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Emperor: The Field of Swords: A Novel of Julius Caesar: Conn Iggulden: 9780385343428: Amazon.com: Bo

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Release Date: June 23, 2009 | Series: Emperor (Book 3)

From the author of the bestselling The Dangerous Book for Boys
 
With an army made in his own image, Caesar brings a daring charge through Gaul, acrossthe English Channel, and to the wilds of tribal Britain.
Having proved his valorin the slaves’ revolt, the time has come for Caesar to enter the political battlegroundof Rome. Strengthened by the love of an older woman—and by the sword of his loyalfriend, Marcus Brutus, Caesar battles the armies of the wilderness and forges hislegend. All the while his political adversaries in Rome grow ever more powerful.So that when the fighting is over, Julius will face the greatest threat to him yet—aman who wants Rome for himself.

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• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Delta; Reprint edition (June 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385343426
• ISBN-13: 978-0385343428
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1 x 8.2 inches
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The Moor: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes (Mary Russell Novels): Laur

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Release Date: October 30, 2007 | Series: Mary Russell Novels (Book 4)

In the eerie wasteland of Dartmoor, Sherlock Holmes summons his devoted wife and partner, Mary Russell, from her studies at Oxford to aid the investigation of a death and some disturbing phenomena of a decidedly supernatural origin. Through the mists of the moor there have been sightings of a spectral coach made of bones carrying a woman long-ago accused of murdering her husband--and of a hound with a single glowing eye. Returning to the scene of one of his most celebrated cases, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Holmes and Russell investigate a mystery darker and more unforgiving than the moors themselves.

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• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Picador; 1st edition (October 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312427395
• ISBN-13: 978-0312427399
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
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	The Mauritius Command (Vol. Book 4)(Aubrey/Maturin Novels) Publication Date: May 17, 1991"Jack's assignment: to capture the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion and Mauritius from the French. That campaign forms the narrative thread of this rollicking sea saga. But its substance is more beguiling still..."—Elizabeth Peer, NewsweekCaptain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command—until Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a commodore's pennant, there to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La Réunion. But the difficulties of ...

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Lord John and the Hand of Devils: A Novel: Diana Gabaldon: 9780385342513: Amazon.com: Books

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Release Date: November 25, 2008 | Series: Lord John

Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the celebrated Outlander series, delivers three mesmerizing tales of war, intrigue, and espionage that feature one of her most popular characters: Lord John Grey.
 
In Lord John and the Hellfire Club, Lord John glimpses a stranger in the doorway of a gentleman’s club—and is stirred by a desperate entreaty to meet with him in private. It is an impulse that will lead Lord John into a maze of political treachery and a dangerous, debauched underground society. In Lord John and the Succubus, English soldiers fighting in Prussia are rattled by a lethal creature that appears at night. Called to investigate, Lord John soon realizes that among the spirits that haunt men, none frighten more than the specters conjured by the heart. In Lord John and the Haunted Soldier, Lord John is thrust into the baffling case of an exploding battlefield cannon that ultimately forces him to confront his own ghosts—and the shattering prospect that a traitor is among the ranks of His Majesty’s armed forces.

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• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Delta; Reprint edition (November 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385342519
• ISBN-13: 978-0385342513
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Release Date: February 1, 2001

Bernard Cornwell's action-packed series that captures the gritty texture of Napoleonic warfare--now beautifully repackaged

It's 1809, and Napoleon's army is sweeping across Spain. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is newly in command of the demoralized, distrustful men of the 95th Rifles. He must lead them to safety--and the only way of escape is a treacherous trek through the enemy-infested mountains of Spain.

