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Shriek: A Novel (The Ambergris Trilogy #2)
by Jeff VanderMeerFrom the author of Borne and Annihilation comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic Shriek: An Afterword.An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris—previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer’s acclaimed City of Saints and Madmen—Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies.Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by the ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice’s brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies, who have been waiting underground for their chance to mold the future of the city.After reading this introduction to the Family Shriek—part academic treatise, part tell-all biography—you’ll never look at history in quite the same way.
The Shrine
by James HerbertCome worship at the shrine. If you are lustful, your most carnal desires will be fulfilled. If you are greedy, wealth will be yours for the taking. If you are holy, you will learn of a force greater than all your dreams of the divine. If you are a disbeliever, you will be converted or you will be destroyed. Bow before the shrine and little Alice, the angelic child who stands before it and casts her light over the world [will heal you]... ... as the flames of hell leap up to conquer heaven itself. . . .
The Shrinking Man (S. F. Masterworks Ser. #No.51)
by Richard MathesonThe legendary novel of science-fiction horror: &“The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson&” (Stephen King). After he is exposed to a radioactive cloud, Scott Carey finds himself shrinking, slowly, day-by-day, inch-by-inch. Scott once had a normal, everyday existence as a husband and father, but as time passes, he becomes a national spectacle, something worthy of newspaper headlines. As Carey shrinks, smaller and smaller, his family become giants, more and more unreachable, and even the family cat becomes a predatory menace. In this world of disproportion, increasingly perilous with each passing day, Scott struggles to survive—and is pushed to the very limits of fear and existence . . . Adapted into the Hugo Award–winning film The Incredible Shrinking Man, this is a classic by the author of I Am Legend and other renowned works—a master of imagination whom Ray Bradbury called &“one of the most important writers of the twentieth century.&” &“A classic of suspense as poignant as it is frightening—a mix that only Richard Matheson could pull off.&” —Dean Koontz
The Shunned House
by H. P. LovecraftH. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.
Shut Your Mouth (The Midnight Library #6)
by Damien Graves1. Louise learns that too many trips to the local candy shop can be bad for her health -- in more ways than one. 2. Greg and Sam press their luck with a roll of some dice. Devious dice. 3. Rory and April couldn't be more excited about their family's dazzling new car, but they'd be better off walking.
Shutter (A Rita Todacheene Novel #1)
by Ramona EmersonLonglisted for the National Book Award This blood-chilling debut set in New Mexico&’s Navajo Nation is equal parts gripping crime thriller, supernatural horror, and poignant portrayal of coming of age on the reservation. "A haunting thriller, written with exquisite suspense . . . This is a story that won't let you go long after you finish, and you won't want it to end even as you can't stop reading to find out how it does." —Tommy Orange, author of There There Rita Todacheene is a forensic photographer working for the Albuquerque police force. Her excellent photography skills have cracked many cases—she is almost supernaturally good at capturing details. In fact, Rita has been hiding a secret: she sees the ghosts of crime victims who point her toward the clues that other investigators overlook. As a lone portal back to the living for traumatized spirits, Rita is terrorized by nagging ghosts who won&’t let her sleep and who sabotage her personal life. Her taboo and psychologically harrowing ability was what drove her away from the Navajo reservation, where she was raised by her grandmother. It has isolated her from friends and gotten her in trouble with the law.And now it might be what gets her killed.When Rita is sent to photograph the scene of a supposed suicide on a highway overpass, the furious, discombobulated ghost of the victim—who insists she was murdered—latches onto Rita, forcing her on a quest for revenge against her killers, and Rita finds herself in the crosshairs of one of Albuquerque&’s most dangerous cartels. Written in sparkling, gruesome prose, Shutter is an explosive debut from one of crime fiction's most powerful new voices.
