Boo !! Not to be read late at night. Spooky, scary, creepy and downright macabre.
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Tektime Une Lueur au Coeur des Ténèbres: Série Le Cristal
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Otaku Elf Vol. 8
Book SynopsisA HAGGLIN' SUSHI-HANKERIN' OTAKU?!
£11.69
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Kayachan Isnt Scary Vol. 2
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Kayachan Isnt Scary Vol. 3
£11.69
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Kayachan Isnt Scary Vol. 4
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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Malevolent Spirits Mononogatari Vol. 12
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HarperCollins Publishers She Never Left A dark and gripping crossover
Book SynopsisWow!!! Wow!!!! Wow!!! This book is a total page turner and will keep you guessing with every page. Halfway through I thought I had it figured out and then BAM! The ending floored me' Michelle, NetGalleySOMETHING IS STIRRING IN THE HEART OF ILLINOISWhen Jane and TJ agree to attend their high school reunion they never expect to come face-to-face with classmate-turned-stalker Lincoln the moment they return home.SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN WOKENUnspoken words fester between them of the incident in the local woods twenty years ago when Evie vanished in a flash of amber light. They were the last three people to see her alive.SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN PROVOKEDBut the trees have been whispering to Lincoln ever since, and as Jane and TJ arrive back in town, the voices call to him again, hissing three solitary words: she is here.Sharp Objects meets Stranger Things in this razor-sharp small-town thriller perfect for fans of Stephen King.What readers are saying:Will get undeTrade Review‘Wow! What a spine-chilling, bone-numbing story! Part spooky, part mysterious, this book kept me on the edge of the seat… This was a power-packed book’ Rekha, NetGalley ‘Total thriller. It's a gripping read and the stuff of nightmares’ Julie, NetGalley ‘This book will keep you on the edge of your seat! If you love thrillers and love to be SHOCKED this is a perfect book for you!’ Kimberly, NetGalley ‘Let me start this by saying WOAH, I had no idea what to expect and I got far more than I bargained for. This is one of those books I think will be popular… Would I recommend this book? 200x yes I absolutely loved it… the book was amazing and its left me questioning everything… 5 stars’ Jasmin, NetGalley ‘A riveting contemporary novel that I devoured in just one sitting. It had me completely hooked until the jaw-dropping conclusion that I did not spot coming! The lines between reality and illusion are blurred. As the reader I could not always spot which was which but clung on with heart racing to the end… I was riveted from start to finish’ Julia, NetGalley ‘This is an original and entertaining book. I loved the blend of a traditional thriller with hints of horror and the supernatural’ Pamela, NetGalley ‘Intriguing, tense and sharply written suspense with a suitably atmospheric small town backdrop’ Ruth, NetGalley ‘Suspenseful and atmospheric, this really drew me in with its captivating premise and spine-tingling intro… I had to read on! The writing is very assured and the story had unexpected twists and turns… I’ll be looking out for more from this author. A cosy yet chilling read!’ I.A, NetGalley ‘Wow… This book is filled with so many twists and turns and will keep you guessing with every page’ Krista, NetGalley ‘Excellent story! Totally engrossing!. Looking forward to reading more by this author! Could not put this down!’ Aelat, NetGalley
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HarperCollins Publishers The Revels A deliciously dark and spellbinding
Book SynopsisThe stage is set, and the witch-hunt is about to begin . . .***A spellbinding debut novel perfect for fans of Stacey Halls, Laura Purcell and Bridget Collins. ***England, 1645. After his half-brother dies, aspiring playwright Nicholas Pearce is apprenticed to Judge William Percival, an infamous former witch-hunter who is under pressure to resume his old profession.In a country torn apart by civil war, with escalating tensions between Catholics and Protestants, Royalists and Roundheads, and rumours of witchcraft, Nicholas hides a secret: the dead sing. He hears their secrets, but will he find the courage to speak up and save innocent lives, even if it means putting himself in great danger?''Evocative . . . weaves sublimely like its witch knots'' SUSAN STOKES CHAPMAN, bestselling author of Pandora''Darkly fascinating'' JENNIFER SAINT, bestselling author of AriadneWonderfully atmospheric' ELODIE HARPER, bestselling author of The Wolf DenCompelling' LAURA SHEPPERSON, bestselling author of Trade Review Praise for Stacey Thomas’s spellbinding debut, The Revels: ‘A darkly fascinating, spellbinding novel that captivated me with its fresh perspective and twists’Jennifer Saint, Sunday Times bestselling author of Elektra ‘An original debut of rich historical detail with a protagonist you really want to root for’Susan Stokes-Chapman, Sunday Times bestselling author of Pandora ‘Wonderfully atmospheric and compelling with a fabulous twist on the genre’Elodie Harper, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Wolf Den ‘A most compassionate take, as well as a compelling one’Laura Shepperson, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Heroines ‘A delicious, witchy delight. An atmsopheric and powerful debut that keeps you guessing at to how it will unravel’Hannah Kaner, Sunday Times bestselling author of Godkiller ‘A beguiling tale, rich in atmosphere and beautifully told. Fans of The Binding will love this stand out debut’Lianne Dillsworth, bestselling author of The Theatre of Marvels ‘What can I say about The Revels? Beautiful prose, lyrical dialogue, a sense of intrigue and possibility challenging the reader’s assumptions and weaving a spell throughout the highly accomplished plot. Truly a debut for the ages!’Natalie Chandler, bestselling author of Believe Me
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HarperCollins Publishers The Forest Demands Its Due
Book Synopsis A Lesson in Vengeance meets The Taking of Jake Livingston in this page-turning YA horror/fantasy set in dark academia about a queer Black teen who discovers the sinister history of his boarding school and the corrupt powers behind it all. Trade Review“Jackson digs deep to weave together an exploration of generational trauma, moral corruption, and the power that comes from letting go of the past. Jackson's novel is a fantastical, queer, grotesque, messy story that fans of dark academia and horror will love.”- Rob Bittner, Booklist
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Little, Brown Book Group The Witch Who Courted Death
Book SynopsisThis time reinventing witches and ghosts with a much-needed feminist twist, The Witch Who Courted Death is a brand new title from the bestselling author of Who's Afraid?
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Little, Brown Book Group The Witch Who Courted Death A spellbinding read
Book Synopsis*Winner of the Best Fantasy Novel Aurealis Award*''Maria Lewis is a must-read'' Buzzfeed''Pay attention urban fantasy fans - Maria Lewis is a name you''ll want to remember'' One More PageConsidering her status as the world''s most powerful medium, Casper von Klitzing and her twin brother Baristan have lived a pretty normal life - until now. After a horrific incident in her home city of Berlin, orchestrated by the mysterious Oct, Casper is consumed with vengeance towards an enemy she doesn''t understand. But the only other person ever to escape Oct was a witch - and so Casper is soon on her trail. But this witch does not want to be found. Diving headfirst into the supernaturally secretive world of spells, charms and covens, it''s not long before Casper is crossing more than just the line between the living and the dead . . .
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Random House USA Inc Dracula
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Penguin Publishing Group Cold Fire
Book SynopsisTrade Review“An extraordinary piece of fiction with unforgettable characters. It will be a classic.”—UPI“Solid, satisfying, hair-raising...Koontz barely lets the reader come up for air between terrors.”—The Washington Post “Gripping.”—Los Angeles Times“A unique spellbinding novel with depth, sensitivity, and personality.”—Boston HeraldMore Praise for Dean Koontz“Dean Koontz is a prose stylist whose lyricism heightens malevolence and tension. [He creates] characters of unusual richness and depth.”—The Seattle Times“Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose....‘Serious’ writers...might do well to examine his technique.”—The New York Times Book Review“Lyrical writing and compelling characters...Koontz stands alone.”—Associated Press“In every industry there exist ‘artists’ that are not only unforgettable, but know their craft better than the rest. Dean Koontz...is among these artisans.”—Suspense Magazine“[Koontz] has always had near-Dickensian powers of description, and an ability to yank us from one page to the next that few novelists can match.”—Los Angeles Times“Perhaps more than any other author, Koontz writes fiction perfectly suited to the mood of America...novels that acknowledge the reality and tenacity of evil but also the power of good...[and that] entertain vastly as they uplift.”—Publishers Weekly
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Penguin Publishing Group The Best of Cemetery Dance Vol II 02
Book SynopsisCemetery Dance is one of the best. Great stuff.—Stephen KingThis amazing collection gathers the best short fiction from the best writers featured in the first 25 issues of the World Fantasy Award-winning magainze Cemetery Dance—a virtual who's who of contemporary masters of horror, including:• Poppy Z. Brite• Joe R. Landsdale• William F. Nolan• Nancy Collins• Matthew Costello• Thomas Tessier• Richard Layman• Steve Rasnic Tem• Jay R. Bonansinga• Bill Pronzini• And many more...
