Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction

Book SynopsisTHE DAZZLING SECOND GHOST STORY COLLECTION FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON, NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.''Terrific - every bit as good as an MR James collection'' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHANFeaturing new and original stories from:Bridget CollinsImogen Hermes GowarKiran Millwood HargraveAndrew Michael HurleyJess Kidd Natasha PulleyElizabeth MacnealLaura Purcell Susan Stokes-Chapman Laura Shepherd-Robinson Stuart Turton Catriona Ward The tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. These twelve stories - authored by some of today''s most loved and lauded writers of historical and gothic fiction - are all centred around Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience. Taking you from a haunted Tuscan villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark secret,, these vibrant haunted stories are your ultimate companion for frosty nights.So curl up, light a candle, and fall under the spell of winters past . . .

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Book SynopsisSUSAN HILL has been a professional writer for over fifty years. Her books have won awards and prizes including the Whitbread, the John Llewellyn Rhys and a Somerset Maugham, and have been shortlisted for the Booker. Her novels include Strange Meeting, I'm the King of the Castle, In the Springtime of the Year and The Mist in the Mirror. She has also published autobiographical works and collections of short stories as well as the Simon Serrailler series of crime novels. The play of her ghost story The Woman in Black is one of the longest running in the history of London's West End. In 2020 she was awarded a damehood (DBE) for services to literature. She has two adult daughters and lives in North Norfolk.Trade ReviewNo one chills the heart like Susan Hill * Daily Telegraph *An excellent ghost story… magnificently eerie… compulsive reading * Evening Standard *A rattling good yarn, the sort that chills the mind as well as the spine * Guardian *Heartstoppingly chilling * Daily Express *Terrifying... creepy classic * Daily Mail *

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Book SynopsisA beautiful hardback classic edition of King''s first published novel, CARRIE, produced for the fiftieth Anniversary, with a new introduction by Margaret Atwood. Carrie White is no ordinary girl. Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis. To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie - the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues. But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as she is forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her . . .

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Book SynopsisDiscover this paranormal 90s-set mystery in a spooky small town hiding dark secrets which stretch back centuries a perfect Halloween read forStranger Things fans.

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Book SynopsisDO YOU DARE STEP OUT ALONE? SCREAM meets SCOOBY DOO - Join Buffy,Jonesy, Amber and Cam as they investigate a chilling string of murdersin their local town. From the bestselling author of Let'sSplit Up.

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Book SynopsisBethany C. Morrow is a bestselling author, and writes adult and young adult novels. Her young adult work includes SLJ Gold Standard selections, A Song Below Water (a Locus, Ignyte, and Audie finalist) and So Many Beginnings, a Little Women remix. She is editor/contributor to the young adult anthology Take The Mic, which won the 2020 ILA Social Justice in Literature award. Her adult novels include Mem, an Indies Introduce and Indies Next pick, and her most recent novel, Cherish Farrah, a social horror, was the April 2022 Belletrist x Bookclub pick. She was the 2021 Mansfield Lecturer at Roosevelt University, and her work has been featured in The LA Times, Forbes, Bustle, Buzzfeed, and more. Bethany is included on USA TODAY's list of 100 Black novelists and fiction writers you should read.

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Book SynopsisRead the original stories which were adapted into the celebrated films STAND BY ME, APT PUPIL and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, voted the world''s most popular movie - now with a stunning new cover look. In this classic collection of four novellas, the grand master takes you on irresistible journeys into the far reaches of horror, heartache and hope.Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is the story of two men convicted of murder - one guilty, one innocent - who form the perfect partnership as they dream up a scheme to escape from prison.In Apt Pupil a golden schoolboy entices an old man with a past to join in a dreadful union. The Body sees four young boys venture into the woods and find life, death . . . and the end of innocence.The Breathing Method is the tale of a doctor who goes to his club and discovers a woman determined to give birth - no matter what.Trade ReviewTriumphant . . . Stephen King remains a master * New York Times *Triumphant . . . Stephen King remains a master * New York Times *An incredibly gifted writer * Guardian *An incredibly gifted writer * Guardian *Triumphant . . . Stephen King remains a master. * New York Times *An incredibly gifted writer. * Guardian *

