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The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost (Johnny Dixon #4)
by John BellairsA young man is possessed by an evil spirit in this &“gothic spine-chiller&” by the author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Booklist) The abandoned schoolhouse sits just outside the town of Duston Heights, Massachusetts, and Johnny Dixon is not sure what called him there. Inside the darkened building, he finds three chilling stained glass windows which show a hooded monster, a vengeful angel, and the hateful, staring face of Zebulon Windrow. Impossibly, the old man speaks to Johnny, threatening revenge on behalf of one of his descendants—and then the room is filled with horrible insects. As they cover Johnny&’s body, moving closer toward his mouth, he awakes and escapes the nightmare. But is Johnny&’s vision of the schoolhouse really just a dream, or is it a warning? When Johnny falls into a strange trance from which he cannot be awakened, his friend Professor Childermass races to save him. To rescue the young boy, the professor must unlock the secret of the dream, and delve into the terrible mysteries of the Windrow estate. The Revenge of the Wizard&’s Ghost is suspenseful, spooky reading for fans of R. L. Stine or anyone looking for a story featuring a middle-school-aged hero facing down grown-up-sized scares.
Revenge R Us (Goosebumps Series 2000 #7)
by R. L. StineWade's obnoxious brother needs to learn a lesson--a lesson he'll never forget. Wade knows just where to go.
Rêves sombres et contes sinistres: UNE NOUVELLE DE BAKER JOHNSON
by Terry M. WestBaker Johnson est un chercheur psychique, démonologue et exorciste vivant dans les années 1930 à New York. Brillant mais profondément imparfait, Baker a une perception d'un autre monde qui lui permet de lire les gens d'un seul regard. Dans "Dark Dreams and Weird Tales", Baker est convoqué à la Providence par l'auteur mourant du macabre H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft fait des aveux qui menacent la vie et la santé mentale de Baker.
Revival
by Stephen KingPrepárate para el final más oscuro, inquietante e inolvidable de cuantos ha escrito Stephen King. «Al menos en un sentido nuestras vidas son ciertamente como las películas. El elenco principal se compone de la familia y los amigos. Los actores son los vecinos, los compañeros de trabajo, los profesores y los conocidos.[...]»Pero a veces entra en nuestra vida una persona que no encaja en ninguna de estas categorías.[...]»Cuando pienso en Charles Jacobs -mi quinto en discordia, mi agente del cambio, mi maldición-, se me hace imposible creer que su presencia en mi vida tuvo que ver con el destino.» Octubre de 1962. En una pequeña localidad de Nueva Inglaterra la sombra de un hombre se cierne sobre un niño que juega ensimismado con sus soldaditos. Cuando Jamie Morton levanta la vista, ve una figura imponente. Se trata de Charles Jacobs, el nuevo pastor, con quien pronto establecerá un estrecho vínculo basado en su fascinación por los experimentos con electricidad. Varias décadas más tarde, Jamie ha caído en las drogas y lleva una vida nómada tocando la guitarra para diferentes bandas por bares de todo el país. Entonces vuelve a cruzarse con Jacobs -dedicado ahora al espectáculo y a crear deslumbrantes «retratos de luz»-, y este encuentro tendrá importantes consecuencias para ambos. Su vínculo se convertirá en un pacto más allá incluso del ideado por el Diablo, y Jamie descubrirá que «renacer» puede tener más de un significado. Esta inquietante novela, que se extiende a lo largo de cinco décadas, muestra uno de los más terroríficos finales que Stephen King haya escrito jamás. Es una obra de arte del maestro de contar historias de nuestro tiempo, en la tradición de Hawthorne, Melville o Poe. Una historia oscura sobre la adicción, el fanatismo y lo que puede existir al otro lado de la vida...
Revival: A Novel
by Stephen KingA spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life.In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity.Decades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Now an addict, he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling 'portraits in lightning' - and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings.This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It's a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.
Revival
by Stephen KingA spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life.In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity.Decades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Now an addict, he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling 'portraits in lightning' - and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings.This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It's a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.(P)2014 Simon & Schuster
Revival: A Novel
by Stephen KingA dark and electrifying novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life.In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs--including Jamie's mother and beloved sister, Claire. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession. When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town. Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from the age of thirteen, he plays in bands across the country, living the nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll while fleeing from his family's horrific loss. In his mid-thirties--addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate--Jamie meets Charles Jacobs again, with profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It's a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Frank Norris, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe.
