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The finest works of H P Lovecraft, renowned as one of the great
horror writers of all time. A major figure in twentieth-century
supernatural fiction, H P Lovecraft produced works of enduring
power. He has influenced the whole spectrum of those working in the
horror genre, from Stephen King to the creators of hit TV show
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Gathered together in this volume are
seven of his greatest works, including the three short novels, The
Case of Charles Dexter Ward, At the Mountains of Madness and The
Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. Timeless in their appeal, these
classics of the sinister and the macabre hold the power to truly
terrify.
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Tear
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Erica Mckeen
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A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2022 49TH STREET EDITOR'S PICK FOR
SEPTEMBER 2022 A reclamation of female rage and a horrifyingly
deformed Bildungsroman. Frances is quiet and reclusive, so much so
that her upstairs roommates sometimes forget she exists. Isolated
in the basement, and on the brink of graduating from university,
Frances herself starts to question the realities of her own
existence. She can't remember there being a lock on the door at the
top of the basement stairs-and yet, when she turns the knob, the
door won't open. She can't tell the difference between her
childhood memories, which bloom like flowers in the dark basement,
and her dreams. Worse still, she can't ignore the very real tapping
sound now coming-insistently, violently-threatening to break
through her bedroom wall. With the thematic considerations of Mary
Shelley and Shirley Jackson's work, and in the style of Herta
Muller and Daisy Johnson, Tear is both a horrifyingly deformed
Bildungsroman and a bristling reclamation of female rage. Blurring
the real and the imagined, this lyric debut novel unflinchingly
engages with contemporary feminist issues and explores the
detrimental effects of false narratives, gaslighting, and
manipulation on young women.
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Haunted House Short Stories
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Rebecca Janicker; Contributions by Rebecca Buchanan, Ramsey Campbell, H.B. Diaz, Tom English, …
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"Another recent volume of the Gothic Fantasy series is Haunted
House Short Stories, which offers another selection of excellent
fiction." - Kirkus Following the great success of our Gothic
Fantasy deluxe edition short story compilations, Supernatural
Horror, Murder Mayhem, Lost Souls and many others, this latest
title takes housebound trapped spirits and creepy gothic mansions
as its chilling subject. Contains a potent mix of classic and brand
new writing, with authors from the US, Canada, and the UK. Oh, what
is that sound within the walls? The creaking floorboards, the
children hiding in the mirror, the spirits that rake across the
flesh of the mind - all find a home in this anthology of
spine-tingling tales. Classic authors include: E.F. Benson, Ambrose
Bierce, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Rhoda Broughton, Edward
Bulwer-Lytton, Bernard Capes, Ralph Adams Cram, B.M. Croker, Joseph
Sheridan le Fanu, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Elizabeth Gaskell,
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, O. Henry, William Hope Hodgson, W.W.
Jacobs, M.R. James, Rudyard Kipling, H.P. Lovecraft, Guy de
Maupassant, Edith Nesbit, Vincent O'Sullivan, Margaret Oliphant,
Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Charlotte Riddell, Mark
Twain, Hugh Walpole, Edith Wharton.
"The reader is held captive, and, ultimately, seduced." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Ramses the Great has awakened in Edwardian London. Having drunk the elixir of life, he is now Ramses the Damned, doomed forever to wander the earth, desperate to quell hungers that can never be satisfied. Although he pursues voluptuous aristocrat Julie Stratford, the woman for whom he desperately longs is Cleopatra. And his intense longing for her, undiminished over the centuries, will force him to commit an act that will place everyone around him in the gravest danger....
"A sleek, stylish, and sexy graphic novel." -- FOREWORD REVIEWS "A
beautiful drawn and very delicately told love story." -- SMASH
PAGES When the vampire Lucardo, a royal member of the Court of
Night, fell in love with a 61-year-old mortal named Edmund Fiedler,
their passion grew legendary before Lucardo's practical father
intervened. After a furious search, Lucardo finally reunited with
his aging lover, but was it too late? Terminally ill with Shifter's
Lung, filling his chest with blood and drowning him from the
inside, Ed has finally collapsed. But fiery Lucardo is having none
of it; in a panic he has gone against Ed's wishes, turning him over
to the progenitor and god of his kind, the dreaded Silent Lord, in
a last-ditch effort to escape death. Will Ed embrace the dark gift,
living forever with his beloved? And what will it mean,
surrendering himself to this uncaring, malevolent force that lives
for nothing but tormenting those that call it "father?" An erotic
graphic novel that redefines a genre, this highly anticipated third
installment of the Letters for Lucardo series takes a dark and
foreboding turn in a captivating saga of immortal love.
