His incredible narrative drive ensnares the reader in a web of everyday surroundings, believable situations and recognizable characters that are eventually caught up in a terrifying noose of monumental evil. Three of King's earlier classics are here together in one volume, complete and unabridged and chilling: the explosive adolescent powers of Carried; the slow, insidious corruption of a small American town by a terrorizing vampire; and the malicious machinations of the Overlook Hotel and the gift of the "shine."

    Michael McDowell was proclaimed “the finest writer of paperback originals in America” by Stephen King, and “one of the best writers of horror in this country” by Peter Straub.Now, McDowell’s masterpiece—the serial novel, Blackwater—returns to thrill and terrify a new generation of readers, with all six volumes available for the first time as a single e-book.Featuring an insightful new introduction by John Langan, Blackwater traces more than fifty years in the lives of the powerful Caskey family of Perdido, Alabama, under the influence of the mysterious and beautiful—but not quite human—Elinor Dammert.The Flood heralds the arrival of a visitor who will change the Caskey family—and the town—forever…When the town builds The Levee, it proves a vain attempt to control a horrific power that can never be contained…The House hides terrible secrets that whisper in closed rooms and scrabble at locked doors…The War reveals family secrets more deadly and devastating than anything Perdido has ever dreamed in its deepest nightmares…The Fortune brings happiness and power—but even greater terror…And finally, the mysterious saga of the Caskey family ends the only way it can—in terrible judgment and fury delivered under the cover of a relentless, earth-shattering Rain.Will Errickson (Too Much Horror Fiction) writes, “Michael McDowell has written a rich, layered historical novel with many Southern Gothic touches, filled out with memorable characters and satisfying moments of death and shock.”

    This collection includes poetry and prose, including "The Conqueror Worm", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", and "The Pit and the Pendulum". 1,186 pp.

    When the Creeds move into a beautiful old house in rural Maine, it all seems too good to be true: physician father, beautiful wife, charming little daughter, adorable infant son-and now an idyllic home. As a family, they've got it all...right down to the friendly car. But the nearby woods hide a blood-chilling truth-more terrifying than death itself-and hideously more powerful. The Creeds are going to learn that sometimes dead is better.

    The resulting volume is both an education in the history of fantastic literature and a rollercoaster ride of wonder and terror, vampires, ghosts, and the rebellious creatures of our own psyches. Selections include:E.T.A. Hoffmann--"The Sandman"G&#233rard de Nerval--"the Enchanted Hand"Nikolai Gogol--"The Nose"Edgar Allan Poe--"The Tell-Tale Heart"Hans Christian Andersen--"The Shadow"Ambrose Bierce--"Chickamauga"Robert Louis Stevenson--"The Bottle Imp"Henry James--"The Friends of the Friends"H.G. Wells--"The Country of the Blind"Comprising stories of the supernatural and narratives of the everyday uncanny, Fantastic Tales is a gallery of enchantments, deliciously entertaining yet more disturbing than our most persistent nightmares.CONTENTSIntroduction by Italo CalvinoI. The Visionary Fantastic of the Nineteenth CenturyThe Story of the Demoniac Pacheco by Jan PotockiAutumn Sorcery by Joseph von EichendorffThe Sandman by E. T. A. HoffmannWandering Willie’s Tale by Sir Walter ScottThe Elixir of Life by Honoré de BalzacThe Eye with No Lid by Phliarte ChaslesThe Enchanted Hand by Gérard de NervalYoung Goodman Brown by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Nose by Nikolai Vasilyevich GogolThe Beautiful Vampire by Théophile GautierThe Venus of Ille by Prosper MériméeThe Ghost and the Bonesetter by Joseph Sheridan Le FanuII. The Everday Fantastic of the Nineteenth CenturyThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Shadow by Hans Christian AndersenThe Signal-Man by Charles DickensThe Dream by Ivan Sergeyevich TurgenevA Shameless Rascal by Nikolai Semyonovich LeskovThe Very Image by Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-AdamNight: A Nightmare by Guy de MaupassantA Lasting Love by Vernon LeeChickamauga by Ambrose BierceThe Holes in the Mask by Jean LorrainThe Bottle Imp by Robert Louis StevensonThe Friends of the Friends by Henry JamesThe Bridge-Builders by Rudyard KiplingThe Country of the Blind by H. G. Wells

    But then he takes an old scroll and a seemingly harmless figurine from the church basement, accepts a magic ring from a mysterious stranger--and is plunged into a terrifying adventure that may cost him his life.

