She lives in Ghastly-Gorm Hall with her father, Lord Goth, lots of servants and at least half a dozen ghosts, but she hasn't got any friends to explore her enormous, creepy house with.Then, one night, everything changes when Ada meets a ghostly mouse called Ishmael. Together they set out to solve the mystery of the strange happenings at Ghastly-Gorm Hall, and get a lot more than they bargained for...

    A heartfelt, gently Gothic novel from Claire Legrand.Olivia Stellatella is having a rough year.Her mother’s left, her neglectful father—the maestro of a failing orchestra—has moved her and her grandmother into the city’s dark, broken-down concert hall to save money, and her only friend is Igor, an ornery stray cat.Just when she thinks life couldn’t get any weirder, she meets four ghosts who haunt the hall. They need Olivia’s help—if the hall is torn down, they’ll be stuck as ghosts forever, never able to move on.Olivia has to do the impossible for her shadowy new friends: Save the concert hall. But helping the dead has powerful consequences for the living…and soon it’s not just the concert hall that needs saving.

    Almost immediately, terrifying events convince Jillian that an angry spirit is trying to enter the house. Is it Walking John, the two-hundred-year-old ghost that haunts the bay? And who besides the ghost is roaming the local woods at night? If Toby uncovered something sinister, was his death really an accident? The arrival of handsome Scotland Yard inspector Drew Merriken leaves Jillian with more questions than answers and the added complication of a powerful mutual attraction.

    As he submits his final manuscript to his sceptical editor, he tells the story of Professor George Tate, and Celus - his seemingly ageless assistant - as they are expelled from the British Museum and embark on a journey that leaves a wake of irrevocably changed lives. Because Freeman has realised the Professor's truth - that the walls are thinning and the shadows are lengthening as our world awaits Her arrival.

    THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE ALL MANKIND. THE ULTIMATE EVIL.The battle for souls has raged since the truce that followed the First Great War of the Angels. God has struck the ultimate blow and sacrifice to gain the advantage and defeat His fallen angel and estranged son, Lucifer. As Lucifer stands at the foot of the Cross that drains the last ounce of life from Christ and eradicates man's sins, he realises that his work must begin anew.In time, he comes to understand that his only chance to win this battle will be to destroy the institution of the Catholic Church to turn man against God, once and for all. He searches for more than a millennium for the candidate to see his plan through to an end and finally discovers the one that can cast that final blow.On a cold night in December 1431 in Sighisoara an old gypsy woman delivers a prophecy to the great Vlad Dracul. She tells him he is about to sire two sons, one an angel and the other a devil.He returns to his fortress just as his wife bears him a son, whom he names Vlad. In the very same moment across the country on the border between Transylvania and Hungary a gypsy girl gives birth to another son, Andrei. The die is cast. The twin souls are born. The young Vlad Dracula becomes the instrument of the forces of Darkness. To balance this, the baby Andrei is blessed by the angels and bestowed with awesome powers.This is their story.

    He’s a lonely man, kept company only by his alchemically-powered automata, and he and Child form an unlikely friendship.Shut off from the world beyond the wall, Child wants or needs for nothing as the Porcelain Maker heaps affection and luxury upon her, indulging her like a daughter. In return, she can do as she pleases, except for one command, one rule that must never be broken, she must not look behind the workshop door.Suggested for Young Adults and Above.

    And then, when all seems lost and nothing can lift the darkness threatening to consume you, a stranger walks up to you and says he can restore all you have lost. What would you do? Could you resist that last glimmer of hope?This is the dilemma facing Mark Wiseman. While standing at his wife's graveside and looking down on her casket, a man tells him he can give her back to him. Should he let her go? Or should he accept the offer to be with his beloved once again? For such things carry a price and is it a price he is able to pay?

    However, General Spielsdorf does not travel alone. Moreover, his band of companions carry a secret of their own, and it is one which will likely spell disaster for any who fall prey to their urges. The General is about to discover that when werewolves and vampires clash; there can be no winners. Carmilla: A Dark Fugue - is a stand alone story which unfolds parallel to the events in Carmilla: The Wolves of Styria.

    Yet, can she trust the mysterious Armando? For there is a powerful entity plotting to claim her when she reaches adulthood in order to fulfill an ancient prophecy, and her enemy has enveloped her in a web of deceit, casting doubt on all she believes to be true. Soon, she will have to fight not only to save those she loves, but also for her very soul.Rhiannon Frater delivers a chilling adventure once again with this multi-part epic serial with a dynamic cast, old school vampires, bloody action, a smoldering forbidden love, and a terrifying villain set against the backdrop of a modern day vampire war.

    Beautiful lies.Bath, England, 1821. Rachel Crofton escapes the binds of her unhappy employment as a governess by marrying a charming self-made businessman. She sees a chance to create the family and home she has so long been without, but her new life soon takes an unexpected turn. Through her new husband's connections, Rachel is invited to become the companion of the reclusive Jonathan Alleyn, a man tortured by memories of the Peninsula War, and tormented by the disappearance of his childhood sweetheart, Alice. Starling, foundling servant to the Alleyn family, is convinced that Alice, the woman she loved as a sister, was stolen from her. Did Alice run away? Or did something altogether more sinister occur? Starling is determined to uncover the truth. Others want only to forget, and will go to extreme lengths to do so.Rachel's arrival has an unsettling effect on the whole Alleyn household, and suddenly it seems that the dark deeds of the past will no longer stay contained.Shattering truths lurk behind Bath's immaculate facades, but the courage Rachel and Starling need to bring these truths to light will come at a very high price.

    In an ancient Cornish castle, an innocent woman may be sacrificed to a family's legacy of madness. On the fringes of a Welsh estate, a vengeful figure targets the long-lost daughter of a cursed clan. In the Louisiana bayou, a serial killer hunts the one woman who can bring his demonic crimes to light. If you love Gothics by Victoria Holt, Daphne du Maurier and Barbara Michaels, and enjoy dark romance, then delve into the new Shivers Collection. Four beguiling stories, one great price.DARKENING AROUND ME by Barbara J. HancockLEGACY OF DARKNESS by Jane GodmanDEVIL'S EYE by Dawn BrownBLACK ROSE by Jenna RyanMood, mystery...romance that makes you shiver. Look for more titles coming in April 2014.

    Taking a much-needed trip to the coast, Dorian finds himself intrigued by two old men playing a peculiar game of chess along the pier. However, it isn’t long before he finds himself caught up in a long-standing family feud, and becomes embroiled in a far greater game… Note: The Confessions of Dorian Gray contains adult material and is not suitable for younger listeners.Cast: Alexander Vlahos (Dorian Gray), Hugh Ross (The Montagues) Technical Details Written By: Nev FountainDirector: Scott HandcockSound Design: Neil GardnerMusic: James DunlopCover Art: Stuart ManningDuration: 30' approxProduction Code: BFPDGDL09Recorded Dates: 27 April 2013Recorded At: The Moat Studios

    Now she’s on her way to Blythewood Academy, the elite boarding school in New York’s mist-shrouded Hudson Valley that her mother attended—and was expelled from. Though she’s afraid her high society classmates won’t accept a factory girl in their midst, Ava is desperate to unravel her family’s murky past, discover the identity of the father she’s never known, and perhaps finally understand her mother’s abrupt suicide. She’s also on the hunt for the identity of the mysterious boy who rescued her from the fire. And she suspects the answers she seeks lie at Blythewood.But nothing could have prepared her for the dark secret of what Blythewood is, and what its students are being trained to do. Haunted by dreams of a winged boy and pursued by visions of a sinister man who breathes smoke, Ava isn’t sure if she’s losing her mind or getting closer to the truth. And the more rigorously Ava digs into the past, the more dangerous her present becomes. . . .Vivid and atmospheric, full of mystery and magic, this romantic page-turner by bestselling author Carol Goodman tells the story of a world on the brink of change and the girl who is the catalyst for it all.

