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Friends of the Dusk by Phil Rickman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA medieval legend spawns an unhealthy cult, and a terrifying 13th case for Merrily Watkins When autumn storms blast Hereford, centuries-old human bones are found among the roots of a tree blown down on the city's Castle Green... -
To Dream of the Dead by Phil Rickman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe village of Ledwardine has never been flooded in living memory, but as the river continues to rise with December rains, within days it will be an island. Electricity has been cut and the church is serving as a temporary mortuary for two people who drowned... -
All of a Winter's Night by Phil Rickman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt begins in the fog, with a bleak village funeral. In the early hours of the following morning, Merrily Watkins and her daughter Jane are made aware that Aidan Lloyd, son of a wealthy farmer, will not be resting in peace. A rural tradition is displaying its sinister side as an old feud re-ignites... -
For He Can Creep by Siobhan Carroll
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA Tor.com original, Siobhan Carroll's For He Can Creep is a dark fantasy story of poetry, devilry, and cats in a battle of good vs. evil for the fate of humanity. Nineteenth century poet Christopher Smart has been committed to St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics believing God has commissioned him to write The Divine Poem... -
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The Devil's Pawn by Oliver Pötzsch
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA showman’s fate is in the hands of the devil in an enthralling novel inspired by the Faust legend from the bestselling author of the Hangman’s Daughter series.Rome, 1518. The church is tarnished by greed. Peasants are rebelling. Tumultuous times demand drastic recourse—before the devil gets his due... -
Blood Infernal by James Rollins, Венцислав Божилов
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn a masterpiece of supernatural mystery and apocalyptic prophecy, New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell bring to a thunderous conclusion their epic trilogy of novels set between the worlds of shadow and light, between salvation and damnation, where the very gates of Hell must be shattered to discover the true fate of humankind in.. -
The Fabric of Sin by Phil Rickman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCalled in secretly to investigate an allegedly haunted house with royal connections, Merrily Watkins, deliverance consultant for the Diocese of Hereford, is exposed to a real and tangible evil. A hidden valley on the border of England and Wales preserves a longtime feud between two old border families as well as an ancient Templar church with a secret that may be linked to a famous ghost story... -
Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsCrispin is a master mosaicist, creating beautiful art with colored stones and glass. Summoned to Sarantium by imperial request, he bears a Queen's secret mission, and a talisman from an alchemist...Categorized as:
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DragonFire by Donita K. Paul
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThree years of strife have passed since Kale and Bardon freed Paladin's knights. Now, fiery dragons scorch their beautiful countryside as an evil husband-and-wife wizard duo battle one another for supremacy. The people of Amara just want to be left alone, hoping the conflict with disappear... -
The Martyr of the Catacombs by James De Mille
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Martyr of the Catacombs chronicles the treatment of early Christians by the Romans. A well written novel with a message... -
Immortelle by Catherine McCarthy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Elinor’s daughter, Rowena, is found poisoned and dead in an animal trough, Elinor is sure the local parish priest is to blame. A ceramic artist by trade and influenced by her late grandmother’s interest in supernatural magic, Elinor crafts an immortelle for Rowena’s grave and attempts to capture the girl’s spirit in the clay model of a starling... -
The Pariah by Anthony Ryan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsBorn into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn Scribe is raised as an outlaw. Quick of wit and deft with a blade, Alwyn is content with the freedom of the woods and the comradeship of his fellow thieves. But an act of betrayal sets him on a new path - one of blood and vengeance, which eventually leads him to a soldier's life in the king's army... -
Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA queer retelling of Satan's fall that's part cozy coming of age and part fast-paced tragedy, with a little love story in between –In an eternal paradise, the most beautiful angel, Lucifer, struggles with shame, identity, and timidity, with little more than the desire to worship his creator.It isn't until the strongest angel, Michael, comes into his life that Lucifer learns to love himself... -
The Curse of Misty Wayfair by Jaime Jo Wright
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLeft at an orphanage as a child, Thea Reed vowed to find her mother someday. Now grown, her search takes her to Pleasant Valley, Wisconsin, in 1908. When clues lead her to a mental asylum, Thea uses her experience as a post-mortem photographer to gain access and assist groundskeeper Simeon Coyle in photographing the patients and uncovering the secrets within... -
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Jacob T. Marley by R. William Bennett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Marley was dead to begin with . . ."These chillingly familiar words begin the classic Christmas tale of remorse and redemption in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Now R. William Bennett rewinds the story and focuses the spotlight on Scrooge's miserly business partner, Jacob T. Marley, who was allowed to return as a ghost to warn Scrooge away from his ill-fated path... -
The Naked God by Peter F. Hamilton
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe Confederation is starting to collapse politically and economically, allowing the 'possessed' to infiltrate more worlds. Quinn Dexter is loose on Earth, destroying the giant arcologies one at a time. As Louise Kavanagh tries to track him down, she manages to acquire some strange and powerful allies whose goal doesn't quite match her own... -
The First Witch of Boston by Andrea Catalano
