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The Devil’s Crypt and Other Weird Fiction by E. Hoffmann Price

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The Devil's Crypt and Other Weird Fiction by E. Hoffmann Price
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THE DEVIL’S CRYPT AND OTHER WEIRD FICTION includes 10 short stories by noted pulp writer E. Hoffmann Price (1898-1988). Price produced works of weird fiction, sci-fi, adventure, westerns, fight stories, and especially oriental tales.

His work appeared regularly with that of fellow pulp writers Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Otis Adelbert Kline, Edmond Hamilton, and H.P. Lovecraft during the 1930s to the 1950s. His career enjoyed a resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s with the publication of several well-received novels.

• The Devil’s Crypt
• Desert Judgment
• Feud’s End
• Mummies to Order
• Murder Salvage
• Plunder of Kurdistan
• Prune Picking Patriot
• Scourge of the Silver Dragon
• The Line is Dead
• Through the Gates of the Silver Key

Occult Detective Quarterly Presents

Occult Detective Quarterly Presents
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Since the days of the Victorian Era, there have been a few brave, intrepid souls who stood fast in the battle against the unknown. They would come to be known as ‘Occult Detectives’ and their ranks swelled to include such legends as Carnacki the Ghost Finder, John Silence, Auguste Dupin among many others.

Here, for the first time, are eight ALL-NEW tales of those who, when others turn and run from horror, move forward often armed only with their own courage and wits. These stories run the gamut in settings and characters and showcase some of the best writers in the field today. I

ncluded are new tales by Charles R. Rutledge, Adrian Cole, William Meikle, Amanda DeWees and more. Included is an essay by noted scholar Mike Ashley on the formation of the Occult Detective genre and its history. When you hear that bump in the night will you shrink from fear or become, like the heroes within these pages, an Occult Detective and plunge fearlessly into the unknown? Perhaps your tale is yet to be told!

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Letters of cold fire (occult cases of John Thunstone)
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You’ve never meant a ghost hunter or demon slayer like John Thunstone. Defying the naysayers’ vision of a pale, basement-dwelling hobbyist, Thunstone is tall, broad shouldered, athletic, and handsome. He likes to spend his evenings in nightclubs, holding court and charming women.

But does he lack focus? No! Thunstone is also a serious scholar, deeply studied in the occult and dark arts, and carries a blade of silver inscribed with the motto, “Sic pereant omnes inimici tui” (“thus perish all your enemies”), forged by Saint Dunstan, patron saint of silversmiths, and one of the few men the Devil himself feared.

Thunstone’s battles with the darkest forces haunting our world are the greatest creation of Edgar-, World Fantasy-, and British Fantasy Award-winner Manly Wade Wellman (also the only dark fantasy author nominated for the Pulitzer Prize). //

You’ll accompany our imposing hero on four of his most chilling adventures in this, the first volume of this series, reprinting all 15 of his original, classic adventures from the pages of the 1940s Weird Tales

HE DECLARED A ONE-MAN WAR AGAINST THE SUPERNATURAL! // “Chilling!” Cedar Rapids Gazette //”Spooky!” Muncie Evening Press// Thrill to the adventures of John Thunstone, straight from the pages of the world’s greatest horror magazine—the legendary Weird Tales. //

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Hell Spawn: A Catholic Action Horror Novel (St. Tommy N.Y.P.D. Book 1)
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My name is Officer Thomas Nolan, and I am a saint.

I can smell evil. I show mercy to the lesser criminals – the desperate. Even those I’ve put behind bars seem to like me. But now there’s a serial killer bringing darkness beyond imagination to my city. I can smell his stench a mile away. But how can I prove it?

How do you do forensics on a killer possessed by a demon?

House of the Dead: Supernatural Suspense Thriller with Ghosts (Cult of the Endless Night Series Book 1)

House of the Dead: Supernatural Suspense Thriller with Ghosts (Cult of the Endless Night Series Book 1)
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There is no escape from death itself…

Ghost hunter Shane Ryan has cheated death countless times. But death has a funny way of collecting what it’s owed. And when James Moran asks Shane to retrieve a group of deadly spirits and their haunted items, the retired Marine finds himself wading into battle with supernatural evil once more.