    To William Blake and his friends, the mystery of an underground chamber where no chamber should exist is an adventure to punctuate their round of champagne picnics and cocktail parties. But something dark and alien is seeping into this bright world, and shadows from the distant past are rising over Blake's glittering future. The church's congregation are being preyed on, body and soul. A deserted house reveals a disturbing secret. An unnatural and insatiable creature is lurking, madness is afoot...and a whirlwind of chaos and destruction is about to be unleashed from another dimensionBlake and his resourceful friends know archaeology, photography, esoteric lore and even non-Euclidean geometry. But can they even begin to understand the eldritch evil they are facing in time? Can they solve the riddle that lies behind the words Cthulu Fthagn before they are picked off one by one?An HP Lovecraft-inspired novella of madness and chaos to appeal to anyone familiar with the Cthulhu Mythos, and is sure to delight new readers and seasoned fans of the Call of Cthulhu alike.

    Tescos: pizza bases, frosted Shreddies, Coke. Is football kit clean?!To do: Wed. Dress Mrs Golightly’s ulcers, new patient, check Onion last thing, tkd.To do: REPORTS!I was chugging along, just keeping up with everything: miserable git of a mid-list writer husband; two pimply oafs who had once been my darling little boys; rabbit.Too many patients. Too much work. Too much bureaucracy. Never enough money. The last chink of light was the martial arts.Then Tattoo rode into town on his Harley and my life blew up. Literally.

    Insole's work explores the mysterious world where a confluence of objects and circumstance awake atavisms which draw the protagonists of his tales into mysteries infinitely greater than themselves. In 'The Golden Birds of Mariston', an artifact weaves its magic over the population of a once mighty but now moribund city, while in 'Ancestral Rooms' a doll given to a child begins a process of familiarial transformation for its giver. The make-believe world of childish imagination becomes something else in 'Blackthorn Cottage', whilst in 'The Bellman' the intrusions are infinitely more malignant. Lovers of authors such as Bruno Schulz, Georges Rodenbach, Arthur Machen and Mark Valentine will find much to admire in Insole's delicately wrought symbolist prose style, whilst lovers of the supernatural will admire the imagination and imagery of a writer who is regarded by many as one of the most interesting authors to emerge in recent years.

    For fans of the classics—Holmes, Dickens, and Abfab.In 1842, two drunken sisters debate their future. Business at the family chocolate shop has ground to a halt, and change is needed. For once, domineering elder sister Maggie doesn't get her way, and a month later Judy, Maggie, and Netta Walters—a medium with big hair and a bigger secret—open their séance parlor. The locals are shocked, but soon the shop is crammed with people wanting to contact the dead. Despite their change in fortune, a rift grows between the sisters, as Judy gets her gothic novel published, finds a man, and proves to be more capable of contacting spirits than Maggie, who can only read tea leaves. Spurred on by jealousy, Maggie tries harder, and soon her talents surpass those of her smug sister. She fills halls with folk wishing to witness her powers, and is even consulted by the Queen. As word spreads, the Church decides that Maggie must be stopped, and Maggie is tricked into a carriage—destination Bedlam Hospital. She then has to choose between publicly declaring herself a fake and returning to obscurity, or being incarcerated forever with the insane.

    Like death. Like poverty. Like losing your favourite kitten, in a junkyard, on acid, at Christmas." Carlie Martece is a visual artist working in the North of England. Most people who discover her intriguing work ask about the inspiration behind her pieces, and in this, her first novel, she answers this question in a lyrical and sardonic style. It is a roller coaster journey exploring the different facets of a fractured personality – from irritating cheerfulness to cold cynicism, from meek terror to unhinged exhibitionism, and from academic introversion to vitriolic fury."'Because what the world really needs is another tragic tale…. The kind of pity-me anecdote you read in women's magazines while you sit in doctors' reception rooms waiting for someone to help you.'"This is a very honest and personal story that mocks the "misery memoir" genre by turning dark subjects into even darker comedy. Martece explores the myriad of truths that shape the human character in this comically twisted account of a creative life, involving "courage", art, madness, badgers, alien princesses, Gothic melodrama, nudity and petrol.

    Frightened by foreign anger and overwhelming depression, the first-time mother decides to end her life to spare the life of her only child. But before she acts on her dark intuition, she is overcome by a panic attack and blacks out.When she awakes, everything is blue: the trees, the grass, the rocks and still, scentless sky above her. Everything except the face of the man who stands over her. He is Ishmael Dubois and claims to be her Guide through the dangerous world of Monochrome, a physical manifestation of the depressed mind. But in a place where good memories are currency, nightmares walk, and hopeless people are hired to bring down those who still have the will to live, Abigail starts to wonder if she’ll ever make it back to her family. Despite her growing feelings for her handsome, mysterious Guide, Abigail must fight for the life she once wished to take or fade into the blue.

    Seizing upon the possibility of a reunion with his closest comrade from the trenches, Dorian arrives in the capital city of Scotland on Halloween! Guisers are out in force, disapproving gentlemen walk the streets… and a sinister department store has a great deal more on offer than it might initially advertise.

    Summoned by the daughter of an old friend, Dorian finds himself confronted by the actions of his past… and a familiar picture that holds a dreadful secret. But can he stop history from repeating itself, or is it already far too late?Voiced by: Alexander Vlahos (Dorian Gray), Katharine Mangold (Kayla Grant)Note: The Confessions of Dorian Gray contains adult material and is not suitable for younger listeners.

    Edmund. Determined to offer the very best tours, Edgar volunteers at the local library on Saturdays, where he secretly digs through old town documents for interesting historical tidbits.Among his recent discoveries is the name of a man who seems to be missing from the official town records. Edgar’s curiosity deepens the further he digs — if he didn’t know better he could swear the mysterious figure had been intentionally removed from St. Edmund’s history. But it’s when two members of the local historical society forcefully tell him to mind his own business that he begins to realize he’s stumbled into something very, very big.St. Edmund’s cemetery manager, Corinthian Harknell, has been Edgar’s confidant and father figure for some time, and the curious mystery of the missing man seems to have whetted his appetite for a good adventure as well. Corinthian knows Edgar better than anyone, and instantly picks up on the chemistry between Edgar and high school acquaintance Shelby Emerson, whose curiosity draws her deeper and deeper into Edgar Wilde’s compelling world of Victorian garb, cemetery iconography and passion for mystery.Together, the three find themselves on a tantalizing quest involving centuries-old clues hidden around St. Edmund, a forgotten witch trial, and a mysterious book of spells — the Lost Grimoire — that promises untold power to the one who wields it.

