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The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror: Evil Lives On in the Land!
By Michael Marshall Smith. 2021
Welcome to a landscape of ancient evil . . . with stories by masters of horror Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, H.…
P. Lovecraft, M. R. James, Ramsey Campbell, Storm Constantine, Christopher Fowler, Alison Littlewood, Kim Newman, Reggie Oliver, Michael Marshall Smith, Karl Edward Wagner, and more! The darkness that endures beneath the earth . . . the disquiet that lingers in the woodland surrounding a forgotten path . . . those ancient traditions and practices that still cling to standing stone circles, earthworks, and abandoned buildings; elaborate rituals that invoke elder gods or nature deities; the restless spirits and legendary creatures that remain connected to a place or object, or exist in deep wells and lonely pools of water, waiting to ensnare the unwary traveler . . . These concepts have been the archetypes of horror fiction for decades, but in recent years they have been given a name: Folk Horror. This type of storytelling has existed for more than a century. Authors Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, H. P. Lovecraft, and M. R. James all published fiction that had it roots in the notion of the supernatural being linked to objects or places &“left behind.&” All four writers are represented in this volume with powerful, and hopefully unfamiliar, examples of their work, along with newer exponents of the craft such as Ramsey Campbell, Storm Constantine, Christopher Fowler, Alison Littlewood, Kim Newman, Reggie Oliver, and many others. Illustrated with the atmospheric photography of Michael Marshall Smith, the stories in The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror tap into an aspect of folkloric tradition that has long been dormant, but never quite forgotten, while the depiction of these forces as being in some way &“natural&” in no way detracts from the sense of nameless dread and escalating horror that they inspire . . .When Things Get Dark: Stories inspired by Shirley Jackson
By Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth Hand, Benjamin Percy, Karen Heuler. 2021
A chilling anthology in tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson, collecting today&’s best horror writers. Featuring Joyce Carol Oates,…
Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Richard Kadrey, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Hand and more.A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by, and in tribute to, Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson is a seminal writer of horror and mystery fiction, whose legacy resonates globally today. Chilling, human, poignant and strange, her stories have inspired a generation of writers and readers. This anthology, edited by legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow, will bring together today&’s leading horror writers to offer their own personal tribute to the work of Shirley Jackson. Featuring Joyce Carol Oates, Josh Malerman, Carmen Maria Machado, Paul Tremblay, Richard Kadrey, Stephen Graham Jones, Elizabeth Hand, Kelly Link, Cassandra Khaw, Karen Heuler, Benjamin Percy, John Langan, Laird Barron, Jeffrey Ford, M. Rickert, Seanan McGuire, Gemma Files, and Genevieve Valentine.Springtime: a ghost story
By Michelle De Kretser. 2020
When Frances met Charlie at a party in Melbourne, he was married with a young son. Now that the couple…
has moved to subtropical Sydney, a lusher and more chaotic city, Frances has an unshakable sense that the world has tipped on its axis. Everything seems alien, and exotic—and Frances is haunted by the unknowability of Charlie's previous life. A young art historian studying the objects in paintings--the material world--Frances takes mind-clearing walks around her neighborhood with her dog. Behind the fence of one garden, she thinks she sees a woman in an old-fashioned gown, but something is not right. ..Ghostly Tales: Spine-Chilling Stories of the Victorian Age
By Chronicle Books, Bill Bragg. 2017
A vengeful phantom lurks in a country graveyard.A whaling crew becomes trapped on a haunted ship.A human skull is kept…
locked in a cupboard, butsometimes at night, it screams. . . .This collection of tales transports the reader to a time when staircases creaked in old manor houses, and a candle could be blown out by a gust of wind, or by a passing ghost. Penned by some of the greatest Victorian novelists and masters of the ghost story genre, each story is illustrated with exquisitely eerie artwork in this special ebook.The Wrong Turning: Encounters with Ghosts
By Stephen Johnson. 2021
Introduced and edited by broadcaster Stephen Johnson, a curated selection of chilling ghost stories from world literature.Why do people love ghost…
