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A disturbed presence may be sometimes sensed in the gracious Georgian Lamb House or its grounds. Author and diarist E.F. Benson actually saw the ghost. Henry James, novelist, felt it - not long after he moved in, he wrote The Turn Of The Screw. This is a story of what may have happened to cause the haunting; the first part being the imagined life of Toby Lamb, whose father built the house that stands at the top of Mermaid Street, Rye - an 18th century tragedy whose griefs and frustrations will reach far into the future. This is followed by what may have easily occurred during the occupancies of two famous literary tenants; Henry James, all hints and shades - and E.F. Benson, visited by a more robust and swinging spectre. The restless ghost pleads for a service to be performed - but what? Who was the dark stranger that E.F. Benson encountered in the gardens? And what agency set the fire that nearly destroyed Henry James' study? -
Classic Tales of the Macabre and Fantastic...In this volume of 13 o'clock tales: The Black Cat, Edgar Allan Poe: The moral - always be kind to cats. Always...The Old Nurse's Story, Elizabeth Gaskell: Who is the ghostly child who tries to lure a live little girl out into the snow to play? The Boarded Window, Ambrose Bierce: After the elderly Murlock dies in his Ohio cabin, the reason for the boarded-over window is revealed... The Open Window, 'Saki' (H.H. Munro): Framton Nuttel is new in town but provided with letters of introduction, calls on a lady who - apparently - keeps her window open so that her husband and his brothers, lost in a hunting accident, may return...The Door In The Wall, H.G. Wells: A lonely, love-starved little boy finds a door that leads to a children's paradise, yet he is not certain if it is a dream or real; until later, as a grown man, the door reappears to him... Was It A Dream? Guy de Maupassant: A man, crazed with grief at the death of his lover, sits at her graveside, until the stroke of midnight reveals to him the most awful secrets of the dead. The Monkey's Paw, W.W. Jacobs: It'll grant you three wishes - exactly what you wish for...The Haunted Station, Hume Nisbet (Australia): An escaped convict, lost in the bush, finds what he believes is a deserted house - but it's not quite deserted...The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar, Edgar Allan Poe: Valdemar consents to a horrific experiment - to be put in a state of suspended animation at the moment of his death. The Thing On Outer Shoal, P. Schuyler Miller : A strange fantasy of the sea, a realm as mysterious today as the furthest deeps of space...The Distortion Out Of Space, Francis Flagg: A meteor falling in a remote area of Arizona opens a doorway into another dimension. Self Portrait, Gary Crew: A corrupt cop never fulfilled his youthful dream of becoming an artist - until he became a sketch artist...Antonio's Tale, Anonymous: Gary Crew winds up his collection with a very good joke. Cover art and illustrations by Shaun Tan. -
Book II of Creed. Becoming a vampire was easier than Ardeth had ever dreamed … Living as a vampire was more complicated than she had ever expected … Understanding what it means to be a vampire would prove harder than she had ever imagined … She surrendered her mortal life in a night of despair and desire, initiated by five-hundred-year-old vampire Dimitri Rozokov. Fleeing Toronto, Ardeth and Rozokov settle in the tourist town of Banff, Alberta. While she tests her new strength by mountain-climbing, Rozokov returns to astronomy, the science of his youth. Together they hunt the dark reaches of the park, preying on the animals they find there, upholding an unspoken agreement not to taste human blood. Yet all their activity cannot disguise their restlessness and soon their fragile happiness is shattered by bitter conflict and inevitable betrayal. Ardeth returns to Toronto - but what Ardeth and Rozokov do not know is that they are being hunted... -
