Classic horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction
Prakash Books Dracula
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Wordsworth Editions Ltd Dracula
Book SynopsisIntroduction 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.
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Penguin Books Ltd Frankenstein
Book SynopsisOne of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'The Penguin English Library Edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley'Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousness'A twisted, upside-down creation myth, Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale lays bare the dark side of science, and the horror within us all. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, who plunders graveyards to create a new being from the bodies of the dead - but whose botched creature causes nothing but murder and destruction. Written after a nightmare when its author was only eighteen, Frankenstein gave birth to the modern science fiction novel.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
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Little, Brown Book Group Interview With The Vampire Number 1 in series
Book SynopsisFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Anne Rice, this sensuously written spellbinding classic remains ''the most successful vampire story since Bram Stoker''s Dracula'' (The Times)In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life - the story of a vampire, gifted with eternal life, cursed with an exquisite craving for human blood. When Interview with the Vampire was published, the Washington Post said it was a ''thrilling, strikingly original work of the imagination . . . sometimes horrible, sometimes beautiful, always unforgettable''. Now, more than forty years since its release, Anne Rice''s masterpiece is more beloved than ever.***The Vampire Chronicles is now a major TV show***Also in the Vampire Chronicles:The Vampire LestatThe Queen of the DamnedTrade ReviewOne of the most wonderful, erotic, sensual books ever written * Sting *A spine-chilling nightmare... highly accomplished... an impressive feat of imagination * SUNDAY TIMES *Thrilling... a strikingly original work of the imagination...unforgettable. * WASHINGTON POST *The most successful vampire story since Bram Stoker's DRACULA. * THE TIMES *
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Penguin Books Ltd The Picture of Dorian Gray Wilde Oscar Penguin
Book SynopsisEnthralled by Dorian Gray' own exquisite portrait, he exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence.Table of ContentsThe Picture of Dorian GrayAcknowledgementsIntroductionChronologyFurther ReadingA Note on the TextThe Picture of Dorian GrayAppendix 1: Selected Contemporary Reviews of The Picture of Dorian GrayAppendix 2: Introduction to the First Penguin Classics Edition, by Peter AckroydNotes
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Pushkin Press The King in Yellow
Book SynopsisI cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon... I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth - a world which now trembles before the King in Yellow. The weird tales in this slim volume are all linked by a play, the second act of which reveals truths so terrible and beautiful that it drives all who read it to despair: The King in Yellow. These four macabre, uncanny and unsettling stories are some of the most thrilling ever written in the field of weird fiction, and since their first publication in 1895 have become a cult classic, influencing many writers from the renowned master of cosmic horror H.P Lovecraft to the creators of HBO's True Detective. Contains: 'The Repairer of Reputations', 'The Mask', 'In the Court of the Dragon', 'The Yellow Sign'Trade ReviewAltogether one of the greatest weird tales ever written -- H.P. LovecraftTable of ContentsThe Repairer of Reputations The Mask In the Court of the Dragon The Yellow Sign
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Alma Books Ltd The Picture of Dorian Gray
Book SynopsisDorian Gray is having his picture painted by Basil Hallward, who is charmed by his looks. But when Sir Henry Wotton visits and seduces Dorian into the worship of youthful beauty with an intoxicating speech, Dorian makes a wish he will live to regret: that all the marks of age will now be reflected in the portrait rather than on Dorian's own face. The stage is now set for a masterful tale about appearance, reality, art, life, truth, fiction and the burden of conscience. Oscar Wilde's only full-length novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a lasting gem of sophisticated wit and playfulness, which brings together all the best elements of his talent in a reinterpretation of the Faustian myth.Trade ReviewReading and rereading Wilde throughout the years, I noticed something that his panegyrists had not, it seems, suspected: namely the verifiable, elementary fact that Wilde was virtually always right. -- Jorge Luis Borges Wilde stood for art. He stood for nothing less all his life... He is still enormously underestimated as an artist and thinker... Wilde was a great writer and a great man. -- Stephen Fry Every line that Wilde ever wrote affected me so enormously. -- Morrissey I think The Picture of Dorian Gray stands as high as it ever has. -- Will Self A heady late-Victorian tale of double-living, in which Dorian's fatal, corruptive influence over women and men alike is left suggestively indistinct. -- Sarah Waters