£25.50
iUniverse Akhkharu House of the Vampire
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Headline Publishing Group Out are the Lights
Book SynopsisThe vampire movie came first - the girl died in a welter of blood as the vampire bit clean through her jugular. Then came the spider film, followed by the story of the axeman. This was a horror movie series to end them all. The action seemed real, but it couldn't be - could it?
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Little, Brown Book Group 23 Hours Number 4 in series Laura Caxton Vampire
Book SynopsisWhen vampire hunter Laura Caxton is locked up in a maximum-security prison, the cop-turned-con finds herself surrounded by murderers and death-row inmates with nothing to lose . . . and time to kill.Laura''s always been able to protect herself, but soon she learns that an even greater danger lurks in the prison. Justinia Malvern, the world''s oldest vampire, has taken up residence and her power grows as she feeds her way through the inmate population. She knows how to pull Caxton''s strings, and issues an ultimatum that Laura can''t refuse.Now Laura has just 23 hours to fight her way through a gauntlet of vampires, cons and killers . . . 23 hours to make one last, desperate attempt at protecting the world from Justinia''s evil.
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Little, Brown Book Group Beneath the Lake
Book SynopsisThirty Years AgoOn a camping trip by a remote lake, the Mercer family enjoyed the vacation of a lifetime - until a violent tragedy forced them to make a decision that would haunt them for ever. This SummerWhen the younger Mercers learn their father is dying, the family reunites at the lake, seeking a second chance to put their lives back together. But something is waiting . . . Four Days of HellAlso arriving at the lake are estranged son Raymond Mercer and an alluring stranger, Megan, both ignorant of the family''s secrets. Within hours, they are all trapped in a relentless nightmare and fighting for their lives.Some places are better left. Some secrets are better forgotten. Some people are better dead.Trade ReviewPrepare to be terrified - The Sun on The OrphanAbsolutely terrifying. You can actually feel true evil in it - Sophie Hannah on The Birthing HouseCompelling from first page to last - just don't read it at night - The Daily Mail on The Haunting of James Hastings
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Little, Brown Book Group The Woods the emotional and addictive thriller
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St. Martins Press-3PL Fatal Error A Repairman Jack Novel Repairman Jack
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St. Martins Press-3PL By the Sword
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Quercus Publishing The Woman in Silk
Book SynopsisA classic ghost story set in a remote country estate, in which a man returns from a tour of duty in Afghanistan only to find a darker horror waiting at home.Trade Review'A talent for evoking locale has long been one that Gadney could boast ... The Woman in Silk is effectively unsettling ... Gadney has added a new string to his already handsomely strung bow' Independent. * Independent *'Fantastic mix of contemporary and Gothic, a fascinating read' My Weekly. * My Weekly *
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Goose Lane Editions Midnight Sun
Book SynopsisThe year is 1982 in Lawrence Osgood''s Midnight Sun and the isolated village of Poniktuk (population 156) exists by and for itself in the central Arctic, virtually undisturbed by intrusions of the outside world. Free of television, telephones, and other modern conveniences, the only real communications come to the village by the almost weekly mail delivered by the sched, the scheduled flight that originates in Inuvik and touches down at other villages on its way to Poniktuk. The quiet little village becomes troubled when a white man steps off the sched and stirs up talks of land rights with Simon Umingmak, long-time chairman of the Poniktuk settlement council. Tensions rise as Simon and his 18-year-old nephew, Nate, square off on the delicate issue. When a white woman, the lone survivor of wilderness canoe trip, is rescued by the head of the Hunters'' Association and brought to Poniktuk, a teenage girl, fascinated by the stranger, nearly dead from hunger and exposure, starts a
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S Q Publications,US Devils Forge v 1 The Roel Sketchbook The Roel
Book SynopsisSpanning the spectrum of fantasy illustration, Roel Wielinga can create images of dark magic, or gleaming visions of a cybernetic future. A long-time contributor to the Sirius line of comics, Roel''s finally assembled an all-new collection of his finest work. Devil''s Forge features Roel''s unique point of view, including his glorious female creations and mystical new worlds of wonder.
