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Book X of The Vampire Chronicles. Lestat is back with a vengeance and in thrall to Rowan Mayfair. Both demon and angel, he is drawn to kill but tempted by goodness as he moves among the cast of characters: Julien Mayfair, his tormentor; Rowan, witch and neurosurgeon, who attracts spirits to herself, casts spells on others and finds herself dangerously drawn to Lestat; Patsy, country and western singer, who was killed by Quinn Blackwood and dumped in a swamp; Ash Templeton, a 5,000 year old Taltos whose genes live on in the Mayfairs. Now, Lestat fights to save Patsy's ghost from the dark realms of the Earthbound, to uncover the mystery of the Taltos and to decide the fate of Rowan Mayfair. Both of Anne Rice's irresistible realms - the worlds of Blackwood Farm and the Mayfair Witches - collide as Lestat struggles between his lust for blood and the quest for life, between gratification and redemption. -
Dark Terrors, Volume 1 features: More Tomorrow, Michael Marshall Smith; The Puppets, Ramsey Campbell; Sampled, Steve Rasnic Tem; The Hungry Moon, Graham Masterton; Love Eats, Lisa Morton; Uzzi, Brian Lumley; Splatter of Black, Charles A. Gramlich; The Laundry Imp, Christopher Fowler; Food For Thought, Mandy Slater; Screens, Terry Lamsley; All My Friends Are Here, Charles Wagner; Eternity Limited, Mark Morris; The Lagoon, Nicholas Royle; At The Crossroads, Burying the Dog, Jeff VanderMeer; The Travelling Salesman's Christmas Special, C. Bruce Hunter; A Feast At Grief's Table, Roberta Lannes; Bleed, Richard Christian Matheson; Where The Bodies Are Buried 3: Black and White and Red All Over, Kim Newman; I've Come To Talk With You Again, Karl Edward Wagner; Fee, Peter Straub. Cover art by Bob Eggleton. -
Graham Harris is a gifted clairvoyant and during a late night television interviews, he 'sees' a murder being committed. He knows that the killer is the man police have named The Butcher - the brutal slayer of nine young women. Learning of the psychic 'identification', the Butcher now stalks the 'witness', trapping Harris and his girlfriend, in the dead of night, in a forty two storey business building, hunting them relentlessly from floor to floor....Cover art by Graham Potts. -
American ghosts and hauntings abound in this collection of blood-red, bone-white, and cold-blue stories. In this volume: The Triumph Of Night, Edith Wharton: A secretary is maneuvered into spending the night with a young man suffering from tuberculosis and his wealthy uncle and becomes the unwitting tool of a malevolent apparition. The White Old Maid, Nathaniel Hawthorne: The corpse of a handsome young man; and two young women, one proud and stately whom the young man had rejected, the other frail and soft, his chosen bride...what would these women become in later years? Victoria (also published as The Three D's), Ogden Nash: Victoria wants to be popular at her school, and she must pass an initiation - visit the grave of Eliza Catspaugh, a famous Salem witch - and bring back proof...The Terrible Old Man, H.P. Lovecraft: A man so old none can remember when he was young, and so taciturn few know his name. He lives alone, is reputedly wealthy - and that is enough to attract three careless thieves... The Problem Of The Pilgrims Windmill, Edward D. Hoch: A man is murderously attacked inside a windmill - but his testimony together with snow unblemished by footprints say otherwise...The Romance Of Certain Old Clothes, Henry James: When sisters Perdita and Rosalind fall for the same handsome young man, there can't be a happy ending...Bones, Donald A. Wollheim: A specially selected group are invited to attend the unwrapping of a mummy - with the possibility of some impossible events. The Vacant Lot, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: A newly rich family find a house for sale in a very fashionable neighborhood - at an suspiciously bargain price...A Curious Dream, Mark Twain: The telling of a dream in which skeletons are walking down their road, with their few pitiful possessions...why are the dead leaving? The Man Who Collected Poe, Robert Bloch: Two collectors of Poe memorabilia fight over the ultimate Poe collectible...Guests From Gibbet Island, Washington Irving: In the British colonial days, Gibbet Island was where pirates were hanged - except two who escaped custody - but can they escape their bloodthirsty, dead crewmates? Our Late Visitor, Marvin Kaye: A writer seeking necessary solitude and his wife are very annoyed when their friend comes to visit after midnight - especially as he is meant to be dead. The Girl With The Beckoning Eyes: A family wonders why their son has become so solitary and secretive. The Ghost Of Washington, Anonymous: A young man on a cycling tour explores a deserted house and finds it’s not quite deserted. The Headless Horseman of Paoli, Darrell Schweitzer: A motorist encounters a headless horseman – or is it a body-less head? Artemisia’s Mirror, Bertha Runkle: A beautiful family heirloom proves to be the key in unlocking a decades-old secret. Unto The Fourth Generation, Isaac Asimov: An anxious young executive on his way to a