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Psychiatrist meets possession—and becomes a believer.
Demonic Foes
Horror · Occult Horror
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Psychiatrist meets possession—and becomes a believer. In Demonic Foes, Dr. Richard Gallagher recounts 25 years of real cases involving exorcisms, diabolic attacks, and unexplainable phenomena. With 4.6 stars on Amazon, this gripping memoir blends science and the supernatural in chilling, true detail.
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A psychiatrist steps into the shadows—and discovers evil isn’t always imaginary.
Dr. Richard Gallagher never expected his medical career to lead him into exorcisms. But when a no-nonsense priest asked for help with a woman claiming possession, Gallagher’s scientific worldview cracked. She spoke languages she’d never studied, revealed secrets she couldn’t have known, and displayed strength far beyond the laws of nature.
This wasn’t mental illness. It was something else entirely.
Over 25 years, Gallagher became the world’s foremost psychiatric authority on possession, consulted by clergy of all faiths. In Demonic Foes, he shares his most chilling cases—from spirit-chosen children to once-in-a-century possessions—offering a rare, rational voice inside the paranormal.
Forget fiction. These true accounts will test what you believe about evil, sanity, and the supernatural.
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A cursed tree.
Jackknife
Horror · Thriller · Occult Horror
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A cursed tree. A long-buried knife. A story that should’ve stayed untold. Jackknife by Joe Hill is a bone-chilling occult suspense short with 4.0 stars and over 2,000 reviews. Part of The Shivers collection, it’s the kind of tale you read in one sitting—and regret just as quickly.
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One knife. One curse. One very bad decision.
Dennis Lange is desperate for a second chance. Disgraced and drowning in failure, his big comeback depends on selling the story of a haunted tree in rural Pennsylvania. But when he pulls a rusted jackknife from its twisted trunk, he doesn’t just uncover the past—he unleashes it.
Long ago, the tree was the site of vigilante justice. Now it wants more.
What begins as a journalistic gimmick spirals into a waking nightmare as Dennis realizes the tree remembers, hungers, and is ready to root itself into something far darker than folklore.
From New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill, Jackknife is a chilling short story of ancient revenge and modern horror.
Because some legends don’t die—they grow.
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Part Witches of Eastwick, part feminist justice fantasy, this one’s for readers who believe reinvention starts at 40—and revenge is best served witchy.
The Change
Occult Horror
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Three women. One murder. And a midlife metamorphosis that unleashes something powerful. The Change by Kirsten Miller (4.3 stars on Amazon!) blends mystery, magic, and righteous rage in this sharp, supernatural thriller. Part Witches of Eastwick, part feminist justice fantasy, this one’s for readers who believe reinvention starts at 40—and revenge is best served witchy.
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Midlife brings hot flashes, heartbreak… and supernatural powers.
Nessa hears the voices of the dead. Jo’s fury can set the world on fire—literally. And Harriett’s garden blooms with secrets and vengeance. Three women, pushed to their limits by loss, betrayal, and ageism, awaken to strange new powers just as a local girl’s murder is brushed aside by the authorities.
But these women aren’t stepping aside anymore.
As they follow the whispers of the dead and uncover more bodies, the trio is drawn into the heart of Mattauk’s most elite, twisted enclave—a place where men like to think they make the rules.
The Change is a bold, genre-bending revenge fantasy filled with wit, rage, and righteous justice. Think Big Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick—and don’t underestimate women in their prime.
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Waking up after a fatal crash, Michael finds himself in a quiet town where people vanish and no one asks why.
Community
Occult Horror
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Waking up after a fatal crash, Michael finds himself in a quiet town where people vanish and no one asks why. Community by Graham Masterton (4.1 stars on Amazon!) is a slow-building horror thriller packed with unease, eerie disappearances, and a jaw-dropping twist. If you think he's dead… wait until you learn the truth. Read this haunting tale today.
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After a car crash kills his girlfriend, Michael Spencer wakes up in a small-town Montana hospital, battered but alive—or so he thinks.
