Horror/Occult

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  • After the death of their infant son, Hal and Rowan Graham decide to leave the mad bustle of London and move to a quiet country refuge. And the rustic village of Moorstone seems perfect. Too perfect ...? Lying beneath a hill capped by an enormous stone, Moorstone hides mysterious secrets. Why does such a small town need such a large insane asylum? Why do the village's elderly residents leave everything they own to young newcomers they barely know? And why is everyone so friendly, so handsome, and so preoccupied with Hal and Rowan's health? Before the Grahams can piece the insidious puzzle together they are plunged into a spiralling terror of ancient mysteries reborn, people who are not quite what they seem, and a village that is quaint, charming - and deadly...Cover art by Peter Thorpe.
  • de Richeleau Adventure No. X. The Duke de Richeleau and his friends had faced many dangers in Russia, Spain and Nazi Germany. Now a new and unexpected menace confronts them: the fourth, Rex Van Ryn is missing and he has made off with more than a million dollars from the Buenos Aires branch of his family bank. Behind the conventional courtesy of Argentinian society lies a conspiracy of terror and silence - and a trail that leads straight to the Devil himself...Illustrated by Virginia Smith.
  • Wrapped in noxious fog, it glided silently over the South Carolina countryside on a rampage of terror and death. Awakened by jack hammers and steam shovels, it could not be killed, for it was already dead; it could not be stopped, for it was invincible; it could not be satisfied, for its lust was boundless. It was ultimate terror that lurked within the blood mist.
  • A feast of horror. Volume 1: The Book of Blood; The Midnight Meat Train: a grisly subway tale that surprises  with one twist after another; The Yattering and Jack: A hilarious demon possesses a Christmas turkey; Pig Blood Blues; Sex, Death and Starshine; In the Hills, The Cities. Volume 2: Dread: a harrowing tale of being forced to realise one's own worst nightmare; Hell's Event; Jacqualine Ess: Her Will and Testament: She can kill men with her mind; the Skins of the Fathers; New Murders in the Rue  Morgue. Volume 3: Son of Celluloid; Rawhead Rex; Confessions of a (Porongrapher's) Shroud; Scape-Goats; Human Remains.
  • In a child's bedroom in a suburban Philadelphia home, Edward Benson is listening for footsteps on the stairs. The footfall Edward is waiting for will not be human. It could be someone's pet cat, or a stuffed teddy bear, or a smiling marionette doll. But whatever it is that comes creeping up the stairs will have two qualities: it will be animated by a terrifying, diabolical force, and it will have only one intention - murder. If Edward Benson wants his daughter back, he will have to fight a battle no human has ever fought before. And he must win, for only the victor will return with his life - and his soul from the realms of dark, unspeakable evil.
  • Following the critically acclaimed Australian Gothic: An Anthology of Australian Supernatural Fiction James Doig has returned from another expedition into the uncharted territory of Australia's grim and ghostly past with a second collection of chillers by Australian authors - long-forgotten relics from Australia's Gothic past.  There's even one from Rosaleen Norton, the infamous witch of King's Cross. In this volume: The White Maniac: A Doctor’s Tale, Mary Fortune; The Silent Sepulchre, Charles Junor; What The Rats Brought, Ernest Favenc; On The Island Of Shadows, Ernest Favenc; The Odic Touch, Hume Nisbet; Told In The Corona’s Cabin On Three Evenings, J.A. Barry; The House Of Ill Omen, Rosa Praed; A Thing Of Wax, Morley Roberts; The Prophetic Horror Of The Great Experiment, James Edmund; The Precipitous Details Of The High Mountain And The Three Skeletons, James Edmund; The Strange Case Of Alan Heriot, Lionel Sparrow; The Blanket Fiend, Beatrice Grimshaw; The Phantom Ship Of Dirk Van Tromp, James Francis Dwyer; The Pledge, Helen Simpson; The Watch and The House That Took Revenge, Vernon Knowles; The Story Of The Waxworks, Rosaleen Norton; The Undying One, Roger Dard. Each story begins with a short author bio.
