Classic horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction
Transworld Cold Eternity
Book SynopsisS.A. BARNES works in a high school library by day, recommending reads, talking with students, and removing the occasional forgotten cheese-stick-as-bookmark. The author has published numerous novels across different genres, with Dead Silence, Ghost Station and Cold Eternity published under her S. A. Barnes moniker.Barnes lives in Illinois with more dogs and books than is advisable and a very patient spouse.
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Cold Eternity
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Watkins Media Limited Creeping Jenny A Nyquist Mystery Nyquist
Book SynopsisThe third book in Jeff Noon's widely acclaimed 'Nyquest Mysteries' find our protagonist caught up in a new mystery that delves into nightmares, Saints and the answer to his father's disappearanceIn the winter of 1959, private eye John Nyquist arrives in the village of Hoxley-on-the-Hale with only a package of cryptic photographs, and the frail hope of finding an answer to a question he's been asking since his childhood.But the villagers offer little help, as each day brings a twisted new rule in the name of a different Saint that they, and Nyquist, must follow. And there are whispers of the return of the Tolly Man, an avatar of chaos in a terrible mask...As Nyquist struggles to distinguish friend from foe, and the Tolly Man draws nearer, he must race to finally settle the one mystery he has never been able to solve: the disappearance of his father.From the singular imagination of Jeff Noon comes this dark tale of folk horror in the Philip K. Dick Trade Review"It's a heady psychedelic mix, packed with literary allusions, which brilliantly explores notions of self-identity, personal awareness and how we fit into our own stories." "Rich, inventive and recommended." "A moody, grimy, ruthlessly funny read... its sense of play and sly manipulation of reader expectations - about metafiction, weird fiction, and noir - is still quite the trip." "By writing a novel set in literature itself the author has created a new psychedelic meta-genre as well as a fantastic story that sticks in the mind long after the novel itself is read." "The Body Library is a brilliant piece of writing that does a satisfying job of merging noir, magical realism, and a love of all things literary." "A disturbing and bizarre journey by one of the great masters of weird fiction." "Noon has written a kaleidoscopic noir novel of dizzying dream logic." "Clocks and watches form a recurrent motif in this artful, eerie novel that infuses the mystery genre with symbolism and soul." "Wonderful and uniquely absorbing." "Noon is the Lewis Carroll of Manchester's housing estates." "Noon is a fiercely urban writer. [He] reflects the energy of the rave generation: the hammer and twist of the music, the language of the computer games addict and the buzz of technology." "Noon's blend of quirky ideas, striking prose and imaginative characterisations establishes him as one of the most original voices in imaginative fiction." "Let's call him the first of the psychedelic fantasists." "A virtual wonderland." "Humorous, horrific and wildly original... an imaginative masterpiece." "Observes most of the conventions of cyberpunk fiction [yet] its imagery is insistently organic, and owes more to the underground pharmacology of the rave scene than to the world of hard wired chips and user interface." "Intriguingly textured, reliably witty and inventive, Noon's whirling purposeful fantasy packs a full whallop." "outstanding paranormal mystery" "Classic Jeff Noon weirdness with a beautifully crafted mystery at its heart."
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WW Norton & Co The New Annotated Frankenstein
Book SynopsisTwo centuries after its original publication the most complete Frankenstein ever compiled.Trade Review"... Leslie S. Klinger offers a unique and incisive commentary on one of the great gothic horror novels of all time." -- This is Horror
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MP-NEV University of Nevada Speaking Through Aspens Basque Tree Carvings in
Book SynopsisHikers in the mountains of the Far West have long known about mysterious carvings found on aspen trees but few have researched their intent or significance. This title analyzes the content of thousands of arboglphs in the mountains of Nevada and California. It is suitable for scholars and those interested in the Basque experience.Trade Review"J. Mallea-Olaetxe has produced an encyclopedic work on the carvings, answering many questions about the Basque people in the mountain west." - James Snyder, historian, National Park Service "Speaking Through the Aspens is nothing less than the definitive study of Basque aspen art in the American West." - Michael Claytor, emeritus professor of anthropology, Sierra College"
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John F Blair Publisher Granny Curse The And Other Ghosts and Legends
Book SynopsisWitches who fly down chimneys. A chair that won't release its occupant until a drop of blood stains the floor. A mountain that grewand continues to growfrom the grave of a woman who was larger than life. The ghost of a woman who jumps on the bumpers of cars driving past the graveyard where she is buried. An apple tree that growls at people who pick its fruit. A woman who rose from her grave each night to get food for a baby born to her after she was buried. A peach tree that grows on the head of a deer. These and other legends and ghost stories handed down for generations are contained in this collection of 25 tales from East Tennessee.For several years, folklorists Randy Russell and Janet Barnett have taught a course about Southern folklore at the North Carolina Center for Advancement of Teaching in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Russell is also the author of several mysteries, including Edgar Award nominee Hot Wire.They live in Asheville, North Carolina.
