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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Horror & ghost stories
No one knows about Noland. In Noland Good Fairies have been
arrested inside a wall of fire by the maggos. Minelon, the king of
Noland wants to release the fairies. Will he concentrate in that
while Lotta's evilness overwhelms him? Or his son Zifhono Fno will
do that? Zifhono has to find out his missing heart within
eighty-eight days. If he fails, he will surely die. Will he find
out his powerful heart at least? If someone captures it and crash
it at the Castle Tomb of the Evil Fairies, they will be released
and death will take Zifhono away. Will he prevent the release of
the Evil Fairies? If released, who will put an end to the Evil
Fairies?
A horror book defining a group of college graduates who want to
explore and looking to appreciate older buildings.
In 1795, the survivors of a murderous torture orgy at the Chteau de
Selligny in France are attacked by rabid wolves. Badly bitten,
Guillaume Garou ends up in New Orleans, one hundred years later, as
a cannibal necrophile recruited by the Knights of the White Camelia
to carry out acts of atrocity and carnage. One hundred years after
that, he emerges as the leader of a lightning-addicted gang of
graveyard shape-shifters, roaming the southern states in search of
flesh and bones and vying for survival in a nightmarish grindhouse
underworld of vampiric sex covens, serial killers, hellfire
lunatics, sadistic bounty-hunters, acid-damaged circus freaks, and
the resurrected spectres of his former masters. TEENAGE
TIMBERWOLVES: LUST FOR LIGHTNING is the new graphic novella of
horror from cult author James Havoc and prize-winning artist
Daniele Serra (Zuda Comics/DC). TEENAGE TIMBERWOLVES: LUST FOR
LIGHTNING is for MATURE READERS ONLY and contains ADULT LANGUAGE,
and scenes of GRAPHIC VIOLENCE and MILD NUDITY. It is aimed at a
similar audience to those who read such horror comics as 30 DAYS OF
NIGHT, etc. Published in full colour throughout. A complete virtual
environment for this unique graphic novella can be found at the
dedicated website, online april 2009: www.teenagetimberwolves.com
Two volumes of the strange and ghostly by one of the earliest great
American authors
Those who know anything of American literature know that Washington
Irving was one of its earliest and most influential giants. Born
less than a decade after the birth of the nation, it is clear
through many of his writings that he embodied the very spirit of
his nationality, age and place. He was a prolific author, a
craftsman of fiction and non-fiction alike and his works of history
are enduring classics. Whilst Irving is a true American writer his
subject matter is by no means provincial. He travelled widely and
his works inspired by his time in Spain have left for posterity a
fine legacy-most especially in the collection that is 'Tales from
the Alhambra.' Irving actually lived within the walls of the
spectacular Moorish fortress of Granada and the experience inspired
wonderful fiction and travelogue of the highest order. Irving was
firmly established as an author of influence by the first quarter
of the nineteenth century and he encouraged other American writers
of his time, such as Hawthorne, Longfellow, Poe and Melville,
towards their own success. Regardless of his huge written canon,
Irving was fated, in keeping with many authors, to be best
remembered for some of his shortest work, for it is in the
typically early American tales-'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and
'Rip van Winkle'-that his fame principally abides. Also, in keeping
with many authors who wrote over a range of subjects, Irving had a
taste for the bizarre and supernatural, as evidenced of course by
his terrifying headless Hessian horseman This two volume Leonaur
collection of Irving's forays into the bizarre and other-worldly
provides the reader with a cornucopia of strange stories set in a
variety of times and settings, all guaranteed to provoke a chill or
smile and sometimes both at once. The books are available in soft
cover or hard back with dust jacket for collectors.
This volume includes Irving's bizarre practical joke and
irreverent 'history' of the early years of the City of New York,
Knickerbocker's 'A History of New York, ' as well as propelling
Irving to greater fame this bizarre account created history of its
own and the term, 'Knickerbocker' has endured as a term for many
things to do with New York, from its people to towering ice cream
desserts Accompanying it here readers will find nine shorter pieces
including, 'Guests from Gibbet Island, ' 'Governor Manaco and the
Soldier, ' 'Legend of the Moor's Legacy' and others.
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Chasing Princes
(Hardcover)
Erin Bedford; Edited by James Gardner; Cover design or artwork by Takecover Designs
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THE NECROMANCERS is set in contemporary Britain, and the main
character is the young barrister Laurie Baxter. Baxter falls in
love with a local girl, Amy, who dies of natural causes before they
wed. One could say he was obsessed with Amy Nugent. In his distress
after her death, he can't bear her absence. He needs to contact
her, to touch her again, if at all possible. Baxter had recently
converted intellectually to the Catholic Faith, but not with his
heart. Amy's death provides a test that he appears to fail. He
connects with a spiritualist circle hoping that the medium will
help him bring back his love. He will do anything to get back to
Amy, except wait for eternity. As goes the ironic inscription on
Amy's tombstone - "I shall see her but not now"
Evie Barnum is in charge of her brother's museum, a place teeming
with scientific specimens and wonders, including Jeffrey, the
Lizard Man. When an old friend shows up and begs for her help, but
is then found dead in front of the exhibit of the Feejee Mermaid,
suspicion for the murder falls on Jeffrey, and Evie becomes
determined to solve the mystery of her friend's murder.
This remarkable collection of stories, includes Green Tea, The
Familiar, Mr. Justice Harbottle, The Room in the Dragon Volant, and
Carmilla. The five stories are purported to be cases by Dr.
Hesselius, a 'metaphysical' doctor, who is willing to consider the
ghosts both as real and as hallucinatory obsessions. The reader's
doubtful anxiety mimics that of the protagonist, and each story
thus creates that atmosphere of mystery which is the supernatural
experience.
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Reunion
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Lawrence R. Heibel
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Ron Candleson helps Pam Mondy leave her abusive husband Ray Mondy.
Ray dies in an attempt to kill them. Five years later, Steve
Thorndyke, a 21-year-old medium helps his boyhood friend's soul
cross over from the Void between life and death to the Light On his
way back to his body, Steve is possessed by Ray Mondy's soul. Ray
hijacks another body and disappears with thoughts of killing Ron
and Pam. Now, Ron and Pam Candleson, married and living in
California for the past five years, return to Michigan for a
reunion with Ron's teenage son and daughter. Camping at Bay Haven
State Park, Ray Mondy has a reunion of his own as he seeks
vengeance against the Candlesons. Hampering that reunion is Steve
Thorndyke who wants to return Ray to the Void before he can harm
the Candlesons. As the reunion unfolds, Ron and Pam are estranged
by Ron's lack of attention to his marriage. At the same time a
handsome stranger ignites a fantasy that Pam struggles to keep a
fantasy and not a reality.
The Masque of the Red Death is a classic short story by Edgar Allan
Poe, first published in 1842 and considered an emblematic tale of
gothic fiction. Featuring many of the tropes which define the
genre, we witness in its pages a grim setting of a castle, and its
multiple rooms which themselves resemble aspects of human
personality. The story is not without its ironies: Prospero's
castle, while mighty as an ideal guard against the disease ravaging
the lands outside, ultimately serves an as an oppressor to the
Prince Prospero, his wealthy guests, and his retinue. As the
tension ratchets and the great and majestic masquerade turns to one
of horror, we witness Poe's evocative flair for grim and horrific
prose. Given the description of its symptoms, it is possible that
the titular Red Death was inspired by tuberculosis, which was rife
among the European continent throughout the 19th century. The Red
Death somewhat resembles a highly accelerated form of consumption,
which was a terror in society.
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