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Book SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A USA TODAY BESTSELLERLike a graphic novel version of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, this thrilling collection of original horror tales is packed with urban legends, terrifying twists, and delightfully haunted stories by one of the biggest stars in webcomics. Each story will make you scream for more!A new take on a classic format, Bad Dreams in the Night is an updated, illustrated take on the horror anthologies the author grew up with as a kid, such as Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and In a Dark, Dark Room. These self-contained stories grew rapidly in popularity among the author's online audience, and even inspired production of a motion picture from Buzzfeed Studios and Lionsgate Films. Filled with spine-tingling, pulse-increasing tales of mystery and supernatural occurrences, this book of never-before-seen comics will be the perfect gift for people who love Black Mirror and Stranger Things and listened to podcasts like Welcome to Nightvale and Rabbits. 

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Book SynopsisThe debut collection from the acclaimed author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed and Our Share of Night. 'An utterly brilliant measure of deep existential terror... You [will] return home looking pale and haunted' Observer Sleep-deprived fathers conjuring phantoms; sharp-toothed children and stolen skulls; persecuted young women drawn to self-immolation. Organized crime sits side-by-side with the occult in Buenos Aires - a place where reality and the supernatural fuse into strange, new shapes. These acclaimed gothic tales follow the wayward and downtrodden, revealing the scars of Argentina's dictatorship and the ghosts and traumas that have settled in the minds of its people. Provocative, brutal and uncanny, Things We Lost in the Fire is contemporary gothic at its darkest and best. 'The only book that's ever left me afraid to turn out the lights... mercilessly incisive and deeply creepy' Irish Times 'Books of the Year' 'These spookily clear-eyed, elementally intense stories are the business' Helen OyeyemiTrade ReviewBright with brilliance... The stories [create] a sensibility as distinctive as that found in Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son. They are a portrait of a world in fragments, a mirrorball made of razor blades -- John Self * Guardian *An utterly brilliant measure of deep existential terror ... you [will] return home looking pale and haunted -- ‘Best Summer Books’ selected by Mark O’Connell * Observer *Slim but phenomenal... The spookiness of these 12 stories sets into the reader's mind like a jet stone, sparkling through all that darkness * Vanity Fair *The only book that's ever left me afraid to turn out the lights... mercilessly incisive and deeply creepy -- ‘Books of the Year’ selected by Lisa McInerney * Irish Times *Fiction doesn't get much better than this -- John Ajvide Lindqvist, author * Let the Right One In *Teeming with death, sex and the macabre, this short-story collection by one of Argentina's rising literary talents might best be described as Buenos Aires gothic -- Best Summer Books * Financial Times *[Full of] claustrophobic terror... stylish and compelling -- Luke Brown * Financial Times *Propulsive and mesmerising... I will be haunted for some time by this book * New York Times Book Review *Enríquez is a mesmerizing writer who demands to be read... her fiction hits with the force of a freight train -- Dave Eggers, author * The Circle *Beautiful but savage... [Enriquez] gives the best horror stories a run for their money... This is the best short story collection I have read this year -- Lucy Scholes * National *An utterly brilliant measure of deep existential terror ... you [will] return home looking pale and haunted -- Best Summer Reads * Guardian *Exquisite... unsettling and haunting... engaging and compelling * New Internationalist *These spookily clear-eyed, elementally intense stories are the business. I find myself no more able to defend myself from their advances than Enríquez's funny, brutal, bruised characters are able to defend themselves from life as it's lived -- Helen Oyeyemi, author * Boy, Snow, Bird *It seems wrong, somehow to call this grouping of Mariana Enríquez's stories a collection. There is nothing collected about these stories. These stories unsettle; they disturb; they disquiet. Read them! -- Kelly Link, author * Get in Trouble *Many of us have long looked up to Mariana Enríquez, one of the great talents of the new literature from Argentina. Possibly the most intimate one. Her writing is a prodigious blend which reimagines certain traditions under that dreadful clarity we identify as an author's voice. Sharp and intricate, her genre awareness is deserving of nothing but my admiration. Sharing her work is great cause for celebration -- Andrés NeumanWhen I read Mariana Enríquez's stories, I forget where I am. I miss my subway stop. I hold my breath. Her fiction is that pulse-racingly superb, that electric and original. Mariana Enríquez is an essential voice in contemporary fiction, and The Things We Lost in the Fire will be a sensation -- Laura van den Berg, author * Find Me *Enriquez's stories are not only supremely important, but addictive and joyfully grotesque... Born from the scars of a nation, they will leave a lasting mark on you -- Alan Bett * Skinny *Gripping * Monocle *Enriquez scratches satisfyingly at Argentina's underbelly * Newsweek *A detailed cultural portrait and a blend of realistic fiction and fantasy, the stories feature spirits and murders, marriages happy and sad, friendships and heartaches, all against the backdrop of past and present Argentina... The author picks apart the intricacies of human relationships and lays them out on the page in a manner that is simple, but delicate...A thorough exploration of the human condition, -- Alice Kouzmenko * Storgy Online *