Traveling to the estate of deceased media mogul Arthur Hempstead, Shane quickly discovers there is more to this case than meets the eye. Hempstead was more than just a collector of occult objects… He died intent on drawing on power for his own nefarious ends.

But Shane quickly finds out Hempstead was not the only one eager to harness the power of death itself. And unless Shane Ryan can stop them, they’ll unleash an evil greater than any he has ever faced.

But first, he’ll have to survive a haunted house of horrors. And cheat death one more time…

Curse of the Necromancer: Supernatural Suspense Thriller with Ghosts (Jigsaw of Souls Series Book 1)

Curse of the Necromancer: Supernatural Suspense Thriller with Ghosts (Jigsaw of Souls Series Book 1)
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The dead walk. And only one man can end their reign of terror…

For Vincent Donnelly, waking up in a field in the middle of nowhere was just the beginning. Frantic and terrified, he has no idea who he is, or how he got there. Nor does he know the five dead bodies lying next to him. All he knows for sure is that he hears whispering in his head. Voices that are not his own…

With no memories or friends to rely on, Vincent finds himself drawn to the town of Alder Falls. Somehow, he is certain this place is connected to his hazy past. But the local townsfolk urge him to leave before nightfall. For when the sun sets, the dead walk these shadowy streets and prey upon the living.

A chance encounter in town reveals that the voices in Vincent’s head are the memories of lost souls, trapped within his shattered mind. Including a powerful necromancer, who has amassed the army of corpses plaguing the town. To solve the mystery of his past, Vincent must exorcise this sinister enemy from the confines of his mortal shell.

But setting such an evil presence free could unleash an even deadlier power. A being of pure darkness, who hungers for Vincent’s soul…

Diary of A Bomoh

Diary of A Bomoh
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In a quiet neighbourhood in Singapore, a body is found inside a locked apartment.

Tasked with identifying the deceased, Inspector Ibrahim has his work cut out for him. With no identity documents at the scene, and no neighbours who remember the resident, his only clue is a set of diaries written in English, Malay and Arabic.

Partnering with Station Inspector Jafri, Ibrahim translates the diaries. They discover the story of a bomoh, a traditional Malay shaman. It is a story of sorcery and occultism, vice and sin, madness and damnation.

But the diaries won’t give up their secrets so easily. A terrible evil lurks within their pages.

And now, it is awake.

Johannes Cabal the Necromancer

Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
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The page-turning first novel in the charmingly gothic, fiendishly funny Faustian series about a brilliant scientist who makes a deal with the Devil, twice. • "The spot-on work of a talented writer." —The Denver Post Johannes Cabal sold his soul years ago in order to learn the laws of necromancy. Now he wants it back. Amused and slightly bored, Satan proposes a little wager: Johannes has to persuade one hundred people to sign over their…

Dark Intercept (The Shepherds Series Book 1)

Dark Intercept
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From the Wall Street Journal, Amazon, and USA Today bestselling authors of the Tier One series and W.E.B. Griffin’s Rogue Asset comes a unique military thriller with a supernatural twist. When dark forces rise, are faith and firepower enough? On the eve of his medical retirement, Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson receives a frantic call from his estranged childhood best friend David Yarnell. David’s daughter has been kidnapped off the streets of Nashville in broad daylight. The police have no suspects and no leads. The only clue: the body of a dead priest left behind at the scene. With the clock ticking, David is growing desperate, as is his wife, Rachel . . . Jed’s first love.

Despite his painful history with David and Rachel, Jed agrees to help. But he’s spent his career as a door-kicking Navy SEAL, not an investigator. His presence immediately draws unwanted attention, creates friction with the local police, and triggers a mysterious attempt on his life. Just when he thinks things can’t get worse, it starts to happen again–the voices in his head, the nightmares, the visions. Dark memories and strange abilities, things he believed he’d left behind when he fled Nashville for the Navy at eighteen, begin to resurface. Jed realizes that to save the missing girl, he must take a leap of faith and embrace the gifts he’s denied for all these years.

To foil this dark intercept, he’ll need more than just his years as a SEAL operator, because he has no choice now but to take up arms and join the battle in the unseen spiritual warfare raging all around him. And there is far more at stake than just a missing girl: the world is not the place he thought it was–and he is not alone. Follow the military heroes of The Shepherds series as they bring the power of light into the dark mystery of Sara Beth’s abduction.