Títulos en Ocultismo

Fifteen of the biggest names in weird literature come together to pay tribute to Hellboy and the characters of Mike Mignola’s award-winning line of books! Assembled by Joe Golem and Baltimore co-writer Christopher Golden, this anthology boasts 15 original stories by the best in horror, fantasy, and science fiction, including Seanan McGuire (October Daye series), Chelsea Cain (Heartsick), Jonathan Maberry (Joe Ledger series), and more! The new writer of Hellboy and the BPRD, iZombie co-creator Chris Roberson, pitches in as well!

When two new clients seek Becca’s professional services, the fledgling witch detective is overjoyed. Finally, she can use her skills to help her magical community. But as the young witch finds the new cases intertwining, things grow more complicated. Becca’s three cats - the ones with the real power - can smell something is wrong with these clients. But not even Clara, the calico, knows what to do when a man ends up dead and a powerful and poisonous root appears - and disappears - in the case.

Il primo romanzo di Giovanni Verga, uno dei capolavori della letteratura Italiana. Lo scrittore siciliano, dominando alla perfezione la formula del romanzo epistolare, trasporta il lettore lungo la travagliata vita di Maria, una giovane donna destinata alla reclusione in un convento di clausura. Ma così come il corpo può essere recluso, l'animo, lo spirito e le passioni, sfuggono a qualsiasi costrizione, per rivendicare con incredibile potenza il valore più profondo della libertà.

Quattro racconti di Nathaniel Hawthorne, caratterizzati dall'essere ai confini della realtà. "Il gran carbonchio", una caccia da una preziosissima pietra, ambientata nel far West; "La statuetta di neve", in cui si mettono in guardia coloro che vogliono far del bene a tutti i costi; "La figura di prua", in cui lo spirito dell'arte passa come una folata angelica, o diabolica, a scelta del lettore; e "La vergine dei veleni", in cui si ribadisce che l'essere amati è da preferire all'essere temuti.

Andrea Zanardi è un infermiere genovese di quarant'anni, ma è anche (e soprattutto) il più grande seduttore sulla piazza e dedica anima e corpo alla conquista, e al successivo abbandono, di ogni donna che incontra. Eppure questo sciupafemmine incallito, cinico e maschilista, vuole capire la ragione del suo viscerale rifiuto per ogni forma di legame. In cerca di risposte e di se stesso, Zanardi parte per il Giappone.

Adriana Claymore moved to Martinique to start a new life, but when she stumbles upon an ancient book, she finds herself drawn into a centuries old battle between brothers. "Sorcier" Julien Dubois has been on the hunt for his twin, Jacques, ever since the day that Jacques stole a book of spells from him and allowed their younger brother to die. Adriana is about to change the game, but when she gives her heart and soul to one of the brothers, she must face a difficult question. Did she lose herself to evil?

After a steamy night of passion with a dark stranger, Arbor's life takes on a surreal edge. Disturbing dreams, lapses in memory, and entire buildings going missing are only a few of her problems. Her search for answers leads her to Detective Trey Murphy, the man in charge of investigating satanic and ritualistic crime for the New Orleans area.

The fates conspired to keep them apart, but destiny will bring them together again... When one of their own becomes the target of a demon bent on revenge, the Society will do anything to keep her safe, including stealing a God from the Heavens. Heru, son of Geb, once sold his soul to forget her, and now he'll give anything to keep her safe. Gods and Demons collide in the final installment of Charity Parkerson's award-winning Sinners series.

Bailey is - at best - a loner before Lucien. When he steps into her world, it is like something from a dream. Every encounter leaves her breathless and wanting more. They are perfect together. That is, until he takes everything from her. Her heart. Her sanity...Her life.

The Society of Sinners and the Safe Haven Corporation team up in Parkerson's third installment of the Sinners Series, in order to locate and capture head of Research Inc., Tacha Vasiliev. Tacha is accused of using her company as a cover for development of a weapon of mass destruction, the ultimate vampire. Caleb Cook, aka Danger, is sent to infiltrate the home of Sr. V.P. Narmer Horus in hopes of uncovering clues to Tacha's whereabouts.

Heather acaba de comprometerse, pero no se está sintiendo exactamente como una novia debiese. En cambio, está teniendo sueños con un hombre de ojos grises que hace que su cuerpo arda y su corazón lo anhele mucho más que a su propio futuro marido.

