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In this new collection, Patrick Barb explores themes of family found and lost, media consumption and the dangers of runaway nostalgia, the supernatural in our lives, and the impact of violence in both the long- and short-term. From rural backwoods to Park Slope brownstones, Barb's characters face impossible, awful situations, testing their inner strength and understanding of reality. Covering quiet horror, weird fiction, supernatural horror, slasher horror, topical dark fiction, and more, these stories spotlight supposedly familiar terrors and fears in new and unexpected ways.

The first issue in the second century of Weird Tales features a new HELLBOY story by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. Editor Jonathan Maberry has built a collection of cosmic horror that will destabilize your worldview.

Es ist die Nacht von Halloween. Klopf, klopf, klopf! Ist da mein Verderben, oder wieder bloß ein harmloser Schalk, der sich seine Süßigkeiten eintreiben will? Ein Vorort wie jeder andere auch, und doch birgt er ein abscheuliches Geheimnis. Denn nichts ist so, wie es den Anschein hat in der Nacht vor Halloween. Man möchte meinen, es handle sich hierbei um einen einfachen Abend im Jahr, dabei ist er ein Zuhause für Angst und Schrecken, weckt die finstersten Dämonen, niederträchtigsten Gelüste und blutige Sehnsüchte.

Assemble Artifacts: A short story magazine that assembles a thrilling new mix of stories from genres including horror, science-fiction, comedy, and suspense. Buried at the heart of every story in the magazine is a unique artifact, an object that has inspired our storytellers to create a big idea, an irresistible question, a new immersive world, or a sense of wonder. Includes “Nothing Was Already Here” by April Wolfe, “Labyrinth Loop” by Isabel J. Kim, “Divine” by Michael Griffo, “Dismantle” by Joshua Sky, “The Twelve Gates Barber Shop” by K.T. Jayne, and “Refrain” by Gretchen McNeil.

The five stories that made up R.B. Russell's debut collection, Putting the Pieces in Place, were described on first publication as demonstrating 'a subtle mastery of the macabre. Enigmatic and enticing, they combine a pleasing respect for the great tradition of supernatural fiction with a chilling contemporary European resonance.'

"Erinnerung“ (eng. Original: Memory) ist eine Kurzgeschichte des amerikanischen Horror- und Science-Fiction-Autors H. P. Lovecraft, die 1919 geschrieben und im Mai 1923 in The National Amateur veröffentlicht wurde. "Erinnerung" verwendet viele von Lovecrafts üblichen Bildern und Ideen, wie Relikte der tiefen Vergangenheit und Dinge "ohne Namen". Auch seine Vorliebe für riesige, monolithische Ruinen (ein Favorit vieler anderer Cthulhu- und Horrorautoren) wird in der komplizierten Beschreibung dieser Geschichte deutlich.

School and first went into the business, my grandfather, who had retired by then, told me about how chimney sweeps are regarded as good luck, and maybe more than that to some of the female customers, but he said that I should always treat everyone with respect.

Vybrané povídky klasika moderního hororu, které dokazují, že jeho tvorba nestárne. Americký autor Howard Phillips Lovecraft patří k zakladatelům moderně pojatého hororu, jehož znakem je hutná a zlověstná atmosféra, vypilovaná k dokonalosti. Tato audiokniha obsahuje autorovu vybranou povídkovou tvorbu – jsou zastoupeny jak kratší povídky Rytina v domě, Krysy ve zdech, Pickmanův model a Číhající děs, tak jeho vrcholné dílo Stín nad Innsmouthem, zabývající se odkrýváním pravdy v zapadlém přístavním městečku.

Americký autor Howard Phillips Lovecraft patří k zakladatelům moderně pojatého hororu, jehož znakem je hutná a zlověstná atmosféra, vypilovaná k dokonalosti. Lovecraft inspiroval vznik mytologie Cthulhu a z jeho díla dodnes vychází řada filmařů, hudebníků, výtvarníků i autorů počítačových her. Tato audiokniha obsahuje kromě titulní Barvy z kosmu další autorovy povídky: Hudba Ericha Zanna, Kdo šeptá ve tmě a Věc na prahu.

