Download or read book The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Theo Gift written by Theo Gift and published by Leonaur Limited. This book was released on 2020-08-12 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victorian Gothic Chills at their finest Theo Gift was not, in fact, a man, but a pseudonym of Dorothy Havers, a great personal friend of the acclaimed children's fiction author, Edith Nesbit. Havers occasionally collaborated with Nesbit on her juvenile fiction, though Nesbit also had a taste for the fiction of the ghostly and other worldly and wrote some well-regarded supernatural stories. Although Havers was born in the English county of Norfolk, she moved to the Falkland Islands with her parents in 1854 and in later life wrote fiction for girls set in the South Atlantic islands, which brilliantly describe the local landscape and flora. In 1879 she married George Boulger, a botanist. Her output of supernatural fiction was, though excellent, not large, being principally confined to a small volume entitled, 'Not for the Night Time' published in 1889 which contains four substantial tales. Ghost stories are ideally suited to shorter length and in these tales are no exception, though they are perhaps longer than the norm. Havers died in England in 1923. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

Download or read book The Silent Patient written by Alex Michaelides and published by Celadon Books. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "An unforgettable—and Hollywood-bound—new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." —Entertainment Weekly The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

Download or read book Mormama written by Kit Reed and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MORMAMA is a riveting supernatural, southern gothic tale from Kit Reed, the author of Where. *2018 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST HORROR* *Locus 2017 Recommended Reading List* One of io9's 20 Amazing New Scifi and Fantasy Books for May Kirkus' the Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Reads for May Dell Duval has been living on the street since his accident. He can't remember who he was or where he came from. All he has is a tattered note in his pocket with an address for the Ellis house, a sprawling, ancient residence in Jacksonville. He doesn't know why he's been sent here. In the house, Lane and her son Theo have returned to the ancient family home—their last resort. The old house is ruled by an equally ancient trio of tyrannical aunts, who want to preserve everything. Nothing should ever leave the house, including Lane. Something about the house isn't right. Things happen to the men and boys living there. There are forces at work one of which visits Theo each night—Mormama, one mama too many. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Supernatural Dating Agency Story Collection Books 4 6 written by Andie M. Long and published by Andrea M. Long. This book was released on with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer Andie M. Long brings you the second omnibus of paranormal love matches, hilarity, and general mayhem in this supernatural dating agency romantic comedy boxset. Withernsea Dating Agency is now open to supernaturals, but not everyone is happy with all the new love matches. Join Shelley, Theo, and the gang as they face paranormal politics, prophecies, and predictions. This volume includes books four, five, and six of the Supernatural Dating Agency series: Here for the Seer, Didn’t Sea it Coming, and Phwoar and Peace. Grab a coffee and a chocolate doughnut and enjoy. KEYWORDS: Paranormal romcom, PNR romcom, supernatural dating, paranormal romantic comedy, para romantic comedy, supernaturals dating, supernatural match making, paranormal rom com, paranormal comedy series, vampire romance, vampire love story, vampire rom com, vampire romantic comedy, paranormal matchmaking, paranormal chicklit, paranormal chick lit, supernatural chick lit, supernatural chicklit, demons, vampires, witches, seers, wolf shifters, shifters, ghosts, mystics, fortune-tellers, wyverns, laugh, humour, funny, happy ever after, kooky, slapstick, British paranormal, PNR box set, boxset, collection, omnibus. COMPARABLE AUTHORS: Robyn Peterman, Erin Sterling, Michelle Rowan, Aleana Alder, Molly Harper, Deanna Chase, Rhiannon Hartley, Annie Nicholas, Angie Fox, Milly Taiden, Emily Kane

Download or read book Supernatural Dating Agency Story Collection Books 1 3 written by Andie M. Long and published by Andrea M. Long. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer Andie M. Long brings you the first three hilarious stories in her paranormal romcom series about a matchmaking service for supes including vampires, demons, and wolf shifters in one handy boxset. Once upon a time in Withernsea, Shelley Linley opened a dating agency, and a vampire applied... He wanted a wife. Soon, Shelley was uncovering Withernsea's supernatural secrets and getting into all sorts of trouble. But despite the strange turn her life had taken, one thing remained - human or supe, they all wanted love. Read the first three stories in the Supernatural Dating Agency series: The Vampire Wants a Wife; A Devil of a Date; and Hate, Date, or Mate? Now in one handy volume. Grab a hot drink (or o-neg) and enjoy! KEYWORDS: Paranormal romcom, PNR romcom, supernatural dating, paranormal romantic comedy, para romantic comedy, supernaturals dating, supernatural match making, paranormal rom com, paranormal comedy series, vampire romance, vampire love story, vampire rom com, vampire romantic comedy, paranormal matchmaking, paranormal chicklit, paranormal chick lit, supernatural chick lit, supernatural chicklit, demons, vampires, witches, seers, wolf shifters, shifters, ghosts, mystics, fortune-tellers, wyverns, laugh, humour, funny, happy ever after, kooky, slapstick, British paranormal, PNR box set, boxset, collection, omnibus. COMPARABLE AUTHORS: Robyn Peterman, Erin Sterling, Michelle Rowan, Aleana Alder, Molly Harper, Deanna Chase, Rhiannon Hartley, Annie Nicholas, Angie Fox, Milly Taiden, Emily Kane

