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The Lovecraft Squad: A Novel (Lovecraft Squad #1)
by Stephen Jones John Llewellyn ProbertThe first novel in a new series following the exploits of a secret organization dedicated to battling the eldritch monstrosities given form in H. P. Lovecraft's fevered imagination. There has always been something wrong about All Hallows Church. Not just the building, but the very land upon it stands. Reports dating back to Roman times reveal that it has always been a bad place—blighted by strange sightings, unusual phenomena, and unexplained disappearances. So in the 1990s, a team of para-psychiatrists is sent in to investigate the various mysteries surrounding the Church and its unsavoury legends. From the start, they begin to discover a paranormal world that defies belief. But as they dig deeper, not only do they uncover some of the secrets behind the ancient edifice designed by “Zombie King” Thomas Moreby but, hidden away beneath everything else, something so ancient and so terrifying that it is using the architect himself as a conduit to unimaginable evil. After four days and nights, not everybody survives—and those that do will come to wish they hadn’t. Imagine The Haunting of Hill House, The Amityville Horror, The Entity and The Stone Tape rolled together into the very fabric of a single building. And then imagine if all that horror is accidentally released . . .
Mammoth Books presents Substitutions
by Stephen Jones Michael Marshall SmithTaken from The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 22, edited by Stephen Jones.As Smith recalls: "This story came about in the simplest way, the way I always enjoy most - something happening in real life that makes you think 'What if?' "Our household gets a lot of its food via an online delivery service, and one day when I was unpacking what had just been dropped at our house I gradually realised there was something...not quite right about the contents of the bags."There's two things that are strange about that experience. The first is that - given that every household is likely to buy at least some things in common - you don't realise straight away that you've been given the wrong shopping. You don't immediately think 'This is wrong', more like . . . 'This is weird'. The second is how personal it is, gaining accidental access to this very tangible evocation of some other family's life. You can't help but wonder about the people the food was really destined for."In real life, I just called up the delivery guy and got it sorted out: but in fiction, you might tackle things slightly differently . . ."
Best Horror from Fantasy Tales
by Stephen Jones David SuttonThe Best Horror from Fantasy Tales contains the finest horror fiction published in Britain's premier magazine of fantasy and terror during its first ten years.This illustrated collection includes stories by the world's leading masters of the macabre, including Clibe Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber and Dennis Etchison.
Best Horror from Fantasy Tales
by Stephen Jones David SuttonThis illustrated collection includes stories by the world's leading masters of the macabre, including Clibe Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber and Dennis Etchison.
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classic Tales of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself
by Steve Jones"The reader would do well to remember that it is Lovecraft's shadow which overlies almost all of the important horror fiction."--Stephen King Written by arguably the most important horror writer of the twentieth century, H. P. Lovecraft's 1927 essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature" traces the evolution of the genre from the early Gothic novels to the work of contemporary American and British authors. Throughout, Lovecraft acknowledges those authors and stories that he feels are the very finest the horror field has to offer: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle, each prefaced by Lovecraft's own opinions and insights in their work. This chilling collection also contains Henry James' wonderfully atmospheric short novel The Turn of the Screw. For every fan of modern horror, here is an opportunity to rediscover the origins of the genre with some of most terrifying stories ever imagined.
Torture Porn
by Steve JonesThe first monograph to critically engage with the controversial horror film subgenre known as 'torture porn', this book dissects press responses to popular horror and analyses key torture porn films, mapping out the broader conceptual and contextual concerns that shape the meanings of both 'torture' and 'porn'.
