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The Wicker Man
Robin Hardy - 1978
As May Day approaches, strange, shamanistic and erotic events erupt around him. Initially he is convinced that the girl has been abducted for human sacrifice - only to find that he may be the revellers' quarry...
Shadows 4
Charles L. GrantAl Sarrantonio - 1960
So terrifying that they scatter dreams like leaves before a midnight wind. So macabre that they give even the typesetter the chills. So horrific that Evil itself turns away. Imagine. Now open and read.
Moonbane
Al Sarrantonio - 1989
Some of them fall nearby, but when Jason and Ritchie go to investigate, they are attacked by a werewolf-like creature, and Ritchie is injured. This is a novel of relationships, of apocalyptic adventure, and very personal sacrifice. Fast-paced and gaining speed with each page, Moonbane is a poetic novel that works on a number of unexpected levels, running the gamut from taut suspense to outright mayhem.
Lupe
Gene Thompson - 1977
In San Francisco, Emily Blake and her husband David, a dermatologist, by an old Victorian in Pacific Heights and hope to start a family. Emily's happy plans are threatened when David begins an affair with a beautiful patient named Jennie. A visit to a mysterious young boy in the Mission District named Lupe starts a chain of events in motion that result in Jennie's death -- by spontaneous combustion -- a murder trial, a media circus, and demon possession.
Elizabeth
Jessica Hamilton - 1976
Her family wouldn't have believed it even if she had told them - which she had no intention of doing. Elizabeth had far different plans for them - and only God could help them. He didn't - and Elizabeth set out to prove how hellishly far she could go...
Flashman At The Charge ;Flashman In The Great Game
George MacDonald Fraser - 1983
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Jack Ketchum - 1987
This is the story of the disintegration of a Vietnam War veteran and the havoc that ensues as only Jack Ketchum can tell it. Rave review in Fangoria!! This edition is signed by Jack Ketchum and includes material not in the out-of-print paperback. Ketchum writes an introduction dealing with research. And there's material Ketchum wrote at the time the story took place, NOT when he actually wrote the book, called EPHEMERA.
Now You See It . . .
Richard Matheson - 1995
Now a recluse, suffering from a mysterious disease, he lures his family and associates to his lonely estate for an afternoon of magic, madness, and revenge. Bodies appear and disappear without warning, severed heads speak words of hate, and nothing is ever quite what it appears. As grisly tricks lead to ever more surprising twists, not even the Great Delacorte can tell where illusion ends—and murder begins.
Ramonst
A.F. Knott - 2016
Within a balance of terror and innocence, he bears silent witness to ghosts of the dead and the cruelties of a teenage killer while local justice plays out in a community carved from legacies of coal mining and religion.
The 20-Month Legend: My Baby Boy's Fight with Cancer
Steve Tate - 2018
The once-star collegiate football player finds himself fighting for his son’s life. This memoir takes you through the various challenges of raising a family of six kids and balancing a career, all while his son battles to defeat the odds of survival. Both Steve and his high school sweetheart, Savanna, found hope and happiness through the example of their 20-month-old son Hayes.