Horror & Ghost Stories Books

Book SynopsisWhen Osuke loses his home, a convenient opportunity presents itself--too convenient, because his new roommate is a hot blond guy with some weird ideas about the supernatural... If you thought Ghostbusters would've been way better as a BL, this is the manga for you!Osuke's excited about finally getting to live on his own, but on his first day in his new apartment, he finds himself kicked out onto the street! So, when a real estate agent appears out of nowhere offering him a beautiful, new place (with just a couple conditions), he jumps at the chance. But when he opens the door, a drop-dead gorgeous blond guy pops out! It turns out living with him is one of the conditions! His name is Nijio, and he tells Osuke that, not only are ghosts real, but Osuke himself is a magnet for all things supernatural... Fans of FANGS, The Dragon's Betrothed, and other tantalizing supernatural yaoi/BL couples--the door's open, come on in!

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Book SynopsisPeter has always been told the stories like every child in the Caribbean. The tales of the ancients bound to the Silk Cotton tree, the Supernatural monsters of Myths and Legends, whispered in hush tones lest the speaker be heard and meet with an untimely fate. Then the day arrived, when the woman who had been his mother is struck down by something that could only have come from his worst nightmares. Now Peter's once ordered world crashes into stark reality. Grace Silk Cotton, the legendary Supernatural Churlie Queen and enforcer between the worlds, is his real mother. The Monsters are real,Peter is one himself, and the prophetic fight for supremacy, survival, the stories, andSILK COTTONhas begun.

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Book SynopsisTheo, a 500 year old Vampire, has made a new home in a small town in Western Massachusetts, stalking it's residents in search of the perfect humans to spirit away to replace her lost brood. After all, a home is nothing without a familyBest friends, Ed and Liam, are spending a long weekend together only to find themselves victims of a violent attack. They quickly come to find out their assailant is an unhinged elderly Vampire named Theo. Before the night is over, the two find themselves not only abducted, but locked away behind the walls of Theo's rotting home as unwilling members of her new brood. More hellish still, they've become undead themselves.Each passing night plunges the two friends deeper into Theo's putrefying nightmare of a world. It doesn't take them long to understand running isn't an option.After all, when you've become one of the undead yourself where can you call home except with the creature who made you?Ed and Liam must learn to navigate Theo'

