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You are cordially invited to a party - to die for! This volume
collects eight amazing stories set in the world of American
Vampire, with "lost tales," new characters and old favorites. Don't
miss these stories brought to you by series creators Scott Snyder
and Rafael Albuquerque, as well as other awesome comics talent like
Becky Cloonan (Batman), Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon (Daytripper),
Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth), Greg Rucka (The Punisher, Batwoman),
Gail Simone (Batgirl), and many more! Also collected here is the
standalone tale of Fan-favorite character Travis Kidd - the vampire
hunter who likes to "bite them back" in American Vampire: The Long
Road to Hell.
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Rooms
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Lauren Oliver
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Walkers
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Graham Masterton
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A dark and horrifying tale of Druidism, madness and murder. The
Oaks is an idyllic, up-market country club - but its ornately
carved walls hide a horrific past. Sixty years ago the house was an
asylum, home to crazed psychopaths. One night all of them
disappeared, never to be seen again. Jack Reed, the owner of The
Oaks, has no idea about the building's terrible history. It is only
when Jack's son is dragged into the walls of the mansion that he
realises what happened sixty years ago - and just where the inmates
have been living all this time... 'One of the most original and
frightening storytellers of our time' PETER JAMES. 'A true master
of horror' JAMES HERBERT.
THE WASTE LANDS is the third volume in Stephen King's epic Dark
Tower series. The Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring
Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba. In the third novel in Stephen
King's epic fantasy masterpiece, Roland, the Last Gunslinger, is
moving ever closer to the Dark Tower. Roland has altered ka by
saving the life of Jake Chambers in New York. Now they exist in
different worlds, paradoxically sharing memories. Roland, Susannah
and Eddie must try to draw Jake into Mid-World then follow the Path
of the Beam through an urban waste land to the Dark Tower. Pursued
by the Ageless Stranger, Roland and his friends cross a desert of
damnation in this macabre new world as revelations begin to unfold
about who - and what - is driving him forward. JOIN THE QUEST FOR
THE DARK TOWER... THE DARK TOWER SERIES: THE DARK TOWER I: THE
GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK
TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV: WIZARD AND GLASS THE
DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI: SONG OF
SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWER THE WIND THROUGH THE
KEYHOLE: A DARK TOWER NOVEL
Father Damien Karras: 'Where is Regan?' Regan MacNeil: 'In here.
With us.' The terror begins unobtrusively. Noises in the attic. In
the child's room, an odd smell, the displacement of furniture, an
icy chill. At first, easy explanations are offered. Then
frightening changes begin to appear in eleven-year-old Regan.
Medical tests fail to shed any light on her symptoms, but it is as
if a different personality has invaded her body. Father Damien
Karras, a Jesuit priest, is called in. Is it possible that a
demonic presence has possessed the child? Exorcism seems to be the
only answer... First published in 1971, The Exorcist became a
literary phenomenon and inspired one of the most shocking films
ever made. This edition, polished and expanded by the author,
includes new dialogue, a new character and a chilling new extended
scene, provides an unforgettable reading experience that has lost
none of its power to shock and continues to thrill and terrify new
readers.
During her lifetime Violet Paget, who wrote as Vernon Lee, was
referred to as 'the greatest of modern exponents of the
supernatural in fiction', and yet today she remains on the
periphery of the genre. This collection of her uniquely weird short
stories and dark fantasies proves why she was once considered among
the best of the genre, and why she deserves to return to those
ranks today. From modernised folk tales such as 'Marsyas in
Flanders' and 'The Legend of Madame Krasinska' to ingenious
psychological hauntings such as the titular 'A Phantom Lover' and
'A Wicked Voice', Lee's own voice is just as distinctive and
captivating - her weird imaginings just as freshly unsettling - as
in her fin-de-siecle heyday.
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Moon Fever
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Ileandra Young
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Dracula
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Bram Stoker; Edited by Roger Luckhurst
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'it was butcher work...the horrid screeching as the stake drove
home; the plunging of writhing form, and lips of bloody foam' Bram
Stoker's 1897 Gothic shocker introduced Count Dracula to the world,
an ancient creature bent on bringing his contagion to London, the
very heart of the British Empire. Only a handful of men and women
stand between Dracula and his long-cherished goal, but they are
vulnerable and weak against the cunning and supernatural powers of
the Count and his legions. As the horrifying story unfolds in the
diaries and letters of young Jonathan Harker, Lucy, Mina, and Dr
Seward, Dracula will be victorious unless his nemesis Professor Van
Helsing can persuade them that monsters still lurk in the era of
electric light. The most famous of all vampire stories, Dracula is
a mirror of its age, its underlying themes of race, religion,
science, superstition, and sexuality never far from the surface. A
compelling read, rattling along at break-neck speed, it is a modern
classic. This new edition includes Stoker's companion piece,
'Dracula's Guest'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford
World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature
from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Black House
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Stephen King, Peter Straub
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Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children.
Now, for the first time, this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and newly added second and third appendices.
The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.
Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews is back with the
newest book in the exciting Hidden Legacy series-the thrilling
conclusion to her trilogy featuring fierce and beautiful Prime
magic user Catalina Baylor. An escaped spider, the unexpected
arrival of an Imperial Russian Prince, the senseless assassination
of a powerful figure, a shocking attack on the supposedly
invincible Warden of Texas, Catalina's boss... And it's only
Monday. Within hours, the fate of Houston-not to mention the House
of Baylor-now rests on Catalina, who will have to harness her
powers as never before. But even with her fellow Prime and fiance
Alessandro Sagredo by her side, she may not be able to expose who's
responsible before all hell really breaks loose.
