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Author: Bill Pronzini
Publisher: Arbor House Publishing Company
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 599
ISBN-13: 9780877953197
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers horror stories by Poe, Stoker, Wells, Bierce, Lovecraft, Faulkner, and modern writers such as King, Sheckley, and Joyce Carol Oates
Author: Bill Pronzini
Publisher: BBS Publishing Corporation
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 602
ISBN-13: 9780883656990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith works by Truman Capote, William Faulkner, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Silverberg, Henry James, Edgar Allan Poe, H. G. Wells, Bram Stoker and dozens more, this is a spellbinding collection of 40 of the best of horror and supernatural tales.
Author: Ellen Datlow
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2023-11-14
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 1504088735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis multiple award-winning anthology of twenty psychological and supernatural horror stories explores the outer limits of fear. To create this volume, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow wrote to her favorite authors asking for stories that would “provide the reader with a frisson of shock, or a moment of dread so powerful it might cause the reader outright physical discomfort; or a sensation of fear so palpable that the reader feels impelled to turn up the lights very bright and play music or seek the company of others to dispel the fear.” Mission accomplished. The resulting collection draws together some of the most powerful voices in the field: Pat Cadigan, Terry Dowling, Jeffrey Ford, Christopher Fowler, Glen Hirshberg, K. W. Jeter, Joyce Carol Oates, and Lucius Shepard, to name a few. Each author approaches fear in a different way, but all of the stories’ characters toil within their own hell. Winner of the 2008 World Fantasy Award, International Horror Guild Award, and Shirley Jackson Award for Best Anthology.
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Published: 2002-04-04
Total Pages: 658
ISBN-13: 9780316859967
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis exceptional compilation contains more than fifty short stories, novellas and poems, both classic and modern, by some of the most distinguished writers of all time. Masterful works by Bram Stoker, H.P. Lovecroft, Mary Shelley, Sheridan LeFanu, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Tennessee Williams, Isaac Asimov, J.R.R. Tolkien, in addition to little-known masterpieces of fantasy and terror by such authors as Stanley Ellin, Patricia Highsmith, John Dickson Carr and Damon Runyon, make this one of the most wide-ranging, outstanding collections of its kind. Marvin Kaye provides fascinating prefatory notes to each selection and an annotated bibliography of other recommended reading, as well as an Introduction and Afterword providing further insights into the genres of terror and the supernatural.
Author: Michael Newton
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2010-02-25
Total Pages: 562
ISBN-13: 0141943815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis terrifying selection of ghost stories brings together the very best classic works from the masters of the supernatural Phantom coaches, evil familiars, shadowy houses, spectral children and mysterious doppelgangers haunt these tales. They range from the famous, such as M. R. James's tale of an ancient curse, 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come To You, My Lad' and W. W. Jacobs's story of gruesome wish-fulfilment, 'The Monkey's Paw', to lesser-known masterpieces: Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Thrawn Janet', telling of a parish priest tormented for life by his encounter with the undead; Charles Dickens's unsettling account of a railway signal-man and an ominous portent; and Edward Bulwer Lytton's 'The Haunted and the Haunters', where a cursed house harbours a diabolical secret. Michael Newton's introduction discusses why ghost stories scare us and why they flourished from the mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth century, examining their changing conventions throughout history. This edition also includes further reading, notes, a glossary and a chronology. Edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Newton
Author: Susan Price
Publisher: Kingfisher
Published: 2007-09-15
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780753461433
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis wide-ranging collection of twenty-four spine-tingling stories draws on the best traditions of classic horror, from powerful myths and folktales to contemporary stories of man-made terrors. With contributions by writers of the caliber of Philip K. Dick, Stephen King, and Edgar Allan Poe, this is a truly chilling anthology.
Author: Ruth Ann Musick
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1965-12-31
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780813101361
DOWNLOAD EBOOK" West Virginia boasts an unusually rich heritage of ghost tales. Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner lives—the hopes, beliefs, and fears—of a people. Like all folklore, these tales reveal much of the history of the region: its isolation and violence, the passions and bloodshed of the Civil War era, the hardships of miners and railroad laborers, and the lingering vitality of Old World traditions.
Author: Gardner Dozois
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Published: 2013-07-15
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1625791526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThirteen spellbinding tales of magical masters of wizardry Tales of magic, illusion, mages, and dark wizards by such talents as Ursula K. LeGuin, Jack Vance, Theodore Sturgeon, Joe Haldeman, and others highlight a collection of fourteen stories about the world of sorcery _The Bleak ShoreÓ by Fritz Leiber _O Ugly Bird!Ó by Manly Wade Wellman _The Power of the PressÓ by Richard Kearns _The FingerÓ by Naomi Mitchison _The Word of UnbindingÓ by Ursula K. Le Guin _His Coat So GayÓ by Sterling E. Lanier _Narrow ValleyÓ by R. A. Lafferty _Sleep Well of NightsÓ by Avram Davidson _Armaja DasÓ by Joe Haldeman _My BoatÓ by Joanna Russ _The Hag SeleenÓ by Theodore Sturgeon and James H. Beard _The Last WizardÓ by Avram Davidson _The OverworldÓ by Jack Vance At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author: S. T. Joshi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2006-12-30
Total Pages: 819
ISBN-13: 031308100X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHorror and the supernatural have fascinated people for centuries, and many of the most central figures appear over and over again. These figures have gained iconic status and continue to hold sway over popular culture and the modern imagination. This book offers extended entries on 24 of the most enduring and significant figures of horror and the supernatural, including The Sea Creature, The Witch, The Alien, The Vampire, The Werewolf, The Sorcerer, The Ghost, The Siren, The Mummy, The Devil, and The Zombie. Each entry is written by a leading authority on the subject and discusses the topic's essential features and lasting influence, from the classical epics of Homer to the novels of Stephen King. Entries cite sources for further reading, and the Encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography. Entries include illustrations, sidebars of interesting information, and excerpts from key texts. Horror and the supernatural have fascinated people for centuries, with many of the most central figures appearing over and over again across time and cultures. These figures have starred in the world's most widely read literary works, most popular films, and most captivating television series. Because of their popularity and influence, they have attained iconic status and a special place in the popular imagination. This book overviews 24 of the most significant icons of horror and the supernatural.
Author: Frederick Pollock
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Published: 1899
Total Pages: 738
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