Paranormal Stand Alone Stories

Portraits of Celina

by Sue Whiting

Celina O'Malley was sixteen years old when she disappeared. Now, almost forty years later, Bayley is living in Celina's old house, sleeping in the same room, wearing her clothes and, most strangely, hearing her voice.

What does Celina want with Bayley? But Bailey has her own problems, she's dealing with her father's death, the move to a new town and her family falling to pieces around her.

Bayley needs to solve the mystery of Celina before it's all too late.

Also by Sue Whiting

A Ghost in my Suitcase

by Gabrielle Wang

The flute music stops, and my breath catches in my throat. Silence falls like a veil. Then I hear something - no, I feel it in my chest. 'Steady yourself,' Por Por whispers. 'It's here . . . '

When Celeste travels to China to visit her grandmother, she uncovers an incredible family secret. And with this secret comes danger and adventure.

If Celeste is to save her family and friends, she must learn to harness her rare and powerful gift asa ghost-hunter. .

The Revelry

by Katherine Webber

A story of best friends, bad luck and the consequences of breaking the rules in a town built on secrets and superstitions. Growing up in Ember Grove, Bitsy Clark knows better than to mess with the long-held traditions of her hometown.

Until her best friend, Amy, persuades her to sneak into the Revelry – the end of school party in the woods, to which only those leaving are invited. When she wakes the next day, Bitsy can’t remember anything from the night before. Weirder still, whenever she tries to speak about the Revelry, Bitsy chokes on the words.

But this is just the beginning, and what starts out as a run of bad luck starts to feel like a curse. As Bitsy’s life goes from bad to worse, things only get better and better for her best friend.

It's as if there’s only so much luck to go round and Amy’s getting all of it.

Faitytales for Wilde Girls

by Allyse Near

A deliciously dark bubblegum-gothic fairytale from a stunning new Australian talent. ‘He's gone the same way as those little birds that bothered me with their awful songs! And you will too, you and your horrible heart-music, because you won't stay out of my woods!' There's a dead girl in a birdcage in the woods. That's not unusual. Isola Wilde sees a lot of things other people don't.

But when the girl appears at Isola's window, her every word a threat, Isola needs help. Her real-life friends – Grape, James and new boy Edgar – make her forget for a while. And her brother-princes – the mermaids, faeries and magical creatures seemingly lifted from the pages of the French fairytales Isola idolises – will protect her with all the fierce love they possess.

It may not be enough. Isola needs to uncover the truth behind the dead girl's demise and appease her enraged spirit, before the ghost steals Isola's last breath.

Darkmere

by Helen Maslin

Leo has invited Kate and a few friends to spend the summer at his inheritance, Darkmere Castle: as wild and remote as it is beautiful.

Kate thinks it will be the perfect place for her and Leo to get together - but instead, she's drawn into the dark story of a young nineteenth-century bride who haunts the tunnels and towers of the house ...and whose curse now hangs over them all

One by One They Disappear

by Mike Lucas

The fog is coming. And when it does, everything disappears.

One girl.

Two identities.

Three friends.

One disappears.

One forgets.

One remembers.

There is truth in every tale. Find it.

Also by Mike Lucas

What We All Saw (Horror Genre)

Elsewhere Girls

by Emily Gale & Nova Weetman

Cat has recently started at a new school on a sports scholarship, and she's feeling the pressure of early morning training sessions and the need for total commitment.

Fanny loves to swim and she lives for racing, but family chores and low expectations for girls make it very hard for her to fit in even the occasional training session.

Cat and Fanny have never met. They both live in the same Sydney suburb, but in different worlds, or at least different times - Cat in current-day Sydney, and Fanny in 1908.

But one day, time slips and they swap places. As each girl lives the other's life, with all the challenges and confusion it presents, she comes to appreciate and understand herself and the role of swimming in her own life.

Books also by Emily Gale

Books also by Nova Weetman

Jekel Loves Hyde

by Beth Fantaskey

Jill's dad has died by violent means and her Mum seems to have shut down, leaving Jill to deal with the aftermath of such a tragedy.

At the funeral, the only person who offers the kind of support she needs is a boy who up until that moment has been just another face in the classroom.

A girl called Corpse

by Reece Carter

Corpse lives above the Witches shack on the rock-that-doesn’t-exist, content to haunt this place for eternity. She has made herself a body out of wax, sea shells and seaweed which makes her feel real.

But ever since her fight with Girl, her only friend is Simon the spider. But then Corpse receives a surprising message, and she knows she must find answers to the age-old questions - who is she, and where is she from?

Hamlet is Not OK

by R.A Spratt

Selby hates homework. She would rather watch TV - anything to escape the tedium of school, her parents' bookshop and small-town busybodies. So Selby didn't plan to read Hamlet. She certainly never planned to meet him.

This novel transports Selby, and the reader, into the cold and crime-ridden play itself.

Here she meets Hamlet: heavy with grief, the young prince is overthinking and over everything.

Selby can relate. But unlike Hamlet, Selby isn't afraid of making decisions.

In her world, Selby is used to feeling overlooked. But in the bloody, backstabbing world of Shakespeare, Selby's good conscience and quiet courage might just save some lives . . . hopefully before Hamlet stabs one of her classmates.

Also by R.A. Spratt

The Invocations

by Krystal Sutherland

Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too painful to consider--that her murdered sister is gone forever and there is nothing she can do about it. Rather than grieving and moving on, Zara decides she will do whatever it takes to claw her sister back from the grave--even trading in the occult.

Jude Wolf may be the daughter of a billionaire, but she is also undeniably cursed. After a deal with a demon went horribly wrong, her soul has been slowly turning necrotic. Now that she's glimpsed what's beyond the veil, Jude's desperate to ﬁnd someone to undo the damage she's done to herself.

Enter Emer Byrne, an orphaned witch with a dark past and a deadly power. When Emer's clients start turning up dead all over London, a vital clue leads Zara and Jude right to her.

If a serial killer is targeting her clients, Emer wants to know why--and to stop them. She strikes a tenuous alliance with Zara and Jude to hunt a killer before they are next on his list, even if she can't give them in return what Zara and Jude want most--a sister and a soul.

Also by Krystal Sutherland

Thirteen Days to Midnight

by Patrick Carman

You are indestructible.

These are the words that transfer an astonishing power to Jacob Fielding... and it changes everything. After all, there's something addictive about testing the limits of fear, experiencing the thrill of walking through fire, or saving your friend from a beating in front of the whole school.

Then Ophelia James, the beautiful and daring new girl in town, suggests that they use the power to do good, to save others at risk of death. But with every heroic act, the power grows into the specter of a curse. How to decide who lives and who dies?

And why does darkness seem to be chasing them? Jacob only has thirteen days to figure out how to harness this terrifying power... and the answer is chilling: What if he has to kill the one he loves to save her?

In the context of a dark, unconventional superhero story, Patrick Carman has envisioned a high concept tale of intrigue, romance, friendship and adventure that probes deep into what teens face as they enter young adult years: navigating increasingly complex choices with greater consequences, as well as the grey areas blurring the definitions of right and wrong.

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