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 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 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 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.

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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.

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.

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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!

Download or read book Every House is Haunted written by Ian Rogers and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes "The House on Ashley Avenue," currently in development as a NETFLIX FEATURE FILM! There are haunted places in the world, all existing in reality and every bit as tangible and accessible as the house next door. Sometimes it is the house next door. In this brilliant debut collection, Ian Rogers explores the border-places between our world and the dark reaches of the supernatural. A mysterious double murder draws the attention of an insurance company with a special interest in the paranormal. A honeymoon cabin with an unspeakable appetite finally meets its match. A suburban home is transformed into the hunting ground for a new breed of spider. A nightmarish jazz club at the crossroads of reality plays host to those who can break a deal with the devil...for a price. With remarkable deftness, Rogers draws together the deadly and the disturbing in twenty-two showcase stories that will guide you through terrain at once familiar and startlingly fresh. Blurbs: "Ian is a fantastic storyteller of horror. He has an ability to create a unique reading experience with great scares and memorable characters. I knew the moment I finished reading Every House Is Haunted that Ian was someone I wanted to work with." - Sam Raimi, Director of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness "...the 22 stories in Rogers's debut collection demonstrate the author's talent for finding the terrifying in the seemingly ordinary... This work of classic horror in the style of Shirley Jackson, Richard Matheson, and early Stephen King should attract fans of a more refined kind of horror." - Library Journal "...Rogers offers some real gems. Every House Is Haunted is a harbinger of great things to come." - San Francisco Book Review IAN ROGERS is an award-winning author whose short fiction has appeared in Tor.com, Cemetery Dance, Broken Pencil, and Shadows & Tall Trees. His work has been selected for The Best Horror of the Year and Imaginarium: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing. For more information, visit www.ian-rogers.com..

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Download or read book Horse written by Geraldine Brooks and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review “Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” —TIME “A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty . . . the evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race, galloping to its conclusion—you just can’t look away.” —Oprah Daily Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award · Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize · A Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse—one studying the stallion’s bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.

Download or read book The Man in the Picture written by Susan Hill and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Woman in Black returns to the realm of supernatural hauntings in a tale that “chills the blood gently like fine wine” (The Guardian, UK). When Oliver returns to Cambridge, he makes sure to pay a visit to his former professor, now retired and living in a small college apartment. Oliver can’t help but notice a peculiar painting on the wall; a mysterious depiction of masked revelers at the Venice carnival. Yet in the foreground, there is an anachronistically modern figure. On this cold winter’s night, the old professor has decided to reveal the painting’s eerie secret. The dark art of the Venetian scene, instead of imitating life, has the power to entrap it. To stare into the painting is to play dangerously with the unseen demons it hides, and become the victim of its macabre beauty.

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