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Book Synopsis**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and Harper''s Bazaar**SIXTY YEARS LATER, HILL HOUSE IS OCCUPIED AGAIN . . . ''Scary and beautifully written, imbued with the same sense of dread and inevitability as Jackson''s original'' NEIL GAIMAN''A fitting - and frightening - homage to The Haunting of Hill House'' NEW YORK TIMES''Disturbing and unforgettable'' GUARDIAN''It''s so vivid, full of totemic menace and with a heart-in-your-mouth, can''t-look-away frisson'' BRIDGET COLLINSDiscover the landmark first novel ever to return to Hill House, officially authorised by the Shirley Jackson estate.''Genuinely sinister and beautifully written'' ROSIE ANDREWS''Welcome back to Hill House. Read by daylight, and never alone'' ALIX E. HARROW''Hill House is back and as haunting as ever. Some of the mosTrade ReviewScary and beautifully written, imbued with the same sense of dread and inevitability as Jackson's original, A Haunting on the Hill is quite extraordinary. It's not pastiche, not ventriloquism. It puts me strongly in mind of a singer you love covering a song by another artist. It's that song but now it's being done by someone else. Remarkable. -- NEIL GAIMAN, author of AMERICAN GODSA fitting - and frightening - homage to The Haunting of Hill House * NEW YORK TIMES *Beautifully creepy with the same claustrophobic intensity and sense of impending doom of the original, but at the same time with a great sense of progression, of the house having evolved over the years. It's so vivid, full of totemic menace and with a heart-in-your-mouth, can't-look-away frisson. -- BRIDGET COLLINS, author of THE BINDINGGenuinely sinister and beautifully written, with a real sense of depth to the folklore and theatrical inspiration. -- ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHANEerily beautiful, strangely seductive, and genuinely upsetting: welcome back to Hill House. I recommend reading only in strong daylight, and never alone. -- ALIX E. HARROW, author of THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARYHill House is back and haunting as ever in this vividly imagined return to Shirley Jackson's iconic setting. Elizabeth Hand weaves eerie beauty into the genuine terror lurking in her pages, crafting some of the most striking scares I've read in years. This book gave me the best kind of nightmares. -- ANA REYES, author of THE HOUSE IN THE PINESI absolutely loved A Haunting on the Hill, which snared me with its terrifying opening and relinquished me only on the very last page. Huge boots to fill, but Elizabeth Hand rose to the challenge with her darkly complex characters and a novel dripping in atmosphere and intrigue. -- JOANNE BURN, author of THE HEMLOCK CUREA Haunting on the Hill is as unnerving and disorienting as Hill House itself, a place where evil lurks behind every door. I was completely gripped by this terrifying and original tale. -- LAURA SHEPPERSON, author of THE HEROINESA novel with all the chills of Jackson that also highlights the contemporary flavor and evocative writing of Hand. The story stays true to Jackson's vision of "Hill House" while becoming a thing of its own. Indeed, A Haunting on the Hill is strange and wonderful, a frightening foray into the supernatural that will inspire you to go back and reread the original. * WASHINGTON POST *The lines of paranoia, art, and reality are terrifyingly blurred for our group of hungry and damaged actors cloistered within the mouldering walls of Hill House. Only the brilliant Elizabeth Hand could so expertly honor Jackson's rage, wit, and vision with a 21st century twist. The old place is as creepy, disorienting, and menacing as ever. -- PAUL TREMBLAY, author of THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLDEvocative and unsettling, A Haunting on the Hill captures the essence of the original whilst offering something brand new. -- CARLY REAGON, author of THE TOLL HOUSEThere are - fittingly - echoes of the original which will satisfy fans but it is Elizabeth Hand's understanding of the folklore threaded through Jackson's work that gives this wonderfully creepy novel much of its power. The story is resolutely contemporary, the world has moved on and the events of Dr Montague's investigation are long forgotten; but Hill House remains unchanged, no more sane now than it was sixty years ago. It's a superb book, a subtle and deeply unnerving ghost story; entirely of itself and recognisably of Jackson's world. -- AMANDA MASON, author of THE WAYWARD GIRLSIf there's a writer you can trust with this formidable task, it's the wildly talented Elizabeth Hand. A Haunting on the Hill is an admirable successor to The Haunting of Hill House, alike in spirit but never trying to simply repeat what Shirley Jackson did in her classic novel. Creepy, tragic, and, yes, haunting. I tore through this novel, getting lost in the pages, drawn back into the mysteries of Hill House and enjoying every moment I was there. -- Victor LaValle, author of THE CHANGELINGA Haunting on the Hill is a fever dream of a novel, very much in the same spirit of The Haunting of Hill House, but also entirely its own entity. It's brilliantly imagined, unsettling, cloying and claustrophobic and downright terrifying. -- CRESSIDA MCLAUGHLINIf there's a spirit medium gifted enough to evoke the ghost of Shirley Jackson, it's surely Elizabeth Hand, whose startling, original body of work I've long admired. A Haunting on the Hill is not a simple act of ventriloquism, but a true marriage of minds, and I believe Ms. Jackson would have been proud to be the inspiration for this smart and chilling return to the Hill House estate. -- DAN CHAON, author of SLEEPWALKA Haunting on the Hill is absolutely captivating-a book that you'll want to climb inside and love forever, until the moment you realize it's too late to escape -- SARAH GAILEY, author of JUST LIKE HOMEA brilliant queer reimagining...Hand's work both modernizes and deepens Jackson's setting, pulling readers into the demented halls of Hill House and the minds of its denizens * BOOKPAGE *Shirley Jackson fans, rejoice! * WBEZ CHICAGO *Jackson's creation is in capable hands with Hand. * THE WEEK *Hand unnerves us by inference and restraint...it's a measure of Hand's precision and skill that we have so much fun watching[the characters] put together the pieces that doom them * MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE *Frightening * PRIMA *The short chapters, intriguing and complex characters, and beautifully written (yet sinister) descriptions make the novel an irresistible page-turner * INDEPENDENT *A Gothic treat - hugely atmospheric and lovingly written, this is a fitting follow-up to the original * HEAT *A creepy read, featuring fun-to-spot references to other horror classics * MAIL ON SUNDAY *Suspenseful and gripping . . . the short chapters, intriguing and complex characters, and beautifully written (yet sinister) descriptions make the novel an irresistible page-turner * PRESS & JOURNAL (Aberdeen) *An enjoyably atmospheric return to the world of a cult classic - a Halloween treat for fans of genre fiction, haunted-house horror, and things that go bump in the night. * DAILY EXPRESS *The unsettling atmosphere in this novel builds from the start and never disappoints. Hand deftly layers the history of the house with the past of each character and the things that haunt them, especially Holly and Amanda. Hill House is a spooky place, and Hand delves deep into its darkness and allows it to flourish in almost every chapter. * NPR *Hand has a gift for the sensuous, evocative detail, and her descriptions are often simultaneously seductive and spooky -- Kristen Roupenian * NEW YORKER * Like Hill House itself, this accomplished tribute stands alone: disturbing and unforgettable. * GUARDIAN *A suspenseful and gripping read * SCOTSMAN *The supernatural and psychological terrors of the original work are updated for the present day but echo with the resonance of the original * OPRAH DAILY *Apparitions, black hares and time warps festoon this fitting - and frightening - homage to Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, in which Hand mines the source material for structure and storytelling beats rather than relying on superficial similarities -- Editor's Choice * NEW YORK TMES BOOK REVIEW *