    After her mother's death, Tamaris has an opportunity to visit the castle that dominated her childhood, but the mysteries only deepen at the brooding Penhallow Castle, When Tamaris meets the brash, mocking Gawain Trevain, she's in danger of losing more than just her heart. And diamonds are the least of her worries.

    She, for one, is fascinated by the controversial work, until her mother dies and her father marries Anna van Burren, who brings two new sisters into the family. Cindy's misery only grows from there.Following her father’s untimely death, Cindy’s life spirals into darkness as she is forced to become a servant in her own home, to wait on her hated siblings and stepmother. She has become so sequestered that she can’t even let the one man she continues to think about know that she is alive.She met him once in the mortuary years ago - a handsome, curious boy who had been a surprise to her - until she'd discovered who he was. Now a man, Christian is a perfect specimen, and also the object of her step-sisters’ affections. According to a stipulation of his inheritance, he must marry before age twenty-one. That day is fast approaching. Any hope Cindy has of seeing him again – or of salvaging anything that should have been left of her life – seems lost. Cindy's world is filled with misfortune. She believes she must be cursed.It takes the appearance of a strange woman who brings a wicked prophecy before Cindy can see how blessed she could become – and to see what sacrifices were made to give her hope once again.

    It is discovered that her visions are much more than figments of an over active imagination. Personally motivated to dive deeper into Alice's world, Dr. Braun begins working to harness her power, but instead unlocks the door to a more sinister reality. Written from Dr. Braun's perspective, we explore the treatment of young Alice in this prequel to Bedlam Stories: The Battle of Oz and Wonderland Begins.

    the occult.  Will they learn enough about God’s words to defend themselves and others or will evil overcome them? Gatehaven is the 2013 Creation House Fiction Writing Contest Winner.

    unmistakeably heartfelt' Daily Mail'A poignant and intricately crafted story of love and loss, picturesquely and memorably set on the sea-coast of Cornwall' Stevie Davies, author of Awakening He turns and waves, twenty feet or so away... she can't swim as strongly as usual. She can taste blood again. Nicholas bobs where he is, letting her catch up. Her nightdress blooms around her like a sail. She reaches him and he touches her arm, very gently. She wants to grab him, hold him tightly in the water. Would he let her? Cornwall. 1880. Pearl, Jack and Nicholas play among the fishing boats of Skommow Bay, not understanding the undercurrents beneath their games. As they grow older, the choices they make shape the pattern of their lives. 1936 and everything has changed. The fish have stopped coming and the Pilchard Palace is abandoned. Pearl, exiled in favour of holidaymakers, turns to the memory of her great love, and her greatest loss. She's waiting for her own visitor. Will he come for her? The sea's ghosts are stirring. The past can be more alive than the present... A cliff top romance in the style of Daphne Du Maurier and set in a fictional village based on St Ives, The Visitor is a novel steeped in the coast and people of Cornwall. It shivers and flashes with visions as elusive as the fish at the centre of its story.

    On the verge of adulthood, the sudden arrival of a forbidding housekeeper makes Dorian Gray’s life a living hell…Kew, 2012. Now converted into flats, Dorian’s family home has become a very real hell for his latest tenants, and the memories of his childhood are finally catching up with him… Note: The Confessions of Dorian Gray contains adult material and is not suitable for younger listeners.Cast: Alexander Vlahos (Dorian Gray), Lalla Ward (Constance Harker), Geoffrey Breton (Brennan Doyle) Technical Details Written By: Scott HandcockDirector: Scott HandcockSound Design: Neil GardnerMusic: James DunlopCover Art: Stuart ManningDuration: 30' approxProduction Code: BFPDGDL10Recorded Dates: 13 April 2013Recorded At: The Moat Studios

    He to be a rogue pirate, roaming the seas with no chance for love, and her to submissively accept the safe but mundane life that has been laid out for her. Yet when fate, and a battle at sea, brings them together aboard the pirate ship called Phantom, everything they thought they knew was suddenly about to change. Join them in a swashbuckling twist on the beloved tale of The Phantom of the Opera, as they find love and adventure on the high seas while battling evil pirates, the French and English Navy, cannibals, mistaken identity and their own stubborn hearts.

    Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film explores the shadowy world of Gothic cinema and television – a haunted place stalked by vampires and werewolves, ghosts and tormented monsters, mad scientists and the living dead, brooding Princes of Darkness and imperilled heroines…Through a range of lavishly illustrated new essays, written by some of the foremost authorities in the field, Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film reveals how the archetypes of Gothic horror and romance have endured, reflecting our deepest fears back at us.It charts the story of how the Gothic found its dark heart in Britain, and came to life on film across the world, from its origins in the silent era, through the Universal horrors of the 1930s, the rise of Hammer in the 1950s, and many other twilight stops on its path to the present.

    The story begins with a part-remembered, part-imagined childhood.

    Raven, Skye, Marigold, and Rosie echo the macabre appeal of the Addams Family and the drawings of Edward Gorey. Dress them in their ruffled outfits and send them to play with their saucer-eyed poodle, deer, and hedgehog.

    There she meets the resident ghost, a little girl whose crying not only scares, but also intrigues guests. Beth sets out to discover the identity of the ghost and why she appears happy to Beth, not sad. Jeff Halstead, a man with several secrets, runs the bed and breakfast. But he's more than that to Beth, and she feels their connection immediately. A psychic medium who doubts his skills, Jeff slowly uncovers the truth of their past lives. Will he be in time to reveal the identity of Beth's enemy? Will the love they shared in the past follow them into the future?

    Gothic art has surged in popularity over recent years, fuelled by the Twilight phenomenon, then cool TV series such as True Blood, Vampire Diaries and My Babysitter's a Vampire and bestselling games cards from Wizards of the Coast. The Hunger Games generation is fascinated by gothic themes and this fantastic new book brings together the hottest new talent with classic gothic artists such as Aly Fell, Anne Stokes, Alex Horley, Jasmine Beckett-Griffith and Brom, to create an explosive, imaginative tour-de-force. With digital and traditional paintings and photo art, and a fascinating discussion of the gothic, this is a must-have read for anyone interested in the slightly darker, anarchic side of art.

    By custom, this uncommon trait elevates the girl into royalty, and she soon becomes the Princess Bless. However, the royal title bestowed upon her also means abduction from her parents and a forced marriage while still a child. Though her struggles eventually lead to her blindness, the young Princess Bless leads a fight to the death against those of the royal house who held her captive. This gruesome fairy tale, written by Robert Tomoguchi, is beautifully illustrated by Ashley Vargas.