Was wäre, wenn man unbegrenzte Geldmittel zur Verfügung hätte, um den idealen Landschaftsgarten zu erschaffen? Der Protagonist in Edgar Allan Poes Geschichte ist genau in dieser glücklichen Lage. Doch zunächst muss man den richtigen Ort finden, an dem dieser Garten anzulegen sei. Und so beginnt eine langwierige Suche.

Return to the world of A Head Full of Ghosts in both ‘Red Eyes’ and ‘The Postal Zone: The Possession Edition’, revealing new secrets to Merry’s and Majorie’s stories. In ‘I Know You’re There’ a man is haunted by the unexpected death of his husband. The mysterious Mr C____ must track down a gruesome murderer working in league with the rats in ‘A Large Man’.

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer of science fiction stories and novels and is frequently credited as being the father of science fiction. The Red Room is the account of the terrifying nocturnal experiences of a young man who volunteers to spend a night in the haunted red room at Lorraine Castle.

Diese phantastischen Erzählungen aus einer dämonischen Welt erzählen von Grauen und Horror. Die Schrecken seines Werkes sind kaum von den Schrecken seines von Armut, Exzessen und Wahn geprägten Lebens zu trennen. Die mittelalterliche Pestgeschichte mit der Wechselwirkung von fremdartigem Schauplatz und unheimlichen, oft übernatürlichen Ereignissen. Die Geschichten, in denen die Protagonisten physisch und psychisch in eine oft ausweglose tödliche Bedrohung geraten. Der Meister des Grauens und des Horrors.

"What the Moon Brings" is a prose poem by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on June 5, 1922. This story was first published in the National Amateur in May 1923. It's shorter than most of Lovecraft's other short stories, and is essentially a fragment. The story is based on one of Lovecraft's dreams, a common technique.

"The Thing on the Doorstep" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos universe. It was written in August 1933, and first published in the January 1937 issue of Weird Tales.

"The Unnamable" is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in September 1923, first published in the July 1925 issue of Weird Tales, and first collected in Beyond the Wall of Sleep. The corrected text appears in Dagon and Other Macabre Tales, (revised ed, 1986). The story's locale was inspired by the Charter Street Historic District Burying Ground in Salem.

The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in November-December 1931. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilization, and references several shared elements of the Mythos, including place-names, mythical creatures, and invocations. The Shadow over Innsmouth is the only Lovecraft story that was published in book form during his lifetime. The narrator is a student conducting an antiquarian tour of New England. He travels through the nearby decrepit seaport of Innsmouth.

The Mexican board game of Lotería is a game of chance—similar to bingo. However, in Lotería instead of matching up numbers on a game board, players match up images. There are 54 cards in the Lotería game, and for this short story collection you will find one unique story per card based on a Latin American myth, folklore, superstition, or belief—with a slant towards the paranormal and horrific. In this deck of cards you will find murderers, ghosts, goblins and ghouls. This collection features creatures and monsters, vampires, werewolves and more.

The human race has been on the receiving end of many viral and bacterial diseases. And as medicine brings them to heel, eradicates their power, so Nature and Evolution brings others to the fore in a ceaseless march to weaken some, to strengthen others. And, as our race understands their mysteries, so we begin to weaponize them for our own malevolent use as biological weapons. Authors have always been drawn to this global scale and individual human response. In this collection virus and plague are given their head and the responses must see cure or capitulation within.

Christmas may come but once a year but human emotions, the driving force of our characters, are with us every day. Yet, somehow these same emotions when they happen at Christmas seem amplified; we seem more tender to their touch, their words. Whether it’s a long-lost returning soldier wondering how best to return to the arms of his family without too great a risk of shock... Or a prodigal son whose taken path has driven pain into his own and others hearts… These stories reveal much about the human condition.