Rewild
by Devin GraysonFables meets The Fisher King in this dark, magical realist tale about a mysterious young homeless woman, an enterprising engineer with a troubled past, and a dangerous new breed of Fae, ravaged by climate change and furious with the human race. A motley collection of disturbing mythological creatures have started to stake out the land of those who damaged them—and the planet—and they aren&’t backing down. When Poe, an entrancing drifter and self-proclaimed changeling demands that Demond build a park to appease them, he first worries about her grasp on reality, and then, along with his family, his own. Soon, he—and the reader—must question the rationality of our entire species as Demond struggles to save his city… and maybe even the world. But are we past the point of no return? &“Far-out fantasy and brutal environmental reality collide in the finest work yet from Devin Grayson, whose sophisticated storytelling is perfectly paired with the outrageously lovely visuals of Yana Adamovic. Very highly recommended.&”- Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Y, the Last Man) &“Rewild is a profound look at what humanity has lost in the name of progress. It's beautiful, powerful, and through some magic trick simultaneously grim and hopeful.&” - Mark Waid (Kingdom Come)&“ ...a timely examination of humanity&’s relationship with the natural world, woven into a glorious fantasy adventure pitting man against Faerie.&” - Mark Buckingham (Fables)
Rex Mundi Omnibus Volume 1 (Rex Mundi)
by Arvid NelsonParis, 1933. Europe is still in the grip of feudalism, sorcerers stalk the streets at night, and secret societies vie for power.When a medieval scroll disappears from a Paris church, Dr. Julien Saunière begins uncovering a series of horrific ritual murders connected to the Catholic Church. His investigation turns into a one-man quest to uncover the deepest secrets of Christianity, a trail of conspiracy that extends all the way to the walls of Jerusalem during the First Crusade.*Collects Rex Mundi Volumes #1-3.
El Rey de la Noche: Un Cuento Oscuro
by Miss Black“Amor, magia, luchas fratricidas, política fría y cálida amistad. Miss Black es hábil en la descripción de este mundo y de sus habitantes”. babettebrown.it “Un libro muy exitoso, ambientado en un lugar fantasioso, y con una trama intrigante. He disfrutado hasta la última coma; una de las más hermosas novelas de esta autora, en mi opinión”. The Dirty Club of Books. “Starrag es el enésimo e intrigante protagonista, modelado por la tinta de Miss Black: enjuto, demacrado, incluso parecería un siniestro encantador, si no dejara entrever, de inmediato, destellos de malicia acompañados de un aura cínica, sarcástica, sexy y hosca, todo ello al mismo tiempo”. SogniPensieriParole.com April es la benjamina del Rey Avetis. Su vida podría reducirse a bailes y frivolidades, pero ella no es de ese tipo. Le gusta montar a caballo, pasear por el bosque, leer y detesta las situaciones mundanas. Cuando el joven heredero al trono cae gravemente enfermo, a causa de su naturaleza aventurera, su padre le pide que entre en el reino que se halla más allá de las nieblas, donde el sol nunca sale y la magia es poderosa, para de alguna manera, apoderarse de la Gema de la Noche, una piedra con extraordinarias habilidades taumatúrgicas. April está dispuesta a luchar por la piedra, a robarla o a comprarla a precio de oro, pero, para comenzar, también podría intentar amablemente pedirla. El Rey de la Noche, el soberano de aquellas tierras, se la concede, pero ordena a su hijo Starrag que la acompañe. Y Starrag es espantoso, sombrío como el cuervo del que lleva su nombre, enigmático e infeliz, arrogante a menudo, pero también tiene algo diferente y especial de lo que April, poco a poco, comienza a sentir su encanto. Es sólo el comienzo de una historia más profunda, de una atracción compleja y no exenta de equivocaciones, y del encuentro entre dos mundos situados en las antípodas.
