|
|
Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Horror & ghost stories
 |
The Loop
(Paperback)
Jeremy Robert Johnson
|
R439
R412
Discovery Miles 4 120
Save R27 (6%)
|
Ships in 18 - 22 working days
|
|
|
Josh Cohen is devastated by the death of his girlfriend, Mia. He
knows she didn't commit suicide, as everyone claims, but he can't
convince the authorities of his small town to open a murder
investigation. Pushed to the brink of insanity by the crushing
weight of his grief, Josh will do anything to have Mia back.
Anything. Love can conquer all, but vengeance will transcend death.
The Gap in the Curtain John Buchan is remembered for his spy
thrillers like "The 39 Steps" but he also wrote tales of the
supernatural. Whether The Gap in the Curtain is a supernatural
tale, or science fiction, or horror, is difficult to say. A
brilliant but possibly slightly unbalanced scientist discovers a
means of lifting the curtain for a moment and gaining a glimpse of
the future. This discovery allows six guests in his country house
to see, for a brief instant of time, a page from a newspaper from
one year in the future. The book then follows the life of each of
the six people up to that date a year in the future, and examines
the way they deal with the knowledge they have gained. The trick to
it is that what they each see is an isolated fact, taken out of
context. It can enlighten, but it can just as easily mislead. They
know one thing that is going to happen, but they don't know how and
why it will happen. The knowledge turns out to be surprisingly
dangerous.
 |
Sage, Smoke & Fire
(Hardcover)
Ryan Kurr; Cover design or artwork by Allison Layman; Edited by Laurel Robinson
|
R904
Discovery Miles 9 040
|
Ships in 18 - 22 working days
|
|
|
Set in a small town in the northernmost part of the Pioneer Valley
area of western Massachusetts, Wilson Roberts' third novel,
Incident on Tuckerman Court is a tale of love confounded by bizarre
forms of betrayal and friendship. One morning at breakfast,
University of Massachusetts professor Thomas Rutherford's physician
wife, Jan Travis, changes the course of their lives by revealing a
profound change of heart. Frightened and disoriented by this
revelation, Rutherford walks outside to gather his wits and is
attacked on the street in front of his home by two men who beat him
mercilessly, leaving him blind in one eye. The ground of his
marriage dropping away beneath him, Rutherford is forced to live in
a suddenly two-dimensional world where everything he holds dear is
vulnerable. His marriage, his daughter Miriam's safety, his job,
the security of life in his small shire town and his grasp on
reality are threatened when one of his attackers returns. The
mysterious Joseph speaks of remorse for the attack and vows an
undying friendship that drives Rutherford to the edge of
desperation as he fends off Joseph's many poses and varying
personalities. Readers will be amused by Roberts' picture of small
town life in the midst of economic recession as they follow Thomas
Rutherford's fear and confusion right up to the story's final
words. Incident on Tuckerman Court gives a perverse twist to
Flannery O'Connor's use of the grotesque in the service of faith.
Wilson Roberts' previous novels published by Fantastic Books are,
The Cold Dark Heart of the World, a supernatural thriller, and The
Serpent and the Hummingbird, a story about the conflict between
faith and reason set among Pentecostal serpent handlers in the
Carolina Mountains. All three novels are available in hardcover and
paperback and available from local and on-line booksellers.
Chett and Harry are two recently unemployed construction workers on
their way to a weekend of Southern Comfort, and frog gigging at
their favorite hunting camp when they stumble on Bob, the
mysterious, busty, burqa-clad, non-English speaking beauty just
standing in the middle of nowhere on the side of dusty Nine Mile
Cutoff in rural Bovina, Mississippi. Then all hell breaks loose.
Their favorite pond is missing. They're being chased by truck
driving zombies, dirty cops, UFOs and other ne'er-do-wells. Someone
stole Chett's jacked up Scottsdale four-by-four. Zombies are
traipsing around their trailer, and crazy Uncle Crank is trying to
feed them zombie chicken for dinner. Aided by a classic computer
nerd, a crazy man wielding a frying pan, and a space babe who gets
nekkid any time someone turns out the lights, follow Chett and
Harry as they battle their way across the rural countryside and
ultimately save the world.