    A watershed moment for this area of study was the publication of Derrida's Specters of Marx in 1993, marking the inauguration of a "spectral turn" in cultural criticism. Gathering together the most compelling texts of the past twenty years, the editors transform the field of spectral studies with this first ever reader, employing the ghost as an analytical and methodological tool. The Spectralities Reader takes ghosts and haunting on their own terms, as wide-ranging phenomena that are not conscripted to a single aesthetic genre or style.Divided into six thematically discreet sections, the reader covers issues of philosophy, politics, media, spatiality, subject formation (gender, race and sexuality), and historiography. It anthologizes the previously published work of theoretical heavyweights from different disciplinary and cultural backgrounds, such as Jacques Derrida, Gayatri Spivak, and Giorgio Agamben, alongside work by literary and cultural historians such as Jeffrey Sconce and Roger Luckhurst.

    The story follows the account by Sergio Carerra, the scientist who revives the creature from a two-hundred year arctic freeze, and with the help of his wife, Sophia, a psychologist, brings him into the family of man. The creature’s Gothic sojourns to the 1790’s through dreams and flashbacks reveals a unique perspective on the original story, why he survived, and what happened to his mate. How does present society see this formidable beast, so different than his movie counterpart, and how does he feel about his unwanted resurrection? Now, that he’s back, there are others interested in him for reasons not so apparent, and they will do anything to get what they want.How he fares in the modern world is an assemblage of psychological drama, horror, romance, and sci-fi. Finally, after 200 years, we are about to learn the truth.

    But they had more in common than she knew. Shelly tried to ignore the haints that warned her Faith’s tyrannical father, Pastor Dobbins, was a devil in disguise. But when Faith started acting strange, Shelly couldn’t avoid the past—not anymore. Critically acclaimed, award-winning author Ann Hite beckons readers back to the Depression-era South, from the saltwater marshes of Georgia’s coast to the whispering winds of North Carolina’s mystical Black Mountain, in a mesmerizing gothic tale about the dark family secrets that come back to haunt us.

    Available only as a signed limited edition hardback, Cold Grey Stones sold out in a matter of weeks. In 2013, to commemorate Tanith Lee being honoured with a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at this year's World Fantasy Convention, we are delighted to release a paperback edition of the book for the first time, now expanded to include a brand new novelette, "The Frost Watcher," inspired by John Kaiine's evocative cover art. This is a stunning collection of stories, providing further evidence, should any be needed, of why Tanith Lee is held in such high regard by fans and contemporaries alike. "Tanith Lee restores one's faith in fiction as the expression of imagination and original thought." - The Guardian "Tanith Lee's mastery of voice and the constant originality of her writing never fail to intrigue, unsettle, and ultimately delight." - Liz Williams, Author of the Inspector Chen Novels

    As New Year’s Eve approaches, some believe it will herald the end of the world, and when Dorian encounters renowned artist Natalie Isaacs in a bar, they embark on an intimate journey... but one with terrible consequences. Once the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, it isn’t long before the Mayfair Monster manifests.

    It is another pitiless blow for a life already stained with blood.When all those you hold dear have been taken from you, where do you find solace?In the arms of the dead, for the living no longer care.This is novella length and totals approximately, 21,500 words

    Blackmoor, his friend’s new residence, rests upon the outskirts of the town of Sorrow’s Point. The mansion’s history of magic, mayhem, and death makes it almost a living thing – a haunted mansion straight out of a Stephen King novel. Jimmy must decide if the young girl, Lucy, is only ill, or if the haunting of the house and her apparent possession are real. After the house appears to affect him as well with colors of magic dancing before his eyes, rooms warded by a witch, and a ring of power in his voice, Jimmy is met by a transient who tells him he has “the Mark.” Whatever being “marked” means, Jimmy doesn’t care. All he wants to do is help Lucy. But, helping Lucy means performing an exorcism.

    . . APARTMENT 16: An apartment block in London has lain empty for fifty years. Seth is the night watchman and one night hears a disturbance in the strange apartment. What he experiences changes his life forever. Could the doorway to Apartment 16 be the gateway to something altogether more terrifying?THE RITUAL: Four old university friends reunite for a hiking trip in the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle. When they take a shortcut, they soon discover old macabre remains and a bestial presence that turns their hike into a nightmare that could cost them their lives. But the four friends soon discover that death doesn’t come easy among these ancient trees . . .LAST DAYS: Kyle Freeman is an indie film-maker with no money and few options, so when he lands a commission to make a documentary about The Temple of the Last Days cult, he jumps at the chance. Little does he know that his investigation into the cult’s bloody history will lead him into the darkest places he’s ever known.

    His father warned him never to mention the Box—nor pry into the secret chamber where it was kept. Now the Box has begun speaking to Leopold, begging him to find the key and undo the hateful locks. If he does so, it promises him to fulfill his every desire, even offering him the hand of the forbidden—and forbiddingly named— Lady Mary Bianca Domenica de Grassini Algarotti. However, before unfastening the third lock he catches a glimpse of something unspeakable inside—and turns to the only man who shared his father’s secret, the legendary Conjurer-Magician, Hildigrim Blackbeard. A man who, if the stories are true, will exact a terrible price in return for his service.

    Daphne, a mystery writer with a hashish habit; Clive, an American gigolo and art forger; Nigel, an English aristocrat down at the heels; and Finestone, a fly-by-night art historian, are thrown together in a decrepit villa looked after by two Italian servants who are not what they seem. Each character will find his or her own hell hidden in the park, and not everyone will make it out alive. Through the deforming mirror of the Bomarzo sculptures, Daphne will face up to the darker sides of herself while solving a murder for which she has been unjustly accused. Unraveling that mystery, she unwittingly solves another, who designed the Monster Park and why. Perfect summer reading for a plane trip or the beach, SIGNATURES IN STONE tells a story of secrets, forgery and murder, and shows how waking life, intuition, and dream are much more interfused than we normally admit."Lappin is a modern day Agatha Christie with prose that is like eating dark chocolate or sipping a glass of fine wine — the story continues to entice your senses and simply gets better and better the more you partake. Not one to hurry to the plot she unveils the scenes piece by piece, character by character and leaves her own signatures for you to find along the way." Vikki Walton, I LOVE A MYSTERY

    In short, she lives a life of service, devoid of romance. Until she is invited to attend an invalid at a gloomy Gothic-style estate in Northumberland, where she encounters two suspicious deaths, personal animosity, a needy child, and even needier father. Add witchcraft, shake (sink) holes, Mid-summer Eve revels, and a variety of odd characters, as well as the certainty someone is trying to killer her, and Serena finds herself surrounded by a miasma of evil. The lord of the manor should be of help, but he, alas, is a prime suspect in the murder of the Brides of Falconfell.Author's Note: "Brides of Falconfell" is a tribute to the great era of Gothic novels, written by Victoria Holt, Jane Aiken Hodge, Mary Stewart, Phyllis Whitney, and other talented authors of that time. The books—more "Jane Eyre" and "Rebecca" than "Pride and Prejudice"—have several common elements: they are told in first person, as both heroine and reader must be isolated, unable to know what the other characters are thinking. Frequently, the heroines are married and begin to suspect their husbands of murder. There is often a child, usually the hero's from a previous marriage. A large, gloomy mansion is a must, where murder, madness, and evil abound, with the heroine escaping death by the skin of her teeth. I have put all these conventions in "Brides of Falconfell" and chosen an isolated location at the very "top" of England as a setting. I hope you will enjoy my personal attempt at "Gothic Revival." Blair Bancroft