business meeting keeps finding variations of the same name, over and over again. The Spook House, Ambrose Bierce: In 1858 an entire family of seven disappears suddenly and unaccountably from a plantation house , leaving behind everything they own. The Shot-Tower Ghost, Mary Elizabeth Counselman: The younger family members can’t resist making fun of Uncle Robert and his ‘ghost story’. A Tale Of The Ragged Mountains, Edgar Allan Poe: A man on a mountain hike westward and southward of Charlottesville stumbles onto an Eastern town straight out of the Arabian Nights and finds himself in the midst of a ferocious battle. Come To The Party, Frances Garfield: A tale of a wild – and deadly – party. Nobody Ever Goes There, Manly Wade Wellman: Silver John is keeping the peace in a little mountain village divided by a river, on one side of which there are things which don’t want to be bothered. Ghost of Buckstown Inn, Arnold M. Anderson: A travelling salesman decides to spend the night in the Buckstown Inn's 'supposedly' haunted bedroom. The Stuffed Alligator, L. Frank Baum: A young alligator ignores his mother’s warnings and crosses the river to the village of Men. The House Of The Nightmare, Edward Lucas White: A motorist stranded after a car accident encounters an unusual young lad who invites him to stay the night. The Elemental: A man’s thoughts and beliefs become reality. We Are The Dead, Henry Kuttner: A brief tale of a weird experience in Arlington Cemetery. The Destruction Of Smith, Algernon Blackwood: An oil tycoon is haunted by the spectral presence of the town he built burning to the ground. The Return Of The Moresbys: A man murders his wife…then becomes convinced she has been reincarnated as a cat which is determined to get vengeance. The Rider On The Pale Horse (Also published as Mr Death And The Red-Headed Woman) : Maude’s lover is shot dead over a hand of cards – but she isn’t going to let Mr Death take him. The Glove, Fritz Leiber: A creepy clue is found after a murder in an apartment house tenanted by eccentrics. Kaena Point, C.H. Sherman: Most people go to Hawaii for a holiday, or for the scenery – not to find a portal to the afterlife. Atrocities, Jessica Amanda Salmonson: When one can see the dead – and another finds he can suddenly see the dead - and there is confusion as to what is reality and whos is dreaming - there’s going to be a sticky end. Gibbler’s Ghost, William F Nolan: A famous actor tries to lose his virginity – but his would-be lady loves keep being frightened off by the sight of a knight in armor on a horse. They Bite, Anthony Boucher: A greedy thief, in an abandoned desert town, encounters something not quite human…not quite alive…and definitely not quite dead…Miracle At Chimayo, Carole Buggè: A man needs a miracle – but who is answering his prayer? Slaughter House, Richard Matheson: Can a dead woman really come between two brothers? The Dead Remember, Robert E. Howard: A tale of almost perfect revenge in the wild West of the 1870s. The Night The Ghost Got In, James Thurber: Young James Thurber hears footsteps walking around the dining table at 1.15 a.m. - and his mother is NOT amused when he wakes the household. Dumb Supper, Henderson Starke: Rosalind wonders if she really should serve a dumb supper in order to see her future husband. The Fear That Walks By Noonday, Willa Cather: After a football player is fatally injured during a game, the next game his team plays is overshadowed by coldness…and inexplicable events. The Chadwick Pit, Carol Jacobi: (also published as The Pit) When Chadwick uses stones from a pit as foundations for a summer house, he begins to have terrible nightmares. The Return Of Andrew Bentley, August W. Derleth and Mark Schorer: Uncle Amos is fearful that after his death, his body will be inhabited by spirit of the evil Andrew Bentley. Away, Barry N. Malzberg: A ghost from Iowa lives on to tell the tale of early settlement. The Strange Guests, Anonymous: The wife of a Chippewa hunter finds she and her husband entertaining hungry dinner guests each night for a year. Another Chance For Casey, Larry Siegel : Casey is determined to get into Baseball Heaven – but how can he do what he needs to do, when’s he’s dead? Cover art by Edward Gorey. -
In this collection of ghostly chillers...The Haunted Haven, A.E. Ellis: A summer tourist learns why the fishermen of Ticklas Haven do not use the southern cove, although it appears more sheltered and suitable in every way for use as a harbour...The Red Lodge, H.R. Wakefield: A family rents a summer house by a river and find that it is already inhabited by something that leaves patches of green slime on the floor...Meeting Mr. Millar, Robert Aickman: A London writer is almost forced to give up his attic apartment when a noisy firm of chartered accountants moves onto one of the lower floors. The noises at night are especially disturbing...Midnight Express, Alfred Noyes: An illustration in a battered old book is so disturbing that a young lad pins two pages together to avoid the sight of '...an empty railway platform - at night - lit by a single dreary lamp...' But years later, he finds himself on that platform at