Adrift on Ethereal Seas / Richard Van Doren (ePub)

From deep space to the cities and jungles of Earth, from the distant future to the ancient past come sixteen stories of science fiction, horror and the supernatural. Frightening confrontations, disturbing revelations of the human mind and threats of scientific terror comprise many, but not all of the flights of imagination contained in "Adrift on Ethereal Seas." Many contain the eerie ring of truth, invasions from beyond time and space to the here and now. 1) Parapsychologists and the minister they've invited to their newest discovery can hear the sound of a man shooting his wife, two daughters and himself in "A Suburban Haunting." Trouble is: their audio recording equipment registers nothing. 2) In "The Ghost Next Door" a little boy exhibits deeply troubling behavior in a house reputed to be haunted. Is it a ghost or something far more sinister? 3) A supercomputer is programmed to download information directly from the human brain with both miraculous and terrifying results in "System Virus." 4) "Seeing Things" is a horror/suspense sequel to the novel "Pray for the Devil." 5) A young man claims to envision former lives he's lived on other planets in "Exile." 6) "Jesus and the Monster" gives the detailed backstory of Jesus' terrifying confrontation with the demon called Legion found in Luke 8. 7) A mass murderer is visited in prison by the ghosts of the past, present and future, each providing insight into his eternal fate in "An Xmas Carol." 8) Two pilots relate their terrifying experience in the South Pole in "The Wacko Factor." 9) On a distant planet, a young woman cares for the last of several deadly alien species in "Deep Quarantine." 10) A volcano "Under the Ice" uncovers monstrous secrets of Earth's antiquity. 11) An intergalactic mailwoman inadvertently lures a horrific lifeform back to "God's Green Earth." 12) No one drives over "The Mountain at Night," and for good reason. 13) A globe-trotting botanist proves our Earth is being used as an "Incubator" by alien life-forms. 14) The same botanist and his wife lead two proteges into a remote jungle to prove their theory in "Desperate Measures." 15) A world-famous astronomer makes a shocking discovery about Earth's ancient history when he learns our moon serves as a photographic plate in "Moonglow." 16) The sole survivor of an alien invasion records the last days of humanity in "EL.E."