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Book Synopsis''Honestly this series is utter perfection'' Reader review, ***************************************There was no preparing for her stormWrath.When they met her, she was a whirlwind of shadows and darkness. Standing among the ashes of betrayal and grief, now she is a tempest of rage and malice. Queen Scarlett Aditya will hunt them all down, one by one, and make them pay. Starting with the one who took her brightest star from her.Acceptance.She knows she will come for her. Her betrayal was too great. She deserves the storm of fury that will end her, but until then Queen Talwyn Semiria will protect a secret that could turn the tides in the coming war. But when the time comes to pay for her sins, will she be able to give up everything? And will it even be enough?Hope.A kingdom wrapped in mystery, locked away behind wards to protect its secrets. That is where the last hope of King Callan Solgard lies to get his throne back. But does he even want it any more? Will it cost him more than what he's already lost? Or will new nightmares draw him from the light and into the darkness?It's time to start a fire and let it burn.**************************************Readers LOVE Lady of Embers:''I couldn''t put it down'' Reader review, *****''So much heartbreak, more romances, difficult choices Honestly this series is amazing'' Reader review, *****''I stumbled across this series after a post ACOTAR reading slump. I have to say I have found this series just as addictive!'' Reader review, *****''The characters are wonderful, and you get to know and understand them more as the story unfolds'' Reader review, *****

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Book SynopsisNeed your magical crime solved? Call the Witch Coven.

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Book SynopsisStrangling vines and meat-hungry flora fill this unruly garden of strange stories, selected for their significance as the seeds of the villainous (or perhaps just misunderstood) `killer plant' in fiction, film and video games.

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Book SynopsisPart of Penguin''s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the designWhen Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the ''Master'' and his imminent arrival. In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.Trade Review[Coralie Bickford-Smith's] recent work for Penguin Classics is...nothing short of glorious * Anna Cole Co. *One of the most powerful horror tales ever written -- Malcolm Bradbury

