any children - and then he learns that his wife Ginnie is expecting a baby...Is this the child, the son who has evil in his heart, or the daughter that watches over him? The Darkness rules Tayo's life, engineers his every move and each step brings him close and closer to his fate...Wilding's first novel. Cover art by Marinella Bonini.
  • Book II of Heathen. The good times for writer Christopher Ward are over. Struggling to complete his latest novel, he finds himself sucked into a vicious spiral: the further into the book he gets, the harder it becomes; the harder it becomes, the quicker he slides towards depression and alcoholism. Then the incidents begin. How is it that he rarely works and yet, day after day, he finds whole chapters of his novel completed? And what of the things he sees at night? Are they dreams or apparitions? Alone in his house, and within the decaying confines of his own mind, Ward is pushed to the very edge of sanity. As a writer, Ward has always explored the darker side of the human mind. Now it's time for him to experience the darkness for real. For when the final revelations begin, Ward discovers a truth more terrifying than anything dredged from the most twisted imagination...Cover art by Larry Rostant.
  • During the 1930s Depression years, the Virginia Writers project sent authors, editors and reporters out into the coves and hollows of the Appalachian Mountains and record the beliefs, traditions and superstitions of the mountain folk. Although the stories were duly collected, transcribed and sent to Richmond with the idea of publishing a book on American folklore the ultimate goal was never accomplished and the stories were archived in the University of Virginia. The stories in this volume have drawn heavily on the Virginia Project and goes beyond that - proceeding  from the assumption that the tales of the mountain folk were heavily influenced by the experiences of their ancestors,  many of whom were of Scottish, Irish or German origin and who settled in Virginia, Texas, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas. As a result, tales about Cajuns, Indians and Spaniards are incorporated. Through the 75 + stories in this volume, there emerges a comprehensive overview of the beliefs and practices of a segment of the population to whom witches and witchcraft were a part of daily life.
  • Alex Lonsdale was one of the most popular kids in La Paloma - a thriving modern community high in the California hills. Until the horrific car accident that caused enormous brain damage. Until a brilliant doctor, a neurologist, rescued him from the brink of death. Now Alex seems to be the same. But in his eyes there is a terrible blankness. His heart is cold.  And the evil that has waited in the dark places of La Paloma, the evil of a terrible deed committed 100 years ago, now has Alex. And Alex has the memories of the dreadful injustice that cries out for revenge...