night - but not alone...The Gorgon's Head, Gertrude Bacon: A ship's captain tells the story of a Greek island he once visited, where he found a valley filled with tall, black stones. The Tree, Joyce Marsh: An Indian woman wishes her dying husband could gain the strength and life of an old oak outside her bedroom window. Her husband regains his health and the oak dies...but what is the cost? The Haunted and the Haunters, Lord Lytton: A man, his servant and his dog attempt to spend the night in a haunted house. Bezhin Lea, Ivan Sergeivitch Turgenev: A grouse hunter gets lost on the steppes and is drawn to the camp fire of a group of horse drovers, who have some very strange tales to tell. The Last Séance, Agatha Christie: A man persuades his mediumistic fiancée to perform just one more séance for a woman who has lost her only child...with a disastrous end. N.B. This is the last collection by Robert Aickman. -
Shadowfires: Dean Koontz
$7.00Rachael Leben's violently possessive ex-husband, Eric. hideously mangled in a freak accident, is dead. And his body has vanished from the morgue. Now someone, or something, is watching Rachael. Calling her. Stalking her. And though no-one will believe her, she knows who it is; that his walking corpse is a grotesque mockery of life, and his brilliant warped mind, once again 'alive' is seething with jealous rage, seeking an unspeakable revenge. There's nowhere left to run... Cover art by Graham Potts -
Rose Madder: Stephen King
$15.00Rosie Daniels, trapped in a fourteen year nightmare marriage is suddenly roused by a single drop of blood and she realises that her husband Norman is going to kill her. Or maybe - worse still - he won't. And she takes flight – with his credit card. Alone in a strange city, Rosie begins to build a new life: she meets Bill Steiner and she finds an old junk shop painting, "Rose Madder," which is perfect for her new apartment and strangely, the painting seems to want her as much as she wants it. But it’s hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder. Rose-maddened and on the rampage, Norman is a corrupt cop with a dog’s instinct for tracking people. And he’s getting close. Rosie can feel just how close he is getting… Cover art by Bob Warner. -
On a September afternoon, Rick and Angelina return from three months in Africa to their Brooklyn apartment. Their marriage has gone stale - a tired, doldrums affair. But it's about to be shaken by incredible violence...for as Angelina wearily watches a video, she is overcome by gruesome visions on the screen - visions of ritualistic murder and voodoo resurrections which stir unwanted memories of her Haitian roots. Then the visions become reality... -
Monster: Frank Peretti
$9.00Reed Shelton organized this survival weekend. Hired the best guide in the region. Meticulously trained, studied, and packed while encouraging his wife, Beck, to do the same. But little did they know that surviving the elements would become the least of their worries. During their first night of camping, an unearthly wail pierces the calm of the forest. Then someone - no, something - emerges from the dense woods and begins pursuing them. Everything that follows is a blur to Reed - except for the unforgettable image of a huge creature carrying his wife into the darkness. Dependent on the efforts of a small town and a band of friends, Reed knows they have little time to find Beck. Even more important, he soon realizes that they aren't the only ones doing the hunting. Something much faster, more relentless - and definitely not human - has begun to hunt them... -
Isolated on the moors of northern England, the town of Moonwell has remained faithful to their Druid traditions and kept their old rituals alive. Right-wing evangelist Godwin Mann isn’t about to let that continue, and his intolerant brand of fundamentalism has struck a chord with the residents. But Mann goes too far when he descends into the pit where the ancient being worshipped by the Druids for centuries is said to dwell - and what emerges is no longer Mann...and only the town's outcasts can see it for what it truly is... -
Eleven spine chillers and thrillers: In this volume: The Lady's Maid's Bell: Alice, after recovering from an illness finds work with kindly Mrs Brympton, a semi-invalid. It seems to be a good job - but there is a vampirish energy about the house, and the cold, harsh, often-absent Mr Brympton seems to make it worse... The Eyes: A group of friends gather to exchange tales of the supernatural; Edwin's story is of his personal experience of a monstrous pair of floating eyes, that visit him repeatedly in the dead of night. Afterward: An American couple seek to make their home in England - somewhere suitably rustic, and preferably with a ghost...Kerfol is the name of a ruined castle which a wealthy bachelor may yet buy - but a mysterious encounter prompts his research into its history. Bewitched: A young, in-love couple are separated by her stern father. Years after her death, she returns to her first love....Mr. Jones: A woman inherits a long-abandoned estate, untenanted but for a few servants - and Mr Jones, the caretaker... Pomegranate Seed: Charlotte, Kenneth's second wife, tries to contend with the pall his late first wife Elsie continues to cast over their marriage...The Looking Glass: A tale of a shallow, society womans self-obsession with her beauty...the mirror cannot lie...or can it?All Souls: A woman who lives in a remote house with only her servants breaks her ankle - a nuisance! But then follow the most terrifying and mysterious 36 hours of her life... Cover art by Laura Duffy. Illustrated by Lazlo Kubinyi. -
