Author: Michael McDowell
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 152994841X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The second book in the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 1 million copies sold 'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KING Perdido, Alabama, has scarcely recovered from the floods that devasted the community. Now a scheme to build a levee is dogged by a series of mysterious events: unpredictable currents in the river, worrying disappearances. Meanwhile in the Caskey family, Marie-Love, the matriarch, continues her machinations against Elinor, her strange daughter in law. Plots, unholy alliances, sacrifices - in the struggle between them, nothing is off limits. In Perdido, the changes will be profound; the consequences irreversible. The Blackwater Series titles have sold over one million copies, The Bookseller, July 2024
Blackwater II: The Levee
Author: Michael McDowell
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 152994841X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The second book in the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 1 million copies sold 'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KING Perdido, Alabama, has scarcely recovered from the floods that devasted the community. Now a scheme to build a levee is dogged by a series of mysterious events: unpredictable currents in the river, worrying disappearances. Meanwhile in the Caskey family, Marie-Love, the matriarch, continues her machinations against Elinor, her strange daughter in law. Plots, unholy alliances, sacrifices - in the struggle between them, nothing is off limits. In Perdido, the changes will be profound; the consequences irreversible. The Blackwater Series titles have sold over one million copies, The Bookseller, July 2024
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 152994841X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The second book in the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 1 million copies sold 'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KING Perdido, Alabama, has scarcely recovered from the floods that devasted the community. Now a scheme to build a levee is dogged by a series of mysterious events: unpredictable currents in the river, worrying disappearances. Meanwhile in the Caskey family, Marie-Love, the matriarch, continues her machinations against Elinor, her strange daughter in law. Plots, unholy alliances, sacrifices - in the struggle between them, nothing is off limits. In Perdido, the changes will be profound; the consequences irreversible. The Blackwater Series titles have sold over one million copies, The Bookseller, July 2024
Blackwater
Author: Michael McDowell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781943910809
Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Blackwater is the saga of a small town, Perdido, Alabama, and Elinor Dammert, the stranger who arrives there under mysterious circumstances on Easter Sunday, 1919. On the surface, Elinor is gracious, charming, anxious to belong in Perdido, and eager to marry Oscar Caskey, the eldest son of Perdido's first family. But her beautiful exterior hides a shocking secret. Beneath the waters of the Perdido River, she turns into something terrifying, a creature whispered about in stories that have chilled the residents of Perdido for generations. Some of those who observe her rituals in the river will never be seen again ... Originally published as a series of six volumes in 1983, Blackwater is the crowning achievement of Michael McDowell, author of the Southern Gothic classics Cold Moon Over Babylon and The Elementals and screenwriter of Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas. This first-ever one-volume edition, with a new introduction by Shirley Jackson Award-winning author Nathan Ballingrud, marks Blackwater's first appearance in print in three decades and will allow a new generation of readers to discover this modern horror classic.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781943910809
Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Blackwater is the saga of a small town, Perdido, Alabama, and Elinor Dammert, the stranger who arrives there under mysterious circumstances on Easter Sunday, 1919. On the surface, Elinor is gracious, charming, anxious to belong in Perdido, and eager to marry Oscar Caskey, the eldest son of Perdido's first family. But her beautiful exterior hides a shocking secret. Beneath the waters of the Perdido River, she turns into something terrifying, a creature whispered about in stories that have chilled the residents of Perdido for generations. Some of those who observe her rituals in the river will never be seen again ... Originally published as a series of six volumes in 1983, Blackwater is the crowning achievement of Michael McDowell, author of the Southern Gothic classics Cold Moon Over Babylon and The Elementals and screenwriter of Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas. This first-ever one-volume edition, with a new introduction by Shirley Jackson Award-winning author Nathan Ballingrud, marks Blackwater's first appearance in print in three decades and will allow a new generation of readers to discover this modern horror classic.
Blackwater II: The Levee
Author: Michael Mcdowell
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9781804996386
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9781804996386
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Blackwater VI: Rain
Author: Michael McDowell
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1529948495
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
The electrifying finale in the gothic horror saga that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold 'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KING Even if the years weigh heavily on their shoulders, the Caskey family now enjoy wealth way beyond their wildest dreams. Parties, lavish receptions and social gatherings give a rhythm to their existence, their days spent in carefree abandonment. But the past is not forgotten and a dark presence looms over Perdido, its inhabitants and its rivers. The time of reckoning has come.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1529948495
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
The electrifying finale in the gothic horror saga that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold 'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KING Even if the years weigh heavily on their shoulders, the Caskey family now enjoy wealth way beyond their wildest dreams. Parties, lavish receptions and social gatherings give a rhythm to their existence, their days spent in carefree abandonment. But the past is not forgotten and a dark presence looms over Perdido, its inhabitants and its rivers. The time of reckoning has come.
Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith
Author: Vincanne Adams
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822354497
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith is an ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans. It is also a sobering exploration of the privatization of vital social services under market-driven governance. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, public agencies subcontracted disaster relief to private companies that turned the humanitarian work of recovery into lucrative business. These enterprises profited from the very suffering that they failed to ameliorate, producing a second-order disaster that exacerbated inequalities based on race and class and leaving residents to rebuild almost entirely on their own. Filled with the often desperate voices of residents who returned to New Orleans, Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith describes the human toll of disaster capitalism and the affect economy it has produced. While for-profit companies delayed delivery of federal resources to returning residents, faith-based and nonprofit groups stepped in to rebuild, compelled by the moral pull of charity and the emotional rewards of volunteer labor. Adams traces the success of charity efforts, even while noting an irony of neoliberalism, which encourages the very same for-profit companies to exploit these charities as another market opportunity. In so doing, the companies profit not once but twice on disaster.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822354497
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith is an ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans. It is also a sobering exploration of the privatization of vital social services under market-driven governance. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, public agencies subcontracted disaster relief to private companies that turned the humanitarian work of recovery into lucrative business. These enterprises profited from the very suffering that they failed to ameliorate, producing a second-order disaster that exacerbated inequalities based on race and class and leaving residents to rebuild almost entirely on their own. Filled with the often desperate voices of residents who returned to New Orleans, Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith describes the human toll of disaster capitalism and the affect economy it has produced. While for-profit companies delayed delivery of federal resources to returning residents, faith-based and nonprofit groups stepped in to rebuild, compelled by the moral pull of charity and the emotional rewards of volunteer labor. Adams traces the success of charity efforts, even while noting an irony of neoliberalism, which encourages the very same for-profit companies to exploit these charities as another market opportunity. In so doing, the companies profit not once but twice on disaster.
The Reach
Author: B. Michael Radburn
Publisher: Pantera Press
ISBN: 1925700577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
An isolated town with a dark past... Devlins Reach in the Hawkesbury River is known for its secluded location and picturesque beauty. But within its tight-knit community of loggers, store owners and tight-lipped locals, a killer is on the loose. When three bodies are unearthed in an excavation site, park ranger and wilderness expert Taylor Bridges is called in to help local police, and he discovers the town has an unsettling history. But Taylor has a past of his own that still haunts him and his family. As a torrential storm grows closer, The Reach goes into lockdown. With no way in or out, Taylor finds himself in race against the power of nature to catch the killer before the whole town goes under.
Publisher: Pantera Press
ISBN: 1925700577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
An isolated town with a dark past... Devlins Reach in the Hawkesbury River is known for its secluded location and picturesque beauty. But within its tight-knit community of loggers, store owners and tight-lipped locals, a killer is on the loose. When three bodies are unearthed in an excavation site, park ranger and wilderness expert Taylor Bridges is called in to help local police, and he discovers the town has an unsettling history. But Taylor has a past of his own that still haunts him and his family. As a torrential storm grows closer, The Reach goes into lockdown. With no way in or out, Taylor finds himself in race against the power of nature to catch the killer before the whole town goes under.
Discovering Modern Horror Fiction II
Author: Darrell Schweitzer
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1587150085
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1587150085
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The Elementals
Author: Michael McDowell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941147177
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Something terrifying waits in the decaying Victorian house on the coast, something that has haunted two men since they were children, something that may be ready to kill...again.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941147177
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Something terrifying waits in the decaying Victorian house on the coast, something that has haunted two men since they were children, something that may be ready to kill...again.
Clue
Author: Michael McDowell
Publisher: Fawcett Books
ISBN: 9780449130490
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
When Mr. Boddy is murdered at Hill House, all of his mysterious guests become suspects
Publisher: Fawcett Books
ISBN: 9780449130490
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
When Mr. Boddy is murdered at Hill House, all of his mysterious guests become suspects
Cold Moon Over Babylon (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
Author: Michael McDowell
Publisher: Bright Sparks
ISBN: 9781941147634
Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Welcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy Alabama small town, where years earlier the Larkin family suffered a terrible tragedy. Now they are about to endure another: fourteen-year-old Margaret Larkin will be robbed of her innocence and her life by a killer who is beyond the reach of the law. But something strange is happening in Babylon: traffic lights flash an eerie blue, a ghostly hand slithers from the drain of a kitchen sink, graves erupt from the local cemetery in an implacable march of terror ... And beneath the murky surface of the river, a shifting, almost human shape slowly takes form. Night after night it will pursue the murderer. And when the full moon rises over Babylon, it will seek a terrible vengeance ...
Publisher: Bright Sparks
ISBN: 9781941147634
Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Welcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy Alabama small town, where years earlier the Larkin family suffered a terrible tragedy. Now they are about to endure another: fourteen-year-old Margaret Larkin will be robbed of her innocence and her life by a killer who is beyond the reach of the law. But something strange is happening in Babylon: traffic lights flash an eerie blue, a ghostly hand slithers from the drain of a kitchen sink, graves erupt from the local cemetery in an implacable march of terror ... And beneath the murky surface of the river, a shifting, almost human shape slowly takes form. Night after night it will pursue the murderer. And when the full moon rises over Babylon, it will seek a terrible vengeance ...