    Contents:In the PinesWhere the Summer EndsSticksThe Fourth Seal.220 SwiftThe River of Night’s Dreaming Beyond Any Measure

    It is a dark time for the world. Humanity is just crawling out from under three hundred years of domination by the race of vampires known as the Nobility. The war against the vampires has taken its toll; cities lie in ruin, the countryside is fragmented into small villages and fiefdoms that still struggle against nightly raids by the fallen vampires-and the remnants of their genetically manufactured demons and werewolves.Every village wants a Hunter-one of the warriors who have pledged their laser guns and their swords to the eradication of the Nobility. But some Hunters are better than others, and some bring their own kind of danger with them...From creator Hideyuki Kikuchi, one of Japan's leading horror authors with illustrations by renowned Japanese artist, Yoshitaka Amano, best known for his illustrations in Neil Gaiman's Sandman: The Dream Hunters and the Final Fantasy games.

    Then they found the first body, strangely swollen and still warm. One hundred fifty were dead, 350 missing. But the terror had only begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California.At first they thought it was the work of a maniac. Or terrorists. Or toxic contamination. Or a bizarre new disease.But then they found the truth. And they saw it in the flesh. And it was worse than anything any of them had ever imagined...

    An omnibus of the second three books in the series: The War, The Fortune, and Rain.Book club edition.

    An omnibus of the first three books in the series: The Flood, The Levee, and The House.Book club edition.

      Born and raised in rural Alabama, Billy Creekmore was destined to be a psychic. His mother, a Choctaw Indian schooled in her tribe’s ancient mysticism, understands the permeable barrier between life and death—and can cross it. She taught the power to Billy and now he helps the dead rest in peace.   Wayne Falconer, son of one of the most fervent tent evangelists in the South, travels the country serving his father’s healing ministry. Using his unique powers to cure the flock, Little Wayne is on his way to becoming one of the popular and successful miracle workers in the country. He helps the living survive.   Billy and Wayne share more than a gift. They share a dream—and a common enemy. They are on separate journeys, mystery walks that will lead them toward a crossroad where the evil of their dreams has taken shape. One of them will reject the dark. The other will be consumed by it. But neither imagined just how monstrous and far-reaching the dark was, or that mankind’s fate would rest in their hands during an epic showdown of good versus evil.   From the author of Gone South, Boy’s Life, and the Matthew Corbett series, a master of suspense who has won the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards, Mystery Walk offers “creepy, subtle touches throughout [and] splendid Southern-town atmosphere” (Kirkus Reviews).

    

    Now, Marvel collects the first 15 issues of the classic, spooky series--plus Werewolf by Night #15 and Giant-Size Chillers #1.Featuring the first appearance of Blade, the Vampire-Slayer! Plus: Dracula vs. Werewolf by Night--two of Marvel's most macabre super-stars in a battle of the monsters!

    This horror slams like a muzzle blast into its victim's awareness, carves its image with razor claws of violence as vivid as graphic as uncensored imagination. This horror comes from the center of the man soul, FROM THE HEART OF DARKNESS.Contents:Children of the Forest (1976)The Barrow Troll (1975)Smokie Joe (1977)The Shortest Way (1974)Dragons' Teeth (1975)Men Like Us (1980)The Automatic Rifleman (1980)Something Had to Be Done (1975)Out of Africa (1983)Best of Luck (1978)The Hunting Ground (1976)Than Curse the Darkness (1980)Blood Debt (1976)The Dancer in the Flames (1982)The Red Leer (1979)Firefight (1976)

    Her screams would echo in the darkness. Her face would contort in the throes of horror and pain. But once taken, each became a mother of an unholy child, a link in the chain of madness and evil, a spawn to carry on the devil's name!

    Orphaned and pregnant, Gabrielle Hansen's lonely world becomes a place of unimagined terror, when she is adopted by an undying evil from the past . . . an evil that has comes for the only thing she holds dear--her baby.

