Download or read book Gaslight Grotesque written by Charles Prepolec and published by EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON BAKER STREET! Between the shadowy realms of fear and the unforgiving glare of science lies a battleground of unspeakable horror. In vile alleyways with blood-slick cobblestones, impenetrable fog, and the wan glow of gaslight, lurk the inhuman denizens of nightmare. CAN REASON PREVAIL WHEN ELIMINATING THE IMPOSSIBLE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION? Faced with his worst fears, Sherlock Holmes has his faith in the science of observation and deduction shaken to the core in 13 all-new tales of terror from today's modern masters of the macabre!

Download or read book The Best Horror of the Year written by Ellen Datlow and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Air Force Loadmaster is menaced by strange sounds within his cargo; a man is asked to track down a childhood friend... who died years earlier; doomed pioneers forge a path westward as a young mother discovers her true nature; an alcoholic strikes a dangerous bargain with a gregarious stranger; urban explorers delve into a ruined book depository, finding more than they anticipated; residents of a rural Wisconsin town defend against a legendary monster; a woman wracked by survivor's guilt is haunted by the ghosts of a tragic crash; a detective strives to solve the mystery of a dismembered girl; an orphan returns to a wicked witch's candy house; a group of smugglers find themselves buried to the necks in sand; an unanticipated guest brings doom to a high-class party; a teacher attempts to lead his students to safety as the world comes to an end around them... What frightens us, what unnerves us? What causes that delicious shiver of fear to travel the lengths of our spines? It seems the answer changes every year. Every year the bar is raised; the screw is tightened. Ellen Datlow knows what scares us; the twenty-one stories and poems included in this anthology were chosen from magazines, webzines, anthologies, literary journals, and single author collections to represent the best horror of the year. Legendary editor Ellen Datlow (Poe: New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe), winner of multiple Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, joins Night Shade Books in presenting The Best Horror of the Year, Volume One.

Download or read book Ghosts in Popular Culture and Legend written by June Michele Pulliam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With entries that range from specific works to authors, folklore, and popular culture (including music, film, television, urban legend, and gaming), this book provides a single-volume resource on all things ghostly in the United States and in other countries. The concept of ghosts has been an ongoing and universal element in human culture as far back as recorded history can document. In more modern popular culture and entertainment, ghosts are a popular mainstay—from A Christmas Carol and Casper the Friendly Ghost to The Amityville Horror, Ghostbusters, Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense, and Ghost Whisperer. This book comprehensively examines ghost and spirit phenomena in all its incarnations to provide readers with a holistic perspective on the subject. It presents insightful information about the contribution of a specific work or author to establish or further the evolution of ghost lore, rather than concentrating solely on the film, literature, music, or folklore itself. The book focuses on ghosts in western culture but also provides information about spirit phenomena and lore in international settings, as many of the trends in popular culture dealing with ghosts and spirits are informed by authors and filmmakers from Germany, Japan, Korea, and the United Kingdom. The writers and editors are experts and scholars in the field and enthusiastic fans of ghost lore, ghost films, ghost hunting, and urban legends, resulting in entries that are informative and engaging—and make this the most complete and current resource on ghost and spirit lore available.

Download or read book The Best Horror of the Year Volume 2 written by Ellen Datlow and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrities take refuge in a white-walled mansion as plague and fever sweep into Cannes; a killer finds that the living dead have no appetite for him; a television presenter stumbles upon the chilling connection between a forgotten animal act and the Whitechapel Murders; a nude man unexpectedly appears in the backgrounds of film after film; mysterious lights menace the crew of a small plane; a little girl awakens to discover her nightlight--and more--missing; two sisters hunt vampire dogs in the wild hills of Fiji; lovers get more than they bargained for in a decadent discotheque; a college professor holds a classroom mesmerized as he vivisects Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"... What frightens us, what unnerves us? What causes that delicious shiver of fear to travel the lengths of our spines? It seems the answer changes every year. Every year the bar is raised; the screw is tightened. Ellen Datlow knows what scares us; the seventeen stories included in this anthology were chosen from magazines, webzines, anthologies, literary journals, and single author collections to represent the best horror of the year. Legendary editor Ellen Datlow (Poe: New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe), winner of multiple Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, joins Night Shade Books in presenting The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Two.

Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 22 written by Stephen Jones and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year's best, and darkest, tales of terror, showcasing the most outstanding new short stories and novellas by both contemporary masters of the macabre and exciting newcomers. As ever, this acclaimed anthology also offers the most comprehensive annual overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations; a comprehensive necrology of famous names; and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan and writer alike. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction.

Download or read book Spores from Sharnoth and Other Madnesses written by Leigh Blackmore and published by P'Rea Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its third printing, Spores from Sharnoth and Other Madnesses, truly fulfils reviewers' comments it is a masterful professional debut collection from leading Australian weird literary figure, Leigh Blackmore. The collection "establishes Blackmore as one of the leading weird poets of our time, fit to be mentioned with the likes of Bruce Boston, G. Sutton Breiding, Ann K. Schwader ..." -S. T. Joshi. "It belongs on the same shelf with August Derleth's Dark of the Moon and Lin Carter's Dreams from R'lyeh, to be treasured for its elegant lines, spooky sonnets, cosmic vistas, and, since Blackmore is a genuine poet and not just a pastichist, occasional departures from all expectations." -Darrell Schweitzer. "Magnifique! Sobresaliente! Mumtaaz! [Blackmore] definitely has the touch ..." -Richard L. Tierney. Within are devotions to H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos, Clark Ashton Smith, Arthur Machen, and paeans to the gods of Poetry. Wonderful poetry of fantasy, the supernatural and dark imagination abounds within this fine Antipodean collection. Sheila Merritt reflects, "In his evocative embracing of American horror authors ... poet Blackmore shows that writers' influences know no boundaries. Lands may separate, but literature unites." Through their P'rea Press offerings, Blackmore and fellow Australian poet Kyla Lee Ward (The Land of Bad Dreams, 2011) are surely one with the international weird poetry universe. Scott E. Green observes, Blackmore "has no hesitation to go beyond Lovecraft and sonnets in writing excellent poetry of the weird." Poetic forms represented include the sonnet, haiku, quatrain, and blank narrative verse. Donald Sidney-Fryer notes the collection's "Outstanding technical quality ... deeply felt and well-crafted poems." The third reprint has an updated bibliography; includes the 2nd reprint's revisions by Blackmore, making these the definitive texts. The cover has fantastic new coloring by artist, Gavin O'Keefe, and the always superb interior book-designing of David E. Schultz. With a Foreword by US critic and scholar S. T. Joshi, and an introduction by the editors of P'rea Press, Spores from Sharnoth and Other Madnesses' third printing is an essential acquisition for enthusiasts of weird and dark fantastic verse.

Download or read book Avatars of Wizardry written by George Sterling and published by P'Rea Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry readers and fantasy connoisseurs the world over have treasured "A Wine of Wizardry," written by George Sterling in 1904, and "The Hashish-Eater, O written by Clark Ashton Smith in 1920, for almost a century. This edition offers a contemporary response to these masterworks from diverse and distinguished poets.

Download or read book The Haunter of the Dark written by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and published by Victor Gollancz. This book was released on 1977 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Land of Bad Dreams written by Kyla Ward and published by P'Rea Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Kyla Lee Ward's The Land of Bad Dreams, are discovered valuable truths and dark poetry revealing a beauty inaccessible both to reason and to daylight. Praised by the US Rhysling Poet 2010, Ann Schwader, as "a rich, eccentric miscellany ... skilfully crafted and strangely wrought," the twenty-two poems and three prose vignettes showcased here display Ward's mastery of contemporary and traditional poetic forms, and her rare consciousness of fantasy, ancient, medieval, gothic and current dark themes. Editorial direction by Australia's Charles Lovecraft achieves high quality presentation with an Introduction, Interview with Ward, Alphabetical List of Titles, Index of First Lines, Glossary and Selected Bibliography of the poet. Ward's fourteen atmospheric illustrations and brilliant cover art, with cover design by David Schembri Studios, and book design by Milwaukee's David E. Schultz confirm this as a collector's piece. Published by P'rea Press of Sydney, Australia in September 2011. www.preapress.com