Vile Men
by Rebecca Jones-HoweVile Men is a collection of fourteen short stories that are transgressive in nature, filled with heart and emotion, leaving you sweaty and spent, your heart pounding in your chest. Stolen moments on the subway, fear of intimacy, sexual perversion and dark fears come home to roost all unite in a powerful mixture of literary fiction, contemporary fairy tales, and late night confessions. Shocking and yet touching, unnerving and yet brutally honest, Rebecca Jones-Howe is an emerging author that you'll want to keep an eye on.ADVANCE PRAISE:"Rebecca Jones-Howe's Vile Men is an exciting, dark, sexy collection that is convulsively beautiful and bright. Each story digs a great hole and is filled with the most savage, brutal, human emotions: love, desire, addiction and the impossibility of satisfaction."-Antonia Crane, author of Spent"Rebecca Jones-Howe fearlessly tackles the ugliness most of us manage to hide. Each broken character blurs the lines between villain and victim as they bathe in sex, horror, dignity, want, resignation, and darkness. Vile Men is the handbook to uncovering your damage."-Mercedes M. Yardley, author of Pretty Little Dead Girls"Rebecca Jones-Howe takes you on a tour of the human psyche that is dark, disturbing, and exquisitely written. The sentences in this book are the best kind of dangerous. Just when you think you're safe another one comes along and draws blood."-Rob Hart, author of New Yorked"Rebecca Jones-Howe's Vile Men shows us characters driven by desperation to do violence to themselves or others, but behind these sharp stories about the horror of gender and sex is an empathetic insight into human weakness. Jones-Howe might bring us to the darkest parts of the human heart, but her stories remind us that we are all a little bit vile, too."-Letitia Trent, author of Echo Lake"Vile Men is dark, provocative stuff. The men found within these pages are indeed bad news, but the most dangerous paths aren't always led by them, as Rebecca Jones-Howe's narrators take us right past the expected awfulness of dead-end, drug-addled relationships, bad sex on ant hills, or navigating the treacherous rubble of the bar scene, where her women can find satisfaction and even surprise flashes of triumph amongst all the emotional jetsam. "There's a certain kind of man who goes for damaged girls," she writes. They may be broken, but as vile as these men may be (and always such needy little beasts) they don't get to have everything."-David James Keaton, author of The Last Projector
Silent Hill: Traición (Silent Hill #1)
by Shaun M. Jooste#La Edición Extendida contiene todo el texto original de la Edición Vainilla, pero incluye los Extras para Jugadores, como mapas, imágenes y los finales alternativos. Se ha hecho todo lo posible para asegurar que las imágenes se muestren correctamente en varios dispositivos y aplicaciones. Si las imágenes no se muestran correctamente en su dispositivo / aplicación, por favor, pruebe una alternativa para disfrutar al máximo# "Silent Hill" tiene más de una vez un lienzo, pintado por la mancha de tus pecados. Considera esto como tu infierno personal". Trevor se despierta de otra pesadilla de Silent Hill justo antes de recibir una llamada de la policía que lo persigue tras el aparente suicidio de su esposa, Caroline. Apenas escapa con su amante Kathy y su mejor amigo Jay Nixon, la policía les sigue de cerca en la oscura carretera. Durante la persecución, una niebla cubre la carretera y un extraño hombre con un objeto metálico en la cabeza hace que se estrellen en las afueras de Silent Hill. Cuando Trevor se despierta, se encuentra solo en el lugar del accidente sin saber dónde están los demás. Su búsqueda de ellos no sólo revela que la ciudad está encantada con criaturas aterradoras, sino que también está manchada con pistas de la presencia de Caroline. A medida que su lucha por la ciudad brumosa lo acerca al paradero de Kathy, Trevor se entera de la verdad de la muerte de Caroline. Y con este conocimiento, descubre que todos los que tuvieron algo que ver con su miseria se han reunido en Silent Hill para dar cuenta de sus pecados. En medio del dolor y la sangre se encuentra el misterioso guardián de Caroline con la pirámide metálica en su cabeza... y está listo para hacer justicia por su traición... **ADVERTENCIA** Este libro sólo es apto para adultos (18+). Contiene un contenido aterrador y sexual. Algunas escenas pueden ser consideradas violentas, grotescas o perturbadoras. No lea si se siente ofendid
Legends 3: Short Novels By The Masters Of Modern Fantasy (Legends #2)
