occult fiction

It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts--or, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. As such superstition has it, Melmoth travels through the ages, dooming those she persuades to join her to a damnation of timeless, itinerant solitude. To Helen it all seems the stuff of unenlightened fantasy. But, unaware, as she wanders the cobblestone streets Helen is being watched. And then Karel disappears.

Sam and Dean, brothers who lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force, encounter an angel in a small town in South Dakota on their quest to destroy Lucifer and learn of a secret that could be beneficial to their endeavor.

Sam and Dean are called to San Francisco's Chinatown by renegade angel Castiel who gives them information about a series of killings, and soon they realize they are facing an evil spirit that has been fought by their parents and grandparents in the past.

"Reported sightings of a hellish hound and the discovery of newly dead desiccated corpses bring Sam and Dean Winchester to Brennan, Ohio. But when they catch the monster canine it turns out to be 'Frankenmutt'; a reanimated patchwork of pieces from separate dogs. Soon the brothers are on a trail that leads from mad scientists and biotechnology to a centuries-old alchemist, walking corpses, and an ancient and malevolent power"--Back cover.

Sam and Dean arrive in Clayton Falls, Colorado, after Bobby tells them about reports of strange happenings, but as they investigate a speeding car with no driver, a boy who is attacked by uprooted trees, and a homeless man who claims to have been chased by a giant Gila monster, the Winchesters begin to suspect some nightmares do not end upon awaking.

Sam and Dean Winchester and Bobby go up against a flying, man-eating monster in the Tahoe National Forest during a blizzard.

"Sam and Dean are headed for Key West, Florida, home to Hemingway, hurricanes, and a whole lot of demons. The tropical town has so many ghouls on the loose that one of its main moneymakers has long been a series of ghost tours. But the tours are no more, not since one of the guides was found dead of an apparent heart attack . . . his face frozen in mid-scream. No one knows what horrors he saw, but the Winchester brothers are about to find out. Soon, they'll be face-to-face with the ghosts of the island's most infamous residents, demons with a hidden agenda, and a mysterious ancient power looking for revenge. It's up to Sam and Dean to save the citizens of Key West . . . before the beautiful island is reduced to nothing more than a pile of bones.

Sam and Dean arrive in Laurel Hill, New Jersey, and along with Bobby Singer, they investigate a series of accidents and outbreaks that are connected to three teenage boys at the local high school.

When Sam and Dean investigate a truck full of slaughtered illegal Mexican immigrants, Xochi Cazadora, a bandita, guides them into Mexico City and a world of Aztec gods and monsters.

Dean, trying to keep a promise he made to Sam, attempts to lead a normal life with Lisa and Ben, but, after finding out Lucifer could be raised by a spell, he decides to travel to Salem to stop it, while Sam hunts the Salem witches for a different reason.