As settlers began filling the landscape, no home near the tree was ever raided by the Natives; they knew, through the tales of their elders, about the evil spirits that dwelled within the tree. Horses shied as ghostly shadows floated across the road toward the gnarled tree. Parents used the folklore as a disciplinary advantage; no child wanted to be eaten by the Hobble Knobble Gobble Tree. As time went by, the homesteaders had a tendency to forget and let down their guard; a child only dis...

Thousands of years ago, a king of Lower Egypt worshiped the demon of chaos and destruction. With the aid of an artifact, a golden fly, the Grand Vizier betrayed his king and sent him into exile.The fly finds its way to Lesley, a twelve-year-old girl in present-day Indiana, who unwittingly learns of its magical powers. But will she learn of its curse before it's too late?

A collection of stories, mostly about time travel, parallel universes, alternative histories and other quirky anomalies* A filmmaker of the future, using a new untested medium, gets tangled up in his story in The Filmmaker and the Scdptre;* Time dilation works in mysterious ways in The Last Shall be First, as a home for orphaned children is being moved to an uninhabited planet.• Geoffrey literally finds himself, in The Wrong Track, a multi-verse ghost story.* I...

A vampire tale in a future America where terror reigns. Not your sister's Twilight.

"A low growl broke the quiet scene. My head spun to the left. My blood ran cold. Looking down, silhouetted on top of a large dune next to me, were three of the most ferocious, meanest- looking beasts that I had ever seen. The Dobermans! I consider myself pretty tough, but these guys were more than twice my size and I knew I was no match for one, much less the three of them together. I had forgotten to heed the send-off warnings of my colleagues, and I was in deep trouble, deep, deep troubl...

From the collection Dreamin' Dreams; A short Irish ghost story in 4,800 words.Jennifer Marshall is an obnoxious, unruly teenager who takes great delight in being downright rude to everyone she meets. So what could she possibly have in common with a gentle old priest, whose wise words mesmerised her ...

The Posthumous ChildWhat secret haunts the country estate of Cecil House? Darkwood, friend to the family, administers to a cherished servant of the household on her deathbed. After her death, the Cecil family experiences a ghostly tormentor, and Darkwood receives leading messages from the other side that she determines to follow to a dark truth. What does a spirit child want to be known?The Darkwood MysteriesEmily Darkwood is alread...

When a human colony spacecraft crash lands on a planet ruled by Dragons and populated by mythical creatures, they mistake the creatures rush to assist them as an attack, this mistake leads to years of war until a truce is forged by the Red Dragon, will it last, can they all survive.

Jenson Quest is an ordinary teenager with an extraordinary bloodline.Jenson Quest lives with his Aunt and helps her out by working in her nursing home, where his grandfather is one of the residents. For years Jenson has heard his granddad's seemingly ridiculous tales of how he and Jenson's father fought along side a friendly alien race and other humans in the defence of the many human 'Realms'. Now, however, it seems that his granddad's ridiculous tales are, in fact, true.A...

he Undermountain Saga is an audacious and hilarious adventure of survival, alien war, and human connection.Bigfoot is not the missing link…It’s an alien.It’s inhabited Earth for thousands of years. Watching. Waiting. Guiding.But when 16 year old Danny and his friends encounter one of these legendary creatures, he uncovers a secret the Bigfoot race has sought to hide.A war brews on Earth. Between two alien races. One dedicate...

Thalia knows three things;Her first name.That she barely escaped the clutches of the Septori with the help of a mysterious stranger.And that her run in with the Septori's iron butterfly machine did something to her. It changed her into something neither fully human nor Denai.Fearing her inner darkness and seeking answers to her past, Thalia finds refuge as a servant at the Citadel in Calandry, a school for the gifted Denai.When strange powers awaken ...

A haunting, evocative and highly unusual romantic debut and now a Netflix Mandarin original drama. Perfect for fans of Memoirs of a GeishaSeventeen-year-old Li Lan lives in 1890s Malaya with her quietly-ruined father, who returns one evening with a proposition - the fabulously wealthy Lim family want Li Lan to marry their son. The only problem is, he's dead. After a fateful visit to the Lim mansion, Li Lan finds herself haunted not only by her ghostly woul...