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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Horror & ghost stories
With a special introduction by Armistead Maupin, author of Tales of
the City, this is a unique selection of the author's best short
stories and extracts from his novels, chosen by Clive and
accompanied by a personal commentary which reveals the man behind
the art. Huge in scope, this unique collection examines the work of
a man who has taken us further than any other writer of modern
fiction: from the fantastic lands of The Fugue (Weaveworld) and the
Dominions (Imajica) to the uncharted waters of the dream sea,
Quiddity (The Great and Secret Show and Everville). His peerless
imagination has only been matched by both his storytelling - from
the groundbreaking series of short stories, the Books of Blood,
which served as a wake-up call to a floundering horror industry, to
the grand metaphysical vision of Galilee - and his ability to
create memorable characters such as Will Rabjohns (Sacrament),
Shadwell the salesman (Weaveworld) and Judith (Imajica). A unique
project by a unique author, The Essential Clive Barker will appeal
both to long-time fans of his work, and anyone with an interest in
great fiction.
Moving into an old and decaying house, Martin Swann discovers a box
of video cassettes in the garden shed. One of them is a bootleg
copy of a morbid and disturbing film by obscure French director,
Jean Rien. The discovery leads Martin on a search for the
director's other films, and for a way to understand Rien's
filmography, drawing him away from his home and his lover into a
shadowy realm of secrets, rituals and creeping decay. An encounter
with a crazed film journalist in Gravesend leads to drug-fuelled
visions in Paris - and finally to the Mexican desert where a grim
revelation awaits. The Witnesses Are Gone is a first-hand account
of a journey into the darkest parts of the underworld - a look
behind the screen on which our collective nightmares play.
"[An] extraordinary, memorable and truly haunting book." -Jojo
Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling author Laura Purcell's THE
SHAPE OF DARKNESS is now out from Penguin! Some doors are locked
for a reason. When Elsie married handsome young heir Rupert
Bainbridge, she believed she was destined for a life of luxury. But
pregnant and widowed just weeks after their wedding, with her new
servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie
has only her late husband's awkward cousin for company. Or so she
thinks. Inside her new home lies a locked door, beyond which is a
painted wooden figure-a silent companion-that bears a striking
resemblance to Elsie herself. The residents of the estate are
terrified of the figure, but Elsie tries to shrug this off as
simple superstition-that is, until she notices the figure's eyes
following her. A Victorian ghost story that evokes a most
unsettling kind of fear, The Silent Companions is a tale that
creeps its way through the consciousness in ways you least
expect-much like the companions themselves.
"The House by the Cemetery involves everything that a horror
aficionado could ever want-an undead witch, comic relief, a haunted
house dedicated to obscure and not-so obscure horror films, and
lots and lots of gore...Indeed, The House by the Cemetery could
easily be transcribed into an action-packed screenplay" - The New
York Journal of Books Rumor has it that the abandoned house by the
cemetery is haunted by the ghost of a witch. But rumors won't stop
carpenter Mike Kostner from rehabbing the place as a haunted house
attraction. Soon he'll learn that fresh wood and nails can't keep
decades of rumors down. There are noises in the walls, and fresh
blood on the floor: secrets that would be better not to discover.
And behind the rumors is a real ghost who will do whatever it takes
to ensure the house reopens. She needs people to fill her house on
Halloween. There's a dark, horrible ritual to fulfill. Because
while the witch may have been dead... she doesn't intend to stay
that way. 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.
It meets Stranger Things in a tender and terrifying coming-of-age tale of haunted houses and the monster at the door.
Noah Turner's family are haunted by monsters that are all too real, strange creatures that visit them all: His bookish mother Margaret; Lovecraft-obsessed father Harry; eldest sister Sydney, born for the spotlight; the brilliant but awkward Eunice, a gifted writer and storyteller - the Turners each face their demons alone.
When his terminally-ill father becomes obsessed with the construction of an elaborate haunted house - the Wandering Dark - the family grant his last wish, creating themselves a legacy, and a new family business in their grief. But families don't talk about the important things, and they try to shield baby Noah from horrors, both staged and real.
As the family falls apart, fighting demons of poverty, loss and sickness, the real monsters grow ever closer. Unbeknownst to them, Noah is being visited by a wolfish beast with glowing orange eyes. Noah is not the first of the Turners to meet the monster, but he is the first to let it into his room...
