The Witchfinder's Mark

The Witchfinder's Mark
Author: Paul M Clark
Publisher: Brio Books Pty Ltd
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2022-06-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1761280252

A devilishly dark folk horror novel set during the English Civil War. Samuel Hawke is a charlatan. His lucrative career as a witchfinder is built on fabricated evidence and forced confessions. His guilt grows with each innocent person he condemns and his only remaining motive is the financial rewards his profession offers him. In Beckborn, Lancashire, two girls are accused of witchcraft. Samuel travels to the isolated village for an investigation which may pay enough to be his last. He finds a community torn apart by fear and paranoia. His hopes of a simple examination are dashed when the mystery of the two girls unravels in a deadly way. Rescued by another, actual, witch-finder, Samuel is plunged into a world of the supernatural and the occult. Strange people with immense power lurk on the fringes of society, hiding behind the veil of superstition and belief, causing chaos in war-torn England. Samuel must find the sister witches, before he is hunted down and destroyed, whilst navigating through the violence and suspicion of a country ravaged by war.

Malice of the Soul

Malice of the Soul
Author: Brian Ball
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2015-02-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1479403393

When elderly Mrs. Peters appears to suffer a stroke at her Nursing Home, only Diana Knightson realizes the truth. Her young colleague Marguerite Friend deliberately terrified the old woman! For the beautiful girl is working toward her own evil agenda... Amongst their office colleagues, only Diana believes that Marguerite is not as she seems. And when Diana's fiance Phil Walsh is seduced by Marguerite and turned against her, she knows she is in mortal danger. But after Mrs. Peters' death, Diana gains an unexpected ally -- Jarvis Peters, the old woman's son, who is determined to avenge his mother’s murder. For only together can they fight the forces of evil!

The Witchfinder’s Sacrifice

The Witchfinder’s Sacrifice
Author: Rande Goodwin
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2024-09-24
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN:

Something Wicked Has Returned . . . A week has passed since Nate Watson defeated the evil warlock, Malleus Hodge, with the help of the witchfinder’s serpent, a magickal, snake-shaped bracelet once owned by Hodge himself. Unable to remove the ancient bracelet from his arm, Nate struggles to control the serpent’s immense powers. As hellish monsters and once-dead creatures arrive accompanied by impossible displays of magick, it becomes clear that Hodge is back with a plan: to unleash a twenty-first century witch hysteria. Neighbor will be pitted against neighbor as the warlock stokes the flames of fear and paranoia to epic proportions. With the help of his friends and a beautiful, mysterious visitor, Nate searches for a way to defeat Hodge for good—while coming to terms with loss, betrayal, and the fear that the serpent’s dark magicks are beginning to influence his behavior in unexpected ways. What Nate doesn’t know is that a sinister pact drives Hodge, who will stop at nothing to fulfill a dark bargain several centuries in the making.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991
Author: R. Reginald
Publisher: Detroit : Gale Research
Total Pages: 1536
Release: 1992
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Science fiction constitutes one of the largest and most widely read genres in literature, and this reference provides bibliographical data on some 20,000 science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction books, as well as nonfiction monographs about the literature. A companion to Reginald's Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1700-1974 (Gale, 1979), the present volume is alphabetically arranged by approximately 10,000 author names. The entry for each individual work includes title, publisher, date and place published, number of pages, hardbound or paperback format, and type of book (novel, anthology, etc.). Where appropriate, entries also provide translation notes, series information, pseudonyms, and remarks on special features (such as celebrity introductions). Includes indexes of titles, series, awards, and "doubles" (for locating volumes containing two novels). Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Mark of the Beast

Mark of the Beast
Author: Brian Ball
Publisher: Borgo Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2011-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781434435668

Something goes drastically wrong at a seance, and suddenly Alan's wife Janice experiences a major personality change. These are signs that her husband just can't ignore: the strange new mark on her hand, the naked wanderings in moonlight, the blood stains on her clothes, not to mention the strange company she now keeps. Alan turns to an ex-Roman Catholic priest, Ruane, a man drained of self-respect, a drunkard, a reject--but the only one who seems to understand what's going on--and how to deal with it. Together they must confront the Evil from Beyond. A top-ranked horror novel by a master of the genre, now republished for the first time in almost four decades."

The Last Witchfinder

The Last Witchfinder
Author: James Morrow
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061870560

Jennet Stearne's father hangs witches for a living in Restoration England. But when she witnesses the unjust and horrifying execution of her beloved aunt Isobel, the precocious child decides to make it her life's mission to bring down the Parliamentary Witchcraft Act. Armed with little save the power of reason, and determined to see justice prevail, Jennet hurls herself into a series of picaresque adventures—traveling from King William's Britain to the fledgling American Colonies to an uncharted island in the Caribbean, braving West Indies pirates, Algonquin Indian captors, the machinations of the Salem Witch Court, and the sensuous love of a young Ben Franklin. For Jennet cannot and must not rest until she has put the last witchfinder out of business.

Witchfinder Volume 3 The Mysteries of Unland

Witchfinder Volume 3 The Mysteries of Unland
Author: Mike Mignola
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2015-04-28
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1630082147

Sir Edward Grey is sent to Hallum to investigate the death of a crown-appointed official, but once he is there he hears rumors of the mysterious Unland, the wetlands around the town, and the creatures that inhabit it. Grey's skepticism of the murder vanishes when he encounters the monsters of Unland, and he realizes that Hallam is a place of secrets.

Mark of the Beast

Mark of the Beast
Author: Brian Ball
Publisher: Linford
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2009
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781847826367

There was evil in the air at the seance that would transform their lives. Janice said she had not changed but there were signs Alan could not ignore. Like the strange mark on her hand, the naked wanderings in the moonlight, the blood stains on her clothes... And so Alan turned to the ex-priest Ruane, a man drained of self-respect, a drunkard, a reject - the only man who would listen. A man who knew the reality of the devil.

The Evil at Monteine

The Evil at Monteine
Author: Brian Ball
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2012-07-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 143444838X

When Richard Ulrome is offered the chance to work for billionaire oilman Simon Miaolo, Anne Blackwell is pleased for her fiancé’s career. But as time goes by, Richard almost becomes a prisoner at Monteine Castle, Miaolo’s feudal headquarters. Slowly, Anne begins to realize that Richard--and she--are being manipulated by a master of Evil in a hideous satanic ritual of sacrifice and renewal as old as time. Like others before her, she finally turns to Ruane the Witchfinder, a defrocked priest who will listen to her tale of horror, a man waging his own private war against the Devil. Together, she and Ruane and several others must find a way to stop...THE EVIL AT MONTEINE!