human sacrifice
Early Stories by Edmond Hamilton
Early Stories by Edmond Hamilton – Four early stories from the fertile mind of the Father of World Destroying Space Opera.
The Woman of the Pyramid by Perley Poore Sheehan
The Woman of the Pyramid — Netokris, incarnation of the Goddess Isis, Queen of Egypt, she who kills with the flick of a finger; Menni, governor of the Double Palace; and Berenice the slave girl; a love triangle that will play out over five thousand years.
John Silence, Physician Extraordinary by Algernon Blackwood
In these six stories, John Silence, Physician Extraordinary, faces werewolves, devil worship, human sacrifice, haunted houses and a Witch’s Sabbath.
Trespassing Souls and Other Stories by Seabury Quinn
Trespassing Souls and Other Stories – Three tales of the occult detective, Jules de Grandin, in which he faces devils from Malaya, reincarnated Knights Templar, and a practitioner of black magic in the quest for recently deceased women.
The Naked Truth and Other Stories by J.D. Newsom
The Naked Truth and Other Stories – Five stories of head hunters in the South Pacific and the Europeans who try to stay out of their ways and keep their heads attached to their bodies.
The Sin-Eater and Other Stories by G.G. Pendarves
The Sin-Eater and Other Stories is a collection of three stories about black magic, immortality, ancient demons, possession and dual personality.
The Temple of Terror by L.C. Douthwaite
The Temple of Terror – From Canada to London, England, beautiful young women have disappeared and a mysterious cult is feared to be responsible. A number of deaths are marked by the evil sign of the upside down unicorn, and because George Lacy rescued a woman from a building on fire, he finds himself in the middle of it all.
Sunfire by Francis Stevens
Sunfire – Five explorers travel by canoe to the headwaters of the Rio Silencioso, to a hidden lake with an ancient pyramid. There they are seduced and trapped, and are fated to become human sacrifices to an ancient god.
The Blue-Eyed Manchu by Achmed Abdullah
The Blue-Eyed Manchu – a Secret Agent, haunted by a prior encounter with an Afghan warlord, is charged with going to China, finding the One Man who is stirring up troubles across Asia, and killing him.
Warrior Queen of Attila’s Lost Legion by John Peter Drummond
Warrior Queen of Attila’s Lost Legion – Out of the past swept cruel Queen Tarma’s hun-horsemen, claiming Helene for sacrifice. And even lion-thewed Ki-Gor quailed before the swamp-beasts guarding Tarma’s dripping altars.
The Moon Pool by A. Merritt
The Moon Pool – In the middle of the South Pacific, among the islands of Polynesia, there is a lost world under the earth’s surface, home to the evil Shining One and its acolytes. A party of archeologists stumble upon this lost land and must fight to save their own world on the earth’s surface.