Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction
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Titan Books Ltd Diavola
Book SynopsisWhite Lotus meets Hereditary in this uproarious and unsettling dissection of a dysfunctional family and their ghosts, both literal and metaphorical. Perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix and Ronald Malfi
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HarperCollins Publishers The Shadow Cabinet
Book SynopsisThe follow-up to the sensational #1 Sunday Times bestseller Her Majesty's Royal CovenAll is not as it seems within the halls of Her Majesty's Royal CovenDespite thinking they've thwarted the prophecy, the witches are still reeling from the events of the past few months.Ciara now occupies her twin sister's body as she prepares to take on the role of High Priestess. But why are the sinister government agents of the Shadow Cabinet so invested in her coronation?And then there's the small matter of Dabney Hale: freshly escaped from Grierlings prison, he's on the hunt for a mythical object that will give him unimaginable power. Leonie's brother is on the trail, but doesn't know the danger he now faces, and so she sets off to bring him home and bring Hale to justice.Meanwhile, Theo and Holly are left to their own devices. Theo to work out how her miraculous transformation took place and Holly to discover what's going on with her mum and dad. Elle's Instagram-perfect world is about to come crashing down in the most terrifying way.Payback's a witch as Ciara, Leonie, Elle, Theo and Holly are about to find out.Readers are spellbound by HMRC:''Juno Dawson is at the top of her game in this vibrant and meticulous take on witchcraft. Her characteristic wit and grit shine through' Samantha ShannonI fell in love with her coven' Kiran Millwood HargraveA breath of fresh air' Joanne HarrisUtterly compelling' Louise O'NeillI devoured this' Lindsey KelkThrilling and hair-raising' Russell T Davies
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Little, Brown Book Group The Birds And Other Stories
Book SynopsisFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCAWith an Introduction by 'Britain's most sophisticated film critic' David Thomson, THE TIMES'A remarkable imagination continually provokes both pity and terror' OBSERVER 'One of the last century's most original literary talents' DAILY TELEGRAPH'She wrote exciting plots . . . a writer of fearless originality' GUARDIAN 'How long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell, but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened and then withdrew . . .'A classic of alienation and horror, The Birds was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five other chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation and mock man's sense of dominance over the natural world.Trade ReviewA remarkable imagination continually provokes both pity and terror * Observer *One of the last century's most original literary talents * Daily Telegraph *She wrote exciting plots, she was highly skilled at arousing suspense, and she was, too, a writer of fearless originality * Guardian *
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Penguin Books Ltd The Whistling
Book SynopsisFEEL SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE WITH THIS CHILLING AND GRIPPING GHOST STORY SET ON A FAR-FLUNG SCOTTISH ISLAND . . .''Wonderfully atmospheric, genuinely eerie'' GUARDIAN''Gripping, chilling and very, very satisfying'' DAILY MAIL''A ghost story that kept me guessing'' SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN''Perfect for a cold winter''s night'' DAILY MIRROR''It will chill you to the bone'' ANITA FRANK''If you''re looking for a chilling tale as we head towards Halloween, you''ve found it'' HEAT_________When Elspeth arrives on a remote Scottish island to become nanny to a young child, she hopes to bond with her. Until she learns that, for reasons no one will explain, Mary has not spoken for months.And the girl''s silence is not the only mystery.Hypnotic lullabies drift down empty corridors.Strange dolls appear in abandoned rooms.And as the nights draw in,Trade ReviewAssured debut . . . This wonderfully atmospheric read offers both a satisfying puzzle and some genuinely eery moments * Guardian *If you're looking for a chilling tale as we head towards Halloween, you've found it . . . It's not easy to pull off a genuinely unsettling ghost story, but this evocative mystery succeeds beautifully * Heat, 'Read of the Week' *Gripping, chilling and very, very satisfying * Daily Mail *A perfectly conjured setting and an unfolding mystery that will keep you guessing to the very end . . . Atmospheric and eerie, it will chill you to the bone -- Anita Frank, author of The Lost OnesA terrific, all-absorbing read. A wonderfully eerie haunted house set-up is given new life by brilliant, atmospheric writing, and by those rare things in any ghost story: real heart and feeling. I loved it! -- Gytha Lodge, Sunday Times bestselling authorWhile The Whistling is an intricately plotted ghost story, it is also a beautifully poignant study of grief that kept me guessing right to its satisfying end. A must read! -- Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of