    Gothic Blue Books were short fictions popular in the 18th and 19th century. They were descendants of the chap book trade. Burial Day Books presents its third Gothic Blue Book III, The Graveyard Edition. The following short stories and poems honor the Gothic story. Misery, fear, despair, regret and dread are highlighted in the following pages, stirring old ghosts, witches, and awakening death. The following collection of new and established horror authors weave together brilliant tales of terror celebrating the history of the Gothic story with a new twist.Authors: Meg Belviso - MUST LOVE CHILDREN AND CATS Die Booth - THE GHOST BRIDE Melissa J. Davies - EZABELL FROWNED Lance Davis - THE VIEWING Nicole DeGennaro - THE KEEPER Mathias Jansson - DEAR MADAME INSANE K. Trap Jones - THE BASEMENT Michael Kellar - THAT WHICH REMAINS Edward J. McFadden III - SINS OF OUR MOTHER Jessica McHugh - AUNTIE GRAVE Georgina Morales - A DIARY OF MADNESS Cortney Philip - DIARY OF A DOOR MOUSE Jennifer A. Smith - AND ALL THE TRIMMINGS K. R. Smith - THE BALLAD OF DRUNKEN JACK Peter Adam Salomon- THE QUESTIONER’S APPRENTICE Jay Wilburn - REST Editors: Cynthia (cina) Pelayo Gerardo Pelayo Cover Art: Abigail Larson Publisher: Burial Day Books

    It is a decadent time of artists and thinkers, of poets and dreamers. It is also a time for blood.The mysterious aristocrat Lord Cresswell offers struggling writer, Robert Bishop a position within Le Grand Guignol theatre, an ancient establishment famed for its bloodthirsty productions and the tortured cries of terror from its patrons.When he accepts the position, Bishop is thrown into a horrifying mystery. A mystery in which the demons from his own dark past threaten to destroy his soul.

    Though Marin knows her dreams with their messages from the dead could help, she struggles with the idea of returning home and facing a troubled past. However, a phone call informing her of Jack's murder and the return of the family curse gives Marin that final push. In a surprising turn of events, Marin discovers a mystery from long ago that somehow connects to recent deaths. With the help of cryptic messages delivered by spirits, Marin races to solve the mystery of Saint Toulere.

    This audiobook includes her most enduring work, The Yellow Wallpaper as well as her 1913 article, "Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper."The Yellow Wallpaper told as a series of secret diary entries, the story is about a young woman, confined to her room and denied all creative outlets, who gradually suffers a mental breakdown."Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper" originally published in an issue of the Forerunner, the article addresses the story behind The Yellow Wallpaper, revealing Gilman's own experience with postpartum psychosis.

    He’s lost everything—an apartment, an education, a girlfriend, his job....When a mysterious letter comes from a law firm in Colorado, he decides things just might be looking up. Now he stands to inherit a fortune, but it comes with a price. He must break a family curse and restore true love. What does he know about breaking a curse? And who is this Great Uncle Luther Clayton, who claims Zeke is the one? Can he piece together the clues left by his dearly departed? Who can he trust? The Apache Indian attorney? Her great nephew? The leather-clad, Harley riding Pastor? Least of all, himself? What about the Ghosts? ...And why does his three-year-old tattoo bleed every time he gets near the wishing well?

    He could be described as fundamentally glum. Tallulah doesn't die easily. She could be described as annoyingly immortal. What if you wanted to die but were unable to? Such is the case with Guy Edwards and Tallulah Leigh, who want to end their miserable lives for different reasons. The only problem is, she's been stricken with an unexplained (and unwelcome) case of immortality while he lacks that final, sorrowful piece of inspiration he needs to effectively do himself in. What better way to solve this dilemma than to help kill each other. However, a bigger problem has emerged--one of them is falling in love with the other. They'll now have to decide what is a more frightening option--dying or taking one last shot at happiness? The Funeral Portrait is a very dark and comedic (but often horrific) tale about two lost souls who find each other and soon realize the only thing that may be worse than death is commitment.

    Frankenstein learns the secret to giving life to inanimate matter. To test his theories, he collects bones from the tombs to construct a "human" being, and then gives it life. The creature, endowed with supernatural size and strength, is revolting to look at, and frightens all who see it. Lonely and miserable, it comes to hate its creator. This tale of terror has been a world favorite since it was first published in 1818. Mary Shelley's original novel is not only a masterwork of horror, but it's also considered to be one of the earliest science fiction stories ever written. Beautifully illustrated, this classic, comic graphic novel captures the imagination of readers of all ages.

    Gothic Evolutions celebrates gothic literature's long history with a distinctive selection of poetry, short fiction, and theory.

    "One would not make love to a Salamandrine during a sandstorm," wrote Aleister Crowley, anticipating by some sixty years the note of caution that Tarpaulin Sky must attach to the Black Book whose image now burns before you: Dear Reader, banish all received notions of narrative, of language itself. Masquerading as a collection of short stories, SALAMANDRINE is a channeled text, moonchild, unholy offspring of poetry and Loser Occult. Refracting the dread and isolation of contemporary life through a series of formal/generic lenses, producing a distorted, attenuated, spasmatic experience of time, as accompanies motherhood, Salamandrine renders impossible any thinking in terms of conventional temporalities or even causalities, let alone their narrative effects. SALAMANDRINE is the high magick of art so low it crawls. Like a toddler at a poetry reading. With a taste for achilles heels. Hell-bent on bringing literature itself to its knees."If you would recover the empire over the Salamanders, purify and exalt the Natural Fire that is within you."----Abbe de Villars"He who shrinks from the flames will never command Salamanders."--Arthur Edward Waite

    Jeanette begins to settle into the nice quiet community of Swanson when the demon, Alfred, comes back with a vengeance. This time the entire town is his playground and it is up to Jeanette to stop him.

    The main argument the book makes is that the Irish gothic should be read in the context of the split in Irish Anglican public opinion that opened in the 1750s, and seen as a fictional instrument of liberal Anglican opinion in a changing political landscape. By providing a fully historicized account of the beginnings of the genre in Ireland, the book also addresses the theoretical controversies that have bedevilled discussion of the Irish gothic in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. The book gives ample space to the critical debate, and rigorously defends a reading of the Irish gothic as an Anglican, Patriot tradition. This reading demonstrates the connections between little-known Irish gothic fictions of the mid-eighteenth century (The Adventures of Miss Sophia Berkley and Longsword), and the Irish gothic tradition more generally, and also the gothic as a genre of global significance.Key Features * Examines gothic texts including Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Charles Robert Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer, (Anon), The Adventures of Miss Sophia Berkley and Thomas Leland's Longsword * Provides a rigorous and robust theory of the Irish Gothic* Reads early Irish gothic fully into the political context of mid-eighteenth century Ireland

    But Arthur has not forgotten Dermot. Dead but not departed, Arthur has unfinished business and needs the help of the living.Upon his arrival at Malenfer Manor, Dermot finds himself embroiled in a mystery of murder, succession, and ambition. Dermot falls in love with the youngest Malenfer, the beautiful fey Simonne, but in his way are Simonne’s mismatched fiancé, her own connections to the spirit world, Dermot’s overwhelming guilt over the circumstances of Arthur’s death … and the curse.***Note: This book was previously published under the title "The Curse of Malenfer Manor".***

    What would you do if you woke one day zipped up in a body bag, your friends had left you for dead, and the zombie apocalypse was upon you? Well, meet Byron Marks, a frat-guy at a New Jersey college whose world just got turned upside down. After being attacked by a vagrant on his college campus Byron finds himself in a strange new world. Nothing makes sense anymore. Now, he needs to do whatever he can to save the few living friends he has left. Only, there's one little catch: Byron is one of the walking dead. Byron: A Zombie Tale is NOT your average zombie story.