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc ThirtyTwo Stories
Book Synopsis America''s most influential literary figure worldwide is familiar to most readers of short fiction through only about a dozen stories. This is because many of Poe's tales depend on knowledge a reader in 1835 or 1845 might have had that a typical reader in 2000 would not. In this extensively annotated and meticulously edited selection of Poe's short fiction, Stuart Levine and Susan F. Levine connect Poe to major literary forces of his era and to the rapidly changing U.S. of the 1830s and 1840s, discussing Shelley, Carlyle, Byron, Emerson, and Hawthorne, as well as the railroad, photography, and the telegraph. In the process, they reveal a Poe immersed in the America of his day--its politics, science, technology, best-selling books, biases, arts, journalism, fads, scandals, and even sexual mores--and render accessible all thirty-two stories included here. The general Introduction, the headnote to each story, and the annotations included in this volume have been extensively reviseTrade Review Thirty-Two Stories appears in an attractive and readable format, with the 1848 'Ultima Thule' daguerrotype of Poe featured prominently on the front cover. Gone are the double-column pages, endnote style, and thematic organization of material that made the 1976 edition clumsy. Instructors and students will not have to battle with an arbitrary conceptual framework, since the stories in the new edition are presented in order of their first publication, and they will find the annotations more accessible at the bottom of the page. The typefaces are larger and bolder and many of the illustrations that graced the 1976 edition have been enlarged. . . . For college instructors and general readers interested in a fully annotated selection of Poe’s tales, attractively presented in a one-volume paperback edition, Thirty-Two Stories is the best thing on the market. --Bruce I. Weiner, The Edgar Allan Poe Review
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc ThirtyTwo Stories
Book Synopsis America''s most influential literary figure worldwide is familiar to most readers of short fiction through only about a dozen stories. This is because many of Poe's tales depend on knowledge a reader in 1835 or 1845 might have had that a typical reader in 2000 would not. In this extensively annotated and meticulously edited selection of Poe's short fiction, Stuart Levine and Susan F. Levine connect Poe to major literary forces of his era and to the rapidly changing U.S. of the 1830s and 1840s, discussing Shelley, Carlyle, Byron, Emerson, and Hawthorne, as well as the railroad, photography, and the telegraph. In the process, they reveal a Poe immersed in the America of his day--its politics, science, technology, best-selling books, biases, arts, journalism, fads, scandals, and even sexual mores--and render accessible all thirty-two stories included here. The general Introduction, the headnote to each story, and the annotations included in this volume have been extensively reviseTrade Review Thirty-Two Stories appears in an attractive and readable format, with the 1848 'Ultima Thule' daguerrotype of Poe featured prominently on the front cover. Gone are the double-column pages, endnote style, and thematic organization of material that made the 1976 edition clumsy. Instructors and students will not have to battle with an arbitrary conceptual framework, since the stories in the new edition are presented in order of their first publication, and they will find the annotations more accessible at the bottom of the page. The typefaces are larger and bolder and many of the illustrations that graced the 1976 edition have been enlarged. . . . For college instructors and general readers interested in a fully annotated selection of Poe’s tales, attractively presented in a one-volume paperback edition, Thirty-Two Stories is the best thing on the market. --Bruce I. Weiner, The Edgar Allan Poe Review
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Loom Press The Witch at Rivermouth
Book SynopsisNestor, why does this creature hate me so much? Why does she hate my blood? Minerva Herrera, a young Colombian woman and devout Catholic, is the love of Nestor McCorleys life. And although twelve years of parochial school have left Nestor with mixed feelings about God and the Church, he and Minerva marry after a brief courtship. She quickly becomes pregnant and the couple enjoy a happy domestic life. But in the late stages of her pregnancy, as Minerva is lighting a candle to the Blessed Virgin, she is confronted in the church by a frightening woman who hurls a shocking curse at her and her unborn child. In the weeks following the incident, ominous things begin to happen. With his marriage on the rocks and his wifes health at risk, Nestor begins to search for answers. Who is this woman? Is someone seeking revenge for something in Nestors past? Is Minervas former lover trying to get her back? Nestor enlists the help of a priest as he revisits his Catholic grammar school and combs the city for answers. Everyone he meets becomes a suspect as Nestors life begins to unravel, and his worst nightmares become real.