PandoraDripping in gothic melodrama, this chilling mystery is the perfect read for a cold winter's night * Daily Mirror *A genuinely creepy book with a gripping mystery at its heart. For fans of Laura Purcell and gothic historical fiction, this is a must! * Woman's Weekly *If you love haunted house ghost tales that are as psychological as they are supernatural, then you'll love Rebecca Netley's atmospheric debut * Culturefly *A beautifully written and intricate gothic tale with an atmospheric setting * NB Magazine *A chilling read * Prima *Troubled children in a chilling, chilly house, built on an island off the Scottish coast . . . A touching and engrossing story, perfect for winter evenings! -- Hope Adams, author of Dangerous WomenThe Whistling is an incredibly haunting and utterly gripping tale, with writing so chillingly atmospheric I had to sleep with the lights on! If you enjoy a good scare, this book is for you -- Fíona Scarlett, author of Boys Don't Cry
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Image Comics The Wicked The Divine Compendium
Book SynopsisThe Wicked + The Divine is about art, creativity and living to the fullest, but mainly about death. USA TodayThe critically acclaimed, compulsively page-turning, urban fantasy series returns in its definitive edition, collecting the complete story in one binge-ready volume. Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. A world where gods are the ultimate pop stars and pop stars are the ultimate gods. But remember: just because you're immortal, doesn't mean you're going to live forever. The critical and commercial smash by the team behind Young Avengers and PHONOGRAM has its entire story collected in this single volume.
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Titan Books Ltd The Salt Grows Heavy
Book SynopsisA sensuous and strange horror novella full of creeping dread and delicious gore, twisting mermaid myths into something sharp, dangerous, and hungry, for fans of Christina Henry, Carmen Maria Machado and Eric LaRocca.
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Hodder & Stoughton Confessions
Book SynopsisWhen Yuko Moriguchi''s four-year-old daughter died in the middle school where she teaches, everyone thought it was a tragic accident. It''s the last day of term, and Yuko''s last day at work. She tells her students that she has resigned because of what happened - but not for the reasons they think. Her daughter didn''t die in an accident. Her daughter was killed by two people in the class. And before she leaves, she has a lesson to teach...But revenge has a way of spinning out of control, and Yuko''s last lecture is only the start of the story. In this bestselling Japanese thriller of love, despair and murder, everyone has a confession to make, and no one will escape unharmed.Trade ReviewExplosive... A dark thriller about love, despair and murder * Irish Tatler *Think of CONFESSIONS as the Gone Girl of Japan....[A] gut-wrenching thrill ride...its thrust should hit home for any reader with a pulse. It's a nauseating tale of morality and justice, with violent turns that will drop your jaw right to the floor * Los Angeles Times *Has the captivating quality of a gruesome car crash: As the murders grow bloodier and bloodier, the characters more and more twisted, we find ourselves fascinated and repulsed, unable to look away * New Republic *A reader is almost certain to be caught off guard more than once by the revelations of this award-winning best seller....Implacable, relentless * Wall Street Journal *Minato's intricate plotting and unnervingly understated sentences make the horrors follow each other as logically as pearls on a string * NPR *A spellbinding read, a fascinating peek into modern Japanese society, and a glimpse into the dark corners of the human psyche * Booklist *A creepy and mesmerizing psychological thriller that challenges the conventions of right vs. wrong, good vs. evil, and law vs. justice. There are no happy endings here, but Minato has pieced together an intriguing puzzle that will keep readers glued to their seats * Library Journal *A nasty little masterpiece...That rare creature in fiction: an ambitious investigation into the darkest corners of human nature that - unlike certain relatively sluggish models by Dostoevsky and Camus that Minato references here - is also a crackling good yarn * Chicago Tribune *A dark, dystopic portrait of Japanese adolescence gone wrong. If Albert Camus had written Heathers, it would have looked a lot like this. * Alex Marwood, author of THE WICKED GIRLS *
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Honford Star Come Down to a Lower Place
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Orion Publishing Co Something Wicked This Way Comes