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The Oleander Press The Hole of the Pit
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The Oleander Press The Stoneground Ghost Tales
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The Oleander Press Tedious Brief Tales of Granta and Gramarye
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Valancourt Books Gaston de Blondeville Valancourt Classics
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Valancourt Books The Castle of Wolfenbach A German Story Gothic Classics
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City Owl Press Sorrows Point Volume 1 The Marker Chronicles
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Holland Press The Tallest Timbers
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£23.79
Cambridge University Press The Eternal Wanderer
Book SynopsisThe Eternal Wanderer: Christian Negotiations in the Gothic Mode provides new ways of reading the Gothicisation of the Wandering Jew. It argues that early Gothic writing conjured iterations of this figure that reimagine and revise him, adding Gothic layers to a popular Christian myth that refuses to die. Drawing on the work of Carol Margaret Davison, Lisa Lampert-Weissig and Galit Hasan-Roken and Alan Dundes, whose studies trace the myth''s development across history, folklore and literature, this Element studies the figure as an antisemitic, palimpsestic Derridean spectre and establishes early Gothic writing as a significant development in his continued spectral existence. By reading the production of the Wandering Jew in conversation with his historical and theological contexts, and employing theoretical traditions of spectralisation according to Jacques Derrida and Steven F. Kruger, this Element provides a dedicated account of Gothic iterations of this figure and examines its alchemical, Faustian and theological figurations.
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Cambridge University Press Democracy and the American Gothic
Book SynopsisThe American Gothic decentralizes by exposing malaise and reflects the widespread mistrust of the masses. This Element theorizes the democratic and anti-democratic elements of the American Gothic by surveying the conflicted imaginaries of the genre's mainstays, including Charles Brockden Brown, George Lippard, Shirley Jackson, and Stephen King.
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Cambridge University Press The Eternal Wanderer
Book SynopsisThe Eternal Wanderer: Christian Negotiations in the Gothic Mode provides new ways of reading the Gothicisation of the Wandering Jew. It argues that early Gothic writing conjured iterations of this figure that reimagine and revise him, adding Gothic layers to a popular Christian myth that refuses to die. Drawing on the work of Carol Margaret Davison, Lisa Lampert-Weissig and Galit Hasan-Roken and Alan Dundes, whose studies trace the myth''s development across history, folklore and literature, this Element studies the figure as an antisemitic, palimpsestic Derridean spectre and establishes early Gothic writing as a significant development in his continued spectral existence. By reading the production of the Wandering Jew in conversation with his historical and theological contexts, and employing theoretical traditions of spectralisation according to Jacques Derrida and Steven F. Kruger, this Element provides a dedicated account of Gothic iterations of this figure and examines its alchemical, Faustian and theological figurations.
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Pan Macmillan The Shadow in The Corner Other Classic Ghost
Book SynopsisMarcus Clapham is an author, editor and anthologizer of nearly twenty books including The Shadow in The Corner & Other Classic Ghost Stories.
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Pan Macmillan Castle Barebane
Book SynopsisJoan Aiken was born in Rye, Sussex in 1924, daughter of the American poet Conrad Aiken, and started writing herself at the age of five. Since the 1960s she wrote full time and published over 100 books.Best known for her children's books such as The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and Midnight is a Place, she also wrote extensively for adults and published many contemporary and historical novels, including sequels to novels by Jane Austen. In 1968, she won the Guardian Children's book prize for Whispering Mountain, followed by an Edgar Allan Poe award for Night Fall in 1972, and was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature in 1999.Joan Aiken died in 2004.
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Pan Macmillan The Fog
Book SynopsisJames Herbert was not only Britain's number one bestselling writer of chiller fiction a position he held ever since the publication of his first novel but was also one of our greatest popular novelists. Widely imitated and hugely influential, his twenty-three novels have sold more than 54 million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty languages. In 2010, he was made the Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention and was also awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to literature. His final novel was Ash. James Herbert died in March 2013.