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Book Synopsis'Horror has a new name and it’s Scott Carson’ Michael Connelly 'Wow!' Stephen King on The Chill ___________A desperate journalist looking for work. A new mindfulness app that promises deep sleep. A dead woman's voice heard during app-induced nightmares. ___________Desperate journalist Nick Bishop takes a job profiling new mindfulness app, Clarity. Relaxing meditations are mixed with haunting 'sleep songs' where a woman's voice sings users into a deep sleep.Then the nightmares begin.Vivid and chilling, they feature a dead woman who calls Nick by name, whispering guidance – or are they threats?Soon, he can't escape her voice. And that's when he makes a terrifying discovery: no one involved with Clarity has any interest in his article. Their interest is in him.Because whilst he may not have any memory of it, he's one of twenty people who have heard this sinister song before, and the only one who is still alive... ___________Reader reviews for Where They Wait: 'The ending was breathtaking' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Gripping and imaginative' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'One creepy ride and well worth the trip' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Really had me thinking' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Trade ReviewPRAISE FOR SCOTT CARSON:'Wow! A terrific horror/suspense/disaster novel' Stephen King. 'Horror has a new name and it's Scott Carson' Michael Connelly. 'A must read for fans of eerie gripping storytelling' Dean Koontz. 'The year's best spine-tingler is already here. Scott Carson has answered your dark prayers' -- John Connolly

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Book SynopsisA page-turning, supernaturally-tinged LA puzzle-box thriller - Zodiac with teeth, from the Bram Stoker Award-nominated and bestselling author of Come with Me. Perfect for fans of Riley Sager and Lauren Beukes.

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Book SynopsisFrom the Master of Horror comes the first gripping book in the twelve book New York Times bestselling Saga of Darren Shan. Start the tale from the beginning in the book that inspired the feature film The Vampire's Assistant and petrified devoted fans worldwide. A young boy named Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque Du Freak, a wonderfully gothic freak show featuring weird, frightening half human/half animals who interact terrifyingly with the audience. In the midst of the excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognizes that one of the performers-- Mr. Crepsley-- is a vampire! Stever remains after the show finishes to confront the vampire-- but his motives are surprising! In the shadows of a crumbling theater, a horrified Darren eavesdrops on his friend and the vampire, and is witness to a monstrous, disturbing plea. As if by destiny, Darren is pulled to Mr. Crepsley and what follows is his horrifying descent into the dark and bloody world of vampires. This is the beginning of Darren's story.

