The Valancourt Book Of World Horror Stories Volume 1

Author : John Blackburn
Publisher : Valancourt Books
ISBN 13 : 1943910529
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One written by John Blackburn and published by Valancourt Books. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, you will encounter tales of ghosts, haunted houses, witchcraft, vampirism, lycanthropy, and sea monsters. Stories of cruelty and vengeance, of a body that refuses to be cremated, a deranged performer with one last shocking show, a frozen corpse that may not be dead. With stories ranging from frightening to horrific to weird to darkly funny, by a lineup of authors that includes both masters of horror fiction and award-winning literary greats, this is a horror anthology like no other. Spanning two hundred years of horror, this new collection features seventeen macabre gems, including two original tales and many others that have never or seldom been reprinted, by: Charles Birkin • John Blackburn • Michael Blumlein • Mary Cholmondeley • Hugh Fleetwood • Stephen Gregory • Gerald Kersh • Francis King • M. G. Lewis • Florence Marryat • Richard Marsh • Michael McDowell • Christopher Priest • Forrest Reid • Bernard Taylor • Hugh Walpole 'The things were there and they were hiding in the slime; waiting ... waiting to clutch and claw and savage’ - AUNTY GREEN by John Blackburn ‘The sound that came from her throat, a small, pleading cry of terror, was cut off before she’d hardly had a chance to utter it’ - OUT OF SORTS by Bernard Taylor ‘The words filled her with an indescribable fear, and she turned to run; but her way was blocked by a figure, gigantic in stature​ – and its monstrous shape moved towards her, and she knew it was the incarnation of evil itself ’ - THE TERROR ON TOBIT by Charles Birkin

Author : James Purdy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781948405133
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, Volume Three written by James Purdy and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2005, Valancourt Books has earned a reputation as one of the foremost publishers of lost and rediscovered classics, reissuing more than 400 unjustly neglected works from the past 250 years. In this third volume of horror stories, the editors of Valancourt Books have selected fifteen tales (and one macabre poem) - all by Valancourt authors - for this new collection featuring horror from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. This volume features a previously unpublished contributions by Steve Rasnic Tem, Eric C. Higgs, and Hugh Fleetwood, as well as thirteen other tales that have never or seldom been reprinted. In this volume, you will encounter tales of ghosts, haunted houses, black magic, monsters, demonic babies, and vengeful spirits. Stories of the strange and sinister, of a boy who unwisely disobeys his grandfather's warning never to go up the stairs, a man whose apparently irrational terror of fire proves all too justified, an unpopular man who discovers a shocking new way of making friends, an ancestor who exerts a chilling influence from beyond the grave. With stories ranging from frightening to horrific to weird to darkly humorous, by a lineup of authors that includes both well-known masters of horror fiction and acclaimed authors of literary fiction, this is a horror anthology like no other.

Author : Jedediah Smith
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let the World Drown written by Jedediah Smith and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-04 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away;I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay."-Samuel Taylor ColeridgeBeneath the treacherous waves hides untold peril and doom. For generations man has taken to the sea, to explore, to hunt- looking for treasure or glory, and going to war. For many a sailor the ocean has been a final resting place, a mass grave. The unparalleled beauty the oceans hold belies a cold, indifference to humanity. St Rooster Books is proud to present eleven tales of watery terror by some of horror's brightest voices-Brian M Sammon, Carter Johnson, Paul Lubaczewski, Jeremy Lowe, Lee Franklin, Anthony S Buoni, B.E. Goose, A.K. McCarthy, John Baltisberger, and Jedediah Smith. Take a deep breath, before you dive in...

Author : Samuel Fleming
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781735940748
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from Another World written by Samuel Fleming and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immerse yourself in a variety of short fantasy stories! Follow an evil, undead sorcerer as he drags his final victim by the throat to his dungeon and boasts about his master plan to destroy the world. Watch with strange mermaids as a trading ship navigates a treacherous passage and men are swept overboard. Witness the last moments of a woman accused of witchcraft while her cursed lover watches from the balcony. Flea from attack with a druid to the river of her goddess. Listen to her dying plea to save her village. Follow a poor monk as his mission turns from simple exorcism to undying terror. Stumble upon a forest god and watch as a child is judged by her half-druid, half-barbarian lineage. See haunting memories preserved within the City of Embers through the eyes of a child and her traveling family. Volume 1 contains the following stories: The Final Ritual of Sircius Everdeath Under the Waters of Digsonee Strait On the Crimes of Hexing and Bewitchment A Final Plea upon Still Waters The Crypt of St. Lillian The Blessing of the Autumn Herald City of Embers Live the lives of sorcerers, druids, barbarians, strange creatures, gods, ghosts, and commoners caught in between in the exciting series Tales from Another World.