Book SynopsisIt''s the week before Hallowe''en, and Cooger and Dark''s Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois. The siren song of the calliope entices all with promises of youth regained and dreams fulfilled . . .And as two boys trembling on the brink of manhood set out to explore the mysteries of the dark carnival''s smoke, mazes and mirrors, they will also discover the true price of innermost wishes . . .Trade ReviewA darkly poetic tale . . . probably Bradbury's best work -- Stephen KingRay Bradbury's most poignant evocation of the hopes and frustrations of smalltown life * The Encylopedia of Fantasy *A timeless rite-of-passage book * Washington Post *The novel is drenched in darkness, every character a slice of night * Guardian *A brilliant story brilliant executed. A must-read for fans of dark fantasy or horror, especially horror * SF Site *One of our eminent dreamers . . . the Hans Christian Andersen of the jet age * Brian W. Aldiss *
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Simon & Schuster Ltd Feast While You Can
Book Synopsis'A truly monstrous romance' JULIA ARMFIELD, AUTHOR OF OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA'I've never read anything like it!' TAMSYN MUIR, AUTHOR OF THE LOCKED TOMB SERIES'Beautiful, greedy and terrifying' FREYA MARSKE, AUTHOR OF A MARVELLOUS LIGHTA grotesque-yet-sexy queer horror novel guaranteed to keep you up all night. Don't wake the monster, it'd just love to get to know you... Angelina Sicco was born and raised in Cadenze, an ugly little mountain town that's dead most of the year. Determined to be content with her lot in life, she walks her mongrel dog, attends her brother's heavy metal concerts, holds court in the local dive bar, and does everything she can to bait hot, queer women to her sleepy, conservative hometown. On the night of a family party, Angelina runs into the sternly hands
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HarperCollins Publishers The Hellbound Heart
Book SynopsisClive Barker is widely acknowledged as the master of nerve-shattering horror. The Hellbound Heart is one of his best, one of the most dead-frightening stories you are likely to ever read, a story of the human heart and all the great terrors and ecstasies within. It was also the book behind the cult horror film, Hellraiser.In a quiet house on a quiet street Frank and Julia are having an affair. Not your ordinary affair. For Frank it began with his own insatiable sexual appetite, a mysterious lacquered box- and then an unhinged voyage through a netherworld of imaginable pleasures and unimaginable horror Now Frank- or what is left of Frank -waits in an empty room. All he wants is to live as he was before. All julia can do is bring him her unfulfilled passionsand a little flesh and bloodTrade ReviewPraise for Clive Barker: 'Passionate and ingenious… A ride with remarkable views'Times Literary Supplement 'A powerful and fascinating writer with a brilliant imagination… Clive Barker is an outstanding storyteller'J G Ballard 'Barker's fecundity of invention is beyond praise. In a world of hard-bitten horror and originality, Clive Barker dislocates your mind'Mail on Sunday 'Barker is much more than genre writer'New York Times Book Review
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Orion Publishing Co HeartShaped Box
Book Synopsis''Buy my stepfather''s ghost'' read the e-mail.So Jude did.He bought it, in the shape of the dead man''s suit, delivered in a heart-shaped box, because he wanted it: because his fans ate up that kind of story. It was perfect for his collection: the genuine skulls and the bones, the real honest-to-God snuff movie, the occult books and all the rest of the paraphanalia that goes along with his kind of hard/goth rock.But the rest of his collection doesn''t make the house feel cold. The bones don''t make the dogs bark; the movie doesn''t make Jude feel as if he''s being watched. And none of the artefacts bring a vengeful old ghost with black scribbles over his eyes out of the shadows to chase Jude out of his home, and make him run for his life ...Trade ReviewHEART-SHAPED BOX is a true spine-tingler ... right away there was a subtle line that made the hairs on the back of my neck go up in a way I haven't experienced since I first discovered great horror as a teenager ... it will haunt you and startle you and stay with you and yes, visit you in your dreams - Harlan Coben, No. 1 bestselling author of TELL NO ONE, on Amazon.comHill's prose is lean and precise, and he renders Jude's world with impressive confidence . . . not only well-written and terrifying, but also surprisingly moving - Scott Smith, bestselling author of THE RUINS and A SIMPLE PLAN, on Amazon.comSubtle and skilful . . . a truly memorable debut - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)
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Hodder & Stoughton Cell
Book SynopsisNow with a stunning new cover look, Stephen King''s No. 1 bestselling apocalyptic thriller will mean you ''won''t use your mobile for days'' (Guardian)You can run. You can hide. Just don''t pick up.The event which propels civilization into its second dark age is known as The Pulse. The virus is is carried by every cell phone operating in the world. Within hours, those receiving calls will become infected.In Boston, artist Clayton Riddell flees the explosive heart of the city. He knows he has to reach his son before the young boy switches on his little red phone. And time is running out . . .Trade ReviewVery clever and brilliantly written . . . you won't use your mobile for days. * Guardian *Very clever and brilliantly written . . . you won't use your mobile for days. * Guardian *Storytelling - the ability to make the listener or the reader need to know, demand to know, what happens next - is a gift . . . Stephen King has this gift in spades. * The Times *Storytelling - the ability to make the listener or the reader need to know, demand to know, what happens next - is a gift . . . Stephen King has this gift in spades. * The Times *Very clever and brilliantly written . . . you won't use your mobile for days. * Guardian *Storytelling - the ability to make the listenener or the reader need to know, deamd to know, what happens next - is a gift . . . Stephen King has this gift in spades. * The Times *