They went to the shrine. They confronted the creepy shrine
maidens...but then everything that could go wrong did. Turns out,
Mitsue's teacher is one of the shrine maidens! And so, in a
desperate struggle, master and apprentice face off-with the fates
of Miko and Rom hanging in the balance!
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Collected Ghost Stories
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M. R James; Introduction by David Stuart Davies; Series edited by David Stuart Davies
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M.R. James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has
ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre,
but are also superb examples of beautifully-paced understatement,
convincing background and chilling terror. As well as the preface,
there is a fascinating tail-piece by M.R. James, 'Stories I Have
Tried To Write', which accompanies these thirty tales. Among them
are 'Casting the Runes', 'Oh, Whistle and I'll come to you, My
Lad', 'The Tractate Middoth', 'The Ash Tree' and 'Canon Alberic's
Scrapbook'. 'There are some authors one wishes one had never read
in order to have the joy of reading them for the first time. For
me, M.R. James is one of these'. Ruth Rendell
Twenty years ago, the mysterious death of his aunt left Aaron
Holbrook orphaned and alone. He abandoned his rural Arkansas
hometown vowing never to return, until his seven-year-old son died
in an accident, plunging Aaron into a nightmare of addiction and
grief. Desperate to reclaim a piece of himself, he returns to the
hills of his childhood, to Holbrook House, where he hopes to find
peace among the memories of his youth. But solace doesn't come
easy. Someone-or something-has other plans. Like Aaron, Holbrook
House is but a shell of what it once was, a target for vandals and
ghost hunters who have nicknamed it "the devil's den." Aaron
doesn't believe in the paranormal-at least, not until a strange boy
begins following him wherever he goes. Plagued by violent dreams
and disturbing visions, Aaron begins to wonder if he's losing his
mind. But a festering darkness lurks at the heart of Holbrook
House... a darkness that grins from within the shadows, delighting
in Aaron's sorrow, biding its time.
"Something is murdering my men."
Thus reads the message received from a Nazi commander stationed in
a small castle high in the remote Transylvanian Alps. Invisible and
silent, the enemy selects one victim per night, leaving the
bloodless and mutilated corpses behind to terrify its future
victims.
When an elite SS extermination squad is dispatched to solve the
problem, the men find something that's both powerful and
terrifying. Panicked, the Nazis bring in a local expert on
folklore--who just happens to be Jewish--to shed some light on the
mysterious happenings. And unbeknownst to anyone, there is another
visitor on his way--a man who awoke from a nightmare and
immediately set out to meet his destiny.
The battle has begun: On one side, the ultimate evil created by
man, and on the other...the unthinkable, unstoppable, unknowing
terror that man has inevitably awakened
The #1 bestselling series that started with Stalking Jack the
Ripper and Hunting Prince Dracula continues its streak in this
third bloody installment . . . Audrey Rose and Thomas Cresswell
find themselves aboard a luxurious ocean liner that becomes a
floating prison of horror when passengers are murdered one by one,
with nowhere to run from the killer. Embarking on a week-long
voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, Audrey Rose
Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell,
are delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers,
fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist
entertaining the first-class passengers nightly. But privileged
young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series
of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship. The strange and
disturbing influence of the Moonlight Carnival pervades the decks
as the murders grow more and more bizarre. It's up to Audrey Rose
and Thomas to piece together the gruesome investigation before more
passengers die before reaching their destination. But with clues to
the next victim pointing to someone she loves, can Audrey Rose
unravel the mystery before the killer's horrifying finale?
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Dead Space
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Kali Wallace
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We are not alone…In a cave in the Himalayas, a guide discovers a self-mutilated body with the warning--Satan exists. In the Kalahari Desert, a nun unearths evidence of a proto-human species and a deity called Older-than-Old. In Bosnia, something has been feeding upon the dead in a mass grave. So begins mankind’s most shocking realization: that the underworld is a vast geological labyrinth populated by another race of beings. Some call them devils or demons. But they are real. They are down there. And they are waiting for us to find them…
"An extraordinary work of humane imagination . . . call it magic
realism with soul."-Locus "Finely honed . . . always engages and
frequently surprises."-New York Times Book Review A man risks his
soul and his sanity to save his family from malevolent forces in
this brilliant novel of horror and the supernatural from the
award-winning pioneer of speculative fiction and author of the
classic My Soul to Keep. When Hilton was a boy, his grandmother
sacrificed her life to save him from drowning. Thirty years later,
he begins to suspect that he was never meant to survive that
accident, and that dark forces are working to rectify that mistake.
When Hilton's wife, the only elected African American judge in Dade
County, Florida, begins to receive racist hate mail from a man she
once prosecuted, Hilton becomes obsessed with protecting his
family. The demons lurking outside are matched by his internal
terrors-macabre nightmares, more intense and disturbing than any he
has ever experienced. Are these bizarre dreams the dark imaginings
of a man losing his hold on sanity-or are they harbingers of
terrible events to come? As Hilton battles both the sociopath
threatening to destroy his family and the even more terrifying
enemy stalking his sleep, the line between reality and fantasy
dissolves . . . Chilling and utterly convincing, The Between is the
haunting story of a man desperately trying to hold on to the people
and life he loves as he slowly loses himself.
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