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The Darker Sex: Tales of the Supernatural and Macabre by Victorian Women Writers
By Mike Ashley. 2009
Ghosts, precognition, suicide, and the afterlife are all themes in these thrilling stories by Britain and America's greatest Victorian women,…
proving their talent for creating dark, sensational, and horrifying tales of the supernatural. This anthology showcases some of the best and most representative work by female writers during this period, including Emily Bronte, Mary Braddon, George Eliot, and Edith Nesbit, as well as Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Riddell, Louisa Baldwin, Mary Penn, Violet Quirk, and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Editor Mike Ashley provides valuable insight into the authors' lives. Each story still has the ability to shock, frighten, and show how Victorian women perfected and developed the Gothic genre.Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: The classic collection of eerie and fantastic Chinese stories of the supernatural (Tuttle Classics)
By Herbert A. Giles, Victoria Cass, Pu Songling. 2006
Long considered a masterpiece of the eerie and fantastic, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of supernatural-themed…
tales compiled from ancient Chinese folk stories by Songling Pu in the eighteenth century. These tales of ghosts, magic, vampirism, and other things bizarre and fantastic are an excellent Chinese companion to Lafcadio Hearn's well-known collections of Japanese ghost stories Kwaidan and In Ghostly Japan.Already a true classic of Chinese literature and of supernatural tales in general, this new edition of the Herbert A. Giles translation converts the work to Pinyin for the first time and includes a new foreword by Victoria Cass that properly introduces the book to both readers of Chinese literature and of hair-raising tales best read with the lights turned low on a quiet night.Some of the stories found in these pages include:The Tiger of ZhaochengThe Magic SwordMiss Lianziang, the Fox-GirlThe Quarrelsome BrothersThe Princess LilyA Rip Van WinkleThe Resuscitated CorpseTaoist MiraclesA Chinese SolomonDead Letters Anthology
By Conrad Williams. 2015
The Dead Letters Office: the final repository of the undelivered. Love missives unread, gifts unreceived, lost in postal limbo. Dead…
Letters: An Anthology features new stories from the masters of horror, fantasy and speculative fiction, each inspired by object from the Dead Letters Office. Featuring original stories by:Joanne Harris * Maria Dahvana Headley & China Miéville * Michael Marshall Smith * Lisa Tuttle * Ramsey Campbell * Pat Cadigan * Steven Hall * Alison Moore * Adam LG Nevill * Nina Allan * Christopher Fowler * Muriel Gray * Andrew Lane * Angela Slatter * Claire Dean * Nicholas Royle * Kirsten KaschockZVR Diplomacy
By Mike Dubisch, Jeff Conner. 2013
Zombies vs Robots goes international! It's the Cold War in Hell as undead flesh clashes with uncaring metal. The zombie…
apocalypse is a true global conflagration, and ZVR: Diplomacy is at the frontlines with a collection of original stories either set in Russia or the UK. On all fronts rabid braineaters battle gleeful warbots, with a beleaguered (and dwindling) mankind caught in the middle. Featuring original stories by today's leading perpetrators of zombie terror and robot rampage, namely Steven Lockley, Rio Youers, Robert Hood, Gary McMahon, Ekaterina Sedia, Simon Clark, Dale Bailey, and Simon Kurt Unsworth, ZVR: Diplomacy is a unique new chapter in the ongoing Zombie vs Robots prose program, and is fully illustrated by horror-master Michael Dubisch.Anything but Zombies: A Short Story Anthology
By Jeff Strand, Tonia Brown, Gerald Rice, Lee Moan, Faye Mccray, Jake Bible, Rebecca Besser, Montilee Stormer, Jimmy Pudge, Armand Rosamilia, Tim Curran. 2015
For decades we ve had vampires werewolves Jason Freddy and Michael And now zombies have…
gone all Hollywood Out of a need to figure out what is the next classic monster publisher and lifelong horror enthusiast Gerald Dean Rice has assembled this fresh and downright disturbing collection of short stories featuring some of the most clever and imaginative horror writers of the day including Tim Curran Jeff Strand Armand Rosamilia Rebecca Besser MontiLee Stormer Lee Moan Tonia Brown Jake Bible Faye McCray and Jimmy Pudge Inside the diverse cast of contributors introduces new breeds of monsters such as sentient sex dolls anti-zombie terrorists suicidal cultists the woman who can smell sin and more These monsters come alive within the pages and they are blow-your-mind frightening They are just what the horror world needs They are Anything but ZombiesMash Up
By Gardner Dozois. 2016