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Penguin Books Ltd Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Book SynopsisThe Penguin English Library Edition of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson''All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil''Published as a ''shilling shocker'', Robert Louis Stevenson''s dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll''s strange association with ''damnable young man'' Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde''s true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity''s basest capacity for evil.This edition also includes Stevenson''s chilling story ''The Bottle Imp''.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
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HarperCollins Publishers The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru
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Penguin Books Ltd Frankenstein
Book SynopsisObsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear.Trade ReviewMary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the masterpieces of nineteenth-century Gothicism. While stay-ing in the Swiss Alps in 1816 with her lover Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and others, Mary, then eighteen, began to concoct the story of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and the monster he brings to life by electricity. Written in a time of great personal tragedy, it is a subversive and morbid story warning against the dehumanization of art and the corrupting influence of science. Packed with allusions and literary references, it is also one of the best thrillers ever written. Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus was an instant bestseller on publication in 1818. The prototype of the science fiction novel, it has spawned countless imitations and adaptations but retains its original power.This Modern Library edition includes a new Introduction by Wendy Steiner, the chair of the English department at the University of Pennsylvania and author of The Scandal of Pleasure. Mary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in 1797 in London. She eloped to France with Shelley, whom she married in 1816. After Frankenstein, she wrote several novels, including Valperga and Falkner, and edited editions of the poetry of Shelley, who had died in 1822. Mary Shelley died in London in 1851.
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Pushkin Press Carmilla: The cult classic that inspired Dracula
Book SynopsisIn an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest - the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion. But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day... Pre-dating Dracula by twenty-six years, Carmilla is the original vampire story, steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance.Trade ReviewSucceeds in inspiring a mysterious terror better than any other writer * M.R. James *
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Transworld Dead Silence
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HarperCollins Publishers The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Book SynopsisHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
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Pushkin Press Carmilla
Book SynopsisA beautiful gift edition of this cult classic female vampire story, which predated and greatly influenced DraculaIn an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest - the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion. But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day... Pre-dating Dracula by twenty-six years, Carmilla is the original vampire story, steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Picture of Dorian Gray
Book SynopsisEnthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence.
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Vintage Publishing The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories
Book SynopsisA beautiful deluxe gift edition of Poe's most macabre and irresistible stories with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. Edgar Allan Poe's stories uncover the deeply unnerving strangeness lurking within us all. His genius for horror and suspense went on to influence the world, from Freud to Hollywood. This complete collection of his best short stories contains the well-known works 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart' alongside a wide range of delightfully terrifying tales to unsettle and enthrall. This hardback is part of VINTAGE COLLECTOR'S CLASSICS, a series of luxurious books especially crafted for collectors and fans of beautiful special editions. Sumptuous design meets the highest quality production. Discover timeless classics beautifully bound for every bookshelf.
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Union Square & Co. The Missing Pages
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Orion Publishing Co I Am Legend
Book SynopsisRobert Neville is the last living man on Earth ... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are hungry for Neville''s blood. By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive like this?Winner of the Bram Stoker Prize for Vampire Novel of the Century, I Am Legend is a stunning blend of science fiction and horror.''The most clever and riveting vampire novel since Dracula'' - Dean Koontz''Books like I Am Legend were an inspiration to me'' - Stephen King''It is, by turns, scary, thrilling, tragic, witty and - ultimately - uplifting'' - James LovegroveWelcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction
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British Library Publishing The Black Fox
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British Library Publishing Illusions of Presence
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British Library Publishing Celtic Weird
Book SynopsisIn this volume, Johnny Mains dives into the archives to unearth a hoard of twenty-one enthralling tales imbued with elements of Celtic folklore, ranging from the 1820s to the 1980s and including three weird lost gems translated from Gaelic.