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Austin Macauley Publishers The Twinmere Beast
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Austin Macauley Publishers Ashwood
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Austin Macauley Publishers Ashwood
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Mira Books The Stalking LibE
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Mira Books The Stalking
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Mira Books The Stalking
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Naxos Chilling Ghost Stories
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Blackstone Publishing Soon
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£26.21
Blackstone Publishing The House on Widows Hill
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£24.71
HarperCollins My Heart Laid Bare
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£67.49
HarperCollins My Heart Laid Bare
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HarperCollins My Heart Laid Bare
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£41.99
Tor Publishing Group Schraders Chord
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St Martin's Press Haunt Sweet Home
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St. Martin's Publishing Group Ill Be Waiting
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Tor Books The Library of the Dead
Book SynopsisNow a USA TODAY bestseller!Ilube Nommo Award 2022 for Best NovelAn absolute delight . . . kept me totally hooked. Genevieve Cogman, bestselling author of The Invisible Library Sixth Sense meets Stranger Things in T. L. Huchu''s The Library of the Dead, a sharp contemporary fantasy following a precocious and cynical teen as she explores the shadowy magical underside of modern Edinburgh.WHEN GHOSTS TALKSHE WILL LISTEN Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghostalker and they sure do love to talk. Now she speaks to Edinburgh's dead, carrying messages to those they left behind. A girl's gotta earn a living, and it seems harmless enough. Until, that is, the dead whisper that someone's bewitching children leaving them husks, empty of joy and strength. It's on Ropa's patch, so she feels honor-bound to investigate. But what she learns will rock her world.Ropa will dice with de
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Tor Books The Library of the Dead
Book SynopsisNow a USA TODAY bestseller!Ilube Nommo Award 2022 for Best NovelAn absolute delight . . . kept me totally hooked. Genevieve Cogman, bestselling author of The Invisible Library Sixth Sense meets Stranger Things in T. L. Huchu''s The Library of the Dead, a sharp contemporary fantasy following a precocious and cynical teen as she explores the shadowy magical underside of modern Edinburgh.WHEN GHOSTS TALKSHE WILL LISTEN Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghostalker and they sure do love to talk. Now she speaks to Edinburgh's dead, carrying messages to those they left behind. A girl's gotta earn a living, and it seems harmless enough. Until, that is, the dead whisper that someone's bewitching children leaving them husks, empty of joy and strength. It's on Ropa's patch, so she feels honor-bound to investigate. But what she learns will rock her world.Ropa will dice with de
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St Martin's Press The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World
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Picador USA Paris Is a Party Paris Is a Ghost
Book SynopsisDavid Hoon Kim's debut novel Paris Is a Party, Paris Is a Ghost is a transgressive, darkly comic novel of becoming lost and found in translation. In a strangely distorted Paris, a Japanese adoptee is haunted by the woman he once loved When Fumiko emerges after one month locked in her dorm room, she's already dead, leaving a half-smoked Marlboro Light and a cupboard of petrified food in her wake. For her boyfriend, Henrik Blatand, an aspiring translator, these remnants are like clues, propelling him forward in a search for meaning. Meanwhile, Fumiko, or perhaps her doppelgänger, reappears: in line at the Louvre, on street corners and subway platforms, and on the dissection table of a group of medical students.Henrik's inquiry expands beyond Fumiko's seclusion and death, across the absurd, entropic streets of Paris and the figures that wander them, from a jaded group of Korean expats, to an eccentric French widow, to the indelible woman who
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St Martin's Press The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle
Book SynopsisGhostalker Ropa Moyo and her rag-tag team of magicians are back in The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, the third book in the spellbinding USA Today bestselling Edinburgh Nights series by T. L. Huchu.She came for magic. She stayed to solve a murder . . . Ropa Moyo is no stranger to magic or mysteries. But she's still stuck in an irksomely unpaid internship. So she's thrilled to attend a magical convention at Dunvegan Castle, on the Isle of Skye, where she'll rub elbows with eminent magicians. For Ropa, it's the perfect opportunity to finally prove her worth. Then a librarian is murdered and a precious scroll stolen. Suddenly, every magician is a suspect, and Ropa and her allies investigate. Trapped in a castle, with suspicions mounting, Ropa must contend with corruption, skulduggery and power plays. Time to ask for a raise?Edinburgh Nights series:The Library of the DeadOur Lady of Mysterious Ailments
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Tor Publishing Group The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle
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Tor Publishing Group The Legacy of Arniston House
