Resultados para "Novellen" en Ocultismo

Le voci delle narratrici interpretano quattro novelle del 'maestro' del Decadentismo italiano Gabriele D'Annunzio. Egli ha esplorato il misticismo estetico e l'irrazionale mettendoli in relazione con la sua natura sensuale. Coll'abbandono della ragione come mezzo di conoscenza D'Annunzio si arrende all'istintualità e alla sensualità, vedendo in esse la via per vivere la vita più profondamente e sondare i misteri dell'Ego, come dire sondare i misteri della natura.

A widowed writer begins to work on a biography of a novelist and artist-and soon uncovers bizarre parallels between her life and her subject's-in this chilling and singularly strange novella by a contemporary master of horror and fantasy.

Once, he’d been a captive of the ancient trunk in the cellar of Bell House. Still, all that ended years ago when a little girl went snooping and found what she mistook for a miraculous and magical new friend. The tragedy that forced the little girl to move away from the old house left him heartbroken, but he is nothing if not patient. Sooner or later, someone always comes, and when they do, he’s never disappointed. But then the moving van arrives, bringing back the girl from long ago as a grown woman. Things in the cellar of Bell House are about to get very interesting, indeed.

From the author of Embrace the Darkness, Tunnels, and The Artist comes Four. Four friends spend a night away camping in the English countryside, each taking a turn to tell a horror story that will terrify the others. But the group soon discover that there is more to be afraid of than just some campfire tales, and that no one is as innocent as they seem.

Lisa’s mother is dying. But Lisa doesn’t care.... Now in her early 40s, and with her life disintegrating around her, she’s been forced to return to her childhood home where the memories of her father and brother have long been repressed. When the Victorian villa across the road goes up for sale, Lisa is naturally curious. One old woman has owned the property her whole life, and Lisa has never been allowed to step into the grounds before. Now an odd young stranger invites her to explore the garden...but only after midnight.

What could cause a happy father to commit a horrific murder suicide?Nadia has spent years in foster care wondering what would have pushed her father to do something so awful. As an adult - and a national best-selling crime writer - she once again encounters her childhood home...in the newspaper. The home harbors more secrets than she could ever have imagined. As she researches, an idea comes to her; why not join up with the paranormal team working there to clear the paranormal negative energy from the house?

"Eve looked out the window. She wondered, why did she continue to come here? All the while her doctor drolled on and on about her goals for the week. Her depression lingered over her entire life, like a swarm of flies. Constantly ticking and buzzing in her ears, crawling over her skin, biting her where she couldn’t reach. She thought once she stopped taking chemical medication and moved on to talk therapy things would improve, so far they remained about the same. She just had more homework assignments"...

Bertie Lexington-Brown is famous for throwing the most spiffing of parties at his sprawling estate of Chycoose Manor, and the evening of his fortieth birthday is no exception. Only this particular night will turn into something rather unexpected as Bertie inadvertently unleashes forces beyond his control. What should have been an evening of drunkenness and debauchery soon sees his guests fighting for their lives.

Mix the horror of The Relic with the humor of Midnight at the Museum and imagine twists and turns that keep you guessing and questioning the meaning of true honor, duty, courage, and the rules of reality. When the famous Bushman exhibit of a lowland gorilla goes missing from Chicago’s Museum of Natural History, no self-respecting Chicago police detective wants the case. So the assignment is pawned off on an "Old Fart Squad" of Dirty Harrys, retirees called back into service and led by the classy Aubrey Hamilton.

Runa, alone, survives the massacre. But a traitorous mage has captured her king’s essence - his vital energy, linked to a long line of wolf-shifter rulers. Unless Runa can recover that power by dawn, the mage will command not only her, but also her kindred. Yet Runa is the weakest of the pack. Her quest will fail unless she finds help, and the dark winter woods is deserted but for a small dog and a young soldier.

Shay's Spirit Tourists are a famous group of American paranormal investigators that are keen to take their ghost-hunting exploits and online fanbase to the next level. While some of their haters have suggested that they are nothing more than a bunch of amateur charlatans in it for the fame, views, and money, they are keen to prove themselves. They break into the international circuit by traveling to England in order to delve into the supernatural realms in a more ancient and troubled nation.

When Caroline takes in her sister’s baby after a sudden tragedy, she thinks the hardest part will be learning how to care for a child while navigating her own grief. But soon people around her begin to die under strange and unexplainable circumstances. As the body count grows, Caroline is forced to confront a chilling possibility: that protecting her family may mean facing an unthinkable choice. Seen is a haunting story of family, loss, and the choices we never imagine we’ll face.

Darya is the perfect daughter with the perfect father. But after leaving Iran for a better life in America, her life is turned upside down when her father is murdered in a senseless hate crime in the wake of 9/11. But the downward spiral doesn’t end there. Darya’s world is further shattered when her family moves to Los Angeles to live with an uncle who is everything her father was not.

When Beatrix Brighton—a New Hampshire professor with expertise in demonology—receives a desperate call from her father about a fungal plague consuming his home, she expects to find another easily explained phenomenon. Instead, she discovers a city in the grip of something inexplicable: toxic spores blanket every surface, buildings sprout through with yellow growths, and the residents are slowly changing, their minds colonized by something that lurks in the bayou's depths.

In Book Three of the Brittany Meyer Novellas, Brittany’s magical powers are both devastating and beyond her control. The witch queen, however, wants to harness Brittany's growing powers by sending her away to be trained in the dark arts — and to force Brittany’s compliance, she imprisons Brittany’s aunt in a modern-day dungeon and threatens her life if Brittany doesn’t submit.

Available now in one volume, two classic Necroscope novellas from Brian Lumley.

Chelsea is vain, and self-absorbed, driven in life only by want and her obsession with being the best. However, despite wanting to portray an outwardly perfect image, things at home are crumbling between her and her boyfriend, Brendan. Together they harbor a secret that has been slowly chipping away at their relationship, and now, things have come to a breaking point.

When the police are called to an affluent home in the middle of the night, they learn a seemingly normal 14-year-old boy has attacked his family. The boy exhibits signs of demonic possession, and even more troublingly, he knows too much about the Sweet 16 killings. Father Jason Crowder, a young priest assigned to the case, must marshal his courage in order to save the boy and the entire city from the forces of evil. But this is a darkness mankind has never encountered before. It craves more than blood. And it won’t rest until it possesses Father Crowder’s soul.

Born into a world of want, Anneliese’s parents struggle to make ends meet and manage her psychiatric needs. Sadly, her family, once royalty, is now cursed because of the infamous deeds of her grand uncle Lester Ackerman.

Emmie's spring break just started. Her idyllic getaway by the ocean is everything she dreamed of. Solitude. Friends. Sunshine. A chance to get away from her psychic past. But things take a chilling turn when she’s confronted by the ghost of a murdered girl. As the restless spirit haunts her every step, Emmie soon realizes that delving into the past is attracting unwelcome attention. A mysterious presence stalks her, their intentions sinister and unknown. The darkness within Shine House is suffocating, and Emmie is holding the last candle for the family that was brutally slain there.