by Robert Jordan Ursula K. Le Guin Tad WilliamsLegends-Volume 3 is a great anthology of short fiction by the masters of modern fantasy, edited by Robert Silverberg. Each author has contributed an original story based on his or her bestselling series.Robert Jordan relates crucial events in the years leading up to The Wheel of Time in "New Spring."Ursula K. Le Guin adds a sequel to her famous books of Earthsea, portraying a woman who wants to learn magic, in "Dragonfly."Tad Williams tells a dark and enthralling story of a haunted castle in the age before Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, in "The Burning Man."Terry Pratchett relates an amusing incident in Discworld, of a magical contest and the witch Granny Weatherwax, in "The Sea and Little Fishes."And look for Legends 1 (featuring Stephen King, Robert Silverberg, Orson Scott Card, Raymond E. Feist) and Legends 2 (featuring Terry Goodkind, George R.R. Martin, and Anne McCaffrey)!At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Breathless: A Firelight Novella
by Sophie JordanSophie Jordan's breathtaking digital original novella set in the world of Firelight. For Az, it's supposed to be a fun summer vacation with her family. Nothing complicated. Just a quick trip to test the waters as she prepares for a year on her own. That all changes when she rescues a drowning girl and meets Tate--the most gorgeous human boy she's ever seen. Tate throws her heart, her plans, and her life into upheaval, but the closer she gets to him, the harder it is to hide the secret of what she is. With no hope for a future together, the last thing that can ever happen ... is love. This stand-alone digital original is perfect for those new to the Firelight series as well as veteran fans.
Hidden: A Firelight Novel
by Sophie JordanA dangerous journey. Shattered bonds. Undying passion. Jacinda was supposed to bond with Cassian, the "prince" of their pride. But she resisted her fate long before she fell in love with Will—a human and, worse, a hunter. When she ran away with Will, it ended in disaster, with Cassian's sister, Miram, captured. Weighed down by guilt, Jacinda knows she must rescue her to set things right. Yet to do so she will have to venture deep into the heart of enemy territory. The only way Jacinda can reach Miram is by posing as a prisoner herself, though once she assumes that disguise, things quickly spiral out of her control. As she learns more about her captors, she realizes that even if Will and Cassian can carry out their part of the plan, there's no guarantee they'll all make it out alive. But what Jacinda never could have foreseen is that escaping would be only the beginning. . . . Loyalties are tested and sacrifices made in the explosive conclusion to Sophie Jordan's Firelight trilogy.
Vanish: A Firelight Novel
by Sophie JordanAn Impossible Romance. Bitter Rivalries. Deadly Choices. To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never see Will again-and worse, that because his mind has been shaded, Will's memories of that fateful night and why she had to flee are gone. Back home, Jacinda is greeted with hostility and must work to prove her loyalty for both her sake and her family's. Among the few who will even talk to her are Cassian, the pride's heir apparent who has always wanted her, and her sister, Tamra, who has been forever changed by a twist of fate. Jacinda knows that she should forget Will and move on-that if he managed to remember and keep his promise to find her, it would only endanger them both. Yet she clings to the hope that someday they will be together again. When the chance arrives to follow her heart, will she risk everything for love? In bestselling author Sophie Jordan's dramatic follow-up to Firelight, forbidden love burns brighter than ever.
Postcolonial Settings in the Fiction of James Clarence Mangan, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and Bram Stoker: Strange Surroundings (New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature)
by Richard JorgeThis book explores how three Anglo-Irish writers, J.C. Mangan, J.S. Le Fanu and Bram Stoker, use settings in their short fictions to recreate, depict and confront Ireland’s colonial situation in the nineteenth century. This study provides an innovative approach by targeting a genre (the short story) which has not been explored in its entirety— certainly not within nineteenth century Ireland - much less using a postcolonial approach to the short story. Added to this is the fact that it analyses how these writers used settings as an anticolonial tool. To do so, the book is divided into two major sections, an analysis of Irish settings and non-Irish ones. It works on the premise that all three writers used the idea of displacement to target colonialism and its effects on Irish society. In short, this book addresses a gap in scholarship, as the Irish Gothic short story as a decolonizing tool has not been sufficiently and globally studied.
