William Meikle

When Sergeant Wiggins is given a chance to prove himself it seems like a cushy number, acting as consultants for a police operation on the Austria-Germany border. But fate takes a hand. Cattle are being mutilated, the police are baffled, and to find the reason why Wiggo must lead the squad and take them Below, where beasts of legend, red in tooth and claw, are waiting, hungry for fresh meat.

Meet an Edwardian occult detective who goes where no other gentleman will dare. Nine stories and a novella take Carnacki deep into neolithic barrows and the crypts of ancient cathedrals, and he faces the elemental powers of darkness on his terms in William Meikle's collection. Featuring such cases as the battle-hardened old soldiers who lay sick and abed in fear for their souls-only Carnacki, with his intimate knowledge of the powers of darkness, can help them. The rituals of an infamous club have left their mark on a mirror, leading Carnacki into a fight to stop his own home from being overrun by the forces of darkness. Danger to the daughter of a Scottish Lord leads our hero to a remote castle and the uncovering of the secret behind a legend that has persisted for centuries. A cruise ship is berthed in Liverpool, deserted by passengers and crew, and stuck in port until Carnacki can remove the cause of their terror, apparitions of disaster, and shipwreck. When one of the churches of London changes its chimes, something old starts to wake. Can the Ghost Hunter stop it before it is too late?

Mankind is spreading through the Solar System but, as yet, is still alone in the vastness of space.That is all about to change.A small team of intrepid scientists and engineers have made the long trip through the dark to Jupiter's moon, Europa, and set up camp on an icy plain under the looming watch of Jupiter above them.Initial samples show that the planet is host to primitive, unicellular life.A submersible makes its first dive under the moon's icy surface and finds signs that the life forms may not be quite so primitive after all. They uncover an indigenous species that shows signs of being capable of swarming together to achieve goals impossible for a single cell, a colonial organism that they nickname Opa. These Opas swarm in several different configurations in the cold dark ocean beneath.The teams A.I. is set the task of deciphering the science behind the Opa's dances, a swirling, and swooping that looks very similar to the movements of great flocks of birds back on Earth. Science is done, samples are taken back to the lab on the surface... and that's when the trouble begins.The Opas have been given a chance to roam in a new environment. A human environment.Mankind is not the only species hungry for exploration. The Opas escape into the expedition's living quarters.They are curious, and hungry.They are voracious for food...And they will kill every living organism in the space station

Three unique voices in today's horror bring you new takes on an old power that threatens to reshape our world. Celtic legends are reborn within these pages, with fresh stories guaranteed to spark nightmares in the vein of Grimm's pre-Disneyfied fairy tales.A Knot Within A Knot by Jason Parent: A man survives a plane crash only to find himself in darker circumstances, with a winter storm on the horizon and an orphaned child in tow. An elderly woman faces off against a god of night and his steed from the confines of her airplane seat, while another hides from night and storm in the hope of a new dawn. Unbeknownst to them, their fates are linked and dependent upon the next two tales.Bound in the Valley of Balor by Curtis M. Lawson: After surviving a plane crash, a corrupt federal agent and a mob informant find themselves stranded in a remote valley. Blood spilled during a conflict between the two awakens an ancient evil bound beneath the valley. Can either of them escape from The Valley of Balor?Summons by William Meikle (part of hisMythos of Sigils & Totems): Would you fall slave to the rhythm?He came to Scotland after the death of his wife in search of peace. But the old house is restless. Something is waking, something noisy, something that will not be denied.His search for meaning in the face of ever increasing activity in the house leads him down strange occult pathways, into deep history and a story that is racing to a finish.The rhythm calls to him. Will he fall slave to it? Or is there a path to be the drum master before it subsumes him utterly?This Celtic horror anthology is perfect for fans of folk horror, myths and legends, supernatural horror fiction, Grimm fairy tales, and Scottish survival horror, or fans of Ritual by Adam Nevill, Bag of Bones by Stephen King, or the legendary Ramsey Cambell.Crystal Lake's Dark Tide series will continue soon with more tales of Mystery Thrillers and Horror Books, including themes of Weird Western, Sherlock Holmes, Grief Horror, Body Horror, Mystery fiction, Travel Horror, Deadly Duos, and Psychological Thriller books.Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing-Tales from the Darkest Depths.