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Black House
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Stephen King, Peter Straub
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The North Atlantic, 14 April 1912. Amid the chaos of the sinking
Titanic, a young Eleanor Annenberg meets the eyes of a stranger and
is immediately captivated. As the ship buckles around them, she
follows him down into the hold and finds him leaning over an open
sarcophagus, surrounded by mutilated bodies. She catches but a
glimpse of what lies within before she's sucked into a maelstrom of
freezing brine and half-devoured corpses. Elle is pulled out of the
water, but the stranger - and the secrets she stumbled upon - are
lost. Unintentionally, however, he leaves her a gift; one so
compelling that Elle embarks on a journey that pulls her into a
world of ancient evils, vicious hunters and human prey to find the
man who saved her that fateful night. From trench warfare at Cape
Helles in 1915 to a shipwreck in the tropical shallows off the
Honduran coast, from a lost mine beneath the towering Externsteine
in a Germany on the verge of war to the gothic crypts of Highgate
Cemetery in London, Elle gets closer to a truth she has sought for
most of her life. But at what cost? Gifts, after all, are seldom
free.
'Reading Robert Aickman is like watching a magician work, and very
often I'm not even sure what the trick was. All I know is that he
did it beautifully.' Neil Gaiman For fans of the BBC's Inside
Number 9 and The League of Gentlemen Aickman's 'strange stories'
(his preferred term) are constructed immaculately, the neuroses of
his characters painted in subtle shades. He builds dread by the
steady accrual of realistic detail, until the reader realises that
the protagonist is heading towards their doom as if in a dream.
Dark Entries was first published in 1964 and contains six curious
and macabre stories of love, death and the supernatural, including
the classic story 'Ringing the Changes'. Robert Aickman (1914-1981)
was the grandson of Richard Marsh, a leading Victorian novelist of
the occult. Though his chief occupation in life was first as a
conservationist of England's canals he eventually turned his
talents to writing what he called 'strange stories.' Dark Entries
(1964) was his first full collection, the debut in a body of work
that would inspire Peter Straub to hail Aickman as 'this century's
most profound writer of what we call horror stories.'
"This intriguing twist on the chosen child in an elite school trope
confronts the reader with a number of unsettling questions that
will linger long after the final page has turned." - Publishers
Weekly Briella Blake has always been wicked smart. When she's
invited to attend a special school for gifted students, she finally
has the chance to focus on a project that begins to consume her -
the ability to recreate and save copies of a person's entire set of
memories. Her friendship with a raven that's as smart as she is
leads to conflict with her mother Marian, who is no longer able to
deny that there's something wrong with her child. FLAME TREE PRESS
is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launching in
2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more
established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
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The Strain
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Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan
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The high-concept thriller with a supernatural edge from the
world-famous director, whose films include Pan's Labyrinth and
Hellboy. A plane lands at JFK and mysteriously 'goes dark',
stopping in the middle of the runway for no apparent reason, all
lights off, all doors sealed. The pilots cannot be raised. When the
hatch above the wing finally clicks open, it soon becomes clear
that everyone on board is dead - although there is no sign of any
trauma or struggle. Ephraim Goodweather and his team from the
Center for Disease Control must work quickly to establish the cause
of this strange occurrence before panic spreads. The first thing
they discover is that four of the victims are actually still alive.
But that's the only good news. And when all two hundred corpses
disappear from various morgues around the city on the same night,
things very rapidly get worse. Soon Eph and a small band of helpers
will find themselves battling to protect not only their own loved
ones, but the whole city, against an ancient threat to humanity.
Perfect for fans of Dean Koontz's The Eyes of Darkness
A sinister being called Night and her panther-like Harriers stalk
their quarry, a man known only as Arron. Arron seeks refuge within
an office building, a place Night cannot go, for it's part of the
civilized world, and she's a creature of the Wild. To flush Arron
out, she creates Blight, a reality-warping field that slowly
transforms the building and its occupants in horrible and deadly
ways. But unknown to Night, while she waits for the Blight to do
its work, a group of survivors from a previous attempt to capture
Arron are coming for her. The hunter is now the hunted. FLAME TREE
PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree
Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror
and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery /
thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors
and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original
voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com
and connect on social media @FlameTreePress
'These stories are a delight' Guardian 'Often unnerving, frequently
funny and always original, the tangled roots of these haunted
stories reach into deep, dark places to unearth an alternative
England' Benjamin Myers, author of The Offing 'Everyone should read
Help the Witch - funny, odd, moving, haunting . . . Brings so much
emotion and humour to horror' Isy Suttie As night draws through
country lanes, and darkness sweeps across hills and darkness sweeps
across hills and hedgerows, shadows appear where figures are not;
things do not remain in their places; a new home is punctured by
abandoned objects; a watering hole conceals depths greater than its
swimmers can fathom. Riddled with talismans and portents, saturated
by shadows beneath trees and whispers behind doors, these ten
stories broaden the scope of folk tales as we know them. Inspired
by our native landscapes and traversing boundaries of the past and
future, this collection is Tom Cox's first foray into fiction.