Stories Inspired by Famous First Lines Pride and Prejudice meets Macbeth by way of The Wizard of Oz and a…
dollop of the speculative, in this entertaining anthology where authors get inspiration for short stories from the first lines of famous works of literature. Edited by respected anthologist Gardner Dozois, the collection features Mary Robinette Kowal's Hugo Award-winning story "The Lady Astronaut of Mars".The Creepypasta Collection: Modern Urban Legends You Can't Unread
By Mrcreepypasta. 2016
"If you place this book back on the shelf now, you'll save yourself!" --Mr Creepypasta There are stories that scare…
you. And then there are the dark and disturbing creepypasta stories that will leave you seriously freaked out. The Creepypasta Collection is an unsettling anthology of terror, full of nightmares and dangerous creatures--from unearthly supernatural beings to the murderously disturbed. So, lock the doors, check under the bed, turn up the lights, and get ready for an unforgettable, up-all-night journey into the heart of darkness.The Best Horror of the Year Volume 9
By Ellen Datlow. 2009
An elderly man aggressively defends his private domain against all comers including his daughter a policeman investigates an impossible horror…
show of a crime a father witnesses one of the worst things a parent can imagine the abuse of one child fuels another s yearning an Iraqi war veteran seeks a fellow soldier in his hometown but finds more than she bargains for The Best Horror of the Year showcases the previous year s best offerings in short fiction horror This edition includes award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Adam L G Nevill Livia Llewellyn Peter Straub Gemma Files Brian Hodge and more For more than three decades award-winning editor and anthologist Ellen Datlow has had her finger on the pulse of the latest and most terrifying in horror writing Night Shade Books is proud to present the ninth volume in this annual series a new collection of stories to keep you up at night Table of Contents Summation 2016 - Ellen Datlow Nesters -- Siobhan Carroll The Oestridae -- Robert Levy The Process is a Process All its Own -- Peter Straub The Bad Hour -- Christopher Golden Red Rabbit -- Steve Rasnic Tem It s All the Same Road in the End -- Brian Hodge Fury -- DB Waters Grave Goods -- Gemma Files Between Dry Ribs -- Gregory Norman Bossert The Days of Our Lives -- Adam LG Nevill House of Wonders -- C E Ward The Numbers -- Christopher Burns Bright Crown of Joy -- Livia Llewellyn The Beautiful Thing We Will Become -- Kristi DeMeester Wish You Were Here -- Nadia Bulkin Ragman -- Rebecca Lloyd What s Out There -- Gary McMahon No Matter Which Way We Turned -- Brian Evenson The Castellmarch Man -- Ray Cluley The Ice Beneath Us -- Steve Duffy On These Blackened Shores of Time -- Brian Hodge Honorable MentionsThe Stuff of Dreams: The Weird Stories of Edward Lucas White (Dover Horror Classics)
By S. T. Joshi, Edward Lucas White. 2016
This original compilation presents chilling tales of terror by an unjustly neglected author. Inspired by the works of Edgar Allan…
Poe as well as his own vivid nightmares, Edward Lucas White (1866-1934) weaves a tapestry of weird stories populated by ghouls, monsters, a witch doctor, and creatures of ancient myths. The collection features White's most famous story, "Lukundoo," a gripping fable of an American explorer who incurs the wrath of an African sorcerer. Other tales include "Sorcery Island," an uncanny foreshadowing of television's The Prisoner, "The Flambeau Bracket," "The House of the Nightmare," "The Song of the Sirens," and five other stories. Additional selections include the haunting poems "Azrael" and "The Ghoula" and an essay in which the author reflects on the influence of dreams in his fiction. Editor S. T. Joshi provides an informative Introduction to White's life and work.Shock Rock 2 (Shock Rock #2)
By Jeff Gelb. 1994
With this horrifying sequel of short story thrillers, the music just got turned up loud. Beginning with Mark Verheiden's exploration…
into a twisted-if-musical mind, and ending with Rush's Neal Peart and Kevin J. Anderson's creepy quest for a village peddling haunted drums, this collection rocks hard and reads heavy. A diverse group of award winning suspense writers, graphic novelists, music critics and musicians delve into the psyches of superfans, front men, and dead legends-some of whom are less than dead. From music to murder to mayhem, SHOCK ROCK II will blow your mind.Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian Anthology
By Jim Turner. 1995
As successor to the now out-of-print New Tales of Cthulhu Mythos, this new anthology becomes the most celebrated assemblage of…