Download or read book Terrors from Beyond written by Gary Sumpter and published by Chaosium. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TERRORS FROM BEYOND is a collection of 1920's and 30¿s adventures for Call of Cthulhu, designed for play with pre-generated characters. The book provides fine opportunities for an impromptu game or tournament play and ¿ because the characters are intimately connected with the plot ¿ roleplaying challenges not normally available in most published material. An excellent adventure collection for new and veteran Call of Cthulhu players alike.

Download or read book The Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities written by Kyla Lee Ward and published by P'Rea Press. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A contemporary update on the medieval Danse Macabre theme, written for the twenty-first century onward. Written and illustrated profusely by the author.

Download or read book 21st century Gothic written by Danel Olson and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by a poll of more than 180 Gothic specialists (creative writers, professors, critics, and Gothic Studies program developers at universities), the fifty-three original works discussed in 21st-Century Gothic represent the most impressive Gothic novels written around the world between 2000-2010. The essays in this volume discuss the merits of these novels, highlighting the influences and key components that make them worthy of inclusion. Many of the pioneer voices of Gothic Studies, as well as other key critics of the field, have all contributed new essays to this volume, including David Punter, Jerrold Hogle, Karen F. Stein, Marie Mulvey-Roberts, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Tony Magistrale, Don D'Ammassa, Mavis Haut, Walter Rankin, James Doig, Laurence A. Rickels, Douglass H. Thomson, Sue Zlosnik, Carol Margaret Davision, Ruth Bienstock Anolik, Glennis Byron, Judith Wilt, Bernice Murphy, Darrell Schweitzer, and June Pulliam. The guide includes a preface by one of the world's leading authorities on the weird and fantastic, S. T. Joshi. Sharing their knowledge of how traditional Gothic elements and tensions surface in a changed way within a contemporary novel, the contributors enhance the reader's dark enjoyment, emotional involvement, and appreciation of these works. These essays show not only how each of these novels are Gothic but also how they advance or change Gothicism, making the works both irresistible for readers and establishing their place in the Gothic canon.

Download or read book Sargasso 2 written by Sam Gafford and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second issue of SARGASSO: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies is now available. This issue includes more articles about Hodgson's life and work as well as fiction, poetry and art inspired by this legendary writer. Contents include: "Under the Skin: A Profile of William Hope Hodgson" by Jane Frank "Carnacki Pastiche: A Bibliography" by James Bojaciuk "Contemporary Views: Pieces on William Hope Hodgson from the Idler and the Bookman" by Phillip A. Ellis "A Home on the Borderland: William Hope Hodgson and Borth" by Mark Valentine "A Concluding Oink: An Abnormal Flight of Fancy" by James Bojaciuk "Foreshadowing Carnacki: Algernon Blackwood's 'Smith: An Episode in a Lodging House" by Joseph Hinton "Dust and Atoms: The Influence of William Hope Hodgson on Clark Ashton Smith" by Scott Connors Poetry "Dead Seamen Gone in Search of the Same Landfall" by Phillip A. Ellis "House on the Borderland I & II" by Charles Lovecraft "Come, Dream of the Ocean" by Phillip A. Ellis "Ocean Rain" by Phillip A. Ellis "The Devil Mists, What Do They Hide?" by Charles Lovecraft "Coral Seas" by Phillip A. Ellis "The Burning Ship" by Phillip A. Ellis "And the Worried Waters Laughed" by Charles Lovecraft Fiction "Low the Ascomycotan Sky" by Deborah Walker "The Flames of the Drakkar" by John B. Ford "After 'The Voice in the Night'" by Laurie Needell "The Shop on the Borderland" by Robb Borders With full color cover and back cover by Robert H. Knox. The first issue sold out quickly so demand for this second issue will be high!