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Book Synopsis"I loved it, and think you will, too." --Stephen King Stephen King's It meets Stranger Things in a tender and terrifying coming-of-age tale of haunted houses and the monster at the door. Noah Turner's family are haunted by monsters that are all too real, strange creatures that visit them all: His bookish mother Margaret; Lovecraft-obsessed father Harry; eldest sister Sydney, born for the spotlight; the brilliant but awkward Eunice, a gifted writer and storyteller - the Turners each face their demons alone. When his terminally-ill father becomes obsessed with the construction of an elaborate haunted house - the Wandering Dark - the family grant his last wish, creating themselves a legacy, and a new family business in their grief. But families don't talk about the important things, and they try to shield baby Noah from horrors, both staged and real. As the family falls apart, fighting demons of poverty, loss and sickness, the real monsters grow ever closer. Unbeknownst to them, Noah is being visited by a wolfish beast with glowing orange eyes. Noah is not the first of the Turners to meet the monster, but he is the first to let it into his room...

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Book SynopsisGeorge A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead is a cult classic that has resonated with audiences and independent filmmakers ever since its release in 1968. It redefined horror cinema and launched the modern zombie genre that continues with films and series like 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead and The Walking Dead. Ben Hervey’s illuminating study of the movie traces Night’s influences, from Powell and Pressburger to fifties horror comics, and provides the first history of its reception. Hervey argues that the film broke cultural barriers, fêted at New York's Museum of Modern Art while it was still packing 42nd Street grindhouses. Scene-by-scene analysis meshes with detailed historical contexts, showing why Night was a new kind of horror film: the expression of a generation who didn't want their world to return to normal.Trade ReviewBen Hervey makes an excellent fist of uniting all the tales of George A. Romero's genre-defining debut. * Empire *Within its short confine of pages ... manages to give the film's production history, narrative, reception, influences, and moral and political implications in an easy, flowing style free of jargon, and, though brief, is an essential newcomer to any horror fan or Romero buff's library. -- D.K. Holm * The Vancouver Herald *Night of the Living Dead is another worthy additon to the bookshelf. * Filmwerk *This particular volume of the 'BFI Film Classics' series is illuminating and educational. Anyone with an interest in horror films generally will find it fascinating and students of social history will find the analyses contained stimulating and informative...Highly recommended. -- Neale Monks * Crowsnest *Hervey’s text is worth reading by any fan… [and] any cinephile should have it on their shelves. * Sublime Horror *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Night of the Living Dead Notes Credits

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Book SynopsisWhen iconic musical Dust is revived twenty years after the leading actress was murdered in her dressing room, a series of eerie events haunts the new cast, in a bewitching, beguiling, moving and terrifyingly dark psychological thriller… ‘A delicate supernatural thriller of love, loss, murder and the dangers that come with getting what you wish for. Quite lovely in a dark, dark way’ Sarah Pinborough ‘Ghost story, murder mystery, romance. This mesmerising and entertaining book has it all…’ Emma Curtis ‘Haunting, provocative, and true to Beech’s style: packed with pain and heart’ Jack Jordan _________________________________ A haunted theatreA murdered actressThree cursed teenagersA secret that devastates them all… The Dean Wilson Theatre is believed to be haunted by a long-dead actress, singing her last song, waiting for her final cue, looking for her killer… Now Dust, the iconic musical, is returning after twenty years. But who will be brave enough to take on the role of ghostly goddess Esme Black, last played by Morgan Miller, who was murdered in her dressing room? Theatre usher Chloe Dee is caught up in the spectacle. As the new actors arrive, including an unexpected face from her past, everything changes. Are the eerie sounds and sightings backstage real or just her imagination? Is someone playing games? Is the role of Esme Black cursed? Could witchcraft be at the heart of the tragedy? And are dark deeds from Chloe’s past about to catch up with her? Not all the drama takes place onstage. Sometimes murder, magic, obsession and the biggest of betrayals are real life. When you’re in the theatre shadows, you see everything.And Chloe has been watching… ________ ‘A bold, original concept brilliantly executed … I adored it’ John Marrs ‘A delicate and mesmerising thriller’ Matt Wesolowski ‘Dark and haunting … further cements Louise Beech as one of the most original and exciting authors of the moment’ Claire Allan ‘Loads of twists and turns as the tension ramps up to breaking point’ Gill Paul ‘This book is about believing in yourself and finding out that you had the power all along’ Madeleine Black ‘It kept me reading until my eyes hurt and kept me thinking about it long after I’d finished’ Fionnuala Kearney ‘A work of almost tangible atmosphere and authenticity … poignant and layered’ S. E. LyneTrade ReviewThis book works magically, emotionally and psychologically -- Carol LovekinFloating, lyrical, almost mystical * Jen Med’s Book Reviews *Atmospheric, haunting and sprinkled with magic * Off-the-Shelf Books *Unnerving, scary, creepy and heartbreakingly sad * Tales Before Bedtime *Beautifully evocative * Espresso Coco *