O Conde e a Artesã
by Kara Jorgensen Maria BirkenheadQue mistérios se escondem abaixo das ervas daninhas e do pó? Após seu casamento, Eilian e Hadley Sorrel viajam para Brasshurst Hall, o lar ancestral abandonado da família dele. Enquanto Eilian luta para reconciliar seus novos papéis como marido e conde, ele encontra a casa e a circundante cidade de Folkesbury não são o que elas parecem atrás de uma máscara de boas maneiras e criação gentil espreita um lado mais escuro de Folkesbury. Enquanto os Sorrels lutam para se entrosar com a sociedade de boas maneiras da vila, eles encontram seus novos amigos à mercê de Randall Nash, um homem que coleciona segredos. Logo, Eilian e Hadley se tornam emaranhados numa teia de assassinato, roubo e intriga da qual eles podem não escapar, com a mansão como o coração de tudo. Algo que havia muito estava perdido e enterrado dentro da história de Brasshurst foi encontrado--algo pelo qual valia a pena matar.
Os Reis Imortais. O Tormento do Amanhecer.
by José Rodrigo Saltò SàenzOs deuses abandonaram os homens, a imortalidade caiu sobre eles e durante séculos tiveram que viver com a sombra dos demônios que espreitam entre as florestas do oeste. Tudo é paz e harmonia no reino imponente de Andromeca, a cidade forjada pelo primeiro deus, até o dia em que o capitão da guarda real, Riquel, se infecta com a maldição dos demônios e é forçado a empreender uma longa jornada até o floresta dos mortos-vivos para encontrar uma cura. Enquanto isso, seu irmão deve seguir um caminho que o levará ao inferno para salvá-lo.
Contos de P.A.L.M. ( Parceria de Animagi, Lobisomens e Metamorfo)
by José Rodrigues da Silva Debbie Manber KupferGatos e Lobos e Tegs - Oh meu! Conheça Alistair, Ramora e Griddlebone em três estórias pelo mundo de P.A.L.M. ( Parceria de Animagi, Lobisomens e Metamorfo) Alistair é um velho, ainda aparentemente jovem lobisomem que tomou um jovem lobisomem, Josh, abaixo de sua asa. Uma noite, ele conta a Josh sobre seu cruel pai assassino que matou a mãe e as irmãs de Alistair (e ele observou) por diversão. Durante a primeira lua cheia de Alistair, tantos anos atrás, ele precisaria selar seu destino com um assassinato digno, que ele ansiosamente cometeu com orgulho. Ramora, uma jovem noiva de vinte anos que é obrigada a casar com um homem por volta dos trinta, conhece Morgana - uma desonesta fada verde ou teg que oferece riquezas e imortalidade a Ramora,. Aguardando a chegada da fada em cima da montanha de Manus Wu, Ramora teme uma possível traição de Morgana. Num piscar de olhos, Ramora sela seu destino. Griddlebone é o resultado de experimentos do Gestapo em prisioneiros judeus em Viena durante a guerra, combinando o DNA deles com o de felinos em ordem para criar a perfeita máquina assassina. Enquanto os prisioneiros judeus testemunhas de Griddlebone são forçados para o fundo de um caminhão por soldados nazistas, outros werecats escondidos atacam e sistematicamente destroçam alguns dos capturadores nazistas. Aqueles que sobrevivem rapidamente fogem no caminhão com seus prisioneiros. Uma prisioneira, Esther, é salva. Na transformação dela, Esther e Griddlebone fazem uma visita a um dos campos de concentração para ver se os guardas querem sair para jogar. CINCO ESTRELAS - "A imaginação de Debbie Manber Kupfer é claramente em grande escala, com cada um destes contos facilmente visualizado em cada detalhe. Contos de P.A.L.M. trabalha com o macabro, mas também traz um conto de justiça, que é claramente melhor quando é servido cru com um fluxo de sangue humano. Eu me peguei aplaudindo Alistair, sentindo o sofrimento por Ramora, an
Carmilla (Rare Classics #3)
by Joseph Sheridan Le FanuCarmilla, Rare Classics Volume 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1)
by Kalyn JosephsonOne magical inn, two kids with supernatural powers, and an ancient Celtic creature trying to destroy their world by Halloween night... Halloweentown meets Supernatural in this spooky middle-grade series from the acclaimed author of the Storm Crow duology!Thirteen-year-old Annabella Ballinkay has never been normal, even by her psychic family&’s standards. Every generation uses their abilities to help run the Ravenfall Inn, a sprawling, magical B&B at the crossroads of the human world and the Otherworld. But it&’s hard to contribute when your only power is foreseeing death. So when fourteen-year-old Colin Pierce arrives at Ravenfall searching for his missing older brother and the supernatural creature who killed their parents, Anna jumps at the chance to help. But the mysteries tied to Colin go much deeper than either of them expects. . . . As the two team up to find answers, they unearth Colin&’s family&’s secret past and discover that Colin has powers beyond his imagination. And now the supernatural creature, one with eerie origins in Celtic mythology, is coming after him. If Anna and Colin can&’t stop the creature by Halloween night, the veil to the Otherworld could be ripped open—which would spell destruction for their world as they know it.