Download or read book Supernatural Literature of the World P Z written by S. T. Joshi and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literature of the supernatural has had a distinguished history over the past two centuries, and the incorporation of the supernatural in literary works can be traced back as far as classical antiquity.

Download or read book Songs and Sonnets Atlantean written by Donald Sidney-Fryer and published by . This book was released on 2003-06-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poet and performing artist Donald Sidney-Fryer is the last in the great line of California Romantics that reaches from Ambrose Bierce to George Sterling and Nora May French, from Sterling to his protege Clark Ashton Smith, and from Smith to his pupil Sidney-Fryer. Carrying on the tradition of pure poetry of Keats and Shelley long after it was abandoned by the mainstream poetry establishment, the California Romantics created two monuments in verse in Sterling's epic A Wine of Wizardry and Smith's even more astonishing The Hashish-Eater. In a long career Sidney-Fryer has given dramatic readings from these poets around America and Europe. He has edited Clark Ashton Smith's Selected Poems as well as Smith's story collections Other Dimensions, The City of the Singing Flame, The Monster of the Prophecy and The Last Incantation. Sidney-Fryer also assembled the mordant horror and fantasy poetry of Ambrose Bierce under the title A Vision of Doom. final book to appear from Arkham House under the personal supervision of that press's founder, August Derleth, one of the many people in the related arena of horror literature that Sidney-Fryer has known over the years.

Download or read book The Hashish Eater written by Clark Ashton Smith and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2011-10-03 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE HASHISH EATER (1920), an extraordinary prose-poem of malignant cosmic decadence and psychedelic evil, remains the signature work of its creator, the prolific fantasy author Clark Ashton Smith. Figuring prominently in the ranks of classic drug literature, THE HASHISH EATER clearly shows the influence on Smith of ninteenth century symbolists and visionary decadents such as Huysmans, Baudelaire, and William Beckford, allied to an avant-garde evocation of galactic horror. This special ebook edition of THE HASHISH EATER also includes the author's own summary of the work, plus a rare bonus chapter, Smith's hallucinatory fragment IN A HASHISH DREAM.

Download or read book Secret Asia s Blackest Heart written by Leigh Blackmore and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction writers have long taken advantage of the vast world of Asia as the setting for mystery, adventure, and, yes, horror! It was an irresistible location because of both Western ignorance of it and Western knowledge of it. That is, what explorers, ethnologists, and missionaries told us of its exotic (to us) religions, customs, and cultures made Asia seem like a different planet discovered right here on earth. The ancient wisdom of Asia, some of it esoteric and fantastic, especially as described by travelers like Alexandra David-Neel (Magic and Mystery in Tibet) and Madame Blavatsky (Isis Unveiled and The Secret Doctrine), invited Westerners to imagine the existence of even deeper and more sinister secrets. Sax Rohmer, Talbot Mundy, John Taine, E. Hoffman Price, and so many others attest to this. Nor was H.P. Lovecraft immune to the lore of this fictive Orientalism, focused in his notion of the hidden Plateau of Leng (actually another name for Tibet). August Derleth set up his lemonaid stand right next door, creating the shunned Plateau of Sung in Burma, where the terrible Tcho-Tcho People planned their mischief. Lin Carter joined the game, contributing his own Plateau of Tsang. There seemed to be room in the vastness of Asia for all of them and more. The title of the present volume is a phrase taken from one of Lin's Mythos tales, and it nicely sums up the general theme. Some of these stories are set here in the West but derive their horrors from imported Asian traditions. Others actually take place in Asia. All are fascinating and full of wonder and dread. Our gurus of gore and and lamas of lore include the likes of Ann K. Schwader, Mark Rainey, Don Webb, Michael Fantina, Joseph S. Pulver, Laurence J. Cornford, and Pierre Comtois.