Three unique voices in today's horror bring you new takes on an old power that threatens to reshape our world. Celtic legends are reborn within these pages, with fresh stories guaranteed to spark nightmares in the vein of Grimm's pre-Disneyfied fairy tales.A Knot Within A Knot by Jason Parent: A man survives a plane crash only to find himself in darker circumstances, with a winter storm on the horizon and an orphaned child in tow. An elderly woman faces off against a god of night and his steed from the confines of her airplane seat, while another hides from night and storm in the hope of a new dawn. Unbeknownst to them, their fates are linked and dependent upon the next two tales.Bound in the Valley of Balor by Curtis M. Lawson: After surviving a plane crash, a corrupt federal agent and a mob informant find themselves stranded in a remote valley. Blood spilled during a conflict between the two awakens an ancient evil bound beneath the valley. Can either of them escape from The Valley of Balor?Summons by William Meikle (part of hisMythos of Sigils & Totems): Would you fall slave to the rhythm?He came to Scotland after the death of his wife in search of peace. But the old house is restless. Something is waking, something noisy, something that will not be denied.His search for meaning in the face of ever increasing activity in the house leads him down strange occult pathways, into deep history and a story that is racing to a finish.The rhythm calls to him. Will he fall slave to it? Or is there a path to be the drum master before it subsumes him utterly?This Celtic horror anthology is perfect for fans of folk horror, myths and legends, supernatural horror fiction, Grimm fairy tales, and Scottish survival horror, or fans of Ritual by Adam Nevill, Bag of Bones by Stephen King, or the legendary Ramsey Cambell.Crystal Lake's Dark Tide series will continue soon with more tales of Mystery Thrillers and Horror Books, including themes of Weird Western, Sherlock Holmes, Grief Horror, Body Horror, Mystery fiction, Travel Horror, Deadly Duos, and Psychological Thriller books.Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing-Tales from the Darkest Depths.

There are houses like this all over the world. Most people only know of them from whispered stories over campfires; tall tales told to scare the unwary. But some-those who suffer-know better. They are drawn to these places to ease their pain. If you have the will, the fortitude, you can peer into another life, where the dead are not gone, where your love might live forever. But that's not the case for the residents of the Edinburgh house, for something has disturbed the quiet reflection in that old building. A creature has slipped through, sniffling and snuffling in all the dark places, disrupting the balance of time and space. And it's John's job to fix it...by any means necessary.

This story isn't really about me. On the Isle of Skye, near the community of Dunvegan, sits a rustic old one-bedroom home, waiting for a new tenant. It seems like the perfect opportunity for Jim Greenwood to escape the hectic London city life-a place to move on from tragedy. This is the story of a house. As he tries to settle into country life, his is tormented by mysterious soot marks left throughout the house while he sleeps, cryptic emails from unknown senders, and hundreds of hand-drawn stick-figure drawings etched in a perfect pattern on the cottage's cellar walls. Stay. Beth needs you. Jim begins losing control, drinking excessively, shaking to an uncontrollable beat in his head, trying to decipher what may or may not be a code-or a warning. No limbs, no limbs, no head, no head, left arm gone, left leg gone, no legs, no head. The door is open, and something is coming through. It's just a matter of when-and what.

It's cold, it's dark and Wiggo is worried about the future of the squad. When they arrive at a Research Station at the North Pole his worries are proved to be justified. But the squad's problem's only get worse as they uncover the scale of an unfolding menace. There are great white bears in the cold Arctic night, red in tooth and claw.