Terror is a Town of Monsters, its boundaries hidden from the world.
You can only find Terror if you've been welcomed, but it may not
let you leave. Henry West escaped Terror, rebuilding his life and
true happiness in the human world. When his mother disappears, his
father forces him back home. Old rivalries and wars resurface as he
begins to unravel the mystery. A Town Called Terror is a family
drama of monstrous proportions. From cutting-edge horror creators
STEVE NILES (30 Days of Night) and SZYMON KUDRANSKI (SPAWN, The
Punisher). Collects A TOWN CALLED TERROR #1-6
A PACY, CHILLING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP
READING! 'Intensely atmospheric' Mail on Sunday A house full of
secrets... The McBride house lies on a remote Scottish island,
isolated and abandoned. A century ago, a young widow and her son
died mysteriously there. Last year a local boy, visiting for a
dare, disappeared without a trace. A woman alone at night... For
Zoe Adams, the house offers an escape from her failing marriage.
But when night falls, her peaceful retreat is disrupted-scratches
at the door, strange voices-and Zoe is convinced she is being
watched. A threat that lurks in the shadows... The locals tell Zoe
the incidents are merely echoes of the house's dark past. Zoe is
sure the danger is all too real-but can she uncover the truth
before she is silenced?
The first in a new range of novels of eldritch adventure from the
wildly popular Arkham Horror; an international thief of esoteric
artifacts stumbles onto a nightmarish cult in 1920s New England.
Countess Alessandra Zorzi, international adventurer and thief,
arrives in Arkham pursuing an ancient body freshly exhumed from a
mound in Oklahoma, of curious provenance and peculiar
characteristics. But before she can steal it, another party beats
her to it. During the resulting gunfight at the Miskatonic Museum,
the countess makes eye contact with the petrified corpse and begins
an adventure of discovery outside her wildest experiences. Now,
caught between her mysterious client, the police, and a society of
necrophagic connoisseurs, she finds herself on the trail of a
resurrected mummy as well as the star-born terror gestating within
it.
Terror awaits the people of Tokyo, with gruesome lessons only the
dead can teach. Anna almost descends to the dark side when she
follows the suicidal Rei down an escalator to hell. Seiya pulls her
back, but will they make it out of Tokyo's secret metro lines in
time to escape Rei and the ghosts who inhabit the Tokyo
underground? A waitress at a maid cafe sparks jealousy. A mother
who can't handle the responsibility of raising her child commits a
horrible crime. An ancient sword awakens a psychotic samurai. And
finally, the solemn guide Seiya reveals his own tragic past and the
nature of his gifts that are his curse.
A brilliant general in the service of Venice, Othello is also the
new husband of the adoring - and young - Desdemona, whose innocent
hero-worship has blossomed into love. But can a beautiful girl, so
much younger than her husband, truly be faithful? Othello's trusted
ensign Iago seems to think not. Can Othello trust him? Can Othello
trust anyone? Manga Classics presents Shakespeare's classic story
of love, hate, vengeance, and betrayal, with FULL ADAPTED MODERN
ENGLISH text for easy reading.
The armistice is months past but the memories won't go away. 'A
harlequin, leaning against a tree stump and with a goblet of ale
clasped in one outstretched hand. Beaumont felt chilled suddenly,
in spite of the fire...Most likely it was the thing's mouth,
red-lipped and fiendishly grinning, or maybe its face, which was
white, expressionless, the face of a clown in full greasepaint.'
Dennis Beaumont drove an ambulance in World War One. He returns
home to London, hoping to pick up his studies at Oxford and
rediscover the love he once felt for his fiancee Lucy. But nothing
is as it once was. Mentally scarred by his experiences in the
trenches, Beaumont finds himself wandering further into darkness.
What really happened to the injured soldier he tried to save? Who
is the figure that lurks in the shadows? How much do they know of
Beaumont, and the secrets he keeps?