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking voice in contemporary Latin American literature, María Fernanda Ampuero confronts machismo, inequity, and violence in her latest short story collection. An undocumented woman answers a job posting only to find herself held hostage, a group of outcasts obsess over popular boys drowned while surfing, and two girls suspect sinister behavior from the missionaries lodging in their home. Simultaneously terrifying and exquisite, Human Sacrifices is “tropical gothic” at its finest. Ampuero considers the decay and oppression beneath the surface of our humid and hostile world, where those on the margins must pay the price for the comfort and safety of the elite. These twelve stories contemplate the nature of exploitation and abuse, illuminating the realities of those society consumes and leaves behind.

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Book SynopsisAn unwilling magnet for the supernatural and a ghost-hunting little girl join forces to capture Japan’s most terrifying and dangerous spirits.After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls. Otogiri, the Soul-Stealing Courtesan, has taken center stage in the battle against a cannibalistic child spirit. Will her assortment of deadly curses be enough to overcome his raw power, or will she become nothing more than food to sate his unending hunger? Worse, even if she does win, will the weakened Keitaro, Yayoi, and Eiko be able to reseal her before she turns her curses on them?

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Book SynopsisA powerful new addition to the bestselling Gothic Fantasy series of new writing and classic stories. Buried treasure, greed and envy are powerful forces in the minds of many, but at sea the consequences can be terrifying and deadly. With tales of pirates, deathly fogs and ferocious rocks, these dark tales of the haunted mind, trapped like ghosts at sea, are sure to entertain and enthrall. New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Christine van Antwerp, Erica Barnes, Brad Carson, Adrian Chamberlin, Margaret Collins, Denzell Cooper, Sophie Elisabeth Francois, Philip Brian Hall, John A. Karr, John Leahy, Kathryn McMahon, Jacob Moger, Jennifer R. Povey, M. Regan, Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis, Russ Thorne, A.R. Wise, and Nemma Wollenfang. These appear alongside classic stories by authors such as Joseph Conrad, F. Marion Crawford, William Hope Hodgson, W.W. Jacobs and Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Book SynopsisAn unwilling magnet for the supernatural and a ghost-hunting little girl join forces to capture Japan’s most terrifying and dangerous spirits.After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls. Before they can tackle their next haunted site, Keitaro, Yayoi, and Eiko need to collect another of the sealed Graduates—a vengeful courtesan who’s eager to escape Yayoi’s control. However, things turn even more dangerous when Keitaro is drawn into the spirit world, forcing him to face the horrors of a haunted love hotel all on his own.

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Book SynopsisA gripping tale of witchcraft and romance, past and present, from the Sunday Times bestselling authorThe parish of Manningtree and Mistley has a dark history. In 1644, Cromwell''s Witchfinder General tortured scores of women there, including Liza the herbalist, whose cottage still stands. Some say the spirits of his victims still haunt the old shop on the High StreetEmma Dickson gave up her high-flying career to live in Liza's cottage, but as Halloween approaches, visions of a terrible past are driving her to madness. In despair, Emma turns to the local rector for help, but he, too, is in the grip of something inexplicably dangerousPerfect for fans of Christina Courtenay, Nicola Cornick and Elizabeth Chadwick!Readers LOVE Barbara Erskine:Atmospheric' ?????Enthralling' ?????Spellbinding' ?????Another fabulous read from the mistress of the genre' ?????Immensely and deeply immersive fiction' ?????I loved every minute' ?????An exceptional writer of great books' ?????You can rely on this auTrade ReviewPraise for Barbara Erskine The Warrior’s Princess: ‘An engrossing race against time’ Woman and Home ‘This is one of the most gripping page-turners I’ve read’ Sun Barbara’s many bestsellers: ‘Her forte is mood, atmosphere and the toe-curling frisson’ Elizabeth Buchan, Sunday Times

