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È il 1584 quando, orfana, Emily St. Aubert raggiunge la zia Madame Cheron: un rifugio che presto si rivela prigione. Il matrimonio di lei con il conte Montoni la trascina in un dedalo di torri aguzze, stanze invase dall'ombra e corridoi in cui ogni eco vibra come un presagio. Quando cala la notte, note lontane e sussurri intrappolati nelle mura guidano Emily fino a lettere ingiallite, dietro a tende consumate dal tempo. Il conte Montoni la fissa con gelida determinazione, desideroso di soffocare ogni barlume di speranza.

When The Sandman, also known as Lord Morpheus - the immortal king of dreams, stories and the imagination - is pulled from his realm and imprisoned on Earth by a nefarious cult, he languishes for decades before finally escaping.

Vitus Adamson is falling apart. As a pre-deceased private investigator, he takes the prescription Atroxipine hourly to keep his undead body upright and functioning. Whenever he is injured, he seeks Niko, a bombshell mortician with bedroom eyes and a way with corpses, to piece him back together. Decomposition, however, is the least of his worries when two clients posing his most dangerous job yet appear at his door looking for their lost son.

The story tells the tale of an introverted academic who happens upon a strange whistle while exploring a cemetery on the East Anglian coast. When blown, the whistle unleashes a supernatural force that terrorises its discoverer. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

You meet the most interesting men in medieval prisons. This one time, I met a guy who offered me immortality for the low, low price of changing my diet. I didn’t read the fine print. Because, he wasn’t talking about a gluten-free diet. More like hemoglobin-full. And now, I’m a friggin’ vampire with five centuries of pop culture references.

In early 1900s New York, former ballerina Petronille De Villier makes an unconventional choice: Marry struggling sculptor Arkady Kamenev. For her, it’s an escape from her family’s unsavory legacy. For him, the De Villier name promises the patronage his art desperately needs. It should be a simple arrangement. But beneath their marriage of convenience lurks a darker recognition. In each other, they see a reflection of their own dangerous appetites. As buried secrets surface and bodies begin disappearing, Petronille and Arkady discover their union runs deeper than social advantage.

ജി.ആർ ഇന്ദുഗോപന്റെ സമകാലീന പ്രസിദ്ധി നേടിയ ഡിറ്റക്ടീവ് പ്രഭാകരൻ സീരീസിലെ മൂന്നാമത്തെ പുസ്തകമാണിത്...

For twenty years, the Dread Empress has ruled over the lands that were once the Kingdom of Callow, but behind the scenes of this golden age, threats to the empire are rising. The nobles of the Wasteland weave their plots behind pleasant smiles while rebellion stirs beyond Peren Woods, for dreams of crowns were buried in shallow graves. The greatest danger of all lies to the west, where the First Prince of Procer restored order at last: her people sundered, she ponders if a crusade might not be the way to secure her reign.

Eight stories of literary dark fiction from a master storyteller. Exploring the shadow side of love, these are tales of grief, obsession, control. Intricate examinations of trauma and tragedy in raw, poetic prose. In these narratives, a woman imagines horrific scenarios whilst caring for her infant niece; online posts chronicle a cancer diagnosis; a couple in the park with their small child encounter a stranger with horrific consequences; a toxic relationship reaches a terrifying resolution . . .

Eigentlich war das Journalistenpaar Baptiste und Gabrielle Robin nur unterwegs, um den zurückgezogenen Horror-Autor Roduit zu interviewen. Eine Übernachtung in einem kleinen Hotel verwickelt sie in einen Mordfall und bald sehen sie sich mit einem Grauen konfrontiert, das ihre Vorstellungskraft überschreitet. Denn sie geraten in den Bann uralter Geheimbünde, gewissenloser Wissenschaft und des Vaters aller Monster – des gefallenen Engels Baphomet!

Dawn is breaking over the Guilleries, a rugged mountain range in Catalonia frequented by wolf hunters, brigands, deserters, race-car drivers, ghosts, and demons. In a remote farmhouse called Mas Clavell, an impossibly old woman lies on her deathbed. Family and caretakers drift in and out. Meanwhile, all the women who have lived and died in that house are waiting for her to join them. They are preparing to throw her a party.