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	H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3)(Aubrey/Maturin Novels) Publication Date: May 17, 1991| Series: Aubrey/Maturin Novels (Book 3) "Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it."—Helen Lucy Burke, Irish PressThird in the series of Aubrey/Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond...
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	Astray Publication Date: October 30, 2012The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma Donoghue's stories have all gone astray: they are emigrants, runaways, drifters, lovers old and new. They are gold miners and counterfeiters, attorneys and slaves. They cross other borders too: those of race, law, sex, and sanity. They travel for love or money, incognito or under duress. With rich historical detail, the celebrated author of Room takes us from puritan Massachusetts to revolutionary New Jersey, antebellum Louisiana to the Toronto highway, lighting up four centuries of wanderings tha...
	The Painted Veil Release Date: November 14, 2006Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain in Hong Kong, she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love.The Painted Veil is a beautifully written affirmation of the human capacity to grow, to change, and to forgive. ...
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	Jubilee Publication Date: January 21, 1999Here is the classic--and true--story of Vyry, the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress, a Southern Civil War heroine to rival Scarlett O'Hara. Vyry bears witness to the South's prewar opulence and its brutality, to its wartime ruin and the subsequent promise of Reconstruction. It is a story that Margaret Walker heard as a child from her grandmother, the real Vyry's daughter. The author spent thirty years researching the novel so that the world might know the intelligent, strong, and brave black woman called Vyry. The phenomenal acclaim th...
	In the Country of Men Release Date: February 26, 2008Libya, 1979.Nine-year-old Suleiman’s days are circumscribed by the narrow rituals of childhood: outings to the ruins surrounding Tripoli, games with friends played under the burning sun, exotic gifts from his father’s constant business trips abroad.But his nights have come to revolve around his mother’s increasingly disturbing bedside stories full of old family bitterness.And then one day Suleiman sees his father across the square of a busy marketplace, his face wrapped in a pair of dark sunglasses.Wasn’t he supposed to be away on busine...
	Palace Walk: The Cairo Trilogy, Volume 1 Release Date: November 29, 2011| Series: The Cairo Trilogy (Book 1) Palace Walk is the first novel in Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz’s magnificent Cairo Trilogy, an epic family saga of colonial Egypt that is considered his masterwork.The novels of the Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife, Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons—the tra...
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Publication Date: October 27, 2009

This collection of 23 dark stories of the supernatural creature, half-man, half-wolf, and entirely unpredictable, is being re-released to coincide with the much-anticipated Wolf Man, starring Anthony Hopkins and Benicio del Toro. Top contributors include Clive Barker, Michael Marshall Smith, Graham Masterton, and Mark Morris.

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	Anthorrorgy Publication Date: November 6, 2008Everyone has nightmares and Marc L. Abbott invites you to delve deep into his. Enter his world where the monsters your parents told you don’t exist actually do, and they are anxiously awaiting your arrival.The Turbulent Voyage of Flight 722 to New York – A man infected with a deadly disease threatens the lives of airline passengers when it transforms him into something inhuman.A Language Deciphered – A writer combines ancient languages to create a tale of dread but inadvertently summons something not of this world.The Pheromone Incident ...
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	The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection (No.9) Publication Date: June 15, 1996This renowned series, recipient of three World Fantasy Awards, continues to captivate and fascinate readers. Stories by such notables as: Scott Bradfield, A.S. Byatt, Pat Cadigan, Peter Crowther, Charles De Lint, Ellen Kushner, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Patricia A. McKillip, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Douglas E. Winter, and thirty-three other acclaimed writers show off the very best of contemporary fantasy and horror, while comprehensive and exhaustive summations add critical depth to this unique anthology. This book is essential for all fans of the weird and wo...
	Mysterious Cat Stories Publication Date: September 1994A collection of twenty-five supernatural tales that feature unpredictable and eccentric cats includes the works of Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, Lilian Jackson Braun, Washington Irving, and others. ...
	What Did Miss Darrington See?: An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction Publication Date: January 1, 1993| ISBN-10: 1558610065   This collection of 24 entertaining and haunting 19th-and 20th-century tales from the U.S., Britain, and Latin America reclaims a literary tradition that has long been overlooked. Using such techniques as magic realism, allegory, and surrealism, the authors re-imagine the cliches of supernatural fiction, focusing on female characters and treating traditional themes in inventive and provocative ways. Among the authors included are Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Luisa Valenzuela, Leonora Carrington, Barbara Burford, and Joanna ...
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All Eve's Hallows: A City Knights Novel: Dean Wesley Smith: 9780972002660: Amazon.com: Books

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Publication Date: July 21, 2005

Dragons, giants and goblins are all around us, magically hidden within human society as they and a whole bestiary of fantastic creatures have been for a thousand years. But when conflicts with humanity arise, someone has to keep the peace between the supernatural beings and the unsuspecting mortals who long ago drove everything magical into hiding—and then forgot about them. The City Knights is the thousand-year-old top-secret organization charged with protecting humanity from these mystic entities and vice Versa.

