Sam Spallucci

In his sixth adventure, Sam Spallucci: Bloodline, Lancaster's whiskey drinking, chain smoking investigator of the paranormal faces his toughest challenge yet - a shadowy cabal of werewolves that are led by a supposedly benevolent building magnate by the name of Vincent Stone. On the face of it, Stone's construction of a thoughtfully crafted suburban paradise down on the Quayside of the city in the north west of the United Kingdom appears to be a godsend for the local area, but the charismatic leader of the Bloodline of Abel has darker designs on the city.

Things just never seem to go right for poor old Sam...Having just defeated a cabal of power-hungry werewolves, you would think that the poor guy would be able to catch a break, but no, fate has other ideas. In his latest set of adventures, we see his five minutes of peace and calm rudely interrupted by an irate fallen angel who wants back the ultimate weapon that they created at the beginning of time.Not only that but Lancaster's local ghosts are in revolt, there is a case where possessed books are causing bother for their owner and a genie just can't stop helping those in need.Also, if that wasn't enough, an ancient Canaanite goddess, who is used to the unadulterated adoration of the masses, has designs on Lancaster's paranormal investigator, and not just in helping her launch her online cooking channel!

Meet Amanda...Amanda's suburban life is what she considers to be idyllic: doting parents, a handsome boyfriend and a group of friends that hang off her every word. In short, she is living the teenage dream.This dream is about to become a nightmare. Things start to go wrong when she has dreams that she cannot explain, but matters rapidly go from bad to worse when she is abducted by a masked stranger whose mind is clearly broken. Join Amanda as she begins this new, scary chapter of her life. Encounter vampires, monsters fashioned from clay and a twin brother that she never knew existed before she is sucked into the ever-expanding supernatural melee that encompasses the world of Lancaster's paranormal investigator, Sam Spallucci.

Lancaster's beleaguered investigator of the paranormal, Sam Spallucci, is dragged kicking and screaming to an amateur production of Macbeth. If this was not bad enough, he suddenly finds himself frocked and lost in sixteenth century England with a rapidly diminishing chance of ever getting home.This short story was originally written for and performed at Morecambe's 2016 Bard By The Beach festival. Also contains a taster excerpt from Sam's first case: The Case of The Satanic Suburban Sitcom.

When a dejected Sam Spallucci attempts to get his increasingly complex life back on track, the shady world of the supernatural continues to conspire against him. As if a ghost dressed as a Cherokee chieftain or an entity from another universe aren't enough to throw a couple of random spanners into the already struggling works, then a dabbling diminutive angel obsessed with Sam's destiny proves just too much to handle. Plus, when you throw into the mix a crazed killer who is obsessed with a series of gruesome murders from Victorian Morecambe, you can expect another round of quirky and fantastical adventures for Lancaster's beleaguered investigator of the paranormal.

MEET ALEC... Alec thinks he is just another normal teenager. He hates his home life and his annoying parents. He finds school to be tedious. Sure, he might drift off into weird daydreams and hear a peculiar voice in his head from time to time, but doesn't everyone his age? HE COULDN'T BE MORE WRONG... Then, one day, the voice tells him to kill his parents and the quiet teenager is dragged off back in time to Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel and Victorian Britain as Alec discovers who his true father is and what his role is in the supernatural world that lurks in the shadow of a once mundane existence. THE DIVERGENCE IS COMING!

SAM'S EX-LOVER RETURNS As he recovers from battling a bloodthirsty werewolf, Sam's former lover and local journalist Caroline Adamson arrives at the door of 15a Dalton Square. Not only does she bring a bagful of mixed emotions for Lancaster's paranormal investigator, but also the news that her son has been seduced by a cult led by an old acquaintance of Sam's. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE... Malcolm Wallace, the charismatic leader of Credete is growing a large following in Lancaster. Preaching a message of self-affirmation, people are flocking to him in their droves. However, as Sam digs deeper, people who stand in Wallace's way start dying in mysterious circumstances. What's worse, an apocalypse could be just around the corner...

Welcome to the second collection of books from the weird and wonderful adventures of Lancaster's very own fictional paranormal investigator, Samuel C Spallucci. After calling it a day after the brutal climax of Shadows of Lancaster, Sam is dragged back into the shadowy world of his supposedly sleepy town in the northwest of England. This time, he crosses swords with a vigilante vampire and power-hungry werewolves as well as taking a side trip to Victorian Morecambe to settle a score with a time-travelling serial killer. There truly is no rest for the weary... This omnibus edition sees the following outings for Lancaster's beleaguered investigator compiled together for the first time: Sam Spallucci: Dark Justice, Sam Spallucci: The Case of the Belligerent Bard, Sam Spallucci: Troubled Souls and Sam Spallucci: Bloodline).

Follow a young Nightingale through the late Victorian era as she escapes from abject poverty to become the ruler of the secretive vampire society known to its members as the Children of Cain. She travels from begging on the streets to a life of servitude under a sadistic parish priest before being liberated under the light of the moon by the vampire king, Doulos. With her new father, she travels to the Wild West in search of her older sibling, only to be cast into a tale of tragedy and bloodshed. Songbird - A Nightingale Story is set in the same universe as the Sam Spallucci series and is penned by Lancaster's master of the macabre, A.S.Chambers.

For the first time, A.S.Chambers collects the popular stories of the vampires that feature in the expanded universe of his paranormal investigator, Sam Spallucci.Follow Justice the Wild West gunslinger as he tries to come to terms with his newfound supernatural abilities and heavy weight of being a king in waiting. Then, when finally reunited with his father and newborn sister, tragedy strikes.Accompany Nightingale, the all too human regent, as she creates her first offspring before attempting to train him to shrug off his own human nature.Go out for a night on the tiles with party-loving Scorpion and Tigress, the mute blonde and the bouncy redhead, as they hunt down an unsuspecting victim, before travelling back in time to when their supernatural lives crashed into the peaceful solitude of a mediaeval craftsman.Also includes a new foreword by the author.