Download or read book Curses Cats Corpses written by L. Bonatch and published by Maureen Bonatch. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My magic might not be up to par, but I'm no killer. The question is, who is? Hi, I'm Marissa Hale. One day I'll have my own place. That day is not today. Although, staying with Gran and a bunch of nosey witches becomes the least of my worries when I stumble upon a corpse in the work freezer. The dead warlock can't be related to the charmed cocktail that exploded and my sudden ability to talk to a cat? At least, I don't think so. My demon coworker is suspect number one for murder, but unfortunately, the involvement of magic makes me a close second. Can a chatty black cat help me solve this mystery?
Download or read book The Baby Train and Other Lusty Urban Legends written by Jan Harold Brunvand and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1994-10-17 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's foremost folk-detective is back, sniffing out those zany but dubious stories that "really happened" to your sister's boyfriend's accountant. Here, Brunvand tracks the tales making today's dinner party circuit - tales such as "The Body in the Bed"
Download or read book Real Zombies the Living Dead and Creatures of the Apocalypse written by Brad Steiger and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 30 bloodcurdling and bone-chillingly real-life zombie encounters. Not recommended for reading when a virus hits! Paranormal researcher extraordinaire and author of hundreds of books on the mysterious and unknown, Brad Steiger provides an alarming chronicle of zombie history, and stories of first-person encounters. Along with the bloodcurdling stories, Real Zombies, the Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse explores spells and hexes; ceremonies and initiations; ghouls and wendigos; sacred zombie and voodoo-related sites; zombies and monsters of the Bible; and zombie traditions in China, Japan, the Pacific, India, Persia, and Native America. Some of the topics and stories chewed over in this fascinating book include... Zombies versus Vampires Damballah Wedo and the African Pantheon Black Cat Mama Couteaux and the Great Zombie War The Devil Baby of Bourbon Street Recipes for Hungry Ghosts Eating Human Flesh as a Religious Experience Hitler’s Quest to Zombify the World The CIA Experiments to Create a Zombie Nation Golems and Tulpas—Psychic Zombies Zombies and Voodoo Magic around the World And many, many more hair-raising stories! Highlighting news articles, historical accounts, and first-person interviews, Real Zombies, the Living Dead, and Creatures of the Apocalypse will leave you worried about whether man can survive the next plague.
Download or read book The Dead Cat Tail Assassins written by P. Djèlí Clark and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly dead. Nebula and Alex Award winner P. Djèlí Clark introduces a brand-new world and a fantastical city full of gods and assassins. A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 According to Bookish, She Reads, Civilian Reader, and FanFiAddict Eveen the Eviscerator is skilled, discreet, professional, and here for your most pressing needs in the ancient city of Tal Abisi. Her guild is strong, her blades are sharp, and her rules are simple. Those sworn to the Matron of Assassins—resurrected, deadly, wiped of their memories—have only three unbreakable vows. First, the contract must be just. That’s above Eveen’s pay grade. Second, even the most powerful assassin may only kill the contracted. Eveen’s a professional. She’s never missed her mark. The third and the simplest: once you accept a job, you must carry it out. And if you stray? A final death would be a mercy. When the Festival of the Clockwork King turns the city upside down, Eveen’s newest mission brings her face-to-face with a past she isn’t supposed to remember and a vow she can’t forget. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book The Cat The Quilt and The Corpse written by Leann Sweeney and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: the author of the yellow rose mystery series, leann sweeney, is... "A welcome new voice in mystery fiction." (Jeff Abbott, bestselling author of Collision ...and her brand new series about adorable cats that just can't stay out of trouble is bound to be a hit! Jill's quiet life is shattered when her house is broken into and her Abyssinian, Syrah, goes missing. Jill's convinced her kitty's been catnapped. But when her cat-crime-solving leads her to a murdered body, suddenly all paws are pointing to Jill. Soon, Jill discovers that Syrah isn't the only purebred who's been stolen. Now she has to find these furry felines before they all become the prey of a cold-blooded killer-and she ends up nabbed for a crime...