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	Mindquakes: Stories To Shatter Your Brain (Scary Stories) Publication Date: May 15, 1996| Series: MindQuakes From award-winner Neal Shusterman-author of The Dark Side of Nowhere and Scorpion Shards-comes a spectacular collection of stories that are by turns terrifying, comic, darkly inventive, thought-provoking, and always just slightly off-center....
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	Dark Masques Release Date: November 1, 2001Enter a shadowy realm where nothing - and no one - is as it appears. A place hidden from view, nestled in the darkest recesses of your mind, awaiting the perfect moment to reveal itself - only to scare you blind. In this collection of unforgettable horror stories, discover the terrifying truth as told by today's greatest masters of the macabre - classic twisted tales that will reach out from the past and draw you into the depths of their darkness. --This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition....
	The Book of Irish Weirdness: A Treasury of Classic Tales of the Supernatural, Spooky and Strange Publication Date: August 1997Leprechauns, banshees, and other blood-curdling characters of Irish folklore haunt these 35 chilling stories. The distinguished writers showcased here include Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, and W.B. Yeats. Stoker's "The Judge's House concerns a murderous magistrate transformed into a giant rat; others focus on an innocent lass who suffers a terrible fate, a ghoul risen from the grave, and a bizarre, supernatural rock formation. Prepare to be very, very scared. . . 496 pages, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4. ...
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	A Walk on the Darkside: Visions of Horror Release Date: September 7, 2004Take a walk on the dark side21 all-new horror stories from Caitlín R. Kiernan, Brian Hodge, Tim Lebbon and more ...
	Best New Horror (Mammoth Bookof Best New Horror) Publication Date: November 10, 2002The award-winning Best New Horror anthology series—winner of the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Critics Guild Award—has now reached its thirteenth spectacular volume and to mark the event, Stephen Jones has chosen only the very best short stories and novellas by the horror genre's finest exponents and by new discoveries in the field. Contributors to this volume include Gala Blau, Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Charles Grant, Glen Hirshberg, Chico Kidd, Nancy Kilpatrick, Paul J. McAuley, and Conrad Williams. Also, Stephen Jones...
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	Medical Curiosities : A Miscellany of Medical Oddities, Horrors and Humors Publication Date: July 1997| ISBN-10: 0786704322 | ISBN-13: 978-0786704323| Edition: 1 Laced with a delicate (and occasionally indelicate) humour, this book is for anyone with a taste for the bizarre, the exotic and the preposterous. It is also a rich source of fascinating scientific lore and medical information: therapies involving bacon rashers, toads and other odd items; bizarre ailments such as fishy odour syndrome, priapism and colonic crunch; remarkable feats of the human body, including clearing a blockage with a snake, brandy as a cure for rabies, imaginative forms of self-immola...
	The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories Publication Date: September 7, 2005Expanded with great new stories, this is the biggest and best anthology of ghostly hauntings ever. Over 40 tales of visitation by the undead—from vengeful and violent spirits, set on causing harm to innocent people tucked up in their homes, to rarer and more kindly ghosts, returning from the grave to reach out across the other side. Yet others entertain desires of a more sinister bent, including the erotic.This new edition includes a selection of favorite haunted house tales chosen by famous screen stars such as Boris Karloff, Peter Cushing and Christo...
	Hot Blood X Release Date: April 1, 2006| Series: Hot Blood In this tenth edition of Hot Blood, the "original" award-winning erotic horror series, fear has never felt so X-citing, X-quisite, or X-traordinary. Join seventeen of today's top authors as they X-pose the evil side of human -- and not-so-human -- nature.Take a seat in a bar where "three in the side pocket" has nothing to do with pool....Sexercise in a gym with a woman whose appetite for murder is insatiable....Enter a body-piercing shop where betrayl and revenge are on the tip of the customer's tongue....Get seduced by a horror groupie with...
	Dark Seductions: Tales of Erotic Horror Release Date: August 1, 2001A compilation of thirteen chilling horror stories that explore the dark side of lust and love features selections by noted writers such as Dean Andersson, Tamara Thorne, Lois Tilton, Rick Hautala, and Richard Lee Byers. Original. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
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Publication Date: December 1, 1995

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• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: White Wolf Publishing (December 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565040864
• ISBN-13: 978-1565040861
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces

	The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men Publication Date: October 27, 2009This collection of 23 dark stories of the supernatural creature, half-man, half-wolf, and entirely unpredictable, is being re-released to coincide with the much-anticipated Wolf Man, starring Anthony Hopkins and Benicio del Toro. Top contributors include Clive Barker, Michael Marshall Smith, Graham Masterton, and Mark Morris. ...
	999: Twenty-nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense Release Date: October 2, 2001A ward-winning writer and editor Al Sarrantonio gathers together twenty-nine original stories from masters of the macabre. From dark fantasy and pure suspense to classic horror tales of vampires and zombies, 999 showcases the extraordinary scope of fantastical fright fiction. The stories in this anthology are a relentless tour de force of fear, which will haunt you, terrify you, and keep the adrenaline rushing all through the night. ...
	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 11 Publication Date: November 30, 2000| Series: Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (Book 11) Now in its eleventh year, this winner of the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Critics Guild Award again showcases the finest talents writing contemporary horror fiction -- established masters as well as new voices -- and presents its lively review of the past year in the field of fear and terror. ...
	The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Ghost Stories ...
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	Dark Seductions: Tales of Erotic Horror Release Date: August 1, 2001A compilation of thirteen chilling horror stories that explore the dark side of lust and love features selections by noted writers such as Dean Andersson, Tamara Thorne, Lois Tilton, Rick Hautala, and Richard Lee Byers. Original. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
	Best New Horror (Mammoth Bookof Best New Horror) Publication Date: November 10, 2002The award-winning Best New Horror anthology series—winner of the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Critics Guild Award—has now reached its thirteenth spectacular volume and to mark the event, Stephen Jones has chosen only the very best short stories and novellas by the horror genre's finest exponents and by new discoveries in the field. Contributors to this volume include Gala Blau, Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Charles Grant, Glen Hirshberg, Chico Kidd, Nancy Kilpatrick, Paul J. McAuley, and Conrad Williams. Also, Stephen Jones...
	In Laymon's Terms Publication Date: June 30, 2010This massive, oversized tribute anthology for Richard Laymon features short fiction and personal remembrances from dozens and dozens of the biggest names in horror and Laymon's biggest fans.In addition, there are almost 140 pages of "Rarities and Fan Favorites" from Richard Laymon's personal files stories, interviews, and more, including a 17 page photo album personally selected by Ann Laymon. Several of these rare pieces are scanned directly from Laymon's original manuscripts and contain his handwritten corrections.Featuring nearly 700 pages of fiction and ess...
	Fear the Fever: The Hot Blood Series Release Date: September 1, 2005| Series: Hot Blood Series Fear the Fever, the seventh of the provocative Hot Blood anthology series, is the hottest yet....
	Crimes of Passion: The Hot Blood Series Release Date: September 1, 2005| Series: Hot Blood Crimes of Passion, ninth in the multiple award-winning Hot Blood series of erotic horror, has a criminally good array of talent -- 14 stories by such authors as diverse as literary giant Joyce Carol Oates, mystery giant Lawrence Block, horror giant Ramsey Campbell, musician Greg Kihn, and the stunning Stoker Award finalist Madame Babylon by Brian Hodge....
	Dark Delicacies II: Fear ...
	The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: 18th Annual Collection Release Date: August 22, 2006For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin Grant continue this critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magic realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors’ invaluable overviews o...
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	Hot Blood X Release Date: April 1, 2006| Series: Hot Blood In this tenth edition of Hot Blood, the "original" award-winning erotic horror series, fear has never felt so X-citing, X-quisite, or X-traordinary. Join seventeen of today's top authors as they X-pose the evil side of human -- and not-so-human -- nature.Take a seat in a bar where "three in the side pocket" has nothing to do with pool....Sexercise in a gym with a woman whose appetite for murder is insatiable....Enter a body-piercing shop where betrayl and revenge are on the tip of the customer's tongue....Get seduced by a horror groupie with...
	Bruce Coville's Book of Nightmares: Tales to Make You Scream Publication Date: February 1995| Age Level: 9 and up A collection of spine-chilling and unexplainable adventures thattruly qualify as nightmares includes ""There's Nothing Under the Bed,""by Bruce Coville, and other tales of terror by Jane Yolen, MarkGarland, Mary Downing Hahn, and Michael Markiewicz....
	Von Bek - omnibus of The War Hound and the World's Pain, The City in the Autumn Stars, The Dragon in the Sword and The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius (Tale of the Eternal Champion, Volume 2) Publication Date: December 1, 1995This volume of Moorcock's dark fantasy contains The Warhound and the World's Pain, The City in the Autumn Stars, The Pleasure Gardens of Felippe Sagittarious, and The Dragon in the Sword. In order to reclaim his lost soul, Captain Graf Ulrich von Beck must obtain for Lucifer the Holy Grail, the Cure for the World's Pain. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
	Kiss and Kill: Hot Blood VIII Publication Date: February 1, 1997| Series: Hot Blood (Book 8) More thrilling tales from the original--and still the hottest--bestselling and award-winning erotic horror series. Get your kicks from fantasy-fulfilling cheerleaders on Interstate 666 . . . enter a modern den of sin where centuries-old acts of debauchery are on the house . . . travel to an exotic island for the rich and depraved, where forbidden desires are par for the corpse . . . keep score as the competition for the greatest sexual conquest propels two wives to a carnage-filled climax. ...
	Forbidden Acts Publication Date: October 1995Twenty-four short stories follow themes of human boundaries pushed to the limits, bringing readers into the lives of men and women who dabble in satanic worship, sexual manipulation, and other dark vices....
	100 Wicked Little Witch Stories Publication Date: July 31, 1995The witches who populate these 100 delightfully scary stories include practitioners of white witchcraft and devotees of black magic.Most are female, some are male, and a few are thoroughly unclassifiable. They can be born witches or made witches, and may mix simple love potions or volatile concoctions that threaten all we hold dear. Some resent not receiving the treatment they feel they deserve from lesser mortals; yet other witches don't even realize that they wield any special influence at all. The many writers who take on this ever-fascinating character (so ...
	The Mammoth Book of New Terror Publication Date: October 29, 2004| Series: Mammoth Book of The Mammoth Book of New Terror is a revised and expanded new edition of the touchstone collection of modern horror fiction, selected by the acknowledged master of the genre—the award-winning godfather of grisly literature, Stephen Jones. Here are over 20 stories and short novels by the masters of gore, including Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, F. Paul Wilson, Brian Lumley, Tanith Lee and John Kaine. This classic Mammoth title features new and previously uncollected stories from some of the biggest and brightest ...