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HarperCollins Publishers The Witching Hour
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Titan Books Ltd Bury Your Gays
Book SynopsisFrom Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding story about what it takes to succeed in a world that wants you dead.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories
Book SynopsisThe ghost is the most enduring figure in supernatural fiction. He is absolutely indestructible. . . . He changes with the styles in fiction but he never goes out of fashion. He is the really permanent citizen of the earth, for mortals, at best, are but transients.—Dorothy Scarborough This new selection of ghost stories, by Michael Newton, brings together the best of the genre. From Elizabeth Gaskell''s The Old Nurse''s Story through to Edith Wharton''s Afterword, this collection covers all of the most terrifying tales of the genre. With a thoughtful introduction, and helpful notes, Newton places the stories contextually within the genre and elucidates the changing nature of the ghost story and how we interpret it.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Frankenstein
Book SynopsisMary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein pioneered the deeply explored battle between monster and man. Follow three narratives in this ageless tale that navigates fear, fixation, love, and desire, while finding an anchor in humanity. The combination of fantastical elements and scientific exploration makes this Mary Shelley novel one of the first true models of science fiction. This new edition of Frankenstein stays true to the classic origins, but is provided with a whole new life by a beautifully designed, jacketed hardcover format. An introduction by writer and English professor Catherine Steindler, an author’s introduction, and a timeline of the life and times of Mary Shelley completes this highly collectible edition. Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of
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Pan Macmillan Last Days
Book SynopsisAdam L. G. Nevill was born in Birmingham, England, in 1969 and grew up in England and New Zealand. He is the author of the horror novels Banquet for the Damned, Apartment 16, The Ritual, Last Days, House of Small Shadows, No One Gets Out Alive, Lost Girl and Under a Watchful Eye. His first short-story collection, Some Will Not Sleep: Selected Horrors, was published on Halloween, 2016.His novels The Ritual, Last Days and No One Gets Out Alive were the winners of The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel. The Ritual and Last Days were also awarded Best in Category: Horror, by R.U.S.A. Many of his novels are currently in development for film and television, and in 2016 Imaginarium adapted The Ritual into a feature film.Adam lives in Devon, England.
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Hodder & Stoughton The Land of Lost Things: the Top Ten Bestseller
Book SynopsisTwice upon a time - for that is how some stories should continue . . .Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident. She is a body without a spirit, a stolen child. Ceres, her mother, can only sit by her bedside and read aloud to her the fairy stories she loves in the hope they might summon her back to this world.But it is hard to keep faith, so very hard . . .Now an old house on the hospital grounds, a property connected to a book written by a vanished author, is calling to Ceres. Something wants her to enter, and to journey - to a land coloured by the memories of Ceres's childhood, and the folklore beloved of her father, to a land of witches and dryads, giants and mandrakes; to a land where old enemies are watching, and waiting.To the Land of Lost Things.
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Image Comics Ice Cream Man Volume 11
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Watkins Media The Haunting of William Thorn
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Kodansha America, Inc The Ayakashi Hunters Tainted Bride 4
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Orion Publishing Co Endymion
Book Synopsis"Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in Fall of Hyperion, Raoul Endymion is sent on a quest. Retrieving Aenea from the Sphinx before the Church troops reach her is only the beginning. With help from an android named A. Bettik, Raoul and Aenea travel the river Tethys, pursued by Father Captain Frederico DeSoya, an influential warrior priest. And the Shrike. Which haunts them all ..."--Page 4 of cover.