professional authors ever to appear under Lovecraftian auspices. Incorporating the three finest stories from the earlier volume, "Cthulhu 2000" reprints an additional fifteen works, not all of them Mythos tales, but the aggregate contents exemplifying the continuing influence of H. P. Lovecraft into the twenty-first century: "The Barrens" by F. Paul Wilson, "Pickman's Modem" by Lawrence Watt-Evans, "Shaft Number 247" by Basil Copper, "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood" by Poppy Z. Brite, "The Adder" by Fred Chappell, "Fat Face" by Michael Shea, "The Big Fish" by Kim Newman, " "I Have Vacantly Crumpled It Into My Pocket. . . But by God, Eliot, It Was A Photograph From Life!'" by Joanna Russ, "H. P. L" by Gahan Wilson, "The Unthinkable" by Bruce Sterling, "Black Man with a Horn" by T. E. D. Klein, "Love's Eldritch Ichor" by Esther M. Friesner, "The Last Feast of Harlequin" by Thomas Ligotti, "The Shadow on the Doorstep" by James P. Blaylock, "Lord of the Land" by Gene Wolfe, "The Faces at Pine Dunes" by Ramsey Campbell, "On The Slab" by Harlan Ellison, and "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai" by Roger Zelazny.Hellbound Hearts
By Clive Barker, Paul Kane, Marie O Regan. 2009
Clive Barker's iconic masterpiece The Hellbound Heart, the novella adapted into the film Hellraiser, unleashed a new mythology of horror,…
brilliantly conceived and born of the darkest imagination. Now, enter this visionary world -- the merciless realm of the demonic Cenobites -- in this collection of stories inspired by The Hellbound Heart. Featured here is the graphic work "Wordsworth," from bestselling author Neil Gaiman and artist Dave McKean, who unlock an explicit way to violate innocence -- one torturous puzzle at a time.... New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong logs on to a disturbing website for gamers, where the challenge is agonizing, and the solution beyond painful. When his father disappears, an Oxford student returns to his family's mansion, where a strange mechanism in the cellar holds a curious power, in a haunting illustrated work by Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola.Dark Passions (Hot Blood Ser.)
By Jeff Gelb, Michael Garrett. 2007
Not all love is innocent. Some desires swallow you whole. . .There's more than meets the eye to the twenty…
twisted pleasures collected here, with death and desire lying in wait behind every corner. One goth girl finds the man whose love can make her beautiful and whose body can bring her ecstasy--if she can stomach the price. . . A zombie apocalypse destroys a man's family, but "til death do us part" is a vow his wife won't forget--even if she's now more on the undead side. A vampire hunter wakes up the morning after and has to discover what forbidden pleasures he indulged in the night before--he suspects they might involve the drop-dead gorgeous bloodsucker next door. . .These and many more tales of sinister passion lie inside--if you aren't afraid of the dark. . ..Haunted Nights
By Ellen Datlow, Lisa Morton. 2017
Sixteen never-before-published chilling tales that explore every aspect of our darkest holiday, Halloween, co-edited by Ellen Datlow, one of the…
most successful and respected genre editors, and Lisa Morton, a leading authority on Halloween.In addition to stories about scheming jack-o'-lanterns, vengeful ghosts, otherworldly changelings, disturbingly realistic haunted attractions, masks that cover terrifying faces, murderous urban legends, parties gone bad, cult Halloween movies, and trick or treating in the future, Haunted Nights also offers terrifying and mind-bending explorations of related holidays like All Souls' Day, Dia de los Muertos, and Devil's Night."With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfbane Seeds" by Seanan McGuire "Dirtmouth" by Stephen Graham Jones""A Small Taste of the Old Countr" by Jonathan Maberry"Wick’s End" by Joanna Parypinski "The Seventeen Year Itch" by Garth Nix"A Flicker of Light on Devil’s Night" by Kate Jonez"Witch-Hazel" by Jeffrey Ford"Nos Galen Gaeaf" by Kelley Armstrong "We’re Never Inviting Amber Again" by S. P. Miskowski"Sisters" by Brian Evenson"All Through the Night" by Elise Forier Edie "A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds" by Eric J. Guignard"The Turn" by Paul Kane"Jack" by Pat Cadigan"Lost in the Dark" by John Langan"The First Lunar Halloween" by John R. LittleHighland Hunger: Highland Beast; Yours For Eternity; Born To Bite; Highland Hunger
By Hannah Howell, Jackie Ivie, Michele Sinclair. 2011
Hidden in the shadowy caves and caverns of the Scottish Highlands, secret vampire clans wage dark battles both deadly and…
