18 books like Uncanny!
Unreal!
ABOUT UNREAL!
Unreal! was Paul's first published book that achieved major success having now sold over 600,000 copies. It is Paul's all time best seller and features the classic stories:
Without a Shirt
The Strap Box Flyer
Skeleton on the Dunny
Lucky Lips
Cow Dung Custard
Lighthouse Blues
Smart Ice Cream
Wunderpants
Shares Australian Fantasy fiction, Occult fiction, Supernatural, Paranormal
Never Whistle at Night
Never Whistle at Night
Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and…
Shares Paranormal, Short Stories, Horror
Ghostly companions
From Publishers Weekly
Alcock's fans will be well-spooked by the strange events in this anthology of wonderfully eerie stories. In "The Whisperer," a small girl who has been dead for years haunts her older brother with continuous whispers of "Let me in, please let me in," until an outsider shows the family what the restless spirit wants. A lad buys "The Sea Bride," a ship's figurehead, only to…
Shares Occultism, Occult fiction, Supernatural, Paranormal
A bid for fortune, or, Dr. Nikola's vendetta
London, the decadent 1890s: a mysterious meeting is called in a private room of the sumptuous Imperial Hotel. The sinister Dr Nikola is presiding, but what masterpiece of crime is he planning? Meanwhile, in Sydney, Australia, a rugged young man rescues a girl from attack by ruffians. These two events are skilfully woven together in one of the classics of late Victorian crime fiction.
Before his…
Shares Australian Fantasy fiction, Occultism, Paranormal
Awakened
Exonerated by the Vampyre High Council and returned to her position of High Priestess at Tulsa's House of Night, Neferet has sworn vengeance on Zoey. Dominion over Kalona is only one of the weapons she plans to use against Z. But Zoey has found sanctuary on the Isle of Skye and is being groomed by Queen Sgiach to take over for her there. Being Queen would be cool, wouldn't it? Why should she…
Shares Occultism, Supernatural, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
Clay
Fourteen-year-old Davie and his best friend, Geordie, are altar boys at their local Catholic Church. They're full of mischief, but that all changes when Stephen Rose comes to town. Father O'Mahoney thinks it would be a good idea for Davie and Geordie to befriend him--maybe some of their good nature will rub off on this unhappy soul. But it's Stephen who sees something special in Davie.Stephen's a…
Shares Supernatural, Paranormal, Horror, Children's fiction
The elixir of life (Auriol)
Shares Supernatural, Paranormal with this book.
With the immortals
Shares Supernatural, Paranormal with this book.
The Forbidden Zone
Shares Supernatural, Paranormal, Horror with this book.
The Magic World
Twelve stories with magic occurrences.
Shares Short Stories, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
The little bookroom
Collects twenty-seven of Eleanor Farjeon's stories, which include kings, princesses, servants, a mysterious flower, orphans, enchanted woods, an organ-grinder, giants, a little dressmaker, fairies, and a kindly farmer.
Shares Short Stories, Children's fiction
The stones of Muncaster Cathedral
Soon after steeplejack Joe Clarke begins work on one of the spires of Muncaster's medieval cathedral, terrible things start to happen and Joe realizes that there is a malevolent force connected to the spire's gargoyle.
Shares Occultism, Occult fiction, Supernatural, Short Stories
The Goat-Foot God
Desperate and wretched after the death of his wife at the hands of her lover, Hugh Paston becomes engrossed in the occult and goes on a quest for Pan, aided by an old bookseller called Jelkes. In order to fulfil his desire he buys an old monastery to convert into a temple for Pan. The monastery is haunted however by the spirit of a fifteenth century prior who was walled up for his pagan beliefs…
Shares Paranormal, Children's fiction
Blue Lilly, Lilly Blue
Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs. The trick with found things, though, is how easily they can be lost.
Shares Occultism, Supernatural, Paranormal, Fantasy fiction
Graven Images
A collection of three stories about a child who reads the lips of those who whisper secrets into a statue's ear; a daydreaming shoemaker's apprentice who must find ways to make the girl he loves notice him; and a stone carver who creates a statue of a ghost.
Shares Occultism, Occult fiction, Supernatural, Short Stories
Necropolis (The Power of Five / The Gatekeepers #4)
To stop the evil corporation Nightrise from unleashing its devastating power around the globe, fifteen-year-old Matt and three other Gatekeepers travel to Hong Kong to find Scarlet, the final Gatekeeper, whose fate is inextricably joined to their own.
Shares Occultism, Supernatural, Paranormal, Children's fiction
The Haunting Hour - Chills in the Dead of Night
Ten terrifying tales that will haunt you forever..."Some stories are too terrifying to tell," says R. L. Stine. "They are the ones that live in the darkest corners of my mind. The ones that give me chills in the dead of night. The ones that I must tell you now –– or they will haunt me forever!"Read the spine–chilling story of a baby–sitter who loves evil tricks...the terrifying tale of a boy who…
Shares Occultism, Paranormal, Short Stories, Horror
The Book of Accidents
Long ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father—and has never told his family what happened there.
Long ago, Maddie was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn’t have—and is trying to remember that lost trauma by making haunting sculptures.
Long ago, something sinister, something hungry, walked in the tunnels and the mountains…
Shares Supernatural, Paranormal, Horror