Author: Ray Russell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780722175507
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Dr. Sam Cordell, a surgeon who settles with his teenage daughter in the quiet New England community of Galen, encounters a terrifying supernatural phenomenon, the incubus, a demon who thrives on sexual desire. With the help of the town's police chief and a news reporter, Cordell follows the deadly demon's path to a frightened young man whose nightmares may hold the answers.
Incubus
Author: Ray Russell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780722175507
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Dr. Sam Cordell, a surgeon who settles with his teenage daughter in the quiet New England community of Galen, encounters a terrifying supernatural phenomenon, the incubus, a demon who thrives on sexual desire. With the help of the town's police chief and a news reporter, Cordell follows the deadly demon's path to a frightened young man whose nightmares may hold the answers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780722175507
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Dr. Sam Cordell, a surgeon who settles with his teenage daughter in the quiet New England community of Galen, encounters a terrifying supernatural phenomenon, the incubus, a demon who thrives on sexual desire. With the help of the town's police chief and a news reporter, Cordell follows the deadly demon's path to a frightened young man whose nightmares may hold the answers.
Horror Literature through History [2 volumes]
Author: Matt Cardin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440842027
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1065
Book Description
This two-volume set offers comprehensive coverage of horror literature that spans its deep history, dominant themes, significant works, and major authors, such as Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and Anne Rice, as well as lesser-known horror writers. Many of today's horror story fans—who appreciate horror through movies, television, video games, graphic novels, and other forms—probably don't realize that horror literature is not only one of the most popular types of literature but one of the oldest. People have always been mesmerized by stories that speak to their deepest fears. Horror Literature through History shows 21st-century horror fans the literary sources of their favorite entertainment and the rich intrinsic value of horror literature in its own right. Through profiles of major authors, critical analyses of important works, and overview essays focused on horror during particular periods as well as on related issues such as religion, apocalypticism, social criticism, and gender, readers will discover the fascinating early roots and evolution of horror writings as well as the reciprocal influence of horror literature and horror cinema. This unique two-volume reference set provides wide coverage that is current and compelling to modern readers—who are of course also eager consumers of entertainment. In the first section, overview essays on horror during different historical periods situate works of horror literature within the social, cultural, historical, and intellectual currents of their respective eras, creating a seamless narrative of the genre's evolution from ancient times to the present. The second section demonstrates how otherwise unrelated works of horror have influenced each other, how horror subgenres have evolved, and how a broad range of topics within horror—such as ghosts, vampires, religion, and gender roles—have been handled across time. The set also provides alphabetically arranged reference entries on authors, works, and specialized topics that enable readers to zero in on information and concepts presented in the other sections.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440842027
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1065
Book Description
This two-volume set offers comprehensive coverage of horror literature that spans its deep history, dominant themes, significant works, and major authors, such as Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and Anne Rice, as well as lesser-known horror writers. Many of today's horror story fans—who appreciate horror through movies, television, video games, graphic novels, and other forms—probably don't realize that horror literature is not only one of the most popular types of literature but one of the oldest. People have always been mesmerized by stories that speak to their deepest fears. Horror Literature through History shows 21st-century horror fans the literary sources of their favorite entertainment and the rich intrinsic value of horror literature in its own right. Through profiles of major authors, critical analyses of important works, and overview essays focused on horror during particular periods as well as on related issues such as religion, apocalypticism, social criticism, and gender, readers will discover the fascinating early roots and evolution of horror writings as well as the reciprocal influence of horror literature and horror cinema. This unique two-volume reference set provides wide coverage that is current and compelling to modern readers—who are of course also eager consumers of entertainment. In the first section, overview essays on horror during different historical periods situate works of horror literature within the social, cultural, historical, and intellectual currents of their respective eras, creating a seamless narrative of the genre's evolution from ancient times to the present. The second section demonstrates how otherwise unrelated works of horror have influenced each other, how horror subgenres have evolved, and how a broad range of topics within horror—such as ghosts, vampires, religion, and gender roles—have been handled across time. The set also provides alphabetically arranged reference entries on authors, works, and specialized topics that enable readers to zero in on information and concepts presented in the other sections.
Hoofin' It
Author: R.J. Blain
Publisher: Pen & Page Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
All Shane wanted was to get away from the wreckage of his career for a while. He picked New York City to provide him with a distraction from his early, unwanted retirement from the police force. New York City delivered, distracting him with three corpses and a miniature llama with a spitting problem and an attitude. If he wants to return to a normal life, he’ll have to face off against a sex trafficking ring targeting the woman of his dreams, ancient vampires, murderous criminals, his parents, and an FBI agent with a hidden agenda. Some days, it isn’t easy being an ex-cop. Warning: This novel contains excessive humor, action, excitement, adventure, magic, romance, and bodies. Proceed with caution.