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Little, Brown Book Group TheVampire Lestat by Rice Anne Author ON
Book Synopsis''Ah, the taste and feel of blood when all passion and greed is sharpened in that one desire!''Lestat: a vampire - but very much not the conventional undead, for Lestat is the truly alive. Lestat is vivid, ecstatic, stagestruck, and in his extravagant story he plunges from the lasciviousness of eighteenth-century Paris to the demonic Egypt of prehistory; from fin-de-siecle New Orleans to the frenetic twentieth-century world of rock superstardom - as, pursued by the living and the dead, he searches across time for the secret of his own dark immortality.***The Vampire Chronicles is now a major TV show***Also in the Vampire Chronicles:Interview with the VampireThe Queen of the DamnedTrade Review'Dizzying narrative flights . . . as brilliant as the first; it is funnier, wilder and more disturbing' - New York Times 'A rich and unforgettable tale of dazzling scenes and vivid personalities - Library Journal
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Chiltern Publishing The Phantom of the Opera
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Penguin Books Ltd Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus Penguin
Book SynopsisObsessed with the idea of creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material with which to fashion a new being, shocking his creation to life with electricity. But this botched creature, rejected by its creator and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy Frankenstein and all that he holds dear.Trade ReviewMary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the masterpieces of nineteenth-century Gothicism. While stay-ing in the Swiss Alps in 1816 with her lover Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and others, Mary, then eighteen, began to concoct the story of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and the monster he brings to life by electricity. Written in a time of great personal tragedy, it is a subversive and morbid story warning against the dehumanization of art and the corrupting influence of science. Packed with allusions and literary references, it is also one of the best thrillers ever written. Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus was an instant bestseller on publication in 1818. The prototype of the science fiction novel, it has spawned countless imitations and adaptations but retains its original power.This Modern Library edition includes a new Introduction by Wendy Steiner, the chair of the English department at the University of Pennsylvania and author of The Scandal of Pleasure. Mary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in 1797 in London. She eloped to France with Shelley, whom she married in 1816. After Frankenstein, she wrote several novels, including Valperga and Falkner, and edited editions of the poetry of Shelley, who had died in 1822. Mary Shelley died in London in 1851.
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Canelo Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies
Book SynopsisJohn Langan, author of the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel The Fisherman, returns with ten tales of cosmic horror. In these stories, he continues to chart the course of 21st Century weird fiction, from the unfamiliar to the familial, the unfathomably distant to the intimate.A Halloween haunted house becomes a conduit to something ancient and uncanny.The effigy of a movie monster becomes instrumental in a young man''s defence against a bully.A family diminishes while visiting a seaside town, leaving only one to remember what changed.Lured in by fate, a father explores a mysterious tower, and comes face to face with the creature imprisoned within.Mourning his death, a young man travels to his father''s hometown, seeking closure, but finds himself beset by dreams of mythic bargains and a primaeval, corpse-eating titan.Praise for John LanganA writer whose work will unnerve you as deeply as Shirley Jackson's' Washington PostJohn Langan is fishing for your sleep, for your soul I fear he's already got mine' Stephen Graham JonesHorror at its sharpest and most imaginative' Paul TremblayA beast of a contemporary horror writer' Laird BarronOne of the finest practitioners of the moody tale ... whenever John Langan publishes a book I am going to devour that book' Victor LaValle
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British Library Publishing Eerie East Anglia
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British Library Publishing Possessed
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Pine: The spine-chilling Sunday Times bestseller