Il principio della cosmogonia di Howard Phillips Lovecraft risiede all'inizio di tutto, "quando gli Antichi filtrano dalle stelle e si stabiliscono sulla Terra". I Grandi Antichi, giunti dallo spazio a dominare il pianeta, ora riposano in città ciclopiche sprofondate negli abissi, pronti a riemergere grazie ai propri adepti sparsi in tutto il mondo. Come fece il poeta pazzo Abdul Alhazred, questa antologia segue le tracce delle divinità aliene e dei culti blasfemi a esse dedicati, alla scoperta di quell'orrore che si nasconde a un passo da qui.

This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the nation. But as one student is about to find out, a long history comes with a legacy of secrets. Zora Robinson is an ambitious grad student...

I've seen it all.... A boy who planned to be the next school shooter. A patient with OCD whose loved ones really did suffer every time he missed a ritual. A choir boy who claimed he was being molested - not by a priest - but by God Himself. A patient with PTSD who gave me nightmares. A husband and wife who accused each other of abuse, and only one of them was telling the truth.

This is volume one of a two-volume omnibus set comprising the complete fictional works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Every story written for publication under his own name is included in this set, from 1917 through 1935. (Poems, ghostwritten material, and stories written in collaboration with other writers are not included.)

Séverin e i suoi amici sono riusciti a sconfiggere la Casa Decaduta, ma la vittoria ha avuto un prezzo terribile, un prezzo che continuano a pagare. In cerca di un disperato riscatto, Séverin intraprende un pericoloso viaggio sulle tracce di un artefatto straordinario: si dice che garantisca a chi lo possiede il potere di Dio. Un'indagine che porterà lui e la sua squadra nel cuore di ghiaccio della Russia, verso il misterioso Palazzo Dormiente, tra gargoyle di cristallo che infestano dimore abbandonate e divinità infrante che nascondono segreti letali.

1889. Parigi è il centro pulsante del nuovo mondo coloniale industrializzato, e l'Esposizione Universale ha infuso nuova linfa alla vita della città. Ma ha anche portato alla luce antichi segreti. Nessuno sa tenerne traccia quanto Séverin Montagnet-Alarie, cacciatore di tesori e proprietario dell'hotel L'Eden. Lo sa bene il potentissimo ed esclusivo Ordine di Babele, che lo costringe a recuperare un antico artefatto. Séverin si trova così a inseguire un tesoro che mai avrebbe immaginato: la sua vera eredità.

I should have died - but instead, in true me form, I fell in love with the mysterious wolf that nearly tore me to shreds. Now I feel myself changing, experiencing urges like never before. Maybe I should run for my life, but suddenly a dark bond is pulling me in closer. Am I making a terrible mistake? Could they be luring me in to finish what we started? Or could becoming a werewolf be the best thing that ever happened to me?

Quando un nuovo incarico la trascina in un vortice di violenza e segreti, la linea di confine tra giustizia e colpa si assottiglia fino a spezzarsi. Per non perdersi del tutto, Stella deve cambiare, ma ogni scelta ha un prezzo, e ogni prezzo presenta un conto. Ancora una volta Bologna fa da scenario, con le sue periferie ruvide, i suoi silenzi e le sue ombre. E ancora una volta Stella indaga, sfida, sbaglia, cade e si rialza, fino a ritrovarsi di fronte alla domanda più scomoda: quanto è diversa la donna che esce da questa nuova avventura rispetto a quella che vi era entrata?

Durante un viaggio in canoa sul Danubio, due uomini sono costretti a fermarsi su un'isola a causa della corrente. Quello che doveva essere un tranquillo campeggio temporaneo si trasforma in un'esperienza inquietante e soprannaturale: i salici che ricoprono l'isola sembrano muoversi e bisbigliare, al soffio del vento, dando l'impressione di essere vivi; si percepisce la presenza di entità ostili invisibili e spaventose, che mettono in dubbio ogni capacità di raziocinio.