occult fiction

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The house of the seven gables

a romance
1990
A prominent New England family suffering under a curse is plagued by greed, vengeful acts, and violent death.

Campfire tales

--ghoulies, ghosties, and long-leggety beasties
1999
A collection of stories about ghosts and other supernatural encounters, selected for their ease in being told from memory. Each story is accompanied by a large print outline for assistance in telling the story by firelight.

The listeners

1995
While investigating the Listeners, a channeling group, FBI agent David Conner falls in love with one of the group's leaders and learns that the channelers are able to bring back both wisdom and danger from the past.

Salem witch

Elizabeth's story ; Salem witch : George's story
2006
Told from two different perspectives, this novel, set against the backdrop of the Salem Witch Trials, follows Elizabeth Putnam, who is accused of witchcraft, and her best friend George, who must choose between the beliefs of his community and what he knows to be true.

The Hollow

2008
The three blood brothers unite with three women, who are descendents of Hestern, to send the evil that controls their town to hell; and two of the group start a romantic relationship.

The Affinity Bridge

a Newbury & Hobbes investigation
2009
In Victorian London, while a life-support system keeps Queen Victoria alive, detective Maurice Newbury and his assistant, Veronica Hobbes, investigate a crashed airship, search for serial strangler linked to a glowing police officer, and deal with the zombies that plague the capital's slums.

Jay's journal

anonymous
1989
Jay's journal reveals his growing involvement with witchcraft before his suicide at age sixteen.

An enemy at Green Knowe

1979
The inhabitants of Green Knowe become involved with black magic when a modern-day witch attempts to find books of witchcraft supposedly hidden in the old house by a mad seventeenth-century alchemist.

Mostly magic

1982
From the day Pete comes to fix a leak in the house and his miniature ladder opens into a full-size one, a brother and sister experience a series of magical adventures.

Batty Betty's spells

2005
Simple text, vocabulary words, and discussion questions combine with a story about Batty Betty, a witch, whose spells seems to always turn into disaster.

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