Cindy Sarro's boyfriend, Jake, surprises her and their two daughters with a new house, which seems perfect. It's in a great location; it's near her mother. They sink their life savings into it, but once they move in, things quickly go wrong. The electricity flickers on and off. The tap water comes out black. Cabinet doors seem to tear themselves off their own hinges. Worse, Cindy recognizes the house as the same one in her recurring nightmares. A new nightmare about necromancers soon convinces her that she needs a priest to bless the house. While he fasts and prays to prepare himself for the blessing, the situation grows dire. A demon possesses Jake one night, and he comes at Cindy with an ax. Written by J. Spurlin

Marcy and Randy Wikoff are awakened by flashing police lights outside their home in Bloomington, Illinois. A man on a motorcycle crashed into a tree nearby and landed on their front lawn. Later, they learn that he died. Soon after, Marcy, a police dispatcher, and a mother worried over her son's deployment to the Middle East, feels a malignant presence in her home, which is accompanied by lights flickering on and off. Eventually, she sees a man pushing two women down into her basement. All three are ghosts. Randy puts his wife's experiences down to fatigue. But soon he sees and hears the male ghost himself. Meanwhile, the two of them are working as extras on a Western as a means of putting their supernatural troubles out of their minds. During the shoot, they meet a paranormal investigator, who is finally able to shed some light on this terrible phenomena. Written by J. Spurlin

Since she was a girl, Rebecca has been able to see the dead. Her own great-grandfather, who died when she was six months old, was her best friend when she was five. But Rebecca's gift frightened her father, who angrily demanded that she stop talking to people no one else can see. Rebecca blocked out the spirit world for the rest of her childhood and early adulthood, all through her first marriage. Now, as a mother with two children, who is happily married to her second husband, there is no reason for her to revisit a long-closed chapter of her life. Unfortunately, the spirit world breaks through into her consciousness again. Now she sees the ghosts of a young boy, a pilot and a female slave-owner from the 18th century. It's up to two paranormal investigators to help prove to her that she isn't crazy. Written by J. Spurlin

Bill and Myrisa Spencer, a young married couple going to college in Seattle, find what seems to be an ideal apartment. It's in a perfect location and has been newly renovated. The one odd thing is that the previous tenant left suddenly and mysteriously. Soon the couple finds that, whatever the previous tenant's reasons for making a hasty exit, they have a frightening reason of their own. The apartment seems to be haunted. They see the ghost of a panicking teenage boy with blood dripping down his face. Worse, the figure of a gunman appears and flicks a lit cigarette at Bill, burning him. The couple calls in Shannon Stidman from the Washington Ghost Society. Stidman, with the assistance of the psychic Lois Lee, visits the apartment and finds something more horrifying than anything she has seen before. Written by J. Spurlin

Joanne Whitley runs a horse farm in Kingston, New Hampshire, and trains student boarders to compete in horse-riding competitions. Her business thrives, despite eerie incidents that disturb her and the students. Joanne's husband, Jim, is an electrician who can't explain the flickering lights in the stable. Her young son, David, enjoys exploring the 300-acre property. When David gets into a serious accident on his bicycle, Joanne is convinced that the crash had a supernatural cause. A psychic refers Joanne to Sue Bernier, a practitioner of Shambhala. Sue hopes to free the trapped spirits on the property, but finds that one of them violently opposes her. Written by J. Spurlin

Ben and Jaimie Shea find a beautiful 18-century home in Markham, Arkansas, which is hour outside Little Rock. Its one unattractive feature: pentagrams scrawled all over one of the rooms. Soon after moving in, the family of five, which includes an 11-year-old daughter, a five-year-old son and an eight-month-old baby, begin to experience strange phenomena. Ben, a male nurse who works graveyard shifts, is awoken by a baby crying on the baby monitor, even though the sitter has taken the baby and gone shopping. The five year old hears people talking in his room. The girl sees electronic toys turn on by themselves. Jaimie hears footsteps on the stairs, even after everyone else is asleep. Jaimie soon learns from a librarian who once lived in the house that it is haunted by the ghost of a young boy. He's harmless, she says. Unfortunately, since the librarian lived there, something else has arrived. It's a demon. A husband-wife-daughter team of paranormal investigators try to drive it out with... Written by J. Spurlin