Book SynopsisWINNER of the McIlvanney Prize 2020Shortlisted for Bloody Scotland's Scottish Crime Debut of the Year 2020Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2020'Hugely atmospheric, exquisitely written and utterly gripping' LUCY FOLEY, author of The Hunting Party'It's both eerie and thrilling at once, and had me under its spell until the end' SOPHIE MACKINTOSH, author of Blue Ticket and The Water Cure______________They are driving home from the search party when they see her. The trees are coarse and tall in the winter light, standing like men.Lauren and her father Niall live alone in the Highlands, in a small village surrounded by pine forest. When a woman stumbles out onto the road one Halloween night, Niall drives her back to their house in his pickup. In the morning, she's gone.In a community where daughters rebel, men quietly rage, and drinking is a means of forgetting, mysteries like these are not out of the ordinary. The trapper found hanging with the dead animals for two weeks. Locked doors and stone circles. The disappearance of Lauren's mother a decade ago.Lauren looks for answers in her tarot cards, hoping she might one day be able to read her father's turbulent mind. Neighbours know more than they let on, but when local teenager Ann-Marie goes missing it's no longer clear who she can trust.In the shadow of the Highland forest, Francine Toon captures the wildness of rural childhood and the intensity of small-town claustrophobia. In a place that can feel like the edge of the word, she unites the chill of the modern gothic with the pulse of a thriller. It is the perfect novel for our haunted times.______________READERS LOVE PINE . . .'Stunning ... I was completely spellbound' *****'Mesmerising and addictive' *****'I raced through this one, absolutely adored it!' *****'Can't recommend it enough' *****'I could not pull myself away from the pages' *****Trade ReviewA literary gothic thriller to chill the marrow * Guardian *[A] simmering gothic thriller * Daily Mail *(A) pacey horror-tinged novel ... Even with the strange and supernatural goings-on in the woods, it’s the rage and grief and darkness of grown-ups that’s the biggest mystery of all * Telegraph, Best First Novels of 2020 *The novel's strength is its evocation of bleak landscapes and complex characters * Sunday Times *Splicing small-town domestic drama with grisly mystery and occult thrills, it’s a cleverly crafted debut * Metro *One of the standout debuts of the year * Irish Independent *As gripping as any boxset * Sunday Times Scotland *This haunting debut is a must-read for fans of eerie gothic fiction * The Skinny *An evocative read which will keep you guessing * Sunday Independent *Pine is a thrill of a book * i-D *
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Oxford University Press The Monk
Book SynopsisThe Monk (1796) is a masterpiece of Gothic fiction and the first horror novel in English literature. It tells of the pious monk Ambrosio's descent into depravity, his passion leading to rape, blasphemy, black magic, incest, and murder. Its sensational story also reflects the terrors of the French Revolution.
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Penguin Books Ltd Penguin English Library the Picture of Dorian
Book SynopsisThe Penguin English Library Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me ... Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day - mock me horribly!'A story of evil, debauchery and scandal, Oscar Wilde's only novel tells of Dorian Gray, a beautiful yet corrupt man. When he wishes that a perfect portrait of himself would bear the signs of ageing in his place, the picture becomes his hideous secret, as it follows Dorian's own downward spiral into cruelty and depravity. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a masterpiece of the evil in men's hearts, and is as controversial and alluring as Wilde himself.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
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Wordsworth Editions Ltd Dracula & Dracula's Guest
Book SynopsisDracula: 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. Dracula's Guest & Other Stories: Edited and Introduced by David Stuart Davies. The above is followed with a rich collection of Stoker's macabre tales including Dracula's Guest (which was omitted from the final version of Dracula); a devilishly dangerous haunted room in The Judge's House; a fatalistic tragedy in The Burial of the Rats; a terror of revenge from beyond the grave in The Secret of Growing Gold, and a surprising twist in the tail in The Gypsy's Prophecy. Other strange and frightening episodes provide a feast of terror for those readers who like to be unnerved as well as entertained.