El Rey Quimera: Rebeldes del Último Mundo (El Rey Quimera #1)
by Atlas KaneElige una Clase. Ganate tu Harem. Recupera el Mundo. Cade Clarke pasa su última noche en la Tierra bebiendo con un viejo compañero del ejército. Luego, cuando decide arriesgar su vida para defender a una hermosa camarera, termina pagando el precio máximo. Resucitado en Antinium, Cade se encuentra arrojado a un mundo en el que las mismas reglas de la realidad han cambiado. Para poder sobrevivir, debe elegir una clase, personalizar su arma del alma, y subir de nivel para desbloquear rasgos, puntos de atributo y habilidades vitales. Las posibilidades de que Cade tenga éxito son mínimas, hasta que encuentra su destino entrelazado con un grupo de mujeres sexy, que le ayudarán a construir una aldea y luchar a su lado contra sus enemigos. Deberán volverse lo suficientemente fuertes para derrocar un malvado tirano. O morir en el intento...
El Rey Quimera 2: Campeones del Último Mundo (El Rey Quimera #2)
by Atlas KaneDespués de explorar varios parajes por su cuenta, Cade y sus magníficas amigas se han asegurado un grado de relativa seguridad. Sin embargo, el mundo de Antinium sigue plagado de conflictos y su pequeño poblado deberá ser defendido. El Campamento Casmeer está comenzando a prosperar. Satemi avanza con la construcción, Minda descubre nuevas maravillas de la herbología y la Ocupación de Ketzal resulta muy útil a la hora de domar jabalíes salvajes. Sin embargo un viejo y descomunal enemigo acecha desde las sombras, amenazando con destruir todo por cuanto Cade y sus amigas han luchado por construir, en el mundo de Antinium. A pesar de los peligros, nuestros héroes están destinados a convertirse en los Campeones del Último Mundo. ¿Podrá nuestro héroe derrotar a las fuerzas de la oscuridad que pretenden acabar con la vida y la estabilidad de Antinium? ¡No te pierdas el segundo libro de la saga del Rey Quimera! Advertencia a los lectores: las novelas del Rey Quimera poseen contenido explícito para adultos, relaciones no convencionales, harem, violencia gráfica y persistente, y un héroe cuyo humor pertenece más apropiadamente a un cuartel militar. Proceda bajo su propio riesgo.
Rhapsodic: Bestselling smash-hit dark fantasy romance! (The Bargainer Series #1)
by Laura ThalassaBook one in the darkly hypnotic Bargainer series!The King of the Night always collects his debts...Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she's been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she's received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear. Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer to make it happen. He's a man who can get you anything you want... at a price. And everyone knows that sooner or later he always collects. But for one of his clients, he's never asked for repayment. Not until now. When Callie finds the Bargainer in her room, a grin on his lips and a twinkle in his eye, she knows things are about to change. At first, it's just a chaste kiss - a single bead's worth - and a promise for more. For the Bargainer, it's more than just a matter of rekindling an old romance. Something is happening in the Otherworld. Fae warriors are going missing one by one. Only the women are returned, each in a glass casket, a child clutched to their breast. And then there are the whispers among the slaves, whispers of an evil that's been awoken. If the Bargainer has any hope to save his people, he'll need the help of the siren he spurned long ago. Only, his foe has a taste for exotic creatures, and Callie just happens to be one.
The Rhesus Chart: A Laundry Files novel (Laundry Files #5)
by Charles StrossLONDON CAN DRAIN THE LIFE OUT OF YOU . . .Bob Howard is an intelligence agent working his way through the ranks of the top secret government agency known as 'the Laundry'. When occult powers threaten the realm, they'll be there to clean up the mess - and deal with the witnesses.There's one kind of threat that the Laundry has never come across in its many decades, and that's vampires. Mention them to a seasoned agent and you'll be laughed out of the room.But when a small team of investment bankers at one of Canary Wharf's most distinguished financial institutions discovers an arcane algorithm that leaves them fearing daylight and craving O positive, someone doesn't want the Laundry to know. And Bob gets caught right in the middle.
The Rhesus Chart: A Laundry Files novel (Laundry Files #5)
by Charles StrossLONDON CAN DRAIN THE LIFE OUT OF YOU . . .Bob Howard is an intelligence agent working his way through the ranks of the top secret government agency known as 'the Laundry'. When occult powers threaten the realm, they'll be there to clean up the mess - and deal with the witnesses.There's one kind of threat that the Laundry has never come across in its many decades, and that's vampires. Mention them to a seasoned agent and you'll be laughed out of the room.But when a small team of investment bankers at one of Canary Wharf's most distinguished financial institutions discovers an arcane algorithm that leaves them fearing daylight and craving O positive, someone doesn't want the Laundry to know. And Bob gets caught right in the middle.