passionate. . ."Dark Embrace" by Hannah HowellWhile searching for his clan's demon Lost Ones, Raibeart MacNachton encounters an ethereal beauty running for her life. The decision to play hero is easy; fighting the urge to ravish the enchanting Una Dunn is more difficult--especially when Raibeart learns they share a powerful connection. "The Guardian" by Michele SinclairThe immortal Dorian vows never to fall in love with a mere human--until he meets the beguiling, arousing, Moirae Deincourt. She stirs a longing in Dorian that he dares not quench. But when Moirae's life is put in danger, her true nature is revealed--and the lust that rages between them can no longer be controlled. . . "A Knight Beyond Black" by Jackie IvieVampire Iain Duncan MacAvee has stepped forward to claim the woman he betrothed years ago--only to learn that the tempting Lady Tira knows nothing of the engagement. Though Tira feigns disinterest, the Duke's animal-like charisma has unleashed her most carnal desires--a hunger only Iain can satisfy. . .Hottest Blood: The Original Erotic Horror Anthology (Hot Blood Ser. #3)
By Jeff Gelb, Michael Garrett. 1993
The needle plunges into the red for Hottest Blood, third in the pioneering Hot Blood erotic horror anthology series, edited…
by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett. Nancy Holder's Bram Stoker- winning "I Hear the Mermaids Singing" jump-starts a collection of 20 original stories with "something to whet every appetite" (Bayonne Journal) that will rev up your heart and drop you to the floor... Find yourself taken for a deathly ride in "Black Cars," join Grant Morrison in "The Room Where Love Lives," and check out Graham Masterton's "Sex Object." In the best Hot Blood tradition, it's the best all-new erotic horror from the best writers around.The Cold Embrace: Weird Stories by Women
By S T Joshi. 2016
This 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.Homefront Horrors: Frights Away From the Front Lines, 1914-1918
By Jess Nevins. 2016
The anxiety and dread of wartime Britain is recaptured in this anthology of horror stories and supernatural fiction dating from…
1914 – 18. Rather than taking war as their theme, the tales offer readers escapist fare populated by ghosts, ghouls, and other malevolent spirits. Written amid the golden age of horror fiction — the decades between the turn of the twentieth century and 1940, when tales of terror and the weird flourished — these stories constitute forgotten gems by neglected masters.Seventeen tales include Max Beerbohm's "Enoch Soames," in which an obscure poet makes a deal with the devil and travels forward in time to discover history's verdict of his work; "Laura," by Saki, a witty and moving perspective on death and loss that recounts a dead woman's reincarnation as an animal that plagues her friends; "The Three Sisters," by W. W. Jacobs, author of "The Monkey's Paw," involving a plot to expedite an inheritance by simulating a ghostly visitation; "The Pavilion," by E. Nesbit, in which a pair of romantic rivals challenge each other to spend the night at a haunted pavilion; and "The King Waits," Clemence Dane's account of the final five minutes before Anne Boleyn's execution. Additional stories include the works of Algernon Blackwood, M. R. James, Lord Dunsany, and others.Blood Lite III: Aftertaste
By Kevin J. Anderson. 2012
Sink your teeth into a smorgasbord of macabre morsels laced with horrific humor in this all-new Blood Lite collection! Whether…
you shriek with laughter or scream in fear . . . well, that's simply a matter of taste. Jim Butcher's wizardly PI Harry Dresden pranks some high-tech monster seekers--and attempts to save a friend's son whose life-energy is slowly being drained by an unknown adversary in "I Was a Teenage Bigfoot." The Author from Hell has dropped dead, but a stressed-out editor is harassed by her emails from beyond the grave in Sherrilyn Kenyon's "A Day in the Life." The flesh is weak-- and possibly even rotting--as a teenage virgin werewolf discovers on a visit to a brothel in Kelley Armstrong's "V Plates." Murder comes alive in "Mannequin," by Heather Graham, as two thrill-seeking couples "axe" for trouble at a B&B with a bloody history. Plus twenty-six other tales to tempt and terrorize you. . . .Black Wings of Cthulhu (Volume Two)
By Caitlin R. Kiernan, S. T. Joshi. 2014
Modern Masters of TerrorThe works of H. P. Lovecraft have inspired brilliant writers for decades, leading Stephen King to call…
him the "twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."Editor S.T. Joshi has assembled 18 brand-new stories of cosmic mayhem and terror, by Jason V. Brock, Rick Dakan, Jason C. Eckhardt, Brian Evenson, Tom Fletcher, Richard Gavin, Caitlín R. Kiernan, John Langan, Nick Mamatas, Nicholas Royle, Darrell Schweitzer, John Shirley, Melanie Tem, Steve Rasnic Tem, Jonathan Thomas, Donald Tyson, Don Webb, and Chet Williamson. These tales will thrill and satisfy the most demanding of Lovecraftian readers, and add to a canon that has inspired for nearly a century!