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Storm Echo
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Nalini Singh
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If you loved The Haunting of Hill House, welcome to Thistlecrook...
It's 1923 and at Thistlecrook House, a forbidding home on the
Scottish border, the roaring twenties seem not to have arrived. But
Simon Christie has - a young man who can't believe his luck when he
gets a job cataloguing the infamous art collection of the Mordrake
family. Yet from the moment he gets off the train at the deserted
village station he can't shift a headache and a sense that there's
more to the House and its gruesome selection of pictures. Simon's
host is glad of his company, but he gets the feeling the house is
not so welcoming. As his questions about the Mordrakes grow, he
finds answers in surprising places. But someone is not pleased that
old secrets are stirring. As night falls each evening, and a
growing sense of unease roils in the shifting shadows around him,
Simon must decide what he can trust and ask if he can believe what
he sees in the dusk or if his mind is poisoned by what has happened
before in this place between lands, between light and dark.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved,
essential classics. 'Do you not know that tonight, when the clock
strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full
sway?' When solicitor Jonathan Harker arrives in Transylvania to
organise the estate of a mysterious client, his growing uneasiness
quickly turns into terror. Count Dracula has something more
monstrous in mind and Jonathan finds himself trapped, a prisoner in
a castle of horrors. Soon after, a darkness sweeps across the seas
to England: Lucy Westenra begins to suffer from night-time
wanderings, followed by a set of unexplained bitemarks, and a
series of disturbing deaths captures the attention of vampire
hunter, Van Helsing. A nineteenth-century Gothic triumph that
explores the deep-seated anxieties and fears of Victorian society,
Bram Stoker's Dracula remains as chilling today as it was at its
time of publication.
Necromancy, space action, and dark humor collide in this wildly
creative new series from the creator of Dorohedoro! Zaha Sanko's
body has great and terrible powers--they say that possessing his
bones will grant you any wish, even the desire to become ruler of
the universe. But Sanko is still a teenage dude with his own life,
and he isn't about to let every monstrous lowlife in the galaxy rip
him limb from limb. He and his skeletal buddy Avakian will use
their dark powers to fend off any murder attempts while they search
space for whomever put this curse on Sanko's bones...because
killing them might end the madness. (And then Sanko can celebrate
with his favorite spaghetti.) Don't miss this hilariously twisted
and gruesome new series from the unique mind of Q Hayashida,
creator of the manga and Netflix anime Dorohedoro!
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Last Days
(Paperback)
Brian Evenson; Introduction by Peter Straub
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Evenson is a major figure among writers who straddle the line
between genre forms and literary concerns, and he was recently the
subject of a 5 x 5 interview (five interviewers, and spread over
five full-length conversations) with The Believer bringing his work
to an even wider audience Evenson's straight genre work is
published by Tor, and there's a large cross-over audience primed to
enjoy his more literary work. Evenson's work has been compared to
that of J. G. Ballard, Jorge Luis Borges, Paul Bowles, Franz Kafka,
Cormac McCarthy, Robert Coover, Edgar Allan Poe. Evenson has also
won the ALA RUSA Award for Best Horror Novel and was a finalist for
the Edgar Award. Last Days will be published alongside two other
re-releases (The Open Curtain and Father of Lies) as well as a new
collection, A Collapse of Horses all with a unified design and new
introductions This is Evenson's foray into hard-boiled detective
fiction, but it still circles around his concerns with the abuse of
power and the danger of organized religion
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Wayward
(Hardcover)
Chuck Wendig
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'Move over King, Chuck Wendig is the new voice of modern American
horror' Adam Christopher
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The thrilling sequel to the bestselling Wanderers, a
'career-defining epic [that] deserves its inevitable comparisons to
Stephen King's The Stand'. (Publishers Weekly) Five years ago, they
walked across America to a destination only they knew. The
sleepwalkers, as the rest of the country named them, were followed
by their shepherds: friends and family who gave up everything to
protect them. They finally stopped in Ouray, a small town of
Colorado that would become one of the last outposts of human
civilisation. Because the sleepwalking epidemic was just the first
in a chain of events that led to the end of the world - and the
birth of a new one. The shepherds and the sleepwalkers, now awake,
strive to rebuild the world that was taken from them. Among them
are Benji, the scientist struggling through grief to lead; Marcy,
