Geist: Book 2 in The Realms and Realities Series

by C.L. Merklinger

Some doors don’t stay closed.

After her mother’s death, Charlie begins to sense what others can’t—fractures between worlds and the presence of something just beyond reach. Open to the other side, she becomes a beacon for forces both light and dark.

Trying to move on from the horrors of the past, Charlie escapes for a summer meant to heal. But when a new acquaintance offers her a seemingly harmless gift, everything changes.

Strange things follow.

At first, it feels almost playful. Small disturbances. Flickers of something unseen.

Then the games turn darker.

What Charlie has invited in isn’t just passing through—it’s settling in. Watching. Waiting.

And it wants more than her attention.
It wants her.

A chilling paranormal horror novel about grief, unseen forces, and the terrifying cost of opening yourself to the unknown.

367 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 22, 2024

About the author

C.L. Merklinger the author of The Realms & Realities Series, grew up with an insatiable appetite for reading and all things scary. Inspired by Horror Authors such as Ray Bradbury; Stephen King; Dean Koontz; and Edgar Allan Poe, she was also deeply influenced by great Mystery Character Authors such as Lawrence Sanders, Agatha Christie and Mary Higgins Clark. Following her passions for Horror and the Paranormal she pulls from her experiences as an Empath which inspired her to write this series. C.L. resides in San Antonio TX where she is all about the music and photographing the crazy nature scene.