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Book Synopsis“This funny and fresh take on a classic tale manages to comment on gender roles, racial disparities, and white privilege all while creeping me all the way out. So good.”—Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black GirlNow in paperback, Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this New York Times best-selling horror novel about a women's book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern town.Bonus features: • Reading group guide for book clubs • Hand-drawn map of Mt. Pleasant • Annotated true-crime reading list by Grady Hendrix • And more! Patricia Campbell’s life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a workaholic, her teenage kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and she’s always a step behind on her endless to-do list. The only thing keeping her sane is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime. At these meetings they’re as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are about their own families.One evening after book club, Patricia is viciously attacked by an elderly neighbor, bringing the neighbor's handsome nephew, James Harris, into her life. James is well traveled and well read, and he makes Patricia feel things she hasn’t felt in years. But when children on the other side of town go missing, their deaths written off by local police, Patricia has reason to believe James Harris is more of a Bundy than a Brad Pitt. The real problem? James is a monster of a different kind—and Patricia has already invited him in. Little by little, James will insinuate himself into Patricia’s life and try to take everything she took for granted—including the book club—but she won’t surrender without a fight in this blood-soaked tale of neighborly kindness gone wrong.Trade ReviewThe New York Times Best SellerA Barnes & Noble Best Fiction Book of 20202021 Locus Award FinalistA Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist#1 April 2020 LibraryReads PickApril 2020 Indie Next PickAmazon Best Book of April 2020A Library Journal Editors' Pick for April 2020The A.V. Club Best Book of April 2020A POPSUGAR Best Book for Book Clubs 2020One of Good Housekeeping's 30 of the Scariest Horror Books Ever WrittenOne of Town & Country’s 50 Best Horror Books“This funny and fresh take on a classic tale manages to comment on gender roles, racial disparities, and white privilege all while creeping me all the way out. So good.”—Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black Girl “Ghosts of the past have also inspired one of the most rollicking, addictive novels I’ve read in years: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix, a tale of housewives battling vampires that is sweetly painful, like hard candy that breaks a tooth.”—Danielle Trussoni for The New York Times Book Review“A delight...its incisive social commentary and meaningful character development make The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires not just a palatable read for non-horror fans, but a winning one.”—USA Today, 3.5 out of 4 star review“Funny, gruesome, and wild, this rollicking novel from horror luminary Grady Hendrix is Desperate Housewives meets Dracula.”—Esquire“Delightful read that reads like Dracula set in the '90s American South....Perfect for fans of horror and real-life crime alike.”—Good Housekeeping“The novel is a charming testament to friendships and life's imperfections, with dashes of rot and savagery to earn its keep in horror literature....It's a rollercoaster [that] lands as a vampire story concreted in vileness and Southern charm.”—Fangoria“[Hendrix] remains excellent at staging page-turning sequences of excitement and anxiety...[and] a master of adding little details that fill in the landscape of his Southern-fried world.”—The A.V. Club“As fun (and as creepy) as the title suggests….This novel will definitely whet your appetite if you’re looking for something a bit eccentric and spooky.”—BuzzFeed“This book should be required reading for all Southern women....[It] transports you back to all the best parts of the 1990's while throwing more than enough thrill and chill into the mix.”—Country Living “[A] clever, addictive vampire thriller....This powerful, eclectic novel both pays homage to the literary vampire canon and stands singularly within it.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review“Hendrix cleverly sprinkles in nods to well-established vampire lore, and the fact that he's a master at conjuring heady 1990s nostalgia is just the icing on what is his best book yet. Fans of smart horror will sink their teeth into this one.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review“Hendrix has masterfully blended the disaffected housewife trope with a terrifying vampire tale, and the anxiety and tension are palpable...a cheeky, spot-on pick for book clubs.”—Booklist, starred review

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Book SynopsisWhen hot it-couple Brad and Shelley are brutally murdered in aVictorian mansion, a group of teen friends investigate.

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Book SynopsisAn instant USA Today & Indie bestseller. Winner of the Locus Award for Best Horror Novel 2023 and finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novella 2023. From the multi-award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher.” When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania. What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves. Aided by a redoubtable British mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all.

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Book Synopsis'A dark, seductive cocktail of a thriller, with a splash of black humour and a twist of horror.' Francine Toon, author of PineThere was no reason to assume anything out of the ordinary was going on.Strange noises in the apartment.Impulsive behaviour.Intense dreams.It wasn't like everything went wrong all at once.Shoplifting.Fighting.Blackouts.There must be a reasonable explanation for all this.'It will scare the pants off you. It is a perfect horror novel.' Paul Tremblay'A short, sharp shocker . . . Relentlessly creepy.' Sunday Times'Deeply scary.' The Times'Terrifying.' Daily Mail'Sinister.' Time Out'Deeply creepy.' Irish Times

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Book SynopsisNow with a stunning new cover look comes WIZARD AND GLASS, the fourth captivating volume in King''s epic fantasy series THE DARK TOWER.In the fourth novel in Stephen King''s bestselling fantasy quest, the Dark Tower beckons Roland, the Last Gunslinger, and the four companions he has gathered along the road.In a terrifying journey where hidden dangers lurk at every junction, the pilgrims find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, that has been ravaged by a superflu virus.While following the deserted highway toward a distant glass palace, Roland recounts his tragic story about a seaside town called Hambry, where he fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado and where he and his old tet-mates Alain and Cuthbert battled the forces of an evil harrier who ignited Mid-World''s final war.JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER... ''Superbly energetic, it''s King at his best'' MAIL ON SUNDAY''Strange, scaryTrade ReviewKing's magnificent uberstory is finally complete... King's achievement is startling; his characters fresh... his plot sharply drawn... It is magic. * Daily Express on THE DARK TOWER *Join the quest before it's too late * Independent on Sunday on THE SONG OF SUSANNAH *

