occultism

In 1918 New Orleans, seventeen-year-old Gianna Crutti's worries about her family's grocery, the Great War, and influenza are overshadowed when a murderer returns to terrorize the city--years after he attacked Gianna's parents and left her with a psychic connection between them.

". . . this collection of tales consist of Dipper and Mabel's recollections of the adventures they shared visiting their Uncle Stan's Mystery Shack. The Gravity Falls twist? Each retelling is accompanied by a short 'Grunkle Stan' version of the same story, written from his gruff, humorous perspective. Readers have the choice of reading the Dipper and Mabel version, the Grunkle Stan version, or both"--Provided by publisher.

"After being assigned to her university's prestigious and controversial neo-anthropological studies program, eighteen-year-old deaf student Delaney Meyers-Petrov must learn to channel her ability to slip between worlds--and, along with her capricious TA Colton Price, who seems determined to despise her, must uncover buried institutional secrets"--OCLC.

Logan came to Mesmortes Coven Academy in Haelsford, Florida to learn to control her powers, but she soon learns she has a role to play in the ancient curse of the Hellmouth--whatever the cost to herself and her new friends.

In the fall of 1991, sixteen-year-old transfer student Zooey Orson falls in with a group of boys who share the same secret--one which they can only express openly within the safety of the clandestine gatherings of the Vicious Circle. But when the boys unwittingly happen upon the headmaster's copy of an arcane occult text, they unleash an eldritch secret so terrible, it threatens to consume them all.

The author, hose of the podcast "Lore", guides us through the history of terrifying creatures, exploring not only the legends, but what they tell us about ourselves.

"Timothy Hunter is like any other 13-year-old boy, aimlessly filling his days with television and skateboarding. But Timothy Hunter is also unlike nearly everyone else on earth, and he's about to learn the reason why. In a word--magic. Tim doesn't believe in magic, of course, but it turns out that magic certainly believes in him--at least enough that some of its practitioners are already actively planning his untimely death. Luckily for Tim, he also has allies in the supernatural realms. Four of the world's most accomplished and mysterious magicians have sworn to protect and enlighten the boy, and each of them has prepared a journey to demonstrate the hazards and rewards of the magical life. More important, they will also show him the price"--Back cover.

Dee returns to her small hometown in New Jersey to see if she can help her father and the local police find her missing twin sister Beth, who was a leader in fighting the threat of a pipeline gutting the pinelands, but only finds more mysterious questions while disocovering signs of the supernatural in the surrounding woods.

Teen witch Faye Faulkner is unpopular, spends her lunch period with her best friends, the high school's other social rejects, and ignores taunts from the cool kids. But when Cody, a lonely freshman, finds her way to Faye's cafeteria table, it sets off a peculiar chain of events: a series of pranks swiftly go from mischievous to downright dangerous, and no one is safe. When things start to really get out of hand, Cody confesses to Faye that she signed up for a social media challenge that promises popularity to those who follow the demands of influencer Shy Shelbi. Faye decides to help, but Shelbi is much more than she seems. Faye hopes her witchcraft will be enough to defeat her.

"[Presents a guide on] how to investigate mysterious hauntings and manner of ghostly apparitions wherever they may happen"--Back cover.