the former police officer who just wants to protect those she
loves; and Shana, the first to become a shepherd and whose bravery
is sorely needed. But the people of Ouray are not the only
survivors, and the world they're building is fragile. Cruelty
builds under the leadership of self-proclaimed president Ed Creel,
and in the very heart of Ouray itself is Black Swan, the A.I. who
dreamt up the apocalypse. Against these threats, Benji, Marcy,
Shana and the others have to find hope in each other. Because the
only way to survive is together. PRAISE FOR WANDERERS: 'A
suspenseful, twisty, satisfying, surprising, thought-provoking
epic.' Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Run
Away 'A true tour de force.' Erin Morgenstern, New York Times
bestselling author of The Night Circus 'With Wanderers, Chuck
Wendig levels up and when you consider the high level he was
already writing at, that's saying something.' John Scalzi, New York
Times bestselling author of Crucible
Uncover a story of the Scarlet Masks within the House of Slaughter
as the secrets of the world of Something Is Killing The Children
are laid bare! What secrets do the mysterious scribes of the Order
of St. George, the Scarlet Masks, record within the shadows of the
House of Slaughter? Enamored with stories of ancient hunters, as
well as those in his midst, Edwin Slaughter only gets to write the
stories... never live them. That is, until a legendary Oscuratype
that's taken the lives of countless children brings Edwin into the
field. Will he live to survive long enough to document his
experience, or perish with his story left untold? Delve deeper
still into the world of Something isKilling theChildren in the
second volume of the bestselling series written by co-creator and
award-winning author James Tynion IV (The Department Of Truth, The
Nice House On The Lake) and co-writer Sam Johns (Punchline)
alongside rising star artist Latizia Cadonici and co-creator
Werther Dell'Edera (Razorblades). Collects House of Slaughter
#6-10.
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Game Over
(Paperback)
Jonathan Green, James Wallis, Sarah Peploe, Jonathan Oliver, Simon Bestwick, …
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In the cavern-like darkness of the arcade, the neon phosphor-glow
of the screen beckons you close. Drawn to the dancing pixels like a
moth to a flame, digging deep in your pocket you pull out a shiny
coin and thumb it into the slot as the electronic siren sings the
fanfare that marks your arrival. One hand on the joystick, the
other splayed across the control buttons, your pulse begins to
quicken. Ready Player One Press StartYou've barely begun but
suddenly the discordant bleeps are trumpeting your failure as your
8-bit adventure comes to an abrupt end. At least in the world of
the video arcade you get a second chance. But what is the true
price you pay when you make a pact with the digital demon? There's
always another coin, an extra life to be earned, a second
chance...Isn't there?GAME OVERA dozen stories of creeping dread and
savage horror inspired by the humble amusement arcade and the
classic coin-ops of yesteryear. Twelve tales to chill your blood by
twelve masters of the malevolent and the macabre.Just keep
reminding yourself, it's only a game...Isn't it?
Come close, children, and see the living crocodile. A vintage '54
Buick Roadmaster. At least, that's what it looks like . . . There
is a secret hidden in Shed B in the state police barracks in
Statler, Pennsylvania. A secret that has drawn troopers for twenty
years - terrified yet irresistibly tempted to look at its chrome
fenders, silver grille and exotic exhaust system. Young Ned Wilcox
has started coming by the barracks: mowing the lawn, washing the
windows, shovelling snow; it's a boy's way of holding on to his
father - recently killed in a strange road accident by another
Buick. And one day Ned peers through the windows of Shed B and
discovers the family secret. Like his father, Ned wants answers. He
deserves answers. And the secret begins to stir . . .
Award-winning Filipino comic book and hit Netflix anime series! In
a city where the vampiric aswang control everything illegal and
where ancient gods seek to control everything else, enforcing the
law can be a very difficult task. When crime takes a weird for the
weird, the police normally call Alexandra Trese. But lately, it
seems like others have been taking that call... A mysterious
motorcycle racer has been capturing criminals with his unearthly
speed. A masked giant has been demolishing drug dens and destroying
gangs' headquarters. Trese must control these supernatural
crime-fighters and bring back order to the city, before the
underworld attempts to seek balance in its own way. Trese: Midnight
Tribunal is the fifth volume of the award-winning Trese comic book
series, upon which the hit Netflix anime series is based, featuring
an overarching storyline divided into four cases. It includes
updated/remastered artwork, as well as bonus material, including
Alexandra's journal entries chronicling her creature encounters, as
well as an afterword by writer Budjette Tan, detailing how the
story evolved from a 20-page stand-alone case to its current form
and the factors that influenced the story.