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Book SynopsisKing''s classic fantasy novel now with a stunning new cover look.The King is dead, murdered by an unusual poison.While evidence is gathered, and the land of Delain mourns, Flagg the King''s magician, unscrupulous, greedy and powerful, plots. Soon the King''s elder son, Peter, is imprisoned in the needle, the top of a high tower, for his father''s murder. And Thomas inherits the throne.Only Peter knows the truth of his innocence, and the true evil that is Flagg. Only Peter can save Delain from the horror the magician has in store. He has a plan, but it is rife with danger. And if he fails, he won''t get a second chance . . .A captivating tale of heroic adventure, of dragons and princes, of mysterious mice and men from the pen of the master storyteller.There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever.Trade ReviewA fabulous teller of stories * Daily Express *King's imagination is vast * Guardian *

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Book SynopsisRuri faces the usual high school issues: pushy classmates, annoying teachers, andwaking up with dragon horns?!

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Book SynopsisA nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the secret power of his “family jewel,” so who better to fight alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit granny?!Momo Ayase and Okarun are on opposite sides of the paranormal spectrum regarding what they’ll believe in and what they won’t. Their quest to prove each other wrong leads them down a path of secret crushes and paranormal battles they’ll have to participate in to believe!The Kito clan tosses Okarun and the gang into an alternate-reality version of Jiji’s family home as an offering to the serpent god! There they encounter another of the clan’s sacrifices, a child who goes on to possess the softhearted Jiji. The two of them become the Evil Eye, who then attacks Okarun and Momo. Okarun decides to take him on alone and sends Momo back aboveground to get help. There she comes up with an ingenious plan to get rid of the giant se

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Book Synopsis'Carrion Comfort is one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that ' STEPHEN KINGCarrion Comfort penetrates the darkest recesses of the 20th century, as one man seeks to justify his belief that a secret society of powerful beings is behind many of the world's most horrific catastrophes. Ranking among the greatest reinventions of the vampire legend, this classic novel explores humanity's attraction to violence and what it means for our future.Readers love Dan Simmons' modern classic Carrion Comfort'Heart pounding' *****'Entertaining as hell' *****'Excellent horror from the master' *****'So many twists and turns' *****'Glorious' *****Trade ReviewCarrion Comfort is one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that * Stephen King *A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your worldview forever. A true classic * Guillermo del Toro *

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Book SynopsisDiscover the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold''RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT'' STEPHEN KINGAs the dark and menacing waters of the local river submerge Perdido, a small town in the south of Alabama, the Caskeys - a family of rich landowners - must confront the tide of damage caused by the flood. Led by Mary-Love, the powerful matriarch, and by Oscar, her devoted son, the family must pick itself back up. But what they haven''t anticipated is the sudden appearance of Elinor Dammert - a mysterious but seductive young woman with a troubling past. Her sole ambition appears to be to infiltrate the very heart of the Caskey clan...''Beyond any trace of a doubt, one of the absolutely best writers of horror'' Peter Straub''One of the genre's most underrated writers'' Poppy Z. Brite

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Book SynopsisNow with a stunning new cover look comes THE WASTE LANDS, the third captivating volume in King''s epic fantasy series THE DARK TOWER.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, a young boy, 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 is a sequence that can be endlessly revisited'' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY''Strange, scary and utterly gripping - the perfect sTrade ReviewJoin the quest before it's too late * Independent on Sunday on THE SONG OF SUSANNAH *King's magnificent uberstory is finally complete... King's achievement is startling; his characters fresh... his plot sharply drawn... It is magic. * Daily Express on The Dark Tower *