  • One theory weaves like a constant thread of darkness through human history...the rumour of an ancient race, more powerful than we are: elusive, terrifying, offering sexual frenzy but bringing madness and death. These are the tales of the Weerde. They gather at the edges of our settlements; they appear nightly on TV. They are not werewolves...but they are the shape-shifting predators of which occult legend speaks. They are plausible, charming, different...and very very dangerous. In this volume, eleven chilling tales that expose the terrifying truth behind the conspiracy: The Lady And/Or The Tiger I, Neil Gaiman and Roz Kaveney; A Wolf To Man, Roz Kaveney; Sunflower Pump, Paul Cornell; Rain, Chris Amies (as by Christopher Amies); What God Abandoned, Mary Gentle; To The Bad, Brian Stableford; A Strange Sort Of Friend, Josephine Saxton; Railway Mania, Michael Fearn; Blind Fate, Liz Holliday; A Change Of Season, Storm Constantine; Going To The Black Bear, Colin Greenland; Ancient Of Days, Charles Stross; The Lady And/Or The Tiger II, Neil Gaiman and Roz Kaveney.
  • In this volume of thrillers and chillers...Midnight House: A traveller, attracted to an inn by the name of Midnight House, has strange dreams of evil while staying under its roof. The Dabblers: A schoolteacher investigates rumours of strange midsummer rituals in the grounds of a boarding school... Unwinding: A simple parlour game in which one player mentions an item and everyone else says what it reminds them of...so why do 'first class railway carriages' remind a vicar of murder? Mrs Ormerod: A lazy housekeeper, in danger of being fired, creates a novel way to keep her job.  Double Demon: A young man plots murder; he tells his sister Isobel the victim will be her nurse, Judith; and tells Judith the victim will be his sister, Isobel. Who IS the target? The Tool: A curate on a walking holiday is horrified by the discovery of the body of a foreign man with a tattoo of a green parrot - but is more horrified still when he realises he has 'lost' a day entirely. The Heart Of The Fire: Carved on the fireplace of the old coaching inn 'The Moorcock' is a prophecy that so frightens the family that they do not dare let the fire go out. Ever...  The Clock: A man is asked to retrieve a travelling clock for his aunt's guest from her home - but after two weeks, the clock is still ticking - when it should have run down... Peter Levisham; Miss Cornelius: When a scientist identifies Miss Cornelius as the source of poltergeist activity, Miss Cornelius is angry - very angry indeed... The Man Who Hated Aspidistras - A man believes his life, from boyhood, has been blighted by aspidistras, that sinister plant beloved by the Victorians, then his dislike of them becomes manic...Sambo - Little Jane is sent the gift of an unusual doll from her Uncle stationed in South Africa. She doesn't like it very much and her mother scolds her for being ungrateful - but before long, the new doll is ruling the roost. The Star: Astronomers, science - and scientific rivalry... Across The Moors: A servant is sent to walk four miles to fetch a doctor...across moors which are rumored to be haunted. The Follower; August Heat: An artist draws a large, despondent being sentenced by a judge and later that day, while walking, he meets his painting's subject - a tombstone engraver... Sarah Bennett's Possession; The Ankardyne Pew: a group of clergyman staying at a house with an attached chapel that is undergoing renovation have reason to investigate a possible haunting there. Miss Avenal: Miss Avenal has had a nervous breakdown and needs constant nursing. To combat the pathetic vacancy of Miss Avenal, the nurse begins to tell her all about herself... The Beast With Five Fingers; A blind man can 'see' the world around him with his hands; even colours...but at least one hand seems to have a will and mind of its own...
  • Gregory Sallust Adventure No. VII. It is 1943, World War II, and secret agent Gregory Sallust is parachuted into Nazi Germany. Together with ex-Bolshevik General Stefan Kuporovitch, they join forces with the widow of a German diplomat who is in contact with Allied Intelligence. It is through her that Gregory becomes unwillingly involved with a Black Magician and when, 16 months later, they meet again, each decides to use occult forces in an attempt to destroy Hitler once and for all...Illustrated by Hugh Marshall.