THE RECKONING OF JACK THE RIPPER MARK BARRESI When a series of
multiple murders of mutilated females throws the city of Sand
Diego, into a Panic stricken frenzy a city wide task force is put
in place to uncover the unknown killer, who the police have called;
"The Entity," for concealing his identity from police, forensics
and witnesses up to his latest victim. Until detective Ed Brooks,
confronted the "Entity," in a bloody last ditch effort to stop the
mass killer. An encounter that almost cost Brooks his own life, now
four years later, the "Entity," murders have started again. As
Brooks and his team are once again charged to stop the killer, and
unearth his reasoning for committing the most brutal serial
slayings since the original; "Jack the Ripper," style murders. Over
a century before in Whitechaple England, with the help of FBI
profiler Stephanie Morgan. They will uncover a connection between
the recent murders now, to the original Ripper suspect so many
years ago. A link that will connect modern forensics and the
history of the world's most infamous first serial killer will all
culminate together with the action and fury, for a shocking ending
in, "The Reckoning of Jack the Ripper." Combining both fiction and
historical facts of the; "Jack the Ripper," murders of 1888,
England. Author Mark Barresi, has set out on his own personal quest
to name the most likely suspect of the world's most elusive and
first serial killer ever known.
Ruri faces the usual high school issues: pushy classmates, annoying teachers, and…waking up with dragon horns?! Just after starting high school, Ruri gets hit with the biggest reveal of her life—she’s a dragon! After releasing a burst of electricity during class, Ruri officially has her next dragon trait: electrostatic discharge! But not everyone wants to be friends with a dragon girl. Can Ruri soften up a steely classmate? Or will her attempts go up in flames?
"A fantastical ghost story and a suspenseful military mystery . . .
A daringly original fantasy novel" from the acclaimed authors of
The Steel Seraglio (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In 1740, an
Austrian infantry company more than two hundred strong arrives at
the Prussian border. Their orders: to defend the town of Narutsin
when war--inevitably--breaks out. But they don't get the warm
welcome they're expecting. If anything, the locals seem strangely
secretive, and the soldiers who previously garrisoned in the
village have disappeared. Fearing the villagers may be consorting
with the enemy, the commander orders his prim young lieutenant
Klaes to investigate . . . On the outskirts of town, in a
dilapidated manor known as Pokoj, the road-weary soldiers make
their home for the winter. Accompanying them is Drozde, a camp
follower and entertainer who possesses a very special talent: she
can see and communicate with the dead. She's the only one who knows
that the crumbling mansion is far from empty. It's teeming with
ghosts--and they know her. Each spirit tells Drozde how they became
a part of Pokoj's sprawling history, hinting at its future as well
as its past. As she listens to their tales, it becomes apparent
that the story of the manor hasn't yet ended--and that she and
Klaes have their own parts to play in the horror that is to come .
. . "All of the characters come alive on the pages--even the
ghosts. . . . A compelling, accomplished novel." --Strange Horizons
"Delightfully odd . . . Subtle horror and extra special creepiness
. . . A fine example of what the Careys are capable of."
--Starburst
The third chilling collection of the author's weird and
supernatural fiction
Robert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is
undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by
the common theme of a drama of the same title which drives those
who read it to insanity. It is widely accepted that this work is
one of the most important in the whole library of American
supernatural writing. Nevertheless, it is but part of Chambers'
output in the field of weird and supernatural writings, so this
special Leonaur collection of Chambers fiction in the genre-which
of course includes the stories that comprise 'The King in
Yellow'-runs to a satisfying four substantial volumes. Leonaur
editions are available in softcover and hardback with dust jacket
for collectors. Leonaur hardbacks feature real cloth bindings, gold
foil embossed lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail
bands.
This third volume includes the novel 'The Tracer of Lost Persons,
' four novelettes 'The Maker of Moons, ' 'The Street of Our Lady of
the Fields, ' 'The Street of the First Shell' and 'The White
Shadow' and nine short stories.
|
You may like...
The Gathering
C. J. Tudor
Paperback
R395
R353
Discovery Miles 3 530
Holly
Stephen King
Paperback
R467
Discovery Miles 4 670
Mothtown
Caroline Hardaker
Paperback
R296
R271
Discovery Miles 2 710
Genesis
Chris Carter
Paperback
R394
R364
Discovery Miles 3 640
|