Charles Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" in six weeks at the end of 1843, during a particularly intense time of creativity. He was having financial difficulties and was determined to have the manuscript ready for publication for the Christmas market. This book contains an original size clear copy Dickens' one and only manuscript, written by his hand, with his revisions and corrections evident on every page. The revisions show how Dickens made the verbs become more active, the number of words became fewer, achieving greater immediacy and vividness. This manuscript was handed to the printer in this form and was published on 19th December 1843. This edition has each of the 66 pages of the original manuscript copied onto the left hand page and the corresponding words typed on the right hand page. The book also contains the eight original illustrations by John Leech, the four color illustrations are on the cover of the book.

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.

"Nothing stays dead. Not the dogs. Not the voices. Not me." Seven Dark Stars: Blackness Absolute is a special hardback edition of the classic collection of dark fiction from the author of The Darkest Touch. This chilling work looks to explore the glowing truth that burns hidden amidst the darkness in our lives. Inspired by the great horror authors of the past and present such as H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, and Harlan Ellison, this revised edition includes ten short stories alongside the novella Grim: the six original and acclaimed stories in the collection, three disturbing new stories from Joseph Sale, and the winning story of the 'Blackness Absolute' Short Story Competition by Matthew Blackwell. Experience the darkness like never before.