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'This book is bloody brilliant' V.E. Schwab 'A ripping read' Joe Abercrombie The SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestseller from the award-winning author of the Nevernight Chronicle It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. Ever since, vampires have waged war against humanity building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Gabriel de Leon, half man, half monster, and last remaining silversaint - a sworn brother of the holy Silver Order dedicated to defending the realm from the creatures of the night - is all that stands between the world and its end. Imprisoned by the very monsters he has vowed to destroy Gabriel is forced to tell his story - a story of legendary battles and forbidden love, of faith lost and friendships won, of the War of the Blood and the Forever King and the quest for humanity's last remaining hope: The Holy Grail. Featuring the darkly beautiful illustrations of Bon Orthwick (@monolimeart)
Two teenage girls. One murdered classmate.
1806. England is beleaguered by the long war, and centuries have passed
since magicians faded from view. But one remains: the reclusive Mr
Norrell. Proceeding to London, he raises a woman from the dead and
summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French.
Surrounded by barren trees in a snow-covered wilderness with a dim,
dusky sky forever overhead, Siberia's Kolyma Highway is 1200 miles of
gravel packed permafrost within driving distance of the Arctic Circle.
A narrow path where drivers face such challenging conditions as icy
surfaces, limited visibility, and an average temperature of sixty
degrees below zero, fatal car accidents are common.
Introduction and Notes by Dr David Rogers, Kingston University. 'There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.' Thus Bram Stoker, one of the greatest exponents of the supernatural narrative, describes the demonic subject of his chilling masterpiece Dracula, a truly iconic and unsettling tale of vampirism.
An unsettling and creepy story collection of literary horror set in the Renfield universe from a major new talent. There’s something wrong in Renfield County. It’s in the water, the soil, the wood. But worst of all, it’s in the minds of the residents, slowly driving them mad. When Lawrence Renfield massacred his family and drew The Giant in his farmhouse with their blood, no one imagined the repercussions. At the very least, the bloodstained wood should have been set aflame, not chopped down and repurposed as furniture, décor, and heirlooms across the county. But that’s exactly what happened. Now regular people—like you and me—are sitting on… eating with… admiring… the cursed wood and reaping the consequences. These are their stories. In “My Name Is Ellie” a young girl uncovers disturbing secrets hiding in the walls of her beloved grandmother’s home. An unassuming box, built with reclaimed wood, connects a grieving widower with his late wife’s lingering spirit in “Hector Brim.” In “Detour” a father, desperate to return home, finds himself trapped in a dizzying maze, haunted by stories of lurking monsters that live off the remains of weary travelers. Playing with the uncanny to explore themes of loneliness and grief, Sam Rebelein returns upstate to unravel the mysteries of Renfield. But regardless of what started the trouble, there’s one thing of which we can be certain: for those living here, the nightmare is far from over.
The first volume of Phoebe, the soulless child!
They arrive alive. They leave dead.But first, they give me their
confessions and this time - it's all about FAMILY.Inside this book are
4 DeathBed Confessions that relate to family issues:Patient 424 is a
father who just wanted to protect his little girl. Patient 1001 is a
pig farmer who never should have had children.Patient 523 wants you to
believe he's the brother of a mob boss.Patient 983 would argue she
should receive the Mother of the Year award.WHO AM I? My name is Jack
Steen and for those who arrive on my 'death' ward at the Asylum, I'm
the last face many will see before they die. I am the night nurse at
the Asylum for the Criminally Insane. Most of my patients are serial
killers and mass murderers and they know me as the Angel of Death. When
they come onto my floor, I offer a deal: tell me their story, their
'untold' story that hasn't been read about in the news, sensationalized
by media or cataloged in a ridiculous number of academic papers. I want
the real story - the one they haven't old anyone. Some of these killers
have never confessed to their crimes, some kept certain information to
themselves...those are the stories I want.If they give them to me, I'll
make their death...easier. They're already dying, that's why they're
now my patients. If they play nice, I can make their death less
painful. But only if they play nice and tell me their confessions.The
majority of these killers are expert manipulators. I realize they could
be playing me and messing with my head. It's a chance I'm willing to
take.And now...they might just be playing with yours too.Fans of
Stephen King, Joe Hill and like to read books like The Bird Box, The
Haunting and can't get enough stories about serial killers are going to
enjoy reading the deathbed confessions from The Asylum.WARNING: There
is swearing in this book. And some stories might be a trigger for
something you have a hard time handling. But, these are the confessions
of serial killers, mass murderers and such, so what do you expect?Want
to read the next set of Confession books? Sign up for my mailing list
over on my website - JackSteenBooks dot com.