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Book SynopsisThe stars are fading, and darkness threatens everything The spicy epic fantasy romance sensation that has gripped readers on Booktok! 'Just when I thought it wouldn't get better, you go and throw the curve ball and I am stuck devouring page after page' Reader review ????? 👑 The stars are fading Whisked away to the Fire Court, Scarlett Monrhoe finds herself captured by the man who killed her mother: the Prince of Fire. He may have plans for her, but she has plans of her own. She just hasn't decided how thoroughly she wants to break him yet. If only he didn't tempt her with every breath, every touch, every kiss The shadows are calling The Fae Queen has plans of her own. She's determined to get to Scarlett in any way she can, and that includes using a mortal prince who followed the lost Fae princess across the border. Crown Prince Callan is desperate to get Scarlett back. The question is, what is he willing to sacrifice for the Wraith he loves? The darkness threatens everything But for every day that Lord Tyndell and Mikale get closer to finding Scarlett, those she left behind are put in more danger. Every day, more secrets are revealed. Truth has been buried in history that has long-since been rewritten. And to unearth the truth, they will be forced to cross other borders and seek answers from kingdoms far more terrifying Readers LOVE Lady of Shadows! 'There are just soooo many twists! Such a deep and engaging story. I love the world building and how we are learning more and more. Scarlett is the perfect female main character. She's strong, witty, clever, can kick ass but is also vulnerable at times' Reader review ????? 'I really and absolutely devoured this book! This does end on a cliffhanger which not for the life of me I saw coming, so I cannot wait for the 3rd book!!!!' Reader review ????? 'It was written in a dark place full of sorrow and pain This book is truly beautiful it gave me strength' Reader review ????? 'Begging for book three 😂 this story is curing my ACOTAR hangover Truly love this series' Reader review ?????

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Book SynopsisArthur Machen is a significant figure in supernatural and horror literature, in the genre of 'weird fiction'. This collection brings together his best horror tales with a full contextual introduction and which helps to illuminate Machen's place in the literary and cultural milieu of 1890s Britain.Trade ReviewThis is a must-have collection of landmark tales of horror. * Publisher's Weekly *Table of ContentsIntroductionThe Lost Club (1890)The Great God Pan (1894)The Inmost Light (1894)The Three Impostors; or, the Transmutations (1895)The Shining Pyramid (1895)The Red Hand (1895)From Ornaments in Jade (1897, 1924)Psychology, or, Fragments of PaperThe Rose GardenThe CeremonyThe TuraniansThe White People (1899)The Bowmen (1914)Out of the Earth (1915)The Coming of the Terror (1917)The Islington Mystery (1927)N (1935)The Children of the Pool (1936)Ritual (1937)ReferencesFurther Reading