Publisher: Pen & Page Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
All Shane wanted was to get away from the wreckage of his career for a while. He picked New York City to provide him with a distraction from his early, unwanted retirement from the police force. New York City delivered, distracting him with three corpses and a miniature llama with a spitting problem and an attitude. If he wants to return to a normal life, he’ll have to face off against a sex trafficking ring targeting the woman of his dreams, ancient vampires, murderous criminals, his parents, and an FBI agent with a hidden agenda. Some days, it isn’t easy being an ex-cop. Warning: This novel contains excessive humor, action, excitement, adventure, magic, romance, and bodies. Proceed with caution.
Dream Dark: A Beautiful Creatures Story
Author: Kami Garcia
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316197041
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
When Link joined his best friend, Ethan Wate, on a quest through a mysterious network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, he knew the journey would be dangerous. But returning home to Gatlin, South Carolina was just the beginning... Wounded during a climactic battle, Link discovers that tending his injuries won't be as simple as visiting a doctor and that healing his arm should be the least of his worries. For being bitten by a Supernatural does more than break the skin -- it changes a person, inside and out, turning Link into someone more and more like the dark creature who injured him. In this never-before-seen short story by New York Times bestselling authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, listeners witness Link's heart-racing transformation. Dream Dark is set before the much-anticipated third Beautiful Creatures novel, Beautiful Chaos, and as a special bonus includes an exclusive sneak peek at the first five chapters. Dream Dark word count: ~10,000
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316197041
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
When Link joined his best friend, Ethan Wate, on a quest through a mysterious network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, he knew the journey would be dangerous. But returning home to Gatlin, South Carolina was just the beginning... Wounded during a climactic battle, Link discovers that tending his injuries won't be as simple as visiting a doctor and that healing his arm should be the least of his worries. For being bitten by a Supernatural does more than break the skin -- it changes a person, inside and out, turning Link into someone more and more like the dark creature who injured him. In this never-before-seen short story by New York Times bestselling authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, listeners witness Link's heart-racing transformation. Dream Dark is set before the much-anticipated third Beautiful Creatures novel, Beautiful Chaos, and as a special bonus includes an exclusive sneak peek at the first five chapters. Dream Dark word count: ~10,000
Incubus
Author: Ann Arensberg
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480401242
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
National Book Award winner Ann Arensberg brings readers a modern horror story about evil descending on an insular Maine town It begins with the theft of six candles from the church altar, a few herbs found strewn in the local graveyard. In the summer of 1974, the prosperous farming community of Dry Falls, Maine, is hit by a brutal heat wave. Crops fail. Drought blights once-verdant lawns. Men inexplicably lose all interest in sex, while women complain of erotic nocturnal visitations. Farm animals give birth to monstrosities. An unholy, unimaginable force is disrupting the natural order—and it seems to be specifically targeting Dry Falls. Narrated by the careful and practical Cora Whitman, wife of the town pastor, this tale of creeping strangeness quickly turns sinister. Incubus subtly builds to its shattering climax with Cora at its epicenter. Expertly interweaving themes of faith, religion, and marriage with that of the supernatural, this modern horror classic will enthrall fans of Ann Arensberg and attract a legion of new readers.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480401242
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
National Book Award winner Ann Arensberg brings readers a modern horror story about evil descending on an insular Maine town It begins with the theft of six candles from the church altar, a few herbs found strewn in the local graveyard. In the summer of 1974, the prosperous farming community of Dry Falls, Maine, is hit by a brutal heat wave. Crops fail. Drought blights once-verdant lawns. Men inexplicably lose all interest in sex, while women complain of erotic nocturnal visitations. Farm animals give birth to monstrosities. An unholy, unimaginable force is disrupting the natural order—and it seems to be specifically targeting Dry Falls. Narrated by the careful and practical Cora Whitman, wife of the town pastor, this tale of creeping strangeness quickly turns sinister. Incubus subtly builds to its shattering climax with Cora at its epicenter. Expertly interweaving themes of faith, religion, and marriage with that of the supernatural, this modern horror classic will enthrall fans of Ann Arensberg and attract a legion of new readers.
Incubus
Author: Yayoi Neko
Publisher: Media Blasters
ISBN: 9781598832921
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Demonic beings vie for the soul of a young man, and an incubus who has fallen in love with him protects him from them.
Publisher: Media Blasters
ISBN: 9781598832921
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Demonic beings vie for the soul of a young man, and an incubus who has fallen in love with him protects him from them.
Beautiful Darkness
Author: Kami Garcia
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316129178
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Fall under the spell of the Beautiful Darkness, the sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling gothic fantasy, Beautiful Creatures! There were no surprises in Gatlin County. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin as a place where nothing ever changed. Then mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes revealed a secret world of curses and Supernaturals with terrifying abilities. Lena showed him a Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen. Sometimes life-ending. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316129178
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Fall under the spell of the Beautiful Darkness, the sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling gothic fantasy, Beautiful Creatures! There were no surprises in Gatlin County. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin as a place where nothing ever changed. Then mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes revealed a secret world of curses and Supernaturals with terrifying abilities. Lena showed him a Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen. Sometimes life-ending. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.
