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The story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting;' Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its...
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xxxvi, 487 pages ; 22 cm
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H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was a reclusive scribbler of horror stories for the American pulp magazines that specialized in Gothic and science fiction in the interwar years. He often published in Weird Tales and has since become the key figure in the slippery genre of "weird fiction." Lovecraft developed an extraordinary vision of feeble men driven to the edge of sanity by glimpses of malign beings that have survived from human prehistory or by malevolent...
5) Night music
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Nocturnes volume 2
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447 pages ; 21 cm.
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Offers a collection of thirteen short fiction tales of horror and the supernatural.
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xxviii, 377 pages ; 20 cm.
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"Machen's weird tales of the creepy and fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics. The title story "The White People" is an exercise in the bizarre leaving the reader disoriented and on edge. From the first page, Machen turns even fundamental truths upside-down, as his character Ambrose explains, "there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin, who all their lives have never done an 'ill deed'" setting the stage for a tale entirely...
7) The mist
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1 audio disc (1.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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A strange mist, seething with unearthly sounds and movements, creeps inexorably into a sleepy American town on a hot lazy day, leaving a group of people trapped in a store.
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xxxii, 588 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Profusely illustrated with nearly 200 photos, color illustrations by celebrated "Dark Tower" artist Michael Whelan, and black-and-white drawings by Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne; supplemented with interviews with friends, colleagues, and mentors who knew King well; looking at King's formative years in Durham, when he began writing fiction as a young teen, his college years in the turbulent sixties, his struggles with early poverty, working full-time...
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Goosebumps HorrorLand volume 6
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Abby and Peter pay a visit to their Uncle Jonathan, who seems very knowledgeable about Egyptian mummies, but they become suspicious at the strange sounds coming from a room inside his house, and their fears continue as they are invited to HorrorLand.
12) Vampire stories
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ix, 271 pages ; 21 cm
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Who would suspect that the same mind that created the most famous literary detective of all time also took on the eternally popular genre of vampires? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a contemporary of Bram Stoker, gave us some fascinating works of vampire fiction.
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"Button, Button", which inspired a memorable Twilight Zone episode, is just one of a dozen unforgettable tales in this new collection by Richard Matheson, the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come. This volume contains a number of stories that were adapted for television, as well as a new introduction by Matheson himself.
15) Nightmare hour
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Collects ten short stories of horror and suspense, including the tale of a boy who has to spend Halloween in a darkened hospital, and the story of a ghost who wants to steal a girl's skin.
17) Rag: stories
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144 pages ; 19 cm.
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In Meijer's collection of short stories, the desperate human desire for connection slips into a realm that focuses on the dark heart of intimacies of all kinds, and the ways in which isolated people's yearning for community can breed violence, danger, and madness. -- adapted from back cover
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168 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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"Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get ready to bulk up your TBR piles! Sadie "Mother Horror" Hartmann has curated the best selection of modern horror books, including plenty of deep cuts. Indulge your heart's darkest desires to be terrified, unsettled, disgusted, and heartbroken with stories that span everything from paranormal hauntings and creepy death cults to small-town terrors and apocalyptic disasters. Each recommendation...
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