Author: Thomas Mann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781629330723
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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A fascinating analysis of the film magazines in their larger context as cultural artifacts of bygone eras.

Author: Thomas Mann
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Photplay editions, sometimes called movie editions, were inexpensive hardcover reprints of novels that had just been made into movies, and were illustrated with photographs of scenes from the movies. Although in most cases the movies were based on prior novels, occasionally the movies came first and the novels were created from scripts. This book is an annotated catalog of a large collection of over 500 horror and mystery photoplay editions and magazine fictionalizations that the author assembled over four decades. Photoplay editions and magazine fictionalizations that are not strictly in the horror or mystery genres are included if they are linked to films made by such stars as Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and other genres performers. Mysteries are included if they feature a detective as the central character rather than simply involving crime as a plot element, and adventure, fantasy and science fiction works are included if they have an outre element. Some film noir books, and some associated with Alfred Hitchcock films, are also included. Most photoplay editions and magazine fictionalizations were published from the 1910s through the 1940s, and even though they are still published today, the cut-off date for inclusion in this book is 1970.

Author: Stephen Jones
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1780337132
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 403

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The latest edition of the world's foremost annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy fiction. Here are some of the very best short stories and novellas by today's finest exponents of horror fiction - including Kim Newman, Neil Gaiman, China Miéville, Paul McAuley, Glen Hirshberg, Ramsey Campbell and Tanith Lee. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 16 also contains the most comprehensive overview of horror around the world during the year, lists of useful contact addresses and a fascinating necrology. It is the one book that is required reading for every fan of macabre fiction.

Author: Robert Kenneth Jones
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434486249
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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The shudder pulps published some of the grisliest, goriest, most outrageous mystery-terror fiction ever sold on the American newsstand, during the golden age of the pulp magazines. This volumes chronicles the authors, artists, and publishers of those classic thrill-fests!

Author: Alexander Laing
Publisher: Valancourt Books
ISBN: 1943910537
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Strange mysteries abound in a small Maine town. Why did the brilliant, but cruel, Dr. Gideon Wyck perform an unnecessary amputation on one of his patients? Why does that patient now insist that black devils are trying to steal his soul? What is behind the series of monster babies being born to apparently normal, healthy women? And when Wyck is found dead under peculiar and inexplicable circumstances, who is responsible--and why? ​ The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck, Alexander Laing's odd hybrid of horror, crime and science fiction, was an unlikely bestseller and critical success when first published in 1934, and it was later selected by Karl Edward Wagner as one of the top horror novels of all time. This new edition reprints the unabridged text of the first edition along with a reproduction of its dust jacket art and frontispiece by Lynd Ward.

Author: Paul Ernst
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781690510345
Category : FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names'the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines'weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a collection of stories from the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, all written by Paul Ernst, reissued for today's readers in electronic format.

Author: Maurice Level
Publisher: Blackmask.com
ISBN: 9781596544833
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Author: P. F. McGrail
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781723938917
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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It's hotter if we don't use a safe word. Horror stories make your heart pound. Erotica stories make your blood race. Now put them together and what do you get? 50 SHADES OF PURPLE is a collection of 57 short stories that cross the line to create the most suspenseful, exciting situations imaginable. Innocent beginnings have salacious twists, and the supernatural monsters are just as likely to seduce you as they are to rip you limb from limb. The constant surprises will keep you on the edge of your seat, devouring your attention as you satisfy your need to unravel each unique mystery. Praise for 50 Shades of Purple "The most incredible horror anthology I've ever read. This is a truly mesmerizing work. The author promises in the foreword that the shifts in tone will be jarring but never dull, and delivers on that immediately with stunning effectiveness." ★★★★★ Review "The author has a fantastic way with words. Each story is funny, scary, sick, twisted, hopeful, horrific or all of above, all at once. If you love horror, this is one I highly recommend." ★★★★★ Review "I loved this book! Not only were the stories well written, it was like a mystery grab bag, where one never knows what will be pulled out next!" ★★★★★ Review Special edition with full page illustrations. The explicit sex and violence in these stories won't hide anything from you, especially when accompanied by original illustrations. This combines with the immersive, realistic writing style to bring even the most incredible situations into vivid detail. About Haunted House Publishing We're passionate about publishing horror stories for adults, scary books for teens, and all sorts of dark fiction. We've got new horror kindle books every month, specializing in supernatural stories, supernatural book collections, and paranormal books for adults. We've got zombie books, demonic horror, ghosts and specters, angels and demons, gothic novels, and haunted houses and ghosts novels. We promise some of the top horror books 2018.

Author: Robert E. Weinberg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horror films
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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The most renowned writers, illustrators, publishers, actors, and filmmakers are drawn together in this exquisite portrayal of horror. Every media from comics, paperbacks, hardcovers, and movies is represented in full color.

Author: Arthur Machen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781636372631
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Most essential Machen work is from the 1890s, but The Terror is one of his most developed horror tales from his later career. This often waffling novella is meandering and less focused than his dark folk masterpieces The Hill of Dreams, The Great God Pan, Novel of the Black Seal and The White People, but also gleefully manic and quite inspired in parts, developing an atmosphere of magical mystery and dread around the countryside and featuring moments of terror, particularly the harrowing final siege diary, which is worthy of Machen at his best as a horror writer. (Jim Smith)