This collection of essays brings together historians examining social and economic crises from the thirteenth century to the twenty-first. Crisis is an almost ubiquitous concept for historians, applicable across (amongst others) the histories of agriculture, disease, finance and trade. Yet there has been little attempt to compare its use as an explanatory tool between these discrete fields of research. This volume breaks down the boundaries between traditional historical time periods and s...

In the desolate woods of northern Wisconsin, there is a cabin. Inside the cabin is a figure of evil, a witch performing an unknown ritual. There is also a young boy, Ryan Amherst, who is part of this strange ceremony: a pattern of sacrifice and resurrection known only to the residents of the tiny town of Grange.Nearby in the village, a man named Nathan Amherst - Ryan's father - meets with a middleman named John Linden. Nathan asks when his side of the "contract" will be fulfilled. ...

The Hollowing: Ceremonies of Spiritual Collapse is a sacred descent into the quiet core of the human soul-a manual of metaphysical unmaking for those who have outgrown false light. In this haunting yet transcendent guide, author Matthew Petchinsky leads readers through the stages of spiritual collapse, the rituals of ego-dissolution, and the art of becoming an empty vessel through which new power can rise.These pages are not about destruction for its own s...

New York Times bestselling author Gregory Funaro brings us into a world where magic exists, monsters roam in the shadows, and wooden animals come to life.Deep within the enchanted woods in the town of Watch Hollow stands the once-grand Blackford House, whose halls hold a magical secret: a giant cuckoo clock that does much more than tell time. But when the clock’s gears cease to turn, an evil presence lurking among the trees begins to come out of the shadows.When Lucy and Ol...

The Hollow Masks unveils the ancient art of glamour and spirit-binding through the forgotten witch's craft of mask-making. Beneath every Halloween tradition lies a deeper truth-masks were never mere disguises; they were spiritual vessels forged to deceive, protect, or channel the unseen. This beautifully written occult guide blends folklore, horror, and real magickal practice into a transformative journey of identity and power.Readers learn how witches onc...

Grimoire of the Hollow Tongue is not a book-it's a living weapon wrapped in silence.This ancient system of magick does not communicate. It commands. The Hollow Tongue is a dead, unspeakable language that bypasses meaning and instead vibrates through reality itself. Each syllable reshapes the world. Each breath bends causality. Within these pages, you will learn how to speak what the gods buried-sound that fractures time, emotion, and memory.This grimoire te...

From the haunted bog fires of Ireland to the carved pumpkins on suburban porches, the jack-o'-lantern has always been more than a decoration-it is a vessel of fire, folklore, and spirit. The Lantern of Hollow Souls unearths the chilling history of the hollow light, tracing its origins in Celtic ritual, the legend of Stingy Jack, and the eerie will-o'-the-wisps that lured travelers to their doom.This book restores the jack-o'-lantern to its magickal throne, revealing how ca...

When the oceans begin to rise, the world prepares for disaster.What it gets instead... is transformation.Cities drown not in chaos, but in pattern. People do not simply die-they change. Voices overlap, memories fracture, and entire populations begin to move in quiet, synchronized purpose. Beneath the surface, something ancient is waking-something that has been waiting since before humanity learned to name itself.Daya Mercer is one of the last to understand the truth...

In a split-second decision that will shatter his life, insurance salesman Jack Spinks stops to help a young woman walking alone down a back country road. After getting into his truck the mysterious young woman grabs the steering wheel and forces the truck off the road, sending it plunging over a cliff and into the woods. What begins as a simple act of kindness spirals into a nightmare as Jack finds himself trapped in a dark and perilous world, hunted by the woman's cryptic pursuers. As he ...

The Hollow Crown: Emo Royalty and Magick of the Outcast King is a grimoire of exile, sorrow, and sovereignty. This is not a book for followers - it is a coronation text for those who were never meant to kneel.Born from the archetype of the banished monarch, this work transforms pain, heartbreak, and ruin into the raw elements of rulership. Within its pages you will find spells woven from scars, meditations carved from silence, and rituals that turn grief into a thr...

Beneath an island that should not exist lies a secret older than history itself.When Elias Thorn discovers a crimson gem hidden deep within a living network of roots, he unknowingly awakens the Hollow Vein-an ancient force capable of reshaping reality. Overnight, forests relocate, roads vanish, villages appear in impossible places, and the island begins changing according to a forgotten design buried beneath the earth.As terrifying cryptids emerge from shifting tunnels belo...

The Hollowvale End - The Final Chapter in the Veil of Hollowvale SagaThe town of Hollowvale is gone. Its streets are abandoned, its buildings erased, and its history wiped clean from existence. But something still lingers.Lucas, the last survivor, stands alone in the void where Hollowvale once stood, clutching a book that should not exist-a book that contains every name of those who were ever part of the town's twisted cycle. On the final page, w...