stories, even if they don&’t believe (or say they don&’t believe) in ghosts? Is it simply the adrenaline rush that comes from being mesmerized and terrified by a great storyteller, or do these tales yield deeper meanings—telling us things about our own inner shadows? Stephen Johnson brings together some of the most memorable encounters with ghosts in world literature, from Europe, Russia, the United States, and China. Recurring themes and imagery are noted, interpretations suggested—but only suggested, since ambiguity and resistance to rational interpretation are key elements in the best ghost stories. As the writer Robert Aickman observed, often the decisive moment comes when someone, somehow, makes a &“wrong turning&”—literally, perhaps, but at the same time psychologically, even morally—and some mysterious nemesis takes over.Old favorites by M. R. James, Ambrose Bierce, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman are interlaced with extracts from longer works by Emily Brontë, Henry James, and Alexander Pushkin,, along with slightly left-field apparitions from Tove Jansson and Flann O&’Brien. With such expert guides, who knows what we will be led to encounter in the haunted chambers of our minds?Beyond the Veil
By Flame Tree Studio. 2021
Beyond the Veil is the second volume in an annual, non-themed horror series of entirely original stories, showcasing the very…
best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 original horror stories, 16 of which have been commissioned from some of the top names in the genre, and 4 of which have been selected from the 100s of stories sent to Flame Tree during a 2-week open submissions window.Contents List:THE GOD BAG by Christopher GoldenCAKER&’S MAN by Matthew HolnessTHE BEECHFIELD MIRACLES by Priya SharmaCLOCKWORK by Dan CoxonSOAPSTONE by Aliya WhiteleyTHE DARK BIT by Toby LittPROVENANCE POND by Josh MalermanFOR ALL THE DEAD by Angeline B. Adams and Remco van StratenTHE GIRL IN THE POOL by Bracken MacLeodNURSE VARDEN by Jeremy DysonIF, THEN by Lisa L. HannettAQUARIUM WARD by Karter MycroftA MYSTERY FOR JULIE CHU by Stephen GallagherAWAY DAY by Lisa TuttlePOLAROID AND SEAWEED by Peter HarnessDER GEISTERBAHNHOF by Lynda E. RuckerARNIE&’S ASHES by John EversonA BRIEF TOUR OF THE NIGHT by Nathan BallingrudTHE CARE AND FEEDING OF HOUSEHOLD GODS by Frank J. OretoYELLOWBACK by Gemma FilesFLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress.Shadow Voices: 300 Years of Irish Genre Fiction: A History in Stories
By John Connolly. 2021
All hardbacks in the first print run will be signed by the author.The story of genre fiction - horror, romantic…
fiction, science fiction, crime writing, and more - is also the story of Irish fiction. Irish writers have given the world Lemuel Gulliver, Dracula, and the world of Narnia. They have produced pioneering tales of detection, terrifying ghost stories and ground-breaking women's popular fiction. Now, for the first time, John Connolly's one volume presents the history of Irish genre writing and uses it to explore how we think about fiction itself.Deeply researched, and passionately argued, SHADOW VOICES takes the lives of more than sixty writers - by turns tragic, amusing, and adventurous, but always extraordinary - and sets them alongside the stories they have written, to create a new way of looking at genre and literature, both Irish and beyond. Here are vampires and monsters, murderers and cannibals. Here are female criminal masterminds and dogged detectives, star-crossed lovers and vengeful spouses. Here are the SHADOW VOICES.Shadow Voices: 300 Years of Irish Genre Fiction: A History in Stories
By John Connolly. 2021
All hardbacks in the first print run will be signed by the author.The story of genre fiction - horror, romantic…
fiction, science fiction, crime writing, and more - is also the story of Irish fiction. Irish writers have given the world Lemuel Gulliver, Dracula, and the world of Narnia. They have produced pioneering tales of detection, terrifying ghost stories and ground-breaking women's popular fiction. Now, for the first time, John Connolly's one volume presents the history of Irish genre writing and uses it to explore how we think about fiction itself.Deeply researched, and passionately argued, SHADOW VOICES takes the lives of more than sixty writers - by turns tragic, amusing, and adventurous, but always extraordinary - and sets them alongside the stories they have written, to create a new way of looking at genre and literature, both Irish and beyond. Here are vampires and monsters, murderers and cannibals. Here are female criminal masterminds and dogged detectives, star-crossed lovers and vengeful spouses. Here are the SHADOW VOICES.Six Scary Stories: Selected and Introduced by Stephen King
By Paul Bassett Davies, Elodie Harper, Manuela Saragosa, Michael Button, Stuart Johnstone, Neil Hudson. 2016
SIX SCARY STORIESSELECTED BY STEPHEN KINGWinning stories from The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Hodder-Guardian competition.The Number 1 bestselling writer Stephen…