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• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: White Wolf Publishing (November 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565048547
• ISBN-13: 978-1565048546
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces

	Lovedeath Publication Date: November 9, 1993In the tradition of Michele Slung's I Shudder at Your Touch, the ard-winning author of Children of the Night explores the fascinating relationship between eroticism and horror in an original collection of psycho-sexual themes, some touched by the supernatural. ...
	Confederacy of the Dead Release Date: June 1, 1993An all-original anthology of short fiction exploring what may be the most fascinating and certainly bloodiest of all American wars--the Civil War--by the bestselling authors of dark fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Contributors include Anne McCaffrey, Michael Moorcock, William S. Burroughs, and Kristine Kathryl Rusch. 25 stories. ...
	Classic tales of horror and the supernatural Publication Date: 1991Here is a masterful collection of 41 of the genre's finest--and most chilling--tales, It is an indispensable volume of horror and the beyond, compiled by three of the field's top contributors and authorities and introduced by the current undisputed master of the supernatural, Stephen King. ...
	Night Shade: Gothic Tales by Women Publication Date: March 24, 1999From a housewife with morphing hands to a teenage girl who communes with La Noche, this audacious collection showcases 16 eerie, otherworldly tales by talented women writers. Contributors include Terri de la Peña, Ruthann Robson, Susanne Sturgis, and Barbara Wilson, among others. ...
	My Favorite Horror Story Release Date: October 1, 2000A veritable Who's Who of Horror, this wonderful new anthology features the biggest names in modern suspense-and the most terrifying tales ever told. Major authors like Stephen King, Peter Straub, and F. Paul Wilson were asked to choose and introduce the 15 classic stories that frightened and inspired them. The results, of course, are chilling.Stories chosen and introduced by:Stephen King Peter StraubF. Paul WilsonJoyce Carol OatesDennis Etchison Rick HautalaRichard Christian MathesonHarlan EllisonStories written by:Robert BlochRichard MathesonM.R. JamesNathaniel ...
	The Campfire Collection: Thrilling, Chilling Tales of Alien Encounters Publication Date: May 5, 2005You can run, but you can't hide...The thinking outdoorsman's handbook to the heebie-jeebies, this third volume of our Campfire Collection gathers thirteen terrifying tales of alien abductions, encounters, and freakish forays into the unknown. Perfect to read aloud around a fire or in the comfort and "relative safety" of a cozy armchair, Thrilling, Chilling Tales of Alien Encounters offers stories from such masters of fright as Stephen King, Philip K. Dick, Damon Knight, and more. Designed with rounded corners, a durable cover, and large type for easy reading by c...
	Dark Dreams: A Collection of Horror and Suspense by Black Writers ...
	The Mammoth Book of Dracula (The mammoth book series) Publication Date: June 1997| Series: The mammoth book series When Bram Stoker published "Dracula" in 1897, his creation became instantly synonymous with the vampire legend. Now, after spreading terror for a century, Count Dracula has inspired the best contemporary horror writers. As an anniversary tribute, this hair-raising, blood-curdling anthology presents numerous new variations on the Lord of the Undead. ...
	Midnight Thirsts: Erotic Tales: Erotic Tales of the Vampire Release Date: September 1, 2004Hungry. Ruthless. Irresistibly erotic. Succumb to desire as dark and mysterious as the men featured in these four tales of sensual--and deliciously sinister--passion...Midnight Thirsts The Nightwatchers, by Greg Herren Aspiring actor Phillip Rutledge is looking only for a role in a local theater production when he finds something much more tempting in the arms of mysterious Kevin Lockhart. Yet what Kevin craves may be more than Phillip is willing to offer as he learns that one more night in the sensuous stranger's embrace may be his last...Carnival, by Michael ...
	Dracula's Brood: Vampire Classics by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, M.R. James and Others Publication Date: February 1991| ISBN-10: 0880296763 | ISBN-13: 978-0880296762Great vampire stories ...
	The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (11th Annual Collection) (Paper) Publication Date: June 15, 1998| Series: Year's Best Fantasy & Horror Culled from the best of a wide variety of sources, this eleventh annual collection of fantasy fiction features contributions by Kim Newman, Joyce Carol Oates, Ellen Kushner, Jack Womack, Karen Joy Fowler, and others. ...