    Includes stories by Carmilla Voiez, Jef With One F, Robert Craven, John Tucker, Danielle Farman and more...

    A shining light with aspirations and expectations, there was nothing but blind love and unrelenting loyalty from the little boy...Until he found his trust betrayed and his love unreturned.Thrown into the ugly truth of what he’d once committed his entire life to, Stan finds himself shunned and outcast from his own personal paradise; lost in a world that harbors greater secrets than any holy text could have ever hinted towards.Secrets that will introduce him to his fate.Secrets that show him to a new faith.Secrets lurking in crimson shadows.Secrets that will change everything. . .Forever!

    

    Whether capturing highway signs proclaiming Christ or a restaurant five hundred yards up the road, the frenzied motions of persons seized by the Holy Spirit, or quiet folks, black and white, sitting on benches in town squares, these photographs portray strikingly and sympathetically the world O’Connor wrote about in her remarkable stories.

    But while Karen attempts to recover and move forward with her life, there is another party interested in her—one that is seething with grasping, covetous desires. All of this happens along the backdrop of a year-long spate of unsolved, bloody serial killings.As tension builds and the mystery slowly unravels, Karen's life hangs in the balance. Who—or what—is torturing her mind and trying to possess her soul? The answer will leave readers breathless and stunned. Night Garden is a suspense-filled mystery laden with alternative themes and intriguing, off-color characters (some supernatural) who inhabit her home away from home, the Cirkus Freakatorium, where nudity, fire-eating, vampirism, and body-hook suspensions are the norm.This dark tale is full of psychological underpinnings that tease readers all the way till the jarring and unexpected end. Readers who crave novels full of magick, thrills, witchy mayhem, and intensity will find true delight within its pages. Not for the faint of heart in many ways, those who are brave enough to enter Night Garden's shadowy world will emerge with their literary appetites aptly sated at the end.

    Famous tales such as ‘The Great God Pan’ and ‘The Three Impostors’ have shocked and intrigued readers for over a hundred years, retaining the same raw power that first outraged Victorian readers. For the first time in publishing history, Delphi Classics is proud to present the complete fictional works of Arthur Machen, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions, many rare non-fiction works and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Machen's life and works* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts* ALL four novels, with individual contents tables* Rare novels like THE GREEN ROUND appear here for the first time in digital print* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* Rare short story collections like THE CHRONICLE OF CLEMENDY, appearing in print for the first time in many years* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories* Rare uncollected tales – over 110 grisly Machen stories for you to explore* Easily locate the short stories you want to read* Includes Machen's letters - spend hours exploring the author’s personal correspondence* Special criticism section, with Starrett’s seminal essay evaluating Machen’s contribution to literature* Features Machen’s first autobiography - discover the author’s early life and first inspirations* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresPlease note: ‘The House of the Hidden Light’ cannot appear in this collection due to being published for the first time in 2003 and therefore not being in the public domain. Once new texts enter the public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update.Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titlesCONTENTS:The NovelsTHE HILL OF DREAMSTHE TERRORTHE SECRET GLORYTHE GREEN ROUNDThe Shorter FictionTHE CHRONICLE OF CLEMENDY: OR THE HISTORY OF THE IX JOYOUS JOURNEYS. CARBONNEKTHE GREAT GOD PAN, AND THE INMOST LIGHTTHE THREE IMPOSTORS: OR THE TRANSMUTATIONSTHE HOUSE OF SOULSTHE ANGELS OF MONSTHE GREAT RETURNTHE SHINING PYRAMID, 1923THE SHINING PYRAMID, 1924THE GLORIOUS MYSTERYORNAMENTS IN JADETHE COSY ROOM AND OTHER STORIESTHE CHILDREN OF THE POOL, AND OTHER STORIESUNCOLLECTED TALESThe Short StoriesLIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe PoemsLIST OF POEMSThe Non-FictionTHE MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA DE SEINGALT, 1725-1798THE ANATOMY OF TOBACCOHIEROGLYPHICSDR STIGGINS: HIS VIEWS AND PRINCIPLESDOG AND DUCKDREADS AND DROLLSNOTES AND QUERIESBRIDLES AND SPURSMISCELLANEOUS ESSAYSThe LettersSELECTED LETTERS OF ARTHUR MACHENThe CriticismARTHUR MACHEN: A NOVELIST OF ECSTASY AND SIN by Vincent StarrettThe AutobiographyFAR OFF THINGSPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

    The antebellum New Orleans mansion is the site of a tragedy Chloe's mind will not disclose. It's also home to an unseen presence that traces her steps, visits her studio and lingers near her bedroom.Waking and sleeping, Chloe grasps at scraps of memory that flutter about her, alighting eventually on her countless canvases. Only under the stormy eyes—and electrifying touch—of Jonathan La Croix does Chloe begin to remember what they once were to each other. What they could be again. Such a man cannot be forgotten forever….

    Nick just couldn't shake off the thought of just being Drac Von Stoller's right hand Vampire the rest of his life, so Nick decided to invite Drac Von Stoller to his Castle and poison him and drive a stake through his heart. With Drac Von Stoller out of the way Nick Maundrell would take over the throne and become King of the Vampires. Nick sent the invitation by way of one of his henchmen on horseback. The henchman arrived a few days later and knocked on Drac Von Stoller's castle door. The rain was intense with a lot of thunder. The door opened, and Drac Von Stoller's servant answered, and said, 'May I help you?" "Yes, I was sent by Nick Maundrell to deliver this invitation to Drac Von Stoller," replied Nick's henchman. Drac's servant said, "I'll see that Drac Von Stoller receives the invitation." Drac's servant entered Drac Von Stoller's study to deliver the invitation. The servant said,"Drac, I have an invitation that was just delivered by Nick Maundrell's henchman." Drac placed his hand out, and the servant placed the invitation in Drac's hand, and Drac opened the invitation, and read it out loud. "Nick has invited me over to his castle for dinner tomorrow evening to celebrate our friendship and the takeover of the world." Drac was excited to see his good friend Nick once again, but Drac's excitement about spending some time with his friend tomorrow evening would be short lived once Nick added a little poison to his drink. Drac told his servant he was going out for the night and would be hanging out with some friends at the Vampire Tavern. Drac hopped in his casket shaped car and sped off down the road to the Vampire Tavern. Drac pulled into his parking space that was reserved for him, and stepped out of his car, and entered the Vampire Tavern for a night of drinking, and live music. Drac stepped up to the bar and the bar tender said, "Drac what can I get you tonight?" Drac Von Stoller replied, "Make it a Bloody Mary on the rocks, Wolfman.” The Wolfman howled, and poured Drac Von Stoller his Bloody Mary, and Drac Von Stoller gulped it down, and wiped the blood from his mouth, and slammed his glass down on the bar and said, "Pour me another, Wolfman, and make it a little stronger." The Wolfman poured him another then Drac said, "I'll see you shortly I'm just going to listen to my favorite band, "The Ghouls of the Night." "Ok, Drac, I'll see you around," as the Wolfman howled. Drac partied hard as he always does at the Vampire Tavern, but Drac knew the fun had to end before the sun would start to rise. Drac checked his watch, and downed a few more shots of Bloody Mary’s, and said goodbye to the band, and staggered over to the bar, and said, "Hey! Wolfman, I'll see you tomorrow night." The Wolfman replied, "I'll be here waiting to pour up some more Bloody Mary’s for you when you return." Drac exited the tavern, and got in his coffin car, and drove back to his castle to sleep just before sunrise. Then when the sunset he would head on over to meet Nick Maundrell at his castle for dinner and celebration, but for Drac Von Stoller the only thing that would be celebrated at Nick's castle would be his death.

