Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic. Not all banshees are created equal. Most commonly thought of as mournful beauties, the malevolent banshees give demons a run for their money. An encounter with one of these beings will leave you weak-kneed and wretched for life. Noted Irish ghost expert Elliot O'Donnell brings the hideous creature to life in The Malevolent Banshee.
The banshee is a fearsome female creature that figures heavily in Irish mythology. Usually regarded as a harbinger of death and doom, the banshee is often depicted as wearing bloodstained clothing and unleashing an unearthly howl when someone is about to perish. This comprehensive study of banshee mythology from folklorist Elliott O'Donnell is one of the most extensive volumes ever published on the subject.
Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic. Perhaps the most feared creature in Irish fairy lore, the Banshee is the ghostly, female apparition whose shriek portents the demise of a loved one. Elliot O'Donnell explores the terrifying Banshee-equivalents of cultures around the world-- from the Highland Castles of Scotland to the seaside villages of Italy-- and his tales of these creatures make the Irish Banshee look like nothing more than a cherubic Christmas-caroler.
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The lusty vampire, the sympathetic werewolf, the tragic banshee are just a few of the dark and frightening creatures you'll discover in Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night. Huffington Post Weird News columnist and author Varla Ventura takes readers on a wild ride through the shadowy hills of rural Ireland, the dark German forests, and along abandoned farms and country roads across the world to discover some of the most frightening and freaktacular tales, tidbits, and encounters with all those beasties that go bump in the night. Along with classic pieces from Bram Stoker, Elliot O'Donnell, Sabine BaringGould, William Butler Yeats and many others, Ventura includes: • Famous vampires you may not know • The identity of the author of the first English vampire novel (and his relationship to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein) • Excerpts from the first psychic vampire novel ever written • Stories of 19th century werewolf hunters • Why banshees are the most feared of supernatural creatures
Gaze with Trembling Breath Upon the Dreaded Banshee Journey to the Emerald Isle and beyond as you explore the history and mystery of banshees. These beings bridge the gap between life and death, myth and reality. From the Morrigan to the Doppelgänger, Steven J. Rolfes examines what messengers of death are and how they have captivated humanity for centuries. Rolfes presents numerous examples of banshees, such as the ghostly maiden who appeared at Lady Fanshawe's window and the omens leading up to President Lincoln's murder. Experience the phantom washerwomen of Brittany, the Japanese ikiry?, the death hag of Wales, Scotland's Specter of the Bloody Hand, and much more. From ghostly white women in Germany to avian creatures in the jungles of Sri Lanka, this book will thrill you with tales of banshees across the world.
The Banshee's Whisper initially takes place in 1769 and is the askew making of the Banshee, before the actual well known legend. This is when Andra McCumhail (the Banshee's created mortal name) is a beautiful woman of simplicity. Her husband accidentally kills their son Nathaniel while punishing him for not adhering to his wishes of studying his business and nothing more. She sacrifices him and herself to roam the world protecting children from her enemies: abusing parents. This is a PRE-Banshee legend whereas the Banshee is forged with an altruistic purpose: fighting for abused children. This mission melds with unforeseen malevolence: The Banshee kidnaps children to save them from their abusing parents, but becomes content in holding them against their will for eternity.The story then fast-forwards to "today", where our main character, Bobby Henderson, becomes one of these retrieved children. Once Bobby realizes his "rescuer" has killed his parents and intends on keeping him in her dimension forever, he and two victims, Franz and Steve, escape from the Banshee's dimension, but not without the angry Banshee hot on their tale! They go to Bobby's schoolteacher, Lana Wang, who secretly is a very apt Wiccan, for help. Lana sets a trap for the Banshee to attempt to break the curse of the Banshee and save Andra McCumhail. An exciting magical battle occurs whereas the Banshee overcomes the Wiccan, but the children win the battle saving the day because the Banshee is only allotted one hour in this world or she will turn back to her natural aged self (300 years old!). The Banshee Whisper contains six-foot snakes, a battling Wiccan schoolteacher, dimensional travel, adventure, camaraderie, a lot of magical events and comedy.There are presently three finished parts of the Midnight Phantom series: Part I - The Banshee's Whisper Part II - The Dragon FlutePart III - Lilith Anacrusis and the Vampire Ruby Part IV - Jake and the Knothole (is in the making)The entire series combines mythological, old and modern magic. It is an imaginative, compelling, and sometimes funny fantasy of good and evil.
Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic. In dark Baudelairean tradition, Théophile Gautier weaves his characteristic Romantic prose into this disturbing 1836 tale of a devout priest lured victim by the wiles of beautiful and enigmatic Clarimonde.
