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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.It Stings So Sweet
By Stephanie Draven. 2013
Fifty Shades of Grey Meets The Great Gatsby in this electrifying novel that vibrates with the hot rhythm of incendiary…
jazz and teems with wild sexual abandon. The Twenties were roaring and the women--young, open, rebellious, and willing--set the pace and pushed the limits with every man they met... In the aftermath of a wild, liquor-soaked party, three women from very different social classes are about to live out their forbidden desires. Society girl, Nora Richardson's passionate nature has always been a challenge to her ever-patient husband. Now he wants out of the marriage and she has just this one night to win him back. The catch? He wants to punish her for her bad behavior. Nora is offended by her husband's increasingly depraved demands, but as the night unfolds, she discovers her own true nature and that the line between pain and pleasure is very thin indeed. Meanwhile, Clara Cartwright, sultry siren of the silent screen, is introduced to a mysterious WWI Flying Ace. If Clara, darling of the scandal sheets, knows anything, it's men. And she's known plenty. But none of them push her boundaries like the aviator, who lures her into a ménage with a stranger in a darkened cinema then steals her jaded heart. Working class girl Sophie O'Brien has more important things on her mind than pleasures of the flesh. But when her playboy boss, the wealthy heir to the Aster family fortune, confronts her with her diary of secret sex fantasies, she could die of shame. To her surprise, he doesn't fire her; instead, he dares her to re-enact her boldest fantasies and Sophie is utterly seduced. One party serves as a catalyst of sexual awakening. And in an age when anything goes, three women discover that anything is possible...It Happened At Christmas
By Penny Jordan, Helen Brooks, Carol Wood. 2007
Experience the love, warmth and magic Christmas brings, with this heartwarming collection from three favorite Harlequin authorsSo much stands between…
Lancashire mill owner Haywood Denshaw and his new housekeeper Marianne Brown. But even disparate social standing and rumors of disreputable pasts can't get in the way of their love. Only Marianne's refusal to compromise her principlescan,in a captivating story byPENNY JORDAN. Wealthy farmer Luke Hudson gets more than he bargained for when he plucks a destitute young woman from the workhouse. He may have rescued Connie Summers from a life of penury and hard labor, but her spirit and warmth give him a new outlookand a second chance at love, in an enthralling story byHELEN BROOKS. Modern-thinking doctor Harry Fleet and compassionate but old-school nurse Tilly Dainty clash at the Tap House surgery in 1920s East London. But working together to care for the sick and needy turns out to be a healing balm on both their hearts, in an emotional story byCAROL WOOD.A Maxwell Loss
By Gwen Kirkwood. 2013
Pünktlich um 15.10 Uhr treffen sich die Eltern jeden Tag an der Featherstone-Grundschule im englischen Denbury, um ihre Kinder abzuholen.…
Für ein paar von ihnen sind aus Bekanntschaften am Schultor Freundschaften fürs Leben entstanden, die sich gegenseitig durch ihre Dramen, Geheimnissen und Sorgen begleiten. Als die attraktive Karrierefrau Alana die Identität ihres unehelichen Kindes preisgibt, erwartet sie nicht, dass die Konsequenzen ganz so extrem sind. Ehemaliges tschechisches Au-pair und natürliche Schönheit Dana findet Glück in ihrem geheimen Nebenjob, aber wonach sie sich wirklich sehnt, ist ein zweites Kind. Der prügelnde Ehemann von armer Mutter Mo führt sie auf einen Weg, den sie nie für möglich gehalten hätte. Supermutter Joan muss damit klarkommen, als das Leben ihr einen verheerenden Schlag verpasst. Und was ist mit dem schwulen Vater Gordon? Wird er es schaffen, die elterlichen Herausforderungen zu meistern und gleichzeitig mit seinem gebrochenen Herzen fertig zu werden? Vier sehr unterschiedliche Schulmütter. Ein liebenswerter Vater. Und die ineinander verflochtenen Irrungen und Wirrungen, die ein Jahr am Schultor mit sich bringen.A Maxwell Misled
By Gwen Kirkwood. 2013
When Della found a stray dog living wild with her thirteen puppies on a beach in Rhodes she was determined…