    Not, at least, until the witching hour. Stanza is a young American scholar working in Belgium when her husband, Pierre, is killed in a tragic bicycle accident. Devastated by her soul mate's death, she moves back to her family home in rural Kansas. In her five-year absence, Stanza's homeland - and especially her hometown - has become darkly twisted, creating something dangerously inhospitable to outsiders. As rebellious as she is brilliant, Stanza is a stranger in the university where she teaches, even in the town where she was born and raised. With ghosts and feral hounds as companions, she stumbles upon a carving in the woods that harkens back to Ozark magic, promising to single out and kill a witch. This discovery sends Stanza on a tornadic quest into regional folklore, a string of historical murders, and the occult - and ultimately, into the mysteries of her own bloody heritage and fey destiny. Composed of idiosyncratic characters and idiomatic prose, Ligatures combines elements of the weird, Southern Gothic, and magical realism to create a world that is familiar and terrifying at once. Between the suspense and the quality of writing, you won't be able to put down this spellbinding first novel, even long after it's finished. Reviewers have called Ligatures "perceptive" with a "dimensional and complicated" protagonist that "brings to mind the early work of Barbara Kingsolver and Margaret Atwood."

    In Knee High, Nebraska, someone–or something–has been stalking household pets in the dead of night… but would they rather be hunting us? A harrowing and terrifying tale of paranoia and heartbreaking loss, "Scavengers" is Duncan Ralston’s chilling debut novella, and will be included in the forthcoming GRISTLE & BONE collection exclusively on Kindle and paperback.

    Running into his old friend Dorothy Parker on the street, Dorian finds himself accompanying her to the opening of an antiquities exhibition. But when one of the guests is murdered, Dorian and Dorothy have no choice but to find the killer before their culprit has a chance to strike again…Note: The Confessions of Dorian Gray contains adult material and is not suitable for younger listeners.Cast: Alexander Vlahos (Dorian Gray), Sarah Douglas (Dorothy Parker), David Menkin (Detective Randall), Miles Richardson (Professor Bloom), Paul Jones (Julius Metzger) Technical Details Written By: David LlewellynDirector: Scott HandcockSound Design: Neil GardnerMusic: James DunlopCover Art: Stuart ManningDuration: 30' approxProduction Code: BFPDGDL08Recorded Dates: 7 and 27 April 2013Recorded At: The Moat Studios

    Structured around the principles of time, space and practice, and including a detailed general introduction, the five sections look at:Gothic Histories Gothic Spaces Gothic Readers and Writers Gothic Spectacle Contemporary Impulses. The Gothic World seeks to account for the Gothic as a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional force, as a style, an aesthetic experience and a mode of cultural expression that traverses genres, forms, media, disciplines and national boundaries and creates, indeed, its own 'World'.

    On the way she encounter with a bearded young man and receives a mysterious warning. Her destination, and an island shrouded in mist and mystery, does nothing to calm the unsettled feeling that she might be headed into real danger. Added to that she must cope with a young woman who might or might not be mentally unbalanced and try to get to the bottom of the rumors about an ancient curse. What has Martha gotten herself into in her quest to escape the past.

    Arriving late, she walks in on a threesome between her boss’s cousin and two friends. Embarrassed, she hides while peering in on the group and growing more turned on by the sight. Sophie wonders if she should announce her arrival or run back the way she came. Soon, however, the trio discovers her and makes their introductions while Sophie tries to hide her mortification at getting caught watching the orgy.Her first meeting with her boss, widower Adrian Pendelton, leaves her with a feeling of empathy and arousal for this cold, brooding man who has clearly suffered the pain of loss as she has. Not wanting to give up on the new position and the excitement of living in a new town, Sophie decides to give the housekeeping position a try, though she is quite leery about the people who inhabit the manor and their wicked ways.Soon, Sophie gets to know the family members of Pendelton Manor and the scandal that rocked the foundation of the household. Adrian suspects someone had been having an affair with his wife shortly before her suspicious death. Sophie cannot believe any of the wonderful people she's met would be responsible for it, but does her best to stay out of it.Sophie soon finds her self-enforced celibacy coming to an end when she is lured into the sexually deviant parties held by Adrian, his cousins and the women who hang around them. Discovering her wild-side, it brings her closer to confronting Adrian with her growing desire for him.Can Sophie warm up the cold-hearted Adrian? Will he see her as more than a housekeeper and as an actual eye-catching woman? Can they solve Adrian's wife's death while distracted by their carnal attraction?BJ Wane proves once again she is the mistress of spanking stories with this wonderful tale of mystery, intrigue and sumptuous sex. Includes: spanking, threesomes, lesbian scenes, anal sex, oral sex, multiple partners and so much more!

    The lure of the forbidden and the pale seductions of the fantastic, romantic imagination are boldy brought to life in this beautiful new book which features the art of Anne Stokes and Jasmine Becket-Griffith and many others, with a fascinating text on the history of the modern vampire in books, films and art.

    Although this fascination dates back to the gothic genre of the mid-18th century, at that time, the gothic genre was not regarded as suitable for children or young persons in general. However, many young authors' first literary attempts were linked to the gothic genre, and child characters were employed in many of their novels, thereby transforming the gothic into a domain with a predilection for youth.The aim of this book is to rediscover, present and analyze the usage of children in the gothic genre, spanning a period of 60 years from Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764) to Charles Robert Maturin's Albigenses (1824). The Gothic Child is almost exclusively based on primary sources. It examines children and childhood in a new light and updates the current definition of the gothic genre by adding to it the archetype of the gothic child. The book also contains analyses of selected films from the 20th and 21st centuries and links the major child-related themes and motifs in them to the 18th and 19th-century representation of the child.

    It includes such poems like the Confession, the Prophecy, and others. These poems are in Russian language.

    The paperback will not be available until the end of March.The gothic tale of love, mystery and horror that ensares the von Strassenberg family continues in this novella. The tale picks up where we left William Drexler III at the end of Bluestocking Girl: The von Strassenberg Saga Book2. Alone and with plenty of time on his hands William begins to search his surroundings and discovers Katherine Demure's hidden journal.