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British Library Publishing Deadly Dolls
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Titan Books Ltd Firefly - The Ghost Machine
Book SynopsisThe third original novel tying into the critically acclaimed and much-missed Firefly series from creator Joss Whedon. Some hot property Mal's crew desperately need another payday, but not desperately enough to transport a Blue Sun flightcase to Badger, no questions asked, when the area is swarming with Alliance spacecraft equally keen to regain the stolen property. Yet Jayne refuses to miss out, and sneaks the case aboard Serenity. Lucid Dreams Within hours of secreting the case Jayne suddenly finds himself back on the Cobb homestead with his brother Matty miraculously cured of the damplung. Wash is at the controls of the highest-spec cruiser money can buy, the billionaire head of a 'verse-spanning business empire. All of the crew but River are soon immersed in vivid hallucinations of their deepest desires, while their bodies lie insensible on the ship. Fantasties gone sour Wash's empire begins to crumble; the Cobb ranch is under attack by merciless bandits. As everyone's daydreams turn nightmare, Serenity floats on a crash course towards a barren moon, with only River standing between the crew and certain oblivion.Trade Review“The Ghost Machine is a delight from page one right on through to the end. The heart of one of my favorite franchises continues to beat strong in the Titan Books series of novels, and I am eager for more.” - Nerds on Earth “Lovegrove ends up creating something that’s really clever, and gives a new look at some very familiar characters.” - Grimdark Dad
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Orion Publishing Co Thirteen Storeys
Book SynopsisA haunted house tour-de-force from the creator of THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES podcast.GOING UP?A dinner party is held in the penthouse of a multimillion-pound development. All the guests are strangers - even to their host, the billionaire owner of the building. None of them know why they were selected to receive his invitation. Whether privileged or deprived, they share only one thing in common - they''ve all experienced a shocking disturbance within the building''s walls. By the end of the night, their host is dead, and none of the guests will say what happened. His death has remained one of the biggest unsolved mysteries - until now. But are you ready for their stories? * * * * * * * * * *''A modern horror classic'' Starburst Magazine''Astonishing'' SFX''Nerve-jangling'' Guardian''A wonderfully creepy climax, hitting that perfect spot of uncanny horror'' GriTrade ReviewThe book works both as a collection of inventive horror stories and as a cohesive novel, building to a nerve-jangling finale that reveals the shocking events at the party. * The Guardian *A modern horror classic from one of the most exciting writers in the field today. * Starburst Magazine *Thirteen Storeys is an excellent horror [...] everyone will find something creepy in Banyan Court. * Grimdark Magazine *Thrilling, chilling and thoroughly entertaining * Tattooed Book Geek *Sims really has created an innovative novel where everything falls into place within its thrilling climax. * Fantasy Hive *A beautifully written contemporary horror novel that I know for sure will leave its mark on me. I don't remember reading anything like this before and it was an absolute delight. * Damp Pebbles Blog *A book that takes old traditions and gives them a contemporary spin. Happy Halloween, all. * SFF World *An excellent portmanteau novel. It's an ultra modern take on the haunted house story while each tale mixes in different subgenre flavours from techno-fear and shifting architecture to creepy kids and beyond, all building to a joined up climax that's pleasingly violent and gross. * Den of Geek *This is an astonishing debut from Jonathan Sims. A wonderful new twist on an age-old genre. 5 out of 5. * SFX *
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Transworld Blackwater II The Levee
Book SynopsisMICHAEL MCDOWELL was born in 1950 in Alabama. His notable books include the gothic novels Gilded Needles, The Elementals, Katie, and the gothic horror saga, Blackwater, which has become a phenomenal bestseller across Europe and elsewhere. He was also a successful screenwriter for film and TV, including his scripts for Tim Burton's Beetlejuice, Tales from the Crypt and The Nightmare Before Christmas. McDowell died in 1999. Tabitha King, wife of author Stephen King, completed his unfinished novel, Candles Burning.
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Titan Books Ltd Horror Movie
Book SynopsisThe monster at the heart of a cult 90s cursed horror film tells his shocking and bloody secret history. Slow burn terror meets high-stakes showdowns, from the bestselling author ofA Head Full of GhostsandThe Cabin at the End of the World.