Download or read book The Genesis Curse written by Ben Gill and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After almost half a millennium, the Blade of the Gods has surfaced and by a quirk of fate woke its current guardian Terry Gulini, the human clockwork doll known as the Dark Harlequin, from his astral wanderings. When the Blade is stolen from one of its remote Jesuit missions in Mexico, the Catholic Church will stop at nothing to get it back. The Templar, the Churchs covert organization acting as judge, jury, and executioner of the paranormal are sent to investigate and retrieve the Aztec artifact. But the Blade has set other powerful forces in motion. Like an evil beacon, the ancient blade draws other, even more deadly, mystical entities from the shadows that are closing in and will destroy anyone that stands between them and the powerful Blade of the Gods. Terry and his band of friends are caught in a fight for their lives against the unknown evil forces that plan to use the Blade to destroy the world. Faced with overwhelming odds, Terry must use all his otherworldly powers to save his new love Angelina and his comrades, and gain the time he needs to hide the Blade of the Gods where it will never be found. But when friends become enemies and enemies become friends, Terry places his trust in his gypsy allies Aurelia and Mikhail to keep his friends safe. The formidable gypsy bodyguards are put to the test while Terrys new-found friends Joe and Cheri find they must use their fledging psychic and magical powers to keep their band safe. Caught in a cruel, centuries-old game of ancient Gods and dark magic, the Dark Harlequin faces losing all he loves. Will Terry be able to protect them all from their unseen enemies, or will he be left again with nothing but blood and vengeance?
Download or read book Clickers vs Zombies written by J. F. Gonzalez and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2022-11-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From best-selling writers J. F. Gonzalez and Brian Keene comes the wildest, pulpiest, most over-the-top B-movie installment in the Clickers series yet! In the aftermath of a devastating tsunami and a series of undersea earthquakes, hordes of Clickers swarm onto the California coastline, slaughtering everything in their path. When the creatures begin attacking other parts of the world, humanity fights back, unaware that a second foe is about to emerge—Ob, Lord of a supernatural race of beings known as the Siqqusim, who have the ability to possess and reanimate the dead. Now, Earth faces an invasion from not one, but two enemies—the mindless, hungry Clickers, and the evil, and equally ravenous zombies. Both groups have only one goal in mind—the total extermination of the human race. But what happens when these two forces meet... CLICKERS VS. ZOMBIES - No matter who wins, mankind loses.
Download or read book Book of Spells written by Don Grissom and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amanda Casey moves with her family from San Francisco to a small rural community in northern California the summer before her freshman year in high school. In the woods, she finds a corpse and a book of magic spells in an old house. When her new school becomes problematic, she uses the spells in an attempt to change the dynamics. Will the spells help her or ultimately destroy her?
Download or read book The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn written by Kate High and published by Constable. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Animal lovers will delight' Ann Granger 'A real treat . . . I loved it. Cats, dogs, murder and a credible and relatable heroine' Barbara Nadel 'This debut promises to build up into a popular series' Daily Mail Clarice Beech has two passions in life: animal rescue and Detective Inspector Rick Beech. She is devoted to the first but she and Rick have been separated for the past six months - life without him is hard. Clarice shares her other love, for contemporary ceramics, with the charming Lady Vita Fayrepoynt. When Vita's adopted three-legged ginger cat Walter disappears from Weatherby Hall Clarice is called in to find him. Walter, snug in an old barn, is quite well. But his discovery ends with Clarice in hospital, and Rose Miller, late of the Old Vicarage in the morgue. There is nothing natural about Rose's death... Putting their differences aside, Clarice and Rick are drawn together to try to understand the murder that has shaken the rural Lincolnshire community. As she explores Rose's past Clarice is pulled into a shady world of blackmail, scams and violence. And as the secrets of Weatherby Hall and the Fayrepoynt family threaten to spill out Clarice finds friendships tested, and her own life at risk. A debut mystery set in the Lincolnshire Wolds, featuring an amateur detective who mixes sleuthing with her other great love: animal rescue. The perfect classic crime mystery for fans of Ann Granger, M. C. Beaton and Caroline Graham's Midsomer Murders.