	The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology Release Date: February 16, 2010RESURRECTION! The hungry dead have risen.  They shamble down the street.  They hide in back yards, car lots, shopping malls.  They devour neighbors, dogs and police officers.  And they are here to stay.  The real question is, what are you going to do about it? How will you survive?HOW WILL THE WORLD CHANGE WHEN THE DEAD BEGIN TO RISE?Stoker-award-winning author Christopher Golden has assembled an original anthology of never-before-published zombie stories from an eclectic array of today's hottest writers.  Inside the...
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	Women Who Run With the Werewolves: Tales of Blood, Lust and Metamorphosis Publication Date: October 1996Like Dark Angels and Daughters of Darkness, this book gathers first-rate horror stories that will appeal to all readers of darkly erotic, transgressive fiction. here are tales of women werewolves--beings so darkly erotic their desires literally turn them into animals. ...
	The Darkest Thirst: A Vampire Anthology Publication Date: January 1998Sixteen tales of the undead's darkest thirsts...and darkest desires. Eerie, thought provoking stories by some of the genre's finest writers and emerging new talents, including Robert Devereaux, Edo van Belkom, William R. Trotter, Rick R. Reed, Barb Hendee, Margaret Carter, Sue Burke, Scott Goudsward, d.g.k. goldberg, Thomas J. Strauch, Michael Arruda, Kyle Marffin, Paul McMahon, Deborah Markus, Julie Anne Parks and Stirling Davenport. ...
	A Fist Full O' Dead Guys (PEG2100) Release Date: December 1, 1999'The Trilogy with No Name' - Twisted Tales of terror by all your favorite authors, including John "Night Train" Goff, John Hopler, and Shane Lacy Hensley scream side by side with tales by bestselling Star Wars (TM) author Michael Stackpole, with forewords by Joe R. Lansdale and Bruce "Evil Dead" Campbell! If you don't have these anthologies, you're wrong! But we'll cut you some slack. ...
	The Penguin Book of Horror Stories Release Date: April 2, 1985This anthology (which has a long, scholarly introduction to the growth of the genre) represents 200 years of 'horror'. For it, J.A. Cuddon has chosen forty-three stories, some by the famous, others by the little known. They range from profound intimations of hell and chaos to the macabre and the bizarre, the sinister and the grotesque. And they include the witty, the 'sick' and the plain terrifying. 600 pages of varied and compulsive reading. ...
	Twelve Gothic Tales (Oxford Twelve) Publication Date: February 4, 1999| Series: Oxford Twelve In this anthology we see a dozen fine examples of Gothic literature, spanning over one hundred and fifty years--from Mary Shelley and Charles Maturin's classic fiction up to an unexpected master of the macabre, Gerald Durrell. All of the tales feature sinister settings such as castles and ancient houses, along with protagonists who are haunted by the tyranny of the past and physically or else spiritually incarcerated by their circumstances. Designed to provide an overview of the genre, and offering a balance of classic and more unusua...
	Spooky Sea Stories Publication Date: June 1991Fifteen tales of ghost ships, people-eating blobs, scary foggy nights, and horrific whaling stories are all in this fascinating anthology. Masters such as Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Conrad, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spin their evil tales with the sea as a backdrop. ...
	The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories Publication Date: June 15, 2004| Series: THE AMERICAS Horacio Quiroga’s short stories are infused with the themes of life and death that so obsessed him. They span many fiction genres—jungle tale, Gothic horror story, psychological study, morality tale—and possess a universality that has made him a classic Latin American writer. ...

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Release Date: October 2, 2001

A ward-winning writer and editor Al Sarrantonio gathers together twenty-nine original stories from masters of the macabre. From dark fantasy and pure suspense to classic horror tales of vampires and zombies, 999 showcases the extraordinary scope of fantastical fright fiction. The stories in this anthology are a relentless tour de force of fear, which will haunt you, terrify you, and keep the adrenaline rushing all through the night.

