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Arthur Conan Doyle

When a man of exact science opens his mind to the occult, he invites a demon to take the reins of his soul.

Professor Austin Gilroy has always dealt in facts, microscopes, and irrefutable logic. But when a zealous colleague introduces him to Miss Helen Penclosa—a seemingly frail woman with devastating mesmeric abilities—Gilroy’s rigid worldview is shattered. Initially participating in her psychic experiments as a fierce skeptic, the young professor soon realizes the horrifying truth: Penclosa is a predator of the mind. Spurned by his romantic rejection, she unleashes her twisted will against him, projecting her consciousness to hijack his body from afar.

Forced into humiliating and violent acts while trapped within his own dormant mind, Gilroy is locked in a frantic race against time. He must find a way to sever the parasite's psychic grip before she forces him to destroy his career, his sanity, and the woman he truly loves.

Fans of Supernatural Horror, psychological suspense, and Victorian Gothic literature will be completely gripped by this masterful novella. Blending the macabre dread of early occult fiction with a ticking-clock psychological thriller, this haunting narrative taps into the universal terror of losing one's own autonomy to an unseen, insidious force.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) is best known worldwide as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. However, his profound personal interest in Spiritualism, mesmerism, and the supernatural led him to write some of the era’s most chilling and influential tales of the unknown.

Rick Mcdermott

The Parasite: A Story: A spine-tingling classic of Supernatural Horror where a skeptical scientist falls victim to a psychic parasite. Will he break her hypnotic curse before she forces his own hands to destroy his life?

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