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Book SynopsisThe No.1 Sunday Times bestseller featuring a stand-alone sequel to The Outsider as well as the novella 'Mr Harrigan's Phone', now with a stunning new cover look.News people have a saying:'If it bleeds, it leads'.Following a horrific explosion at a school, Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency notices something suspicious about the TV reporter who is first on the scene. In this riveting title story, Holly sets out to discover what he is hiding in her first solo crime case.Dancing alongside this stand-alone sequel to The Outsider are three more irresistible long stories: 'Mr Harrigan's Phone' sees young Craig introduce a curmudgeonly retired businessman to the wonders of the smartphone; 'The Life of Chuck' is a three act life-story - told in reverse order - about a man whose face appears on a billboard; and 'Rat' sees a struggling author head to a remote cabin in the woods of North Maine, where a deal-making rodent offers him a life-changing pact.Trade ReviewFull of vividly drawn characters and unsettling themes, If It Bleeds is another tour de force by a master storyteller * Daily Express *Full of vividly drawn characters and unsettling themes, If It Bleeds is another tour de force by a master storyteller * Daily Express *Such glimpses into King's own mind are riveting and satisfyingly terrifying. Read the book for this * Evening Standard *Such glimpses into King's own mind are riveting and satisfyingly terrifying. Read the book for this * Evening Standard *The horror writer is at his familiar best with four suspenseful and sometimes surprisingly tender novellas... If It Bleeds brings together four new stories, all offering vintage King themes with their own particular twist... King, as always, is right on the money * Observer *The horror writer is at his familiar best with four suspenseful and sometimes surprisingly tender novellas... If It Bleeds brings together four new stories, all offering vintage King themes with their own particular twist... King, as always, is right on the money * Observer *The titular novella is...an impeccably judged whodunnit...the other three [are] readable, engaging studies of male lives at different stages * The Sunday Times *The titular novella is...an impeccably judged whodunnit...the other three [are] readable, engaging studies of male lives at different stages * The Sunday Times *You may wonder if the great yarn spinner of the supernatural possesses psychic abilities of his own because this collection of short stories is so timely... Spine-chillingly brilliant * The People *You may wonder if the great yarn spinner of the supernatural possesses psychic abilities of his own because this collection of short stories is so timely... Spine-chillingly brilliant * The People *You'll fly through IF IT BLEEDS * Daily Telegraph *You'll fly through IF IT BLEEDS * Daily Telegraph *You are drawn in immediately and kept guessing until the end * the Sun (On the audiobook) *You are drawn in immediately and kept guessing until the end * the Sun (On the audiobook) *Four wonderful stories * Press Association *Four wonderful stories * Press Association *full of vividly drawn characters ... another tour de force by a master storyteller * Daily Mirror *Full of vividly drawn characters ... another tour de force by a master storyteller * Daily Mirror *His achievements... are dazzling in scope... immensely enjoyable * London Review of Books *His achievements... are dazzling in scope... immensely enjoyable * London Review of Books *The straightforward cadences of King's voice, paired with his signature sit-down-and-let-me-tell-you-a-story style, were immediately soothing. And the stories he was telling - about the seductions and corruptions of technology, the extremes of beauty and depravity in even the most ordinary life, the workings of a universe we can never entirely understand - were somehow exactly what I wanted to read right now... As sirens blare outside my Brooklyn window and the headlines grow more apocalyptic by the day, I might start working my way through King's backlist. He's good company in the dark * New York Times *The straightforward cadences of King's voice, paired with his signature sit-down-and-let-me-tell-you-a-story style, were immediately soothing. And the stories he was telling - about the seductions and corruptions of technology, the extremes of beauty and depravity in even the most ordinary life, the workings of a universe we can never entirely understand - were somehow exactly what I wanted to read right now... As sirens blare outside my Brooklyn window and the headlines grow more apocalyptic by the day, I might start working my way through King's backlist. He's good company in the dark * New York Times *Four new, exceptionally compelling novellas that reaffirm his mastery of the form... stories that cover a surprising amount of emotional territory but can still be read in a sitting... King's affection for [Holly] is evident on every page... deeply empathetic and compulsively readable * Washington Post *Four new, exceptionally compelling novellas that reaffirm his mastery of the form... stories that cover a surprising amount of emotional territory but can still be read in a sitting... King's affection for [Holly] is evident on every page... deeply empathetic and compulsively readable * Washington Post *The iconic author will keep you up late at night engrossed in four tales about our dreams and our frailties * USA Today *The iconic author will keep you up late at night engrossed in four tales about our dreams and our frailties * USA Today *King is rightly acclaimed as one of the greatest - and most inventive - storytellers of our time and The Institute is a dazzling achievement * Daily Express (on The Institute) *King is rightly acclaimed as one of the greatest - and most inventive - storytellers of our time and The Institute is a dazzling achievement * Daily Express (on The Institute) *A genuinely intriguing mystery, one that uses many of the tropes of both so-called "grip-lit" thrillers and more conventional forensics-driven crime fiction... The Outsider gives King fans exactly what they want * Guardian (on The Outsider) *A genuinely intriguing mystery, one that uses many of the tropes of both so-called "grip-lit" thrillers and more conventional forensics-driven crime fiction... The Outsider gives King fans exactly what they want * Guardian (on The Outsider) *One of the greatest storytellers of the past century...If you read only one thriller this summer, make it this one * Daily Mail (on The Outsider) *One of the greatest storytellers of the past century...If you read only one thriller this summer, make it this one * Daily Mail (on The Outsider) *

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Book SynopsisNow with a stunning new cover look, the ultimate storyteller Stephen King presents the classic bestseller about a shop where you can buy whatever you want - but it comes at a price.There is a new shop in town. Run by a stranger.Needful Things, the sign says. A name that causes some gossip and speculation among the good folks of Castle Rock, Maine, while they wait for opening day.Eleven-year-old Brian Rusk is the first customer and he gets just what he wants: a very rare 1956 baseball card. Cyndi Rose is next. A Lalique vase. A perfect match for her living room décor.There is something for everyone. And always at a price you can just about afford. The cash price thatis. Because there is another price. There always is when your heart''s most secret desire is for sale . . .Trade ReviewAn incredibly gifted writer, whose writing . . . is so fluid that you often forget that you're reading. * Guardian *A sophisticated literary craftsman . . . his work anatomises . . . the social fabric of small-town American life. * Observer *

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