Lycanthropy is the theme of a special anthology of holiday tales featuring an outstanding collection of werewolf stories by Charlaine Harris, Simon R. Green, Keri Arthur, Dana Stabenow, Carrie Vaughn, Patricia Briggs, Rob Thurman, and...
Horror tales, American
- Author:HARRIS, Charlaine & KELNER, Toni (eds.)Summary:
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This anthology, edited by legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow, brings together today's leading horror writers to offer their own personal tribute to the work of Shirley Jackson.
- Author:Jones, Stephen GrahamSummary:
These thirteen stories are our own lives, inside out. A boy's summer romance doesn't end in that good kind of heartbreak, but in blood. A girl on a fishing trip makes a friend in the woods who's exactly what she needs,...
- Author:Jackson, ShirleySummary:
"The Lottery," one of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, created a sensation when it was first published in the New Yorker. This collection unites "The Lottery" with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they...
- Author:Oates, Joyce CarolSummary:
A collection of six stories and novellas includes the title story, in which the disappearance of a sweet blonde-haired child is linked to her mother's indiscretions and an older student with a fascination for a Native American legend....
- Author:King, StephenSummary:
It was a gentlemen's club, although no one paid any dues. The cost of membership was a tale well told, and this one paid for all.
- Author:King, StephenSummary:
At the end of summer, four pals, all age 12, begin a two-day hike to look at the dead body of a missing child.
- Author:King, StephenSummary:
A master storyteller at his best-the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or...
- Author:Poe, Edgar AllanSummary:
With these stories, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, The Cask of Amontillado, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Masque of the Red Death, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, Hop Frog, The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Murders in...
- Author:Curtis, RichardSummary:
Everyday places and situations are the backdrops for tense and unpredictable confrontations. A chance encounter between neighbors in their building's trash room; a routine visit to a yoga class; a friendly chat in the cardiac...
- Author:Poe, Edgar AllanSummary:
Stories include: The Raven; Hop-Frog; The Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Gold-Bug; The Masque of the Red Death; The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Purloined...
- Author:Datlow, EllenSummary:
A bone-chilling anthology from legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow, Screams from the Dark contains twenty-nine all-original tales about monsters. From werewolves and vampires, to demons and aliens, the monster is one of the most...
- Author:King, StephenSummary:
Andy Dufresne was no ordinary "lifer." He was in Shawshank State Prison for two murders he didn't commit. His posters kept him sane by giving him hope.
- Author:Hynes, JamesSummary:
This set of novellas from Austin, Texas resident James Hynes was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. As chilling as the best of Edgar Allan Poe and bursting with fiendish humor,...
- Author:Lovecraft, H. P.Summary:
H. P. Lovecraft's astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction, and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when first published. This tome brings together all of Lovecraft's stories, just the way they were...
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A darkly luminous new anthology collecting the most terrifying horror stories by renowned female authors, presenting anew these forgotten classics to the modern reader.
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Fifteen of the biggest names in weird literature come together to pay tribute to Hellboy and the characters of Mike Mignola's award-winning line of books! Assembled by Joe Golem and Baltimore co-writer Christopher Golden this anthology...
- Author:Poe, Edgar AllanSummary:
This audiobook features two of Poe's horror variety tales, "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Tell-Tale Heart," as well as two of his more famous poems, "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee....
- Author:Mignola, Mike, Darabont, FrankSummary:
Mike Mignola's award-winning series Hellboy has earned fans all over the world, among them some of the most respected horror, fantasy and mystery novelists in the field, and some of Hollywood's most talented writers and directors. Now a...
- Author:Golden, ChristopherSummary:
On the frozen shores of Sweden, a freak lightning storm reveals the skeleton of a giant man, his bony fist gripped tight to the shaft of an ancient iron hammer. It's not every day that the remains of a Norse god and his war hammer...