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Book SynopsisIt''s Lord of The Flies meets vampires in an oversized deluxe hardcover volume of the bold series from Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, the Eisner-winning creative team behind the best-selling DESCENDER and ASCENDER series.They are the last children on Earth... who also happen to be vampires. For longer than they can remember, these child vampires have lived a life of eternal wonder amongst the ruins of humanity. But shocking events fracture the group and set them on a path of discovery that will shatter their innocence forever. Their ultimate survival depends on their ability to work together against the humans. Collects the entire hit LITTLE MONSTERS series (Issues #1 - 13)! Select praise for Little Monsters: A beautiful character study from top to bottom. —Multiversity Comics A linear narrative with a clean framework...keeps the reader entertained till the end. —CBR An

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Book SynopsisIncludes SPAWN RESURRECTION, and SPAWN #251-301, collected for the first time in FULL COLOR and featuring some never-before-collected issues!TODD McFARLANE unleashed his signature creation, SPAWN, in 1992. In doing so, he created the most successful independent comic book in history. Join Spawn in SPAWN COMPENDIUM, VOL. 6 as he discovers the true meaning of becoming a Hellspawn and settles on a path of bloody revenge in search of a way back to his humanity! Collects SPAWN RESURRECTION, and SPAWN #251-301

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Book SynopsisTHE GLORY BUS One moment Pamela is a contented newly-wed with a loving husband. The next, she''s the prisoner of a repulsive killer who has lusted after her since high school. Somehow college kid Norman finds himself in a car with hell-raiser Duke and a strange hyper-sexed hitchhiker who tags along for the ride. Together the lawless pair take him on a wild journey that soon becomes a living nightmare...FRIDAY NIGHT IN BEAST HOUSE The last novel in the Laymon''s BEAST HOUSE series. Michael would do anything to get a date with Alison. She has just one condition he has to spend a night with her in the legendary Beast House. To Michael a night alone with Alison is a chance of a lifetime but if the stories about the Beast House are true it may also be a chance to die...Trade ReviewIf you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat -- Stephen King No one writes like Laymond an you're going to have a good time with anything he writes -- Dean Koontz A brilliant writer -- Sunday Express In Laymon's books, blood doesn't so much drip, as explode, splatter and coagulate -- Independent

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Book SynopsisYokai Attack! is a nightmare-inducing one-stop guide to Japan's traditional monsters and creepy-crawlies.Yokai are ethereal sorts of beings, like ghosts, nearly always encountered at night; everyone has their own take on how they might look in real life and what sorts of specific characteristics and abilities they might have. This book is the result of long hours spent poring over data and descriptions from a variety of sources, including microfilms of eighteenth-century illustrations from the National Diet Library in Tokyo, in order to bring you detailed information on almost 50 of these amazing creatures for the first time in English.Illustrations, created by the talented Tatsuya Morino, detail the potential appearance of each yokai. Alongside each illustration is a series of "data points," with each yokai's significant features at a glance—especially handy for any potential close encounters.Yokai Attack! will surely convince you that Japan's tradition of fascinating monsters is a long one—yet far from being history.Book 1 of 3 in the Yokai Attack! series. Others include Ninja Attack! and Yurei Attack!.Trade Review"The wonderful book is perfect for anyone interested in monsters, Japanese culture, or folktales (especially Japanese ones). I'm interested in all of those…so I like this book a lot!" --Tokyo Five blog"This Halloween season, you may want to familiarize yourself with the different monsters of Japan. … With the help of Yokai Attack!, you will surely stand out among others." --Otaku Asia blog"An invaluable resource for anyone interested in J-Horror and Japanese culture; gave me a deeper understanding of what I've been enjoying for so many years." --Don Coscarelli, Director, Phantasm Series and Bubba Ho-Tep