Funny, strange and poignant, it elicits the unexpected and unseen
to raise our hackles and set imaginations whirring.
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Gantz Omnibus Volume 11
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Hiroya Oku; Illustrated by Hiroya Oku; Translated by Matthew Johnson
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From Britain's 'master of horror', Adam Nevill, comes The Ritual, winner of the August Derleth Award and perfect for fans of Stephen King. Now a major film with Rafe Spall.
In Adam Nevill's The Ritual, four old university friends reunite for a hiking trip in the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle. No longer young men, they have little left in common and tensions rise as they struggle to connect. Frustrated and tired they take a shortcut that turns their hike into a nightmare that could cost them their lives.
Lost, hungry and surrounded by forest untouched for millennia, they stumble across an isolated old house. Inside, they find the macabre remains of old rites and pagan sacrifices; ancient artefacts and unidentifiable bones. A place of dark ritual and home to a bestial presence that is still present in the ancient forest, and now they’re the prey.
As the four friends struggle toward salvation they discover that death doesn’t come easy among these ancient trees . . .
Once upon a time there was and there wasn't a woman who went to the
woods. In this dark fairy tale, a young woman sets off to pick
berries in the depths of the forest, but can't find her way home
again. Or perhaps she has fled or abandoned her family. Or perhaps
she's been kidnapped, and set loose to wander in the dense woods of
the north. Alone and possibly lost, she meets another woman who
offers her help. Then everything changes. On a journey that will
take her to the depths of the witch-haunted woods, through a deep
well wet with the screams of men, and on a living ship made of
human bones, our heroine may find that the evil she flees has been
inside her all along.
A selection of deliciously spooky short stories from the Japanese
master of suspense, the acclaimed author of RING. The first story
in the collection has been filmed as DARK WATER. Suzuki
demonstrates the power of his psychological insight into the
mechanics of fear in this highly atmospheric collection of stories
unified by the theme of water. Following her divorce, Yoshimi
Matsubara lives with her five-year-old daughter Ikuko in a
depressing and damp apartment block on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay.
But when a child's red bag keeps turning up in unexpected places,
Yoshino's sanity seems to be threatened, and she soon begins to
fear that her daughter's life is at risk. Kensuke Suehiro jumps at
the chance to visit a restricted island in Tokyo Bay, about which
he once heard a rather strange story. But when he arrives, he finds
far more than he bargained for. Fisherman Hiroyuki is embittered
and unhappy in his marriage. But getting rid of his wife turns out
to be anything but easy, especially when his own boat seems to be
against him. Family man Sugiyama finds himself trapped in an
underwater cave. Can he find a way to communicate with his beloved
son one last time? Just four examples from this beautifully crafted
collection of stories filled with suspense, tension and drama. A
perfect introduction to one of Japan's top literary stars.
'An astonishing novel' The Independent I am William Lee: brute;
liar, and graveside thief. But you will know me by another name.
Heathcliff has left Wuthering Heights, and is travelling across the
moors to Liverpool in search of his past. Along the way, he saves
Emily, the foul-mouthed daughter of a Highwayman, from a whipping,
and the pair journey on together. Roaming from graveyard to
graveyard, making a living from Emily's apparent ability to commune
with the dead, the pair lie, cheat and scheme their way across the
North of England. And towards the terrible misdeeds - and untold
riches - that will one day send Heathcliff home to Wuthering
Heights.
When a young man inherits a vast mansion from an estranged
great-uncle, his apparent good fortune sours when unsettling things
begin to happen ... A terrifying psychological thriller cum gothic
ghost story from the bestselling author of A Suitable Lie. 'A
beautifully written tale, original, engrossing and scary. It's a
wonderful mixture, a psychological thriller with a touch of a ghost
story (sort of), a dollop of the supernatural (but not really) and
murder (perhaps), told through the vision of a druggie poet who
hasn't taken his medicine and is therefore an unreliable witness
(or is he?) ... a dark joy' The Times 'A deeply satisfying read'
Sunday Times 'A fine, page-turning thriller' Daily Mail
_________________ What you see isn't always real... Ran McGhie's
world has been turned upside down. A young, lonely and frustrated
writer, and suffering from mental-health problems, he discovers
that his long-dead mother was related to one of Glasgow's oldest
merchant families. Not only that, Ran has inherited Newton Hall, a
vast mansion that belonged to his great-uncle, who had been
watching from afar as his estranged great-nephew grew up. Entering
his new-found home, it seems Great-uncle Alexander has turned it
into a temple to the written word - the perfect place for poet Ran.
But everything is not as it seems. As he explores the Hall's
endless corridors, Ran's grasp on reality appears to be loosening.