The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published in 1895. The book is named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The first half of the book features highly esteemed weird stories, and the book has been described by critics as a classic in the field of the supernatural. There are ten stories, the first four of which ("The Repairer of Reputations", "The Mask", "In the Court of the Dragon", and "The Yellow Sign") mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play which induces despair or madness in those who read it. "The Yellow Sign" inspired a film of the same name released in 2001.
Queer as Hell - a Haunted MTL Anthology brings in the best LGBTQ horror
all wrapped up in one set volume. This anthology has it all. Everything
from flash fiction to longer pieces; laughs and chills; sadness and
lightness. All the things that make us people. That’s the key. It shows
our common make up. We are, after all, stardust.
They arrive alive. They leave dead.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - Stephen King's terrifying classic. 'They float...and when you're down here with me, you'll float, too.' Derry, Maine is just an ordinary town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part, a good place to live. It is a group of children who see - and feel - what makes Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, IT lurks, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread. Sometimes is appears as an evil clown named Pennywise and sometimes IT reaches up, seizing, tearing, killing . . . Time passes and the children grow up, move away and forget. Until they are called back, once more to confront IT as IT stirs and coils in the sullen depths of their memories, emerging again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality.
A surreal excursion into heartache and horror narrated by a man undone by grief . . . Along with allusions to Rod Serling and The Exorcist, there are shades of H. P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, zombie literature and, at least once, A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . . . You don't want to read this book right before bed. --Sarah Lyall, The New York Times Book Review "This intense cosmic horror with a touch of Mexican American folklore is incredibly creepy and moving." --Margaret Kingsbury, BuzzFeed It was Vera's idea to buy the Itza. The "world's most advanced smart speaker!" didn't interest Thiago, but Vera thought it would be a bit of fun for them amidst all the strange occurrences happening in the condo. It made things worse. The cold spots and scratching in the walls were weird enough, but peculiar packages started showing up at the house--who ordered industrial lye? Then there was the eerie music at odd hours, Thiago waking up to Itza projecting light shows in an empty room. It was funny and strange right up until Vera was killed, and Thiago's world became unbearable. Pundits and politicians all looking to turn his wife's death into a symbol for their own agendas. A barrage of texts from her well-meaning friends about letting go and moving on. Waking to the sound of Itza talking softly to someone in the living room . . . The only thing left to do was get far away from Chicago. Away from everything and everyone. A secluded cabin in Colorado seemed like the perfect place to hole up with his crushing grief. But soon Thiago realizes there is no escape--not from his guilt, not from his simmering rage, and not from the evil hunting him, feeding on his grief, determined to make its way into this world. A bold, original horror novel about grief, loneliness and the oppressive intimacy of technology, This Thing Between Us marks the arrival of a spectacular new talent.
A boy is found with his throat ripped out,
East Berlin 1968: a city recovering from the horrors of WWII and where the state police, the Stasi, cultivate a climate of paranoia and fear. In a place where your closest friend or family member could be a state informer, the threat of violence is ever present and no one knows this more than damaged school teacher Sebastian Metzger. But something evil and ancient is stalking Metzger from the shadows of war–torn buildings–something which threatens the city and perhaps even the future of humanity itself. Tiny Acts of Violence is a stunning horror graphic novel from Martin Stiff, writer and illustrator of the critically acclaimed and award-nominated The Absence. “It’s an erudite indictment of social conditioning - - it goes beyond The Lives of Others in its critique of the Stasi.” Pat Mills (Charley’s War, Spacewarp) “Has the feel of a long-unearthed Hitchcock… A highly effective thriller” Rob Williams (Old Haunts, Judge Dredd) “The atmosphere of menace and state control-induced paranoia drops from it’s pages.” Simon Furman (Transformers, To The Death) “Gorgeously moody, graphically striking and brilliantly cinematic” Andrew Cartmel (The Vinyl Detective, Doctor Who) |
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