Shutter
by Melissa LarsenA Most Anticipated Novel by PopSugar * Bustle * and more!"[A] chilling debut novel." -- The New York Times Book ReviewA young woman agrees to star in a filmmaker's latest project, but soon realizes the movie is not what she expected in this chilling debut novel.In the wake of her father's death, Betty Roux doesn't allow herself to mourn. Instead, she pushes away her mother, breaks up with her boyfriend, and leaves everything behind to move to New York City. She doesn't know what she wants, except to run.When she's offered the chance to play the leading role in mysterious indie filmmaker Anthony Marino's new project, she jumps at the opportunity. For a month Betty will live in a cabin on a private island off the coast of Maine, with a five-person cast and crew. Her mother warns against it, but Betty is too drawn to the charismatic Anthony to say no.Anthony gives her a new identity--Lola--and Betty tells herself that this is exactly what she's been looking for. The chance to reinvent herself. That is, until they begin filming and she meets Sammy, the island's caretaker, and Betty realizes just how little she knows about the movie and its director.
Shutter Man
by Richard MontanariBilly is an excellent killer: strategic, methodical, ritualistic. If only he knew what his victims looked like.Plagued with a rare disease that prevents him from recognizing faces, Billy carries a photograph in his pocket that is his only way of identifying his next target. Killing is in Billy's bloodline, as a member of Philadelphia's dangerous Farren crime family. While Billy stalks Philadelphia, Detective Kevin Byrne is assigned to a series of bizarre home-invasion cases and is joined by his former partner-turned-assistant district attorney, Jessica Balzano. Their investigations circle Byrne's childhood neighborhood of Devil's Pocket, and they find themselves revisiting a crime from Byrne's past that has haunted him for decades. What Byrne witnessed as a child in Devil's Pocket jeopardizes the Farren family--which makes him the next target on Billy's hit list.A multigenerational story of hardship, guilt, and redemption, Shutter Man is Byrne and Balzano's most tense and personal case to date.
Shuttered
by Emma JaneWhen wildlife and landscape photographer Daniel Hopson gets a reading from clairvoyant Rowan Foster at a local craft fair, he quickly realizes it's a con. But he sees the charm behind the chancer's façade, and so rather than expose him, he starts to date him--only to discover that some of Rowan's other cons are far more serious. The so-called psychic owes ten thousand pounds to two men after deceitfully claiming to be able to find the body of their murdered mother. Daniel must help Rowan recover the genuine gift he possessed in childhood and contact the spirits before the men catch up to them--and the key to doing so might be Daniel's telepathic connection with his dog Sasha.
Si estuviera vivo...
by Bloodwitch Luz OscuriaCuando un escritor del movimiento surrealista del siglo XX busca desesperadamente la concentración necesaria para comenzar un ensayo de escritura automática, y el alma de un niño que ha muerto de una larga enfermedad pasa a través de él, el resultado es una larga carta, cuyo contenido se recoge en esta obra. A lo largo de este breve relato, descubrirá a un autor que se ha convertido en el espejo de un niño de 8 años que sueña desde el más allá con la existencia que habría tenido si hubiera permanecido vivo, desde el resto de su infancia hasta la tumba.
Si hubiera espinas (Saga Dollanganger #Volumen 3)
by V. C. AndrewsTercera entrega de la Saga Dollanganger Chris y Cathy siempre han intentado proteger a sus hijos del doloroso secreto familiar. Se han entregado en cuerpo y alma para que Jory, Bart y la pequeña Cindy tuvieran la infancia feliz que a ellos una vez les fue arrebatada. Sin embargo, y a pesar de todos los esfuerzos, jamás conseguirán escapar de sus propios fantasmas. La armonía familiar que habían construido se desvanece con la llegada de una nueva vecina, una misteriosa anciana vestida de negro que siempre les está vigilando. No tarda en seducir a Bart, un niño con un gran poder imaginativo, invitándolo a comer helados y galletas. Poco a poco la actitud del pequeño va cambiando como si alguien, o algo, lo empujara a la locura y a la violencia. Pero esto es solo el principio. Chris y Cathy están a punto de perder todo aquello que aman... quizás para siempre. La crítica ha dicho... «Sus libros tienen mucha fuerza.» The Times
A Sicilian Romance: A Gothic Novel (reader's Edition) (World's Classics Ser.)