Author : Elizabeth Engstrom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781948405799
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, Volume 4 written by Elizabeth Engstrom and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2005, Valancourt Books has unearthed and republished almost 500 lost and neglected works from the 1760s through the 2000s, and now for this long-awaited fourth volume of the acclaimed Valancourt Book of Horror Stories series, the editors of Valancourt Books are proud to present 15 more great horror tales -- all by Valancourt authors -- from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. This volume features five brand new stories that have never appeared elsewhere, two rare foreign stories translated to English for the first time, and eight more scarce and seldom-seen tales. The stories in this volume will take you inside the vivid dreams of a woman who can kill in her sleep; to the set of a reality show where contestants may be transformed into specimens of beauty--or into freak show monsters; to a hotel where guests are besieged by a powerful hurricane--and by something even more terrible and deadly. You will read of the bizarre and macabre adventures of a man seeking a skeleton in 1960s London as a gift for his medical student cousin--and his quest's shocking outcome. You will learn how a simple grammar mistake can lead to a terrible and untimely end for a traveler in Venice. These are strange, sinister, and scary stories, by turns suspenseful, horrific, and darkly humorous. Featuring a lineup of rarely reprinted classic tales together with new stories destined to become future classics, this collection is a horror anthology like no other.

Author : Pilar Pedraza
Publisher : Valancourt Books
ISBN 13 : 9781948405645
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume 1 written by Pilar Pedraza and published by Valancourt Books. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if there were a whole world of great horror fiction out there you didn't know anything about, written by authors in distant lands and in foreign languages, outstanding horror stories you had no access to, written in languages you couldn't read? For an avid horror fan, what could be more horrifying than that? For this groundbreaking volume, the first of its kind, the editors of Valancourt Books have scoured the world, reading horror stories from dozens of countries in nearly twenty languages, to find some of the best contemporary international horror stories. The stories in this volume come from 19 countries on 5 continents and were originally written in 13 different languages. All 20 foreign language stories in this volume are appearing in English for the first time ever. The book includes stories by some of the world's preeminent horror authors, many of them not yet known in the English-speaking world.

Author : James D. Jenkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories written by James D. Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if there were a whole world of great horror fiction out there you didn't know anything about, written by authors in distant lands and in foreign languages, outstanding horror stories you had no access to, written in languages you couldn't read? For an avid horror fan, what could be more horrifying than that? For this groundbreaking volume, the first of its kind, the editors of Valancourt Books have scoured the world, reading horror stories from dozens of countries in nearly twenty languages, to find some of the best contemporary international horror stories. All the foreign-language stories in this book appear here in English for the first time, while the English-language entries from countries like the Philippines are appearing in print in the U.S. for the first time.

Author : James D. Jenkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories written by James D. Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-one chilling tales from twenty countries on five continents, originally published in sixteen different languages, available here for the first timeThe first volume of The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories was hailed as 'groundbreaking' (Publishers Weekly), 'stellar from top to bottom' (Library Journal), 'pioneering' (Washington Post), and 'a veritable feast for horror lovers' (British Fantasy Society). The book was enthusiastically welcomed by horror readers, earned nominations for the World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Awards, and has already been adopted as a textbook at several universities. Now the editors have delved even deeper into the unexplored world of international horror fiction, discovering brilliant new stories from twenty countries on five continents, from Brazil to Iceland to Japan and all points in between. This volume introduces readers to award-winning authors whose work is legendary in their own countries but totally unknown in America, making it essential reading for anyone interested in horror fiction or contemporary world literature.

Author : James D. Jenkins
Publisher : Valancourt Books
ISBN 13 : 9781954321076
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume 2 written by James D. Jenkins and published by Valancourt Books. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-one chilling tales from twenty countries on five continents, originally published in sixteen different languages, available here for the first time The first volume of The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories was hailed as 'groundbreaking' (Publishers Weekly), 'stellar from top to bottom' (Library Journal), 'pioneering' (Washington Post), and 'a veritable feast for horror lovers' (British Fantasy Society). The book was enthusiastically welcomed by horror readers, earned nominations for the World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Awards, and has already been adopted as a textbook at several universities. Now the editors have delved even deeper into the unexplored world of international horror fiction, discovering brilliant new stories from twenty countries on five continents, from Brazil to Iceland to Japan and all points in between. This volume introduces readers to award-winning authors whose work is legendary in their own countries but totally unknown in America, making it essential reading for anyone interested in horror fiction or contemporary world literature.

Author : Elizabeth Engstrom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781948405782
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, Volume 4 written by Elizabeth Engstrom and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2005, Valancourt Books has unearthed and republished almost 500 lost and neglected works from the 1760s through the 2000s, and now for this long-awaited fourth volume of the acclaimed Valancourt Book of Horror Stories series, the editors of Valancourt Books are proud to present 15 more great horror tales -- all by Valancourt authors -- from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. This volume features five brand new stories that have never appeared elsewhere, two rare foreign stories translated to English for the first time, and eight more scarce and seldom-seen tales. The stories in this volume will take you inside the vivid dreams of a woman who can kill in her sleep; to the set of a reality show where contestants may be transformed into specimens of beauty - or freak show monsters; to a hotel where guests are besieged by a powerful hurricane - and by something even more terrible and deadly. You will read of the bizarre and macabre adventures of a man seeking a skeleton in 1960s London as a gift for his medical student cousin - and his quest's shocking outcome. You will learn how a simple grammar mistake can lead to a terrible and untimely end for a traveler in Venice. These are strange, sinister, and scary stories, by turns suspenseful, horrific, and darkly humorous. Featuring a lineup of rarely reprinted classic tales together with new stories destined to become future classics, this collection is a horror anthology like no other.