Dare to tread where demons prowl… Hidden beneath the surface of the everyday world. Lurking in darkness. Haunting the shadows. Looming just outside the light. The demons call to the unwary, leaving the unsuspecting to fend off doom. Where demons cavort, heroes arise to battle the encroaching evil. Needing everything they’ve got. Magic. Will. Bravery. And hope for the return of the light. For lovers of spooky fantasy tales, don’t miss this collection of five original contemporary fantasy stories from bestselling author Kat Simons, including an all new Demon Hunter story. keywords: Dark urban fantasy; Urban fantasy; paranormal urban fantasy; contemporary fantasy; dark fantasy; short story collections; demons and devils; witches and wizards; series urban fantasy; urban fantasy magic; magic and mayhem; monsters and demons; heroes and warriors; demon hunters; myths and legends; horror fantasy

A hidden evil torments a young couple in a small Italian village along the Amaflitana Coast and threatens to destroy their once peaceful lives. As dark forces close in around them, help arrives in the form of two paranormal investigators: Charlotte "Charley" Elliott-Bell, and her assistant Viola Padgett. Using Charley

Demons--whether in embodied form or as inward temptation--make vivid appearances in early Christian monastic literature. In this finely written study of demonology and Christian spirituality in fourth- and fifth-century Egypt, David Brakke examines how the conception of the monk as a holy and virtuous being was shaped by the combative encounter with demons. Brakke studies the "making of the monk" from two perspectives. First, he describes the social and religious identities that monastic authors imagined for the demon-fighting monk: the new martyr who fights against the pagan gods, the gnostic who believes he knows both the tricks of the demons and the secrets of God, and the prophet who discerns the hidden presence of Satan even among good Christians. Then he employs recent theoretical ideas about gender and racial stereotyping to interpret accounts of demon encounters, especially those in which demons appear as the Other--as Ethiopians, as women, or as pagan gods. Drawing on biographies of exceptional monks, collections of monastic sayings and stories, letters from ascetic teachers to their disciples, sermons, and community rules, Brakke crafts a compelling picture of the embattled religious celibate. Demons and the Making of the Monk is an insightful and innovative exploration of the development of Christian monasticism.

A hidden evil torments a young couple in a small Italian village along the Amaflitana Coast, and threatens to destroy their once peaceful lives. As the dark forces close in around them, help arrives in the form of two paranormal investigators - Charlotte "Charley" Elliott-Bell, and her assistant Viola Padgett. Using Charley's psychic abilities and experience, they quickly find themselves embroiled in a one hundred-year old mystery involving Satanic cults and terrifying entities. Charley and Viola are forced to confront evil forces as they find themselves drawn further into darkness, hidden beneath the peace and tranquility of an ancient Italian village.The first book in the Demons Dwell series, "The Tower" is a frightening tale set in an idyllic part of the world where evil lies hidden from the bright Mediterranean sunshine, and old world superstitions are a reality.

The Taming of the Demons examines mythic and ritual themes of violence, demon taming, and blood sacrifice in Tibetan Buddhism. Taking as its starting point Tibet's so-called age of fragmentation (842 to 986 C.E.), the book draws on previously unstudied manuscripts discovered in the "library cave" near Dunhuang, on the old Silk Road. These ancient documents, it argues, demonstrate how this purportedly inactive period in Tibetan history was in fact crucial to the Tibetan assimilation of Buddhism, and particularly to the spread of violent themes from tantric Buddhism into Tibet at the local and the popular levels. Having shed light on this "dark age" of Tibetan history, the second half of the book turns to how, from the late tenth century onward, the period came to play a vital symbolic role in Tibet, as a violent historical "other" against which the Tibetan Buddhist tradition defined itself. -- Georges Dreyfus

The world has ended. Demons walk the earth, obliterating everything they touch. Both humans and vampires are reduced to lifeless “husks” by the demons. It's a fate more horrifying than death itself. Lady Adeline has lost everything. She's returned to her manor in Meyton, her demolished hometown, where only her manor remains. Joslun, Shanda, Melia, and others have taken refuge within the manor... but how long can their sanctuary endure in a ruined world? Who will die, who still lives? All will be revealed in the twist-filled conclusion to this dark fantasy series.

A hidden evil torments a young couple in a small Italian village along the Amaflitana Coast and threatens to destroy their once peaceful lives. As dark forces close in around them, help arrives in the form of two paranormal investigators: Charlotte "Charley" Elliott-Bell, and her assistant Viola Padgett. Using Charley's psychic abilities and research experience, the pair quickly find themselves embroiled in a one hundred-year old mystery involving Satanic cults and terrifying entities. As Charley and Viola are forced to confront the evil forces around them, they are drawn further into the dark and mysterious world hidden beneath the delusive tranquility of an ancient Italian village. The first book in the Demons Dwell series, "The Tower" is a frightening tale set in an idyllic part of the world where evil lies hidden from the bright Mediterranean sunshine, and old world.