by Ann RadcliffeIn A Sicilian Romance (1790) Radcliffe began to forge the unique mixture of the psychology of terror and poetic description that would make her the great exemplar of the Gothic nove, and the idol of the Romantics. This early novel explores the cavernous landscapes and labyrinthine passages of Sicily's castles and covents to reveal the shameful secrets of its all-powerful aristocracy. Julia and Emilia Mazzini live secluded in an ancient mansion near the Straits of Messina. After theirfather's return to the island a neglected part of the house is haunted by a series of mysterious sights and sounds. The origin of these hauntings is only discovered after a series of breathless pursuits through dreamlike pastoral landscapes. When revelation finally comes, it forces the heroines to challenge the united forces of religious and patriarchal authority.
El siciliano: Salvatore Giuliano (Grandes Exitos Ser.)
by Mario PuzoEl siciliano es una biografía novelada de Giuliano y una incisiva descripción de la vida, las tradiciones y las complejas relaciones de poder en Sicilia. Corre el año 1950. El exilio de Michael Corleone en Palermo está a punto de acabar, y su padre, Don Vito, le ha encomendado una misión: debe volver a América con un hombre que se ha convertido en un mito popular, un forajido acosado por el Gobierno, las clases altas y la Mafia. Su nombre es Salvatore Giuliano, un moderno Robin Hood que, tras enfrentarse en su juventud a una patrulla de carabineri, se vio forzado a refugiarse en las montañas. Desde allí lucha por su patria y su gente, oprimida por la Cosa Nostra y la corrupción del Gobierno de Roma. Ahora, en esta neblinosa tierra de montañas y ruinas antiguas, el destino de Michael Corleone se verá hermanado con la leyenda de Salvatore Giuliano.
Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files (Dresden Files)
by Jim ButcherHarry is the best and technically the 'only' at what he does, being the lone professional wizard PI in the Chicago phonebook. So when the Chicago PD has cases that transcend mortal capabilities, they come to him for answers. For the 'everyday' world is actually full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. Yet despite his precautions, Harry tends to stumble from crisis to drama in his dealings with the supernatural world - call it an occupational hazard. Here, he unfailingly manages to get on the wrong side of werewolf, fae and vampires alike. And that's where his own rather special powers come into play . . . These bite-sized stories are tremendously entertaining and will leave you itching to explore more of Harry Dresden's world.And as well as eight short stories, this collection will include an all-new Dresden Files novella.
Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files (Dresden Files)
by Jim ButcherHarry is the best and technically the 'only' at what he does, being the lone professional wizard PI in the Chicago phonebook. So when the Chicago PD has cases that transcend mortal capabilities, they come to him for answers. For the 'everyday' world is actually full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. Yet despite his precautions, Harry tends to stumble from crisis to drama in his dealings with the supernatural world - call it an occupational hazard. Here, he unfailingly manages to get on the wrong side of werewolf, fae and vampires alike. And that's where his own rather special powers come into play . . . These bite-sized stories are tremendously entertaining and will leave you itching to explore more of Harry Dresden's world.And as well as eight short stories, this collection will include an all-new Dresden Files novella.