Download or read book Heroes Are My Weakness written by Susan Elizabeth Phillips and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips is back with a delightful novel filled with her sassy wit and dazzling charm. He's a reclusive writer whose imagination creates chilling horror novels. She's a down-on-her-luck actress reduced to staging kids' puppet shows. He knows a dozen ways to kill his characters with his bare hands. She knows a dozen ways to kill an audience with laughs. But she's not laughing now. Annie Hewitt has arrived on Peregrine Island in the middle of a snowstorm and at the end of her resources. She's broke, dispirited, but not quite ready to give up. Her red suitcases hold the puppets she uses to make her living: sensible Dilly, spunky Scamp, and Leo, the baddest of bad guys. Her puppets, the romantic novels she loves, and a little bit of courage are all she has left. Annie couldn't be more ill prepared for what she finds when she reaches Moonraker Cottage or for the man who dwells in Harp House, the mysterious mansion that hovers above the cottage. When she was a teenager, he betrayed her in a way she can never forget or forgive. Now they're trapped together on a frozen island along with a lonely widow, a mute little girl, and townspeople who don't know how to mind their own business. Is he the villain she remembers, or has he changed? Her head says no. Her heart says yes. It's going to be a long, hot winter.

Download or read book The Beckoning Fair One written by Oliver Onions and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Miles ahead of the average ghost-story" — Sunday Times. A novelist retreats to an abandoned house in the heart of London, where he becomes enthralled by an 18th-century spirit — and where his contact with the outside world gradually diminishes. Acclaimed by such masters as Lovecraft as one of the best ghost stories in the English language.

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Download or read book The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural written by Jack Sullivan and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1986 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time ever, in a single volume, a comprehensive guide to horror and the supernatural in all the arts ... More than 50 essays and 600 entries covering authors, composers, visual artists, directors, actors, and movies that are connected in some way to horror tales or the supernatural. Also defines terms used with the supernatural.

Download or read book The Twenty Days of Turin A Novel written by Giorgio De Maria and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An NPR Best Book of the Year Written during the height of the 1970s Italian domestic terror, a cult novel, with distinct echoes of Lovecraft and Borges, makes its English-language debut. In the spare wing of a church-run sanatorium, some zealous youths create "the Library," a space where lonely citizens can read one another’s personal diaries and connect with like-minded souls in "dialogues across the ether." But when their scribblings devolve into the ugliest confessions of the macabre, the Library’s users learn too late that a malicious force has consumed their privacy and their sanity. As the city of Turin suffers a twenty-day "phenomenon of collective psychosis" culminating in nightly massacres that hundreds of witnesses cannot explain, the Library is shut down and erased from history. That is, until a lonely salaryman decides to investigate these mysterious events, which the citizenry of Turin fear to mention. Inevitably drawn into the city’s occult netherworld, he unearths the stuff of modern nightmares: what’s shared can never be unshared. An allegory inspired by the grisly neo-fascist campaigns of its day, The Twenty Days of Turin has enjoyed a fervent cult following in Italy for forty years. Now, in a fretful new age of "lone-wolf" terrorism fueled by social media, we can find uncanny resonances in Giorgio De Maria’s vision of mass fear: a mute, palpitating dread that seeps into every moment of daily existence. With its stunning anticipation of the Internet—and the apocalyptic repercussions of oversharing—this bleak, prescient story is more disturbingly pertinent than ever. Brilliantly translated into English for the first time by Ramon Glazov, The Twenty Days of Turin establishes De Maria’s place among the literary ranks of Italo Calvino and beside classic horror masters such as Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. Hauntingly imaginative, with visceral prose that chills to the marrow, the novel is an eerily clairvoyant magnum opus, long overdue but ever timely.