Lestrade of the Yard lives in the shadows of Holmes and Watson in the Conan Doyle canon. In this set of new supernatural cases the dogged Inspector comes into his own as he is taken to the dark corners of the old city that even Holmes does not see.Watson has portrayed Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard as an inept foil to Sherlock Holmes-but, left to his own devices, Lestrade is no mean detective himself. In these new encounters with the supernatural, the dogged inspector comes into his own."The Curious Affair on the Embankment" One successful woman after another disappears in the vicinity of Cleopatra's Needle ... but what had they promised in exchange for their success-and to whom?"Stage Fright" To a pack of society gentlemen, a s ance seems an amusing diversion, until one fellow receives infuriating taunts from beyond the grave ... and reacts violently. But they should have known that death is a permeable barrier."Skulls and Skullduggery" Mycroft Holmes works for a secret branch of Her Majesty's government, but can pull strings to obtain Lestrade's skills when needed to find out what connects some recently dead men ... horribly disfigured and recently tattooed."The Thing from the Black Museum" In a city as large as London, the police have a Black Museum containing memorabilia of terrible crimes, into which the curious may venture. When an item is surreptitiously removed, the murders begin."A Day at the Circus" When a performer in a traveling circus is savagely eviscerated, Lestrade is summoned. Curiously, none of the trained animals can possibly be responsible ... and a brutalized young woman finds a willing and more than able protector."An Encounter in the Morgue" A widow's corpse mysteriously appears in the Scotland Yard morgue and will not rest until her beloved husband's last gift is recovered and justice is done."The Black Temple" An investigative journalist reports that a newly wealthy lord and his cronies are conducting hideous sacrifices ... but the evidence vanishes into thin air, and evil now pursues all those who attempt to interfere."Mrs. Hudson's Fancies" Mrs. Hudson begs Lestrade for help with a friend victimized by a fraudulent medium with whom Holmes himself takes issue ...but what if the medium were not fraudulent?"A Deadly Stare" Colonialism, like other old sins, casts a long shadow. And now those who committed desecration and murder decades ago in India find they have not escaped the consequences."The Faithful Custodian" Queen Victoria had many faithful servants during her long reign ... but one devoted retainer is the most faithful of all, protecting her even beyond his own death."The Hallowe'en" The British shipping trade is superbly lucrative when all goes well, but some goods are more profitable than others, if secrets are kept. And occult protection can be arranged ... for a price that no man wants to pay."A Thing of Shreds and Patches" Criminals are being efficiently caught-but not by Scotland Yard-and just as efficiently murdered by an unsanctioned executioner. Lestrade must find the culprit before Irene Adler, next on the list, dies.

When a Minister opens his big mouth after too many beers in Parliament, the squad find themselves assigned to what seems a routine missing persons case in London. They soon discover that the job is their kind of thing after all. There's something growing in the sewers and tube tunnels. It's big, it's hungry, and it's about to bring chaos to the streets of London.

In this latest in the popular S-Squad series the team are sent into a remote area of the Libyan desert to rescue a team of researchers who have gone missing.When their search leads them to a lost city in a high desert canyon they find that they are also following in the footsteps of a previous Scottish squad, a team from the Victorian era.The city is overrun with an infestation and soon the squad are separated and under siege.Can they avoid the fate that befell their predecessors and find their way to safety?

The adventurers from THE LAND BELOW return to the cavern under the Austrian Alps.At first it is a rescue mission, but soon Danny, Stefan, Ed and Elsa find themselves in a fight for survival.A perilous journey across an underground sea brings them to a lost island and fresh adventures, but their attempts to return to the surface only serve to make their situation worse.Now they must flee for their lives, with all the denizens of that strange island at their heels.

The chill grey waters of the North Sea off the Scottish coast are treacherous at the best of times and become even more so when something attacks an offshore oil rig.An old friend calls for S-Squad's expertise but what they find is a bigger enemy by far than any they have previously encountered.This time they're going to need bigger guns.