not to get involved. But fate had other ideas and Della brought Lindy back to England. Lindy had already proved herself to be a true survivor, but she was more of a survivor than Della had ever dreamed. Over the next eight years she survived a series of events, any one of which might have finished off a lesser dog than Lindy. They included: being stampeded by a herd of angry cows; a rare life threatening form of anaemia; being swept down the river after chasing ducks; falling out of a car travelling at speed, and getting lost for a night in a forest. The Dog with Nine Lives is both poignant and humorous. Dog lovers will love it. It is the true story of a very special dog.A Maxwell Profit
By Gwen Kirkwood. 2013
You are writing and selling short stories but you want to take the next step and write a novel. Della…
Galton, author of the successful writing guide How To Write and Sell Short Stories, shows you how to make the leap in this step-by-step guide. Using examples from her own successful career as writer of hundreds of published short stories and two novels, Della shows the critical differences between developing character, plot and setting in short and long fiction. The essential book to help take your writing to the next level.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.Harlequin Historical July 2018 - Box Set 2 of 2: Marianne's Marriage of Convenience The Warrior's Runaway Wife Diary of a War Bride
By Denise Lynn, Lynna Banning, Lauri Robinson. 2018
Do you dream of wicked rakes gorgeous Highlanders muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys Harlequin…
Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection MARIANNE S MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCEby Lynna Banning Western To claim the business she has inherited Marianne Collingwood enters a marriage of convenience with her coworker Lance Burnside Only too late does she consider the bed they will now share THE WARRIOR S RUNAWAY WIFEby Denise Lynn Medieval Lady Avelyn flees an unwanted betrothal but is found by fearsome Elrik Lord of Roul a legendary warrior Now Avelyn is bound to Elrik when he is commanded by the courts to wed her DIARY OF A WAR BRIDEby Lauri Robinson WWII Kathryn Winslow knows she should shut off her feelings for American officer Sergeant Dale Johnson he could be transferred at any time Fighting her heart feels like the biggest battle of all Look for Harlequin Historical s July 2018 Box set 1 of 2 filled with even more timeless love storiesHarlequin Historical July 2018 - Box Set 1 of 2: A Lady Becomes a Governess One Week to Wed The Master of Calverley Hall
By Diane Gaston, Lucy Ashford, Laurie Benson. 2018
Do you dream of wicked rakes gorgeous Highlanders muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys Harlequin…
Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection A LADY BECOMES A GOVERNESSThe Governess Swapby Diane Gaston Regency When the ship Lady Rebecca is on wrecks she assumes the identity of a governess she believes has drowned In this new life she meets handsome Lord Brookmore dare she reveal who she is for a chance at happiness ONE WEEK TO WEDThe Sommersby Bridesby Laurie Benson Regency Meeting dashing Lord Andrew Pearce brings widowed Lady Charlotte Gregory s solitary world back to vibrant life Their night of secret passion leads to shock scandal and a sudden marriage of convenience THE MASTER OF CALVERLEY HALLby Lucy Ashford Regency Once a blacksmith s boy now master of Calverley Hall Yet Connor Hamilton returns to find that his old friend Isobel Blake has lost everything The fragility beneath her brave smile makes him want to hold her close Look for Harlequin Historical s July 2018 Box set 2 of 2 filled with even more timeless love storiesAnything 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 ZombiesHarlequin Historical December 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2: Christmas Kiss from the SheriffBound by a Scandalous SecretThe Governess's Secret Baby
By Diane Gaston, Janice Preston, Kathryn Albright. 2016
Harlequin® Historical brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! This box set includes: CHRISTMAS KISS FROM THE…