And then he comes across an ancient lift; and in that lift a
mirror. And in the mirror ... the reflection of a woman. A
terrifying psychological thriller with more than a hint of the
gothic, House of Spines is a love letter to the power of books, and
a reminder that lust and betrayal can be deadly...
_________________ Praise for Michael J. Malone: 'House of Spines is
a gothic ghost story and psychological thriller all rolled into
one. Brilliantly creepy, with a dash of Glasgow humour, I couldn't
turn the pages fast enough. A spine-tingling treat' Lisa Gray,
Daily Record 'From the stunning opening chapter, I was hooked.
House of Spines is an intriguing tale with a haunting, gothic
quality that compels you to keep reading till the end' Howard
Linskey 'At first it seems like a poet's paradise, but something
sinister lurks within the corridors ... a MUST READ' Daily Express
'The story twists and feints, pulling us along with it at every
turn, the edginess of its central character making every
development even more unsettling ... a chilling read, best savoured
late on a dark night' Herald Scotland 'You might not want to be
alone when you read this spine-chilling gothic thriller ... As he
explores its endless corridors his grip on reality seems to be
evaporating in this terrifying exploration of lust and betrayal'
Sunday Post 'Prepare to have your marrow well and truly chilled by
this deeply creepy Scottish horror ... A complex and multi-layered
story - perfect for a wintry night' Sunday Mirror 'Beautifully
crafted and colourfully descriptive ... keeps the reader gripped by
an uneasy presence, a chill, literally, down the spine'
Undiscovered Scotland 'Malone is a massive talent ... get on board
now so you can brag you were reading his books long before the rest
of the world' Luca Veste 'Vivid, visceral and compulsive' Ian
Rankin 'A terrific read ... I read it in one sitting' Martina Cole
'A deeply personal thriller that will keep the reader turning those
pages, with twists and turns designed to keep the heart pumping'
Russel D. McLean
A Retrospective Collection of Classic Occult and Supernatural
Detective Stories by Some of the Field's Greatest and Best-Known
Weird Fiction Authors Since the gaslit nights at the end of the
nineteenth century, the occult detective has been a beloved and
recurring archetype. Mixing the best aspects of the detective tale
and weird or supernatural fiction, and capitalizing in part on the
massive popularity of Sherlock Holmes, these stories portrayed men
and women pitted against surreal and horrifying foes, usually with
little to defend them but their own savvy, experience, and
know-how. From William Hope Hodgson's Thomas Carnacki, to Seabury
Quinn's fearless Frenchman Jules de Grandin, to Jessica Salmonson's
Penelope Pettiweather, the occult detective has taken a variety of
forms, investigated a wide array of supernatural and otherworldly
cases, and entertained generations of readers. This new collection
compiles thirty-one all-time classic occult detective stories as it
traces the genre's growth from its nineteenth-century origins to
the late twentieth century, showcasing the work of acclaimed
pioneers of weird tales alongside cult favorites and exciting
modern talents. So, step into the shadows, join us on this journey
into the dark, and become a fighter of fear . . . CONTENTS
Introduction, Mike Ashley Green Tea, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu The
Shining Pyramid, Arthur Machen The Haunted Child, Arabella Kenealy
The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel, L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace
The Story of Yand Manor House, E. & H. Heron The Tapping on the
Wainscott, Allan Upward Samaris, Robert W. Chambers The Whistling
Room, William Hope Hodgson The Woman with the Crooked Nose, Victor
Rousseau The Sorcerer of Arjuzanx, Max Rittenberg The Ivory Statue,
Sax Rohmer The Stranger, Claude & Alice Askew The Swaying
Vision, Jessie Douglas Kerruish The Sanatorium, F. Tennyson Jesse
The Villa on the Borderive Road, Rose Champion de Crespigny The
Room of Fear, Ella Scrymsour The Seven Fires, Philippa Forest The
Subletting of the Mansion, Dion Fortune The Jest of Warburg
Tantavul, Seabury Quinn The Soldier, A. M. Burrage The Horror of
the Height, Sydney Horler The Mystery of Iniquity, L. Adams Beck
The Thought-Monster, Amelia Reynold Long The Shut Room, Henry S.
Whitehead Dr. Muncing, Exorcist, Gordon MacCreagh The Case of the
Haunted Cathedral, Margery Lawrence The Shonokins, Manly Wade
Wellman The Dead of Winter Apparition, Joseph Payne Brennan The
Garden of Paris, Eric Williams St. Michael and All Angels, Mark
Valentine Jeremiah, Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Now a major motion picture from Lion's Gate Films starring Christian Bale (Metroland), Chloe Sevigny (The Last Days of Disco), Jared Leto (My So Called Life), and Reese Witherspoon (Cruel Intentions), and directed by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol).
In American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis imaginatively explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other. Patrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyptic horror that no society could bear to confront.
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