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In the near future, a desperate and ever-more controlling UK government attempts to restore a sense of national pride with a New Festival of Britain. But construction work on the site of an old church in south London releases a centuries-old plague that turns its victims into flesh-hungry ghouls whose bite or scratch passes the contagion - a supernatural virus which has the power to revive the dead - on to others. 'The Death' soon sweeps across London and the whole country descends into chaos. When a drastic attempt to eradicate the outbreak at source fails, the plague spreads quickly to mainland Europe and then across the rest of the world. Told through a series of interconnected eyewitness narratives - text messages, e-mails, blogs, letters, diaries and transcripts - this is an epic story of a world plunged into chaos as the dead battle the living for total domination. Cover art by Joe Roberts. Contributors: Peter Atkins; Peter Crowther; Paul Finch; Tim Lebbon; Paul McAuley; Kim Newman; John Llewellyn Probert; Marks Samuels; Pat Cadigan; Scott Edelman; Jo Fletcher; Robert Hood; Tanith Lee; Lisa Morton; Sarah Pinborough; Jay Russell; Mandy Slater.
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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.
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Book III of The Exorcist. A young boy is found dead by the side of a river, horribly crucified. Detective Bill Kinderman is baffled by the brutality but is more shaken by the mutilation that links this case to the 'Gemini' killings of the late 60s. Three days later, Kinderman is recording another death at Georgetown General Hospital - this one as bizarre as any he's ever encountered. He begins to piece together a solution to the new killings and the unsolved earlier deaths. The 'Gemini' killer is believed to be dead, shot down in a hail of bullets on the Golden Gate Bridge - or is he?
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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.
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With a sweet smile and be-ribboned braids, eight-year old Rhoda Penmark is the new darling at the exclusive Fern Grammar in small-town Alabama. Always in beautiful dresses, never getting dirty, always polite to adults...she is a model pupil in every way - and perhaps...a serial killer. Rhoda has no sense of fair play or empathy. When little Rhoda wants something, she'll make sure she gets it and she doesn't care how - she only cares that she doesn't get caught. Her mother becomes suspicious and then certain - and wonders if her own mysterious past has created this monster-child. First published in 1954, this book was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, became a Broadway play that ran for 334 performances and made into an Oscar nominated film in 1956, with a rewritten ending, starring Nancy Kelly and Patty McCormack. Cover of this edition shows Patty McCormack as Rhoda in the original 1956 film.
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A Gregory Sallust adventure, No. 11. The war is long over, but danger and excitement still cling to ex-agent Gregory Sallust. Boredom leads him to Rio de Janeiro, where he is soon drawn into an adventure that takes him to the South Pacific. Circumstance leads to him becoming the friend of a young South Seas Rajah, Ratu James Omboluku, there to secure finance to recover treasure from a sunken ship lying off the island he rules; and he intends to use this treasure for the betterment of his people. But others, led by the unscrupulous Pierre Lacost, are also planning to recover the treasure, and it is not long before Gregory, having an affair with the passionate Manon de Bois-Tracy, finds himself surrounded by blackmail, kidnapping, the most ruthless thugs he has ever encountered - and murder and black magic that turn the paradise of the islands into a place of horror and death. Illustrated by Stephen Bennett.
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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.
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Toby Jugg, a fighter pilot shot down in combat, is now confined to his bed with little hope of walking again. He is also the heir to a considerable fortune - a fortune that is being administered by a board of trustees until he comes of age. At night, he is becoming increasingly disturbed by a strange presence - a mysterious shadow thrown by the moonlight through a gap in the blackout curtains. He is convinced the shadow is cast by a malevolent and unnatural entity trying to get into his room. Toby is unable to convince anyone of the reality of this entity, and slowly comes to believe that there is a ploy against him, a plot to send him mad, or to make it appear that he is already mad in order to usurp his fortune. Is this some form of hallucination? Is this unearthly creature real or a product of his imagination? Are the people caring for him actually plotting his destruction, or are they sincerely concerned for a young man whose grip on sanity is steadily weakening? Illustrated by David Hollinshead.
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Ten tales of horror, jeopardy and death by Poe. The Oval Portrait: A portrait painted by an artist robs his sitter of her life. Hop-Frog: A jester dwarf takes a terrible revenge on the king and the court. The Masque of the Red Death: The Red Death stalks the chambers of Prince Prospero. The Cask of Amontillado: Montresor takes Fortunato to a dark Roman cellarage, to taste an Amontillado... The Pit and the Pendulum: A razor-edged pendulum wings ever lower towards a prisoner of the Inquisition. Other tales included in this volume: Ligeia: A dark and gothic tale of a beautiful woman - with a surprising ending. Eleonora: An uncharacteristic celebration of love. Morella: Morella is his love, his teacher. But when she dies in childbirth she leaves an eerie legacy. Berenice: Berenice is beautiful and she is dying; and her husband develops a dreadful obsession... The Fall of the House of Usher: Roderick and Madelaine are the last of the House of Usher; and Roderick is convinced that the house is 'alive'... Plus: the four classic tales with which Poe created a new genre: the detective story - The Gold-Bug: William LeGrand is literally bitten by a gold-coloured bug and draws two friends into an adventurous hunt for buried treasure. The Murders In The Rue Morgue: A baffling double murder - and the killer leaves the clues of a bloody razor, tufts of gray hair and two bags of gold coins. The Mystery of Marie Rogêt: A perfume shop is murdered and her body dumped into the Seine - but why? The Purloined Letter: A letter from the queen's lover has been stolen from her boudoir by an unscrupulous Minister - but a search of his rooms reveals nothing. Cover illustration by Aubrey Beardsley.
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