Book SynopsisA dangerous cult craves a dark power. The Legacy of Arniston House is the spellbinding fourth instalment of the USA Today bestselling Edinburgh Nights series by T. L. HuchuRopa Moyo is a wannabe magician, can speak to the dead, and has officially given up being an intern. Leaving Scottish magic behind, she now works for the English Sorcerer Royal. But just as she adjusts to working for the English, an old enemy reveals a devastating secret about her Gran, and Ropa's world falls apart. Outraged, she rushes home, but finds her grandmother dead murdered with no killer in sight. What's more, she's the prime suspect. In her quest to find the true murderer, Ropa becomes caught in the dark tendrils of a cult, hell-bent on resurrecting an ancient power. Ropa must use her wits, her magic, and call in all favors to stop the ritual and clear her name.Edinburgh Nights series:The Library of the DeadOur Lady of
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St Martin's Press The Legacy of Arniston House
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WW Norton & Co Reality and Other Stories
Book SynopsisA Kirkus Reviews Best Short Fiction of 2021 Selection Ghost stories for the digital age by the Booker Prize–longlisted author of The Wall.Trade Review"A smart book, scary as hell, and also a whole lot of fun…[Reality and Other Stories is] as endlessly entertaining as it is legitimately frightening." -- Michael Schaub, NPR.org"Ingenious…[Lanchester's stories] send a shiver down the spine." -- Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal"John Lanchester's collection of tech-y ghost stories seems especially appealing right now...The eight tales in Lanchester's Reality and Other Stories are meant to entertain, to take you out of yourself for a space—and that they deftly do." -- Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air"This intriguing debut collection grapples with technology and its illusion of convenience, choice and escape. Lanchester, a British novelist and journalist, has a sharp eye for social class and setting in his ghost stories for the digital age." -- Vanessa Hua, New York Times Book Review"Brisk, vinegar-sharp satires that horrify and amuse in equal measure." -- Guardian"A mind-bending collection about the multifaceted scariness of the way we live now." -- Times Literary Supplement (UK)"Very clever, very modern 'entertainments.'" -- Financial Times (UK)"Across these immensely enjoyable and varied tales, Lanchester embraces the camp silliness of the gothic sensibility, while also making astute observations about our ever-developing digital reality." -- Booklist
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WW Norton & Co Disturbance
Book SynopsisA spellbinding, genre-bending debut that follows a woman’s attempt to heal from an abusive relationship—with the help of black magic.Trade Review"This witchy [novel] benefits from allusions to its pop culture antecedents, including The Craft, and Clake’s artful juxtaposition of the narrator’s memories of her past relationship with the haunting in the present sheds light on the lingering effects of trauma. Fans of literary horror will want to snatch this up." -- Publishers Weekly"Disturbance reads like a poem but hits like a horror novel. What a mysterious, painful, yet strangely delicious slice of life." -- Ashley Hutson, author of One's Company"This slim, searing novel lures you in with the delicious nostalgia of teenage witchcraft before breaking you in two." -- Ruth Gilligan, author of The Butchers’ Blessing
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Harper Voyager Gather The Fortunes
Book SynopsisFate decides where you go when you die. Renai makes damn sure you get thereRenaissance Raines has found her place among the psychopomps—the guides who lead the souls of the recently departed through the Seven Gates of the Underworld—and done her best to avoid the notice of gods and mortals alike. But when a young boy named Ramses St. Cyr manages to escape his foretold death, Renai finds herself at the center of a deity-thick plot unfolding in New Orleans. Someone helped Ramses slip free of his destined end—someone willing to risk everything to steal a little slice of power for themselves.Is it one of the storm gods that’s descended on the city? The death god who’s locked the Gates of the Underworld? Or the manipulative sorcerer who also cheated Death? When she finds the schemer, there’s gonna be all kinds of hell to pay, because there are scarier things than death in the Crescent City. Renaissance Raines is one
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Austin Macauley Publishers Splitting Man
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Arcturus Publishing Ltd The Black Seal and Other Stories
Book SynopsisThis collection features several disturbing tales from one of horror''s true masters. Including such terrifying tales as ''The Great God Pan'', ''The Bowmen'' and the uncanny atmosphere of ''The Black Seal'', these stories are filled with eldritch relics, supernatural horrors and occult corruptions.At the heart of all these stories are the fascinating characters brought face to face with these primeval terrors. Whether eccentric academics or men filled with hubris, their encounters with the supernatural uncover the consequences of delving too deep into the forgotten mysteries of the world.Machen''s evocative writing is sure to send a chill down every reader''s spine.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classics series brings together high-quality paperback editions of classics works, presented with contemporary graphic cover designs. Together they make a wonderful collection which is perfect for any home library.
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Arcturus Publishing The Haunter of the Ring and Other Stories
Book SynopsisRobert E. Howard (1906-1936) was one of America's great short story writers and the creator of the iconic character Conan the Barbarian. He is credited with creating the sword and sorcery genre of fiction and wrote an astonishing number of tales in his tragically short life.
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