Collecting the Self
Author: Sing-chen Lydia Chiang
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047414845
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Chinese strange tale collections contain short stories about ghosts and animal spirits, supra-human heroes and freaks, exotic lands and haunted homes, earthquake and floods, and other perceived “anomalies” to accepted cosmic and social norms. As such, this body of literature is a rich repository of Chinese myths, folklore, and unofficial “histories”. These collections also reflect Chinese attitudes towards normalcy and strangeness, perceptions of civilization and barbarism, and fantasies about self and other. Inspired in part by Freud’s theory of the uncanny, this book explores the emotive subtexts of late imperial strange tale collections to consider what these stories tell us about suppressed cultural anxieties, the construction of gender, and authorial self-identity.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047414845
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Chinese strange tale collections contain short stories about ghosts and animal spirits, supra-human heroes and freaks, exotic lands and haunted homes, earthquake and floods, and other perceived “anomalies” to accepted cosmic and social norms. As such, this body of literature is a rich repository of Chinese myths, folklore, and unofficial “histories”. These collections also reflect Chinese attitudes towards normalcy and strangeness, perceptions of civilization and barbarism, and fantasies about self and other. Inspired in part by Freud’s theory of the uncanny, this book explores the emotive subtexts of late imperial strange tale collections to consider what these stories tell us about suppressed cultural anxieties, the construction of gender, and authorial self-identity.
Inside the Egg
Author: Skye MacKinnon
Publisher: Peryton Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Macey thought she was done saving the world, but fate has other ideas when Amber turns up with a mysterious golden egg. The Wardens soon find themselves racing against time to defeat the evil lurking inside. Can they save the world one last time? Inside The Egg is an optional happy ever after story to the complete contemporary fantasy Seven Wardens series. It is best read after book seven (Rule the Dark). It includes unusual Celtic and European mythology, plenty of adventure, and a romantic whychoose subplot. The Seven Wardens Series Reading Order: #1: From The Deeps #1.5: Through The Storms (Amber's story) #2: Into The Mists #3: Beneath The Earth #4: Within The Flames #5: Above The Waves #5.5: Below The Baubles (Christmas Story) #6: Under The Ice #7: Rule The Dark #7.5: Inside The Egg (HEA Story) #0.5: Beyond The Loch (Prequel, Nessie's Story)
Publisher: Peryton Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Macey thought she was done saving the world, but fate has other ideas when Amber turns up with a mysterious golden egg. The Wardens soon find themselves racing against time to defeat the evil lurking inside. Can they save the world one last time? Inside The Egg is an optional happy ever after story to the complete contemporary fantasy Seven Wardens series. It is best read after book seven (Rule the Dark). It includes unusual Celtic and European mythology, plenty of adventure, and a romantic whychoose subplot. The Seven Wardens Series Reading Order: #1: From The Deeps #1.5: Through The Storms (Amber's story) #2: Into The Mists #3: Beneath The Earth #4: Within The Flames #5: Above The Waves #5.5: Below The Baubles (Christmas Story) #6: Under The Ice #7: Rule The Dark #7.5: Inside The Egg (HEA Story) #0.5: Beyond The Loch (Prequel, Nessie's Story)
A Brush of Darkness
Author: Allison Pang
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439198411
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Dive into A Brush of Darkness, the first book in the Abby Sinclair trilogy. The man of her dreams might be the cause of her nightmares. Six months ago, Abby Sinclair was struggling to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. Now, she has an enchanted iPod, a miniature unicorn living in her underwear drawer, and a magical marketplace to manage. But despite her growing knowledge of the OtherWorld, Abby isn’t at all prepared for Brystion, the dark, mysterious, and sexy-as- sin incubus searching for his sister, convinced Abby has the key to the succubus’s whereabouts. Abby has enough problems without having this seductive shape-shifter literally invade her dreams to get information. But when her Faery boss and some of her friends vanish, as well, Abby and Brystion must form an uneasy alliance. As she is sucked deeper and deeper into this perilous world of faeries, angels, and daemons, Abby realizes her life is in as much danger as her heart—and there’s no one she can trust to save her.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439198411
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Dive into A Brush of Darkness, the first book in the Abby Sinclair trilogy. The man of her dreams might be the cause of her nightmares. Six months ago, Abby Sinclair was struggling to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. Now, she has an enchanted iPod, a miniature unicorn living in her underwear drawer, and a magical marketplace to manage. But despite her growing knowledge of the OtherWorld, Abby isn’t at all prepared for Brystion, the dark, mysterious, and sexy-as- sin incubus searching for his sister, convinced Abby has the key to the succubus’s whereabouts. Abby has enough problems without having this seductive shape-shifter literally invade her dreams to get information. But when her Faery boss and some of her friends vanish, as well, Abby and Brystion must form an uneasy alliance. As she is sucked deeper and deeper into this perilous world of faeries, angels, and daemons, Abby realizes her life is in as much danger as her heart—and there’s no one she can trust to save her.