occult fiction

Collects Anne Rice's "Pandora," in which an ancient vampire shares her experiences since her days as one of the living during the time of Christ before being changed into the undead; and "Vittorio, the Vampire," in which a five-hundred-year-old vampire relates how he was seduced, at the age of sixteen, by Ursula, a supernatural creature who saved him from being killed.

At birth, John Reed was declared the new Messiah and religious and political groups are constantly searching for clues to his origins, but when the infant disappears, psychic Casey Lee Armstrong is called in to find him, but what she learns in her search puts her own life in danger.

The Pyncheons, having lived for generations under the curse of a supposed witch who once occupied the land on which the family mansion was built, gain a new lease on life with the arrival of young Phoebe Pyncheon.

After thousands of battles over a thousand years of hunting the undead, Zacarias De La Cruz has completed his mission and is content to see his brothers are safe and settled with women, but with centuries of killing behind him, Zacarias finally has time to consider who he is--and who he has become--and seeks answers back in his native Peru.

Hope Adams, tabloid reporter and half demon woman of Otherworld, is given a dangerous mission to infiltrate the Cortez Cabal of Miami, who are the spawn of supernaturals, and she is helped by her werewolf ex-boyfriend when she becomes too entangled.

Azriel, Servant of the Bones, tells the story of how he was transformed from a young Jewish scholar in ancient Babylon into a spirit that is neither demon nor angel, but subservient to whoever possesses his mortal remains. His saga climaxes in present-day New York when, for the first time ever, he appears without being summoned and witnesses the murder of a girl who knows what he is.

Jonathan, the mischievous little mouse, finds a magic box while exploring the attic of the farmhouse where he lives.

Dan tries to dispel the curse supposedly placed by his Puritan ancestor on the town of York, Massachusetts.

The Three Investigators become involved in witchcraft when they try to rescue a woman from the influence of snake worshipers.