Some chillers, some thrillers, a few revenges and even a moral or two in this selection from the Master of Horror: Dolan's Cadillac: A staid schoolteacher swears to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of a big crime boss; The End of the Whole Mess: A rare mineral found in a town's water supply makes the population there gentle and non-violent...so what if that could be spread to the world...? Suffer the Little Children: Miss Sidley, an experienced teacher suspects one of her students, Robert, is not quite human...and he might not be the only one... The Night Flier: A reporter follows a hunch that a serial killer may be travelling from victim to victim in a light plane. Popsy: A gambling addict, in debt and fearful for his life, snatches a little boy to sell...but he hasn't bargained on the little lad's Popsy... It Grows on You: An infamous house in Castle Rock takes on a life of its own. Chattery Teeth: The joke teeth sat there on the shop counter on their comic oversize shoes and even though they no longer worked, Hogan knew his son would love them - but the funny little teeth still had a trick or two...Dedication: A coloured maid working in a hotel takes an unusual route to fall pregnant. The Moving Finger: A disembodied finger seems to have moved into a bathroom pipe - but only one man can see it. Sneakers: There are plenty of haunted houses - but a haunted mens' bathroom? You Know They've Got Hell of A Band: A quarrelsome husband and wife get lost on a road trip, and find themselves in the quaint little town of Rock and Roll Heaven. Home Delivery: On a small island off the coast of Maine, a small community prepares to defend themselves from an attack of reanimated corpses. Rainy Season: A young couple, new in town, believe the locals are playing a joke on them about the dangerous 'rainy season...' My Pretty Pony: An elderly man gives his young grandson a pocket watch and warns him against the dangers of letting time slip away. Sorry, Right Number: A woman gets a mysterious call late in the night and she is sure it isn't a wrong number. The Ten O'Clock People: Nicotine withdrawal can be scary - very scary... Crouch End: A couple become lost in London streets - and one is lost for ever... The House On Maple Street: The Bradbury children don't like their step-father very much - so should they tell him when the find their house is gradually turning into something else entirely? The Fifth Quarter: A map leading to treasure from a heist is divided into pieces - who will get them all? The Doctor's Case: A Holmes and Watson case - solved by Doctor Watson. Umney's Last Case - Umney, the ultimate 30s private eye lives in the ultimate 30s world of newsstand boys and diners - until the day his perfect world unravels, with no warning at all...Head Down; Brooklyn August. Cover art by Paul Davies. -
Blackbriar: William Sleator
$20.00When Danny moved to Blackbriar, he thought the house would be quiet and peaceful, a change from the big city. But there's something sinister about the house, something...strange. Danny begins to dream of fires and witches. Night after night he is awakened by a peal of laughter that seems to belong to a different place and time. Then Danny and his friend Lark discover an ancient doll abandoned in a corner of the house. They know it has something to do with the mysteries of Blackbriar - but they don;t realise it will lead them to a secret more awful than they can imagine and a mystery that could take their lives to solve.. -
A witnessing of an age-old murder, a trip to the Other Side, a mysterious friendship and a preview of the Life Beyond are just some of the happenings in this spine-chilling collection of thirteen short stories. In this volume: Christmas Cheer, Withershins; Sleep Well! Who Is Emma? A Mistake Has Been Made; Boy On The Beach; The Other World; Invisible; The Disco; The Disappearance Of Samantha; The Everlasting Day; The Ghost Of Harry; The Door In The Wall. -
Rose Madder: Stephen King
$22.00Rosie 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. -
Halloween Street, Steve Rasnic Tem: Laura is a strange little girl who prefers to watch the street from her window. When she wants to go trick-or treating, her parents are hopeful at this 'normal' behaviour...if only...Others, James Herbert: A P.I. searching for a missing baby follows the clues to a mysterious nursing home, where he discovers the dark secret of the Others... Growing Things, T. E. D. Klein: Herb is fascinated by the letters pages in a pile of of old home handyman magazines - especially 'Mr Fixit's' solution for a correspondent who has a strange lump growing under his bathroom floor. Unhasped, David J. Schow: Now married, Ethan looks for a hiding place for his safe key - he doesn't want his