Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.

Not all banshees are created equal. Most commonly thought of as mournful beauties, the malevolent banshees give demons a run for their money. An encounter with one of these beings will leave you weak-kneed and wretched for life. Noted Irish ghost expert Elliot O'Donnell brings the hideous creature to life in The Malevolent Banshee.