Download or read book Once Upon a Spell written by Demelza Carlton and published by Lost Plot Press. This book was released on with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An assassin princess. A witch who vows vengeance. And three curses that must be broken… Once upon a time, before the Brothers Grimm, when fairytales were romantic fantasies for entertaining adults and frightening children… Three twisted tales inspired by the classic fairytales…for adults who still love reading fairytales, though they're a little darker now, making that happily ever after so much sweeter. This box set includes: Spin: Rumpelstiltskin Retold A miller’s daughter. A cursed knight. The power of a name. Once upon a time… Molina has one desire: to see her inventions spread throughout the kingdom. When Prince Lubos offers to take her to the capital as his bride, she jumps at the chance. But impressing the king may take more than a simple spinning wheel. To marry Prince Lubos, she will need to work a miracle. Molina enters into a desperate bargain with a mysterious man who turns all he touches into gold. A man with a tragic tale of his own, all tied up in his family name. The future hangs in the balance, but will either of them live to see it? Kiss: Frog Prince Retold A desert princess. A cursed prince. Can a kiss break the spell? Once upon a time… When Anahita picks up a pet frog on her way to marry a distant sheikh, she laughs at his claim to be a prince under a curse that can only be broken by a kiss. Until he transforms into a man in her tent. With one man in her bed as she’s preparing to marry another, what’s a desert princess to do? Hunt: Red Riding Hood Retold A witch’s vow. A knight’s quest. A wolf hunting to kill. Once upon a time… Six years ago, Rosa lost her family to a wolf attack during the coldest winter in living memory. But now the wolf is back, as bloodthirsty as ever, and she vows vengeance. Work is hard to find in the dead of winter, and Sir Chase welcomes the chance to slay wolves if it means he’ll have a warm bed and food for the winter. He never counted on having to compete with a woman for his prize. When the wolf proves more than one hunter alone can handle, can the unlikely pair join forces to defeat the menace? Fans of the following authors will enjoy reading these steamy medieval fairytale romances: Lindsay Buroker Neil Gaiman Skye MacKinnon Kiera Cass Amanda Hocking Sarah J Maas Lidiya Foxglove Anne McCaffrey Tamsin Ley Holly Black Juliet Marillier Kylie Chan Leigh Bardugo Laura Thalassa Elise Kova Cassandra Clare George RR Martin Kathryn Le Veque Andrzej Sapkowski
Download or read book Massachusetts Book of the Dead written by Roxie J. Zwicker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02-11 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical tour of the Bay State’s oldest burial grounds—and the sometimes-spooky stories behind them. Massachusetts's historic graveyards are the final resting places for tales of the strange and supernatural. From Newburyport to Truro, these graveyards often frighten the living, but the dead who rest within them have stories to share with the world they left behind. While Giles Corey is said to haunt the Howard Street Cemetery in Salem, cursing those involved in the infamous witch trials, visitors to the Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain enjoy an arboretum and a burial ground with Victorian-era memorials. One of the oldest cemeteries in Massachusetts, Old Burial Hill in Marblehead, has been the final resting place for residents for nearly 375 years. Author Roxie Zwicker tours the Bay State's oldest burial grounds, exploring the stones, stories and supernatural lore of these hallowed places. Includes photos
Download or read book The Corpse Had a Familiar Face written by Edna Buchanan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A re-release of a classic work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cold Case Squad details events from her eighteen years of writing for The Miami Herald, from a father who murdered his comatose toddler to a Haitian who was knitted to death in a Hialeah factory. Reprint.
Download or read book The Curse Workers written by Holly Black and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cassel Sharpe comes from a family of curse workers, people who have the power to change emotions, memories, and luck with the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they're also all criminals. Many become mobsters and con artists, but not Cassel. He doesn't have magic, so he's an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family, except for the small detail that he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago. Cassel has carefully built up a facade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. But his facade starts to crumble when he finds himself sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to tell him something. He's noticing other disturbing things, too, including the strange behavior of his two older brothers, who are keeping secrets from him. As Cassel begins to suspect he's an unwitting pawn in a huge con game, he must unravel his past, and his memories. To find the truth, Cassel will have to out-con the conmen."--
Download or read book Corpse Whisperer Torn written by H.R. Boldwood and published by Mary Ann Back. This book was released on with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Just after sunrise, I jumped on my Harley and hurtled toward Templeman’s Funeral Home, packing Hawk, my custom 9mm, a backup Glock, and a seven-inch Ka-Bar knife—the standard-issue zombie-hunter’s tool kit. Not that I’m standard-issue, by any stretch. I was born with the ability to raise the dead. It’s a genetic thing. Don’t ask me how it works. I didn’t write the playbook. I’m just living the dream.” Allie Nighthawk faces a ghost from her past as she explores the fascinating and historic world of Cincinnati’s underground. When the Z-virus threatens world-wide contamination, it’s up to Allie to save the day. Is her magick strong enough to turn the tide? Or will doubt and inner demons stand in her way? And will those she loves survive?
Download or read book The Curse of Jacob Tracy written by Holly Messinger and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-12 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliantly crafted, fast-paced historical fantasy set in the rich world of the American West, introducing an unforgettable new hero, Jacob Tracy—a Civil War veteran who can see ghosts
Download or read book Longarm and the Cursed Corpse written by Tabor Evans and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1999 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a man tries to shoot him in the back for no apparent reason, Longarm must find out why. What he finds is a dirty bail-bond outfit in Texas with an unhealthy interest in Voodoo that's brought in many a bail-jumper more dead than alive.
Download or read book Journey Through the Afterlife written by John H. Taylor and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from leading scholars and detailed catalog entries that interpret the spells and painted scenes, this fascinating and important work affords a greater understanding of ancient Egyptian belief systems and poignantly reveals the hopes and fears about the world beyond death.