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Arkbound The Asylum
Book SynopsisA supernatural horror.Trade ReviewZaman's novel is a short one that presents an effectively creepy story without ever being boring. There's no stunting the pace of the rapidly unfolding story, in which an asylum's newest employee begins to investigate his workplace's weird tendencies. Why is the ward shaped like a crucifix? Who is it that's 'almost here' and everyone keeps talking about? Why is 6 o clock always particularly violent? - Nathan, www.fictiondb.com
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Tor Books Book of Night
Book SynopsisA delicious, dark, adrenaline rush of a book. I''m already dying to see Charlie Hall''s next con. - New York Times bestselling author, Alix E. HarrowNow in paperback! Book of Night, #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black''s stunning first adult novel, is a modern dark fantasy of betrayals, secret societies, and a dissolute thief of shadows.Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make.She''s spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie Hall.Now, she's trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but getting out isn't easy. Bartending at a dive, she's still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. No
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Hodder & Stoughton The Running Man
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Union Square & Co. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Other Stories
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Scribner Book Company Sleeping Beauties
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£26.00
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Freak in the Basement
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Through the Gates of the Silver Key (annotated)
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Cornerstone Ink Blood Sister Scribe: The Sunday Times
Book SynopsisNot all books should be opened. In this thrilling fantasy debut, meet the family tasked with guarding a trove of magical but deadly books, and the shadowy organisation that will do anything to get them back.* The instant Sunday Times bestseller ** Good Morning America's June book club pick ** Apple Book of the Year in Audio *'A bold, new novel from an extraordinary new voice.' Marlon James'Simply a delight from start to finish.' New York Times'A spectacularly spellbinding debut.' The Fantasy Hive'A magnificent debut.' The Bookseller'A delight from start to finish.' Chloe Benjamin____________Joanna Kalotay lives alone in the woods of Vermont, the sole protector of a collection of rare books; books that will allow someone to walk through walls or turn water into wine. Books of magic.Her estranged older sister Esther moves between countries and jobs, constantly changing, never staying anywhere longer than a year, desperate to avoid the deadly magic that killed her mother. Currently working on a research base in Antarctica, she has found love and perhaps a sort of happiness.But when she finds spots of blood on the mirrors in the research base, she knows someone is coming for her, and that Joanna and her collection are in danger.If they are to survive, she and Joanna must unravel the secrets their parents kept hidden from them - secrets that span centuries and continents, and could cost them their lives ...* New York Times Notable Book for 2023 ** Best Book of 2023 by NPR! *____________Readers can't get enough of Ink Blood Sister Scribe . . .***** 'THIS BOOK DESTROYED ME AND MADE ME LOSE FEELING IN MY HANDS WITH HOW ANXIOUS IT MADE ME FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS BEST 2023 RELEASE BY A THOUSAND MILES'***** 'Amazing!! Couldn't put it down.'***** 'This has be one of the most enjoyable fantasies I've read in a long time.'***** 'Dark and gripping, magic books written in blood, a shedload of mystery and intrigue, I loved it!'***** 'Absolutely brilliant!'