Siete para la morgue
by Doug Lamoreux RocioEs casi medianoche, y un vecino fisgón encuentra a sus vecinos, muertos. Armado de coraje, decide llamar al servicio de emergencias. A pesar de la tormenta torrencial que azota la noche, la Policía, el Departamento de Bomberos y una ambulancia responden enseguida el llamado. Sin embargo, hay poco que puedan hacer. Las víctimas llevan muertas un largo tiempo. El fisgón invita a los trabajadores de emergencias a reunirse en su cochera, a salvo de la lluvia, mientras esperan la llegaba del Forense y, luego, del personal de la Casa Funeraria que retirará los cuerpos. Los relámpagos iluminan la noche y los truenos hacen temblar el suelo. La situación inspira a los policías, los bomberos y los paramédicos a pasar el rato contando historias de terror escalofriantes... y tú estás invitado a acompañarlos. Doug Lamoreux, escritor premiado del género de terror, mezcla siete cuentos espeluznantes en esta pócima atrapante. Como anuncia el poema popular escocés: "Señor, líbranos de fantasmas y demonios, de bestias de patas largas, y de todo lo que hace ruidos por la noche".
The Sight (The Sight #1)
by David Clement-DaviesIn a work of great scope and imagination, the author of "Fire Bringer" takes reader to the dark forests of old Transylvania and into the minds of wolves.
The Sight: A Novel
by Melanie GoldingIn the tradition of Camilla Sten and Victor LaValle, Melanie Golding&’s newest novel is a chilling carnival-set suspense, perfect for fans of Stranger Things.Look into her eyes—she can tell you how you'll die . . . As a child, Faith acquired the ability to see when and how people would die—a &“gift&” she neither wanted nor could get rid of.After foreseeing a family tragedy and being ostracized, Faith learns to control her visions, and returns to perform in her family&’s traveling carnival. But when an unruly customer attacks her, she has a vision in full view of a crowd.She is banned from the carnival she loves—and loses her only source of income to support her dying mother. Desperate to support her mother and with only one friend standing by her, she sees no reason to continue hiding her ability and goes to dangerous lengths to earn money. But when she sees herself in a man&’s future death, Faith must face her own fears of her powers and tune into her gift to fight against a future that would ruin her life—and end someone else&’s.With The Sight, celebrated author Melanie Golding delivers another suspense-driven masterpiece with unforgettable characters and an ending that will leave you stunned.
Sight Unseen
by Iris Johansen Roy JohansenShe was safe in a world of darkness. Now danger threatens in the cold light of day. Before the experimental surgery that gave her sight, Kendra Michaels developed her other senses to an amazing capacity. Now she can identify a Nissan by the sound of its engine, a Norelco electric razor by the pattern of stubble it leaves behind, or an obscure colorless fire accelerant by its sweet smell. Law enforcement agencies clamor for her rare powers of perception and observation, too often disrupting the life she has built helping others through music therapy. Because so very often,only Kendra can get the job done. But in this case, it's Kendra who first realizes that the apparent traffic accident on San Diego's historic Cabrillo Bridge is in fact a murder scene, and she rushes to alert the police before crucial evidence is destroyed. As the body count rises and one murder unveils another, a gruesome pattern emerges. Someone is killing people in ways that mirror Kendra's most notorious cases. She has a fan: someone who admires her work and is twisted enough to show that admiration through murder--while naming himself after the biggest art forger of the 20th century. He views himself not as a monster but as an artist. And he is not working alone. In Iris Johansen's Sight Unseen,as the darkness closes in, near enough to touch Kendra and those she loves, Kendra must come face to face with her greatest fears--and her most ruthless enemy. A man who moves through the shadows, a man she may even know, who hides behind the mask of sanity, sight unseen.
Sight Unseen
by Andrew NeidermanA boy is blessed with second sight—and cursed by what he sees—in this terrifying thriller from the bestselling author of The Devil’s Advocate. A little knowledge can be a deadly thing. Everyone knows that David is a smart one. He can tell you the end of a story from the first sentence. The other kids won’t even go to the movies with him anymore; he always spoils the ending. People begin to wonder about David. There is, after all, such a thing as being too smart for your own good. David has learned the hard way to keep his thoughts to himself. But now David is growing up, and his gift is turning into a power. The power to read people’s minds. To see the future. To know things—terrifying things—that he didn’t want to know. Like who would live. And who would die . . .