A serial killer stalks the ice-glazed streets. Half-frozen deadheads choke the avenues. Infected vermin rise from the labyrinth of sewer systems, hungry for warm flesh. And a handful of survivors struggle to escape and find safety in a world overrun with zombies. In his hunt for the monster known as Tenner, Scott must contend with all of this and more—before things get even worse. Welcome to Hellifax.

Miracles are happening. Pray to God they stop. In the dead of winter, on a highway in Quebec, a man crashes his car and survives. In New York, a homeless person is run over by a bus and lives. In Tokyo, a teenager jumps off a high rise building and fails in taking her own life. All over the world, miracles like these transpire, and people breathe a sigh of relief. But for the next week, some people will begin to suspect a terrible truth. A handful will even search for it. One man will find it. And in seven days, all hell will break loose.

It’s Halloween, and Ruby is looking forward to a party at China Bayles’ house and a busy holiday weekend at her New Age shop, the Crystal Cave. But her holiday plans are interrupted when Jessica Nelson, a crime reporter at the Pecan Springs Enterprise, shows up with a hard-to-believe story about a serial killer who is targeting the terminally ill. Jessica claims that the killer’s calling card - a card picturing Azrael, the Angel of Death - comes from a deck Ruby once carried in her shop.

I’m an occultist living in a haunted brownstone in upstate New York. The building is a ghostly double-image of itself, like a picture painted brightly over an older, weirder picture. It’s an equinox place, my mother once said, where dark and light things are equally in power. I want to tell you, dear strangers, why I was there and what I found.

Un racconto giallo con evento soprannaturale che ben si sposa al fatto che il racconto è ambientato durante le festività natalizie alle quali stiamo andando incontro. Un avvocato scompare senza lasciare traccia mentre trasporta un'ingente somma di denaro che non gli appartiene. Tutti pensano a un furto, e lo scandalo è grande. Poi, a distanza di tempo, l'avvocato riappare sull'espresso delle quattro e un quarto (da cui il titolo dell'opera) e, come se niente fosse, intrattiene il protagonista del libro con una interminabile chiacchierata. Ma nulla quadra.

Akcja trzeciej części cyklu Wyręby rozgrywa się w ostatnich miesiącach 1996 roku. Po wydarzeniach, które miały miejsce pod koniec, budowa nowego domu staje pod znakiem zapytania, a Hubert Kosmala zastanawia się, czy niebezpieczeństwo nie przywędrowało za nim do Lublina. Ewa Firlej ma wrażenie, że niebo runęło jej na głowę, ale to dopiero początek jej problemów z Mikołajem. Tymczasem w okolicach Wyrębów mają miejsce przerażające wypadki wiązane przez niektórych z tragiczną śmiercią Marty i jej nienarodzonego dziecka. Czy słusznie?

Biblia, Sumerowie, kamienne tablice, Aniolowie Zaglady, ABW i mafia... w Gdansku. Wciagajaca mieszanka kryminalu, fantastyki i rozprawy filozoficznej, z malenka szczypta romansu. Czy odwazysz sie zdemaskowac silnego przeciwnika, a wraz z nim... fundamenty Kosciola katolickiego? Trójmiasto, srodek lata. Gdy w jednym z kontenerów znaleziono tajemnicze starozytne artefakty, na miejsce przybywa agent z Departamentu Zwalczania Sekt Religijnych.

Kiedy w jednym z chodników zostaje znalezione cialo mlodej inZynier, nikt nie przypuszcza, Ze to poczatek serii naglych zgonów. Dyrektor kopalni postanawia wlaczyc w sledztwo znajomego detektywa, który jako inspektor bhp ma rozejrzec sie pod ziemia. Sprawe utrudnia fakt, Ze jego sladem rusza platny zabójca, wynajety przez mafiosa, który ma do wyrównania z Nakoniecznym stare porachunki. Kiedy dochodzi do kolejnych morderstw, wsród górników narasta atmosfera grozy i strachu.

La leggenda del golem, ben nota a tutti coloro che sono passati per Praga, ispira questo suggestivo romanzo di Meyrink, romanziere ed esoterista. Questo libro, suo primo romanzo, fu pubblicato nel 1915, ed ebbe un successo straordinario. La magia e la suggestione della città e del ghetto si mischiano alle tematiche occultiste che vennero poi riprese dall’autore nei suoi romanzi successivi, e che furono oggetto dei suoi studi per gran parte della sua vita.