____________'A fantastic magical adventure, not to be missed.' Kirkus Starred Review'No boxes go unticked in this fabulous page-turner, a searing debut about two sisters with very different powers.' Daily Mail'This debut novel is an absolute delight, weaving a convincing occult underground into real-world settings.' Guardian'Downright irresistible' Washington Post'Spellbinding... This is a must-read.' Publishers Weekly'A twisty and thrilling fantasy.' Kelly Link, Get in Trouble'An adventure, a puzzle, a twisty thriller, and a tender romance.' Alix E Harrow, The Once And Future Witches'Chilling and charming ... Törz's debut is a love letter to stories everywhere.' Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride'A magical book, brimming with all the elements that make a story sing ... A gorgeously satisfying read.' Lesley Nneka Arimah, What It Means When a Man Falls from the SkySunday Times bestseller, July 2023Trade ReviewFollow where this novel leads and you will be lost in a bewitching spell, a book of magic about books of magic, and the people who reel from reading them. Go beyond the magic and you're left with a heartbreaking tale of family where truth blurs with lies, and blood isn't thick enough. A bold, new novel from an extraordinary new voice. * Marlon James, Sunday Times bestselling author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf *Ink Blood Sister Scribe is so many things at once: an adventure, a puzzle, a twisty thriller, and a tender romance. It's a magical book about the magic of books; I adored it. * Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of The Once and Future Witches *A twisty and thrilling fantasy in which both the magic and the characters have real complexity, real shadows. If, like me, you're a fan of Holly Black and Leigh Bardugo, pick up this book at once. * Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble *This edge-of-your-seat fantasy thriller sees two estranged sisters tasked with guarding their family's collection of rare and dangerous magical books. To survive, they have to unravel the secrets their parents kept hidden. * Press Association *The best kind of books do not simply expand our world, they let in light from new ones. Törz's spellbinding Ink Blood Sister Scribe embodies that completely. Chilling and charming in equal parts, Törz's debut is a love letter to stories everywhere. * Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Tale of the Flower Bride *
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Image Comics King Spawn Origins Hardcover Book 1
Book SynopsisCollected in an all-new size and format, KING SPAWN ORIGINS HARDCOVER BOOK 1 brings you the art and stories that made this series a classic. Extra features include a cover gallery and behind-the-scenes art. When a monstrous entity, once confined in Hell, breaks free and returns to Earth, SPAWN is lured into a carefully laid trap. Kincaid's motives for wanting Spawn to claim the Hellish throne remain shrouded in mystery, especially in light of the KING SPAWN prophecy. Spawn finds himself back in New York City, the epicenter of his quest, where the God Throne, the Dead Zones, and the ominous prophecy converge. Will he seize the crown or will his choice lead to the world's destruction?Collects KING SPAWN Issues #1 - 12
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Image Comics Spawn Compendium Volume 7 Color Edition
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£48.22
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Sick vol 1
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£9.64
Broadview Press Ltd Dracula
Book SynopsisTo borrow a phrase used by one of the characters in the novel, Dracula is "nineteenth century up-to-date with a vengeance." In her introduction to this edition Glennis Byron first discusses the famous novel as an expression not of universal fears and desires, but of specifically late nineteenth-century concerns. And she discusses too the ways in which to the modern reader it is not Transylvania but London that is the location of the monstrosity in Dracula.The many appendices include contemporary reviews; source materials drawn on by Stoker; documents expressing contemporary views on trances, sleepwalking and hypnotism; and other relevant writing by Stoker, including "the censorship of Fiction," in which he expresses his belief in the need to defend the social and moral purity of the nation. Trade ReviewNo other edition so carefully assembles a wealth of contextual material, nor succeeds so admirably in drawing the reader into Stoker's cultural milieu." - David Glover, University of Southampton Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionBram Stoker: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextDraculaAppendix A: “Dracula’s Guest”Appendix B: Bram Stoker “The Censorship of Fiction” (1908)Appendix C: Transylvania: History, Culture, and FolkloreAppendix D: LondonAppendix E: Mental PhysiologyAppendix F: DegenerationAppendix G: GenderAppendix H: Reviews and InterviewsWorks Cited and Recommended Reading