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Vinci Books Ltd. Paranormal Nonsense
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British Library Publishing Uncanny Ireland
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Hodder & Stoughton The Book of Lost Things Illustrated Edition
Book Synopsis''A brilliantly creepy coming of age novel'' Daily Mirror''A moving fable, brilliantly imagined, about the agony of loss and the pain of young adulthood'' The Times''This is no saccharine fairytale, but an eerie fable that''s perfect for long winter nights'' Daily Mail This illustrated edition includes two new short stories - Cinderella, A Version and The Rat King, the latter introducing the Crooked Man who is central to the world of The Book of Lost Things - and an afterword from the author.''Once upon a time, there was a boy who lost his mother . . .'' As twelve-year-old David takes refuge from his grief in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother, he finds the real world and the fantasy world begin to blend. That is when bad things start to happen. That is when the Crooked Man comes. And David is violently propelled into a land populated by heroes, wolves and monsters in his quest to find Trade ReviewBrilliantly creepy coming of age novel. * Mirror *Here Connolly steps directly into the enchanted forest, and the journey along its twisting path is as sinister and unsettling as anything invented by the Brothers Grimm . . . Connolly's control of this material is superb; tension, terror and gallows humour make the book a gripping read. But this allegorical coming-of-age story also cleverly shows the way that traditional stories have been used to reflect the sometimes harsh concerns of our world. -- Eithne Farry * Daily Mail *This is no saccharine fairytale, but an eerie fable that's perfect for long winter nights * Daily Mail *What gives THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS such a chilling edge is the way the real and illusory worlds sit so comfortably together . . . and the most wicked of the wicked, who goes by the name of The Crooked Man, at times possesses the kind of guile and plausibility of which modern-day politicians would be proud . . . Even if you aren't normally drawn to stories in which the imagination is given such a free rein, there is something tender, something strangely moving about David's experience of the land called Elsewhere. * Daily Express *Engaging, magical, thoughtful read * Independent *Connolly imagines the emotional cave-in of puberty intelligently, even perceptively * Guardian *The material is grim and gripping, but this remains a poignant and imaginative evocation of the distress of losing a loved one. * Daily Telegraph *A moving fable, brilliantly imagined, about the agony of loss and the pain of young adulthood. * The Times *A powerful, powerful writer. I got a very real chill down my spine. This is an amazing book. -- Jeffery DeaverJohn Connolly has a cult following for his crime novel and can clearly plot twists and turns. He has applied that talent to his own life by producing a very different book . . . a highly original novel using stories that we all know. But think twice before reading his version of Hansel and Gretel to your kids. * The Times *A new interpretation of old fairy tales, it is imaginative and beautifully written. * Choice *It's imaginative, funny, sad and profound - fairy tales within a fairy tale, a child's adventure, a fantasy journey; it's about growing old and has the last word on dying . . . Each re-reading still brings a sigh and a moment of reflection. * Radio Times *The book's epic villainy, mournful tone and tested morality is the essence of Connolly. Worst of all is the Crooked Man, who ranks with the Travelling Man, the Collector and even Mr Pudd among Connolly's most memorable villains. 'THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS is peculiar and perverse and humane, with an incredibly lyrical finale. * The Irish Times *Charming, disturbing and outrageously imaginative. A tremendously exciting change of pace. * Lawrence Jackson, Producer of BBC Radio 4's adaptations of John Connolly's short stories *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bone China: A gripping and atmospheric gothic
Book SynopsisA Daphne Du Maurier-esque chiller set on the mysterious Cornish coast, from the award-winning author of The Silent Companions. 'Du Maurier-tastic' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously sinister' HEAT 'A clever, creepy read' SUNDAY EXPRESS Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft’s family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. But Dr Pinecroft has plans for a revolutionary experiment: convinced that sea air will prove to be the cure his wife and children needed, he arranges to house a group of prisoners suffering from the same disease in the cliffs beneath his new Cornish home. Forty years later, Hester Why arrives at Morvoren House to take up a position as nurse to the now partially paralysed and almost entirely mute Miss Pinecroft. Hester has fled to Cornwall to try and escape her past, but she soon discovers that her new home may be just as dangerous as her last… Laura Purcell's spine-chilling new novel, The Whispering Muse, is out now!Trade ReviewDeliciously spooky * Observer *Anyone familiar with Purcell’s previous novels will know she’s an expert at bone-rattling tension … and Bone China is just as eerie … Written with an atmosphere of real foreboding, this is a sensational late autumn read as the evenings close in * Stylist *Du Maurier-tastic … Purcell has a sure storytelling touch, a command of atmosphere and a keen eye for the telling details of