The townspeople are friendly. Charming, even. He’s recovering well. There’s even a beautiful local girl showing interest. But as days pass, things start to feel… off. People disappear without a word. Strangers come and go, unnoticed. No one talks about those who vanish.
Then his new girlfriend goes missing. And what began as a recovery becomes a descent into the unimaginable.
As Michael searches for answers, he begins to suspect the unthinkable: he might already be dead. But the truth lurking beneath this perfect little town is far worse.
Community is a chilling, slow-burn horror from master storyteller Graham Masterton—with a twist you’ll never see coming.
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A fake psychic is used to people bringing him strange problems.
The Manitou
Horror · Occult Horror
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A fake psychic is used to people bringing him strange problems. He is not used to discovering that one of them may unleash an ancient force bent on destruction. When a woman’s terrifying symptoms point to something far worse than illness, The Manitou spirals into supernatural horror with occult dread, gruesome stakes, and a threat that feels both deeply old and horribly alive.
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An ancient vengeful spirit attempts to return through the body of a terrified young woman in this horror classic by an award-winning "master of the genre" (Rocky Mountain News).
Phony psychic and conman Harry Erskine never really believed in the occult until Karen Tandy approached him with a rapidly growing tumor on her neck, complaining of dark and disturbing dreams. When the mass is revealed by doctors to contain something living, the stakes skyrocket—not only for Karen and Harry but for all humanity.
Something terrible is returning from the shadows to which it has been confined for centuries—a Native American monstrosity determined to destroy every vestige of the white race that oppressed and preyed upon America's Indians. And unless a motley group of ill-prepared defenders can harness an ancient native magic, there will be no stopping the malevolent shaman's terrible rebirth—and no escaping the wholesale carnage it will engender.
The Manitou introduced the great Graham Masterton to the canon of horror, instantly placing him among the genre's elite. A longtime favorite for its bold originality, unrelenting creepiness, supernatural shocks, and otherworldly surprises that would have made H. P. Lovecraft proud, Masterton's classic continues to stand tall alongside Stephen King's Carrie, Peter Straub's Ghost Story, and other unforgettable literary horror debuts.
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A possessed child.
The Exorcist
Occult Horror
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A possessed child. A mother out of options. A priest risking his soul. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (4.6 stars on Amazon!) remains one of the most chilling novels of all time. This iconic horror classic, now in its 40th anniversary edition, still grips readers with its unrelenting terror. Read the book that started it all—if you dare.
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Originally published in 1971, The Exorcist, one of the most controversial novels ever written, went on to become a literary phenomenon: It spent fifty-seven weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, seventeen consecutively at number one. Inspired by a true story of a child's demonic possession in the 1940s, William Peter Blatty created an iconic novel that focuses on Regan, the eleven-year-old daughter of a movie actress residing in Washington, D.C. A small group of overwhelmed yet determined individuals must rescue Regan from her unspeakable fate, and the drama that ensues is gripping and unfailingly terrifying. Two years after its publication, The Exorcist was, of course, turned into a wildly popular motion picture, garnering ten Academy Award nominations. On opening day of the film, lines of the novel's fans stretched around city blocks. In Chicago, frustrated moviegoers used a battering ram to gain entry through the double side doors of a theater. In Kansas City, police used tear gas to disperse an impatient crowd who tried to force their way into a cinema. The three major television networks carried footage of these events; CBS's Walter Cronkite devoted almost ten minutes to the story. The Exorcist was, and is, more than just a novel and a film: it is a literary landmark. Purposefully raw and profane, The Exorcist still has the extraordinary ability to disturb readers and cause them to forget that it is "just a story." Newly polished and added to by it author and published here in this beautiful fortieth anniversary edition, it remains an unforgettable reading experience and will continue to shock and frighten a new generation of readers.
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A haunted house.