wife finding his box of bachelor-days memorabilia. He finds the ideal place - and there's already a key hanging there, a key to another box of memories...The Emperor’s Old Bones, Gemma Files: An abandoned boy and a streetwise young woman form an unlikely alliance in wartime Shanghai - which will be tested over a challenge to prepare the carp dish The Emperor's Old Bones. The Entertainment, Ramsey Campbell: A teacher searching for accommodation on a rainy night thinks he's found a suitable place to stay - even if the old lady there thinks he is the 'entertainment'... Harlequin Valentine, Neil Gaiman: It's Valentine's Day, and naughty, impish Harlequin pins his heart to the door of the girl he loves...but has he offered his heart too readily? The Stunted House, Terry Lamsley: A holidaying couple find the porch of an abandoned seafront house the ideal place to stop for lunch - at first...Just Like Eddy, Kim Newman: Edgar Allan Poe hates his middle name - he associates it with his successful father. Then as his work begins to be known, the regular misspelling of it gives him the belief that Edgar Allen Poe is a doppelganger out to destroy him...The Long Hall On The Top Floor, Caitlin R. Kiernan: Silvey is disturbed in his park bench reading and gin-nipping by a lad who wants to know if it's true that Silvey is psychic - because if he is, he's got something for Silvey to see...Lulu, Thomas Tessier: A man discovers his grandfather was friendly with writer Joseph Roth - a friendship which grew to include the mysterious Sonja. The Ballyhooly Boy, Graham Masterton: Jerry inherits a run-down, grubby house from a lady he certainly never knew - a house which, though empty, rings with screams...Welcome, Michael Marshall Smith: Paul finds a file on his PC - which was created in 1957. To add to the mystery, he finds an odd newspaper on his train trip home from work. Burden, Michael Marano: A gay man impulsively engages in unprotected sex - and finds that he can see the ghosts of friends who succumbed to the AIDS virus. Naming the Dead, Paul J. McAuley: Psychic detective Carlyle can see all the imps and beasties of doubt and anxieties that cling to us - but when he is hired to track down a killer recently released from prison, it seems something doesn't want the man to be found. Aftershock, F. Paul Wilson: A doctor is fascinated by the extraordinary claims of a patient who has been hit by lightning - and who wants to be hit again. A Fish Story, Gene Wolfe: Three friends on a fishing trip exchange ghost stories around the fire - and one has a very impressive story. Jimmy, David Case: A small sleepy town is terrorised by a violent attacker with long nails, a mask-like face with sulphuric eyes - and a rapacious passion for teenage girls. White, Tim Lebbon: A raging virus has destroyed most of the world's population and a fierce winter smothers most of the land under deep snow. If that weren't bad enough, a small group of survivors bunking in an abandoned mansion have to deal with a more immediate threat emerges from out of the wilds, an otherworldly threat that is as bloodthirsty and vicious as it is cunning and cruel. Pork Pie Hat, Peter Straub: A student secures a private interview with ailing jazz musician, Hat, hoping to sell the interview to a magazine with the hope of bringing Hat to the attention of a wider audience. But Hat passes away. The interview is published...leaving out a very interesting part of Hat's childhood. Tricks And Treats One Night on Halloween Street, Steve Rasnic Tem: A collection of Hallowe'en scenes including Ronald, a young lad who answers the door to a trick or treater who seems to be wearing a mask of Ronald's face...Cover art by Julek Heller. -
Book VI of The Vampire Chronicles. Eternally young and angelic in looks, the Vampire Armand returns to New Orleans where the Vampire Lestat sleeps. Armand tells his tale and recalls the brutality, magnificent decadence and devil worship of his past, from a half forgotten childhood in Russia to slavery in Constantinople: from Renaissance Venice where he is saved from death by the dark gift of Marius, the greatest Vampire of them all, to nineteenth century Paris, where he is the leader of the Theatre des Vampires. Now, in New Orleans, Armand is forced to make a decision - he must choose between the existence of twilight immortality and the salvation of his immortal soul.