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA gripping and intimate novel based on the true story of Margaret Jones, the first woman to be found guilty of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Massachusetts.Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1646. Thomas and Margaret Jones arrive from England to build a life in the New World. Though of differing temperaments, cautious Thomas and fiery Margaret, a healer, are bound by a love that has lasted decades...Categorized as:
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The Secrets Of Dr Taverner (Ash Tree Press Occult Detectives Library) by Dion Fortune
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOf the many authors who have turned their hands to the creation of 'supernatural sleuths', few have been so colourful, and as contradictory, as Dion Fortune...Categorized as:
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The Patmos Enigma by Ken Fry
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mysterious man walking the earth for millennia...And a discovery we might not be ready for...UK #1 BESTSELLING CHRISTIAN FANTASY, RELIGIOUS FANTASY & BIBLICAL FICTION.With the success of his UK bestselling and award winning religious mystery, The Lazarus Succession, Ken Fry once again crafts a cunning and explosive historical thriller unlike any you've read before.Tel Aviv, Israel... -
Selah Gothic: A Dark Priest Romance by Kat Blackthorne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom bestselling author of occult sensation The Halloween Boys, comes a sinfully fictional religious & dystopian story of naughty exorcism and sinful desires steeped in gothic mystery and lore. Dark priests and an even darker romance. Now I lay me down to sleep.Impure thoughts sent me spiraling toward my fate. I was the holy daughter of Lady of Sorrows Church... -
Nature's God by Robert Anton Wilson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhile Sigismundo prepares to contest the most powerful of the Indian medicine men, Moon, Washington, and the troops are waging an equally desperate battle for survival. These are the events which will soon reshape the world... -
The Crowfield Demon by Pat Walsh
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat lies beneath?Things are not right at Crowfield Abbey. The building has begun to crumble. And what Will finds beneath the floor of the side chapel is truly terrifying... -
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 2: Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEdition bilingue... -
Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now rendered into English by acclaimed translator John E. Woods, is a modern reworking of the Faust legend, in which Germany sells its soul to the Devil... -
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The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"The City Beautiful is the haunting, queer Jewish historical thriller of my darkest dreams." —Dahlia Adler, creator of LGBTQ Reads and editor of That Way Madness LiesDeath lurks around every corner in this unforgettable Jewish historical fantasy about a city, a boy, and the shadows of the past that bind them both together. Chicago, 1893... -
She is the Darkness by Glen Cook
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe wind whines and howls with bitter breath. Lightning snarls and barks. Rage is an animate force upon the plain of glittering stone. Even shadows are afraid.At the heart of the plain stands a vast grey stronghold, unknown, older than any written memory. One ancient tower has collapsed across the fissure... -
Rosamund by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Shani Struthers is my Queen of Horror!" ***** 'A tense and gripping story. I was unable to put it down.'***** 'A fascinating and terrifying insight into Ruby Davis' heritage.'***** 'I loved Rosamund's story from neglected child to powerful woman.'***** 'I loved reading about Rosamund and her experiences with the spiritual world... -
The Tombs of Anak by Frank E. Peretti
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Jay and Lila Cooper enter the cave-tombs of Anak with their archaeologist father, they hope to find a co-worker who has unaccountably disappeared. Instead, they stumble onto a frightening religion and new mysteries that soon put them all in incredible danger. The third book of the Cooper Kids Adventures...Categorized as:
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The Celtic Twilight by W.B. Yeats
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNotice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org... -
The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"A must-read for lost souls everywhere." — Kirkus Reviews, Starred ReviewWith spellbinding verse prose, R.M. Romero channels the spirit of myth into a brilliantly original tale, inspired by her experiences restoring Jewish cemeteries in Eastern Europe.Magic will burn you up... -
The War Hound and the World's Pain by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"The forest flourished, a lush and spreading refuge from the Wars, coolly green and welcoming. Beyond its borders the land burned flame red, blood red, ghastly black. Men and women, hacked to death, choked the paths and streams as the Armies of Religion clashed and slaughtered. Carrion-hung gibbets loomed starkly through the smoke and all the land was desolate. The forest was a refuge... -
The Templar Treasure by Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner Harris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAdam Sinclair, the Adept, must locate the stolen Seal of Solomon-an artifact under the care of the Knights Templar-before dangerous forces unleash the demons the seal has kept bound for centuries... -
The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer by Brian Bates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSent on a mission deep into the forests of pagan Anglo-Saxon England, Wat Brand, a Christian scribe, suddenly finds his vision of the world turned upside down. The familiar English countryside is not what it seems: threatening spirits, birds of omen and plants of power lurk in this landscape of fallen terrors and mysterious forces... -
The Devil's Prayer by Luke Gracias
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA nun commits suicide in front of thousands in Spain. In Australia, Siobhan Russo recognises that nun as her mother, Denise Russo, who disappeared six years ago. In search of answers, Siobhan travels to the isolated convent where her mother once lived... -
