Author: Bill Pronzini
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
A collection of forty-two of the best stories of the mystery and suspense genre.
The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense
Author: Bill Pronzini
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
A collection of forty-two of the best stories of the mystery and suspense genre.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
A collection of forty-two of the best stories of the mystery and suspense genre.
The Arbor House Necropolis
Author: Bill Pronzini
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780877953388
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 727
Book Description
Gathers stories about voodoo, Egyptian mummies, ghouls, and the dead by Robert Louis Stevenson, Morris West, Barry N. Malzberg, Stephen King and others
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780877953388
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 727
Book Description
Gathers stories about voodoo, Egyptian mummies, ghouls, and the dead by Robert Louis Stevenson, Morris West, Barry N. Malzberg, Stephen King and others
Icons of Horror and the Supernatural
Author: S. T. Joshi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031308100X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 819
Book Description
Horror and the supernatural have fascinated people for centuries, and many of the most central figures appear over and over again. These figures have gained iconic status and continue to hold sway over popular culture and the modern imagination. This book offers extended entries on 24 of the most enduring and significant figures of horror and the supernatural, including The Sea Creature, The Witch, The Alien, The Vampire, The Werewolf, The Sorcerer, The Ghost, The Siren, The Mummy, The Devil, and The Zombie. Each entry is written by a leading authority on the subject and discusses the topic's essential features and lasting influence, from the classical epics of Homer to the novels of Stephen King. Entries cite sources for further reading, and the Encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography. Entries include illustrations, sidebars of interesting information, and excerpts from key texts. Horror and the supernatural have fascinated people for centuries, with many of the most central figures appearing over and over again across time and cultures. These figures have starred in the world's most widely read literary works, most popular films, and most captivating television series. Because of their popularity and influence, they have attained iconic status and a special place in the popular imagination. This book overviews 24 of the most significant icons of horror and the supernatural.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031308100X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 819
Book Description
Horror and the supernatural have fascinated people for centuries, and many of the most central figures appear over and over again. These figures have gained iconic status and continue to hold sway over popular culture and the modern imagination. This book offers extended entries on 24 of the most enduring and significant figures of horror and the supernatural, including The Sea Creature, The Witch, The Alien, The Vampire, The Werewolf, The Sorcerer, The Ghost, The Siren, The Mummy, The Devil, and The Zombie. Each entry is written by a leading authority on the subject and discusses the topic's essential features and lasting influence, from the classical epics of Homer to the novels of Stephen King. Entries cite sources for further reading, and the Encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography. Entries include illustrations, sidebars of interesting information, and excerpts from key texts. Horror and the supernatural have fascinated people for centuries, with many of the most central figures appearing over and over again across time and cultures. These figures have starred in the world's most widely read literary works, most popular films, and most captivating television series. Because of their popularity and influence, they have attained iconic status and a special place in the popular imagination. This book overviews 24 of the most significant icons of horror and the supernatural.
Lost in the Rentharpian Hills
Author: R. Dixon Smith
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879722876
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
R. Dixon Smith has captured the enchanting story of the well known pulp writer Carl Jacobi. Jacobi wrote many fantasy and weird tales, while leading a somewhat bizarre yet magical life.
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879722876
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
R. Dixon Smith has captured the enchanting story of the well known pulp writer Carl Jacobi. Jacobi wrote many fantasy and weird tales, while leading a somewhat bizarre yet magical life.
A Checklist of Some New Science Fiction Writers
Author: C. P. Stephens
Publisher: Ultramarine Publishing
ISBN: 9780893662714
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher: Ultramarine Publishing
ISBN: 9780893662714
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Mammoth Book of Zombies
Author: Stephen Jones
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472106695
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
The zombie - a soulless corpse raised from the grave to do its master's bidding - may have had its factual basis in the voodoo ceremonies of the West Indies, but it is in fiction, movies, video games and comics that the walking dead have flourished. What makes a zombie? This Twentieth Anniversary Edition of one of the first and most influential zombie anthologies answers that question with 26 tales of rot and resurrection from classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, M. R. James and J. Sheridan Le Fanu, along with modern masters of the macabre Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, Hugh B. Cave, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Lumley, Graham Masterton, Kim Newman, Michael Marshall Smith, Lisa Tuttle, Karl Edward Wagner and many more. From Caribbean rituals to ancient magic, mesmerism to modern science, these terrifying tales depict a wide range of nefarious methods and questionable reasons for bringing the dead back to life again.
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472106695
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
The zombie - a soulless corpse raised from the grave to do its master's bidding - may have had its factual basis in the voodoo ceremonies of the West Indies, but it is in fiction, movies, video games and comics that the walking dead have flourished. What makes a zombie? This Twentieth Anniversary Edition of one of the first and most influential zombie anthologies answers that question with 26 tales of rot and resurrection from classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, M. R. James and J. Sheridan Le Fanu, along with modern masters of the macabre Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, Hugh B. Cave, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Lumley, Graham Masterton, Kim Newman, Michael Marshall Smith, Lisa Tuttle, Karl Edward Wagner and many more. From Caribbean rituals to ancient magic, mesmerism to modern science, these terrifying tales depict a wide range of nefarious methods and questionable reasons for bringing the dead back to life again.
A Checklist of Joe Lansdale
Author:
Publisher: Ultramarine Publishing
ISBN: 9780893662622
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher: Ultramarine Publishing
ISBN: 9780893662622
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Zombies!
Author: Stephen Jones
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626364400
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
From master editor of horror anthologies Stephen Jones comes this collection of twenty-six stories to make your skin crawl. Within this terrifying tome, you’ll discover classic tales of the macabre, memorable yarns culled from the pages of pulp magazines, original stories by some of the greatest minds in horror, and two novellas not published anywhere else. Living corpses intervene in a production of Twelfth Night. An undead suitor pursues his beloved. Desperate mortals fight to survive a night of the undead. It’s all inside. And it’s coming for you. Zombie tales by: Clive Barker Robert Bloch Ramsey Campbell H. P. Lovecraft Joe R. Lansdale J. Sheridan Le Fanu Edgar Allan Poe And many more Fans of The Walking Dead and World War Z, brace yourselves. These phenomenal stories from horror masters will get inside your head and leave you wanting more.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626364400
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
From master editor of horror anthologies Stephen Jones comes this collection of twenty-six stories to make your skin crawl. Within this terrifying tome, you’ll discover classic tales of the macabre, memorable yarns culled from the pages of pulp magazines, original stories by some of the greatest minds in horror, and two novellas not published anywhere else. Living corpses intervene in a production of Twelfth Night. An undead suitor pursues his beloved. Desperate mortals fight to survive a night of the undead. It’s all inside. And it’s coming for you. Zombie tales by: Clive Barker Robert Bloch Ramsey Campbell H. P. Lovecraft Joe R. Lansdale J. Sheridan Le Fanu Edgar Allan Poe And many more Fans of The Walking Dead and World War Z, brace yourselves. These phenomenal stories from horror masters will get inside your head and leave you wanting more.
The Many Facets of Stephen King
Author: Michael R. Collings
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0930261143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A study of King's fiction, including a chapter on criticism and a chronology of King's works.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0930261143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A study of King's fiction, including a chapter on criticism and a chronology of King's works.
Great Tales of the West
Author: Bill Pronzini
Publisher: BBS Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9780883657027
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Publisher: BBS Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9780883657027
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description