The Carrow Haunt
Occult Horror
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A haunted house. A week-long investigation. A ghost with unfinished business. In Goodreads Choice Award nominee The Carrow Haunt, tour guide Remy never believed in spirits—until guests start dying. With 4.4 stars on Amazon, this chilling gothic thriller will keep you up all night. Will you dare step inside Carrow House? Get it now!
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Remy doesn’t believe in ghosts. As a tour guide for Carrow House, she’s heard all the stories—strange shadows, whispered voices, and the spirit of a long-dead serial killer. But she’s never seen anything herself. That’s about to change.
Hired to lead a week-long paranormal investigation, Remy expects eerie thrills and campfire-worthy stories. But when a storm traps them inside, the house’s ghosts become all too real. Doors open on their own. Séances unravel into chaos. The resident medium roams in a trance. And then—one of their guests dies.
As Carrow’s dark past closes in, Remy must unravel the mystery before another guest joins the house’s restless dead. Because in Carrow House, some spirits never left… and they’re hungry for more.
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Free house?
Haunted: Perron Manor
Occult Horror
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Free house? Haunted horror. When sisters inherit Perron Manor, it’s a dream—until the walls start breathing. With 4.3 stars on Amazon and over 8,000 reviews, Haunted is a chilling haunted house horror with occult vibes, escalating terror, and a twist you won’t see coming.
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When sisters Sarah and Chloe inherit the sprawling Perron Manor, it feels like winning the real estate lottery—until the walls start whispering.
At first, it’s little things: rancid smells, freezing rooms, the prickling sense of eyes that aren’t there. Then they find the book—Latin text, occult symbols, and a study that looks like Satan’s Airbnb.
As the activity escalates from unsettling to full-on demonic, the sisters must confront the truth: they didn’t inherit a home. They inherited a haunting.
With every creaking floorboard and shadowed corner, Perron Manor tightens its grip, forcing the sisters to unravel its secrets—or risk becoming part of them.
Because this house doesn’t want new owners.
It wants new victims.
The question is: will they make it out alive?
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A strong match for readers drawn to Southern gothic horror, demonic suspense, family danger, and slow-building dread.
Seed
Horror · Occult Horror
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Seed follows Jack Winter, a man who fled an unspeakable nightmare in rural Georgia as a boy, only to face its return after a violent car crash threatens his wife and children, with a 4.1-star rating from more than 15,200 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to Southern gothic horror, demonic suspense, family danger, and slow-building dread.
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With nothing but the clothes on his back—and something horrific snapping at his heels—Jack Winter fled his rural Georgia home when he was still just a boy. Watching the world he knew vanish in a trucker’s rearview mirror, he thought he was leaving an unspeakable nightmare behind forever. But years later, the bright new future he’s built suddenly turns pitch black, as something fiendishly familiar looms dead ahead.
When Jack, his wife Aimee, and their two small children survive a violent car crash, it seems like a miracle. But Jack knows what he saw on the road that night, and it wasn’t divine intervention. The profound evil from his past won’t let them die…at least not quickly. It’s back, and it’s hungry; ready to make Jack pay for running, to work its malignant magic on his angelic youngest daughter, and to whisper a chilling promise: I’ve always been here, and I’ll never leave.
Country comfort is no match for spine-tingling Southern gothic suspense in Ania Ahlborn’s tale of an ordinary man with a demon on his back. Seed plants its page-turning terror deep in your soul, and lets it grow wild.
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A must-read for fans of intricate mysteries and psychological thrills.
Blue Labyrinth
Occult Horror
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An enemy found dead. A turquoise gem as a clue. In Blue Labyrinth (4.5 stars, 12,000+ reviews), Agent Pendergast faces a killer who knows his family’s darkest secrets. Preston & Child’s 14th Pendergast novel is a suspenseful journey through past sins and present vengeance. A must-read for fans of intricate mysteries and psychological thrills. Start unraveling the labyrinth today.
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An enemy dead on his doorstep. A turquoise clue in the corpse. And a killer who knows Pendergast better than anyone ever has.
FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is no stranger to danger—but when a longtime adversary is found murdered outside his Manhattan home, the case becomes personal. The only clue? A strange turquoise stone buried inside the body.
That single artifact leads Pendergast to the Salton Sea and into the terrifying depths of his own family's haunted history. As he pieces together the chilling puzzle, a new threat emerges: a brilliant and vengeful killer who knows the Pendergast legacy... and aims to destroy it.
In Blue Labyrinth, Preston & Child deliver a gripping thriller of revenge, secrets, and a reckoning decades in the making.
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A strong fit for readers drawn to historical fantasy with witches, spiritualism, female friendship, and Gilded Age New York.
The Witches of New York
Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · LGBTQIA+ · Historical Fantasy · Occult Horror
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An international bestseller, The Witches of New York follows Adelaide Thom, Eleanor St. Clair, and seventeen-year-old Beatrice Dunn in 1880 New York, where a teashop offering cures, potions, and spiritual services brings three women with magical gifts together. A strong fit for readers drawn to historical fantasy with witches, spiritualism, female friendship, and Gilded Age New York.
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A Buzzfeed Best Gift Book of the Year
"A dark, atmospheric, and feminist story of three women in New York City's Gilded Age, each determined to thrive in a society hell-bent on keeping them down, and using their coven to do so." —Buzzfeed
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Respectable Lady Seeks Dependable Shop Girl. Those averse to magic need not apply.
New York in the spring of 1880 is a place alive with wonder and curiosity. In this captivating Gilded Age historical fantasy, residents enthusiastically engage in both scientific experimentation and spiritualist pursuits. Séances are the entertainment of choice in exclusive social circles, and many enterprising women—some possessed of true intuitive powers, and some gifted with the art of performance—find work as mediums.
Enter Adelaide Thom and Eleanor St. Clair. At their humble teashop, Tea and Sympathy, they provide a place for whispered confessions, secret cures, and spiritual assignations for a select coven of ladies, who speak the right words and ask the right questions. But the profile of Tea and Sympathy is about to change with the fortuitous arrival of Beatrice Dunn.
When seventeen-year-old Beatrice leaves the safety of her village to answer an ad that reads "Respectable Lady Seeks Dependable Shop Girl. Those averse to magic need not apply," she has little inclination of what the job will demand of her. Beatrice doesn’t know it yet, but she is no ordinary small-town girl; she has great spiritual gifts—ones that will serve as her greatest asset and also place her in grave danger. Under the tutelage of Adelaide and Eleanor, Beatrice comes to harness many of her powers, but not even they can prepare her for the occult evils lurking in the darkest corners of the city or the courage it will take to face them.
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Terrors older than time await in Black Wings of Cthulhu (4.2 stars on Amazon), edited by renowned Lovecraft scholar S.T. Joshi.
Black Wings of Cthulhu
Occult Horror
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Terrors older than time await in Black Wings of Cthulhu (4.2 stars on Amazon), edited by renowned Lovecraft scholar S.T. Joshi. Featuring 21 original stories from horror legends like Caitlín R. Kiernan and Ramsey Campbell, this essential anthology plunges deep into the madness and mythos of the Old Ones. Read now—while your sanity holds.
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The gods are not dead—they’re only dreaming.
In Black Wings of Cthulhu, 21 masterful stories reimagine the terrifying cosmic legacy of H.P. Lovecraft. Curated by S.T. Joshi, the world’s foremost Lovecraft scholar, this anthology conjures eldritch horror from the pens of Caitlín R. Kiernan, Ramsey Campbell, Laird Barron, Michael Shea, and more.
These aren’t pale imitations. They’re bold, original nightmares—shadowy tales of ancient cults, psychic horrors, and mind-shattering truths that twist the mythos into thrilling new dimensions.
Even Lovecraft himself makes an appearance.
The unknown is calling. The void is whispering. And the madness is spreading.
Will you answer?
Once you enter, there’s no escaping what lurks beneath the surface of this genre-defining collection.
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