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*Winner of the Best Fantasy Novel Aurealis Award* 'Maria Lewis is a
must-read' Buzzfeed 'Pay attention urban fantasy fans - Maria Lewis
is a name you'll want to remember' One More Page Considering her
status as the world's most powerful medium, Casper von Klitzing and
her twin brother Baristan have lived a pretty normal life - until
now. After a horrific incident in her home city of Berlin,
orchestrated by the mysterious Oct, Casper is consumed with
vengeance towards an enemy she doesn't understand. But the only
other person ever to escape Oct was a witch - and so Casper is soon
on her trail. But this witch does not want to be found. Diving
headfirst into the supernaturally secretive world of spells, charms
and covens, it's not long before Casper is crossing more than just
the line between the living and the dead . . . Reinventing witches
and ghosts with a much-needed feminist twist, this is an unmissable
new read from one of the most exciting voices in fantasy: 'If you
haven't heard about Maria Lewis you must have been living under a
rock' Good Reading Magazine 'I can't wait to find out what happens
next!' Keri Arthur 'Truly one of the best in the genre I have ever
read.' Oscar-nominee Lexi Alexander (Green Street Hooligans,
Punisher: War Zone, Arrow, Supergirl) 'Journalist Maria Lewis grabs
the paranormal fiction genre by the scruff of its neck and gives it
a shake' The West Australian 'An intriguing take on a classic
monster with vibrant, modern characters.' Sci Fi Bulletin 'Pay
attention urban fantasy fans - Maria Lewis is a name you'll want to
remember.' One More Page
Explore Indiana, perched on the disquieting frontier between the
banal and the bizarre! Visit haunted hollows and baleful abodes of
the Hoosier state's most dreadful locales. Take a ride down the
bannister of Culbertson Mansion, thrill to a true account of the
possession of Lurrancy Vennum, splash into the murky waters beneath
Lake Busco to find a real-life sea monster, and learn the twisted
history of William Dudley Pelley, a man who claimed contact with
beings from another world! Ride the Vincennes Airship, high above
the windswept plains with the "Hartford Visitors." Indiana has
witches, werewolves, ghosts, ghouls, and Hairy Men galore, in this
shivery exploration of the dark side of Hoosier history.
This was the first book on London's ghosts, when Peter Underwood
was President of the Ghost Club. He is uniquely qualified to write
Haunted London, presenting a parade and gazetteer of the psychic
phenomena of Britain's capital city - a city with nearly ten
million living inhabitants and the ghosts of many dead ones. As
well as all the famous hauntings - the Cock Lane ghost, the Grey
Man at Drury Lane, the Tower ghosts, the haunted house at Berkeley
Square etc. - the book contains many new and hitherto unpublished
findings. Not all ghosts date back to earlier centuries: there are
ghost motorcyclists, for instance, and new buildings on the sites
of older ones are as likely to have ghosts as those which still
stand. For easy reference, Haunted London has divided up London
geographically. Ghostly associations are uncovered in churches,
theatres, hotels, inns and scenes of murders. Poltergeist
infestation is another phenomenon included in this work which is
sure to fascinate anyone wanting to get to know London better -
whether they be visitors, psychic researchers, students of history,
of legend or folklore, or simply lovers of one of the world's
finest cities.
Would you tell someone if you had seen a ghost? A dilemma that has
faced many people becomes magnified when your professional
reputation is at stake. Credible Witness is a collection of
compelling accounts from members of the police family who have
witnessed or have intimate knowledge of unexplained incidents. When
the world of policing and the paranormal collide, even the most
hardened sceptic might have to think again. However much we think
we know about the world around us, perhaps we don't know
everything.
Abandoned villages hold mysteries that only ghosts can reveal. Read
accounts forgotten places, such as flooded Flagstaff, Maine, that
contains the spirits of former residents still clinging to homes
now nothing more than foundations or cellar holes. Visit
Dudleytown, Connecticut, where residents fell victim to demons,
murder, and insanity. Stroll through Massachusetts's Dogtown
Common, a dead village of witches, werewolves, and ghosts. Whether
you decide to explore these ghost towns or just read about them,
you will not forget the people who made them history. Some still
await your arrival-if not in person, then in spirit.
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for
creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other
strange occurrences under the New Orleans skies. Whether read
around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat
of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to
treasure.
Imagine feeling the presence of your student's family members in
spirit whilst teaching a class of students. Add to that,
discovering the death of a student that should have been in his
classroom, never arrived but let him know later in spirit. This is
a true story of a variety of unexpected, real life experiences that
should interest all of us who always thought it only happened to
others. His fascinating journey takes him through several countries
via teaching, coming into contact with a whole hive of unusual
experiences both inside and outside the schools and colleges.
Whether the banging of spirit in an empty classroom to personal
objects mysteriously disappearing and then reappearing later you
can follow the author on his adventures.
Paracoustics: Paranormal Acoustics From the chain-rattling ghost of
Pliny's first century Athens to things that go bump in the night
and 21st century electronic voice phenomena sound has always
fascinated paranormal researchers.This unique book examines that
fascination and presents a selection of the leading research in
paranormal acoustics together with an in-depth review of the
equipment and techniques that are used by researchers and
investigators.It explores the physics and the psychology of sound
and its association with the paranormal. Contributed chapters by
leading experts in Infrasound, electronic voice phenomenon (EVP),
seance tapping and other ghostly sounds encourage a
multidisciplinary approach to the subject.
Can film capture what our eyes can't see? There are many examples
both historical and contemporary of photographs of spirits or
ghosts. These images have been both derided as hoaxes or, at the
other extreme, held up as irrefutable proof of the otherworld. One
of two books in Reaktion's new series "Exposures", "Photography and
Spirit" examines these tantalizingly blurred images of phantoms,
psychical emanations and religious apparitions. Drawing on eighty
images taken between 1860 and today, John Harvey explores spirit
photography from the various perspectives of religion, science and
art. Some of the photographs were taken by scientists, others by
amateur and commercial photographers or mediums, and still others
by robotic surveillance devices. The diverse origins of spirit
photographs have inspired a multiplicity of interpretations and
engendered, in some cases, high levels of scepticism. Harvey's
analysis probes the connections between the images, human
imagination, larger cultural traditions and scientific thought.
"Photography and Spirit" transforms what are often fringe objects
of kitsch into revelatory artifacts of cultural history, drawing
from them thought-provoking insights into the historical
connections between the material and spiritual worlds,
representations of grief, and human culture's enduring fascination
with the supernatural. Uniquely blending art, science and human
imagination, photo images of ethereal spirits blur the border
between what is real and what is fantastic. "Photography and
Spirit" challenges our preconceived notions and offers an
intriguing new perspective on the nature of photography.
Enjoy 11 spooky campfire tales based on legends and true events in
and around the Great Lakes region. Filled with creepy and sometimes
humorous details, each has historic significance. Shiver as you
read about the ghosts in Duluth, Minnesota, haunting the Glensheen
Mansion, and the myth of a giant moose terrorizing tourists off the
North Shore of Lake Superior. Meet the Melon Head Creatures, living
in a dark and forbidden forest off Lake Michigan, the result of a
mad scientist's experiments, or a classic Lady in White. Discover
the Manitous water gods, Native American spirits living at the
bottom of the lake always looking for unsuspecting prey. Find a
giant man-eating turtle, storm Hags, and the Red Devil of Detroit.
Learn about Niagara Falls' Maid of the Mist, the real legend of the
Edmund Fitzgerald, and the Michigan Dogman.
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