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• Paperback: 688 pages
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (October 2, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380805189
• ASIN: B002QGSXLE
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds

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	Transgressions: Terror's Echo: Three Novellas from Transgressions Release Date: April 21, 2005| Series: Transgressions Novellas from Transgressions by Lawrence Block, John Ferris, and Stephen King“Keller’s Adjustment” by Lawrence Block: Keller, everyone’s favorite hit man, is back—dealing out philosophy and murder on a meandering road trip across America. “The Ransome Women” by John Farris: A young and beautiful artist is flattered when her idol, the reclusive portraitist John Ransome offers her a modeling contract. Flattery turns to terror when she discovers the fate shared by Ransome’s past subjects. “...
	The Ultimate Dracula: New Stories by Some of the World's Leading Authors Release Date: September 1, 1991Features original works by Anne Rice, Dan Simmons, Ed Gorman, and others. ...
	The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (11th Annual Collection) (Paper) Publication Date: June 15, 1998| Series: Year's Best Fantasy & Horror Culled from the best of a wide variety of sources, this eleventh annual collection of fantasy fiction features contributions by Kim Newman, Joyce Carol Oates, Ellen Kushner, Jack Womack, Karen Joy Fowler, and others. ...
	The Shuttered Room and Other Tales of Horror (A Beagle Horror Anthology) ...
	Lovedeath Publication Date: November 9, 1993In the tradition of Michele Slung's I Shudder at Your Touch, the ard-winning author of Children of the Night explores the fascinating relationship between eroticism and horror in an original collection of psycho-sexual themes, some touched by the supernatural. ...
	Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural ...
	The Penguin Book of Horror Stories Release Date: April 2, 1985This anthology (which has a long, scholarly introduction to the growth of the genre) represents 200 years of 'horror'. For it, J.A. Cuddon has chosen forty-three stories, some by the famous, others by the little known. They range from profound intimations of hell and chaos to the macabre and the bizarre, the sinister and the grotesque. And they include the witty, the 'sick' and the plain terrifying. 600 pages of varied and compulsive reading. ...
	Dark Delicacies II: Fear; More Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World's Greatest Horror Writers Publication Date: November 1, 2007In a second distinguished collection of twenty superb, sublimely dark tales written especially for this volume, such acknowledged contemporary masters of horror fiction as Barbara Hambly, John Farris, James Sallis, Steve Niles, Tananarive Due, L. A. Banks, and Gary Brandner serve up a veritable feast of fear. For the second time, Dark Delicacies, the world's foremost horror bookstore, lends its famous name and imprimatur to an anthology designed to please the palate of the genre's most discriminating fans. Throughout, the editors — Del Howison (co-owne...
	Night Shade: Gothic Tales by Women Publication Date: March 24, 1999From a housewife with morphing hands to a teenage girl who communes with La Noche, this audacious collection showcases 16 eerie, otherworldly tales by talented women writers. Contributors include Terri de la Peña, Ruthann Robson, Susanne Sturgis, and Barbara Wilson, among others. ...
	Anthorrorgy Publication Date: November 6, 2008Everyone has nightmares and Marc L. Abbott invites you to delve deep into his. Enter his world where the monsters your parents told you don’t exist actually do, and they are anxiously awaiting your arrival.The Turbulent Voyage of Flight 722 to New York – A man infected with a deadly disease threatens the lives of airline passengers when it transforms him into something inhuman.A Language Deciphered – A writer combines ancient languages to create a tale of dread but inadvertently summons something not of this world.The Pheromone Incident ...
	Shadows Over Baker Street Release Date: September 30, 2003Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is among the most famous literary figures of all time. For more than a hundred years, his adventures have stood as imperishable monuments to the ability of human reason to penetrate every mystery, solve every puzzle, and punish every crime. For nearly as long, the macabre tales of H. P. Lovecraft have haunted readers with their nightmarish glimpses into realms of cosmic chaos and undying evil. But what would happen if Conan Doyle’s peerless detective and his allies were to find themselves faced with mysteries ...
	What Did Miss Darrington See?: An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction Publication Date: January 1, 1993| ISBN-10: 1558610065   This collection of 24 entertaining and haunting 19th-and 20th-century tales from the U.S., Britain, and Latin America reclaims a literary tradition that has long been overlooked. Using such techniques as magic realism, allegory, and surrealism, the authors re-imagine the cliches of supernatural fiction, focusing on female characters and treating traditional themes in inventive and provocative ways. Among the authors included are Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Luisa Valenzuela, Leonora Carrington, Barbara Burford, and Joanna ...
	Classic tales of horror and the supernatural Publication Date: 1991Here is a masterful collection of 41 of the genre's finest--and most chilling--tales, It is an indispensable volume of horror and the beyond, compiled by three of the field's top contributors and authorities and introduced by the current undisputed master of the supernatural, Stephen King. ...
	Embark to Madness Publication Date: August 30, 2005Nineteen authors will take you into the realm of madness: visit George Raymond's house, the Whisper Tide Inn, or a haunted hotel. Beware of the Dust Creatures, demons disguised as priests, or an eerie soul selling special watches. Feel the need for human hearts besides your own? Cheating on your wife, perhaps? Find a dead baby in the trash? A serial killer who thinks he's Dracula? Imagine a girl who doesn't exist, and you have to look for her. Can't get over the death of your dog? Too bad. Have to get a hold of someone who has the answer to all your problems ...
	Mysterious Cat Stories Publication Date: September 1994A collection of twenty-five supernatural tales that feature unpredictable and eccentric cats includes the works of Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, Lilian Jackson Braun, Washington Irving, and others. ...
	My Favorite Horror Story Release Date: October 1, 2000A veritable Who's Who of Horror, this wonderful new anthology features the biggest names in modern suspense-and the most terrifying tales ever told. Major authors like Stephen King, Peter Straub, and F. Paul Wilson were asked to choose and introduce the 15 classic stories that frightened and inspired them. The results, of course, are chilling.Stories chosen and introduced by:Stephen King Peter StraubF. Paul WilsonJoyce Carol OatesDennis Etchison Rick HautalaRichard Christian MathesonHarlan EllisonStories written by:Robert BlochRichard MathesonM.R. JamesNathaniel ...
	The Darkest Thirst: A Vampire Anthology Publication Date: January 1998Sixteen tales of the undead's darkest thirsts...and darkest desires. Eerie, thought provoking stories by some of the genre's finest writers and emerging new talents, including Robert Devereaux, Edo van Belkom, William R. Trotter, Rick R. Reed, Barb Hendee, Margaret Carter, Sue Burke, Scott Goudsward, d.g.k. goldberg, Thomas J. Strauch, Michael Arruda, Kyle Marffin, Paul McMahon, Deborah Markus, Julie Anne Parks and Stirling Davenport. ...
	Twelve Gothic Tales (Oxford Twelve) Publication Date: February 4, 1999| Series: Oxford Twelve In this anthology we see a dozen fine examples of Gothic literature, spanning over one hundred and fifty years--from Mary Shelley and Charles Maturin's classic fiction up to an unexpected master of the macabre, Gerald Durrell. All of the tales feature sinister settings such as castles and ancient houses, along with protagonists who are haunted by the tyranny of the past and physically or else spiritually incarcerated by their circumstances. Designed to provide an overview of the genre, and offering a balance of classic and more unusua...