Riana's Revenge: A Fantasy Romance Short Story
by Dale MayerThis short story was first published in the anthology Every Witch Way But Wicked. A young hydromancer must win a challenge to save her place as rightful heir to her elemental House. When she discovers her ex - the man she still loves - is one of the judges, she wonders just how many enemies she's really fighting. Riana has lived her life hidden away from the envious eyes of those who would take over her house and all that comes with it. As long as her mother, the powerful elder lived, the house was untouchable. When she died, secrecy was...everything. Then someone found out...
The Rib From Which I Remake the World
by Ed KurtzA travelling picture show turns a rural Arkansas town inside out in this WWII-era mystery horror novel—“engaging characters and a captivating story” (Crimespree Magazine). As World War II rages across Europe, a small Arkansas town is abuzz with the arrival of a travelling hygiene show. Ex-cop George “Jojo” Walker, now the Litchfield Valley Hotel’s house detective, is mostly concerned with maintaining the status quo. But nothing will ever be normal in Litchfield again once locals start viewing the peculiar travelling show. What begins with a gruesome and impossible murder soon spirals into hallucinatory waking nightmares for Jojo—nightmares that converge with his reality and dredge up his painful, secret past. Black magic and a terrifying Luciferian carnival boil up to a surreal finale for the town of Litchfield, when truth itself unfurls and Jojo Walker is forced to face his own identity in ways he could never have expected.
The Rib from Which I Remake the World
by Ed Kurtz&“A smart, deep, black magic carnie noir existential bloodbath&” from the acclaimed author of Boon (Gemma Files, Shirley Jackson Award–winning author). In the shadow of World War II, the barren, dusty streets of Litchfield, Arkansas, are even quieter than usual, leaving hotel detective George &“Jojo&” Walker with too much time to struggle with his own personal demons. But everything changes when a traveling picture show comes to town. The film&’s purveyors check into the hotel where Jojo works and set up a special midnight screening at the local theater. The curtain rises on a surreal carnival of dark magic and waking nightmares, starring Jojo and the residents of Litchfield, as madness, murder, and mayhem threaten to engulf them all . . . &“A stunner of a story . . . Flat-out brilliant . . . Unfolds like petals of an exotic and scandalous black flower—each one gently opening to give the reader a distressing revelation . . . Powerful ideas, wrapped in a dark mantle of horror.&” —My Haunted Library &“If you like pulpy noir with a dose of existentialism mixed with some utterly bizarre horror, this book is for you.&” —Fangoria &“Genre mash-ups like this one are difficult to execute, but Kurtz navigates it deftly, with writing so visceral and evocative it feels less like reading a book and more like watching a film in real time.&” —Literary Hub &“While it echoes with the shadowy threatening of Bradbury&’s Something Wicked This Way Comes and the religious dread of Hjortsberg&’s Falling Angel, the clearest voice here is Kurtz&’s own cry into the existential abyss.&” —Bracken MacLeod, author of Mountain Home
The Ribbajack: and Other Haunting Tales
by Brian JacquesNew York Times bestselling author Brian Jacques brings you six spine-tingling tales!What if revenge were a monster of your own creation, and all you needed to summon it were enough hatred and enough imagination? <P><P>Which of you would really be the monster? From vengeance monsters to haunted schools to the threat of a modern-day Medusa, New York Times bestselling author Brian Jacques spins six all-new tales of horror and suspense. Read on, but be careful. . . .
The Rich Girl: The Rich Girl; The Dare; The Prom Queen (Fear Street #Bk. 45)
by R. L. StineFear Street -- Where Your Worst Nightmares Live... Emma and her best friend Sydney always share their secrets. And now they have a big one: They found a duffel bag filled with cash and swore never to tell anyone. But Sydney broke her promise -- she told her boyfriend, Jason. Now Emma is terrified. She doesn't trust Jason. She knows he would do anything to get the money for himself. Even if it means killing someone who gets in his way...