Download or read book The Supernatural Companions written by Megan Linski and published by Crystallite Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2021-11-13 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At these supernatural academies, romance is enchanting and friendship is magical. Become immersed in a world where magic is around every corner. In this short story collection, witches battle ghosts, fae hunt monsters, and elementals discover mythical creatures at magical schools where danger lurks in the shadows. Break out of a supernatural prison and fall in love, all while seeking adventure at paranormal universities in tales that are both funny and full of heart! This anthology includes never-before-seen shorts told from the viewpoints of your favorite Hidden Legends characters, although reading the Hidden Legends novels first is not necessary to enjoy these thrilling stories! This short story collection includes the following tales: - The Hidden Forest (Academy of Magical Creatures, Imogen and Jonah’s perspective) - The Secret Passage (Academy of Magical Creatures, Imogen and Jonah’s perspective) - The Silver Crown (University of Sorcery, Odette and Theo’s perspective) - The Music Box (College of Witchcraft, Talia and Grant’s perspective) - The Midnight Breakout (Prison for Supernatural Offenders, Kallie and Marcus’ perspective) Discover the magic and read The Supernatural Companions today!

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Download or read book Three Moments of an Explosion written by China Miéville and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • NPR • The Guardian • Kirkus Reviews • The fiction of multiple award–winning author China Miéville is powered by intelligence and imagination. Like George Saunders, Karen Russell, and David Mitchell, he pulls from a variety of genres with equal facility, employing the fantastic not to escape from reality but instead to interrogate it in provocative, unexpected ways. London awakes one morning to find itself besieged by a sky full of floating icebergs. Destroyed oil rigs, mysteriously reborn, clamber from the sea and onto the land, driven by an obscure purpose. An anatomy student cuts open a cadaver to discover impossibly intricate designs carved into a corpse’s bones—designs clearly present from birth, bearing mute testimony to . . . what? Of such concepts and unforgettable images are made the twenty-eight stories in this collection—many published here for the first time. By turns speculative, satirical, and heart-wrenching, fresh in form and language, and featuring a cast of damaged yet hopeful seekers who come face-to-face with the deep weirdness of the world—and at times the deeper weirdness of themselves—Three Moments of an Explosion is a fitting showcase for one of literature’s most original voices. Praise for Three Moments of an Explosion “China Miéville is dazzling. His latest collection of short stories, Three Moments of an Explosion, crowds virtuosity into every sentence.”—The New York Times “You can’t talk about [China] Miéville without using the word ‘brilliant.’ . . . His wit dazzles, his humour is lively, and the pure vitality of his imagination is astonishing.”—Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian “[A] gripping collection . . . Miéville expertly mixes science fiction, fantasy and surrealism. . . . Amid the longer stories are more cerebral, poetic flash pieces that will haunt the reader beyond the pages of this exceptional book.”—The Washington Post “The stories shine . . . with a winking brilliance.”—The Seattle Times “Mind-bending excursions into the fantastic.”—NPR “Bradbury meets Borges, with Lovecraft gibbering tumultuously just out of hearing.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Three Moments of an Explosion is a book filled with fabulous oddities.”—Entertainment Weekly “Miéville moves effortlessly among realism, fantasy, and surrealism. . . . His characters, whether ordinary witnesses to extraordinary events or lunatics operating out of inexplicable compulsions, are invariably well drawn and compelling.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Download or read book The Literary World written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book After the People Lights Have Gone Off written by Stephen Graham Jones and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author, “the kind of collection that lodges in your brain like a malignant grain of an evil dream” (Laird Barron, author of The Imago Sequence). Winner of the This Is Horror Award Finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award Finalist for the Bram Stoker Award This is not your cookie-cutter horror collection. Stephen Graham Jones has taken nightmarish visions from his fevered imagination and crafted them into pieces of literary genius. If the absolute fear doesn’t sweep you away, his lyrical and haunting prose will. As Joe R. Lansdale states in the introduction, “You need this book. If you like anything close to horror, and also like your stories to have elements other than just standing in the darkness with a bloody knife, you have the right book. Enjoy.” Does holding your breath for two minutes during the scariest part of a horror movie invite the terror in? Just ask the kids who go to the local theater in “Thirteen.” In “Doc’s Story,” even the most beloved family tales have teeth—that’s what happens when you’re born into a werewolf pack. And a father doesn’t have to think twice when he’s given one chance to make the ultimate sacrifice in “Snow Monsters.” In these fifteen stories, Jones coaxes our greatest fears from the shadowy corners of our minds, and we can’t turn away. “With razor-sharp prose . . . he pummels us in a full-court press of discomfort, paranoia, and a desire to keep the lights on.” —Pantheon Magazine “Jones is a true master of the horror short story. Inventive, quirky, unexpected and masterful.” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times–bestselling author

Download or read book Literary World Choice Readings from the Best New Books with Critical Reviews written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: