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The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman is the gripping first instalment in a remarkable trilogy. "Listen. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers on Shotover Scarp is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there and less sanctuary." The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is a vast and...

In the aftermath of the mysterious death of their lead singer, the young members of a now-legendary British acid folk band hole up at Wylding Hall, an ancient English country house with its own dark secrets. There they record Wylding Hall, the album that makes their reputation but at a terrifying cost when Julian Blake, their new lead singer, disappears within the mansion and is never seen again.

Sun Wolf knew he had the power of magic, but he needed a master wizard to teach him to fully use his skills. But there was no one who could do the job. When he was called upon to help old friends against the ancient wizard, he did - thus ensuring a curse that would be executed, unless Sun Wolf could harness his own powers and find a way out....

Sweeney Cassidy is the typical college freshman at the University of the Archangels and St. John the Divine in Washington, DC. She drinks. She parties. And she certainly doesn't suspect that underneath its picturesque Gothic facade, the university is a haven for the Benandanti, a cult devoted to suppressing the powerful and destructive Moon Goddess. But everything is about to change as Sweeney learns that her two new best friends are the goddess' Chosen Ones.

Warum läßt ein Journalist heimlich den Sarg einer Schriftstellerin des 19ten Jahrhunderts von Grabräubern aus ihrer Gruft holen? Kann man tatsächlich mit Hilfe eines Spiegels in der Isolationskammer des Appartements 205 den Kontakt zum Jenseits herstellen? Was verbirgt sich hinter dem Ritual zur Auslöschung des Lichts, das die mißgebildeten Bewohner eines Stadtviertels spät in der Nacht ausüben? Mark Samuels verbindet klassische Elemente und Einflüsse von Edgar Allan Poe und Arthur Machen mit seinem eigenen modernen Stil, in welchem der Geist von Thomas Ligotti mitschwingt.

From frost and magic, the sorceress Gudrun conjures a rune beast and sends it from the land of the Snow-Walkers southwards, towards the stronghold of the new Jarl , Wulfgar. The approach of the beast spreads fear amongst the people. Jessa, Skapti the poet, and a slave named Harkon Empty Hand must help the Jarl confront this horror whilst around them mistrust and conspiracy grow. In some hidden way, these dark events are linked with Gudrun's mysterious son Kari, whose own talents as sorcerer are beginning to reach their terrifying potential.

This is the first collection of strange stories by contemporary writer Mark Samuels. The themes that thread through these nine accomplished stories are drawn from the great tradition of the twentieth-century weird tale, and they are suffused with a distinctly cosmopolitan European feel. Mark Samuels writes about the fundamental fears of modern life, especially the effects of isolation and the dislocation that city dwellers can experience in their inhospitable, man-made environment.

Eine Welt für das Leben nach dem Tod, eine für den letzten Kampf - Chaos, Verrücktheit & Gefahr. Um Rab White zu entthronen sowie Wonderland vor einem Krieg zu bewahren, sind Cathrine Cheshire und ihre Verbündeten gezwungen, mit alten Feinden zu kooperieren, aber auch Hilfe von Fremden anzunehmen. Erneut stellen sie sich gefährlich verrückten Aufgaben und beschreiten Wege ins Unbekannte. Bei ihrem letzten Abenteuer werden die Freunde von Verlust, Wahnsinn und Heimtücken verfolgt, wodurch ihr Verstand immer wieder auf die Probe gestellt wird. Das Spiel hat begonnen, die Zeit läuft.

Charlie Tristan Moore isn't a hero. She's a survivor. Already wrestling with the demons of her past, she is tested as never before when she arrives home one night to find herself under attack by three monstrous skinhounds straight out of a nightmare. Just as hope seems lost, she is saved by the sinister Man in Black, dressed in a long, dark coat that seems to possess a life of its own and wielding a black-bladed sword in his grisly red right hand.

Wild Bill Hickok awakens to the feel of flesh crawling onto his bones. Alive again, in the graveyard in Deadwood on a cold October night, he has an irresistible compulsion to go to Atlantic City. There, in the mysterious and magical Black Queen casino, he joins a rogue’s gallery of resurrected scoundrels, all gamblers who were murdered like himself.

Just as their troubled marriage is reaching the breaking point, Ted and Janet Conway inherit a home that has been in the family for more than a century. Eager to make a new beginning, the Conways and their three children head for the promise of a better life in the small Louisiana town of St. Albans. But within the long-abandoned, sprawling Victorian manse lies the dark history of the Conway name.

On the far planet Wing IV, a brilliant scientist creates the humanoids, sleek black androids programmed to serve humanity. But are they perfect servants or perfect masters? Gradually the humanoids spread throughout the galaxy, threatening to stifle all human endeavor. Only a hidden group of rebels can stem the humanoid tide, if it’s not already too late.

Ist Cliff Belford der Mörder seiner Frau? Tony glaubt seinen Beteuerungen, dass er unschuldig zum Tode verurteilt wurde, und will dessen Unschuld beweisen. General Mayne bringt in Erfahrung, dass es ganz ähnliche Morde gab, und Noel und Tony beginnen mit der Jagd auf einen Mörder mit stählernen Händen.

Wilkie Collins was born on 8th January 1824 in Marylebone, London. He pursued his education at Mr Cole’s private boarding school in Highbury, Islington. Here, he began his literary career under unusual circumstances: the school bully would give him no peace until he had been told a bedtime story. This ‘little brute’ helped create one of England’s greatest writers.

The themes that thread through these nine accomplished stories are drawn from the great tradition of the twentieth-century weird tale, and they are suffused with a distinctly cosmopolitan European feel. The White Hands: You may recall Alfred Muswell, he whom devotees of the weird tale will know as the author of numerous articles on the subject of literary ghost stories but who died in relative obscurity just over a year ago.

Im späten 15. Jahrhundert durchwandert der Puritaner Solomon Kane das junge Amerika. Ein finsterer Mann auf der göttlichen Aufgabe, das Böse zu bekämpfen; sei es menschlicher oder höllischer Natur. Als Kane hört, dass in der Nähe der kleinen Stadt Torkertown immer wieder Menschen verschwinden, beschließt er, dem nachzugehen. Auf dem Weg dorthin nächtigt er in einem kleinen Gasthaus – nicht wissend, dass sein Feind dort schon lauert... (Frei nach Robert E. Howard).

A short story from the British Library Crime Classic collection The Edinburgh Mystery. 'Hand in Glove' sees a scorned mistress take the ultimate revenge on her lover from beyond the grave.

The severed hand, whether real or a ghostly thing, always tries to avenge the one who created it or find its way back to the rest of the corpse. Narrated by David Stifel.

A miller works hard everyday to provide for his family. Then, one day, a gentleman with black eyes visits him and offers an unexpected opportunity for wealth. The gentleman will take care of all the miller's worries on one condition: that he gets what is behind the mill. That old apple tree, the...

Ein Hinweis in einem Sensationsmagazin führte mich auf das Gut von Lord und Lady Parson im beschaulichen Dörfchen Bodmin in Cornwall: Zwei Leichen, darunter der junge Sohn der Parsons, stellten die Dorfpolizei vor ein Rätsel - und niemand wusste, wann der Fluch der schwarzen Hand sein nächstes Opfer finden würde... Die CLASSICS-Reihe erzählt die Vorgeschichte: Wie alles begann und John Sinclair zum berühmten Geisterjäger wurde.