SHERIFFHeroes of San Diegoby Kathryn Albright(Western) Schoolteacher Gemma Starling feels like she's been given a fresh start. So she must make sure Sheriff Craig Parker doesn't discover her dark secret... BOUND BY A SCANDALOUS SECRET The Scandalous Summerfields by Diane Gaston(Regency) The pleasure-seeking Marquess of Rossdale has a plan to survive the Season without a bride--a fake engagement to outspoken Genna Summerfield! THE GOVERNESS'S SECRET BABYThe Governess Talesby Janice Preston(Regency) Governess Grace will do anything to get to know her daughter, even if that means working for the scarred Marquess of Ravenwell! Can this beauty tame the beast by Christmas? Join HarlequinMyRewards.com to earn FREE books and more. Earn points for all your Harlequin purchases from wherever you shop.Harlequin Historical November 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2: Once Upon a Regency Christmas The Discerning Gentleman's Guide The Runaway Governess
By Liz Tyner, Harlequin, Virginia Heath. 2016
Harlequin® Historical brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! This box set includes: ONCE UPON A REGENCY…
CHRISTMASby Louise Allen, Sophia James and Annie Burrows(Regency) Uncover three Regency heroes in disguise with these three magical Christmas novellas to warm your heart! THE RUNAWAY GOVERNESS The Governess Tales by Liz Tyner(Regency) When runaway governess Isabel Morton is rescued by handsome stranger William Balfour, she decides to save William in return...by becoming his bride! Available via Reader Service and online: THE DISCERNING GENTLEMAN'S GUIDEby Virginia Heath(Regency) Bennett Montague, sixteenth Duke of Aveley, is seeking the perfect bride. He knows exactly what he wants, but will the arrival of Amelia Mansfield unravel all his plans? Join HarlequinMyRewards.com to earn FREE books and more. Earn points for all your Harlequin purchases from wherever you shop.Mash 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".Harlequin Historical June 2018 - Box Set 2 of 2: A Ranch to Call Home Beguiled by the Forbidden Knight Secrets of a Wallflower
By Carol Arens, Elisabeth Hobbes, Amanda McCabe. 2018
Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin® Historical brings you…
three new full-length titles in one collection! A RANCH TO CALL HOMEby Carol Arens(Western)Laura Lee is devastated when Jesse Creed claims her new house doesn’t belong to her, but to him! Until he can prove it, Laura isn’t moving. But living with the alluring rancher is surprisingly tempting…BEGUILED BY THE FORBIDDEN KNIGHTby Elisabeth Hobbes(Medieval)Handmaiden Aelfhild, going in the place of her lady, is taken as an enemy’s betrothed. There is more to the scarred knight than she first thought, and the line between friend and enemy soon blurs…SECRETS OF A WALLFLOWERDebutantes in Parisby Amanda McCabe(Victorian)Diana Martin is a writer covering the Parisian Exposition, and Sir William Blakely knows it could lead her to danger. He realizes the only way to protect Diana is to keep her very close…Look for Harlequin® Historical’s June 2018 Box set 1 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories!Harlequin Historical June 2018 - Box Set 1 of 2: A Kiss Away From Scandal Captain Rose's Redemption Lord Stanton's Last Mistress
By Christine Merrill, Georgie Lee, Lara Temple. 2018
Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin® Historical brings you…
three new full-length titles in one collection! A KISS AWAY FROM SCANDALThose Scandalous Stricklandsby Christine Merrill(Regency)Gregory Drake is hired to help Hope Strickland find the lost items of her family’s estate. As they search, Hope is drawn to the handsome stranger. Will she put aside her marriage prospects for one forbidden night?CAPTAIN ROSE’S REDEMPTIONby Georgie Lee(Georgian)Captured by pirates, Lady Cassandra Shepherd is shocked to find Captain Rose, the man she once loved and lost, in need of her help. Can he can reclaim his life as a gentleman and with it her hand in marriage?LORD STANTON’S LAST MISTRESSWild Lords and Innocent Ladiesby Lara Temple(Regency)A royal visit to Stanton Hall reveals Christina James, the princess’s chaperone, as the woman who saved Alex, Lord Stanton’s life years ago! He is a master of control, but Christina unleashes his sinful side…Look for Harlequin® Historical’s June 2018 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories!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.