Sandra and Steven Waldron have a home in Geneva, Ohio, on what proves to be the site of an old schoolhouse. She has a young son named Gene, with whom a resentful Steven is never able to form a bond. Sandra discovers a cornerstone that commemorates a schoolmaster who died on the property. The discovery, and the strange occurrences around the house, fuels her lifelong interest in the occult. She and Steven eventually divorce, and she takes Gene to Texas where she begins a new life. In their new home, she discovers a pentagram drawn on the floor. Her interest in the occult now becomes an obsession. Her first Wicca ritual, performed in the middle of the pentagram, seems to be the reason she makes her first sale as a writer. But her occult leanings create a rift between her and her son. After a stint in the Air Force and a long period of estrangement, Gene tries to renew his ties to his mother. But he soon learns she has unleashed evil powers that she can't control. Written by J. Spurlin

The Johnsons are a family of four with two young daughters. They moved from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a year before and are still searching for a permanent home. In a small town in southern Vermont called Chester, the father finds an old colonial house, which he believes is perfect, despite the expensive renovations it needs. The family buys the house, even though the mother is worried about the money, while the daughters, seven and five, are scared by how big and creepy it is. After the renovations, they try to settle into their new home, but strange things begin occurring. The sound of doors slamming come from no apparent source. The older girl is awakened at night by the ghosts of twin girls and insists it was no dream. One night, one of the girls falls ill. The two girls end up sleeping with their mother, while the father sleeps in the girls' bedroom. He experiences something that makes it clear the house is haunted. The family calls Isis Investigations. Four paranormal ... Written by J. Spurlin

Paranormal investigator Stacey Jones lives in Syracuse, New York with her husband Lloyd and teenage son Jamie. After Jamie tags along a on cemetery investigation, he discovers a strange marking scratched into his leg. In the following weeks, he hears unexplained noises in the house and watches items fly across the room. Soon, his behavior deteriorates, as does his state of mind. He turns to his mother for help, but she assigns logical explanation to illogical events. When Stacey witnesses a demonic attack on Jamie, she can no longer evade the truth. She calls on her friend and colleague John Zaffis to save her son from an entity bent on possessing his soul. Written by Anonymous

In Corpus Christi, Texas, John and Judy McCarthy have found a new home for themselves, their 17-year-old daughter Caressa, their grown daughter Linda and Linda's young son Jacob. Strange things begin happening in the house. Judy sees the TV turn on by itself. Linda hears strange voices at night. But the one who experiences the weirdest and most frightening of these occurrences is Caressa, who is unable to sleep due to a presence she senses in her room. One night, the thing attacks her, and Judy decides to get help. Soon, a pair of paranormal investigators are in the house. They discover that the house is haunted by the ghost of drug-related murder victim. And this ghost is obsessed with Caressa. Written by J. Spurlin

Eddie Benitez is a gifted Latin jazz guitarist, who inherited from his mother the gift of seeing into the spirit world. As Eddie begins to revive his long-dormant music career, he and his wife Mirna and his young adult son Eddie Jr. move from New York to Tempe, Arizona. Eddie's gift allows him to see the ghost that soon begins to terrorize the family. The malevolent spirit takes possession of Eddie Jr., who grows ill and becomes uncharacteristically hostile to his parents. The Arizona Desert Ghost Hunters are able to provide insight into what is happening. But the final piece of the puzzle comes from the daughter of the dead man haunting the house. Written by J. Spurlin

Twenty-year-old Morgan Knudsen is thrilled to finally have an apartment to call home in the Canadian city of Edmonton. Her friend Bob seems like the perfect roommate until he tells her that the spirit of an eight-year-old boy has been visiting him at night. At first, Morgan assumes Bob has a psychological issue, but that changes after a spate of threatening-and very personal-supernatural attacks. At the same time, Bob becomes obsessed with contacting Joseph, secluding himself in his room for hours. Desperate, Morgan seeks the help renowned paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren and discovers her roommate is the target of demon. Written by Anonymous

Three teenage boys, with little else to do in the small town of Green Lake, Wisconsin, decide to spend Halloween night in the reputedly haunted Dartford Cemetery. Legend has it that anyone who sits on a certain mausoleum will be pushed off by a ghost. The three friends soon find that not only is the legend is true but that even more frightening experiences await anyone who dares to visit after hours. Written by J. Spurlin