social history. Oh, and she stores up some satisfying and suitably macabre final revelations -- Paraic O’Donnell * Guardian *A Victorian tale replete with laudanum, tuberculosis and possibly fairies … a clever, creepy read * Sunday Express, Best New Thrillers *[Laura Purcell] does creeping menace like no one else. With Bone China, once again, I'm sleeping with the lights on * Red *A brilliantly atmospheric and chilling tale and I raced through the pages hardly daring to find out what would happen next! Laura’s characters and the world they inhabit are compelling, unsettling and richly drawn. A fabulous tale! -- Ruth Hogan, author of 'The Keeper of Lost Things'With a cast of mysterious characters, a beautifully written sense of foreboding, and something malevolent (possibly) lurking around every cover, Bone China is a deliciously sinister and chilling read for fans of superior scary fiction * Heat *If Charles Dickens and Emily Brontë had a love-child, it would be Laura Purcell. Bone China is a deliciously creepy novel full of rambling houses, storm-soaked nights, sinister secrets and hidden agendas that kept me turning the pages -- Lorna Cook, author of 'The Forgotten Village'So many books are hyped up as being the next Jamaica Inn or the next Rebecca, but Bone China really is, and I think Queen Daphne might have to hand over the crown to Queen Laura. The research was just exquisite ... A cut above anything else I’ve read this year -- Natasha Pulley, author of 'The Watchmaker of Filigree Street'I absolutely loved it. Sublime gothic atmosphere, completely gripping story and I honestly didn’t expect it to hit me so hard emotionally. It’s not just that I couldn’t put it down, I just couldn’t let go of those characters -- Martyn Waites, author of 'The Old Religion'Profoundly atmospheric and eerie … Full of compelling and beautifully crafted prose and a plot that will have you racing through the pages * Sunday Post *This is an absolute treat, all wrapped up in Laura Purcell’s gorgeous and compelling prose. I would very happily be pixy-led for days through the pages of this book! -- Alison Littlewood, author of 'A Cold Season'Menacing, macabre and utterly gripping. Laura Purcell has done it again -- Essie Fox, author of 'The Last Days of Leda Grey'Brilliant, spine chillingly clever, a fabulously suspenseful tale that will seduce you utterly with its twists and turns -- Professor Kate Williams, author of 'Rival Queens'Purcell is rapidly making a name for herself as the queen of the superior bone chiller and this newest novel is no exception ... Naturally nothing is as it appears and a very creepy mystery soon unfolds -- Sarah Hughes * i *I absolutely loved it! I raced through it, transfixed, as the gloomy and atmospheric Morvoren House offered up its chilling secrets. Laura spins her plot with all the mischievous cunning of a Cornish Fairy -- Sonia Velton, author of 'Blackberry and Wild Rose'Praise for The Corset: A classic Victorian tale of murder most foul, twisted with a curious supernatural thread ... chilling * Stylist *A contender for my Book of the Year. Beautifully written, intricately plotted, a masterpiece -- Sarah HilaryIntricate, atmospheric and chilling – with a wonderfully dark premise at its heart * Woman & Home *A compelling slice of early Victorian gothic … An evocative portrait of a society that punishes women who dare to contravene social norms * Guardian *
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Little, Brown Book Group The Damnation Game
Book SynopsisChance had ruled Marty Strauss'' life for as long as he could remember. Now at last luck was turning his way. Parolled from prison, he becomes bodyguard to Joseph Whitehead, one of the richest men in Europe. But Whitehead has also played with chance - an ancient game which gave him vast power and wealth, in exchange for his immortal soul.Now the forces he played against are back to claim what''s theirs. Terryifying forces, with the power to raise the dead; and Marty is trapped between his human masters and Hell itself, with just one last, desperate game left to play...
£10.44
Vinci Books Ltd. Night Work
£14.32
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Purgatory Funeral Cakes Volume 1
£16.19
Little, Brown & Company Draculas on the Night Shift
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£19.19
Titan Books Ltd Alice
Book SynopsisIn a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls which echo with the screams of the poor souls inside.In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blonde, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn't remember why she's in such a terrible place-just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood...Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape, tumbling out of the hole that imprisoned her, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago.Only something else has escaped with her. Something dark. Something powerful.And to find the truth, she will have to track this beast to the very heart of the Old City, where the rabbit waits for his Alice.
£8.54
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection
Book SynopsisAn ever-increasing malice. A mind-numbing terror. The seeds of horror are sown in this collection of Junji Ito’s earliest works.A vengeful family hides an army deserter for eight years after the end of World War II, cocooning him in a false reality where the war never ended. A pair of girls look alike, but they’re not twins. And a boy’s nightmare threatens to spill out into the real world… This hauntingly strange story collection showcases a dozen of Junji Ito’s earliest works from when he burst onto the horror scene, sowing fresh seeds of terror.