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Winner of BEST HORROR NOVEL (August Derleth Award) at British
Fantasy Awards 2016 She comes in the night. She looks into your
eyes. One by one, she has taken us all. For generations they have
died young, and now fifteen-year-old Iris and her father are the
last of the Villarca line. Confined to their lonely mansion on
Dartmoor, they suffer their disease in isolation. But Iris breaks
her promise to hide from the world and dares to fall in love. It is
only then that they understand the true horror of the Villarca
curse, the curse of the bone-white woman who visits in the night,
leaving death in her wake. 'With a ghostly face at the window,
inexplicable events and a sense of menace hanging over every page,
this is one chilling gothic novel' Daily Mail
Legendary Black Veil Brides' founder and frontman Andy Biersack
curated his favorite Edgar Allan Poe tales, presented here in their
original language with supplemental materials. Dive back into
classics like The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, The Oval Portrait,
and The Mask of the Red Death with accompanying original artwork
and a foreword from Andy himself. This compact, small but mighty,
Poe collection is made to be a staple on your shelf.
Harry Keogh is back from the sheer hell of Starside, the vampire
sourceworld, but he has been robbed of his supernatural powers.
Stalked by vampires, he is in danger of becoming one himself,
undead for ever ... A multinational team of vampire hunters, who
rely on the latest technology, scour Europe in the hope they can
foil a master vampire's plans to move his nest and expand his troop
of thralls. The hunt takes Harry Keogh, formerly a necroscope, into
misty Transylvania, where he fights the resurrected Janos Ferenczy
in his ruined castle for possession of his lady love, Sandra. But
Harry is a mere man again, denied access to the metaphysical Mobius
Continuum and no longer able to communicate with the dead.
Crumbling in their graves, the teeming dead (the Great Majority)
fear for Harry. If the ex-necroscope can't destroy the last of the
Ferenczys, that nightmare vampire dynasty, the old threat will rise
all over again. E-Branch, Britains paranormal spy organization, and
Harry's countless dead friends across the world need Harry to
recapture his powers - and so does Sandra, who is in Ferenczy's
power.
The terrifying presence of a restless spirit on the top deck of a
London bus; a possession at the bridge table on a cruise up the
Nile; a nightmare encounter with druidic sacrifice in the innocuous
setting of a terraced back garden... E F Benson's 'spook stories'
pushed the boundaries of the ghost story tradition by exploring
new, previously 'out of bounds' settings - such as public transport
and even hauntings by daylight - to frighten his readers from the
1890s to the 1930s.
The short story OBITS won the 2016 Edgar for best short story. The
No.1 bestselling author delivers an 'outstanding' (USA Today)
collection of thrilling stories, introducing each one with a
fascinating piece on when, where or how he came to write it. There
is a treasure here for every reader: a man who keeps reliving
exactly the same life, repeating his mistakes over and over again;
a columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries; a
poignant tale about the end of the human race and a firework
competition between neighbours which reaches an explosive climax.
And, exclusive to this paperback edition (and the eBook from 6
September), a brand new story 'Cookie Jar'. 'I made them especially
for you,' says King. 'Feel free to examine them, but please be
careful. The best of them have teeth.' TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE
BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS Introduction Mile 81 Premium Harmony Batman
and Robin Have an Altercation The Dune Bad Little Kid A Death The
Bone Church Morality Afterlife Ur Herman Wouk Is Still Alive Under
the Weather Blockade Billy Mister Yummy Tommy The Little Green God
of Agony Cookie Jar That Bus Is Another World Obits Drunken
Fireworks Summer Thunder
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Carried into modern Japan from a forgotten past, the being known as
Ogushi haunts and tortures humans of all kinds. Little is know
about Ogushi's curse, except that it resides in an unexpected
place: human hair. Like Junji Ito's Uzumaki, PTSD Radio takes
something everyday and weaves it into a series of chilling,
cryptic, twisted, repellant, and alluring manga stories that become
more than what they first seem. The hit digital series finally
comes to print in three 400-page compilations! An unseen hand tugs
at your braid. You find an old box with only a tangled mess of dark
hair inside. You open a door in your home only to witness a river
of curls slinking away, an ominous lump at its heart. Ogushi preys
on the unprepared. Before it's too late, tune into PTSD Radio.
These episodes and more await in this acclaimed horror series,
coming to print after a successful digital run in double-length
omnibus editions featuring sickeningly-textured covers. From the
gleefully-twisted mind that created Fuan no Tane, PTSD Radio is a
necessity for fans of the masters of manga scares such as Junji
Ito, Kazuo Umezz, Shintaro Kago, and Suehiro Maruo.
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