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When Megan met Carter Anderson at Harvard, their college romance
took a mystical turn thanks to The Alchemy of Will. This book by
Dr. Allen Fincher gave them the power to do almost anything, but
with disastrous results. Years later, their six-year-old daughter,
Caitlin, is dying a slow death from bone cancer. Dr. Fincher's book
offers them a cure: they can save the life of their first-born by
sacrificing the life of their second. But Megan and Carter don't
have a second-born... yet. Only half-convinced, Megan, confined to
their New York apartment, begins nine months of hell, and she and
Carter enter a spiral that consumes more lives than they could have
ever conceived. Ranging from domestic terror to all-out
supernatural horror that flecks the American east coast with
mangled bodies, Descending Lines takes a gut-wrenching
question--how far would you go to save your child?--and turns it
into a fast-paced journey to places where even nightmares fear to
tread. Descending Lines: The only way out is down.
Frankenstein is arguably the most famous horror story ever told,
written by Mary Shelley when she was just nineteen. That book
explored ideas of creation, rebellion, terror, arrogance,
mortality, immortality, and more. Today's most talented authors
build upon the original themes and topics to present new ghastly
fiction based on many of the various aspects of the original
Frankenstein story. But there was a catch to the assignment -- each
story could only be four pages long. Enjoy these tales, which have
been distilled down to their very essence for your horrific
pleasure.
Burning the Middle Ground is a dark fantasy about small-town
America that transforms readers' fears about the country's
direction into a haunting tale of religious conspiracy and
supernatural mind control. A character-driven sensibility like
Stephen King's and a flair for the bizarre like Bentley Little's
delivers as much appeal for dedicated fans of fantasy and horror as
for mainstream readers looking for an exciting ride. Brian
McCullough comes home from school and discovers that his
ten-year-old sister Fran has murdered their parents. Five years
later, a journalist, Ronald Glassner, finds Brian living at the
same house in the small town of Kenning, Georgia. Planning a book
on the McCullough Tragedy, Ronald stumbles into a struggle between
Kenning's First Church, run by the mysterious Reverend Michael Cox,
and the New Church, run by the rebellious Jeanne Harper. At the
same time, Kenning's pets go berserk, and dead bodies, with the
eyes and tongues removed from their heads, begin to appear.
Reimagine the fairy tales of your youth through nine of the most
creative authors writing today See Rose Red and Snow White through
the eyes of Jason S. Walters in an intriguing new telling of the
age old tale. Feel the bone-chilling "Kindertotenlieder" by horror
writer L. Andrew Cooper. Have you wondered what happens "After
Ever?" Experience a vision from the brilliant writing of William I.
Levy. Come back to reality for a moment in a crime thriller by
Christopher Kokoski that will leave you in awe, scratching the
"Hair of Your Chinny-Chin-Chin." The Ugly Duckling will never look
quite the same after reading "Free to Be Donnie Kinnaird" by the
astonishing Michael Williams. The Big Bad Wolf comes alive in the
Brad Parnell's "The Girl in the Red Hood." Go on the adventure of
Hans and Grace through the unique styling of Georgia L. Jones. Wish
yourself into another dimension with "Genie in the Bottle" by Bryan
and Wendy Schardein. These boots are made for walking into an
unusual realm in the graceful musings of "Puss in Boots" by G. L.
Giles. Whether your favorite is a fairy tale by Robert Browning,
the Grimm Brothers, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, or Hans
Christian Andersen, you are sure to have your imagination run wild
with each story in Imagination Reimagined.
Commanding a cult following among horror fans, Italian film
director Dario Argento is best known for his work in two closely
related genres, the crime thriller and supernatural horror, as well
as his influence on modern horror and slasher movies. In his four
decades of filmmaking, Argento has displayed a commitment to
innovation, from his directorial debut with 1970's suspense
thriller The Bird with the Crystal Plumage to 2009's Giallo. His
films, like the lurid yellow-covered murder-mystery novels they are
inspired by, follow the suspense tradition of hard-boiled American
detective fiction while incorporating baroque scenes of violence
and excess. While considerations of Argento's films often describe
them as irrational nightmares, L. Andrew Cooper uses controversies
and theories about the films' reflections on sadism, gender,
sexuality, psychoanalysis, aestheticism, and genre to declare the
anti-rational logic of Argento's oeuvre. Approaching the films as
rhetorical statements made through extremes of sound and vision,
Cooper places Argento in a tradition of aestheticized horror that
includes De Sade, De Quincey, Poe, and Hitchcock. Analyzing
individual images and sequences as well as larger narrative
structures, he reveals how the director's stylistic excesses, often
condemned for glorifying misogyny and other forms of violence,
offer productive resistance to the cinema's visual, narrative, and
political norms.
Early literary critics feared Gothic's potential to corrupt youth,
inspire deviant sexuality, instill heretical beliefs, and encourage
antisocial violence. This book examines Gothic and horror fictions
over the last three centuries, from their literary foundations to
the influence on modern popular culture. Topics covered include
homosexuality, interest in paranormal research, and violent school
shootings -- Provided by publisher.
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