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Broadview Press Ltd The Vampyre and Ernestus Berchtold: or the Modern
Book SynopsisIn 1816, John William Polidori travelled to Geneva as Lord Byron’s personal physician. There they met Mary Godwin (later Shelley) and her lover Percy Shelley and decided to while away a wet summer by writing ghost stories. The only two to complete their stories were Mary Shelley, who published Frankenstein in 1818, and Polidori, whose The Vampyre and Ernestus Berchtold were both published in 1819.The Vampyre, based on a discarded idea of Byron’s, is the first portrayal of the alluring vampire figure familiar to readers of Bram Stoker and Anne Rice. Ernestus Berchtold scandalously draws on the rumours of Byron’s affair with his half-sister for a Faustian updating of the myth of Oedipus, which it combines with an account of the struggle of Swiss patriots against the Napoleonic invasion.Along with Polidori’s work, this edition also includes stories read and written by the travellers in the Genevan summer of 1816 and contemporary responses to The Vampyre and Ernestus Berchtold.Trade Review“The Vampyre is back again and in very welcome fashion. The editors, including the world’s ranking expert on Polidori, have provided us with a very useful edition of one of the classic Romantic horror stories, together with an odd but compelling version of a ‘modern Oedipus.’ The latter should interest everyone, since, as Freud contends, the Oedipus story ‘might have been ours.’ The edition makes easily accessible a number of the other texts invoked in and produced by the most famous horror- and ghost-writing contest of all time, including works by Byron and P.B. Shelley. Altogether this is a highly useful volume and a not-so-guilty pleasure.” ― Ian Balfour, York UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionJohn William Polidori: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextsThe Vampyre: A TaleErnestus Berchtold; or,The Modern ŒdipusAppendix A: Ghost Stories From Tales of the Dead (1813) “The Family Portraits” “The Death-Bride” Lord Byron, “A Fragment” (1819) P.B. Shelley, “Fragment of a Ghost-Story” (1816) P.B. Shelley, “Journal at Geneva (including Ghost Stories)” (1816) Appendix B: Contemporary Reviews The Vampyre Edinburgh Monthly Review 1 (1819) Monthly Review 89 (May-August 1819) Ernestus Berchtold; or, the Modern Œdipus Edinburgh Monthly Review 4 (1820) European Magazine 76 (1819) Literary Gazette 136 (28 August 1819) Works Cited and Recommended Reading
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New Falcon Publications,U.S. Lovecraft Lexicon: A Reader's Guide to Persons,
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Linden Publishing Co Inc In the Midst of the Sea
Book SynopsisTrapped in an isolated old house on Martha?s Vineyard in winter, Diana Barlow is either seeing ghosts or losing her mind ?After an estrangement from her parents, Diana came to Martha?s Vineyard to start a new life with her husband Ford and young daughter Samantha. The beautiful Victorian house that Ford inherited seemed the perfect home for a fresh beginning. But in the winter, when the tourists go home and the island is deserted, Diana is afraid she?s going crazy. Specters of people long dead flicker in and out of her vision. The antique dolls in her house never stay where they?re put. Samantha suddenly has a whole group of imaginary friends who live in the house and tell her terrible things. And Ford is becoming increasingly moody, unpredictable, and violent.While Diana investigates the horrifying history of the house, the past, the present, the living and the dead fatally intertwine, and Diana realizes she and her daughter must escape ? if Ford and the house will let her.
