Over three centuries ago the Church began a personal vendetta against witches at Salem. Historians tells us that very few people who were accused actually died but history was wrong! I would know, I was there, and trust me the Church and its representatives burnt people who were accused of being witches with all the enthusiasm of a carnivore at an all you can eat barbeque. As a priest, albeit not a very good one, I was discovered having an intimate relationship with a married woman but no ...

Ogres and unicorns, trolls and werewolves. Creatures that have evolved out of nothing more than our dreams and nightmares, created from our own imaginings to lurk in the recesses of our darkest thoughts or are they? Over the centuries the town of Daleford has had a long and troubled history with more than its share of misfortune. Disasters, both natural an unnatural, unexplained sightings of strange unnatural creatures, unusual weather patterns and even missing people. When a violent storm...

Introduction to Hardware-Software Co-Design presents a number of issues of fundamental importance for the design of integrated hardware software products such as embedded, communication, and multimedia systems. This book is a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of hardware/software co-design. Co-design is still a new field but one which has substantially matured over the past few years. This book, written by leading international experts, covers all the major topics inc...

Guardian to an ancient magic?You’re joking right?!!A girlie road trip around Ireland seems like just the thing I need to escape my narcissistic boss and the breakup of my long-term relationship. But when a stop off at an old graveyard ends in an unexplained seizure, all chances for fun go out the window.The dreams that follow are so vivid and disturbing that they haunt my waking hours almost as much as my sleeping ones. But what if ...

Michael Holland is a grim reaper working the worst beat in the worst town. Michael’s best friend is a pot-smoking tooth fairy, his boss is the angel of death, his psychiatrist can read his mind, and he counts bogeymen, demons, and clones as his acquaintances.His nine-to-five is a succession of stupidity, clearing up the remains of the latest Darwin Award winner or dealing with the detritus of some apocalyptic clerical error, and it only seems to be getting worse. Michael is as equa...

"Ay up, Mogs. Bringer of mad tidings. What is it this time?""End of the world," I said."Can't get much madder than that."We hadn't planned a return to Leeds. Not yet, anyway. It was all a bit dicey, what with half the Folk in the city wanting us dead, and apparently having no reservations about making that happen.But our friend Gerry is missing, and we've got to find him. Never mind the fact that anyone who can take out a troll is ...

Set in modern-day Charleston. When a prominent man and his wife die suddenly, a cursed gift appears to be the culprit. Cassidy, Teag and Sorren must hunt a supernatural killer before it strikes again. This series of adventures spans over 500 years, from the 1500s to modern day as a small cabal of vampires and their human helpers battle supernatural enemies to find and destroy dangerous magical items and keep the world safe from dark forces.  

An action-packed new adventure series from Blue Peter Award-winning author Kieran Larwood and Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner Joe Todd Stanton. Young readers will love discovering the world of the Dungeon Runners!The Week Junior Children's Book of the Year, Younger Fiction 2025"A funny and exciting fantasy adventure story" - Frank Cottrell-Boyce, The TimesCALLING ALL DUNGEON RUNNERS - There's ...

A day in the life of Night Call—Matt Hawkins, vampire-slayer extraordinaire and Mercy Belique, vampire femme fatale. From the whacky, to the mundane and back again in twenty-four hours.After successfully completing one job—killing the angry, ugly rat thing was the aim after all, no matter what else may have gone wrong… er, happened—Matt Hawkins settles in for a nice, quiet day at home. If you ignore the neighbour trying to come to terms with his new boat. And the ringing phone. Mat...

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY BELIEVE IN HIM...Christopher Csejthe doesn't believe in vampires. Not until he becomes one. He doesn't believe in witches or werewolves, either. Not until they make him an offer he can't refuse....Flight of the Living DeadA scream sliced the night air—an animal sound as far removed from a human voice as the previous scream of tortured metal. It was a sound that went on and on as we hurried toward the RV. Moonclou...

A humorous, satirical noir detective urban fantasy, set in a small city in flyover country, which has an unusually high population of Trolls, werewolves, fairies and a dwarf.Private Investigator Bolg, a Pictish gentleman who happens to be vertically challenging, a self-proclaimed dwarf and tattooed so heavily he appears blue, finds himself called on undertake paranormal cases: in this case finding the missing mage who supplies the potion that helps werewolves retain their human sha...

Two things spring to mind when you think about the golden age of pulp magazines, weird fiction & detective stories. In these pages, those two worlds collide as an assortment of sleuths fight against the machinations of the Great Old Ones and their earthly allies. From the Victorian era to the present day, in locales ranging from the streets of San Francisco to the windswept Cornish moors, these tales promise to pack a punch.===14 Tales of Eldritch Investigations by; Glynn O...