    

    Marc Behm vigorously treads where other writers fear to venture, through the dazzling realm of madness." Maxim JabukowskiTHE EYE OF THE BEHOLDERfilmed by Claude Miller with Isabelle Adjani and Michel SerraultHe was a detective, she was a murderer. Their odd relationship took them to the very limits as they crisscrossed America leaving behind them a sinister trail of corpses.THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHTA sombre tale of Nazi Germany and the search for an elusive father figure through the dark clouds of the holocaust years.THE ICE MAIDENShe was a croupier in a casino, as beautiful as she had been over 30 years ago. Being a vampire, she never aged, which had some advantages when it came to a career in crime.

    Many of these photographs have never been seen before. All the effects he has created in each of his films are explored and explained. Also included are step-by-step make-up demonstrations (shot especially for the book) to offer budding make-up artists and film fans a firsthand look at how cinematic illusions are created.For the first time, Tom Savini has put his knowledge of technique and his experience in the field of special make-up effects down on paper. Bizarro is both a chronicle of his work and a learning guide for anyone who wishes to pursue special make-up effects as a career.Tom Savini not only makes dreams real-he brings nightmares to life. In Bizarro he shows step-by-step how he created some of the most amazing special make-up effects in horror films today. Savini's films include Creepshow, Friday the 13th, Eyes of a Stranger, The Burning, Maniac, and The Prowler. His effects range from walking corpses to exploding zombies. He has also created some wonderful monsters, including Creepshow's Fluffy and Friday the 13th's spine-tingling Jason.TOM SAVINI is an actor and stuntman, as well as being one of the top make-up artists in film.

    Her porcelain like face was so smooth, just like a baby. Her mouth even had a tiny hole so she could eat and breathe. But her one beaded glass eye gleamed with mischief and evil. She had waited a long time in the attic for someone to set her free...Once upon a time there lived a sweet little girl. The only place she was happy was in the attic with her dolly. If she could have seen her little doll's legs kick, she would have been frightened. If she could have felt her little doll's arms squeeze, she would have been shocked. But if she could have read her little doll's thoughts she would have run from the attic forever--for her sweet little dolly only had killing her on her mind...

    The second of the "Nighthunter" collection by Robert Holdstock writing as Robert Faulcon, incorporating The Ghost Dance and The Shrine.

    OR SO IT SEEMED UNTIL THE BLOCKED DRAINS OF HIS NORTH LONDON HOME REVEALED HIS GRUESOME SECRET...Dennis Andrew Nilsen was a monster who preyed on lonely young men, perfect victims for his murderous rage since nobody was waiting at home for their return. Nilsen invited them back to his flat, plied them with drink and then embarked on an unbelievable orgy of savage killing. During five years of ruthless butchery, Nilsen killed fifteen young men. Never, at any time, did he show any remorse.John Lisners is a top Fleet Street investigative reporter, and has been researching this book from the day Nilsen was arrested. HOUSE OF HORRORS takes the reader on a chilling, compelling journey through the mind of a terrifying psychopath, and reveals all the horrific details of Nilsen's secret double life.

    Contents:7 · Lyricist of Lost Worlds · Donald Sydney-Fryer · in · I: The Monster of the Prophecy 13 · The Monster of the Prophecy · nv Weird Tales Jan ’32 · II: Zothique 51 · Xeethra [Zothique] · ss Weird Tales Dec ’34 70 · The Empire of the Necromancers [Zothique] · ss Weird Tales Sep ’32 80 · The Charnel God [Zothique] · nv Weird Tales Mar ’34 102 · The Witchcraft of Ulua [Zothique] · ss Weird Tales Feb ’34 · III: Vulthoom 112 · Vulthoom · nv Weird Tales Sep ’35 · IV: Hyperborea 139 · The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan · ss Weird Tales Jun ’32 148 · The Seven Geases · nv Weird Tales Oct ’34 168 · The Coming of the White Worm · ss Stirring Science Stories Apr ’41 · V: Lost Worlds 185 · Master of the Asteroid · ss Wonder Stories Oct ’32 200 · The Immeasurable Horror · ss Weird Tales Sep ’31 215 · Monsters in the Night [“A Prophecy of Monsters”] · vi F&SF Oct ’54 219 · The Gorgon · ss Weird Tales Apr ’32 231 · A Voyage to Sfanomoë · ss Weird Tales Aug ’31