King presents six gripping and chilling stories in this captivating anthology:WILD SWIMMING by Elodie HarperEAU-DE-ERIC by Manuela SaragosaTHE SPOTS by Paul Bassett DaviesTHE UNPICKING by Michael ButtonLA MORT DE L'AMANT by Stuart JohnstoneTHE BEAR TRAP by Neil HudsonStephen King discovered these stories when he judged a competition run by Hodder & Stoughton and the Guardian to celebrate publication of his own collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. He was so impressed with the entries that he recommended they were published together in one book.Listeners beware: the stories will make you think twice before cuddling up to your old soft toy, dipping your toe into the water or counting the spots on a leopard...(P) 2016 Hodder & StoughtonDark Delicacies III: Haunted (Dark Delicacies #3)
By Jeff Gelb, Del Howison & Jeff Gelb. 2009
In this third installment of the Bram Stoker Award-winning anthology series, editors Del Howison and Jeff Gelb examine what it…
means to be Haunted in all of its different permeations. From the constant haunting visits of a locale to being haunted by our own thoughts and memories to being haunted by the spirit of evil, Haunted explores the emotions of obsession, desire and pain. We are all haunted by something. The horror is in how we deal with it. Join twenty of the genres finest authors as they deal with their ghosts.Includes stories by Kevin J. Anderson, Clive Barker, Michael Boatman, Heather Graham, Richard Christian Matheson, David Morrell, Chuck Palahniuk, Victor Salva, Simon R. Green, and many more!Isolation: The horror anthology
By M. R. Carey, Ken Liu, Paul Tremblay, Tim Lebbon. 2022
A chilling horror anthology of 20 stories about the terrifying fears of isolation, from the modern masters of horror. Featuring…
Tim Lebbon, Paul Tremblay, Joe R. Lansdale, M.R. Carey, Ken Liu and many more.Lost in the wilderness, or alone in the dark, isolation remains one of our deepest held fears. This horror anthology from Shirley Jackson and British Fantasy Award finalist Dan Coxon calls on leading horror writers to confront the dark moments, the challenges that we must face alone: survivors in a world gone silent; the outcast shunned by society; the quiet voice trapped in the crowd; the lonely and forgotten, screaming into the abyss.Experience the chilling terrors of Isolation. Featuring stories by:Nina AllanLaird BarronRamsey CampbellM.R. CareyChịkọdịlị EmelumaduBrian EvensonOwl GoingbackGwendolyn KisteJoe R. LansdaleTim LebbonAlison LittlewoodKen LiuJonathan MaberryMichael Marshall SmithMark MorrisLynda E. RuckerA.G. SlatterPaul TremblayLisa TuttleMarian WomackFatal Attractions: Hot Blood Xi (Hot Blood #11)
By Jeff Gelb, Michael Garrett. 2003
Fatal Attractions edited by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett is the eleventh Hot Blood erotic horror collection --…
and according to Cemetery Dance one of the best volumes in this long-running series - a top rating Like a moth to a flame Fatal Attraction draws a diverse array of award-winning authors from the horror mystery and thriller genres and Hollywood into its orbit including Max Alan Collins P D Cacek Graham Masterton Edo van Belkom Nancy Holder Brian Hodge David Schow Mick Garris and Yvonne Navarro In fact Fatal Attractions is the most lauded roster of contributors in the rich three-decade history of the Hot Blood series Be Manhandled Have an Epiphany Work the Graveyard Shift Go on Separate Vacations Awaken to Moist Dreams Fatal Attractions is One to Die For the pinnacle of erotic horror and a must read for fansFear the Fever (Hot Blood #7)
By Jeff Gelb, Michael Garrett. 1996
Fear the Fever the seventh of the provocative Hot Blood anthology series is the hottest yet Your…
blood will boil as you peruse P J Cacek s Bram Stoker award-winning story Metalica and Graham Masterton s Stoker-nominated story The Secret Shih Tan Emmy and Nebula Award winning writer Alan Brennert brings Fantasies to the Hot Blood series while Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee join forces for the unforgettable Love Letters from the Rain Forest Lucy Taylor and Bruce Jones are among the other contributors 17 steaming sizzling brilliant pieces of original erotic horror fictionHotter Blood: More Tales Of Erotic Horror (Hot Blood #2)
By Jeff Gelb, Michael Garrett. 1991
In Hotter Blood, sex and horror are coupled to an ecstatic effect. This is the second in the provocative anthology…
series that defined a genre and spanned a generation. Grant Morrison's Bram Stoker-nominated "The Braille Encyclopedia" spearheads a collection of 24 original stories, with additional contributions from horror stars like Richard Laymon and Nancy Collins, comic book talents Kurt Busiek and John Byrne, and superstar horror director Mick Garris. Explore the dark side of having your lover in "The Tub" with you, find out when "Confession" isn't good for the soul, and feed your hunger for erotic horror with this delectable collection...Cemetery Dance called Hotter Blood "outstanding," Gauntlet labeled it "aggressive and riveting, a virtual Who's Who of modern horror," and to 2AM Magazine, it's "Amazing...highly recommended."The Creepypasta Collection, Volume 2: 20 Stories. No Sleep.
By Mrcreepypasta. 2017
Just when you thought it was safe to go back online, YouTube sensation Mr. CreepyPasta returns with a whole new…
collection of truly creepy tales deemed too terrifying for the offline world—until now.The Creepypasta Collection, Volume 2 delves into the depths of the absolute best short stories from the darkest corners of the Internet. You won’t be able to sleep with the light off after experiencing the misadventures of our heroes and heroines, who encounter everything from the highly suspicious to the incredibly disturbed. With stories that range from the unforgettable “Jeff the Killer” to the fear-inducing “Smiling Dog,” this collection is the perfect gift for Creepypasta fans and horror enthusiasts alike.Dark Delicacies II: Fear (Dark Delicacies #2)
By Jeff Gelb, Del Howison. 2007
To be able to fill an anthology with original horror tales by some of the greatest names in terror fiction…
is a dream come true. Bram Stoker Award-winning editors Jeff Gelb and Del Howison are living that dream... or is it nightmare? Following the first award-winning book of the series, the editors have gathered the finest horror authors from around the country, including bestselling authors James Sallis, Joe R. Lansdale, Max Brooks, Steve Niles, and Caitlin R. Kiernan. 18 original tales of carefully crafted macabre will keep you up at night. Plus there is an introduction by the late great Ray Harryhausen who, when speaking of editors Gelb and Howison, claims, "Horror is their thing and it is what they do best." Get ready to settle in with Dark Delicacies II: Fear. It's time for the second course!Best Horror of the Year Volume 10 (The best Horror Of The Year Ser.)
By Ellen Datlow. 2018
“Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year series is one of the best investments you can make in short fiction.…
The current volume is no exception.” ?Adventures Fantastic For more than three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. Now, with the tenth volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. Encompassed in the pages of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman Kim Stanley Robinson Stephen King Linda Nagata Laird Barron Margo Lanagan And many others With each passing year, science, technology, and the march of time shine light into the craggy corners of the universe, making the fears of an earlier generation seem quaint. But this light creates its own shadows. The Best Horror of the Year chronicles these shifting shadows. It is a catalog of terror, fear, and unpleasantness as articulated by today’s most challenging and exciting writers.New Fears - New horror stories by masters of the genre
By Mark Morris. 2017
FEAR COMES IN MANY FORMSThe horror genre’s greatest living practitioners drag our darkest fears kicking and screaming into the light…
in this collection of nineteen brand-new stories. In “The Boggle Hole” by Alison Littlewood an ancient folk tale leads to irrevocable loss. In Josh Malerman’s “The House of the Head” a dollhouse becomes the focus for an incident both violent and inexplicable. And in “Speaking Still” Ramsey Campbell suggests that beyond death there may be far worse things waiting than we can ever imagine... Numinous, surreal and gut wrenching, New Fears is a vibrant collection showcasing the very best fiction modern horror has to offer.Chinese Ghost Stories
By Lafcadio Hearn, Victoria Cass. 1850
Chinese Ghost Stories is selection of the most entertaining traditional Chinese tales of the strange and fantastic. The perfect companion…
for readers seeking insights into the traditional Chinese world of ghosts, goblins and demons as well as anyone who just wants to feel a chill run down their spine on a dark, lonely night.Women on War
By Jeff Conner. 2013
Presenting a dozen-less-two high-value adventures straight from the global zombie/robot conflict, Women on War is definitive proof that IDW's Band…
of Sisters can bring the zombie terror and robot menace as good (if not better) than their ZvR brothers. Tier-one operators in the theater of compelling (and often squishy) action-horror, this unique volume features all-new illustrations by IDW's latest discovery, artist Ericka Lugo. Award-winning horror/dark fantasy writer Nancy Holder provides an insightful introductory essay. Leading literary experts agree--adding this distinctive title to your library is a real no-brainer.