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Pushkin Children's Books The King in Yellow
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Pan Macmillan A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas
Book SynopsisComplete and unabridged.When A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843 it was an overnight success. A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption, and a critique on Victorian society, Charles Dickens' atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as 'humbug'. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Featuring original illustrations by John Leech, with an afterword by Anna South.It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the ghost of his deceased business partner Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future that Scrooge begins to see the error of his ways. With heart-rending characters, rich imagery and evocative language, the hopeful message of A Christmas Carol remains as significant today as when it was first published.
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British Library Publishing Bird of Ill Omen
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British Library Publishing Circles of Stone
Book SynopsisAssembled here in tribute to these relics of a lost age are accounts of terrifying spirits haunting Stonehenge itself, stories of awful fates for those who impose modernity on the sacred sites and grim tales in which unwitting trespassers into the eternal rites of pagan worship find themselves part of an enduring legacy of blood.
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Penguin Books Ltd Im the King of the Castle
Book SynopsisDiscover a chilling twentieth century classic, delving into the dark and complex heart of childhood''Some people are coming here today, now you will have a companion.''But young Edmund Hooper doesn''t want anyone else in Warings, the rambling Victorian house he shares with his widowed father. Nevertheless Charles Kingshaw and his mother are soon installed and Edmund sets about persecuting his fearful new playmate.From the dusty back rooms of Warings through the gloomy labyrinth of Hang Wood to the very top of Leydell Castle, Edmund pursues Charles, the balance of power slipping back and forth between bully and victim. With their parents oblivious, the situation speeds towards a crisis...Darkly claustrophobic and morally ambiguous, Susan Hill weaves a classic tale of cruelty, power, and the dangerous games we play as children.''A brilliant tour de force'' Guardian''Equalled for poignancy and horror only in Lord of the Flies'' Sunday Telegraph''Delves beneath the surface of complex young minds, exposing not only their vulnerabilty and tenderness, their cruelty and malevolence, but also how parents end up turning a blind eye to their pain'' Anita SethiTrade ReviewHill's exploration of a juvenile ghoul and his natural prey is a brilliant tour de force * Guardian *Equalled for poignancy and horror only in Lord of the Flies * Sunday Telegraph *Delves beneath the surface of complex young minds, exposing not only their vulnerability and tenderness, their cruelty and malevolence, but also how parents end up turning a blind eye to their pain -- Anita Sethi, 'Guardian'
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Alma Books Ltd Frankenstein
Book SynopsisSince it was first published in 1818, Mary Shelley's seminal novel has generated countless print, stage and screen adaptations, but none has ever matched the power and philosophical resonance of the original. Composed as part of a challenge with Byron and Shelley to conjure up the most terrifying ghost story, Frankenstein narrates the chilling tale of a being created by a bright young scientist and the catastrophic consequences that ensue. Considered by many to be the first science-fiction novel, the tragic tale of Victor Frankenstein and the tortured creation he rejects is a classic fable about the pursuit of knowledge, the nature of beauty and the monstrosity inherent to man.Trade ReviewThe first novel of the scientific revolution and, incidentally, the first novel of science fiction. -- Brian Aldiss Frankenstein appeals to something very primal, but it's also about profound things, the very nature of life and death and birth. -- Kenneth Branagh How many fictional characters have made the great leap from literature to mythology; how many creatures of sheer language have stepped from the rhythms of their author's idiosyncratic voices into what might be called a collective cultural consciousness? -- Joyce Carol Oates The greatest novel of the Romantic movement. -- Michael Dirda