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Book Synopsis'June 18. Began my ghost story after tea. Twelve o' clock, really began to talk ghostly. [Lord Byron] repeated some verses of Coleridge's Christabel, of the witch's breast; when silence ensued, and Shelley, suddenly shrieking and putting his hands to his head, ran out of the room with a candle.' (from the Diary of Dr John William Polidori, 1816). So John William Polidori (1795-1821) records one of the most famous storytelling evenings in English literature, the stormy night at the Villa Diodati that was the source of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and his own tale "The Vampyre", as well as his Gothic novel "Ernestus Berchtold". Polidori's still compelling works, included here in full, created figures of seductive evil that continue to exert a powerful hold over literature and popular culture. In addition, this collection makes available some of Polidori's fascinating lesser-known works such as his medical thesis on nightmares, his pamphlet on the death penalty, his poetry and diary. Many of these have not been republished since the nineteenth century. Now Polidori emerges from the shadows, an impetuous, sensitive writer with a sometimes fierce talent.His encounters with Byron, Shelley and their circle contributed to his fame and notoriety, and to his neglect, since they outshone him. Here he can be read by his own mysterious taper. Franklin Bishop's introduction describes the context in which The Vampyre was written and deepens our understanding of Romanticism and the Gothic.Table of ContentsIntroduction Further Reading The Vampyre:A Tale from A Medical Inaugural Dissertation which deals with the disease called Oneirodynia,for the degree of Medical Doctor, Edinburgh 1815 from On the Punishment of Death from An Essay Upon the Source of Positive Pleasure Ernestus Berchtold; or,The Modern Oedipus: A Tale from Ximenes,The Wreath and Other Poems from The Fall of the Angels:A Sacred Poem from The Diary of Dr John William Polidori from Letters of John Polidori Appendix:Four Letters about Polidori

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Book SynopsisOnly Harry Keogh, prisoner of the metaphysical Mobius Continuum, can stop the vampire Yulian Bodescu. Harry Keogh is a necroscope he knows the thoughts of corpses in their graves. Unfortunately for Harry, his talent works both ways.Death is not the end of life, Harry Keogh discovered and not the end of his battle against the terrible evil of vampires.In a secluded English village, Yulian Bodescu plots his takeover of the world. Imbued with a vampire''s powers before his birth, Bodescu rules men''s minds and bodies with supernatural ease. He is secretly creating an army of vampiric monsters, things that once were men but were now walking masses of destructive hunger!Harry Keogh, Necroscope, thought that the war with the vampires had ended with the destruction of Boris Dragosani and of Harry''s body! But the man who talks to the dead lives on, more powerful than ever, able to transport himself instantly to any spot on the globe and to speak mind-to-mind with both the living and the deTrade Review‘Since reading Lumley’s Necroscope series, I know that vampires really do exist.’ H.R. Giger ‘Like the vampires it so full-bloodedly portrays, Brian Lumley's Necroscope series just gets stronger. His lively mix of action and monstrosity transmutes the base cliché of the vampire and turns it into a wonderfully contemporary bane.’ Fear Magazine

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Book SynopsisI Am Not A Serial Killer is now a major film starring Christopher Lloyd and Max Records. This is the first title in the thrillingly dark John Wayne Carver series.John works in his family''s mortuary and has an obsession with serial killers. He wants to be a good person, but fears he is a sociopath, and for years he has suppressed his dark side through a strict system of rules designed to mimic ''normal'' behavior. Then a demon begins stalking his small town and killing people one by one, and John is forced to give in to his darker nature in order to save them. As he struggles to understand the demon and find a way to kill it, his own mind begins to unravel until he fears he may never regain control. Faced with the reality that he is, perhaps, more monstrous than the monster he is fighting, John must make a final stand against the horrors of both the demon and himself.Trade ReviewAn unabashedly gory gem... this deft mix of several genres features a completely believable teenage sociopath (with a heart of gold), dark humor, a riveting mystery and enough description of embalming to make any teen squeamish even if they won't admit it. Buy multiples where it won't be banned * Kirkus *

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