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Hippocampus Press The Lovecraft Coven
£19.00
Galaxy Press Writers of the Future Volume 33
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Frankenstein: The 1818 Edition with Related Texts
Book Synopsis"In this new edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, David Wootton's Introduction gives the reader both a clear and gripping account of the biographical circumstances that led to the novel’s writing and the most striking and original interpretations of its central themes and of the intellectual and cultural influences on them. Offering a new account of the complex history of its composition, and drawing upon his deep knowledge of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific debates, Wootton reveals the ways in which the origins of Shelley’s novel are inextricably linked to conceptions of the origins of life itself. We have here a transformative reading of one of the world’s best-known stories."—Laura Marcus, Goldsmiths’ Professor of English Literature and Fellow of New College, University of OxfordTrade Review"A superb edition of Shelley's troubling masterpiece, with lucid explanatory notes and rich contextual material on the biographical, cultural, and scientific background to the text. Wootton’s Introduction is a tour de force of revisionist scholarship, and his bold new arguments about Frankenstein's reworking of Promethean myth, its engagement with Romantic-era science, and the sources and significance of its arctic frame-tale will set the agenda for future debate." —Thomas Keymer, Chancellor Henry N. R. Jackman University Professor of English, University of Toronto"David Wootton, the editor of a splendid new edition of Frankenstein that includes a rich variety of relevant texts, prefers to focus on the contribution made to the novel by Mary's reading of contemporary articles on travel (the book’s first narrator, Robert Walton, is bound for the North Pole, which he describes as 'the favourite dream of my early years'). Wootton’s magisterial introduction grants equal significance to the earnest discussions about generating life that took place in 1816 at Lord Byron’s lakeside villa in Switzerland, where Frankenstein was conceived." —Miranda Seymour, in The New York Review of Books"Wootton’s new edition presents Shelley's Frankenstein in a vivid new light. Informed by his immense erudition in the histories of both science and political thought, his brilliantly lucid Introduction pieces together the book’s complex and sometimes conflicting elements, and proposes several new interpretations. Generously annotated throughout, and with a judicious selection of related writings and contemporary reviews, this will be the go-to text for all students of the novel." —Seamus Perry, Professor of English Literature and Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Frankenstein: The 1818 Edition with Related Texts
Book Synopsis"In this new edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, David Wootton's Introduction gives the reader both a clear and gripping account of the biographical circumstances that led to the novel’s writing and the most striking and original interpretations of its central themes and of the intellectual and cultural influences on them. Offering a new account of the complex history of its composition, and drawing upon his deep knowledge of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific debates, Wootton reveals the ways in which the origins of Shelley’s novel are inextricably linked to conceptions of the origins of life itself. We have here a transformative reading of one of the world’s best-known stories."—Laura Marcus, Goldsmiths’ Professor of English Literature and Fellow of New College, University of OxfordTrade Review"A superb edition of Shelley's troubling masterpiece, with lucid explanatory notes and rich contextual material on the biographical, cultural, and scientific background to the text. Wootton’s Introduction is a tour de force of revisionist scholarship, and his bold new arguments about Frankenstein's reworking of Promethean myth, its engagement with Romantic-era science, and the sources and significance of its arctic frame-tale will set the agenda for future debate." —Thomas Keymer, Chancellor Henry N. R. Jackman University Professor of English, University of Toronto"Wootton’s new edition presents Shelley's Frankenstein in a vivid new light. Informed by his immense erudition in the histories of both science and political thought, his brilliantly lucid Introduction pieces together the book’s complex and sometimes conflicting elements, and proposes several new interpretations. Generously annotated throughout, and with a judicious selection of related writings and contemporary reviews, this will be the go-to text for all students of the novel." —Seamus Perry, Professor of English Literature and Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford
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Greenleaf Book Group LLC In the Land of Dead Horses
Book SynopsisIn the Land of Dead Horses is the story of Texas Ranger Jewel T. Lightfoot's pursuit of a terror from another age, a herald of darkness unearthed from its subterranean crypt in the Chihuahuan Desert and set loose on an unsuspecting world. Lightfoot, a hard-drinking Texas Ranger, is aided by an aging silver miner named Ernesto Zavala and his grandson Antonio, a rangy firebrand who longs to free his people from the rule of Porfirio Diaz's corrupt Mexican government. Together these unlikely heroes face off against a sinister German academic, a trio of religious fanatics who want to restore the glory of the Mayan empire, and a horror from the depths of history that grows stronger with each setting sun. Join Jewel Lightfoot in his desperate bid to save countless lives from a menace no sane man could imagine. But be careful: Not everyone who rides out of Austin in the fall of 1908 is going to come back.
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