Emma and the Vampires
by Wayne JosephsonWhat better place than pale England to hide a secret society of gentlemen vampires? In this hilarious retelling of Jane Austen's Emma, screenwriter Wayne Josephson casts Mr. Knightley as one of the most handsome and noble of the gentlemen village vampires. Blithely unaware of their presence, Emma, who imagines she has a special gift for matchmaking, attempts to arrange the affairs of her social circle with delightfully disastrous results. But when her dear friend Harriet Smith declares her love for Mr. Knightley, Emma realizes she's the one who wants to stay up all night with him. Fortunately, Mr. Knightley has been hiding a secret deep within his unbeating heart—his (literal) undying love for her... A brilliant mash-up of Jane Austen and the undead.
Black Wings of Cthulhu
by S. T. JoshiFrom the depths of R'lyeh come twenty-one brand-new, utterly terrifying, and thoroughly entertaining short stories of horror and the macabre! Taking their inspiration from works by Lovecraft himself, prominent writers such as Caitlin R. Kiernan, Brian Stableford, Ramsey Campbell, Michael Shea, Darrell Schweitzer, Donald R. Burleson, and David J. Schow delve deep into the psyche, expanding on concepts H.P. Lovecraft created and taking them in new directions. The result is stories that are wholly original, some even featuring Lovecraft himself as a character. Black Wings editor S.T. Joshi is the recognized authority on all things Lovecraftian, and is famous for his restorations of Lovecraft's original works. He has assembled a star-studded line-up in a book that is essential for every horror library. Including: Pickman's Other Model - Caitlín R. Kiernan Desert Dreams - Donald R. Burleson Engravings - Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. Copping Squid - Michael Shea Passing Spirits - Sam Gafford The Broadsword - Laird Barron Usurped - William Browning Spencer Denker's Book - Davd J. Schow Inhabitants of Wraithwood - W.H Pugmire The Dome - Mollie L. Burleson Rotterdam - Nicholas Royle Tempting Providence - Jonathan Thomas Howling in the Dark - Darrell Schweitzer The Truth About Pickman - Brian Stableford Tunnells - Philip Haldeman The Correspondence of Cameron Thaddeus Nash - Annotated by Ramsey Campbell Violence, Child of Trust - Michael Cisco Lesser Demons - Norman Partridge An Eldritch Matter - Adam Niswander Substitutions - Michael Marshall Smith Susie - Jason Van Hollander
Black Wings of Cthulhu (Volume #5)
by S. T. JoshiH. P. Lovecraft’s brand of cosmic horror has long forced readers to an inexorable truth—there are powers in the universe whose immensity dwarfs petty human conflicts. Inspired by Lovecraft and brought together by editor S. T. Joshi, the stories in Black Wings of Cthulhu 5 explore the very essence of fear.Between these covers lie many of the finest Lovecraftian authors, including Sunni K Brock, Donald R. Burleson, Mollie L. Burleson, Nicole Cushing, Jason C. Eckhardt, Sam Gafford, Wade German, Cody Goodfellow, David Hambling, Lynne Jamneck, Mark Howard Jones, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Nancy Kilpatrick, W. H. Pugmire, John Reppion, Darrell Schweitzer, Jonathan Thomas, Donald Tyson, Robert H. Waugh, and Stephen Woodworth.