Richard Matheson Suspense Novels: The Shrinking Man, Camp Pleasant, Hunger & Thirst, 7 Steps to Midnight
by Richard MathesonOrdinary people face hair-raising dangers in these four early suspense novels by the celebrated author of I Am Legend.The Shrinking Man In this sci-fi suspense classic adapted into multiple films, a man exposed to radiation begins to shrink at an alarming rate. As his life crumbles, he must survive menacing attacks from house cats and spiders.Camp Pleasant An idyllic summer camp turns horrifying when a young counselor is the witness to the murder of the new camp director. The mystery unfolds in a &“simple style that recalls Hemingway&” (Publishers Weekly).Hunger and Thirst In this previously unpublished early novel, a man is shot during a robbery gone wrong and wakes up to find himself paralyzed. Lying in his hospital bed, he flashes back to his difficult life and hopes for redemption.7 Steps to Midnight At the end of an ordinary workday, mathematician Chris Barton finds a stranger living in his house, claiming to be him. Thrust into a surreal world of violence and mystery, Chris must go on the run and follow a series of cryptic clues to regain his life.
Richard Matheson Thrillers: I Am Legend, Someone is Bleeding, Ride the Nightmare, Fury on Sunday
by Richard MathesonFour classic novels of murder, madness, revenge, and survival by &“one of the great names in American terror fiction&” (Philadelphia Inquirer). I Am Legend Named the best vampire novel of the century by the Bram Stoker Estate, I Am Legend is the story of the last man to survive a pandemic that turned the rest of humanity into blood-sucking monsters. Someone Is Bleeding In Matheson&’s debut novel, a young novelist falls for a beautiful woman who is involved with a shady lawyer. But the love triangle turns dangerous when corpses begin to pile up in the woman&’s wake. Ride the Nightmare A family man saving up for larger home, Chris Martin lives a conventional life—until a secret from his past invades his home, threatening everything he has built. Fury on Sunday A lunatic pianist escapes from an insane asylum one Sunday morning and spends the next four hours on a revenge-fueled rampage to find his erstwhile manager and his lover&’s new husband.
Riddance: Or: The Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children
by Shelley JacksonFinalist for the Believer Book Award for FictionNamed a Best Book of Fall by Vulture, New York Magazine, and more"A ravishing novel charged with the idea of the incommunicable." —The New YorkerEleven–year–old Jane Grandison, tormented by her stutter, sits in the back seat of a car, letter in hand inviting her to live and study at the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing–Mouth Children. Founded in 1890 by Headmistress Sybil Joines, the school—at first glance—is a sanctuary for children seeking to cure their speech impediments. Inspired by her haunted and tragic childhood, the Headmistress has other ideas.Pioneering the field of necrophysics, the Headmistress harnesses the “gift” she and her students possess. Through their stutters, together they have the ability to channel ghostly voices communicating from the land of the dead, a realm the Headmistress herself visits at will. Things change for the school and the Headmistress when a student disappears, attracting attention from parents and police alike.Set in the overlapping worlds of the living and the dead, Shelley Jackson’s Riddance is an illuminated novel told through theoretical writings in necrophysics, the Headmistress’s dispatches from the land of the dead, and Jane’s evolving life as Joines’s new stenographer and central figure in the Vocational School’s mysterious present, as well as its future.
The Riddle-Master of Hed
by Patricia A. McKillipLong ago, the wizards had vanished from the world, and all knowledge was left hidden in riddles. Morgon, prince of the simple farmers of Hed, proved himself a master of such riddles when he staked his life to win a crown from the dead Lord of Aum. But now ancient, evil forces were threatening him. Shape-changers began replacing friends until no man could be trusted. Morgon was forced to flee to hostile kingdoms, seeking the High One who ruled from mysterious Erlenstar Mountain. Beside him went Deth, the High One's Harper. Ahead lay strange encounters and terrifying adventures. And with him always was the greatest of unsolved riddles; the nature of the three stars on his forehead that seemed to drive him toward his ultimate destiny.
The Riddle of Penncroft Farm
by Dorothea JensenLars Olafson moves with his parents to the old family farm near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to live with his aged aunt Cass. Lars is miserable--until he meets Geordie, a ghost whose stories of the Revolutionary War are as exciting as those of an eyewitness. When Aunt Cass dies suddenly, Lars is faced with a mystery linked to the Revolutionary War--and Geordi's ghostly stories are his only chance of solving it.