£17.09
Titan Books Ltd This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude
Book SynopsisIn this blistering sequel to the bestselling cult sensation, "John Dies at the End", our heroes find that books and movies about zombies may have triggered a zombie apocalypse, despite a total world absence of zombies. Hilarious, terrifying, engaging and wrenching, this is a wild ride with two slackers from the midwest who really have better things to do with their time than prevent disaster.Trade Review"Sure to please the Fangoria set while appealing to a wider audience, the book's smart take on fear manages to tap into readers' existential dread on one page, then have them laughing the next." (Publishers Weekly on John Dies)"
£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers The Phantom of the Opera
Book SynopsisHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.''Look! You want to see! See! Feast your eyes, glut your soul on my cursed ugliness! Look at Erik''s face! Now you know the face of the voice!'Living secretly beneath the Paris Opera House, ''The Phantom of the Opera'', Erik has haunted those who work there with his demands and shrouded the opera house in fear with the legend of his disfigured face. When Christine joins the company, a young woman with a beautiful voice, Erik is instantly smitten and secretly teaches her to become a great singer. He soon develops an obsessive love for his beautiful protégé, even though she has fallen for her childhood friend, resulting in her disappearance during a performance and sparking a tragic and terrifying chain of events.One of the most well-known and well-loved gothic horror stories, Leroux''s suspenseful tale of unrequited love, passion and tragedy is both dark and moving in its portrayal of Erik, the anti-hero i
£5.62
Vintage Publishing The Hotel
Book SynopsisThe British literary heir to Stephen King' Sunday Times'Striking: it should be read at night, with the lights low, in one sitting' Observer'As splendidly written as it is haunting' i'The contemporary literary scene would be a poorer place without Daisy Johnson around' Financial TimesA triumph of contemporary horror from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author, this collection of short stories will haunt you long after you turn the final pageA place of myths, rumours and secrets, The Hotel looms over the dark Fens, tall and grey in its Gothic splendour. Built on cursed land, a history of violent death suffuses its very foundations yet it has a magnetism that is impossible to ignore. On entering The Hotel, different people react in different ways. To some it is familiar, to others a stranger. Many come out refreshed, longing to return. But a few are changed forever, haunted by their time there. And almost all those affected are women... They are children and mothers, monsters, cult film-
£13.49
Vinci Books Ltd. Under a Blue Moon
£14.32
Titan Books Ltd The Night Eaters Vol.3
Book SynopsisThe final volume of the epic horror graphic novel, from award winning duo of Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda - the creative team behind the New York Times bestselling series Monstress! Milly and Billy will come into the fullness of their powers, and face down their final challenge.
£18.99
Titan Books Ltd At Dark I Become Loathsome
Book SynopsisFrom the Bram Stoker Award-finalist and Splatterpunk Award-winner ofThings Have Gotten Worse Since Last We Spoke, a grim yet gentle, horrifying yet hopeful tale of death, trauma, and love.
£8.54
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Stitches
Book SynopsisHorror manga giant Junji Ito teams up with spooky story writer Hirokatsu Kihara for the ultimate collection of fright-filled ghost tales!A tumor shaped like a man’s face slowly moves across a woman’s body. The sea shoots glowing balls into the sky, much to the distress of beachgoers. And a girl dressed up for a holiday has no eyes, no nose, nothing—her face is a total blank. Hirokatsu Kihara pens true stories of unsolved mysteries, stitched together with page after page of Junji Ito’s original illustrations in this collection of nine eerie tales and a bonus manga story.
£13.50
Titan Books Ltd My Heart is a Chainsaw
Book SynopsisThe Jordan Peele of horror fiction turns his eye to classic slasher films: Jade is one class away from graduating high-school, but that's one class she keeps failing local history. Dragged down by her past, her father and being an outsider, she's composing her epic essay series to save her high-school diploma. Jade's topic? The unifying theory of slasher films. In her rapidly gentrifying rural lake town, Jade sees the pattern in recent events that only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror cinema could have prepared her for. And with the arrival of the Final Girl, Letha Mondragon, she's convinced an irreversible sequence of events has been set into motion. As tourists start to go missing, and the tension grows between her community and the celebrity newcomers building their mansions the other side of the Indian Lake, Jade prepares for the killer to rise. She dives deep into the town's history, the tragic deaths than occurred at camp years ago, the missing tourists no one is even sure exist, and the murders starting to happen, searching for the answer. As the small and peaceful town heads towards catastrophe, it all must come to a head on 4th July, when the town all gathers on the water, where luxury yachts compete with canoes and inflatables, and the final showdown between rich and poor, past and present, townsfolk and celebrities slasher and Final Girl.
£9.49
DC Comics Sandman Box Set
Book SynopsisThe iconic series THE SANDMAN from New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman collected in a beautiful slipcased box set!
£168.75
