Showing results for title "In the Spirit" in Literature & Fiction

Last week, I sacrificed a short story to the gods of artificial intelligence. I was curious about Google’s NotebookLM feature. It’s the latest thing that they have now. If you give it a link to a website, or upload a document, it will use AI to provide you with a summary of whatever you’ve given it. You can chat with an AI personality about the document, and respond to any questions you have. It will make claims and cite passages from the text in order to back them up. It will furthermore—and this is the really weird part—generate an audio conversation in which two people discuss the...

Voodoo Whispers: Spirits, Curses, and Rituals in Louisiana’s Haunted Quarters takes you deep into the mysterious world of New Orleans Voodoo and its dark spiritual forces. Blending historical facts with chilling fiction, this hybrid tale explores the powerful influence of Voodoo rituals, the spirits that haunt Louisiana’s cemeteries, and the terrifying consequences of disturbing the dead’s sacred ground. Follow a group of friends as their Mardi Gras vacation spirals into a nightmare when one of them steals a talisman from Marie Laveau’s tomb, setting off a curse that draws the ...

Priscila, una joven criminóloga en paro, tiene una abuela muy especial. Librada, una mujer con una fuerte ideología de izquierdas está cansada de la hipocresía de su ciudad, Oviedo. Sin saberlo envolverá a su nieta en un caso que casi le cuesta la vida, pero que permitirá a Priscila cortar con su novio y dedicarse a investigar.

Discover the Power of Modern Parables in "Grace Notes in New Orleans." Immerse yourself in the vibrant and diverse American tapestry with "Grace Notes in New Orleans," the inaugural volume of "Spirit-Filled Parables for Modern America." Crafted by the esteemed Rev. Dr. Jon Burnham, whose pastoral journey has touched the hearts of many from Virginia to Tennessee, from Missouri to Mississippi, and from Houston, Texas, to the world. This collection reimagines the timeless lessons of Jesus' parables through the lens of contemporary America. From the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains in ...

New Zealand, 1893: William Martyn is better educated and more cultivated than the other men breaking their backs searching for gold near Queenstown. William is the son of landed Irish nobility, and he comes to town ready to invest in the best equipment. On his search for supplies, he encounters spirited and beautiful young Elaine O’Keefe, who promptly falls in love with him.

Hoping the vast forests and towering peaks of the Rockies will hide them, Zach Connors leads his family into the mountains. As they enter this new and beautiful land, they face both Cheyenne and Arapaho hunters who are determined to prove the medicine of Grizzly Killer is not greater than their own. Sending his family ahead to safety, Zach and his dog face a cunning and brutal enemy alone.

Hot flashes and serial killers and spirit guides, oh my! For Sarah Jane Prentice, 49-year-old police detective and witch, this has been the year from Hell. She's lost her husband of 25 years, but after a few months, everyone in her life is ready for her to move on and stop grieving. She's also been saddled with a horrific murder case she hasn't been able to solve. On top of everything else, every spell she casts these days seems to go wrong, and her quirky spirit guide is no help at all. Not good news for a witch who uses her magic to catch criminals.

Two years ago, Gloria Cline had the worst night of her life. A music festival deep in the woods near the Porcupine Mountains turned deadly when Gloria and her best friend, Wren, went for a night walk. Twenty-four hours later, Gloria was found barely clinging to life with a horrific story of being abducted and nearly murdered. No trace of Wren was ever found. Today, Gloria has walled herself into a safe world that relies on routine and familiarity. She doesn’t leave her apartment—ever. But somehow evil has gotten in.

High-school senior Meera has big plans. She's going to make the world beautiful. The only problem is that to do this she's got to attend interior design school at the university, hundreds of miles from home. She hasn’t gone on a sleepover since seventh grade. Thank God, her BFF Penn is there for her because with Lorraine, her mom, it’s complicated. When Meera discovers something unexpected, a whole lot of confusing things suddenly make sense and, simultaneously, absolutely nothing is clear.

An abandoned house, a serial killer, and a victim reaching out from the grave. A woman races against time to unearth buried secrets before she becomes a ghost herself.

C. S. Lewis' first published work. Printed by William Heinemann in 1919, it is the first of Lewis' corpus to enter the pubic domain. This edition features an original preface by Lewis scholar Gordon Greenhill, who also administers the world's most complete image collection of Lewis' English editions at www.cslewiseditions.com.

A dark plot in exotic Bimini...wild dolphins used for unthinkable ends. Feisty agent Poppy McVie is willing to risk it all to stop it. When Poppy is sent with her handsome partner Dalton to evaluate why a pod of dolphins in Bimini is behaving strangely, an easy assignment of sun, beaches, and trade winds quickly turns ugly when nothing is as it seems. When she’s told to stand down she suspects the worst, and embarks on a high-stakes operation of her own to get to the bottom of things.

A novel in the historical fiction genre set in the rural landscape of Gilead during the early 20th century. "Under the River's Gaze" is a poignant tapestry of life in the tranquil village of Gilead. Set primarily along the serene Moosatuk River, spanning the early 1900s, the novel details the intersecting lives of its characters against the backdrop of an untouched natural landscape edging into modernization. Central to the story are Robert Lawson and Dr. Russell, two seasoned outdoorsmen who engage in deep, philosophical reflections while hunting, serving as witnesses to Gilead’s looming...

Author Jessica Windsor has a serious case of writer's block - how can she write a romance novel with a broken heart? Andrew McCabe's spirit has lingered for two years in the mountain cabin waiting for justice so he can pass to the hereafter. Ben Gearing is haunted by a past he can't change and can't forget. All three need to be released for their spirits to be free.

A fantasy novel set in the ambient mystic city of Prague during the late 19th century. The Powers of Sofia invites you on a gripping journey as it follows a character known only as the Seeker. This haunted soul's relentless quest to uncover his lost love, Elsa, is set within the spectral backdrop of Prague’s Gothic churches and parochial atmosphere. Throughout this enthralling journey, the Seeker crosses paths with an array of enigmatic personalities, each peeling back a layer of Prague's mystique. His path converges with that of Sofia, a charismatic woman blessed (or perhaps cursed) with...

Daisy Montgomery was living her best life until she was attacked by a force so powerful that it separated her body from her soul. Now neither living nor dead, her spirit form lacks ghostly abilities like walking through walls, and she can’t communicate with anyone. Except one.

Welcome back to the studio. This is My Day of Play, where you’re taken into the real events and actions of how it happens long before the process of editing or cleaning up. This is how it really went. Although I was being crushed by the effects of Covid, the journey was and has been to keep marching forward. We begin things with a ton of technical difficulties caused by the after effects of Hurricane slash tropical storm Helene which had us recording with battery operated equipment and very little to no internet power. The first conversation was completely perfect. We were ...

At the gathering of a new group of young people in 1973, Larry Barrett felt God tell him to "go home and start keeping a diary, because some day you will write a book about this experience". Larry immediately went home and started that journal. He thought the journal would be full of glorious miracles, mighty accomplishments, and victories. In the first entry, he wrote: "This is the account of how God's Holy Spirit works."

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Das Haus ist verflucht! In einem verflucht schlechten Zustand, aber davon lässt sich Joanne den Einzug ins Eastend House nicht vergällen. Und wenn sich die Geister bis zur Decke stapeln, aus ihrem neuen Zuhause bekommt sie keiner raus! Da beißt auch der mürrische Geist Ewan auf Granit. Die karrierebesessene Firmenanwältin hat keine Zeit für Angst. Seine besten Spuke sind verschwendete Geistermüh. Es braucht schon brachiale Gewalt, um Joannes Aufmerksamkeit auf sich zu ziehen.