Santaroga seemed to be nothing more than a prosperous farm community. But there was something - different - about Santaroga. There was no juvenile delinquency, or any crime at all. Outsiders found no house for sale or rent in this valley, and no one ever moved out. No one bought cigarettes in Santaroga. No cheese, wine, beer or produce from outside the valley could be sold there. The list went on and on and grew stranger and stranger. Maybe Santaroga was the last outpost of American individualism. Maybe they were just a bunch of religious kooks...or maybe there was something extraordinary at work in Santaroga. Something far more disturbing than anyone could imagine. Cover art by Jan Parker. -
Sacrament: Clive Barker
$7.00Will Rabjohns has everything. Handsome, revered and famous for his world-class wildlife photographs - expressions of the beauty and tragedy of nature at its most raw. But Will is a haunted man, driven to risk his life in pursuit of his art, which leads him to a near-fatal encounter with a polar bear. But Fate hasn't finished with him - while in a coma he remembers and relives a seminal event in his childhood; an encounter with ancient, terrible forces which revealed to him the mystery at the heart of nature. He also relives his bitter-sweet adolescence; the early death of his brother, mythical English summers, the friends he loved and lost...When he awakens he knows he must return to his native Yorkshire home to begin the process of healing his soul and confront the dark kernel at the heart of his childhood - but first he must rekindle the devotion and faith of that childhood; he is about to engage in a war not only for his soul but for the soul of the planet and every animal that breathes upon it. Cover art by Bob Warner. -
Book II of Twilight. For Bella, there is one thing more important than life itself - Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than she thought. He has already rescued her from the clutches of one evil vampire but now their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realise their troubles may be just beginning. Cover photo by John Grant. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/breaking-dawn-stephenie-meyer/ https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/midnight-sun-stephenie-meyer/ -
Spectre: Stephen Laws
$20.00–$25.00They'd called themselves the Byker Chapter - inseparable, six boys and a girl who'd grown up together on the back streets of Newcastle. Now the terraces are long gone but Richard Eden has his memories - and one special photograph. All that is left of their joy - and betrayal. Suddenly, the images begin to fade, one by one, as if his friends had never existed. Something is stalking the Chapter - closing in and killing them hideously. With each death, another image fades from the photograph. A spectre from the past, a horror they have released is out there on the darkened streets, hunting them down...They can run, but this time, there's nowhere they can hide... -
Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell but it's not the one the police expect to hear. Suspected of murdering Vera Donovan, the widow for whom she worked as a housekeeper and companion, Dolores admits the two women didn't always get on. Seemingly neglected by her children and full of bitterness despite her wealth, Vera Donovan hovered on the brink of madness for years. And when her demons became too strong, Dolores was there to take the punishment - and maybe, one day, Dolores had had enough. But Dolores Claibornes's story is different...darker...stranger - and a lot more horrifying. This is the Book Club Associates edition, dated 1992, the true first edition of this book, predating the 1993 'first' edition. Refer: https://www.stephenkingcollector.com/identifyingUK1st.html -
Book V of The Vampire Chronicles. Lestat is searching for Dora, the beautiful and charismatic mortal daughter of a drug lord. Dora has moved Lestat like no other mortal ever has, and he cannot get her out of his visions. At the same time, he is increasingly aware that the Devil knows who he is and wants something from him. While torn betwen his vampire world and his passion for Dora, Lestat is sucked in by Memnoch, who claims to be the Devil himself. Memnoch presents Lestat with unimagined opportunities: to witness creation, to visit purgatory, to be treated like a prophet. Lestat faces a choice between the Devil or God. Whom does he believe in? Who does he serve? What are the element of religious belief? Lestat finds himself caught in a whirlpool of the ultimate choice. -