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Publication Date: October 1995

Twenty-four short stories follow themes of human boundaries pushed to the limits, bringing readers into the lives of men and women who dabble in satanic worship, sexual manipulation, and other dark vices.

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• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (October 1995)
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• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces

	Classic tales of horror and the supernatural Publication Date: 1991Here is a masterful collection of 41 of the genre's finest--and most chilling--tales, It is an indispensable volume of horror and the beyond, compiled by three of the field's top contributors and authorities and introduced by the current undisputed master of the supernatural, Stephen King. ...
	Night Shade: Gothic Tales by Women Publication Date: March 24, 1999From a housewife with morphing hands to a teenage girl who communes with La Noche, this audacious collection showcases 16 eerie, otherworldly tales by talented women writers. Contributors include Terri de la Peña, Ruthann Robson, Susanne Sturgis, and Barbara Wilson, among others. ...
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	The Darkest Thirst: A Vampire Anthology Publication Date: January 1998Sixteen tales of the undead's darkest thirsts...and darkest desires. Eerie, thought provoking stories by some of the genre's finest writers and emerging new talents, including Robert Devereaux, Edo van Belkom, William R. Trotter, Rick R. Reed, Barb Hendee, Margaret Carter, Sue Burke, Scott Goudsward, d.g.k. goldberg, Thomas J. Strauch, Michael Arruda, Kyle Marffin, Paul McMahon, Deborah Markus, Julie Anne Parks and Stirling Davenport. ...
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	My Favorite Horror Story Release Date: October 1, 2000A veritable Who's Who of Horror, this wonderful new anthology features the biggest names in modern suspense-and the most terrifying tales ever told. Major authors like Stephen King, Peter Straub, and F. Paul Wilson were asked to choose and introduce the 15 classic stories that frightened and inspired them. The results, of course, are chilling.Stories chosen and introduced by:Stephen King Peter StraubF. Paul WilsonJoyce Carol OatesDennis Etchison Rick HautalaRichard Christian MathesonHarlan EllisonStories written by:Robert BlochRichard MathesonM.R. JamesNathaniel ...
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Mal is worried she will never be as bad a mermaid as her perfect sister Sal. But when she is offered the chance to win a Badge of Badness, everything changes. Or at least, it would, if only Mal could get the idea of winning the "Face of Mermaid Bay" contest out of her head.

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