Sign Here
by Claudia LuxA darkly humorous, surprisingly poignant, and utterly gripping debut novel about a guy who works in Hell (literally) and is on the cusp of a big promotion if only he can get one more member of the wealthy Harrison family to sell their soul.Peyote Trip has a pretty good gig in the deals department on the fifth floor of Hell. Sure, none of the pens work, the coffee machine has been out of order for a century, and the only drink on offer is Jägermeister, but Pey has a plan—and all he needs is one last member of the Harrison family to sell their soul. When the Harrisons retreat to the family lake house for the summer, with their daughter Mickey&’s precocious new friend, Ruth, in tow, the opportunity Pey has waited a millennium for might finally be in his grasp. And with the help of his charismatic coworker Calamity, he sets a plan in motion. But things aren&’t always as they seem, on Earth or in Hell. And as old secrets and new dangers scrape away at the Harrisons&’ shiny surface, revealing the darkness beneath, everyone must face the consequences of their choices.
The Sign of Fear (Fear Street Saga #4)
by R. L. StineFieran was a young warrior driven by revenge. He created the Fear amulet—and cursed the Fear family for all eternity.Christina is a young servant girl struggling for survival, who finds the Fear amulet centuries later. Now, she may be destroyed by its evil....
The Sign of the Devil: Pre-order the new Frey & McGray mystery now!
by Oscar de MurielMadame Katerina, Detective 'Nine Nails' McGray's most trusted clairvoyant, hosts a séance for three of Edinburgh's wealthiest families.The following morning everyone is found dead, with Madame Katerina being the only survivor. When questioned she alleges a tormented spirit killed the families for revenge.McGray, even though he believes her, must find a rational explanation that holds up in court, else Katerina will be sentenced to death.Inspector Ian Frey is summoned to help, which turns out to be difficult as he is still dealing with the loss of his uncle, and has developed a form of post-traumatic stress (not yet identified in the 19th century).This seems an impossible puzzle. Either something truly supernatural has occurred - or a fiendishly clever plot is covering a killer's tracks...
The Sign of the Devil: Pre-order the new Frey & McGray mystery now!
by Oscar de MurielTHE FINAL FREY & McGRAY MYSTERYAVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWAll will be revealed...* * * * *The Devil Has Come to Edinburgh...An ill-fated grave-robbery unearths a corpse with a most disturbing symbol on it. The very same sign is daubed in blood on the walls of Edinburgh's lunatic asylum, on the night that one of the patients is murdered.The mark in question? The mark of the devil.The prime suspect: Amy McGray, the asylum's most infamous inmate, a young woman who has grown up behind bars after she killed her parents many years ago.Her brother, Detective 'Nine-Nails' McGray, knows the evidence is stacked against her. To prove her innocence, he needs the help of an old friend...Inspector Ian Frey insists he is retired. But when called upon, he reluctantly agrees to their final case.Because this is the case in which all will be revealed - as twists follow bombshells on the way to the secrets that have been waiting in the shadows...This rollicking Victorian sensationalist melodrama is the epic conclusion to the marvellous Frey & McGray mysteries.
Sign of the Labrys
by Brian Stableford Margaret St. ClairLike others who withstood the pandemic, Sam Sewell lives in a subterranean shelter. The vast catacombs were built before the military's biological weapon leaked out, killing nine out of ten people and leaving the survivors so traumatized that they can barely tolerate each other's company. So it's quite peculiar that some government agents seem to think that Sam lives with a woman, Despoina, who's suspected of conducting germ warfare. Pressured by the agents to locate Despoina, Sam must literally go underground to discover the truth about a hidden world of witchcraft and secret rituals. This Wiccan-themed science fiction novel was cited by Gary Gygax as an inspiration for Dungeons & Dragons. Enthusiasts of the role-playing game will recognize the forerunner of Castle Greyhawk and its labyrinthine setting of multiple levels connected by secret passages. Other readers will savor the fantasy on its own terms, as the poetic recounting of an otherworldly mystery.