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The Fiery Angel by Valery Bryusov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"In a vividly atmospheric recreation of the occult underworld of sixteenth century Germany, during an age of Inquisition, three souls meet: an innocent young man choosing between Love and Duty, a woman prone to visions and a Knight, who is either angel or demon." Religious experience and sexual hysteria meet in an apocalyptic vision of the spiritual crisis of modern life... -
The Goat Foot God by Dion Fortune
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe mediaeval mind of the man returned from the dead knew no half-lights or compromise in the doctrines of sin and hell. According to all the standards ofhis world, he had sold his soul to the Devil and an eternity of hell-fire awaited him.'She gazed back at him. The minutes were slipping away one after the other. A town clock chimed the hour... -
Armed In Her Fashion by Kate Heartfield
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 1328, Bruges is under siege by the Chatelaine of Hell and her army of chimeras -- humans mixed with animals or armour, forged in the deep fires of the Hellbeast. At night, revenants crawl over the walls and bring plague and grief to this city of widows.Margriet de Vos learns she's a widow herself when her good-for-nothing husband comes home dead from the war. He didn't come back for her... -
Playing Saint by Zachary Bartels
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRising mega-pastor Parker Saint was wrapped up in his ratings and his book deal. But that was before the cops and the serial killer, the Vatican operatives, and the centuries-old plot to conceal an ancient relic. Now he's just trying to stay alive.Parker Saint is an up-and-coming superstar pastor on the verge of achieving everything he's wanted--including a national TV program and major book deal... -
The Monk by Antonin Artaud, Matthew Gregory Lewis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs wide and eclectic as Surrealist artist Antonin Artaud's portfolio is, it contains only one work of fiction: a reworking of Matthew Lewis' story of sexual obsession: The Monk, of 1794. Unlike traditional translations, Artaud's version simply used the text as a starting point as he discarded entire chapters and stamped his own distinctive identity on the work... -
61 A.D. by David McAfee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBritannia, 61 A.D. For ten years, Taras has lived in the young city of Londinium, feeding off the city’s underbelly. But now Theron, his old enemy, has come looking for revenge, and Taras’ nights of living in relative peace are about to end.Yet not even Theron can slip into town unnoticed, and the Council of Thirteen sends Ramah to deal with the two renegades once and for all... -
The Fiery Ring: 1928 by Gilbert Morris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJoy Winslow is convinced her inheritance has been stolen by the greedy couple who took her and her brother, Travis, in after their parents' death. When Travis leaves to find work, Joy endures without him for only a short time before she runs away. Joy meets Chase Gallagher when he rescues her from a dangerous situation. Chase helps her find work in a circus, performing with the big cats... -
The Man of Legends by Kenneth C. Johnson
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 35 ratings“Johnson takes a big gamble by telling such a complex tale invoking every genre imaginable while juggling distinct and deep characterizations. The bet pays off, resulting in a story that will be popular with book clubs and fun to discuss.” —Associated PressNew York City, New Year’s weekend, 2001... -
Origins by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 21 ratings17-year-old blood witch Morgan is finding out about her wiccan ancestry. When she discovers a Book of Shadows that once belonged to her ancestor, Rose MacEwan, she makes some shocking discoveries about Rose and her life... -
Descent into Hell by Charles Williams
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe key to Williams' mystically oriented theological thought, Descent into Hell (arguably Williams' greatest novel) is a multidimensional story about human beings who shut themselves up in their own narcissistic projections, so that they are no longer able to love, to 'co-inhere.' The result is a veritable hell... -
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The Suicide Motor Club by Christopher Buehlman
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Rising horror star”* Christopher Buehlman, author of The Lesser Dead, returns with a chilling and thrilling tale of dark evil lurking on the lonely, open road... Bram Stoker, quoting the ballad “Lenore,” said, “The dead travel fast.” Those words have never rung more true.. -
Many Dimensions by Charles Williams
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings...One of the most gifted and influential Christian writers England has produced this century. - Time MagazineReading Charles Williams is an unforgettable experience - Saturday ReviewIt is satire, romance, thriller, morality, and glimpses of eternity rolled into one... -
The Open Curtain by Brian Evenson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Rudd, a troubled teenager, embarks on a school project, he runs across a series of articles from the 1902 New York Times chronicling a vicious murder committed by the grandson of Brigham Young... -
Little Eve by Catriona Ward
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWinner of the Shirley Jackson Award for best novel and the August Derleth Prize for best horror novel, Catriona Ward's Little Eve is a heart-pounding literary gothic with a devastating twist.Eve and Dinah are everything to one another, together day and night. They are raised among the Children, a clan ruled by a mysterious figure they call Uncle... -
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror and Fantasy by Rudyard Kipling, Neil Gaiman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom ghost stories to psychological suspense, the complete horror and dark fantasy stories of Rudyard Kipling.Rudyard Kipling, a major figure of English literature, used the full power and intensity of his imagination and his writing ability in his excursions into fantasy. Kipling is considered one of England's greatest writers, but was born in Bombay... -
A Gathering of Ghosts by Karen Maitland
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPagans tackle the Knights of St John with terrible consequences in the new medieval thriller by Queen of the Dark Ages, Karen Maitland. Set on the wilds of Dartmoor, this is a ghostly tale for fans of The Essex Serpent, C. J. Sansom's Shardlake series and The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse. 'A dark read..
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