    P. J. Hodge spins rich, spine-chilling and beautifully written tales that tell of the undead, possessed objects, haunted forests, soul-snatching demons and revengeful spectres that will not rest until their work is done. Mesmerising, understated, and convincingly Victorian in tone, this is a frighteningly good collection of stories. Purchase at your own risk! If you enjoy period ghost tales of that bygone England of country house gatherings, servants and hansom cabs, with smog-filled days and sinister churchyard nights, you’ll love this varied and entertaining collection of chillers. "And by slow and awful degrees the child moved and grew more ghastly with each cycle of its crawl. I could see its mouth open revealing a rasping tongue as if to speak but unable to, instead delivering a series of hideous gurgles as if the throat was being choked."

    Explores the development of the genre and its impact on contemporary culture

    CSI collects DNA evidence from the scene of the latest victim, which has not been detected on the other victims. But no suspect turns up in the FBI database. Due to the notoriety of the crimes a task force is put together with Bonnie as the lead detective, and she implores the D.A. to authorize an as yet unapproved type of a DNA Search in an effort to identify the killer. Homicide Detective Neil Jensen, with his own history of drug and alcohol problems, understands Bonnie’s frailty and the two detectives become inseparable as they track this killer of children.

    One was a young woman with the ability to see spirits trapped in trees, and stone, anchored to the earth beyond their years. Her gift was to draw them, and then, to set them free. The other was a dark man, haunted by visions that brought his stories of sadness and pain, and trapped in a life between the powers he sensed all around him, and a mundane existence attended by failure. They were Eleanore MacReady, Lenore, to her friends, and a young poet named Edgar Allen Poe, who traveled with a crow that was his secret, and almost constant companion, a bird named Grimm for the talented brothers of fairy-tale fame.Their meeting drew them together in vision, and legend, and pitted their strange powers and quick minds against the depths of the Dismal Swamp itself, ancient legends, and time.Once, upon a shoreline dreary, there was a tree. This is her story.

    She had always been more or less alone, for not only the children mostly avoided her, the staff did as well. Khrystiana would learn on her sixteenth birthday just how different she truly was, due to a series of event that would occur... Events that would prove that she had not been as alone as she had always thought.

    Free on the author's blog, split into parts:http://darkfaeryblackrabbit.blogspot....http://darkfaeryblackrabbit.blogspot....http://darkfaeryblackrabbit.blogspot....http://darkfaeryblackrabbit.blogspot....

    

    In 1895 Ludwing attends Becky Williams' Debutante Ball at Lakeview, an estate in Boston, Massachusetts. The handsome stranger charms Becky and her parents, Harrison and Lady Georgia, before luring Becky outside for his just desserts. Becky's vampire transformation binds her to Ludwing for all eternity. The same way Ludwing is beholden to Gretchen Talbot, a vampire from Dudleytown — a cursed hamlet and legendary ghost town, known for its compilation of British and American history and ties to King Henry VIII. Harrison Williams takes a journey to the Vanderblatt farmhouse in Quakertown, Pennsylvania searching for answers — when a chain of events unfurl dark secrets. Dazzling, dangerous, dramatic, and enticing, Forever In Vein contains well documented, chilling occurrences and locations.

    Martha moves to the city to board with Lady Stirling and attend the Queen's Music Academy, but will music school hold the answers she seeks?*Description*Hello, I'm Martha Grimstone, and at last I'm here in the big city attending the Queen's Music Academy, where so many famous musicians made their beginnings.I have my very own wing at Lady Sterling's manor, and I'm excited beyond words, for soon I'll learn how to use my music to turn back the storms that threaten my valley. I simply cannot wait for my teachers to show me all I need to know. But why won't they let me play my own compositions...?The Grimstones: Music School is a gothic fairytale about a new friend with the wrong name, a family of uncooperative bats, and what happens when a school of very great tradition encounters all the four seasons in one day.

    Waxkeep Publishing's goal is to provide the most complete, and most easy to read collections in the marketplace. A table of contents is included.Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American author who wrote the classic short story The Yellow Wallpaper. The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Collection includes the following works:The Yellow WallpaperHerlandMoving the MountainWhat Diantha DidThe Man-Made WorldThe Crux

    Chambers was a pioneer writer of weird, fantasy and supernatural tales, whose seminal collection of stories ‘The King in Yellow’ has had a lasting influence on the horror genre. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete Weird short story collections of Robert W. Chambers, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Chambers’ life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * 37 novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Many novels and tales are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * The complete Weird short story collections, including many Weird tales appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels IN THE QUARTER THE RED REPUBLIC LORRAINE CARDIGAN THE MAID-AT-ARMS THE MAIDS OF PARADISE IN SEARCH OF THE UNKNOWN THE RECKONING IOLE THE TRACER OF LOST PERSONS THE FIGHTING CHANCE THE YOUNGER SET THE FIRING LINE SPECIAL MESSENGER THE DANGER MARK THE GREEN MOUSE AILSA PAIGE THE COMMON LAW THE ADVENTURES OF A MODEST MAN BLUE-BIRD WEATHER THE STREETS OF ASCALON THE GAY REBELLION THE BUSINESS OF LIFE QUICK ACTION THE HIDDEN CHILDREN ANNE’S BRIDGE BETWEEN FRIENDS WHO GOES THERE! ATHALIE THE DARK STAR BARBARIANS THE MOONLIT WAY IN SECRET THE CRIMSON TIDE THE SLAYER OF SOULS THE LITTLE RED FOOT THE FLAMING JEWEL The Short Story Collections THE KING IN YELLOW THE MAKER OF MOONS THE MYSTERY OF CHOICE THE HAUNTS OF MEN A YOUNG MAN IN A HURRY THE TREE OF HEAVEN POLICE!!! THE BETTER MAN A STORY OF PRIMITIVE LOVE The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

    "FANTASTIC! ANOTHER TIME TRAVEL SEQUENCE. I DO NOT WANT IT TO STOP." PIPER/HOLLY The Ravenhurst series: A spellbinding time - travel romance filled with dysfunctional hotties and heroines who simply aren't normal.

    And Holly Bronson was made even more lonely by the unexplained absence of her sister, Liz. During the summer, when tourists renting her cottages demanded most of her time and attention, she had not been too concerned. But now…The quiet in the air, the feel of winter about to descend Holly turned her thoughts to Liz.Holly blamed Liz’s absence on Seacliff Manor. Before Seacliff, they had both pitched in to manage the cottages that their parents had left them.Seacliff—the very name sent a chill through Holly. They had inherited Seacliff from a mysterious uncle whom they had never met. And Liz, after visiting the old manor house located on a small island off the coast, had returned home only briefly. She had been lured back by something she couldn’t explain.Holly was unable to reach Liz by telephone and was considering writing to her when she received a hand-delivered envelope containing a picture of a grotesque skeleton and a warning to save her sister before it was too late!Without thinking, without planning, Holly sped through a dark, rain-swept night to reach her sister.Holly encountered romance at Seacliff, and strange events that put her to more of a test of endurance, strength, and courage than she could have imagined.