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Penguin Books Ltd We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Book SynopsisLiving in the Blackwood family home with only her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian for company, Merricat just wants to preserve their delicate way of life. But ever since Constance was acquitted of murdering the rest of the family, the world isn't leaving the Blackwoods alone.Trade ReviewHer greatest book ... at once whimsical and harrowing, a miniaturist's charmingly detailed fantasy sketched inside a mausoleum ... the deeper we sink, the deeper we want to go. -- Donna TarttThe world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable ... She is a true master. -- A. M. HomesA masterpiece of Gothic suspense. -- Joyce Carol OatesIf you haven't read We Have Always Lived in the Castle ... you have missed out on something marvellous. -- Neil GaimanHer greatest book ... at once whimsical and harrowing, a miniaturist's charmingly detailed fantasy sketched inside a mausoleum ... Through depths and depths and bloodwarm depths we fall, until the surface is only an eerie gleam high above, nearly forgotten; and the deeper we sink, the deeper we want to go -- Donna TarttThis novel brings back all my faith in terror and death. I can say no higher of it and her -- Dorothy Parker * Esquire *An amazing writer -- Neil GaimanThe world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable ... She is a true master -- A. M. HomesA masterpiece of Gothic suspense -- Joyce Carol OatesSo eerie, so disturbing, and not a wasted word, it has the kind of economy I wish I knew how to achieve -- Jonathan CoeFor me, it is that unique and dreamlike book ... that stands as her masterpiece -- Jonathan LethemWe Have Always Lived in the Castle is Jackson's masterpiece ... Stunning -- Elaine ShowalterManages the ironic miracle of convincing the reader that a house inhabited by a lunatic, a poisoner, and a pyromaniac is a world more rich in sympathy, love and subtlety than the world outside * Time *A witch's brew of eerie power and startling novelty * The New York Times *A marvellous elucidation of life ... a story full of craft and full of mystery * The New York Times Book Review *
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Orion Publishing Co The World of Dracula
Book SynopsisENTER CASTLE DRACULA... IF YOU DAREImmerse yourself in the Gothic World of Dracula in this stunning jigsaw puzzle by Adam Simpson. Packed with characters from the story, the illustration includes all the key scenes from the novel in incredible detail – every piece has something to capture the imagination. This richly rewarding puzzle is accompanied by an illustrated poster and explanatory text by leading Dracula expert Roger Luckhurst detailing who''s who in the Count''s grisly world.A 1000-PIECE JIGSAW FOR LITERATURE LOVERS. Piece together the grisly world of Dracula with a comprehensive poster guide.WORLD EXPERT ON DRACULA. Text by world Dracula expert Roger Luckhurst, the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Dracula and the Oxford World''s Classics edition of Dracula.HOURS OF SPOOKY FUN. Stalk graveyards, climb castle stairs and fraternize with the undead – all from the comfort of home!THE PERFECT GIFT
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British Library Publishing Spores of Doom
Book SynopsisAn anthology exploring a popular trope of modern horror media, tracing its roots in classic literature. Featuring classic stories from Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, Ray Bradbury and H. P. Lovecraft alongside obscure finds from the British Library collections. Including mushroom imagery from the British Library collections by the master of the fungal illustration, Fritz Leuba.
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Wordsworth Editions Ltd The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
Book SynopsisSelected & Introduced by David Stuart Davies. Traumatised by ghost stories in her youth, Pulitzer Prize winning author Edith Wharton (1862 -1937) channelled her fear and obsession into creating a series of spine-tingling tales filled with spirits beyond the grave and other supernatural phenomena. While claiming not to believe in ghosts, paradoxically she did confess that she was frightened of them. Wharton imbues this potent irrational and imaginative fear into her ghostly fiction to great effect. In this unique collection of finely wrought tales Wharton demonstrates her mastery of the ghost story genre. Amongst the many supernatural treats within these pages you will encounter a married farmer bewitched by a dead girl; a ghostly bell which saves a woman's reputation; the weird spectral eyes which terrorise the midnight hours of an elderly aesthete; the haunted man who receives letters from his dead wife; and the frightening power of a doppelganger which foreshadows a terrible tragedy. Compelling, rich and strange, the ghost stories of Edith Wharton, like vintage wine, have matured and grown more potent with the passing years.