Wentworth, Ohio: a small, idyllic friendly little town, where the Carver children bicker over sweets and Johnny Marinville is about the only resident who minds his own business. And on Poplar Street, it's a normal summer's day, with lawnmowers humming, Little League bats tinking, Frisbees flying and barbecues being readied. But young Cary Ripton, on his paper round notices something weird about the way Audrey Wyler is standing inside her glass door - and he's always thought there was something creepy about her nephew, Poplar Street's best kept secret. What Cary doesn't notice is the chrome-red van idling up the hill...soon it will begin to roll, the killing will begin and the Regulators will arrive in force. And by night-fall on the block, the surviving residents will find themselves in a wasteland of devastation and despair...Cover art by Chris Moore. -
The Unloved: John Saul
$6.00On a beautiful tranquil island off the South Carolina coast, Margaret Devereaux, fifty and childless, has abandoned her dreams in order to care for her aged, demanding mother. This was the house Kevin Devereaux had not set foot in for twenty years but he and his wife and children have come, summoned to visit Mother, whom they hate and fear. Then Mother, suddenly and horribly, dies inside the locked nursery. All the secrets of the past will emerge to shed their evil. Cover art by Lisa Falkenstern. -
The sequel to Gad's Hall. No one at Gad's Hall could admit what they knew about the room in the attic. The locked room that held the Thorley family's most shameful secret. The terrifying room that had once been the living tomb of a beautiful young woman possessed by the darkest evil. Years had passed but the relentless diabolic force abided - waiting until it could once again possess an innocent and inflict its horror upon the living. It was a force countless centuries old. It was simply a matter of time before it would strike again. And when the Spender family moved into Gad's Hall, that time had come... -
Meg Finn is in big trouble. Unearthly trouble. A botched attempt to rob a pensioner's flat ends with a fatal gas explosion and puts Meg in a very sticky situation. Her soul is up for grabs as Heaven and Hell try every sneaky trick imaginable to claim it. Her only chance is helping a lonely old man to complete the tasks on his wish list. But even if she grabs this chance, will she have enough points to face up to St. Peter? Cover art by Keijiro Komine. -
In the remote West Country the farms around a small town are suddenly haunted by ghostly presences - and not all in human form. But when a ghost hunter is called in to deal with the hauntings, a greater terror is unleashed. Below the dark woods, the deserted tunnels of an ancient mine have become the focus of primeval supernatural forces - summoned by Arachne and growing in strength... -
A load of chillers from masters modern and venerated. This volume contains: The Peace of Mowsle Barton, 'Saki'; The Fenstanton Witch, M.R. James; Unburied Bane, N. Dennett; The Toad Witch, Jessica Amanda Salmonson; Carven of Onyx, Ron Weighell; Furze Hollow, A.M. Burrage; Miss Cornelius, W.F. Harvey; One Remained Behind, Marjorie Bowen; Catnip, Robert Bloch; The Yew Tree, Shamus Frazer; Gramma, Stephen King; The Hollow of the Three Hills, Nathaniel Hawthorne; The Taking, Roger Johnson; The Day of the Underdog, Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes; The Executor, David. G. Rowlands; Gavon's Eve, E.F. Benson; The Witch's Cat, Manly Wade Wellman. Cover art by Victoria Orr-Ewing.
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The sleepy, eastern Washington wheat town of Antioch has become a gateway for the supernatural—from sightings of angels and a weeping crucifix to a self-proclaimed prophet with an astounding message. The national media and the curious all flock to the little town - a great boon for local business but not for Travis Jordan. The burned-out former pastor has been trying to hide his past in Antioch. Now the whole world is headed to his backyard to find the Messiah, and in the process, every spiritual assumption he has ever held will be challenged. The startling secret behind this visitation ultimately pushes one man into a supernatural confrontation that has eternal consequences. Cover art by Kamil Vojnar. -
Can a ghost haunt a ghost? Can the dead reach out and touch the living? Can ancient evil be made manifest? These are the questions that confront psychic investigator David Ash when he delves into the mysterious events terrorising the community of Sleath, a small, quaint village hidden away in the Chiltern Hills. In Sleath he will fear for his own sanity, as each dark secret is unveiled and terrible, malign forces are unleashed. For the full horror will be beyond imagination. Sleath. Where the dead will walk the street... -
Gregory Sallust Adventure No. IV. Set against the background of the seventy days from Hitler's invasion of Norway in April to the surrender of the French in June, Gregory Sallust once more plays his part in adventure after adventure in Scandinavia, the Low Countries and right through France; his adversary on this occasion being the Black Baroness, the French associate of his old enemy Herr Gruppenfuhrer Grauber.