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Revival
(Paperback)
Stephen King
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A spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction,
religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life. In
a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a
small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to
see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they
forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple
experiments in electricity. Decades later, Jamie is living a
nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Now an addict, he sees
Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling 'portraits in
lightning' - and their meeting has profound consequences for both
men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising,
and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. This rich and
disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most
terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It's a
masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Nathaniel
Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.
In her new role as Bethel's warden, Immanuelle struggles to unify
her people and reckon with the strange new gifts she's wielded
since the Slaughter; the community seethes with unrest. Worse
still, Immanuelle's nights are haunted with gruesome dreams of
Bethel's violent destruction. When a band of wounded refugees from
beyond the Wall comes to Bethel seeking sanctuary, Immanuelle
realises that her nightmares of fire and blood are more than
figments . . . they're prophecies of a coming war so brutal, it
will make the horrors of the Slaughter seem tame in comparison.
Desperate to prevent these visions from becoming reality,
Immanuelle embarks on a secret mission beyond the Wall, hoping to
negotiate peace with the atheistic city-state of Hebron before the
war can begin in earnest. Her quest takes her through war-ravaged
wilds, ruined cities, and mountains teeming with hostile tribes . .
. all the way to Hebron, where she meets two ruthless Grand
Magisters - brother and sister - who are beind this war on
superstition and mysticism. Welcomed as a guest of the Grand
Magisters' court, Immanuelle enters a dangerous world of politics
and intrigue, where reason is prised, religion feared, and magic is
outlawed on penalty of death. But as she works to stop the war, her
powers continue to manifest, threatening to expose her true nature
to the Grand Magisters, who would see her burned. Then negotiations
fall apart, and Immanuelle realises that the only way she can end
the war is to win it.
Weaving together ancient mythology, folklore, and fairy tales with
his own distinct narrative vision, Gaiman created an unforgettable
tale of the forces that exist beyond life and death. The Sandman
universe is a master-creation following Dream, also known as
Morpheus, lord of the Dreaming -- a vast, hallucinatory landscape
that houses all the dreams of any and everyone who has ever
existed. Gods, demons, mortals, and everything in between. All
dreamers visit the Dreaming and have an opportunity to teach
Morpheus some surprising lessons. After being captive for 70 years,
Morpheus will have to go on a journey to reclaim his objects of
power and bring order to the Dreaming.
Discover fifteen chilling tales of gothic horror and suspense from
USA Today bestselling author Darcy Coates. Push past the curtains
of the rational, safe world and explore the un-nameable horrors
living in the darkest corners of our conscience. This is the realm
of monsters and shifting shadows, where a single wrong step can
plunge you into a terrifying, irreversible fight for your life. You
discover a door behind your bedroom's wallpaper. It's probably just
a small crawlspace. There's nothing unusual about it... except for
the quiet tapping noise you hear late at night. A young child went
missing while exploring a disused cemetery in 1965. More than fifty
years later you face the gate to the abandoned graveyard, armed
with a clue that could lead to answers about the boy's fate. A
mannequin is stored in the back of your rented basement room.
Sometimes its dust cloth falls off. Sometimes you feel it watching
you. And sometimes it moves while you're asleep... Also By Darcy
Coates: The Haunting of Leigh Harker The Haunting of Ashburn House
The Haunting of Blackwood House Craven Manor The House Next Door
Voices in the Snow
After stumbling upon the secret of the research facility, Ivan's
narrow escape leaves him in a quandary. Doubting Midwinter and the
other members of the Organization, Ivan turns to Ruwanda for help.
But Ruwanda does nothing for free...and so Ivan is enlisted in
Ruwanda's quest to find his mother. Can they survive the
Organization and discover the truth behind what happened to her?!
"Greyfriars Reformatory delivers on suspense and a classic asylum
setting that brings to mind novels like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest." - Chicago Review of Books Nineteen year-old Emily's acute
dissociative disorder causes her to be institutionalised - again -
at Greyfriars Reformatory For Girls. Caught in the crossfire
between brutal Principal Quick and cruel bully Saffron Chassay,
Emily befriends fellow outcast Victoria. When the terrifying
apparition of the mysterious 'Grey Girl' begins scaring the inmates
to death, Emily's disorder may be the one thing that can save her.
FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree
Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new
authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting,
original voices.
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