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Orion Publishing Co Necronomicon
Book SynopsisWIKIPEDIA says: ''H.P. Lovecraft''s reputation has grown tremendously over the decades, and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most important horror writers of the 20th century, exerting an influence that is widespread, though often indirect.''H.P. Lovecraft''s tales of the tentacled Elder God Cthulhu and his pantheon of alien deities were initially written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and ''30s. These astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when they were first published.This handsome leatherbound tome collects together the very best of Lovecraft''s tales of terror, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, just the way they were originally published. It will introduce a whole new generation of readers to Lovecraft''s fiction, as well as being a must-buy for those fans who want all his work in a single, definitive, highly attractive volume.
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British Library Publishing Weird Woods
Book SynopsisWoods play an important role in horror, fantasy, the gothic and the weird. They are places in which strange things happen, where you often can't see where you are or what is nearby. This new collection showcases the best supernatural stories from the real forests of Britain, and notes on the folklore which inspired these deliciously sinister tales.
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HarperCollins Publishers The Haunting of Moscow House
Book SynopsisIn this elegant gothic horror tale set in post-revolutionary Russia, two formerly aristocratic sisters race to uncover their family's long-buried secrets in a house haunted by a past dangerous and deadly to remember.
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Hodder & Stoughton Slade House
Book Synopsis''ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANTLY INVENTIVE WRITERS OF THIS, OR ANY, COUNTRY'' INDEPENDENT''Deliciously creepy''SUNDAY TIMES''Irresistible''MAIL ON SUNDAY''Skin-crawling''OBSERVER''Manically ingenious''GUARDIAN''An elegant fright-fest''THE TIMESThe chilling seventh novel from the critically acclaimed author of Cloud Atlas and Utopia AvenueTurn down Slade Alley - narrow, dank and easy to miss, even when you''re looking for it. Find the small black iron door set into the right-hand wall. No handle, no keyhole, but at your touch it swings open. Enter the sunlit garden of an old house that doesn''t quite make sense; too grand for the shabby neighbourhood, too large for the space it occupies.A stranger greets you and invites you inside. At first, you won''t want to leave. Later, you''ll find thTrade ReviewIngenious . . . a deliciously creepy story to be read for plot and for pleasure, with your heart racing, and your eyes involuntarily skipping forwards to find out what happens * Sunday Times *Packed with heady ideas and pulsing with dark energy . . . both dazzlingly inventive and compulsively readable * Financial Times *An elegant fright-fest of the highest order . . . Mitchell masterfully, humorously, combines the classic components of a scary story - old house, dark alley, missing persons - with a realism, when describing the lives of the victims, that is pacy, funny and true * The Times *A clever and deep-frozenly chilling Gothic horror story . . . genuinely good, genuinely scary * Daily Mail *Mitchell seamlessly brings together his clashing parallel realities through wordplay so dazzling it seems to defy its own gravitational rules * Metro *Chilling and dazzling . . . but the real skill of the book is in its emotional impact. Mitchell makes you care about each of the narrators * Scotland on Sunday *Irresistible * Mail on Sunday *Mitchell's most pleasurable book to date, which also features some of his finest writing . . . a quiet, delightful triumph * Literary Review *Plants died, milk curdled, and my children went slightly feral as I succumbed to the creepy magic of David Mitchell's Slade House. It's a wildly inventive, chilling, and - for all its other-worldiness - wonderfully human haunted house story. I plan to return to its clutches quite often -- Gillian Flynn, author of Gone GirlA fiendish delight . . . Mitchell is something of a magician * Washington Post *One of the most enjoyably, deliriously frightening novels I've read in ages . . . gleeful, skin-crawling brilliance * Observer *His work manages to beguile, impress and delight in equal parts . . . highly effective, creepy and witty * Irish Times *It's a gripping premise which becomes increasingly suspenseful as the stories move closer to the present day . . . Be warned, this is not a book to read before bedtime * Independent on Sunday *Manically ingenious . . . Vending-machine horror tropes, believable characters, wild farce, existential jeopardy, meta-fictional jokes: into the cauldron they go. Mitchell is at home in this kitchen * Guardian *A marvellously horrific, sharp and concise masterpiece . . . The novel's brevity should not lead the reader to underestimate just how much punch Mitchell's prose packs. His fiction is intoxicating * Lady *I gulped down this novel in a single evening. Intricately connected to David Mitchell's previous books, this compact fantasy burns with classic Mitchellian energy. Painstakingly imagined and crackling with narrative velocity, it's a Dracula for the new millennium, a Hansel and Gretel for grownups, a reminder of how much fun fiction can be -- Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot SeeCrackling with menace, yet a delightful sly wit * Sunday Mirror *A deliciously creepy, page-turning mystery . . . Mitchell's gift for characterisation shines through, making everyone vivid * SFX *Mitchell flits among the realest of voices - a shy teenage girl, a washed-up cop - in the most supernatural of settings: a brilliant, career-long high-wire act. If you haven't read him yet, Slade House is your 238-page, pocket-size gateway drug * Time *Brilliantly done, spooky, tense and beautifully written, full of the writerly flourishes that Mitchell is rightly famous for * Daily Express *A ripping yarn . . . Like Shirley Jackson's Hill House or the Overlook Hotel from Stephen King's The Shining, [Slade House] is a thin sliver of hell designed to entrap the unwary . . . As the Mitchellverse grows ever more expansive and connected, this short but powerful novel hints at still more marvels to come * San Francisco Chronicle *The joy in Slade House is in the discovery. It's in seeing different people make the same mistakes over and over again . . . It's in thinking that you'd be smarter, of course. That you'd see through all this B-movie schlock (like creepy portraits, sad ghosts and stairways that go nowhere), find the secret door, and escape. Only to find that you're already trapped * NPR *
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HarperCollins Publishers Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Book SynopsisHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which gives direction to the character of Man.'Including Poe's most terrifying, grotesque and haunting short stories, Tales of Mystery and Imagination is the ultimate collection of the infamous author's macabre works.Considered to be one of the earliest American writers to encapsulate the genre of detective-fiction, the collection features some of his most popular tales.The Gold-Bug' is the only tale that was popular in his lifetime, whereas The Black Cat', The Pit and the Pendulum' and The Murders in the Rue Morgue' became more widely read after his death.Focussing on the internal conflict of individuals, the power of the dead over the living, and psychological explorations of darker human emotion that appear to anticipate Sig
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Arcturus Publishing The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories
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Canelo The Fisherman: A chilling supernatural horror
Book Synopsis‘Illusory, frightening, and deeply moving, The Fisherman is a modern horror epic. And it’s simply a must read’ Paul TremblayIn upstate New York, within the woods, Dutchman’s Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked and fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true.When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other’s company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumours of the Creek and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss them. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir.It's a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as the Fisherman. It will bring Abe and Dan face to face with all that they have lost, and with the price they must pay to regain it.‘An epic, yet intimate, horror novel. Langan channels M. R. James, Robert E. Howard and Norman Maclean. What you get is A River Runs Through It... straight to hell’ Laird BarronMore praise for The Fisherman ‘Reading this, your mouth fills with worms. Just let them wriggle and crawl as they will, though—don’t swallow. John Langan is fishing for your sleep, for your soul. I fear he’s already got mine’ Stephen Graham Jones‘What starts as a slow, melancholy tale gains momentum and drops you head first into a churning nightmare from which you might escape, but you’ll never forget, and the memory of what you saw will change you forever’ Richard Kadrey‘The Fisherman is a treasure, the kind of book you just want to snuggle up and shiver through. I can’t say enough good things about the confidence, the patience, the satisfying cumulative power of this book. It was a pleasure to read from the first page to the last’ Victor LaValle‘Stories within stories, folk tales becoming modern legends, all spinning into a fisherman’s tale about the one he wishes had gotten away. Langan’s latest is at turns epic and personal, dense yet compulsively readable, frightening but endearing’ Adam Cesare
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