Black Wings of Cthulhu (Volume Six)
by S. T. JoshiVolume 6 in the successful and critically acclaimed series of Lovecraftian horror anthologies by the most prominent acolytes of the horror master.From claustrophobic fear in isolated New England towns to terrifying threats that span the infinite cosmos, the tales herein are fuelled by H. P. Lovecraft's creations. While his horrors originate in a vast cosmos outside of space and time, the terrors they bring strike ordinary humans caught up in conflicts far beyond their control. This volume offers a who's who of Lovecraftian authors including Aaron Bittner, Adam Bolivar, Jason V Brock, Ashley Dioses, David Hambling, Lynne Jamneck, Mark Howard Jones, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Nancy Kilpatrick, Tom Lynch, D. L. Myers, William F. Nolan, K. A. Opperman, W. H. Pugmire, Ann K. Schwader, Darrell Schweitzer, Steve Rasnic Tem, Jonathan Thomas, Donald Tyson, Don Webb, and Stephen Woodworth. Gathered together by S. T. Joshi, their works are certain to thrill.
The Cold Embrace: Weird Stories by Women
by S. T. JoshiThis original anthology presents 19 short stories that cover nearly a century of speculative fiction by women authors. Selections range from Mary Shelley's "Transformation" (1830), a pendant to Frankenstein in its themes and motifs, to "Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched" (1922) by May Sinclair, a tale of time travel that follows its heroine to Hell and back. Gripping narratives include Virginia Woolf's "A Haunted House," in which a ghostly couple revisit their former home; "A Wedding Chest" by Vernon Lee, a story of romance and revenge that unfolds in Renaissance Italy; and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," recounting a woman's psychic possession by the previous occupant of her attic bedroom. Additional tales include E. Nesbit's "From the Dead," "The Eyes" by Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Gaskell's "Curious If True," and many others. Editor S. T. Joshi offers an extensive Introduction as well as notes on each of the authors.
Great Tales of Terror
by S. T. JoshiThese 23 chilling tales tell of the returning dead, haunted places, weird creatures, and the supernatural in "The Return of the Soul" by Robert Hichens, "The Mummy's Foot" by Theophile Gautier, Lafcadio Hearn's "Of a Promise Broken," as well as spine-tinglers by Algernon Blackwood, J. Sheridan LeFanu, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Lord Dunsany, and other masters.
Great Weird Tales: 14 Stories by Lovecraft, Blackwood, Machen and Others (Dover Horror Classics)
by S. T. JoshiWeird tales -- exquisitely chilling works of fiction dealing with supernatural horrors, fantasy, and pseudo-science -- became an established genre with the enduring masterpieces of Edgar Allan Poe. The 14 spellbinding stories assembled in this outstanding collection are by later writers, who produced a great outpouring of weird fiction in the "Golden Age" of the genre, between 1880 and 1940.Included in this treasury are "The Sin Eater," by Fiona McLeod, a wild Celtic fantasy about a grotesque ritual; Algernon Blackwood's "The Man Whom the Trees Loved," in which a man's spirit is ultimately absorbed by the trees surrounding his estate: "The Eye Above the Mantel," by Frank Belknap Long, a sonorous prose-poem demonstrating the effects of verbal witchery; "Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family," by H. P. Lovecraft, which ingeniously fuses conventional supernaturalism with science fiction; as well as absorbing works by such masters as Ambrose Bierce, Ralph Adams Cram, William Hope Hodgson, F. Marion Crawford, Lord Dunsany, M. P. Shiel, R. H. Barlow, Arthur Machen, W. C. Morrow, and Fitz-James O'Brien.Edited by occult fiction expert S. T. Joshi, who has also written an illuminating introduction, these gripping tales will transport lovers of ghost stories and devotees of supernatural fiction to terrifying realms of the unknown.